SUMMARY

• Extensive experience in IT Industry in Windows Administration, Virtualization using VMware and Virtual center management, Network Administration and Technical Support.
• Experience wif Virtualization technologies like Installing, Configuring, and Administering VMware ESX/ESXi and Hyper - v. Created and managed VMs Virtual Server and also involved in the maintenance of Virtual Servers.
• Comprehensive background in the installation, upgrades, configuration, rollout and support of hardware, software, peripherals and network devices.
• Deployed key VMware ESX/ESXi technologies, expertise wif HA/DRS, P2V.
• ESXI migrations from 5.0 to 5.5 to VSphere 5.5. Deployment of business critical technologies -VSphere View and VMware SRM Site Recovery Manager .
• Experience working on Virtual Infrastructure, VSphere Client and setting up ESX in the virtual environment.
• Virtualizing desktop applications for use in aVDI environment through VMware ThinApp and App Volume.
• Extensive in VMware ESX/GSX/WORKSTATION/VMSERVER Server Farms.
• Designed Implemented and troubleshoot VMWARE ESXi 5.0/5.5 environments Virtual center management, VM Infra client support.
• Responsible for day to day management of VMware ESX farms, including provisioning, patch management and issue resolution.
• Performed successfully physical to virtual and virtual to virtual conversions of physical/virtual machines using VMware Converter.
• Experience in maintaining VMware ESX / ESXi environment, VCloud Suite, Microsoft Windows Server, EMC Storage Arrays, Citrix Xen app, Xen Desktop, Data Center management and day-to-day operations wif Skill and Efficiency.
• 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
• Installation and Configuration of VMware ESX/VSphere 5.x.
• Failover clustered Hyper-V environments and Create virtual machines wifin Hyper-V.
• Experience in Installing, Maintaining, Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Managing Blade Center server, Configuring and Zoning Storage Area Networks and SAN Switches and VMware ESXi Server Administration.
• Build ESXi 4.X and 5.X on Cisco UCS and HP Blades as per the requirement.
• Managing Distribute switch using VSM Cisco Nexus 1000v.
• Commissioning and Decommissioning UCS Blades and Rack Mount Servers.
• Experience in migrating fromSCCM 2007 toSCCM 2012 wif strong ability to design, configure and implement the environment based on client's requirement.
• Experience in creating primary servers, secondary servers, distribution points, collections and advertising software packages.
• Proficient in deployingSCCM clients, managing software packages, software distribution in an SCCM … environment.
• Highly proficient in deploying images using zero touch and lite touch technologies throughSCCM.
• Experience in creating Boundaries and Boundary groups wif all the IP subnets for all clients reporting toSCCM 2012.
• Experience in creating various SQL reports for compliance and other validations for software distribution or Microsoft patches usingSCCM 2007 andSCCM 2012.
• Experience in managing the structure of the Microsoft Patching schedules every month based on client requirements usingSCCM 2007 andSCCM 2012.
• Experience in Network LAN/WAN deployment, including IP Addressing and Troubleshooting.
• Experience wif Active Directory Administration, Disaster Recovery Planning, Remote Access, Office Products, Routers, Switches and Backup devices.
• Strong knowledge in DNS, DHCP, network protocols, group policy, NetVault and Microsoft server OS.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware Tools: ESX/ESXi Server 6.5/6.0/5.5/5.0 / 4.1/3.5/3.0/2.5 VSphere 6.5/6.0/5.5/5.0 /4.1, VMware converter 4/3 and VMware VMotion, Hyper-v on server 2016/2012/2008 os.

Operating System: Windows 2008/2003/2000/ NT/7/Vista/XP, Unix/Linux installation.

Technologies: Citrix Secure access gateway, VMware ESX Server 3/3.5, VMware Player 1.0/2.0, VMware Converter 3.0, Virtual Center 2.5/3.0, Virtual Infrastructure 3.5, SAPR/3, 4.6b, 4.6c, ECC 5.0/ 6.0. Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.0/4.5 Xenapp, Cisco UCS Hardware, Cisco Routing and Switching, Office 365, Microsoft SCCM.

Core VMware Virtualization Skills: ESXi 6.5/6.0/5.5/5.0, VSphere 6.5/6.0/5.5/5.0 /3 and 4, VI3, Virtual Center Server, P2V, V2V, Storage VMotion, Dell, HP, Cisco, ADDS, ADFS, Solarwinds SNMP, HA, DRS, SRM 4.0, Host Profiles, VApp, VMware Consolidated Backup, VMware Management Assistant, VMware VSphere Client.

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL360, DL380, DL580 Servers, BL465c Blade Servers and Dell Power

RDBMS: Oracle and MS SQL Server installation, and MS Access.

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, DHCP, DNS, POP3, SMTP, and SNMP.

Edge Servers. Routers: Cisco ASR 06 / 06 / 51 / 2600

Switches: Cisco Catalyst VSS 13 / 00 / 3945 E / 3750-X / Nexus 7K,5K,2K

Firewall: Cisco ASA 5520,5540,5585

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, ISIS, VRF, PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, Static Route

Backup Software: Symantec backup exec, Vizioncore VRanger Pro, and VMware.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Denver, CO

Sr VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Work involves installing, configuring, and managing of virtual infrastructure using virtual center.
• Using VMware vCenter, created Datacenter Environment by creating VMware clusters, adding ESX hosts in the clusters and implementing HA and DRS.
• Installing, configuring and administration Virtual Infrastructure ESXi, VCenter, VSphere
• Virtual Center Server License Server Installation and Configuration
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations
• Creating templates from VM's, deploy VM's from templates and allocate resources
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines
• Deploying VMs Through Templates
• Troubleshooting issues relating to VMotion such as compatibility issues.
• Managing VCenter Server, Update manager.
• Configuring Alarms, Root Cause System Log Analysis and reporting
• Performance tuning of VMware Servers, Virtual Sessions and management of server resources.
• Troubleshooting problems wif the help of Event Logs
• Manage VM's using VMware Virtual Center and Web Access
• Security hardening and monitoring VMs ESX servers CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization
• Configurations of Virtual Switches and Network Connections
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter P2V Converter
• Creating and managing Resource Pools and adding the VMs into Resource Pools.
• Hold extensive practical knowledge in deployment, configuration, installation and troubleshooting of the VMware Infrastructure VSphere 5.5 (ESXi5.5), Cisco UCS /Dell Rack and Windows Servers.
• New Installation of Esxi host on Dell/Cisco UCS Blade (using boot lun) hardware using service profiles and template.
• Analyse and troubleshoot issues related to HP Proliant and Blade Servers, mostly related to hardware problem analysis.
• Troubleshoot issues using most critical logs and report like ADU (Array Diagnostics Utility) Reports, Integrated Management Logs (IML), HPS Reports, HP insight Diagnostics Reports and HP System Management Homepage.
• Technically qualified to troubleshoot HP Proliant and Blade systems hardware issues.
• Trained on HP Blade systems, Proliant ML/DL Servers
• Having Good Experience in Configuring, Deploying and Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Fabric
• Build ESXi 4.X and 5.X on Cisco UCS and HP Blades as per the requirement.
• Commissioning and Decommissioning UCS Blades and Rack Mount Servers.
• Regularly Check Critical Alerts in UCSM and resolving them, if the issue is hardware or firmware or unknown tan raising the Case wif Cisco and following wif them until fix the issue.
• Capacity Planning for Upcoming Build or Project.
• Periodically taking backup for UCS (Full state and all configurations).
• Upgraded firmware for UCS Severs, IO Modules and Fabric Interconnect
• UCS Server Deployment
• Regularly Check Critical Alerts in UCSM and resolving them, if the issue is hardware or firmware or unknown tan raising the Case wif Cisco and following wif them until fix the issue.
• Capacity Planning for Upcoming Build or Project.
• Periodically taking backup for UCS (Full state and all configurations) and Automated the UCSM backup.
• Configuring network, storage using CIMC for Cisco standalone Blades.
• Knowledge in Data center and Server farm environment. Worked wif CISCO UCS, IBM, Dell and HP hardware - Blades and Rack-mounted Server.
• Strong knowledge and hands on experience in Data Center Migrations.
• Implemented & Maintained a VBlock environment and worked wif Cisco UCS administration and EMC SAN storage, VBlock300/700 infrastructure.
• Implementation and documentation of VMware vSphere 5.x, and 6.x.
• Worked wif Backup and recovery configuration in Veeam backup 9.0
• Upgrade firmware on Cisco UCS manager and infrastructure elements
• Execute PowerShell script to automate regular infrastructure activities
• Create VLAN's in UCS manager and tag wif vnics and create port groups in ESXi
• To be confirmed to delete raid and wipe out server before un-racking the server.
• Worked on Tuning-up vSphere Performance and Optimized Virtual Machine.
• Enhanced work flow during application deployment by using VMWare vCAC.
• Provided documentation based on solutions and guidelines. Manage Cisco servers using CISCO UCS MANAGER 2.x.
• P2V Migration Handled through VMware Convertor.
• Handled Many Builds & Migrations for Project Requirements
• Planning and Implementing Maintenance for UCS & HP Blades, VMware & Windows Environments
• Assisting in planning and implementation of virtual environment
• Create a procedure for the P2V migration and decide along wif the client team to decide which servers to be virtualized
• Using VMware Capacity Planner to analyze the server usage and recommend the configuration for new VM
• Creating a workflow for Pre-and Post-Migration
• Maintain, implement and optimize operating systems/software utilizing VMware virtualization technologies for vSphere 4.0/4.1 including configuration of VMware HA and DRS.
• Manage and Troubleshoot company websites related queries on each server, manage DFS Replication on all the servers
• Perform troubleshooting of operating system and software infrastructure issues on Domain Controllers, Member Servers, Server Clusters, and Virtual Machine Farms
• Manage Symantec Secure Scan for network vulnerability scanning both internal and external
• Update and patch all ESX servers and coordinate hardware-software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance wif company policy.
• Configuring Administration of Windows 2003/2008/2012, DHCP, DNS, Group Policies.
• Installing different applications like XenApp 6.0, IIS 5, 6 etc.
• Experience in administration of Active directory for users and computers.
• Good Exposure to backup tools like VERITAS Net backup and IBM Tivoli Manager
• Preparing daily checklists updating management.
• Monitoring, managing and reporting daily, weekly and monthly server status.

Environment: VMware VSphere 6.0/ 5.5/5.0/4/4.1/5.0, ESX server 3.5/4/4.1, ESXi 6.0/5.5/5.0/4/4.1/5.0, Windows 2012/2008/2003, SQL 2005, vCenter 5.5/5.0/4.0/4.1/5.0, IIS, HP Sitescope, DRS, P2V, V2V, vCenter update manager, SRM.

Confidential, Virginia

SCCM Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administer and Maintain MicrosoftSCCM environment, application deployments, patch management, general troubleshooting, log analysis, Role Based Administration, upgrade and recommendations on current infrastructure.
• Build and maintain images for windows 10.
• Created fully automated task sequence for windows 7 to windows 10 migration usingSCCM.
• Project lead for office 2016, skype for business 2016, egress Switch deployment for all Courts.
• Provided training for helpdesk onSCCM client, Software Update, application deployment troubleshooting.
• UpgradeSCCM server from 2012 R2 to 1702 and Migrated Server Hardware.
• Installed SUP and Migrated Pushing Software updates from WSUS toSCCM and increased the patch compliance.
• Developed Patch Management Strategy, including documentation, Testing and deployment phases for Workstation and servers UsingSCCM.
• Installed and configured SCUP for 3rd Party patching usingSCCM.
• Creating baseline to check the compliance for patches, local admins, Applications.
• Used User state migration tool (USMT) to transfer customer profile information from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
• Created Automated scripts to remove old objects fromSCCM to maintain up to date hardware inventory
• Automated software deployment by linkingSCCM collection to AD Groups.
• Upgraded Hosts, Maintaining and Building new VM using vSphere.
• Created custom reports forSCCM hardware inventory, Compliance, Machines Model and OS for tracking OS Upgrade for Managers and Deputies
• Used Network topology mapper for Scanning, Mapping, Creating Reports for all IT infrastructure in all locations.
• Configured new physical servers for deployment and maintain old servers up to date.
• Monitor NPM for network issues and used Wireshark for capturing traffic

Environment: VSphere5.5, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1/10, Windows server 2003/2008/2012 R2,SCCM 2012 R2/1511/1702, Solar winds NTM/NPM, Wireshark.

Confidential

Vmware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation & configurationWindows server2003,Windows server 2008 R2 &Windows server 2012R2 Managing Active Directory Users Profiles.
• Managing Logins, users, roles and User permissions through Active Directory.
• Installation & configurationWindows remote web application onWindows server 2012R2.
• Migration ofWindows 2003R2 server toWindows server 2012R2 using FSMO.
• Configuring DHCP Clustering & Hyper-v Clustering onWindows server 2012R2.
• Configuration Trust Relation wif Different domain.
• Configuration of Active Directory & Users Management.
• Users Added & configuring roaming profile of users & configure mandatory profile.
• Quota set on user's data folders. Installation initial setup & configuration of exchange server.
• Implementing Managing & Troubleshooting of exchange server, creating new users on exchange & assign permission on this users & managing Recipient.
• Resolving Mailbox related Queries such as mailbox full, Mailbox closed, Storage limit, Mail Access right, providing forwarders access right, Sending & receiving message capacity.
• Install & configuring ADFSRM on storage server & configuring file Quota, screening and scheduling file report.
• Installing & configuring newWindows & connect in Domain controller.
• ImplementingWindows patch management through WSUS Server.
• Installing, up gradation maintaining Symantec Backup server. Checking Backup scheduled report on daily.
• Resolving Citrix Related issue such as Citrix plug-in launch issue, Connectivity issue, Local Folder sharing issue. Printing issue from citrix server to local printer.
• Taking care LAN Maintaining switch & computer assembling.
• Configuring Cisco VPN in Cisco firewall through Cisco ASDM Access.
• Installing & configure SVN Server for Development team code testing.
• Managing and update day to day inventory of software & hardware.
• Resolving issue of outside user, taking remote access.
• Tracking messages of users on exchange using mail tracking tools.
• Resolving issue of server hardware and desktop hardware.
• Working closely wif the network Administrators for issues related to physical connectivity for the performance issues that occurred in the regular day to day operations wif storage connectivity.
• Working closely wif the Network Admins for issues Occurred in the Environment for the performance issues and Network Connectivity that occurred in the regular day to day operations
• Building Windows 2008 Servers and upgrading Windows 2003 on both physical and virtual machines.
• Working closely wif the network Administrators for issues related to Brocade & Cisco for the performance issues that occurred in the regular day to day operations wif storage connectivity.
• Configured the Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC for testing and development.
• Installed WSUS and configured for patch deployment.
• Provided Hardware support, troubleshooting and diagnosis.
• Respond to and address any tickets/ work requests in the Remedy Queue.
• Access Servers using Terminal Servers or other approved method.
• Perform system health checks as required.
• Assigning the static ip's (IPV4 ) for static for the customers upon their request
• IP addressing and sub-netting, Routing concepts.
• Implementation of routing protocols - RIP V1/V2, OSPF, IGRP and EIGRP
• Switches: Basic Configuration and VLAN setup on Cisco 1900, 2950, 2960 Switches
• Router: Basic Configuration and monitoring of Cisco 2500, 2600, 1800
• Back-up and restore of all critical resources including router IOS, Outlook, System State data

Environment: Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2 Servers,Windows XP, MS SQL Server 2005/2000, Exchange Server 2003, Active Directory services, WSUS, DHCP, DNS, RDP, IIS, FTP, Terminal Services.