SUMMARY

• 10 plus years of professional experience as a VMware/Windows Consultant.
• Worked on BAU (Business as usual) activities of handling the existing production, Dev, lab environment. Completed the request from the business and end users within the SLA period.
• Experience in Installing, deploying and configuring VMware Infrastructure 2.5/3.0/3.5, vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 and Other VMware Products like vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.5 , vCenter Operations Manager, VMware VDI products View 4.x / 5.x/Horizon View 6.0 and VMware ThinApp 4.x/5.x.
• Experience in installing and configuring VMware vSphere Update manager 5.0/5.5/6.0 and upgraded ESXi from 4.1 to 5.0/5.0 to 5.5 to 6.0 and patched ESXi5.0 to 5.0U1/ESXi5.5 to ESXi5.5U2.
• Experience in creating and applying ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.5 /6.0 Host profile, Storage profiles.
• Experience in cloning and creating Templates from VMs, Snapshot and using vSphere features like vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS and HA.
• Experience in building VMware virtual servers and physical servers with Windows 2003/2008.
• Experience in Installing and configuring Microsoft Hyper - V and Hyper-V VMs administration.
• Experience with VMware vSphere distributed switch and Cisco Nexus 1000V.
• Experience in DataCenter migration and P2V migration projects using tools like VMware vConverter, Plate Spin Migrate.
• Experience in creating Cisco UCS service profile templates, service profile and associate service profile with Cisco UCS blade servers.
• Experience with Cisco UCS hardware like UCS chassis 5108, Blade servers and Rack mount servers configuration.
• Experience with Cisco UCS B200M2, B200M2, B230, C200M2 and C240 M3 Servers administration using CIMC.
• Experience in installing Dell PowerEdge M910, M710 Blade Srvers on Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis and configuring the chassis using Chassis Management Controller (CMC).
• Experience in installing HP Proliant BL460c G6/G7/G8, BL465c G7,BL660c G8 and BL680c G7 Blade Servers on HP c7000 chassis and configuring the chassis using Onboard Administrator(OA).
• Experience with HP, Dell and IBM blades administration using iLO, iDRAC and RSA.
• Experience in Zoning on Brocade switches and LUN allocations/unallocations from VNX 5100/5300/5600 and providing/creating CIFS and NFS shares from NetApp FAS 2040/2050/3040.
• In VMware infrastructure Involved in Windows OS Installations, User Creations, File Permissions, Scheduling tasks, Performance Monitoring and maintenance of day-day activities.
• Experience in administering Microsoft Windows Server 2012R2, Server 2008R2, Windows 2003, Windows 2000 Server & Windows NT Environments, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP.
• Experience in Microsoft clustering for clustered SQL servers and Hyper-V. hosts.
• Experience in deploying patches, updates, checking and fixing compliance using BMC blade logic and Microsoft SCCM.
• Experience with Windows server services like AD, File, Print and also good experience with group policy.
• Good knowledge and hands on experience of Vblock &FlexPod components and experience with Cisco UCS administration.
• Good Knowledge and experience with scripting like Windows power shell and VMware power CLI to automate the tasks/Processes.
• Very good knowledge on cloud products vCloud Director/ AWS/MS Azure/OpenStack.
• Knowledge on VMware products like vCenter Orchestrator, vCloud Director,vCAC/vRAC.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization/Storage: VMwareESX3.0/3.5,vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 View4.x/5.x/6.x,ThinApp 4.x/5.x, SRM4.1/5.0/5.5, vCloud Diretcor,vShield, Cisco UCS,HP virtual connect,PowerCLI,VMwarevConverter,Platespin& DoubleTake,BMCBladeLogic,EMCVNXe3100&3300,VNX5100,5300&5600 and NetAppFAS 2040,2050&FAS3040,Brocade and Cisco MDS storage switches.

Languages: Perl, XML, HTML,VBScript,Windows power shell,VMware power CLI.

Operating System: ESX3.0/3.5,Vsphere 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.5 , Win 2000/2003//2008/ NT/XP/Vista/7.

Hardware: Windows, Macintosh, HP Blades, IBM Hardware, Dell Server Hardware, CISCO UCS blades

Networking: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, SNMP, Telnet, POP3, IMAP, VPN, hubs, Routers, switches, LAN/WAN, ARP, RARP,IPV4,IPV6

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Ft Worth, TX

VMware/Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed and configured 2008 and 2012R2 on virtual and physical platforms.
• Built VMWare ESXi hosts from version 5.5,6.0 on Dell& Cisco UCS blade and rackmount servers.
• Experience in installing Dell PowerEdge M620, M630, M830 Blade Servers into the Chassis Dell PowerEdge M1000e and configuring Chassis, PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator and managed the chassis using Chassis Management Controller(CMC).
• Used iDRAC to access Dell Servers, specifically M620, M630 and R630 and R730 model hardware.
• Involved in P2V and V2V conversion of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers by using Platespin Migrate & VMware vConverter.
• Created and Implemented Host profiles for Multiple Hosts and added FC LUNs as Datastores to multiple ESXi hosts.
• Experience with vSphere6.0 features like HA, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Creating and managing the VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Experience in administering Windows servers 2003/2008/2012 and building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project.
• Worked and managed DNS and DHCP servers to create forward and reverse DNS records, and also to create and configure DHCP scopes and DHCP reservations.
• Experience in administering and configuring Cisco UCS hardware like Chassis Cisco UCS 5108, Blade servers like Cisco UCS B200M2,B200M3 and B230M2 and Rack mount servers like C200M2 and C200M3.
• Experience in creating Cisco UCS service profile templates, service profile and associate service profile with Cisco UCS blade servers
• Worked on PCI compliance auditing, vulnerability management using Qualys.
• Used Blade Logic server automation tool for security scans like compliance and patching and remediate any and all findings as possible.
• Used BMC blade logic tool to install windows OS, patches on Virtual and physical servers.
• Perform Remediation of the OS configuration to make server compliant with Confidential standards.
• Discover un-used/in-active serves and identify them for decommission.
• Install missing backup, monitoring and blade logic agents as necessary per Confidential standards.
• Ensure Trend Micro Deep Security agents are installed and active on the server.
• Ensure CMDB is updated and accurate per server specifications in preparation for go live change process.

Confidential, Plano,TX

VMware/Windows Architect/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparing Windows and VMware Low Level Design Documents.
• Involved in migration (P2V, V2V and P2P) methodologies and document preparation.
• Involved in capacity planning and hardware ordering.
• Configured the chassis using Onboard Administrator (OA), created Ethernet networks, san fabrics, created server profiles and associated to Blades to build ESXi, Windows and Linux Servers.
• Installed and configured HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager(VCEM), managed VCEM to add new chassis and create servers profiles to associated with blades.
• Involved in installing and configuring ESXi5.5 /Win 2008R2/Win Server 2012 on HP Blade (BL460c G8) and Rackmount server(DL 580 G8) using iLO.
• Installed and configured vCenter server 5.5, created virtual Datacenters, multiple clusters and added ESXi hosts.
• Installed and configured Update Manager 5.5, patched ESXi5.5 to ESXi5.5U2.
• Installed and configured SRM 5.5 like adding Array managers, creating protection group and recovery plans, tested the recovery.
• Installed and configured VMware vRealize Operations(vRops) Manager, generated day to day reports to monitor and manage the performance of virtual environment.
• Built Windows 2008R2/2012 on Blade Servers and Rackmount Servers.
• Built windows 2008R2/2012 virtual servers.
• Installed and configured AD role and administered Active Directory running on Windows 2008R2 server.
• Installed patches and tools on windows servers and troubleshoot the problems and working with vendors.
• Worked and managed DNS and DHCP servers to create forward and reverse DNS records, and also to create and configure DHCP scopes and DHCP reservations.
• Deployed and managed Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS and GPO, Created & Managed Users & Groups, OU’s, Sites and GPO’s.
• Managed and supported print and file servers.
• Experience with Windows server 2003,2008R2&2012R2 Administration
• Used most of the vSphere features like vMotion, storage vMotion, DRS and HA, Created Virtual Machines, templates and snapshots, and deployed VMs from the templates and created and applied host profile.
• Involved in P2V and V2V conversion of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers by using Platespin Migrate & VMware vConverter.
• Involved in deploying patches, updates, checking and fixing compliance using Microsoft SCCM.
• Experience in managing multiple Windows systems with Microsoft SCCM 2012 providing patch management, remote control, software distribution and OS deployment.
• Build new servers using SCCM 2012 and install Windows operating systems using 2008 R2 / 2012.
• Investigate PIX boot issues related to OS deployment via SCCM, and develop troubleshooting guide for server boot failures to deploy new OS via SCCM.
• Upgraded from View 5.x to Horizon view 6.0, Implemented and supported Horizon view 6.0 for VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) project.
• Worked with network team to troubleshoot /make required VLANS available on chassis and rackmount servers.
• Worked with Storage team and Backup to troubleshoot to make required storage available to Blade servers/Rackmount servers.

Confidential, Atlanta,GA

VMware/Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in setting up virtual infrastructure by using VMware vSphere5.1and Microsoft Hyper-V for Datacenter migration and consolidation project.
• Upgraded latest firmware, configured RAID, Installed and configured ESXi5.1 on Cisco UCS C200 M2 and IBM System x3690 X5 rackmount servers.
• Added iSCSI software adapter to the ESXi host and did VMkernel port binding to connect target and sent WWNs(iqns) to the storage team to allocate iSCSI SAN devices for adding datastores to the esxi hosts in the VMware cluster.
• Experience in administering Cisco UCS hardware like Chassis like Cisco UCS 5108, Blade servers like Cisco UCS B200M2,B200M3 and B230M2 and Rack mount servers like C200M2 and C200M3.
• Experience in creating Cisco UCS service profile templates, service profile and associate service profile with Cisco UCS blade servers.
• Installed and configured ESXi 5.1 on Cisco UCS B 200 M2, UCS B 200 M3and B 230 M2 blade servers and sent WWPNs to the storage team to allocate fibre channel SAN devices to add data stores to ESXi hosts in the VMware cluster.
• Installed and configured vCenter and created and configured cluster with DRS and HA and added ESXi hosts to the VMware cluster.
• Involved in P2V and V2V conversion of Windows NT,2000,2003 and 2008 servers by using VMware vConverter3.0,4.0 and 5.0.
• Did V2V conversion of Hyper-V VMs, Xen VMs into VMware VMs from one datacenter to another datacenter.
• Consolidated two datacenters running with VMware VMs with the help of swing storage.
• Experience with most of the VMware vSphere features like vMotion, storage vMotion, DRS and HA.
• Created Virtual Machines, templates and snapshots, and deployed VMs from the templates and created and applied host profile.
• Did Microsoft clustering for clustered SQL servers and Hyper-V. hosts.
• Installed and configured Hyper-v manager, Fail-over cluster manager and configured CSV’s.
• Experience in VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines administration.
• Converted existing standard vSwitches in older environments to Distributed switches.
• Worked on Dell PowerEdge R610/810/910 and IBM System x3690 X5 Rackmount servers to configure RAID, upgraded firmware and Install Windows Server 2003/2008 and ESX4.1/ESXi5.1.
• Involved in installing HP ProLiant BL460c G6,BL465c G7 Blade Srvers on HP c7000 chassis and configuring the chassis using Onboard Administrator(OA).
• Upgraded to View 5.2, Implemented and supported VMware View 5.2 and VMware ThinApp5.2 as a part of VDI(virtual desktop infrastructure) project and Application Virtualization.
• Upgraded existing View 4.x environment to View 5.2.
• Installed and configured View 5.2 components
• Involved in Configuring Virtual Desktops, Maintaining Desktop Pools.
• Deployed and supported Windows 7/Windows Vista virtual desktops.
• Experience in managing User Profiles and Data.
• Created ThinApp Packages and Deployed ThinApp
• Involved in Monitoring and Troubleshooting View
• Experience with Windows NT, server 2000, server 2003 and server 2008 Administration.
• Used scripting like Windows PowerShell/VMware Power CLI/VB for automating the processes and collecting reports for daily tasks.
• Upgraded the servers running with OS 2003R2 to 2008R2.
• Performed day to day Windows server administration and backup and recovery of windows servers with windows server backup feature, file and folder permissions and sharing

Confidential, Ft Worth, TX

VMware/Wintel Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Implementation of VMware vSphere 5.0 with ESXi Hosts, vCenter, Update manager, vSphere client, and Virtual machines tools and hardware, and Host Profiles.
• Involved in Installing and configuring ESXi 5.0 hosts and created new cluster and added ESXi hosts to the cluster, installed vCenter 5, Update manager5, and Administering VM’s and ESXi hosts across 2 Datacenters Running with 3000 VMs and 300 ESXi hosts .
• Involved in building the windows 2003 and 2008 virtual servers by deploying from template, by cloning VM and also by creating the shell and installing fresh OS.
• I have built physical servers with windows 2003 and 2008 OS, on dell M710 and M910 blades.
• Created and Implemented Host profiles for Multiple Hosts and added FC LUNs as Datastores to multiple ESXi hosts.
• Experience of vMotion and Storage Migration of 400 VMs to consolidate two vDataCenters into one and Coordinated with the storage team to migrate storage(EMC SAN) from one vDatacenter to another vDatacenter.
• Used BMC blade logic tool to install windows OS, patches on Virtual and physical servers.
• Experience on HA,DRS, VMotion, Storage vMotion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Used Update manager5.0 to upgraded VM tools, VM hardware(version 8) and patched theEsxi5.0 host to update 1.
• Creating and managing the VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Monitoring and managing performances of ESX/ESXi servers and virtual machines.
• Experience in installing Dell PowerEdge M910,M710 Blade Srvers on Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis and managed the chassis using Chassis Management Controller(CMC).
• Experience in installing ESXi5.0 on blade servers remotely by using iDRAC and iLO.
• Used VMware vConverter to Migrate(V2V) from one Datacenter to another datacenter .
• Experience in administering Windows servers 2003/2008 and building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project.
• Administering Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project.
• Performed day to day Windows server administration like group policy, Active Directory users and group management.

Confidential, St Paul, MN

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Upgrade and Datacenter consolidation projects, upgraded from ESX 3.5 to vSphere 4 and consolidated multiple datacenters into 2 datacenters.
• Involved in upgrading vCenter 2.5 to vCenter4.0, upgrading from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 and VMs hardware version from 4 to 7.
• Installed and configured vCenter4 on the virtual server and added to vCenter4 in linked mode.
• Added Sysprep tools to vCenter for windows servers 2003 Guest OS customization, managed and used customization specifications to Deploying a Virtual Machine from a Template.
• Created VMware cluster and enabled HA and DRS on the cluster.
• Installed ESX4.0 on IBM blade servers and added them to vCenter.
• Analyzed performance of physical servers and customize virtual server specification Deployment of VM Templates to deploy virtual servers
• Installing patches and software upgrades recommended by security scan.
• Experience in installing IBM HS21 Blade Servers on IBM Blade Center H chassis and configuring the chassis using Chassis Management Module(CMM).
• Experience in installing Cisco B200 M2 Blade Servers on Cisco UCS chassis and configuring the chassis using Cisco UCS Manager.
• Experience with Cisco B-Series and IBM blades administration using CIMC and RSA.
• Implemented and supported VMware View4.6 and VMware ThinApp4.6 as a part of VDI(virtual desktop infrastructure) project and Application Virtualization.
• Installed and configured View 4.6 components
• Involved in Configuring Virtual Desktops, Maintaining Desktop Pools.
• Deployed and supported Windows Vista/Windows XP virtual desktops
• Experience in managing User Profiles and Data.
• Created ThinApp Packages and Deployed ThinApp
• Involved in Monitoring and Troubleshooting View
• Installed and configured VMware SRM 4.0 and testing from Protected Site to Recovery Site in SRM and Shared Recovery Site across multiple Protected Sites.
• Expertise in Thin provisioning, VMFS expansion, RAID technologies.
• Clear-up of orphaned vmdk files periodically to clean up memory.
• Implementation of Host Profile in non-prod and prod cluster.
• Used PlateSpin Migrate and VMware vConverter for P2V/V2V.
• Experienced in migrating and importing virtual machines.
• Involved in troubleshooting of VMs, ESX/ESXi hosts and vCenter server issues
• Implemented HA by configuring HA clusters with DPM enabled DRS clusters for automated power management and load balancing. Scheduled tasks for vMotion and Storage vMotion of VM’s and managed snapshots prior to planned patch install or upgrade.
• Updating ESX host’s using VMware Update manager.
• Troubleshooting of file system issues with remote servers via telnet and putty.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates
• Built and administered windows virtual and physical servers running with OS Win NT,2000 and 2003.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

VMware/Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Involved in VMware ESX server Hardware setup in all sites with HA/DRS Clustering/vMotion.
• Involved in configuring vSwitch by creating VM Network, VM kernel and Service Console portgroups on the ESX server.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting VM performance like CPU, Memory, disk/storage, and other issues.
• Involved in upgrading ESX 3.0 to ESX 3.5 and upgraded VM tools and VM hardware.
• Performed P2V/V2V conversions using VMware vConverter, servers running with OS Win NT and 2000, 2003.
• Installed / configured / maintained Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003 environment.
• Supported day to day issues in Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003 environment
• Preparing the Technical document of the complete setup and VM environment standardization
• Experience in resolving ESX related technical issues from the host console.
• Performing daily operational tasks like monitoring windows servers and storage provisioning by maintaining data availability for the Clients.
• Analyzing and performing proactive measures and providing recommendations to the Client/Customer to improve HA of all the servers running on Virtual and Physical Infrastructure.
• Performs regular storage infrastructure maintenance such as updating drives, firmware and necessary data migration.
• Effectively troubleshooting issues at software and hardware level.
• Attending weekly issue meetings, change meetings, and emergency calls with managers, clients/customer.
• Administered Virtual infrastructure running with ESX and managed by vCenter and Virtual and physical servers running with OS Win NT,2000 and 2003 servers running