SUMMARY

• Systems Administrator wif 7 years of experience in VMware vSphere - global virtualization and storage networking infrastructure.
• Experience in designing, deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral equipment.
• Extensive experience wifActive 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.
• Extensive experience in Windows 2012/2008/2003/ NT4.0Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Expert in Windows Server System Administration skills.
• Professional, outgoing tier 3 supports and solutions provider for complex IT strategies and initiatives to reduce maintenance and costs along wif providing stable and reliable services.
• Find services and Processes, Find Server IP address Server name, Domain, Domain Controller, OS type
• Strong knowledge on Server, Desktop and Application Virtualization.
• Experience wif Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, VMware vSphere. Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, different types of portgroups, NIC Teaming and VLAN Problem management on VMware ESX 5.X and Virtual Center and vMotion.
• Experience in Networking configuration & Security Configuration on ESX Host.
• Build and troubleshooting experience wif ESX Servers and ESXi Servers, vSphere and vCenter manager.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and DRS.
• Experience inP2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter / Plate Spin 6.8.x. Creating host and client VM templates and cloning.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio, Outlook, Printing, Windows networking.
• Experience wif x86 / x64Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, GPP, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player wif excellent organizational and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: VMware vSphere 3.5/4.1/5.0/5.5, Workstation 6/7, ESX Server 3.5,4.0,5.X, VMware DRS, HA and FT, VMware Standalone Converter 3.0, VMware Update Manager 1, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI, VMware View.

Operating System: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2000/2008/2012, Windows XP/Vista/7

Applications: Vmware Workstation, Vmware Player, P2V/V2V Converters, MS Office 2003, 2007 and MS Visio, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and System center operations manager (SCOM).

Third party Vmware applications: vCloud Director.

Application Servers: Microsoft Active Directory 2003/2008,DHCP, DNS, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0/7.0, SCCM

Protocols: TCP/IP, WINS, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, HTTP/S,SMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, NNTP, RDP, Citrix ICA.

Desktop Application: Microsoft Office 2003/2007, Outlook 2003/2007, Star Office, VMware Workstation 5.0 and 6.0

Networking Equipment: Confidential Routers 17xx, 26xx, 36xx and 76xx Series, Confidential 29xx, 39xx Series Switches, Confidential IOS 10.x 11.x and 12.x, IBM Routers and switches.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, CA

VMWARE/WINDOWS ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installed and upgradedVMwarevSphere ESXi 5.5/4.1 and 4.0 in a total of 200 ESX servers, 100+ Servers.
• Coordinating wif Offshore and responsible for Maintaining, configuring and SupportingVMware Virtual Infrastructure, which has above 80 ESXi 5.5 Hosts which are in Production and Non - Production environments connected to San storage wif 100 Vm's running Windows & Linux and over 100+ workstations running Windows XP.
• Responsible for teh Administration, Planning, Designing, Configuring, troubleshooting and performance tuning on teh AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3/6.1/7.1, Linux and Solaris servers.
• Implemented teh datacenter up gradation and maintained virtual environment usingVMwareand provided technical guidance in Datacenter operations.
• Installing and configuring windows 2012 and windows 2008 server.
• Installing latest support packs releases and hot fixes from Microsoft by using WSUS.
• Installing and configuring Antivirus on all teh servers.
• Experience on working wif windows clustering which pro0vides single administrative interface and data consistency across all nodes.
• Installed IIS 6 using configured server wizard and verified that teh requirements for installation have been met.
• Configured Dell Power edge M710HD blade serves / HP ProLiant DL 360/380 wif ESX 4.0/4.1/5.5, where teh redundancy is maintained all over teh chassis by grouping blades form different chassis in to one cluster.
• Deployed teh Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system using a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK).
• Designing and executing teh Phase by phase migration plans and performing upgrades from VMwareESX 4.0, 4.1 to VSphere ESXi wifout Downtime.
• Hands on wide experience in Upgrading vCenter 4.1 to including teh vCenter Update Manager (VUM) and 1configuring teh same Version of vCenters in teh linked Mode.
• Troubleshooting teh issues related to storage and networking.
• Installing and configuring teh apache tomcat web server.
• Installing and configuring SQL 2008..
• Experience in enabling and disabling web views, importing and exporting packages usingVmware orchestrator.
• Installing and configuring theVMwareVSphere and creating clusters for High Availability (HA) and Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS).
• Experience in enabling scripting of vCloud Automation Center maintenance and administration tasks and supports multiple vCloud Automation Center instances simultaneously.
• Worked extensively on live migrations Using Double Take by taking minimum downtime for P2V and V2V Migrations.
• Migrated teh VM's using teh SAN to SAN replication using Recovery point.

Confidential

VMWARE ADMIN/ ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installing, configuration and maintaining of VMware ESXi 5.5 / Virtual Center Server.
• Creating, installing, configuring and maintaining teh Virtual Machines, installing guest Operating Systems (Windows)
• VMotion configuration & troubleshooting.
• Guest OS template creation and User Account Management.
• Install open source application like Apache, Tomcat.
• Good knowledge on SAN Integration wif VMware ESXi server.
• Good understanding on SAN concepts like topologies, switch zoning (soft & hard), LUN masking on SAN Storage devices, LUN creation and Storage Management.
• Configuring DRS, HA & Resource Pools in ESXi 5.5.
• Configuring ESXi 5.5 servers to use iSCSI & NAS storage.
• Backup & Restore management of teh Virtual Machines.
• Network Configuration on ESXi servers which include Bonds & VLANs.
• Performance monitoring & tuning.
• Scheduling of backups and system security.
• Preventive maintenance.
• Interact wif our clients to resolve their problems in a timely and accurate manner.

Environment: VCenter, ESXi 5.5, vMotion, vSphere, HA, Cloning, Snapshots. Windows 2008/2012 Server, HP Blade C7000, HP Blade C3000, HP VC Flex 10, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Citrix, Symantec Antivirus 10.x, Symantec Net backup

Confidential

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installed & Configured Networks, & Wireless Access Point/Router wif security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches in both LAN/WAN & wireless networks. LAN Cabling, RJ - 45 crimping, Labeling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches & Rack set-up
• Worked wif Network Concepts such as OSI reference model, IP protocols such as TCP/IP, IP addressing, subnets, routing protocols like OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, STP
• Installed, & supported 100+ Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, & Computer Peripherals wif teh IT team
• Was Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users & groups & given appropriate permissions & privilege to access our LAN & Domain environment
• Installed, configured, administered Windows 2003 servers, Active Directory Services, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server & SQL Database Server
• Was Responsible for Security Patch Management & Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS
• User Support - Monitored & troubleshooted system performance, server & user related issues. Provided support to users to resolve their day-to-day issues related to OS, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc
• Was Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all windows based servers. Planned & implemented fault tolerance & strategies for backup & restoring files on teh network using different media devices like tape drives, compact disk & additional hard disk etc
• Implemented cross-functional IT skills training so our team was well prepared & resilient when faced wif challenging issues, which greatly improved IT incident response times & work quality
• Vendor Management - Build strong relationship wif new / existing vendors to get good support & pricing. Selected and recommended teh right product as well as source at teh appropriate price range for teh business user
• Implemented & Managed Symantec Antivirus console
• Installed & configured 40 new servers at client location wif win 2003 Operating System & their required Applications
• Configured teh Security Policies /group policies & changing teh registry to meet teh required security for teh Organization
• Set-up & configured various RAID 1 & RAID 5. Applied patches & upgrades to teh servers
• Configured backups & recovery plans for windows based servers using windows server backup utility
• Responsible for troubleshooting network, database, applications, & web performance issues. Documented & maintained automation scripts for administration of servers.

Confidential

DESKTOP ENGINEER

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Installing, configuring & administering Windows 2003 Enterprise Server.
• Managing Domain Controllers and Additional Domain Controllers.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery in Windows 2003/2000 Domains.
• Configuration of Domain Naming Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Implementing Disaster Recovery by Optimizing FSMO roles Placement.
• Created User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies.
• Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions and System Policies.
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003 etc.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service (RIS).
• Implementing user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts.
• Responsible for operations and maintenance for TCP/IP.
• Routing via EIGRP, OSPF and BGP and network addressing.
• Provided looping for connectivity in case of major physical media breakdowns.
• Planning and scheduling teh network down time for various upgrades and maintenance check.
• Involved in troubleshooting teh physical layer issues.