SUMMARY

• Around 8 years of Professional Experience as Windows/VMware Engineer in multiplatform VMware ESX/ESXi, Linux, UNIX &Windows with hands - on expertise in networking and system integration
• Extensive experience on ESXi 5.0/5.5/6.0 servers, vCenter server 5.0/5.5/6.0 and vCenter converter,
• Experience in building Microsoft windows 2012/2008R 2/2008/2003/2000 servers as per the versions using HP smart start, Array configurations, updating Firmware, application software under multi-platform environments.
• Accomplished system administrator managing server infrastructure and data-center operations across multiple platforms (Linux, Windows)
• Strong experience in Automating, Configuring and deploying instances on AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• Experience in AWS Cloud platform and its features which includes EC2, VPC, EBS, AMI, SNS, RDS, EBS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, Cloud-Formation AWS Configuration, Autos calling, Cloud Front, IAM, S3.
• Expert in implementing VMware Horizon View (7.0) Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) from scratch to creating desktop pools, deploying golden images and assigning pools to users/groups.
• Experience in working on configuring ESXi hosts and clusters with all advanced features like HA, DRS, DPS etc.
• Experience in working with Host Profiles, Resource pools, Storage Profiles, VMFS data store and Templates for client VM’s.
• Experience in deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) machines using Plate Spin, Double-Take, VMware convertor and vCenter Guided Consolidation.
• Proficiency in using VSphere, vCloud Suite / vRealize suite - vRealize Operations Manager (vRops), Log Insight, vRealize Orchestration(vRO), and vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Virtual SAN(vSAN)
• Experience in Working with OVM, KVM and Hyper-V Hypervisors.
• Good Experience in creating port groups, VLAN networking and NIC teaming on VMware ESX and vCenter Environments.
• Built ESXi hosts using multiple technologies including VUM, Host Profiles and PowerCLI scripts and performed routine maintenance on VMware environment such as vCenter Upgrades, Firmware Upgrades and Patching.
• Experience in installing and configure the VMwareNSX Appliance for setup including VMware vSphere.
• Strong knowledge and extensive experience in data center migration projects.
• Good experience on working on VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for maintaining business continuity and performing disaster recovery (DR) activity.
• Monitoring of VM's and ESXi server components (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) and security hardening for Security Compliance.
• Experience with Azure Cloud Environment
• Working knowledge of upgrading from /2012 servers and migration of client/server applications and platforms to cloud environments.
• Experience with Administration of Active Directory in Windows environment including Managing Active Directory issues such as Logon Failures, Account Lockouts, Group Policies, Network Connectivity, DNS and WINS Name Resolution, Authentication Problems, File and Printer Permissions etc.
• Experience in Troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, IIS and Active Directory.
• Used to establish user accounts and group policies with troubleshooting existing GPOs.
• Extensive experience with the Active Directory tools and Wintel servers.
• Strong Experience in Data Center Migration.
• Experience in Managing vBlock using native element manager including vCenter, UCS, Unisphere and fabric manager.
• Experience in performing Administration tasks using PowerShell scripting and strong knowledge on PowerCLI.
• Worked on PowerShell for management of systems and involved in working with PowerShell API’s.
• Strong Experience on vMotion, Storage vMotion, SCCM (Systems Center Configuration Management), SCOM (Systems Center Operations Management) Infrastructure, Patch Management and Upgrades using VMware update manager.
• Knowledge on assisting with administration and upgrading of ADMT for migrating Active Directory, and web server administration IIS 6.0/ IIS 7.5.
• Installed and Configured Exchange Server 2003, Assist in O365 migration from Exchange2007, Monitor all server logs on Domain Exchange and BES server.
• Experienced in managing NAS and SAN storage solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

VMware/Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage and Maintain Active Directory environment with multiple domains consisting of Windows Servers 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.
• Managed and maintained VMware 5/6 environment with ESXi hosts, clusters, VM’s and Templates.
• Configured and Built both physical and Virtual servers and Installed and managed Microsoft and 3rd party technologies including Citrix, Exchange and VMware.
• Utilized SCCM to manage Active Directory objects performing system Updates and application installs.
• Experience in managing users and groups using AWS IAM. Imported data to S3 using Amazon Export/Import. Configured AWS SNS for email notifications.
• I migrated Data from physical data center to AWS. Participated in designing, build, and deployment of multiple applications using AWS stack (EC2, S3, EMR, IAM) focusing on high availability as a part of POC. planned major patch releases by coordinating with the application team for the proper implementation of security patches within the environments.
• Created multiple EC2 instances of Red Hat OS for AWS.
• Building and Working with Amazon EC2 instances, creating the security groups on the instance level and using Cloud Watch on EC2 instances.
• Performed system monitoring with vSphere, Hyper-V(Windows), SCOM, Openview and App Dynamics.
• Installed VMware ESX server 5.0/5.5 and created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Designed standard templates and deployed virtual machines from these templates.
• Creating clusters, Resource pools and adding VM's to them and installing VM Tools.
• Installed and Implemented VMwareESXi host servers with vSphere Client, vSphere CLI. Configured HBAs and iSCSI SAN storage.
• Upgrading of ESXi from version 6.0 to version 6.5 while keeping the VM's in maintenance mode.
• Manage VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion and High Availability (HA) Clusters.
• Creating and Deploying of Virtual Machines from Templates and creating Snapshots and Cloning of Virtual Machines for future Deployments.
• Creating and configuring VNetwork Standard Switch (VSwitch), VM Kernel Ports, VM ports, Service console and NIC teaming.
• Managing Disks/Filesystems using Logical Volume Manager for Red Hat Linux.
• Installing and configuring vRealize automation 7.0 and vRealize Orchestrator 7.0
• Implementing and installing the VMware View (VDI), creating a base image (replica) for desktops with win 7 OS and spinning the number of required desktops for Users. Pushing the updates to the base image and rolling them to the existing desktops and for the new desktops.
• Experience on IIS environment. Installed and configured servers using Red Hat Linux Kickstart method.
• Handled the VMwaresolutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) like interconnection of Fiber Channel Cables with switches, Fabric interconnects.
• Experience in vSphere Replication using Site Recovery Manager5.0 (SRM 5.0) for backup in case of disaster.
• Design and implementation of VMware vRealize operation to monitor VMware and vRealize Automation environment.
• Installed and tested vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations, to enable cloud orchestration layer for Software Datacenter model in test bed.
• Administrating production server's/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, File and print Servers, ADS, DNS, DHCP, and other Application Servers on Windows 2003/2008/2012.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Configuration of ESXi 6.0/5.5 in new-HP Proliant series Servers in a core new Data Center
• Installation and Configuration of Windows servers 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2
• Primary role is to provide End to End solution from ESXi (4.x,5.x and 6.0) and vCenter to Storage.
• Configure and Manage Snapshots, DRS, HA, vMotion, Storage vMotion.
• Experience in storage provisioning with NFS, VMFS and complete Knowledge on Multi-pathing, zoning and Storage provisioning.
• Complete knowledge on Snapshot from Creating to Consolidating.
• Working on Multiple storage technology FC, ISCSI and NAS.
• Configure and Manage SIOC for High End customers.
• Configure and Manage end to end solution from Storage to ESXi.
• Architecture, design, install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi (4.x,5.x and 6.0), vSphere 4. vSphere 5 and vSphere 6 environments with Virtual.
• Configure and Manage VDP Appliance for multiple customers, help them to take backup and restore it from Backup Appliance.
• Created User Accounts, Domain Accounts and Distributed Groups with Active Directory/Exchange Environment.
• Administered user accounts, domain accounts, administrative rights, security and distribution groups with Active Directory.
• Involved in Operational support of Active Directory, WINS, DNS and AD enabled applications.
• Experience in managing and implementing the Horizon View.
• Configuring vSwitches for Port groups, NIC Teaming, Traffic shaping, VLAN tagging, Failover and Security.
• Policies on the vNetworks and Basic Knowledge of Network I/O Control.
• Participate in Designing and Planning the Data Center Migration from Old VMware version to new version.
• Document all technical inquiries; develop and review content for the knowledge base.
• Experience in Installing, Configuring, Managing, Troubleshooting and maintenance of ESX Servers
• Migrated about 1800 servers from P2V, V2V in both VMware and Hyper-V environments using PlateSpin and VMware convertor.
• Migration of Windows 2003/2008/2012 and Linux servers to VMware from Hyper-V.
• Increased the efficiency in development and test activities with the help of the Hyper-V.
• Responsible for the creation of all new MS SQL Servers in a virtual environment (Hyper-V), installing and configuring all services, and managing related service accounts.
• Created SQL Server failover cluster for SQL Server 2014 and SQL server 2012 R2 on windows server 2012 R2.
• Automated routine tasks using scripting language such as PowerShell and PowerCLi.
• Work with Customers closely to apply the ESXi Patches and Upgrades through Update Manager.
• Basic knowledge on third party tools like Symantec Net Backup and Veeam Backup Appliance.
• Monitored and Maintained customer solutions including Exchange, Office 365, and various hosted online solutions.

Confidential, Birmingham, AL

VMware/Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and Management of 1200+ virtual servers required for the customer.
• Design, maintaining, recovering and supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007/2010.
• Installed Windows 2003/2008R2/2012 in the created virtual machines and installed the required Roles, software and tools.
• Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2, 2012 installation, deployments, troubleshooting and automation.
• Installation of ESXi 5.5 Hosts, vCenter Server, vCenter update manager and administering VM's across 3 Datacenters running 2200 VM's, managing and migration VMwareESXi - 5.0 and 5.1, worked on VMware capacity planner.
• Creating, managing resource pools of VM’s Life Cycle Management, for ESXi hosts, worked on capacity planning and management of Virtual machines in VMware Environment.
• Installed and Configured Virtual Machines through Hyper-V
• Identification, planning, migration of P2V candidates, new builds from each site without any downtime, V2V Migration, creating clones and templates of VM’s.
• Created and Managed Virtual Machines in Windows Azure and setting up communication with the help of endpoints
• Adding the new Co-Admin and managing the Co-admins for all the subscriptions in the Windows Azure Platform
• Worked directly with Azure Product team in tracking and resolution defects in the Azure IAAS offering.
• Administer Microsoft Windows Servers (Active Directory), Microsoft Workstations, Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions, System Policies and network security devices for 9000+ users
• Design, implementing and managing Active Directory(AD), Internet Information Server (IIS),
• Provide Active Directory, Group policy and user profile maintenance.
• Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)/System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Systems
• Management Server (SMS)/System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Forefront Identity
• Experience with SRM 4.5/5.0 deployment and implementation
• Experience with vSphere Replicator during Disaster Recovery.
• Performed P2V migrations of Production, QA and Development Servers and involved in the cut-over and decommissioning of the physical server after the P2V server
• Hands on experience in management of vSphere HA, DRS, Snapshots, clones and templates.
• Installed, Configured, administered Windows 2003/2008 servers, Active Directory Services, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server and SQL Database Server.
• Worked closely with the command center during the decommissioning process
• Migration of virtual machine from one enclosure to another within the 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.
• 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 with facilities and network teams in testing, planning and coordinating server placements, rack allocations and user relocations in different offices.

Confidential

Windows Active Directory / SCCM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation of migration strategy for consolidating Data Centers from around the world to centralized locations in US which involves numerous servers of Windows2008 and 2012 R2.
• Designed and migrated Active directory/DNS from Physical to Virtual and enabled site-to-site replication between the datacenters.
• Was Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed, configured, administered Windows 2003 servers, Active Directory Services, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server & SQL Database Server.
• Created Active Directory GPO's to enforce standard security settings in both production and test environments.
• Replicated VMware VMs or Physical Servers to Azure portal
• Replicated machines to resource Manager Storage accounts using Azure portals
• Development and Unit Testing of Azure modules
• Patched all the systems using SCCM 2012, Designed & implemented SCCM 2012, SQL queries and reports for SCCM, SCCM application packaging and testing.
• Monitored SCCM platform health and mitigated issues as needed.
• Installed the patches Manually and from SCCM.
• Created various automation tasks through SCCM/Scoorch process
• Deployed Windows servers for SCADA
• Experience in Implementing and managing Active Directory, Internet Information Server (IIS), System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
• Perform regular maintenance of Server 2008 and 2003, which consist of adding users, editing user login scripts and granting permissions to directories and shared files.
• Mac Administration via SCCM and Dell Management Xtensions. This tool gave me the ability to use the Software and Hardware inventories for Mac software deployment and Updates.
• Troubleshoot SCCM server issues and manage & maintain SCCM windows server infrastructure.
• Worked on troubleshooting of ESX, VM’s Involved in Active Directory DNSConfiguring, administering, maintaining & troubleshooting of Windows2000/ 2003 Servers such as DC, DNS, IIS, DHCP, Database, File and Printer servers.
• Troubleshooting Active Directory replication problems, creating standard process for group policy deployment and Active Directory users and group management.

Confidential

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• VMware Server management including server template creation and management, server deployments as well as ESX host troubleshooting.
• Administrated server consolidation program through use of VMware ESX server and VMware Virtual Center, ESX, creating VM’s using/building VM templates and customization files, and Scheduling tasks.
• Installing and configuring VMwarevirtual center servers, vCenter Appliance, managing VMwareESX hosts using vSphere client/ Web client.
• Played a vital role in creating, cloning VM’s, converting P2V (used standard VMwareconverter tool), VM-Provisioning (Linked clones, thin disks) taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, vMotion, storage vMotion.
• Managed project to migrate VMware ESX 3.0.3 Environment to ESX 4.0/3.5
• Developed processes and standards patching ESX Hosts using HP Remote Deployment packages.
• Excellent experience with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions.
• Extensively used VMware update manager to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.
• Performed P2V migrations using PlateSpin Power Convert and VMware Converter.
• Troubleshot issues ranging from storage to HA and DRS.
• Create a Virtual Desktop Environment used for testing applications.
• Worked on 'Best Practices' for SAN LUN design and usage.
• Build and maintained the 18 ESX Host VDI (Virtual Desktop Environment) for application testing on various OS platforms.
• Perform day-to-day operation and troubleshooting of VMs, resolved problems related to Disk space usage, problems related to performance metrics such as processor usage, memory.
• Installation and administration of Windows Active Directory, DNS, WINS and DHCP servers.
• Installed and worked on VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 4.0) for the disaster recovery.
• Installed and configured Windows with Active Directory service, involved in the maintenance & upgradation of DNS and DHCP servers.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting on Windows NT/2000/2003 servers using enterprise standards.