PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7+ years of experience in VMware Virtualization and System Administrator.
• VMware Virtualization Technologies, Storage Design, Microsoft Technologies and Network Infrastructure
• Experience Working within a Cross Functional Team Environment to Achieve Position Objectives
• Proficient in Developing Procedural & Technical Artifacts for Support & Customer Implementation
• Designed, Installed and Configured VMware ESX/ESXi within vSphere 3.5, 4,4.1,5 and VMware View 4.5, 4.6 environments, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, FT, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery & VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Experience working with VMware Heartbeat.
• Installed Patches and Host Profiles on ESXi hosts and virtual machines using VMware Update Manager
• Designed and Implemented VMware environment backup procedures and disaster recovery solutions
• Built, Configured and Deployed VMs and Templates. Migrated Physical - to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) Migration of Windows XP, 7, 2000, 2003, & 2008 from VMware and Hyper-V
• Worked with Fiber SAN/iSCSI SAN/NAS (EMC (CX30), NetApp, Dell MD3000i Dell MD 3200i, and troubleshooting SAN related issues and upgraded firmware of SANs in VMware and Windows
• Deployed and Maintained Microsoft Technologies including: Windows Servers 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2; SQL servers 2005, 2008, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, Group Policy Design and Implementation, IIS 6.0; Remote Desktop Services, Windows Deployment Services, Microsoft Deployment Workbench
• Installed Linux servers and managed Migration, Troubleshooting, System Administration, Backups, Storage Management,Security Management and User Administration.
• Installed Security fixes, packages on Linux, and Windows Server 2008/2012 Servers.
• Responsible for administration of Red-Hat Linux 6.x.
• Configured Volume groups, logical volumes and file systems on Linux OS.
• Configured NFS. Handling Auto-mount.
• Managed DNS, NIS, NFS, LDAP, ftp, remote access and security management.
• Added network printers and conducted day-to-day system administration, including backup/recovery in NAS environments.
• Experience in Virtualization technologies like installing and configuringVMwarevSphere.
• Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and DRS.
• Creating host & client VM templates & cloning.
• Win 2003, Win 2008 Servers.
• Expert in Windows Server System Administration skills.
• Experience in Active Directory, DNS, File & Print Server.
• Installation of operating systems such as RedHat Enterprise Linux. Experience creating File System, Partitions using fdisk.
• Monitoring Linux servers such as Disk space utilization, CPU utilization, Memory utilization.
• Configuring Remote tools such as SSH, FTP.
• Configuring Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
• Configuring SWAP.
• Experience in Outlook and Windows networking.
• Experience with x86 / x64 Intel with hardware, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Experience configuring NFS server.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Microsoft Windows server (2003 & 2008R2) and VMware OS (ESX 4.0) on Blade Servers.
• Troubleshot hardware issues of HP Blade servers in Datacenter.
• Using VMware vCenter, created Datacenter Environment by creating VMware clusters, adding ESX hosts in the clusters, and implemented HA and DRS.
• Performed physical to virtual (P2V) migrations for approximately 500 physical servers utilizing VMware Converter.
• Performed tons of V2V Migration in VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V Environment using Plate spin and SCVMM tools.
• Performed vmotion and svmotion tasks on daily basis in VMware environment.
• Worked on Capacity Planning and Load balancing during migrations projects.
• Configured High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) for Virtual clusters.
• Coordinated with vendors for any Server Hardware issues in Datacenter.
• Managed user’s accounts, FTP accounts and configured computers and printers in Active Directory and Domains.
• Migrated FTP users from Windows 2000 servers to Windows 2003 servers.
• Administered Global Print server.
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines.
• Deploying VMs Through Templates
• Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches
• Configured DNS, DHCP severs.
• Built and Maintained VMware infrastructure with Windows Servers, Windows XP/7 Clients across Test and Demo Environments. Implemented VMware View 4.6 to distribute Client Desktops to user accounts
• Conducted Log Analysis and Troubleshoots on Performance of ESXi environment
• Troubleshot network issues between Distributed vSwitch, Layer 2 switches and resolved slow performance between SAN network and VM networks.
• Provided Consultation for Troubleshooting in Virtualization, SAN Configuration, Active Directory group policy design & Implementation and ESXi Distributed vSwitch Network Configuration
• Provided Technical Recommendations for Installation and Implementation of Virtual Environments in Industrial Plants. Identified Administrative Standards, Issues and Process Improvements
• Created scripts in VB, Perl, powershell to Automate Tasks in the Guest VMs
• Provided technical assistance and best practices for customers to simulate in their own environment
• Worked on developing technical papers on Virtualization for Process Automation Systems
• Installed Redhat operating systems, applied patches, managed file systems and monitored performance on VM, HP Blade Server.
• Installed and Configured DNS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, NIS, and NFS in Redhat Linux.
• Assisted on server migration from old rack to HD rack.
• Configured and administrated TCP/IP networking, routing, switching load balancing and VLAN.
• Responsible for operational support and incident management of Linux server.
• Experienced in Win 2003, Win 2008 Servers.
• Expert in Windows Server System Administration skills.
• Installed and configuredVMwarevSphere. Also responsible for creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and DRS.
• Created host & client VM templates & cloning.
• Performed day-to-day run-the-engine tasks to ensure that the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is working appropriately and highly available to the customer base; and that any issues are being proactively resolved.
• Installed Windows networking and advanced Windows Operating Systems (configuration and installation).
• Implemented advanced computer security protocols including firewall configuration, data recovery and virus removal.
• Experience in handling tickets remotely and troubleshooting connectivity issues.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience in with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, VMware vSphere. Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Experience in Networking configuration & Security Configuration on ESX Host.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and DRS.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter. Creating host and client VM templates and cloning.
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFS storage and RAID concept.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio, Outlook, Printing, Windows networking.
• Maintained and enhanced MySQL databases
• System Administration of Windows NT\2008, Active Directory Administration.
• Administered user accounts: Adding users, user-groups, removing users & groups and changing user environments.
• Recommended network and security solutions to customers.
• Troubleshot connectivity issues remotely by phone and on-site.
• Configured NFS server.
• Installed operating systems such as RedHat Enterprise Linux.
• Configured Remote tools such as SSH, FTP.
• Configured Logical Volume Manager (LVM).

Confidential

System Admin

Responsibilities:

• Created User Accounts, groups and running scripts on Production Servers.
• Monitored and managed performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual Center Server for HA, DRS.
• Develop, test, and maintain a disaster recovery plan for critical VMs and application data.
• Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, & 2008 as well as Linux servers from VMware.
• Monitored and managed the performance and the load balancing of the Servers.
• Participated in Team meetings with Managers and submitted weekly Status reports with the current status, issues and reasons for delay in solving the Hardware and Software related issues.
• System Administration, Level 3 support for all Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 Servers & Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, Windows 2008 Hyper-V worldwide through ILO, RHILO, and DRAC.
• Created User Accounts, Configured User Profiles, local and Global Groups and implemented Group Policies.
• Installed LINUX operating systems, applied patches, managed file systems and monitored performance on VM, HP Blade Server, and DELL server.
• Installed and Configured DNS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, NIS, and NFS in Redhat Linux.
• Configured TCP/IP networking, routing, switching load balancing and VLAN.
• Assisted in information gathering and architecting solutions to fulfill various functional and performance requirements, including storage, networking, and other pieces of infrastructure.
• Managed and monitored system configurations with OCS inventory.
• Responsible for AD integration for Red-hat servers.
• Responsible for operational support and incident management of Linux server.
• Troubleshot PCs on all OS platforms.
• Implemented networking solutions on-site and remotely.
• Experienced in Win 2003, Win 2008 Servers.
• Managed daily office operations including customer registration and inventory.
• Trained junior system administrators.

Junior System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• System Administration of Windows NT\2008, Active Directory Administration.
• Configured Windows XP, 7 and NT workstations in NT domains.
• Maintained the local web server/ SQL server.
• Supported the network on connectivity issues relating to TCP/IP.
• Administereduser accounts: Adding users, user-groups, removing users & groups and changing user environments.
• Migrated database applications from Windows 2003 Server to Linux server.
• Troubleshot DNS and DHCP related problems.

Investor

Responsibilities:

• Managed all troubleshooting.
• Exceeded customer service expectations.