SUMMARY

• Over 15+ years of professional experience in System Administration wif expertise noledge on VMware Virtualization and Windows server 2003/2008/2012, Committed towards perfection in work, capable of managing large scale projects in enterprise level and seeking professional excellence in all endeavors.
• Handled different projects in both System and VMware administration. Expertise in Configuring and Troubleshooting DHCP, DNS and ADS in Windows 2003/2008.
• Dedicated and focused; able to prioritize and complete multiple tasks and follow through to achieve project goals.
• Strong understanding of logical and physical components of Active Directory and PowerShell.
• Create and configure a forest and domain structure by using an Active Directory infrastructure design.
• Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 Installation, Configuration, Administration.
• Exchange 2010 Installation, Configuration, and Administration & Migration.
• Monitor, plan and coordinate teh distribution of client/server software and patching using MS System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Professional experience wif VMware VSphere ESXi5.5,5.1/4.1,VMware Vcenter 4/5.x, Vcops, Orchestrator.
• Installing and configuring VMWare Vcenter, vSphere, ESXi5/5.1 server, virtual machines and vSphere Client.
• Deploying virtual machines through templates, converting physical to virtual (P2V) machines.
• Installing and configuring of Microsoft Clustering.
• Install patches or upgrade ESX/ESXi and virtual machines using Update Manager.
• Configuring and maintaining VMware View VDI environment.
• Patch management - WSUS, SCCM, LANDesk and IEM tools
• Experience wif Cisco UCS, Creating service profiles, build teh servers on UCS.
• Installation of different hardware’s Dell rack servers, Confidential blades and Cisco UCS.
• Remote administration of Windows 2003/2008 and 2012 servers.
• Extensive hands on experience wif design and implementation of enterprise wide Virtualization Projects wif
• Experience in teh P2V migration of Physical servers to VMware ESX hosts, Installation of VMware and ESXi Servers on Dell and Confidential blade servers, updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Extensive hands on experience Microsoft Active Directory environments including:
• Creation and maintenance of user accounts
• Creation and maintenance Security Groups for share access
• Modification of Active Directory Schema and OU's
• Troubleshooting login issues wif accounts and shared resource access
• LeverageActiveDirectoryusing PowerShell and other tools.
• Assist application owners/developments wif AD/LDAP integration.
• Supported a large scale Data Center projects including server installation, hardware maintenance, and break/fix activities.
• Experience in teh Server and Desktop Management (Windows Administration), Support, Analysis and Maintenance.
• Exceptional troubleshooting, organizational, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal communication and technical skills in software, hardware and networking which help me to quickly identify and resolve issues.
• Experience in monitoring tools NetQoS, UIM, Big brother and symphony summit.
• Experience in Symantec enterprise vault administration.
• Participates in teh development and implementation of VDI-related operational procedures and standards.
• Assisting other teams in their needs for Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012, VMWare, Citrix, and SQL Database issues wif Active Directory.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware Virtualization: ESXi 4.1/5.1/5.5, V-Center 5.x, P2V, V2V, Storage v-Motion, HA, DRS, V-Cops and orchestrator.

Server Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008 R2/2012R2

Directory Services: Active directory, LDAP

Patch management tools: WSUS, SCCM, LANDesk and IEM

Server Hardware: Dell Power Edge, Confidential Blade servers and Cisco UCS, NetApp and CISCO switches.

Backup tool: Symantec Netbackup, SMVI, SMSQL, SMO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Systems Architect -Windows/VMware/Active Directory

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Windows/VMware System Administrator supporting development & Infrastructure team, member of engineering, sequencing & deploying and infrastructure.
• Provided remote support for teh servers located in different sites across global.
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates. Working wif snapshots of Virtual Machines.
• Active Directory management & Creation of group policies for things like acceptable use.
• Migrating and managing all windows 2008R2 servers.
• Deploying teh operating system through MDT2012.
• Using Windows PowerShell to create/modify users and group accounts.
• Install latest Microsoft Security patches and application updates on all teh servers.
• Install & manage Antivirus on all teh servers.
• Troubleshoot Active Directory functions such as replication and LDAP connectivity.
• Manage Symantec enterprise vault server, migrating PST’s
• Administration of Exchange Server
• Coordinating migration validation tests wif teh app owners once application servers are migrated and assigned to a new Active Directory Site
• Successfully coordinated a company-wide upgrade of ESXi infrastructure from vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.1 and 5.1 to 5.5. Included ESXi hosts and vCenter, as well as upgrading Storage to VMFS5 and includes storage migration from a NetApp storage frame to teh VNX.
• Install and configure VMWare, create virtual desktops, troubleshoot VDI issues.
• Deployed VCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS), leveraging its capability for proactive monitoring of health of teh entire virtual environment.
• Plan, install, configure, and upgrade vCenter Server and VMware ESXi 4.1/5.x hosts running on Dell PowerEdge server.
• Designed, planned, and built/upgraded VMware vSphere 5.1 infrastructure in global, multi-tenant data center network.
• Integration and automation of multiple management and backend systems (SCOM, SCCM, vSphere, NetCool, etc.) using System Center 2012 Orchestrator.
• Responsible for day to day operations in teh Data Center along wif other Systems administrators.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, types of port groups, NIC Teaming and VLAN.
• Worked wif VMware Update Manger to update VM's and hosts wif teh latest patch release.
• Installing Symantec netback up client 6.5/7.0.1.4/7.5/7.7 on each deployed server and testing restore backup.
• User Support - Monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server & user related problems. Support users to resolve their day to day issues related to OS, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc.
• Created Service now tickets, Change Control & Tasks according to customer’s requirements.

Environment: s: ESXi, VSphere 5.1/5.5, V-Center 5, VCOPs, Vmotion, HA, DRS, Capacity Planning, V-Cops, Orchestrator, Active Directory, Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server, Veritas Net Backup, Confidential blades, Dell PowerEdge,MSSQL2008 MacAfee, NetApp & Emc storage, ISCSI, Big brother, NetQoS, Symantec enterprise vault, exchange and ITIL process.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Senior TEMPPrincipal Infrastructure Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided remote support for teh servers located in different sites across global.
• Implementing and configuring Windows Server 2012/2008/2003, VMware Server ESX 4.1, ESXi 5.1, Microsoft Cluster and Active Directory.
• Installation and Maintenance of ADS for windows 2008 servers and Creating Users, Groups and OU’s.
• Utilized PowerShell to perform queries
• Implemented sites to manage and monitor Active Directory replication.
• Create Standard Operating Procedures for SCCM tasking.
• Doing auditing on Sites, Domain, OUs, groups across all teh region
• Monitored teh Domain Controllers through Directory Analyzer tool
• Monitored teh Sysvol using Ultra Sound
• Build teh server as per build process
• Co-ordinate wif various Vendors/Teams to analyze root cause and escalate teh issues to deep support if required.
• Installation of dell hardware and RAID configuration.
• Patch management using through SCCM.
• Software installs/upgrades
• Worked as Technical Lead on various infrastructure projects surrounding Servers consolidation, Physical to Virtual Migrations, Storage and Server Management.
• Installation and configuration of ESXi server, V-Center & HA/DRS Cluster.
• Troubleshooting Group Policy settings dat affect teh VDI objects.
• Created template, deployed virtual servers using template, take snapshots & Cloned of virtual server.
• Installed Management Server (VCenter Server) instance to enable centralized management of multiple hosts.
• Patch management using VMware update manager for esx server.
• Troubleshooting issues related to ESX host, Vcenter, HA, DRS, VMware update manager.

Environment: s: VSphere 4.1,V-Center 5, HA, DRS, Windows 2003/2008 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Dell Power Edge Servers, Confidential blades and ITIL process.

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managing around 1500 servers remotely of NADC datacenter of Confidential and Its clients (1500 server).
• Using Remedy tool to access all tickets assigned to me and my team and after Proper Solution and execution closing teh tickets as per process through teh same tool.
• Maintenance of ADS for windows 2000/2003 servers and Supports IIS Creating Users and Groups
• Install latest Microsoft Security patches and application updates on all teh servers
• Maintaining and troubleshooting Windows 2000 clustering.
• Implemented set of permissions and security wif Windows 2000, teh User needs to prevent teh files and folders from unauthorized access.
• Followed teh change management procedures for maintenance of servers.
• Managing file and print server & print server migration
• Provides technical support and customer service directly to end users through ticketing system and periodically through screen sharing.
• Provided Norton & MacAfee Antivirus support for virus security.
• Monitored both system Hardware and Software for errors and updated them regularly to maintain proper functioning and flow of information
• Managed OS hardening and remediate teh failure setting as per Microsoft benchmark
• Managing SLA (for service, problem and incident tickets) by setting up teh robust processes, procedures and adhered to teh standards and policies dat are already in place

Environment: s: Windows 2000/2003 server, MacAfee, Dell servers, MS SQL remedy and ITIL process.

Confidential

Project Assignee

Responsibilities:

• Built servers and installed applications as per teh company standards and requirement wif used windows 2000 Standard Edition.
• Upgraded teh Firmware of teh servers. Participated in mounting, racking and cabling of teh servers.
• Monitored teh servers, trouble shot teh server issues and resolved teh user issues related to Active Directory Users and Groups.
• Creating A record of serves in Men & Mice, and adding to pointer record in DNS for reverse lookup.
• Followed teh change management procedures for maintenance of servers.
• Created user and computer accounts on teh Active directory users and computers and Configured servers for DHCP, WINS and DNS services, Installation, configuration and Administration of IIS web servers.
• Provided Norton & MacAfee Antivirus support for virus security.
• Administration of print servers and troubleshooting print jobs.
• Support & Training - Provide necessary help / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day to day issues.

Environment: s: Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS, Dell Power Servers, Cisco Switches and Routers, MS Office 2000.

Confidential

Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed VMware GSX (virtualization technology) for Intel platforms (Windows and Linux servers). Total of 3 ESX servers wif 52 VMs wif Virtual center.
• Migrated servers from NT 4 to Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 environment, including File and Application Servers, restored File permissions and Shares.
• Implementation of Microsoft DHCP, DNS, WINS, Domain trust relationship, fault tolerance, file and print services, user and group management.
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• User Support - Monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server & user related problems. Support users to resolve their day to day issues related to OS, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all ESX servers. Planning and implementing fault
• Installation and Advanced working noledge on Computer Associates RCO, SDO (Remote Control Software and Remote Software Delivery)
• Support & Training - Provide necessary help / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day to day issues.

Environment: s: Windows 2000 server, Office 2000, Dell and Confidential hardware, CA unicenter, Lotus domino.

Confidential

Customer Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build teh OS in desktops/ laptops.
• Configuring mail clients using MS Outlook and lotus notes.
• Troubleshoot and maintain a 60 user Ethernet LAN.
• Providing Desktop and System Support to End-Users.
• Anti-Virus Updating in Desktops.
• Implementing set of permissions and security wif Windows 2000, teh customer needs to prevent teh files and folders from unauthorized access.
• Setting Account Lockout polices and password policies.
• Implementing System Policies in Windows 2000 DC to access and deny teh desired groups and users.
• Hardening and maintaining Windows 2000 Servers.
• Maintain Windows file and print servers.
• Disk capacity planning including quota creation and administration wif Windows 2000.
• Troubleshoot and maintain a 200 user Ethernet LAN.
• Patch administration and Anti-virus Software upgrading.