SUMMARY

• Project management skills and support during project activities and initiatives, which include personnel resourcing and technical support.
• Tech Lead and vBlock SME for deployments in Northeast and Canada.
• Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 and windows server 2012 deployment on the UCS blades and on the advanced management POD of the vBlock.
• Performance/development of technical checklist and software installation documentation and keeping documentation updated as needed.
• Implementing, configuring and maintaining Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory.
• Keen understanding of the vBlock and its components.
• Deployment of SAP HANA on the vBlock 340 series and 740 series.
• Understanding of change and incident control management processes.
• Implementation, management, upgrade and support of VMware ESXi vSphere 5.x and 6.x.
• ITILv3 / SDLC project methodology approach for project timeline scoping, milestones and deliverables
• Strategic leadership wif resource implementation timeline and milestone planning for deployment of
• Leadership communication of technical achievements, risks, issues and next steps related to the project and system readiness.
• Development of detailed Microsoft Project and PowerPoint documents and associated templates to define project scope and level of effort involved.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows 2003 R2 server, Windows 2008 server, Windows 2012 server R2, VMware ESXi 5.x, VMware ESXi 6.x, vCenter 5.5, vCenter 6.x, Cisco UCS 2.x

HARDWARE: Cisco MDS 9148, UCS B440 M2, UCS B200 M3, UCS 5108, UCS 6200 Series.

Software: vCenter, vCenter Orchestrator, vRealize, VCE Vision, UIM/P, vCloud Director.

Other Experience: VCE vBlock converged infrastructure, RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) VMware vSphere 6x Infrastructure, VMware vSphere 5x Infrastructure vCenter, ESX Virtualization, vMotion, Storage vMotion, EMC VNX and Isilon, Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Datacenter Architecting, Datacenter Management, Project lead/Management. VBlock 340, VNX5700, VNX8000, VNXe3150, XtremIO - SMA, VMAX-10 & VMAX-20K, CLARiiON CX3 & CX4, Hitachi storage frames, Data Domain DD860, DD880 & DD990, Isilon, Avamar, VPLEX, RecoverPoint Appliances, Cisco MDS 9000 series & Nexus 5000 switches, Brocade and McData switches, VPLEX, UCS FI, HP G5, G6, and G7 servers, ESXi v3.5 - v5.5

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Senior Virtualization Infrastructure Architect/Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Executive presentations discussing cloud computing, business developments and strategy wif company clients.
• Presentation to business units and executives demonstrating VCE Vblock virtualization, VCE VISION provisioning and Cisco UCS technologies.
• Logical configuration design review of all Vblock series as related to the Virtualization and compute environment of the vBlock.
• Experience in expanding XtremIO array.
• Performed onsite logical/full installation and configuration for the ESXi and UCS environment on the vBlock.
• Configured and deployed Cisco UCS computing clusters wif VMware ESXi 5.5, ESXi 6.1 and vCenter, update manager, platform Controller Services in link mode.
• Performing the RCM upgrade remotely and onsite of the ESXi infrastructure and the UCS environment on all series of vBlock.
• Implemented XtremIO All-Flash arrays and VBlock Hyperconverged Systems to support new PCI initiative for protection of customers' financial data
• Configured and deployed ESXi clusters leveraging EMC UIM/P.
• Configured and deployed Cisco 1000v virtual switch module appliance wifin vCenter.
• Deployed EMC VNXe for high availability storage in the advanced management pod.
• Configure, install, and troubleshoot various networking components of VCE VBlock platforms including: Nexus 1000v, 5000, 5500, &7000 series switches; Catalyst 3560 & 3750 switches, Cisco 3048, MDS 9000 series SAN switches.
• International assignments to Latin America and Canada.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Systems Engineer/Virtualization and Project Architect (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Project lead in the upgrade of ESX 3.5 host servers in the New York and New Jersey datacenter to vSphere ESXi 4.1 using existing hardware.
• Using the ESX vSphere update manager plugin to push out ESXi profiles on newly provisioned host and updating of the ESXi host servers for compliance.
• Providing level 4 support and problem resolution for virtual infrastructure and operational issues using remedy. Also adhering to the ITIL Service management and seeing the tickets through resolution.
• Interacting wif the global Wintel Engineering team regularly to understand and design solutions to meet regional requirements for the virtual infrastructure.
• Storage Design and implementation on VMAX3, VPLEX, VNX, Isilon, and XtremIO Storage arrays and on MDS
• Additional Projects includes build out of a brand new Datacenter and establishing the ESXi 4.1 infrastructure. Also configuring the ESXi servers in a cluster wif HA, DRS and VMotion.
• Working wif project management, technical delivery team, support teams and developers to drive automation of provisioning VMGuest using the existing virtual infrastructure for a zero touch process.
• Working alongside key vendors (Microsoft, Dell, VMware & Citrix) to align technology strategies wif business and IT requirements regarding the existing Virtual infrastructure and ways to improve infrastructure efficiency.
• Leading initiative to virtualize hundreds of rack mount servers in the NY/NJ datacenter to poll the best servers that can be virtualized using the VMware capacity planner tool.
• Virtual infrastructure capacity management and forecasting the logistics of the VM environments to maximize the efficiency of ESX infrastructure resources and datastore usage.
• Generating the highest level of systems requirements analysis to ensure completeness, consistency, correctness and operation definition also interfacing wif the business group and users to balance their needs.
• Consulting on business requirements and developing appropriate technical solutions using the existing virtual infrastructure.
• Working wif a project team researched and recommended a new system setup for branch office and HUB sites using the River Bed Appliances also leading the project team to roll out the River Bed appliances to all branch offices and Hub sites in the Americas.
• Supporting change management and incidents tickets using Remedy management and seeing the tickets through resolution.
• Acting SME to Groups providing each major business in Macquarie wif a dedicated resource to work closely wif the business to understand its particular technology needs.

Confidential, Raritan NJ

Senior Systems Engineer/Virtualization Engineer/Project Lead. (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Level III support and management of Windows NT4.0, 2000, 2003 and VMware ESX 2.5-3.5 Virtual Center 2.0 to Virtual Center 2.5 Server environments.
• Support and management duties performed wif strict adherence to ITIL3 service management procedures, Sarbanes Oxley compliance processes and change management controls in a validated, FDA regulated, and globally managed systems environment.
• Consistent technical documentation of all installations, updates, and troubleshooting procedures wif an emphasis on best practices (living documents that are always modified).
• Upgrading of Global VMware 2.X environment to 3.X farms connected via SAN, network attached or locally connected storage.
• Setting up HA Datacenter clusters wif DRA and monitoring vmotion capabilities when VMs failed to restart.
• VSphere 4 and vCenter 4 implementation wif lab manger 3 in a test lab environment.
• Datacenter consolidation of local and remote physical hardware to virtual machines that required the conversion of IBM hardware wif and various HP hardware wif Windows NT4.0, 2000, 2003, and 2008 servers into virtual servers using the following conversion tools: VMware converter, Plate Spin Power convert, NTbackup, and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery.
• Meeting wif various levels of upper management and application owners locally and remotely to TEMPeffectively plan (hour to hour meetings to scope and plan various types of global DCC physical to virtual, virtual to physical, physical to physical, and forklift moves), and discuss best practices when deploying physical to virtual/virtual to virtual and physical Windows server moves from local and remote locations into the Raritan NJ Datacenter along wif engaging remote and onsite engineers to perform scheduled moves and troubleshooting when necessary.
• Virtualization of Citrix, DNS, IIS, Oracle, SQL, file, print, employee benefit, and payroll servers globally.
• Global SWAT team resolution and troubleshooting, and solutions support during critical outages and emergencies.
• Performance of Disaster Recovery preparation readiness exercises including bare metal server restores wif similar or dissimilar hardware.
• Level 3 support interface for varied internal and external J&J off site operating companies in regard to server virtualization and physical server support, Windows Operating System, Active Directory, Windows Group Policy, High Availability Windows Clustered servers, MOM, SCOM, Veritas netbackup, global DNS and WINS troubleshooting.
• Meeting wif management to plan and discuss the status of current ongoing and future infrastructure projects.
• Change control and Helpdesk ticket tracking and updated and maintained using Remedy/Picasso/ITSM database.

Confidential, Cranbury NJ

Datacenter Architect/Backup Engineer/Field Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day to day operational support of the company’s Datacenter, production systems, Data backup and any network issue that may arise.
• As project lead, lead a project to setup and configure the ESX infrastructure for the company in 3 different locations.
• As project lead, developed and executed test plans/scripts and deployments plans, and assist in the creation of requirements and project design documents.
• Perform VMware (ESX Server) and Windows operating system upgrades, capacity planning, and performance analysis as it relates to day-to-day operations.
• Provide disaster recovery testing and tasks for the business groups and the company as a whole.
• Provide 24x7x 365 on call support as part of a scheduled rotation wif other team members and tier 4 level supports for Windows XP and Microsoft Office.
• Troubleshoot systems remotely to resolve issues that may occur on systems where direct access is not possible using RDP.
• Generate key reports for management in regard to system availability, backup report, service level agreements (SLAs), uptime, etc.
• Provided forecasting and or trend reports for backup storage platforms related to business applications and permanent storage requirements.
• Servicing Interdepartmental Requests, Supporting other departments in product implementations/changes.
• Work wif other teams wifin the organization and at other third parties to create and maintain a stable scalable infrastructure
• Monitoring/Troubleshooting of connectivity and System Issues, and continual observation of HP’s Insight manager.
• Developed and Maintained Process/Procedural Documentation, review of SOP changes and creation of new SOPs
• Evaluate and making recommendations on hardware and software for on ongoing projects and assigned project tasks.
• Configure hardware and software in backup/storage environments to ensure optimum performance and resource utilization
• Coordinate wif vendors to assure the continuing functionality of storage/backup software and hardware for patches or any required updates.
• Executing/initiating change request for system changes, patch updates or the implementation of new systems as requested by business divisions.

Confidential NJ

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured, Installed and maintaining local LAN hardware, software and telecommunications service such as user desktops, system software, software applications, printers, 10 Windows 2000 servers, routers, switches, modem bank, cabling and internet service provider.
• Developed and implemented disaster recovery procedure. Ran daily backup using Veritas backup exec wif Quantum super DLT tape device, also ensuring the deposition of tapes to company safety box at the bank.
• Configured blackberry enterprise server for exchange 2003 wif use for the blackberry 7125 series phones for the entire management and sales department.
• Respond to the needs and questions of network users concerning their access to resources on the network and the operation and training on various proprietary programs.
• Consulting wif department managers to develop company group policy in relation to network resources, hardware, software and proprietary programs usage.
• Responsible for documenting all IT related processes associated wif company’s network, Windows 2000 servers, all hardware, software and all updates done to improve network productivity.
• Automated distribution of new company proprietary software packages and rollouts of Microsoft office and windows XP utilizing BigFix.
• Responsible for managing Company’s Inter-Tel PBX Axxess phone system.
• Working wif company’s CFO; researched and scheduled meetings wif ISPs to change service contract/agreement and improve company’s service plan.

Apr 2004 - June 2004 Atlantic Health Systems Investment Corporation. Morris Plains, NJ

Network Administrator (Consultant)

• Worked wif company’s network administrator developed schedules for 150 end user PC moves, network printers, five Dell Power edge Windows 2000 server relocation and all LAN devices.
• Worked wif company’s network administrator configured Cisco 4507 switch and 3 Cisco 2600 series routers.
• Worked wif Verizon’s network engineers and company network administrator, installed new Cisco call manager, Cisco unity server, Cisco IPCC and testing of call center phone functionalities.
• Implemented VLAN configurations and port assignments for servers, printers and data lines on Cisco 4507 Switch.
• Reviewed and recommended new hardware and software changes to company’s CIO; and implementing changes wif company’s Network Administrator.
• Assisted in training all End user on Cisco IP 7960s and 7940s phones for voicemail setup, Cisco IPCC group login and general phone functionality.
• Used Visio XP to draw a constructive view of the company’s entire network.
• Performed password recovery on Cisco routers 6509, 4006, 4003, 3600, 2600, 3550, 2621, 2509, CSS 11000 load balancers and all test lab routers and switches.
• Assisted in the conversion of Dow Jones’ network from EIGRP to OSPF; checked Tier IV engineer routers for frame relay, ISDN and ensured proper configurations.
• Designed a constructive view of Dow Jones datacenter, comprising of over 400 Windows 2000 servers, Sun Microsystems servers, UNIX servers and multiple Cisco routers and switches using Microsoft Visio 2003.
• Designed and implemented projects along wif Tier IV network engineers.
• Tested and deployed wireless LAN Access point for laptop users using a Nortel 2201 Wireless Access point and a Nortel combo adapter card.
• Rearranged lab equipment, consolidated lab rack space for projects being tested and established an inventory of Dow Jones test lab equipments.

Confidential, NJ

Help Desk Administrator/Field Site Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Traveled off-site to configure LAN/WAN hardware and software and maintained company network devices.
• Supported company remote users from corporate office using Altiris express remote software.
• Facilitated completion of company technical projects and created adobe PDF files for technical documentation of completed projects also modification of old project files to reflect changes to the projects.
• Acted as a liaison in the migration of 750 windows 2000 and Windows XP workstations from Novel Networks to Microsoft windows using Symantec ghost.
• Used Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0 to modify new and existing Technical documentation as an instructional aid for new software/hardware upgrades and using Visio XP to draw a constructive view of the company’s entire network.
• Managed leased equipment lifecycle, provided technical input into annual budget and TEMPeffectively communicated technical information to corporate staff.
• Maintained and supported company’s 2600 and 3600 Cisco routers and 5500 Cisco switches by activating switch ports for new users.
• Designed and implemented company’s backup and disaster recovery systems using Veritas Backup Exec for windows NT/2000.
• Upgraded, rebuilt and administered company’s Active Directory installed Windows 2000. Installed and configured company’s new MS Exchange 2000 server allowing company remote clients to login in using web outlook to retrieve email.
• Migrated company’s Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange 2000 and migrated user email accounts to newly configured Exchange 2000 Server.
• Designed and implemented company’s backup system wif fault tolerant using Veritas Backup Exec.
• Used Adobe Acrobat professional 5.0, created technical documentation and walk through for End Users.
• Implemented and started virus auto protection on company’s network using Symantec Norton Antivirus program
• Created new users and groups, assigned group rights, created password policy and assigned folder permissions on Windows 2000 Active Directory Server.