SUMMARY

• Senior VMware/Systems Admin wif 71/2 years of experience in teh area of Virtualization wif VMware vSphere, ESXi 5.5,5.0,4.1 servers, vCenter server 5.5, 5.0,4.1, vCenter Converter, VMware Orchestrator (vCO), VCenter Operations Managerand vSphere Replicator
• Experience in deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual - to-Virtual (V2V) Machines using Platespin, Double take and VMware convertor.
• Experience wif enterprise backup systems & disaster recovery operations; familiarity wif SAN technologies; solid understanding of vSphere 4 implementation wif shared storage fiber channel, ISCSI, NFS / VMFS strategies for performance & optimization.
• Proficient in Windows 2000/2003/2008 serverupgrade, Wintel server and active directory administration
• Created teh user accounts and provided access to teh desired servers
• Experience in Writing/ Maintaining & troubleshooting scripts written both in MS Power Shell and/or VB script for build & operations environment to develop/test/implement automation tools.
• Establish user accounts and group policies and also troubleshoot teh existing GPOs
• Implemented VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) technology using VMware VIEW 4.5/4.6
• Expertise wifDisaster Recovery toolsSRM 5.0 & Double Take, deployment of business critical technologies - VMware SRM 4.0 and VMware View
• Expertise wif IP sub-netting, VLANs, Load Balancing, & High Availability (HA) architectures
• Performance monitoring, Error logging, Diagnostics, Fine-tuning & Backup management
• Experience in teh V2V &P2V migration of Physical servers.
• Extensive knowledge about VMware server automation using scripting language Power shell, VB Script, Power CLI.
• Experience in ESX Architecture, guest O/S installation, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning, Creating Templates & Snapshots.
• Extensive experience in working wif teh VMoton & Storage VMotion technology Strong Experience in VNetwork concepts: VSwitches & DVSwitch.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Windows
• Dell Tower Servers
• HP C7000 Enclosure
• Edge Server and Blade Server
• Macintosh
• DELL 810 servers
• EMC SAN
• HP C7000 Enclosure
• DL 380/980
• Proliant BL/DL/ML Series
• DELL PowerEdge. Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012
• Windows 7/Windows 8/ ESX/ESXi. SCCM Remote Tools
• Remote Desktop
• SMS Tools
• HP ilo
• KVM Tools. Microsoft Office Suite
• Exchange Server 2007/2010/5.5
• Microsoft Share Point
• Java
• XML
• Voice XML. Symantec BackupExec (BESR)
• VM backup tools/ Scripting
• ADMT. TCP/IP
• DNS
• DHCP
• HTTP
• SMTP
• POP3
• SNMP
• FTP
• IIS
• Internet Autantication
• Certificate
• Terminal Services. Microsoft Clustering
• SQL Server 2005/2008
• Exchange 2007/2010
• Microsoft Office 2007/2010
• Veeam and SymantecNetback up. Active Directory
• Sites and Services
• DNS
• DHCP
• IIS
• System Center Suite (SCOM
• SCCM
• SCVMM). ESXI
• ESX vSphere 4.x to 5.x
• VCenter
• High Availability (HA)
• Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
• VMotion
• Update Manager (VUM)
• VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Double Take Converter
• Plate spin & VMware Converter
• Ethernet 802.3
• TCP/IP
• DHCP
• DNS
• WINS
• FTP
• Telnet routers
• NAT
• VPN
• VLAN. Veeam ONE
• IBM Tivoli vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior VMware/Window Admin

Confidential, Palm Beach County, FL

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation of migration strategy for consolidating Data Centers from around teh US to new locations in US, which involves more than 1500 virtual machines.
• Installation and configuration of vCenter server 5.5, ESXi5.5 host’s in large environment on HP BL 460C &Cisco UCS B series Blade servers on both protected and recovery sites.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware and used Remedy Tool for ticketing (Change Management, Incident Management, and Request Management) and looking after high priority incident tickets both on virtual machine and ESX host level.
• Experience working on EMC SAN storage technologies in DR site and wif Cisco UCS and HP C7000 Blades for ESXi hosts.
• Implementation of VMware vSphere 5.5 wif Enterprise Plus Features of vDistributed Switch and Host Profiles.
• Upgraded VMware Infrastructure 5.0 to vSphere 5.5 along wif updating teh vCenter, ESXi Hosts, vSphere client from 5.0 to 5.5 and Virtual machines tools upgrade to 8,9 and 10.
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, vMotion, SV-Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Increase efficiency and ROI of VMware hosts by cutting down on VMs memory usage closely matching recommended memory usage by vCenter Operations Manager.
• Worked closely wif Network Ops team to configure Cisco Nexus 1000v VDS and VMware VDS and on network isolation of critical VMs using PVLANs.
• Configured and supported Microsoft clusters on VM's using RDM's and iSCSi storage.
• Extensive Knowledge and experience in migration of teh Virtual machines using tools like double take and VMware Converter.
• Hands on Experience in migrating teh VM’s from one DC to DC using EMC Recover point, which is a block level migration.
• Installed and configured SRM 5.0 and created Protection Groups and Recovery Plans using Site Recovery Manager 5.0 and VMware best practices.
• Testing of different recovery plans in SRM to ensure recovery of failover VM’s and Expertise in providing support for Windows 2003/2008 servers and Active Directory's.
• Applied patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager and host update utility.
• Automated routine tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Power cli.
• Documented teh update process from vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 including host patches, OS level upgrades, virtual switch changes and VM version upgrades.
• Provided 24/7 On Call support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0, Windows 2012/2008R2, SQL Server 2012/2008 R2, vCenter Operations Manager, HA, DRS, vMotion,P2V, V2V, vCenter update manager, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), Double take, VMware Converter, EMC Recover Point, DMZ Environment, Symantec NetBackup, Shell Scripting.

Windows Admin/VMware Engineer

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and Management of 1200+ virtual servers required for teh customer.
• Installed Windows 2003/2008R2/2012 in teh created virtual machines and also installed teh required Roles, software and tools.
• Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 installation, deployments, troubleshooting and automation.
• Administrating production servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers (HTTP/S, FTP and SMTP), MS SharePoint, MS Office 2007/2010, Exchange2010 Mail Servers, NAS, File and print Servers and Terminal Servers on Windows 2003/2008.
• Administer Microsoft Windows Servers (Active Directory), Microsoft Workstations, Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions, System Policiesand network security devices for 9000+ users
• 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), Forefront Identity Manager (FIM), Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP).
• Experience wif SRM 4.5/5.0 deployment and implementation
• Experience wif vSphere Replicator during Disaster Recovery.
• Helped build a new East Coast Disaster Recovery Data Center, including teh roll out of a new server platform (Cisco UCS Blades) and a remote management model.
• Performed P2V migrations of Production, QA and Development Servers and involved in teh cut-over and decommissioning of teh physical server after teh P2V server
• Hands on experience in management of vSphere HA, DRS, Snapshots, clones and templates.
• Worked closely wif teh command center during teh decommissioning process
• Migration of virtual machine from one enclosure to another wifin teh same environment in different enclosure
• Rebuilt Hyper-V environment and transitioned into a cluster, providing High Availability and Failover.
• Maintaining Data in an offshore environment as a part of a Disaster Recovery Plan.
• Handling Network LAN/WAN deployment, including IP Addressing and Troubleshooting.
• Understanding of networking concepts, configuration of networks, Router Configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port and Wireless Networks.
• Work wif facilities and network teams in testing, planning and coordinating server placements, rack allocations and user relocations in different offices.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.1/5.0, ESXi 5.1/5.0, Windows 2008R2, SQL Server 2008 R2, vCenter Operations Manager, HA, DRS, vMotion, P2V, V2V, vCenter update manager, Active Directory (AD), Internet Information Services (IIS), SCOM

VMware/Windows Admin

Confidential, TX

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Large scale Data Center build and migration across teh two regions that include service transition.
• Involved in New builds and configuration of 2003/2008/2008 R2 servers, ESXi Host clusters and further setting up teh datacenter.
• Performed and handled extensive P2V, V2V migrations for approximately 700 physical Windows 2000/2003 and 2008/2008R2 servers utilizing VMware Converter and SAN Replication method.
• Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers, Exchange Mail Servers, WSUS Patching servers, Print Servers, System Management Servers (SMS), Terminal Servers, RAS and File Servers on Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 in teh data center/server farm.
• Deployed HP virtual connect, physical servers, ESXi 5.0 and HP C7000 blade infrastructure on BL465G7 and BL685G7 blades and Hitachi SAN and brocade DCX 8510.
• Deployed, maintained and created virtual environment wif VSphere 5.0 and ESXi 5.0 wif 1000 virtual servers and 500 physical servers.
• Managed and created server profiles for ESXi Host and physical servers using VCEM.
• Configured Virtual Distributed Switch and VLAN configuration for production environment.
• Performed SAN replication in case of complex server migration using swing kit to virtualized SAN.
• Configured vMotion and Storage vMotion as per VMWARE’s best practices in large-scale enterprise environment.
• Built and migrated physical MS Cluster 2003/2008, VERITAS cluster into virtual environment.
• Performed backup and restored Virtual Machine wif snapshot, and also involved in ESXi Host Patching from version 62 .
• Installed and configured VMware Update Manager for patching purpose.
• Configured HA and DRS, SDRS as per VMware best practices and applied on ESXi Cluster and Storage Cluster.
• Managed Windows 2000/ 2003/2008/2008 R2 and provided Active Directory support.
• Deployed and configured VMWARE view 5.0 desktop infrastructure.

Environment: HP Chassis 7000, HP Proliant, VMware vSphere 5.0, ESXi5.0, Windows 2008R2, SQL Server 2008 R2, vCenter Operations Manager, HA, DRS, vMotion,P2V, V2V, vCenter update manager, WSUS, Terminal Servers.

VMware/Windows Admin

Confidential, Corning, NY

Responsibilities:

• Involved wif all major datacenter projects that involve SAN storage or virtualization
• Architected and designed VMware ESX server infrastructure for multi-site/multi datacenter environment
• One of teh first companies to fully integrate ESX virtualization in teh DMZ network, eliminating 75 hardware based IIS web portal Servers
• Consolidated over 300 End of life servers into ESX 3 HA and DRS clusters.
• Responsible for keeping all VMware ESX servers up to date wif patches and updates wif minimal downtime using vMotion for SAN attached VMs and Storage VMotion for Local storage VMs
• Performed desktop migration from Windows 95/NT4 to Windows 2000. Provided technical support for corporate client/server systems.
• Installed configured, upgrade and maintained Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008, MS Office 2003/2007, Exchange Server 2003/2007 Operating Systems.
• Responsible for teh management of servers and duties include regular and proactive monitoring of servers, responding teh alerts
• Created User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies
• Worked extensively in teh active directory and teh group policy
• Created a virtual desktop solution for over 2000 mobile and offshore user base ensuring company data stays in teh company

Environment: VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1, ESXi 54.0/4.1, Windows 2008R2, SQL Server 2008 R2, vCenter Operations Manager, HA, DRS, vMotion,P2V, V2V, VMware converter.

VMware/Windows Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed and enhanced an enterprise wide VMware and x86 hardware standard for multi-site organization including ESX/ESXi, Windows 2000/2003/2008 operating systems and server built standards.
• Designed and Implemented virtualization solutions based on VMware ESX 3, 3.5 and vCenter Server components and managed virtual center permissions.
• Configured automated VM migrations using automated scripts. Standardized network cable runs for VMware hosts across multiple data center.
• Performed troubleshooting of operating system and software infrastructure issues on Domain Controllers, Member Servers, Server Clusters, and Virtual Machine Farms.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion, Storage VMotion.
• Configured teh standard cluster settings on vCenter clusters.
• Configured windows clustering for vCenter server high availability.
• Upgraded Win Server 2003 to Win Server 2008 wif minimum or null impact on services provided to customers.
• Deployed patches and installed updates from Microsoft required to enhance teh productivity of service.
• Generated channel report and updated set-top box inventory to track poor streaming of channels and dead set-top boxes using SQL Server 2005.
• Involved in installation, configuration, and support of various operating systems, Windows XP and Windows Vista.
• Upgraded and configured desktops and laptops wif software specific patches and programs.
• Responsible for providing technical support over teh phone to users on different locations, some of teh most Common issues included MS Office, Printing, Login, FTP, E-mail, software’s and resetting user's passwords issues.
• Experience in User account management, file server management, print server management, and patch deployment and End point security management. Coordinating wif customer for quality deliverable.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.1/5.0, ESXi 5.1/5.0, Windows 2008R2, SQL Server 2008 R2, vCenter Operations Manager, HA, DRS, vMotion, Windows XP /Vista, FTP.