SUMMARY:

• IT Professional with 8+ years' experience in Systems and Network Administration with a primary focus on installation, configuration, and administration of VMware vSphere, ESX 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.5 VMware Vcenter 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.5 and Windows server.
• Expertise in advanced features ofESX/ESXi 4/5, vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA,DRS,and Update Manager.
• Expertise with maintainingand updating the Domain Controllers and RODC in Windows Server 2003/2008.
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical - to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration of Windows 2003, & 2008 servers from VMware.
• Experience in designing installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware virtual center, setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such as VM Workstation, VMware converter VM Backup products and other products for virtualization.
• Expertise in upgrading of ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.0 hosts, vCenter 4 to 5, as well as upgrading 3000+ VM’s from Virtual machine hardware 7 to 8 as part of a major enterprise upgrade.
• Expertise in creating AD 2003, 2008 accounts, file permissions, DNS records administration.
• Expertise in assisting with the administration and upgrading from Windows active directory and domains.
• Experience in RHEL/Windows Server provisioning, Upgrades, Patching, Configuration and Performance Tuning in Linux, and VMware environments.
• Expert in Server Builds, Installs, Upgrades, Patches, Configuration and Performance Tuning in Red Hat Linux/Windows Server 2003/2008 on VMware virtualized environments.
• Expertise in creation of RHEL and Windows 03/08 servers utilizing templates, custom ISO’s and PowerCLI scripts.
• Experience in creating protection groups, recovery plans, test DR plans, and SRA’s in SRM.
• Experience in developing documentation and runbooks for disaster recovery plans via SRM by coordinating with multiple datacenters across the US.
• Experience in working with ESX and ESXi servers - configuration, Installation, management and maintenance.
• Experience deploying ESXi based servers (1000+) using HP ILO and OA/VC for datacenter production and lab servers.
• Expertise in building, configuring and upgrading HP-7000 Enclosures with HP BL 460’s, BL 620’s, BL 680’s, HP Integrity BL 870c i2 utilizing OA, VCEM, HP Virtual Connect Support Utility
• Extensive experience with Active Directory, GPO’s, DHCP, DNS, IP, Sub Nets, VPNs, vLAN, Network routing, firewalls, LAN/WAN switching and Backup & Recovery, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server
• Experience configuring Shared Uplink Sets, SAN Fabrics, Server Profiles, Boot from SAN on both Flex-10 and Flex Fabric.
• Expertise in creating VM Templates, Cloning and managing Snapshots.
• Expertise in building out HP C-7000 Enclosures via configuring shared uplink sets, SAN Fabrics, Server profiles utilizing VCM 3.75
• Expertise working on VMware Converter 4.3/5.0 to do virtual to virtual migration as well as Physical to virtual server migration
• Experience writing both Power Shell and PowerCLI scripts to automate Virtual Machine builds and DNS entry configurations.
• Experienced in installing, configuring Windows and ESXi on HP rack Servers DL 580s, 380s, Wintel Servers, HP C-7000 enclosures running BL460c, BL620c blades, Dell R-710 rack servers and Cisco UCS B200’s B250’s.
• Experience in developing documentation and runbooks for P2V migrations utilizing VMware converter by coordinating with multiple datacenters across the US.
• Experience with tier three supporting servers anddirectoryserviceissues. Any unresolved issueswereescalated directly to VMware support.
• Experience in managing and configuring multipath based solution and well experienced in configuring NetApp SAN based LUNs.
• Hands on Experience on Microsoft Stack and Cloud computing.
• Expertise in VMware environment architecture, maintenance and performance tuning the Virtual environment.
• Expertise in configuring HP DL 580’s, 380’s G5’s/6’s/7’s rack servers and upgrading servers using HP Smart update manager.
• Expertise with patch Management of hosts and VM’s using VMware vCenter Update Manager to create baselines, baseline groups to stage and remediate.
• Installation Management Services, NetScaler, Branch Repeater and Access Gateway (CAG) with Advanced Access Control, Application Profiling, Streaming, and Management.
• Maintaining IT infrastructure including server hardware, VMware environment, data storage, switching and routing, backups, email, firewall, spam filtering, AV, VPN, mobile devices, VOIP systems, network monitoring, and all Microsoft technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Virtualization: Design, install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and 5 environments with Virtual Center management, Lab Manager, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion, VMware Data, Hyper-V, performance characteristics for VMware vSphere and SAN-backed applications and legacy hardware

Server Admins: MS Windows Server/Exchange Server (2000/2003/2008/2008 R2), Red Hat Linux (Enterprise Linux 4/5/6), UBUNTU, SUSE 8/9/10. IBM Servers, HP ML 350 G6, -HCL INFINITI GLOBAL LINE 2710BC.

Routing Protocols: RIP, RIP2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, OSPFV3, BGP, ISIS, IPV6 address, and CLNS address.

Operating Systems: Windows 9x, Windows 2000 Server/Professional, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows 7, VMware ESX.

Network Protocols: TCP/IP & subnetting, configuring routing, VLAN, access lists on routers, Switches, ASA, CAT 3560G, 1841 Router

Networking: LAN WAN concepts, routing and switching, configuring inter- VLAN communication

Terminal Services: Remote Desktop Services, VNC, Putty, Tera Term, Team Viewer, cytrix, Logmein and Terminal Services.

Backup: VERITAS Netback up, TSM, Avamar and Windows NT Backup

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring, Troubleshooting and management of ESX 4, ESXi 5, ESXi 5.5 and vCenter Server 5.
• Well Experienced with designing, installing and implementing Vmware ESX servers and vCenter server 4.0, 5.0 and setting up ofVMwareFeatures like V-Motion, HA, DRS.
• Managed 300+ ESX servers located at various data centers by one virtual center. Each Data center has multiple clusters with biggest of 15 clusters used for HA and DRS for disaster recovery, Load balancing and troubleshooting.
• Creating and Deploying of Virtual Machines from Templates and creating Snapshots with in no time, Cloning of Virtual Machines for future Deployments.
• Creating and configuring VNetwork Standard Switch (VSwitch), VM Kernel Ports, VM ports, Service console and NIC teaming.
• Configuring vNetwork Distributed switches and migrating the networks from VNetwork standard switches to vNetwork Distributed switches.
• Configuring different type of Port Groups Policies, Applying Security policies, Traffic Shaping, Load balancing, Failover detection, Hard and Soft zoning and VLAN Tagging.
• Virtual Machines (P2V) and Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines (V2V) usingVMwareconverter and vCenter Guided Consolidation.
• Daily responsibilities included maintenance of Virtual machines for performance issues also implemented V-Motioning, Hot and Cold Migration of virtual servers and performed Storage VMotion where the storage is migrated.
• Created and maintained SQL server cluster for HA, DRS, VC, ESX servers and VM's.
• Good experience withVMwareUpdate Manager and Host Update utility to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment.
• Created Domain User Accounts, Distribution Groups with Active Directory/Exchange.
• Design, implementing and managing Active Directory(AD), Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)/System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Systems Management Server (SMS)/System Center Configuration Manager(SCCM)
• Extensively managed Active Directory like all the problems related to user accounts, domain accounts, managing permissions etc.
• Experience writing both Power Shell and PowerCLI scripts to automate Virtual Machine builds and DNS entry configurations.
• Experience in Remote deployment of Microsoft Windows 2003/2008/R2/2012 servers using Altiris deployment solution or manual installation of a server using ILO for remote connection to a server.
• Maintaining servers with latest security updates, critical patches, anti-virus, and backup.
• Install and maintain SCOM in the environment and maintain the monitoring configurations.
• Installed and configured Windows 2008/2012 servers. Maintain and monitoring 100+ servers for firm via SCOM alert system
• Utilize SCOM system management tool to monitor infrastructure health.
• Maintaining Print servers, Application servers and File Servers.

  Extensively worked with Active Directory Services, IIS Servers, DNS, and DHCP.

• Configured and maintained new VM's and Installed Microsoft Windows / 2012/2008/2003 Servers, managing VM's and ESX servers.
• Involved in day to day support related to Data Center, documentation of run books,, support, and coordination with off-shore team for moving/relocating Widows/VMware/Applications/Backup
• Responsible for supporting system design and implementations as well as provide first level of support for any issues.
• Supports integration between virtual platforms and desktop tools to deliver optimal environment for Customer support reps
• Planning migration strategies, DR plans with SAN and NAS data.

Environment: vSphere 4.0,5.0 and 5.5, Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2003 Server, Cisco UCS 5108, HP Blade C7000 and C3000, HP VCEM- Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, VMware View Dell Power Edge Servers, Citrix and SQL.

Confidential, Georgetown, KY

Sr. VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of VMware vSphere 5.0 with Enterprise Plus Features of vDistributed Switch and Host Profiles Upgrade Experience from VMware Infrastructure 4.0, 3.5 to vSphere 4.0 and Update 1 including vCenter4.0, ESX 3.5,4.0 and 4.1 Hosts, Update manager, vSphere client, and Virtual machines tools and H/W upgrade to vSphere 5.0 (Ver 8) .
• Install and support of VOIP services and troubleshooting VOIP issues .
• Extensive experience of Tools deployment along with other tools on new servers like IEM, Bigfix, SEA gate and TAD4D .
• Installation and maintain 2012 System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
• Installation of ESX 3.5,4.0 and 4.1 Nodes along with ESXi 5.0/5.1, vCenter 5, Update manager, and Administering VM’s across 2 Datacenters running around 10000 VM’s while migrating servers from different locations on the globe.
• Implementation of 2012 MS Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Tested and configured Wyse Thin Client devices and technology and implemented Wyse Device Manager Server for remote administration.
• Install and maintain VMware view for all environments .
• Specializing in Private Cloud solutions on vCloud Director running on VCE vBlocks
• Along with VMWare, The client used HYPER-V for some Window servers.
• Integration and testing of Unified Collaboration System with Cisco OpenStack (IaaS) and Media Broker with Unified Collaboration System.
• Experience delivering business systems using RPG (ILE).
• Installing IBM operating system upgrades, creating devices and printers.
• Plan and lead sessions for new and existing departments as part of the "Lion Team" initiative; facilitate at least 3 sessions per month.
• Management of Hyper V production platform, development platform and DMZ platform.
• Installation of vCenter5.1 Single Sign on Server (sso), Inventory Services and vCenter5.1
• Implementation of SRM 5.0 at both the locations of AIG in NJ and TX to recover thousand’s of virtual machines including production, new VM’S, P2V, V2V and clones.
• Implementation of install, design and configuration of VMware’s vCloud Automation center for both NJ and TX data center locations.
• Successfully upgraded nearly every Opsware customer in the Livingston/Fort worth locations Used precision and careful, thorough planning to turn nightmare, disaster-prone on-site product upgrades into successes.
• As a service desk technician, Identify, isolate and repair computer equipment .showing wear and tear as well as during preventative maintenance routines.
• Implementation Of different Host Profiles for Multiple Clusters across Multiple Data centers
• Managing EMC Data Domain for transform backup, archiving, disaster recovery with high-speed, efficiently replicate backup and archive data.
• Experience with EMC VPlex used for data mobility, continuous Availability, migrations, stretched clusters and scale out cluster architecture.
• Designed and implemented a best-in-class Solaris Patching feature based on my own professional services work while consulting at Opsware customers.
• Implementation of SRM 5.0 on vSphere across multiple sites to provide Disaster recovery solution for VMware Vsphere Environment, vSphere Linked Mode and replicated storage, Configuring Sites Roles and Privileges, Alarms for monitoring the Site Status. Failback Testing from Protected Site to Recovery Site in SRM and Shared Recovery Site across multiple Protected Sites.
• Install, maintain & monitor Citrix 6.5 Server.
• Daily participation with DB teams to resolve the SQL and Oracle server migration issues .
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, VMotion, SV-Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates, and many more.
• Extensive migration of DB servers including SQL servers along with Oracle servers .
• Building VM’s and new Templates for new Projects and allocating them to appropriate Resource pools.
• Upgrading the Firmware to the latest version/date on the BIOS/ controllers/ hard drives.
• Installed the ProLiant Support Packs (PSP) to deploy software updates remotely and thereby reducing server maintenance costs.
• Installed the VMware Capacity Planner in planning, designing and implementing the virtual infrastructure environment and monitoring of virtual environments.

Environment: HP ProLiant BL Series, Smart Start 8.4, VMware VSphere 5.0, VMware view 5.3, ESX 4.0 & 4.1, ESXi 4.0,4.1,5.0,5.1 EMC & NetApp SAN/NAS, Virtual Center, SEP 11.x, SEP 12.x VMware ThinApp

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designing and Documentation for Racks move from one cage to other big cage in datacenter.
• Worked on large datacenter consolidations and completed them successfully using multiple P2V conversion using Vcenter Converter.
• Job includes installation and configuration ofVMwareESXi 4.x, installation and configuration ofVMwareVirtual Center Server and creating Virtual Machines.
• Assist in P2V conversion of Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Linux based server editions using enterpriseVMwareconverter and also installed theVMwaretools on that machines.
• Provided disaster recovery and backup services using theVMwareconsolidated Backup (VCB).
• Job also includes creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates, cloning Virtual Machines and managing Virtual Center permissions.
• Creating and ManagingVMwarecluster with HA and DRS.Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines. Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Using Virtual center server for HA, DRS and VMotion.Working on Migration concepts likeVMotion and cold migration.
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network.Troubleshooting ESX & Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and VMs.
• Installation, configuration and management of Veeam Backup and Replication for virtual machine backup.Management of HP SIM for hardware monitoring.
• Installation, configuration and management of Windows Server 2003.
• Management for Active Directory and patch management.

Environment: Virtual Infrastructure 3, vSphere 4.0, Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2003 Server, HP EVA 8400, HP Blade C7000, HP Blade C3000, HP VC Flex 10

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Storage and VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administration of all login servers, farm servers, database servers, Application servers, VMware servers, EMC Clariion, NetApp storage arrays and Backup solution.
• Configuring, implementing and managing Virtual environment using VMware ESX 3.0, ESXi 3.5 infrastructures.
• Implemented and configured multiple CLARiiON Storage environments from initial setup to binding LUNs, creating RAID group, installing CLARiiON storage array software’s, enabling the host address the EMC CLARiiON storage array, provisioned and documented them to meet the requirements.
• Familiarity with data protection technologies which involve Snapmirror, Snapvault and OSSV.
• Designed and planned NAS infrastructure using SMB/CIFS/NFS protocols with EMC storage, windows and UNIX machines.
• Designed, Planned and Implemented fibre channel SAN with brocade switches, servers (Linux, Windows) with Qlogic and Emulex HBA’s and NetApp filers.
• Designed and Implemented iSCSI SAN with Cisco/Brocade switches (1 Gig and 10 Gig), servers (Linux, Windows) 10 Gig/ 1Gig ISCSI target cards and NetApp filers.
• Storage allocation/reclamation - Created Initiator groups, port groups, storage groups and Masking views for Auto-provisioning and recommended various best practices
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues like one path failure in SAN Storage environment, host not seeing storage, and HBA failure in SAN environment and performance issues.
• Data storage deployment, support, capacity planning and provisioning with SAN, NAS, iSCSI, direct-attached storage, & storage virtualization.
• Implemented SRDF for DR planning and Time Finder for local replication.

Environment: Red Hat Linux 4/5,Windows 2000/2003/2008 server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Exchange 2003/ 2007,Microsoft Office, VMware ESX3.0/3.5, VCenter Server, EMC CLARiiON, Symantec Netbackup,, SQL server 2005/2008, Service-now.

Confidential

Systems/Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical support in a W2k environment.
• Performed application compatibility testing on hundreds of third party software ensuring integration with windows and standard desktop configuration.
• Created and configured network accounts using Netware
• Administrator and Console one.
• Provided technical assistance with network access.
• Maintained IT Asset Tracking database.
• Remote Access administration.
• Created and configured VPN accounts via Cisco Secure ACS client, Citrix ICA Client and Active Directory.
• Maintained and Updated Software database on external hard drives.
• Assisted remote users with testing access and installation procedures.
• Configured laptops for RAS and local connections on the VLAN (DHCP or Static TCP/IP) configuration.
• Wireless Services & Support.
• Blackberry Server Enterprise Server 4.0
• Reactivated user accounts on server and reset
• Blackberry accounts for Blackberry upgrades.
• Activate and configure blackberry devices
• Trained constituents on blackberry features and use.
• Provided Tier II support for blackberry activation, maintenance and replacement.
• Installed synchronization software for PDA's and assist with email synchronization.
• Hardware support and repair for workstations.

Environment: Windows XP/NT/2000/2003, My SQL 2000, Exchange NT/2000