SUMMARY

• Highly motivated professional with proven experience in complex system management solutions and strong work ethic coupled with flexibility to adapt to all technical environments.
• 6 years plus professional experience in networking, Data Center including, Cisco lab deployment and troubleshooting, server installation and Data Center.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: DELL PowerEdge 2200/2950/6950/ M - series/R-series., Cisco UCS 220 M B Series, Cisco UCS C series., Confidential Blade center C-series ILO MANAGEMENT,, EMC iSCSI AX4 SAN, NAS., DELL ML 6000 TAPE LIBRARY, CISCO 3750 series SWITCHES

Operating Systems: DOS, Windows3X, NT, 95, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7. MS Win Server NT/ 2000/2003/2008. SUSE Enterprise, RED HAT ES Linux and Sun Solaris 10.

Virtualization Technologies: Solaris Zones, LDoM’s, VMware ESX Server and vSphere, vMotion. Virtualization Technologies VI3,VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0, VMware ESX 2.5/3.0/3.5, VMware ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.0, VMware vCenter, vSphere Client, VMware VDI, VMware ThinApp, View 4.6/5.0, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware Update Manager, Platespin migrator, Quest vConvertor, HA, vMotion

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH. Ethernet 10/100/1000.

Applications: Visio, Project, SQL, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Microsoft Office-(00/03/07/10) Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access., Tivoli Backup, VERITAS backup 9.0., Nagios Monitoring, Whatsup Glod., Symantec and McAfee corporate antivirus suite.

Scripting Languages: Perl, Bash, Korn

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Iselin, NJ

VMware/Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience in server builds on Red Hat Linux 5, 6. It includes Installing, Upgrading, Patching, Configuring and Performance tuning hardware.
• Experience in RAID configuration 0, 1.5, 0+1, and redundancy.
• Expert in setting up SSH, SCP, SFTP connectivity between hosts
• Installing and configuring Red Hat Linux using Kick Start server as required for the project.
• NOC support for servers Windows and Linux racks in enterprise environment with over 500 servers with production as well non production environments.
• Created user logins, administering the system performance and monitoring user activities.
• Experience monitoring ticket queue’s using Remedy and updating bug fix and ticket solution documentation using lotus domino application and linking the ticket with the resolution.
• Migrated and managed VMware ESXI - 5.0 AND 5.1, worked on VMware capacity planning.
• Performed tons of P2V migration, Created clones and templates of virtual machines
• Deployed VMS through OVF/OVA templates created & troubleshot virtual networks and vSwitches.
• Worked on applications and end users using VMware Horizon (with view).
• Worked on migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration and remediate.
• Configured NetBackup client through planning was done for downtime, knowing each server usage & their placement in datacenter.
• Creating data centers in the VSphere Web client and adding the hosts to the data center.
• Configuring the host profiles in VMware
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware infrastructure.
• Built and maintained VMware infrastructure with Windows Servers, Windows XP/7 Clients across test and demo environments. Implemented VMware view 4.6 to distribute client desktops to user accounts.
• Built and maintained VMware and Windows server infrastructure.
• Configuring and maintaining Apache and MySQL clusters. Deploying apache and Weblogic application servers pertaining to the client’s needs.
• Monitoring night-time and weekend batch scripts, initiating fixes and restarting jobs dat aborted, responsible for informing management and respective teams of any unexpected outages/problems
• Deployed key VMware ESX technologies, expertise with HA/DRS, P2V. ESX migrations from 4 to vSphere 5.0. Deployment of business critical technologies -Vsphere View and VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager).
• Configured & Deployed ESX/ESXi server in corporate production environment.
• Use VMware VSphere vCenter Update Manager to apply patches to virtual machines and also Virtual Private Networking (VPN) tools and techniques to maintain these VM’s.
• Provided 24/7 on call support for 100 Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux guests.
• Consulted with support teams to jointly provide the best possible services and solutions through effective requirements gathering, expectations and management.
• Document all technical inquiries, develop and review content for knowledge base
• Maintained Name Servers (DNS), Application Servers and third party tools installations, automating tasks using cron for backing up and restoring data in Linux and patch installations in Linux NFS, Automating tasks through cron.
• Configuring network interface cards for bonding assignments.
• Install configured and implemented a network with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers to support web and data-mining operations. dis included an Oracle 10g server, load-balanced web servers, mail and DNS services, Checkpoint firewall, a DLT library, and Cisco switches/router
• Implemented and enhanced UNIX shell scripts using Korn, Bash and Perl Scripting.
• Monitor performance of systems for assigned functional area. Performs diagnostics on system operations to identify' problems and trends, verify network performance and identify potential user requirements. Tracks and resolves problems which impact continuing system operations.
• Checking and tuning Linux Kernel parameters for better performance responsible for applying servers patches using Patch Center, daily support which includes installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Linux
• Compiled and packaged Apache 2.0.x with openssl and mod ssl & configured debugging on apache related issues.
• Initial setup of Open LDAP to centralize network device authentication.
• Installation and configuration of RPM packages for upgrades.
• Upgraded older Linux distributions from RHEL3/4 to RHEL5
• Installed and Configured ESXi 5.5 and VMware V Sphere
• Install, upgrade, maintain VMware server ESX 4/4.1/5 on Cisco UCS/IBM/ Confidential machines.
• Experience in RAID configuration0,1,5, 0+1, and redundancy.
• Expert in setting up Ssh, SCP, Sftp connectivity between hosts
• Experienced in DHCP, DNS, NIS, NFS, SMTP, IMAP, ODBC, FTP, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, LDAP, Confidential
• Installed and Configured ESXi 5.5 and VMware V Sphere
• Use VSpherevCenter Server to monitor virtual machine resource usage
• RDP, Security management, and system troubleshooting skills.
• Design Layer 1-3 Network Architecture for Lab Network
• Cisco UCS servers configuration, support, and upgrades. Configure RAID on servers, NIC cards, Mezzanine/MegaRAIDcards, and other hardware.
• Create/modify VMs, clone VMs, snapshot VMs, install licensesfor ESX, create vCenter server, add hosts and VMs to the vCenter, enable device passthrough, configure/modify ESX networking.
• Create custom roles and assign permissions for different types of users in VMware environment.
• Create and assign host profiles. Create templates and deploy VMs from templates. Export/Deploy OVAs and OVFs.

Confidential, Pontiac, MI

VMware/Linux Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for server decommission/reassignment and Network cabling.
• Responsible for maintaining current software and hardware patch updates for all servers.
• Responsible for documenting and maintaining complete and accurate information for all active and decommissioned servers.
• Maintained vCenter servers 4.1 and implemented view desktop infrastructure
• Administered VMware environment, Evaluated and implemented new hardware and software solutions dat benefited architecture and operations implemented VMware SRM and troubleshot performance issues.
• Identified and fixed ESX performance bottlenecks by working with clients and other teams.
• Customized layer 2 and layer 3 networking between VMware, Networking components and storage high availability and maximum performance.
• Supported and managed VMware Esxi 3.5 and 4.0 infrastructures for production/Non production environments including HA/DRS clustering.
• Installation and configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers using kickstart unattended installation in addition to PXE Boot, configuring of new servers and workstations using kickstart and auto start
• Tuning of the Linux OS in order to increase performance as well as installation of new patches as needed, developed shell scripts to automate daily housekeeping tasks such as file transfers, Troubleshooting any and all problems with performance, upgrades and file transfers
• Mounted/un-mounted new file systems, mounted file systems on remote servers using NFS Server & client configurations, performed disk configurations and crash recovery
• Maintained user account management, configured servers to register with Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite Server, monitored servers - workload assessment, service console monitoring
• Troubleshooting, networking, security, services, reporting, monitoring, database-backed management, capacity planning, strategic planning, documentation
• Established network security using Linux Firewall and troubleshoot problems relating to boot loaders (GRUB, LILO)
• Assisting with the software integration and turning software builds into RPM packages
• Resolve technical issues through diligent research, reproduction, and troubleshooting
• Work directly with other technical support staff, quality assurance, engineering, sales, marketing, operations, and administration to resolve problems
• Documented, performed and validated test cases based on client requirements
• Developed training documentation for leveraged support teams Troubleshooting and resolving failures in the network and Maintaining the security posture of the network
• Good understanding of Lab build and Network topology
• Knowledge of IP Phones, Wireless Phones, Access Points and soft client configuration/connectivity & troubleshooting.
• Provide email, phone, IM, and In-Person support to users in ARTG, SGBU business units.
• Setup Remote Installation Service (RIS)/Windows Deployment Service (WDS) for deploying multiple OS in the lab. Install Windows Operating Systems on lab machines including standard lab applications SSH, VNC, WinZip, Reflections, McAfee, MS Office, and WebEx Connect.
• Install Windows XP, Vista, 7, 2003/2008 Server along with Cisco standard lab software over the network using WDS. Add/Delete systems to/from the Active Directory Domain.
• Allocate IP addresses to the users and configure their systems according to the lab requirements.
• Document RIS/WDS, Linux Kickstart, and Unix Jumpstart procedures for team wiki.
• Troubleshoot network issues in the lab. Troubleshoot hardware issues with the servers, PCs, and Confidential devices.
• Team player with excellent communication and inter-personal skills

Confidential, Costa Mesa, CA

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration and maintenance of Red Hat Linux servers for maintaining packages (system/application) on server
• Migration of servers to new hardware ( Confidential Blade Center) and new OS version, responsible for all UNIX related issues including OS, device drivers, OS tuning, environment setup for applications and updates
• Compiled kernel, Device drivers, performance tuning for OS and application, customization as per requirements, security patching
• Experience in developing kernel modules in Linux/Unix platforms. Strong in LVM (Storage Methodology), Performance monitoring, Error logging, Diagnostics, Fine-tuning and Backup management
• Configured different hardware and software components as per requirement to support UNIX initiatives
• Work with RAID configuration-RAID 0,1,5, 0+1, Updating bash scripts for better administration
• Indented and executed scripts and other UNIX utilities; create, tune, and optimize stored procedures and DTS packages
• Administer database security including adding/removing users, auditing, and troubleshooting security related issues, provide internal management services
• Follow documented procedures and develop new documented procedures for new technology installed in the data.
• Installation and support for OS and application software on user desktops.
• Virtualization of physical servers to VMWare ESX 4.0 involved operations like installing and managing ESX VirtualMachines, configuring Storage - RAID, ISCSI and NAS.
• Capacity/Performance monitoring/Management for the VMWare/Windows/Unix environment.