SUMMARY

• Over 7.5 years of IT professional experience as VMware Engineer and Microsoft Windows Systems Administrator for Implementation and Support of Windows 2008 R2, 2008,2003,2000.
• VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 U1, vCenter 5.0 U1.
• SCCM 2007, MOM 2003/SCOM 2007, SCVMM 2008/2012, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP SSH, FTP Emil Configuration, Microsoft Exchange, Troubleshooting SCCM.
• EMC VNX FC and NetApp.
• Cisco infrastructure including Catalyst 6000, Nexus 2K, 5K.
• HP Xeon E5000 Series X86 Dual Quad Core.
• Extensive experience in Windows 2008/2003/2000/ NT4.0 Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server, RIS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail Server and ISA Server.
• Experience in installing, configuring, administering, and performance tuning Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 familiar wif Database Creation, Database Security, Database Replication/ Migration, Database Performance Monitoring, User Management, Database Backup/Restoration, Import/Export of SQL Database, Transact SQL, SQL Query Analyzer and profiler.
• Experience and Familiar wif Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, administering VMware ESX/ESXi. Created and managed VMs (virtual server) and also involved in teh maintenance of teh virtual server.
• Installed IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) on VMware and HyperV. Created ILMT report Quarterly basis.
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFS storage and RAID concept.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks.)
• Excellent understanding of networking fundamentals and network security. Installation, Configuration and managing Firewalls like Fortinet, ZyWall, SonicWall, ISA wif content filtering, Anti - Spam, Web filtering, NAT, Application Publishing to public IP, Port Forwarding, log analyzing wif Syslog Server. Experienced in installation, configuration, design and ongoing maintenance of Cisco router and switches.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio, Outlook, Printing, and Windows networking.
• Experience wif x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Familiar wif Data Center/Server Farm environment like Servers deployment, Cabling & labeling maintaining AC cooling, Environmental Sensing Devices, power and UPS monitoring.
• Profound knowledge on insight and outside of teh organizational needs and teh trends of teh current technologies and so on.
• Excellent communication skill

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: VMware VSphere 4, Workstation 6 and 7, ESX Server 3x and 4x, VMware Virtual Center Server 2x and 3x, VMware DRS, HA and FT, VMware Capacity Planner, VMware Converter 3.0, VMware Update Manager 1, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDM 2.0, VMware View, VMware View Composer, Leostream, Thinstall Application Virtualization, VEEAM, VMSight, Platspin, Hyper-V, and Virtual-pc

Operating System: Windows XP, Vista, 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 2003 SP1, Windows Server 2000

Application Servers: SQL Server 2000 and 2005, Microsoft Active Directory 2003, Microsoft Exchange 5.5, Microsoft Exchange 2000, DHCP, DNS and WINS Services, Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0, Black Berry Enterprise Server 4.0.1, 4.1.3, SCCM, Symscripts

Backup Solutions: VMware VCB, Symantec NetBackup 6.0, VizioncoreVrangerPro, Acronis- Pro v10Desktop Application Microsoft Office 2003, GroupWise 6.5 and 7.0 SP1, Outlook 2003 and Evolution, Open Office, SCCM, VMware Workstation 5.0 and 6.0

Hardware: Dell Servers 1950, 2950, 6950, HP Thin Client 5445, WYSE VL10 and VL9, Network Interface Card, Multi Serial Port Adapter, Printers, CDR and CDROM, Hard drive and Floppy drive, Hubs, Switches and DSL Modems, RAM, Audio and Video card

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Harrisburg, PA

Sr. Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory Services, DNS, DHCP, Domain Trust
• Administrating production servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers (HTTP/S, FTP and SMTP), Exchange 2003/2010 Mail Servers, NAS, File and print Servers
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Administrating/Responsible production Exchange 2003 Email Server, creating/disabling users, Mailboxes management, public folders administration, monitoring server health, LDAP, smtp traffic/queues, Resolving Outlook issues.
• Installed IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) on VMware and HyperV. Installed IBM License Compliance Manager on 300+ client machine. Regular basis got update in order to demonstrate compliance.
• Installed, Configured and Implemented Terminal Server (TS) RemoteApp on IIS 7.0 Windows 2008 R2 published applications using TS Web Access, RemoteApp programme and TS Gateway.
• Implemented Microsoft Clustering for IIS Web Servers.
• Familiar wif web based .Net application, xml integration in IIS web server, IIS Clustering, Load Balancing, Logging and Reporting.
• Familiar wif windows, software and Hardware based Firewalls. Allow/Block ports, inbound/outbound tcp/udp traffic, PAT/NAT, Remote Access VPN and site to site vpn, content filtering, log analyzing, reporting, configurations of Syslog, snmp, access control.
• Installed and Implemented VMware ESXi 4.0 host servers wif vSphere Client, vSphere CLI. Configured HBAs and iSCSI SAN storage.
• Familiar wif backup and restore of VMware host server configuration, Virtual Machine backup, snapshot, P2V-V2V conversation wif VMware converter and wif other third party converters, Patch updation, monitoring/reporting, SSH and SNMP and notification of alerts.
• Installed and implement NFS server using windows UNIX service and configured wif VMware Host servers for storage.
• Installed, Configured Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 on Dell Hardware wif ISCSI networks.
• Administrating Symantec Endpoint Antivirus console, managing 300+ antivirus client’s computers like definition updates, Exception policies, scanning, reporting etc…
• Installed and implemented open source OpenFiler 2.3 iSCSI SAN wif RAID 10 for VMware and other servers wif iSCSI initiators. Also managing iStor SAN and Symantec Backup Exec 12.
• Connected Thin Client (WYSE, DevonIT), desktop Windows Xp2 clients to RDS 6.1.
• Installed and implemented Manage Engine monitoring application and configured SNMP and WMI on Servers and other network devices for reporting and alerts notifications.
• Responsible for halpdesk support using Spiceworks ticketing system, inventory and system reporting.
• Participated in teh migration planning, developing, testing and moving teh migration process onto full-fledged production network.

Confidential - Oaks PA

Windows Infrastructure Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managing Internal VMware administration activities
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware SRM in datacenter environment.
• Deployment/Installation/Up gradation of VMware ESX server & VC server
• Configuration of VMware HA & DRS cluster along wif VMware networking
• Using VM converter converting Physical machines in VMware VMs.
• Updating/patching Linux, Windows Virtual Machine in VMware clusters
• Creating VMware Lab setup as per Internal QA team’s requirement using VMware ESXi servers.
• Install and Configure Virtual Machines (VM), VM tools on ESX boxes from teh GUI and console.
• Migrated Physical as well as virtual machines using Platespin Power conver, VMware convertor.
• 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.
• Take VM backups wif vmkfs tools, snapshots, cloning, and VCB utilities and store them in VMLibrary
• Resolving customer issues related to VMware ESX server.
• Installing 64-Bit OSs on ESX server which enhances teh performance of guest operating system. Helping IPv6 compliance on VMware products like ESX,eESX, VMOTION, DRS, HA, P2V & VDI.
• Supporting Virtual Desktop environment including VDI, VMware Ace.
• Managing HP EDS, Marathon, and ML and DL series of Windows/Intel/AMD hardware running ESX tools on ESX boxes.
• DNS, DHCP, NFS, NIS configuration
• Installing Maintenance Levels and updates
• Deploying features as SharePoint Solutions.
• Worked wif object oriented software development methodologies and practices across all phases of teh Software Development Lifecycle
• Managing wif Forms Server and Excel Services.
• Planning and technical design services for teh Strategies, Business Portal and GOL application initiatives; responsible for teh development of long and short term capacity plans as it relates to teh UNIX engineering and support team environments.
• User management, security planning and implementation. involved in teh installation, monitoring and support offirewalls, Cisco networks, perimeter security technologies, Internet technologies and remote office WAN/ LAN connectivity

Confidential, TN

Windows Virtualization Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows 2008/2003/2000 on HP Proliant Servers.
• Created User Accounts and Groups in Active Directory (AD).
• Involved in troubleshooting teh issues related to Servers, Local Services, Data Centers, and Server Configuration for Microsoft Windows Systems.
• Proficient wif teh WINTEL servers
• Requested IP addresses essential in teh P2V process
• Experience wif SRM 4.5 deployment and implementation.
• Experience in implementation and deploying View 4.5(VDI) virtual desktops and ThinApps 4.5 Application packages wif vSphere ESXi4.1 environment.
• Performed up gradation of ESX 3.5 to vSphere 4.0, vCenter 2.5 to 4.0
• Handled snapshots, clones, templates during patch releases and new server deployments
• Install, configure and troubleshoot VMware Lab Manager
• Analyze existing infrastructure using VMware Capacity Planner
• Performed datastore migration using VMware storage vMotion on NetApps NFS, dell ISCSI SAN Storage
• Assisted in P2V conversions of Windows servers using VMware vConverter
• Provide research into VMware ThinApp initiative for increasing server virtualization
• Involved in Assessment of current environment for desktop virtualization.
• Involved in definition of success criteria for use cases
• Assisting customers and end users wif hardware, software application & network connectivity issues.
• Installing various applications, performing OS tuning and configuring IP networking parameters.
• Actively participated in migration from Windows server and application updates.
• Troubleshooting of file system issues wif remote servers via telnet and putty.
• Performed tape and library management of daily, monthly and incremental backups.
• Participated in installation of Tivoli Management Framework.
• Creation of profiles, profile manager, task configuration and execution wif ITM 5.1 package.
• Configuration of Active Directory, Event Pro, Outlook to desktops and laptops and mapping them to host server.

Confidential, NY

Windows Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured & administer Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Server.
• Managed Domain Controllers and Additional Domain Controllers.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery in Windows 2000/2003 Domain.
• Configured of Domain Naming Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
• Implemented Disaster Recovery by Optimizing FSMO roles Placement.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all windows based servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on teh network using different media devices like tape drives, compact disk and additional hard disk etc.
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of 1000+ Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• 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
• Installed of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003 etc.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service(RIS)
• Implemented user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts
• Responsible for operations and maintenance for TCP/IP schema.
• Installation and troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3550, 3560 series switches and cisco 2600 and 3600 series routers.
• Planning and scheduling teh network down time for various upgrades and maintenance check.
• Support & Training - Provide necessary halp / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day-to-day issues.

Confidential

Windows administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration and maintenance of servers, operating system, storage and backup equipment as per standards.
• Providing L2 & L3 support (H/W & S/W) for all teh Windows Servers.
• Understand all requirements and came up wif database design and application architecture.
• Generated server side T-SQL scripts for data manipulation and validation and created various snapshots and materialized views for remote instances.
• Maintaining network running on Windows 2000/2003 for 900 Users
• Migrating users and their settings from Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000 server to 2003 server/Exchange server
• Active Directory User’s Management for new employee joins and providing access to teh resources and file permissions
• Involved in teh TCP/IP network configuration, Creating and deleting teh user accounts across teh location
• 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 windows based servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on teh network using different media devices like tape drives, compact disk and additional hard disk etc.
• Implemented cross-functional IT skills training so our team was well prepared and resilient when faced wif challenging issues, which greatly improved IT incident response times & work quality.
• Asset Management - Help infrastructure team to Manage Leased Assets.
• Consulting Services to clients on Network Equipment, Management, Security, and Setup.
• Setup and coordination of offshore software development centres and identification of off-shore partners.
• Responsible for managing clients Microsoft Outlook and Active Directory Accounts.
• Responsible for implementing and Managing teh Remedy System changes and proposed and documented solutions for teh halpdesk trouble tickets.