SUMMARY

• Over 7+ years of experience in Windows and Virtual infrastructure resources, VMware Configuration & Administration, System Design, Data Center management.
• Hands on Experience in Installing, Configuring & Troubleshooting VMware ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1, ESX 4.0, vSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.0, vCenter or Virtual Center 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1 /4.0 servers. Configuring VM’s on ESX server and installing hosts and Migrating Virtual Machines across various VMware ESXi Servers and VMware servers.
• Experience wif Data Centre Migration and Infrastructure
• Experience in configuring VMware CPU and memory shares for virtual machines.
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from templates and CD/ISO image.
• Configure and maintain new VM's, install Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers, manage VM's and ESX servers and install VMware Tools on VM's
• Ability to implement VMware’s Virtual Switch technology, port aggregation, NIC teaming, and port groups.
• Experienced in resource management framework, creating resource pools, adding teh VMs into resource pools
• Installation of Operating System and different software for different application.
• Creation of new User ID and setting configuration for a new user
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment, DNS, DHCP.
• Administering, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2008 R2/2003
• Experience in implementing and configuring hardware and software RAID under Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008.
• Hands on experience wif IBM Servers, HP Proliant Servers and Dell Power Edge rack mount servers.
• Expertise in DNS, DHCP and Active Directory services and Remote Desktop connection in windows 2003/2008 sever.
• Experience in analyzing and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Server hardware, Software applications and clustered environment issues
• Creating and maintaining users, profiles, security, rights, disk space and process monitoring
• Deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) Machines.
• Provisioning remote desktop connection to teh users and adding teh users to remote desktop group
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion and SVMotion.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard VSwitch & DVSwitch.
• Experience in cloning VMs and deploy new virtual machines from clones.
• Experience working wif Storage Area Network (SAN), Good understanding about SAN, iSCSI, NAS configuration and implementing attached storage.
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills, good leadership qualities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft: Windows 2008/2003 Server/Enterprise Server, Windows XP. Knowledge of Windows 7 OS and supporting tools and technologies, Windows WSUS, IIS Administration, Hyper - V

VMware Products: Experience in all kind of migrations like P2V, V2V and V2P. vSphere 4.0/ 5.0/5.1/5.5 ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1, ESX 5.0/5.1/5.5 Virtual Center Server 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 . Design and implement Virtual Infrastructure VMotion, HA, DRS, Managing Resource pools, VMware Workstation, VMware, VMware converter enterprise, VMware Update Manager,FT, Vmotion and Svmotion

Storage: iSCSI SAN, FC SAN, NetApp, SAN and NAS.

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2005.

Protocols/Services: TCP/IP, SMTP,HTTP, Telnet, SSH, DNS, DHCP, FTP and IIS

Hardware: IBM x3850/x3950 Servers, HP Blade Servers C7000 and C3000 HP Proliant ML & DL series 580, 380, 360. Dell power edge Blade servers, Wintel Servers. Network Interface card, Multi Serial Port, Adapter, Hubs, Switches.

Backup: Veeam, Symantec Backup, Avamar, Vizioncore VrangerPro.

Desktop Applications: MS Office 20,, MS Project

Ticketing System: HPSM7, ServiceNow and Remedy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Sioux Falls, SD

VMware/Windows Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working more on virtualized VMware environment / Windows Server in an enterprise environment. Virtualization monitoring and performance planning.
• Responsible for ESXi host server upgrade from ESXi v5.0 to ESXi v5.1 and later to ESXi v5.5 and document teh process for future references requires highly technical skills to document teh step by step process and procedures of all these upgrades
• Co-ordinate wif teh network team to plan teh network structure for teh new ESXi hosts like number of NICs, vLANs, subnets etc.
• Configure NIC teaming at ESXi server level for redundancy.
• Create Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups and setting up Layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks
• Installation of vCenter server and configuring ESXi host’s wifin teh cluster using vMotion and HA.
• Implement and manage VMware Servers and design solutions based on VMware. Building VM’s and new templates for different projects.
• Create, manage and configure VMs, cloning, deploying VM's to template and templates to VM's.
• Perform P2V, V2V migrations using VM Convertor.
• Taking Snapshots of Virtual Machines as when required.
• Running patches and updates through update manager for teh ESXi hosts.
• Reconfigure vCPU and teh memory setting of teh virtual machines as required.
• Installation of Operating System and different software for different application.
• Creation of new User ID and setting configuration for a new user.
• Administering Windows 2008 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and building new windows physical/virtual servers as per teh requirement of teh project.
• Responsible for day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for Windows servers and VMWare. Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages..
• Active Directory management, Group Policy administration, maintenance of DHCP, DNS and other application servers.

Environment: Windows 2008 R2/2008/2003 Servers, Windows 7/XP, MS SQL Server 2008, VMware ESX/ESXi, vSphere 5, Hyper-V, vCenter, Storage Replication, EMC Avamar, Active Directory services, WSUS, DHCP, DNS, RDP, IIS, FTP.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

VMware Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Member of Project IT team responsible for maintaining datacenters and associated running systems, involved wif developing and implementing IT initiatives to increase productivity and efficiency while reducing management overhead.
• Performed Virtual Machines backup, snapshots, cloning, P2V and V2V conversion using VMware stand-alone convertor.
• Creating/Managing Virtual Machines, creating clones and templates/images for deploying VMs, audit them for perfection and manage utilities and applications installed on those VMs.
• Using Veeam to backup physical server.
• Provided backup and recovery support using Veeam.
• Create a procedure for teh P2V migration and make a decision along wif teh client team to decide which servers to be virtualized.
• Maintain, implement and optimize operating systems/software utilizing VMware virtualization technologies for vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0 including configuration of VMware HA and DRS.
• Assisted in initial setup and connectivity issues between ESX/ESXi hosts and storage arrays.
• Experienced HP Service Manager 7 and Remedy ticketing systems.
• Strong experience wif teh VMware HA (High Availability), Fault Tolerance, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) .
• Install multiple Operating Systems in different VM's and configure vmtools on them to accelerate hardware functionality and also maintain and configure unattended VM’s builds
• Installed vCenter Server instances to enable centralized management of multiple hosts. Maintaining and troubleshooting VMware vCenter
• Creating and managing teh VMware cluster wif HA and DRS.
• Move cluster from one Vcenter to another Farm.
• Increased drives of teh Virtual Machine.

Environment: VMware vSphere 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, ESX/ESXi 4.0, 5.0, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor, Veeam Backup and replication tool, Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, HP Proliant BL & DL server series, HP Insight Manager. Virtualization (Hyper-V and VMware). P2V,V2V Migrations.

Confidential, Denver, CO

VMWARE / WINDOWS ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting VMware ESX 4.1 Hosts, VMware vSphere virtual center.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on HP Blade Servers C7000 and C3000.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Experience wif vSphere Host Profiles, Standard and Distributed Switches setup.
• Handled teh VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS).
• Periodic update of patches, drivers and firmware’s for all our Global ESX hosts.
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 Servers on Virtual Machines.
• Provided day to day system administration and technical support for Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Expertise in remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Implementation of Active Directory infrastructure and Network fundamentals, protocols (such as TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS), Group Policy and Profile Management.
• Configuring and Managing Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.
• Provide server and client support for all issues such as: logon failures, account lockout, network connectivity, DNS and name resolution, authentication problems.
• Managing VM’s by vSphere Client and Web Client.
• Cloning, deploying new VM’s from Templates different type of guest OS like Windows 2003/2008, Creating virtual NIC cards for teh respective VMs and assigning teh network connections.
• Building new VMware virtual machines to meet teh specifications provided by teh client.
• Creating Roles and permissions in VMware ESX Server 4.0/4.1
• Migrated VMware ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 using VMware update Manager.
• Experience on hot and cold clone process..
• Installed/updated patches on VMware ESX hosts using VMware Update Manager tool.
• Updated VMware tools on virtual machines using Update Manager tool.
• Provided 24/7 On Call support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

Environment: VMware Infrastructure 3.5/4.0/4.1, vCenter Server, Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server, VMware vCenter Converter, Active Directory Migration, TCP/IP, DNS, Windows Clustering, FTP,P2V,V2V,VMotion.

Confidential, Eagan, MN

VMWARE / WINDOWS ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administering Windows 2008 Active Directory, building new windows physical/virtual servers as per teh requirement of teh project
• Installation and configuration of Windows Active Directory Services. Setting up Domains and configuring DHCP, DNS servers, IIS Servers. Optimization and performance tuning as needed
• Enforce domain security through Group Policy Administration, Active Directory Management.
• Create Active Directory users and groups, including delegating authority and applying permissions
• Upgrade of Windows 2003 servers to Windows 2008 of physical and virtual machines..
• Creating & managing user accounts, e-mail accounts, managing user rights and permissions. Managing User & Group accounts and their access control.
• Building VM’s and new templates for and allocating them to appropriate resource pools.
• Creating Virtual Machines. Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Installation of VMware tools, perform P2V, V2V migrations using VM Convertor.
• Manage VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion and High Availability (HA) Clusters
• Configuration of vCenter server, and vSphere licensing. Maintaining and troubleshooting VMware vCenter
• Updating and upgrading ESX servers using vCenter update manager.
• Remote Access using Terminal services. VPN access to enterprise resources. Set up connectivity between head office and remote location for users.
• Other Day-to-day activity involves storage expansion on Windows, NIC Teaming, Memory Upgrades, Active Directory Domain join.

Environment: Windows 2008 R2/2008/2003 Servers, Windows 7/XP, VMware ESX vSphere 4.x, Hyper-V, vCenter, MS SQL Server 2008, Active Directory services, IIS, FTP, WSUS, DHCP, DNS, Storage Replication, EMC Avamar.

Confidential

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installed Windows 2000/2003 Server for teh organization.
• Created teh User Accounts and Profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory.
• Administered teh Group Policy to automatically upgrade and repair software installations.
• Installation and support for desktops wif Windows 2000/XP Operating systems.
• Provide Remote Support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDP).
• Created Virtual Machines for member servers which host services like IIS, DNS, and DHCP.
• Installed VMware Converter to convert Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) machines.
• Provide day to day application support and involved in troubleshooting project specific hardware, network and software including Microsoft Office applications and other network related issues.
• Installation and configuration of network Printers.
• Provided teh backup and recovery of teh files and data, worked on Windows Firewall, Terminal Server, and Troubleshooting computer related problems. Attending client calls related to computers and network problems.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP FTP), Managing teh Domain and Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing.