SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of professional software industry experience as a Windows OS Engineer and Virtualization Engineer using VMware vSphere, Hyper - V.
• Strong knowledge on Server, Desktop and Application virtualization and worked on ESX and ESXi 6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 .
• Configured storage, cabling and networking in datacenters wif in teh different chassis, blade servers, rack servers and network devices etc as per requirement .
• Configured teh Failover Clustering on ESXi hosts, Windows servers and SQL DB in teh VMware environment.
• Experienced in configuring DNS, DHCP, WINS and Active Directory Services in Windows based server environments.
• Configuration and upgrading Cisco UCS, Confidential, HP hardware and resolving L3/L2 level troubleshooting issues .
• Expertise in VMware virtualization on Cisco UCS, Confidential, HP, IBM etc hardware platforms .
• Extensive hands on experience on P2V, V2V Migration of Machines from one datacenter to another datacenter using migration tools like Plate spin, Double take and VMware Converter and Windows Failover cluster.
• Hands on Experience on VCenter server 6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 and vSphere versions 6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0 for managing multiple ESX servers.
• Worked on CISCO UCS Hardware, Configuration, Deployment, and Implementation .
• Installing and troubleshooting experience wif ESX servers and ESXi servers and worked extensively on Templates, clones and used Veeam Backup And Replication for restoring VM's.
• Implemented and managed HA and DRS clusters and Worked on VMware FT for critical VM’s.
• Extensively worked on vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Mirage, SCCM,SRM and Patch management and upgrades using VMware update manager.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch&dvSwitch.
• Determining customer requirements and designing VMware based solutions architectures spanning Vmware's products from teh VCloud suite to Horizon suite to meet business requirements .
• Expertise in VDI environment of Horizon view migration and creating pools. Managed and supported teh user profiles through View Persona management at Enterprise level.
• Migrated and upgraded teh VDI environments from Citrix to VMware view and from View 5.5 to 6.0 at enterprise level.
• Strong knowledge on resource management framework using Resource pools.
• Experience wif Microsoft Network Load Balancing and Microsoft Clustering technologies.
• Experience in EMC SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools.
• Expert knowledge on configuring hardware iSCSi SAN, FC SAN, NFS and NAS storage to VMware ESX (me) hosts from vSphere client.
• Excellent skills in patching and hardening Windows 2012R2/2012/2008R2/2008/2003 servers using Windows Update and also by using teh staged patches.
• Extensive experience on Windows servers 2012R2,2012,2008R2,2008,2003 deploying and configuring, Microsoft Active directory and SQL 2012/2008 .
• Worked on In-place Upgrade from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 and application deployment in Windows 2012R2 for various Business Units.
• Extensive experience in Active Directory, Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, WINS, TCP/IP, IPSec, DFS, FRS, VPN, NetBIOS, RIS, Storage Area Networks, Citrix, Network Attached Storage, RAS and RRAS, and other networking protocols/services and FTP Servers.
• Experience in Anti Virus management tools (Symantec endpoint/Norton Anti Virus),experience in implementing corporate FTP servers.
• Worked on Domain controllers migration.
• Knowledge on Implementation and configuration of HP, Confidential, and IBM server class hardware.
• Provided 24/7 On Call production support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: VMware vSphere 6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 , VCenter Server 6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 , ESXi 6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 , ESX 4.0, VMware Update Manager, VMware Horizon View 6.0.1/6.0(VDI),VMware Mirage 5.1/5.0/4.4/4.3 , VMware VCenter Converter 6.0/5.5. HA, DRS, FT, Vmotion, Storage Vmotion, VCOPS, SRM, VMware Mirage and SCCM.

Windows Administration: Configuration of DHCP and DNS, Windows server 2012R2/2008/2003 installation and configuration of Active Directory and Internet Information Services (IIS 8.5/8.0/7.5/7.0 ), creating users and groups, setting user access controls and Domain Controllers.

Networking: Cisco 25xx, 35xx Routers and 35xx Switches.

Network Protocols: TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS, VPN, DNS, NTP, WINS, FTP, SSH, WinSCP and Telnet.

Storage: VMAX, VNX, NAS (NFS), SAN and ISCSI.

Operating Systems: Windows Server OS - 2012R2/2012/2008R2/2008/2003Linux (Ubuntu), UNIX.

Backups: EMC Networker, Windows NT Backup VERITAS Netback up .

Antivirus: Symantec Endpoint, Norton Antivirus, McAfee .

Database: MS-SQL Server 2012/2008 R2/2008/2005, Oracle.

Hardware: CISCO UCS, HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Intel Xeon, HP Proliant DL785 G6, HP BL 680c G5, 685c G7 blade servers, Confidential Poweredge R820,R610,R 00 HP Chassis, HP Tape Library MSL 2024, 4048,ESL G3, MSA 1000 SAN, Sun Storage tech Tape Library.

Terminal Services: Remote Desktop Services, VNC, Putty and Terminal Services.

Third Party Applications: Veeam Monitor, Veeam Reporter, Veeam Backup and ReplicationPlatespin,Double take, Symantec BESR (Back Up Executive System Recovery)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

System/Datacenter Engineer

Responsibilities:

• 300+ P2V, V2V datacenter migration of windows servers and created Failover clusters on ESXi hosts, Windows/SQL clusters on Windows 2012R2/2008R2 administration.
• Worked completely on ESXi 5.5, Windows 2008R2/2003 elimination project which includes working wif various Business Units and deployed their applications in newly built Windows 2012R2 production webservers, file servers etc, and also built their whole document .
• Upgraded and configured Cisco UCS environment at enterprise level and worked on upgrading firmware, drivers etc, troubleshooting issues related to Networking, switching, VMware virtualization on it .
• Performed Cabling, networking in datacenters. Point to point (switches to servers, servers to storage, servers to servers), Structured cabling in DC's .
• Performed top of Rack (TOR), End of Rack (EOR) cabling in Datacenters wif ethernet, Gigabit Etherne, 10Gig Ethernet, Fibre channel, fiber optic between Cisco UCS chassis, servers etc .
• Installed Horizontal and vertical wiring mangers, cable selection etc in Datacenters .
• Deployed vm's in vCenter / Deploying a Bare metal server for databases through Cisco UCS, Building Virtual Machines, Cloning & Migrating and Adding processors, RAM, NIC, disks to teh vm's etc .
• Implemented Cisco UCS Blade Servers in datacenter & Created Service Profiles, Policies for BIOS, Boot, Power control, vNIC/vHBA Placement & Provisioning resource pools for servers, UUIDs, MAC addresses, WWNNs, WWPNs, Performed Zoning on Cisco MDS switches as per teh design using Cisco UCS Manager.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines in VMware VCenter environment and used Service now for ticketing (Change Management, Incident Management, and Request Management) and looking after high priority incident tickets both on virtual machine and ESXi host level.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Upgraded VMware VCenter Infrastructure 5.5 to 6.0 along wif Updating teh VCenter, ESXi Hosts, vSphere client from 5.5 to 6.0 and Virtual machines tools upgrade to 8,9 and 10.
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, server vMotion, storage vMotion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Increase efficiency and ROI of VMware hosts by cutting down on VMs memory usage closely matching recommended memory usage by VCenter Operations Manager.
• Applied patches using VMware VCenter Update Manager and host update utility.
• Documented upgrade paths to vSphere 6.0 including host patches, OS level upgrades, virtual switch changes and VM version upgrades.
• Configured backups for teh VM's, Physical servers. Restored teh servers during disaster recovery Bare Metal Recovery, restores using Commvault 11 .
• Built teh entire VDI environment in VMware horizon view 6.1 by deploying connection server; security servers; dedicated VCenter server and Transfer server and autanticating them in Horizon View Administration console.
• Created various types of desktop pools like Manual pools; Automated pools Linked clones pools; full clone pools and RDP pools in Horizon View 6.1 as per teh company's requirement.
• Used View Persona management for storing users profile data and settings . Shared and managed profiles across standalone and view desktops.
• Configuration ofVMware Horizon policies,Load ManagementandPrintersin teh Farm.
• Supported up-to date profiles when users go offline in View Persona Management .
• Worked on teh tickets raised related to Horizon VDI environments like troubleshooting, providing access, building new desktops or pools as per teh requests etc.
• Upgraded Domain controllers, ADFS domain from Windows 2008R2 to 2012R2 and installed required server and Intermediate certificates in various servers.
• Installation, Configuration and administration of Windows 2012R2/2008and 2003 operating Systems on Confidential, HP Blade Servers.
• Managed Active Directory services using predefined company scripts, creation of Accounts, adding and removing users.
• Built new Windows 2012R2 servers, performed In-place upgrade for more TEMPthan 200 servers and desktops as an upgrade from Windows 2008R R, 7 to 8.1 and worked on teh issues raised like Black screen, ACPI bios error etc and worked wif Microsoft Engineers.
• Provided server and client support for all issues on AD such as logon failures, account lockout, network connectivity and autantication issues and worked on resolving incidents requested through service now.
• Configured TCP/IP Settings, DNS, WINS on Windows 2012R2/2008/2003 Servers.
• Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, DHCP,VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port and VSAN provisioning.
• PowerShell scripting for Automation - Creating VM’s, Virtual Networking, VPN, Key Vault, Load balancer, Power off and Power on VM’s.
• Built and supported Microsoft Failover clusters on VM's using RDM's and iSCSi storage, worked on various errors raised while installing SQL cluster over it like enabling Failover Cluster automation server etc.

Environment: VCenter 6.0/5.5,VMware vSphere 6.0/5.5/5.1, ESXi 6.0/5.5,Cisco UCS, Windows 2012R2/2012/2008R2,Horizon view 6.0, SQL Server 2012/2008 R2,Solarwinds, Evault, Commvault, DRS, VMware converter, VCenter update manager, DMZ Environment, Symantec endpoint protection.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

System/Datacenter Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for administering and troubleshooting teh issues related to Domain Controllers, VMware, Active Directory, Fail over clustering in vCenter, Windows 2012R2 and 2008 R2 Servers.
• Installed and configured Cisco UCS and managed environment through UCS manager for upgrading, hardware issues, alerts raised, troubleshooting issues etc.
• Implemented large scale migration of existing vm's from HP Blades to Cisco UCS .
• Cisco UCS Deployment and Implementation for VMware virtual environment .
• Performed Structured cabling, networking and configured storage in Datceneters between hosts and chassis etc .
• Install and support Networking, troubleshooting and worked wif CISCO UCS vendors .
• Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter and Performed P2V's and V2V's using VMware convertor.
• Created Virtual Machines, Cloning virtual machines, converting P2V(used standard VMware converter tool), VM-Provisioning (Linked clones, thin disks, de-duplication ) taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, Vmotioning in VCeneter.
• Installed VMware VCeneter, vSphere 5.5 and created virtual machines on ESXi 5.5 Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from teh images.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Configuring VMware on clustered environment, implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using vMotion, Storage vMotion.
• Installed and configured vSphere ESX (me) 5.1 on HP blade servers HPC7000 and migrated VMware vSphere hosts from ESX (me) 5.1 to ESX (me) 5.5.
• Configured VMware standard vSwitch&dvSwitch along wif virtual machine port groups, console ports groups, VMkernal port groups and VLANs.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in a VMware clusters.
• Set up and Configured DV switch for ESXi hosts and worked on VMware Update Manager for updating or patching for all teh ESXi hosts and Virtual machines.
• Configured teh VDI environment on VMware View 5.3 and built required servers for teh environment,created various types of pools based on teh requests and provided access permissions.
• Migrated all teh VDI environment from Citrix to VMware View 5.3.
• Implemented VMware Horizon View and VMware VSAN for a VDI solution for remote workers and developers.
• Managed, migrated teh profiles from physical systems to View desktops through View Persona Management.
• Testing of different recovery plans in SRM to ensure recovery of failover VM’s and Expertise in providing support for Windows 2003/2008 servers and Active Directory's.
• Administering, troubleshooting and automating vSphere ESXi using Power CLI.
• Involved wif designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions.
• Installed & configured VMware virtual center for production & DR site and monitored and setup vCOps for Virtual environments.
• Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter and restored VM's using Veeam Backup.
• Installed and configured Windows 2012R2/2008R2 servers and installed applications according to teh department requirements.
• Create Windows 2008 R2 domain controller and join to teh existing domain or a new domain.
• Active Directory support including Group Policy, DNS, AD security and certificate Services, Global Catalog, WINS,DHCP, DFS in multi forest environment.
• Troubleshoot password replication issues wif multiply domains.
• Setting up network environments using TCP/IP, NIS, NFS, DNS, SNMP agents, DHCP and Proxy.
• Performed troubleshooting and resolution of corrupt Domain trust failures.
• Adding new users in teh existing group and OU’s or applying Confidential standard policies using Group policy(GPO).
• Configured NTFS permissions, created group and user accounts. Copied and moved files wif NTFS permissions.
• Installed and configured teh TSM Backup, from teh TSM server.
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates, worked wif clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines.
• Installing latest support packs releases and hot fixes from Microsoft by using WSUS and worked on BSOD and PSOD errors.
• Used Powershell for updating domain controllers and install packages, routine tasks etc on servers.
• Virtual Machine Cloning, Templates and Snapshots and upgraded windows 2003 servers to 2008 servers, Installed Boot from san windows servers.
• Performed upgrades of Windows 2003 Server to Windows Server 2008R2 on Confidential Physical Servers Power edge 1950. R610 & R710.

Environment: VMware VCenter 5.5/5.1,Cisco UCS, Windows 2012R2/2008/2003,, VMware View 5.3/5.2,Microsoft clustering DRS, VMware converter, VMware vSphere 5.5/5.1, ESXi 5.5/5.1, TSM backup, Norton Antivirus, VCenter update manager, SRM,EMC VMAX.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 and ESXi server 5.5.
• Identification, planning and migration of P2V candidates and new builds from each site wifout any downtime.
• Performed tons of V2V Migration., Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines.
• Created VM's on ESX servers and deployed VMs Through OVF Templates, Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches
• Worked on Migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration and Remediate.
• Configured Netbackup Client thorough planning was done for downtime, knowing each server usage & their placement in Datacenter.
• Creating Data centers in teh vSphere Web client and adding teh Hosts to teh Data center
• Hands on experience wif VCOPS, configuring dashboards for clients.
• Design, Installation and configuring of new vSphere 5.5 ESXi servers for teh P2V candidates on UCS Cisco C240 M3 Rack Server.
• Troubleshooting UCS hardware if teh Hosts are disconnected in teh VCenter.
• Installed Management Server (VCenter Server) instances to enable centralized management of multiple ESXi hosts.
• Linked different VCenter servers using linked mode to has a single instance of vSphere client to manage teh whole Virtual environment.
• Virtualized Windows servers using Platespin P2V and V2V.
• Configuring High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS).
• Deployed whole VDI environment on VMware view 5.1, managed teh pools created and provided access to it.
• Creating a backup job and also took backup of data center on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Created standard Templates and deployed servers from teh Templates.
• Built number of VMs through templates/clones, created templates/clones for future use and physical servers/hosts 5.5 from ISO Images.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Installing and configuring Windows 2003 servers of DHCP, FTP, Web Server and SQL Database Server.
• Installation and administration of Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP servers. Administrating and responsible for Microsoft File and Print servers cluster on windows 2003. Managing printers’ queues, spoolers, files and folders permission, maintenance/failover of cluster when required
• Managing Exchange 2003 servers and troubleshooting issues related to User and group accounts, mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Responsible for Security Patch Management and Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS 4.0/3.0.
• 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.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.5/5.1, ESXi 5.5/5.1, Windows 2008/2003, SQL Server 2008 R2, VCenter 5.5/5.1, IIS, DRS, Plate spin, VCenter update manager.

Confidential, Palm Beach County, Florida

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing ESX and ESXi servers on HP, Confidential and IBM hardware.
• Installation of VCenter server.
• Installation of VCenter components.
• Installing Virtual machines and upgrading VMware Tools.
• Creating resource pools and adding teh VM’s into teh pools.
• Deploying VM’s from templates and vMotion, storage vMotion of VM's.
• Automated routine tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, PowerCLi.
• Snapshots according to user’s requirement.
• Configuring HA,DRS clusters.
• Taking care of capacity planning for new clusters.
• Configuring FT for important VM’s.
• Taking caring of ESX and VM storage issues.
• Coordinated wif teh storage team.
• Capacity planning using Capacity planner and VMware guided consolidation for gathering teh Physical machines CPU and Memory usage metrics.
• P2V Hot conversions using converter enterprise 3, 4 and 5.
• P2V cold conversion using VMware Converter Boot CD.
• Performance monitoring using VizoncoreVfoglight and ESXTOP.
• Capacity planning of teh virtual environment.
• Presenting FC SAN LUN’s, RDM’s iSCSI LUN’s and NFS mounts.
• Created Vswitches.
• Creating different ports groups for different purposes.
• Taking care of NIC teaming at ESX server level for NLB and redundancy.
• Updating and upgrading ESX servers using VCenter Update manager.
• Vmotion according to teh requirement
• Storage Vmotion according to teh requirement.
• System Analyst for Windows servers.
• Experience wif troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, IIS and Active directory.
• Responsible for Microsoft exchange server 2010, SQL and database server.
• Provide technical supports for Microsoft outlook 2007/2010.
• Maintained Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall for Exchange Server.
• Experience in power shell script.
• Successfully Migrated Win XP users to Windows 7 using USMT(User State Migration Tool).

Environment: Windows 2008/2003, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESXi 5, VMware vSphere 4, ESX 4, VMware VCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor, Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, Confidential PowerEdge Servers, Confidential PowerVault NAS.

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• VMware Server management including server template creation and management, server deployments as well as ESX host troubleshooting.
• Performed ongoing hardware and software maintenance of Windows server environment, including VMware ESX Server and virtual machines.
• Managed project to migrate VMware ESX 3.0.3 Environment to ESX 4.0/3.5
• Install and configured VMware ESX 4.0,3.5, HA, DRS, VDI on servers and workstations.
• Developed processes and standards patching ESX Hosts using HP Remote Deployment packages.
• Excellent experience wif 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.
• Responsible for all change management documentation for teh VMware environments.
• Globally supported and built out VMware ESX Environments.
• 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.
• Performed Capacity Analysis and managed environment growth.
• Supported 300 ESX Hosts at remote J & J offices.
• Build and maintained teh 18 ESX Host VDI (Virtual Desktop Environment) for application testing on various OS platforms.
• Developed and maintained network policies, procedures and reports.
• Installation and administration of Windows Active Directory, DNS, WINS and DHCP servers.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting on Windows NT/2000/2003 servers using enterprise standards.

Environment: Windows 2008/2003, VMware ESX Server, VMware vSphere, VMware VCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor. Exchange Server 2003, IIS 6.0, Windows XP/Vista

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining IBM Pseries Servers 690, 680 and 670, HP Proliant Servers DL360, 380, 580 and 370, Confidential Power Edge Servers.
• Configuring ILO connections on IBM and HP Blade Servers.
• Server Build by manual and also teh Automation Process by using Altiris Tool
• Documentation of high level design and project implementation plan.
• Main role is to implement teh Active Directory upgrade project along wif regular Server and Network administration to manage servers and multiple sites.
• Running Scripts to install applications, updates through Altiris tool
• System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) centralized power management planning and application.
• Installing and updating teh OS wif latest Patches released by Microsoft on all Servers.
• Exchange Service Pack Installation on Exchange Cluster Servers.
• Configure Active Directory Maintenance Scripts using WMI, VBscript.
• Involved in troubleshooting file systems (DFS).
• Creating an user accounts and make sure dat they has appropriate groups assigned to teh accounts
• Configure Network attached storage Devices for wif File and Print server (NAS - Snap Servers)
• Monitor storage groups for data consistency.
• Configuring Remote Logins using DS View 2.2 and 3.0, ILO, RDP
• Generating Quotes for teh Server as per teh requirements.
• Installation of new printers both locally and to teh network.
• Working on teh regional server issues through Incidents Tickets of Remedy Tool
• Install and configure arrays in SAN manager.
• Adequate documentation for daily startup, shutdown and emergency operational procedures of teh NT /Windows 2000 servers as well as SAN as per teh developer requirements.
• Working on Change Management and Request Management Tickets in Remedy Tool.
• Publishing teh Applications for Users through Presentation Console
• Managing teh Print drivers and configuring Client Redirection while accessing teh Printers through Published Applications
• Worked on Group Policies and Advice Directory in teh environment.
• Maintaining ESX 3.5 Environment in teh Organization
• Creating VM Session on ESX servers through Virtual infrastructure Client.
• Creating Templates and cloning Servers through VI Client.
• Create, test and deploy virtual environments using Virtualization Technologies - VMware Workstation and ESX Server, MS Virtual PC
• Updated and maintained current running projects, escalation charts, contact details, risks and issues register.
• Created and maintained document management systems for teh team’s collaboration.

Environment: Windows 2003, Windows XP, Active Directory, Exchange 2000, SQL 2000, Marimba Channel, Remedy, Compaq HP Proliant DL 360/DL380, IBM X Series. and BLP 20 Series.