SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience in architecture, deploying and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers, mobile devices, and peripheral equipment.
• Worked with almost all the VMware ESX versions starting from ESX3/4/5i up until the latest 6.5. Worked with vCenter server, vSphere and vCenter appliance. Prior Experience includes VMware Lab Manager3.5. Have extensive working Experience with VDI, vCAC, vSRM, NSX, vSAN and VMware Horizon.
• Managed multiple P2V conversions and server migrations using VMWare ovftool, VMware converter and PowerCli depending on the need and requirement.
• Experience in Server monitoring, capacity planning, application monitoring with the help of Tivoli, HP insight and WebTop.
• Experience in iSCSI, SAN, NAS/ NFS storage and RAID concepts.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (i.e. 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.)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills on AIX, red hat Linux, Solaris, work with multiple team and vendors and provide RCA for any issues related to the server.
• Strong management and administration skills in providing installation, configuration, troubleshooting, backup and recovery in multiple Applications on AIX and Red hat Linux machines.
• Experience in setting up DMZ, NTP, DHCP, DNS, mail server, SNMP, syslogd rotation etc.
• Linux bare metal recovery has been implemented on the account using REAR and successfully tested the recovery on a virtual machine.
• Experience in IBM Web Sphere Administration and setting up IBM Web Sphere Application Servers in the development, testing and production environments.
• Vast experience with Storage Systems that includes IBM DS4K/5K series, IBM XIV - 2nd generation and 3rd generation
• Storage Provisioning, Volume and Filesystem Management using Veritas Volume Manager and VERITAS Filesystem (Veritas Storage Foundation), Configuring ZFS filesystems.
• Worked on different platform on SUSE Linux which includes 10.x,11.x
• Installed, monitored and supported Web and Application Servers on AIX and Linux environments.
• Proven experience of monitoring tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Strong Troubleshooting and implementation skills in enabling and maintaining SSL/HTTPS.
• Well-versed with bash, Python, Perl, Ruby scripts for infrastructure automation
• Configured Apache as load balancer and Squid as proxy wherever required to scale the applications
• Good working experience with Brocade, F5 load balancer
• Created Jenkins pipeline jobs for Puppet release process for module deployment, using Kanban Agile Methodology for puppet development
• Over 2 years of experience in Chef, developed cookbooks for middleware automation using Ruby, Python. Setup chef server and agent architecture. Developed recipes for WAS, JBOSS and Tomcat server provisioning.
• Deep experience with the following AWS components - EC2, S3, Elastic IPs, EBS, Security Groups, VPC, ELB, Elastic Cache, Cloud Formation, Elastic Bean Stock, EC2 container service, Creating S3 and EBS Storage service and mounted to the EC2 server instance
• Experience in planning and configuring AWS servers, installing middleware tools and setting up DB2 instances.
• Experience with ticketing tools like Radix, Perigreen, Remedy, IBM Helpdesk, IBM RTC etc.
• Worked with IBM Soft layer(IAAS), IBM Blue Mix(PAAS), AWS and various cloud services and built architecture as per the requirement
• Experience with Virtual box, Xen, Vagrant, Docker container as service and developed Docker files
• Vast Experience working with IBM Box and IBM Box Sync.
• Working experience with CI/CD pipelines in devops environment
• Strong Knowledge and good understanding of ITSM service Management practices
• Worked with various ticketing tools during the course of the projects

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Networking & Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, RMI/IIOP, Putty, SOAP, FTP, SMTP, SFTP, SCP, Humming Birdv7.1, Vantiv32, Protocol analyzers (wire shark, ethereal).

Database: Oracle 8.x/9.0, DB2, MS SQL Server 2000/ 2003/2008/2012 , MS Access. Microsoft SQL 2005, DB2, Casandra, MySQL.

Skills: FTP, Java/JSP, MS Access, MS Office Suite, MS Excel, MS Visio, MS PMS Project, and MS Word.

Web/Application Servers: WebSphere 5.x/6.0/6.1, Tomcat, TC Server, WebLogic, Glassfish, JBOSS 4.x/5.x/6.x, IBM HTTP Server, WebSphere Portal Server4.0, 5.x, IBM Tivoli Directory Server 5.1.

Operating Systems: IBM-AIX 4.x/5.x/7.x, Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows 2000/NT/ 2003/2008/2012 , Red Hat Linux 5.x/ 6.x/ 7.x, RPMs.

Development/Build tools/frameworks: WSAD, RAD, JCreator, ANT, Maven, Wily Introscope, Ruby, Cucumber, Eclipse, Selenium

GUI Front End Tools: Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, and Developer 2000, HTML, PHP.

Version Control Tools/ CI /CD/CM tools: Win CVS, Perforce, Clear Case, Git, SVN, Jenkins, Build Forge 7.x/8.x, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Nexus.

Cloud technologies: AWS, Private Cloud, Open stack, Dockers, Cloud forms, Foreman, VMWare, Xen

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Des Moines, IA

Senior Windows/VMWare Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Apache and Firewalls in both development and production.
• Worked with Windows, Solaris and Linux Servers to setup their networking as per Client’s request
• Installed and updated Citrix Patches on servers.
• Deployment, install and update of VMware product suites within Virtual Datacenters. vCenter v6, ESXi v6, VMware NSX v6, vRealize Network Insight, vRealize Log Insight, Veeam Backup and Recovery, Veeam MP, DRS, Distributed Switches, vRealize Suite, StorageDRS, HA, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Design, install and configure VMware ESXi v6 within Virtual Datacenter. The configuration of Storage and Networking Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, VMotion and VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Experience with VMware View Desktop Virtualization (VDI).
• Analyze and troubleshoot on an advanced level, performance of SAN-backed VMware ESXi infrastructure to determine the proper allocation of resources to a multi-Virtual Datacenter.
• Deployed and Configured VMware NSX Manager, Controller, Edge Gateway leveraging network data and intelligence for advanced security.Worked with IBM XIV, IBM DS4k series Storage servers. Configured zoning for our infrastructure and delivery needs
• Worked with Sun server and Blade chassis in setting up remote on-line classes.
• Managed Windows 2008 Active Directory, VMWare Active Directory Exchange Domai.
• Administration and Microsoft Exchange
• Scheduled tasks for vMotion and Storage vMotion and managed snapshots prior to planned patch, install or upgrade.
• Connecting and Configuring SAN and NAS Storage into the ESXi and Hyper-V Servers.
• Migration of servers P2V and V2V by using VMWare Converter and Plate Spin Migrate.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain Users, Administrating users and groups and Installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers from ILO management tool on Rack servers and blades.
• Worked with windows 2003/2008 servers, DNS, DHCP, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server, SQL, vSphere, Wins, P2V converter and patches.
• Configured LAMP for the infrastructure servers’ application requirement
• Configured IBM TSM server for backing up our infrastructure servers.
• Built XIV from the scratch, created luns and mapped to ESXi servers and other infrastructure Servers
• Worked on remote server monitoring tools using HP site scope, HP open view, Zenoss Enterprise, App Dyanamics etc.
• Worked with syslogd for log rotation and worked with SNMP, SMPT configurations.
• Connected vCenter in vCAC and configured vSphere and vCloud director end points.
• Hands on experience with vCOPS, Configuring dashboards for clients
• Experience with various Ubuntu versions 14.04, 16.04 and various other versions as a part of working experience on day-to-day vmware setup basis.
• Worked with setup, configuration and management of an enterprise VMWare VDI Horizon view
• Design, build and operational support on VDI hosts and vms.
• Experience in virtual infrastructure packaging in the VDI View enterprise environment.
• Migrate/package existing natively installed applications for use with VDI VMWare environment
• Worked with ICMO 2.5 and ICMO with Openstack for cloud orchestration
• Installed, configured and Setup Maximo Asset management server for our production environment. We use maximo on a day to day basis for ticketing, Tools/assets tracking, Problem reporting etc. Good hands-on experience with maximo 7.5
• Experience with Oracle Enterprise Linux, install, configuration, setup and deployment

Environment: Solaris 9, 10, RHEL release 3,4,5, Autosys, ESXi4.x/5.x/6.x, vsphere4.x, vCenter Server5.x, vSphere 6.x, ITBM, vSRM, vCOPS, vCAC, vSRM, VDI, Horizon, vCloud director TSM6.1.3, Sun servers (V880, V490, V210, V440, V880), Tape Libraries, e-servers X3850M2, IBM X3950M2/M5, IBM Power Systems, DS4800, DS4700, XIV, ITIM, Windows AD, Cisco 2960 Switches, Think Centers, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 7/8/XP, PowerCli, PowerShell.

Confidential, Norwalk, Ct

Senior VMWare Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provided application teams with secure and patched systems within Proper OS and middleware SLC.
• Maintained and patched a robust and burgeoning VMware 3.5 environment of over 60+ hosts and 3000+ VMware guest operating systems hosted on enabling SAN technologies.
• Responsible for managing VMware environment, knowledge of implementing VMware HA, DRS.
• Performed P2V, V2V migrations using VM Convertor.
• Worked on different VMware products like VMware ESXI server, Lab Manager, VMware.
• Workstation and VMware player.
• Troubleshooting Windows OS, Mac OS, and VMware ESX 3.5/5.0 and application issues. Provide 1st and 2nd level support for critical IT business emergencies and issues.
• Experience with installation and upgrade of SCOM.
• Experience with PowerShell Scripting.
• Installing and updating citrix patches on servers.
• Experience on installation and configuration of SCCM 2007.
• Experience working with Cisco Routers Provided application teams secure and patched systems within the proper OS and middleware, Cisco Firewalls and Cisco Switches.
• Working knowledge of Load Balancing, Vmotion, Storage Vmotion, HA, DRS & Memory Virtualization.
• Setup DMZ for our network isolation.
• Experience in TCP/IP connectivity and x86/x64 Operating System troubleshooting, installation, configuration and support of business application software suites.
• Participated in IT systems Disaster Recovery and high availability planning for business clients.
• Good understanding of RADIUS servers for centralized authorization, authentication and accounting.
• Install and maintain Stratus FT series fault Tolerant systems running Windows Server 2003 and /x64 Operating Systems.
• Worked with Veeam backup software for backing up critical vms.
• Worked in setting up NTP server for time synchronization across various production servers.

Environment: VMWare ESXi3/4/5, Windows, NSX, vConverter, Plate Spin, DNS/DHCP/IIS, print servers, citrix, xen, SAN, Hardware- Internal/External Modems, NIC SCSI/IDE, Hubs, Switches, IBM X3850, Pseries, Xseries servers.

Confidential, Irving, Texas

Systems Administrator/Vmware ESX Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Hands on experience with VMware ESXi Server or VMware products.
• Experience in working with development organizations in a new product introductions role.
• Strong Linux or UNIX administration skills familiarity with the installation and configuration of Linux or UNIX operating systems.
• Good working experience with Profile Unity for Virtual Desktops.
• Setup and operation of TCP/IP networking on Linux or UNIX systems.
• Ability to program and debug Perl administration scripts.
• Good practical working ability with VMware vSphere 3.5, 4.x.
• L2 Technical support which includes vital hardware support.
• Installation of OS like windows Xp Professional, 2003, 2008, win7, wins vista.
• Configuring and troubleshooting of outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010.
• Installation and configuration of ESX server 3.5.
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates.
• Good experience with Vmware thin app and App-V.
• Configure High Availability.
• Configure DRS, cold vmotion.
• Performed regular Server clean ups.
• Periodic ESXi/Windows log and alert analysis to ensure relevant alerts are being monitored and the system uptime were maintained at agreed SLAs.
• Working with active directory.
• Configure HA and DRS for the VMware clusters agreed by the customer
• Configured customized alarms for Virtual environment as per the requirement from Client
• Responsible for User Management in AD(User creation/Deletion/Password Reset)
• Implementation of Group Policies/OU & assigning user to respective group/OU.
• Configuring and deployment of Network printers.
• Troubleshooting and configuration of NIC and other software(s).
• Handling DNS queries for the domain users.
• Applying basic diagnostic techniques to identifying the issue, investigate causes and recommend solutions to correct common failures.

Environment: Windows Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Grouping Policy, Backup and Recovery, ISS (HTTP & FTP), ISA, Terminal Services, TCP/IP, VMWare ESX, Unix, Bash, Disk Management and File Sharing.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported infrastructure environment comprising SUN Solaris, HP-UX, Linux and IBM - AIX servers
• Installed, configured and maintained Solaris, HP-UX 11i, IBM AIX, and Linux.
• Migrated applications from PA-RISC to Itanium.
• Administered, maintained Red Hat 2.1, 3.0 AS, ES, Troubleshooting Hardware, Operating System Application & Network problems and performance issues
• Performed tasks like Backup, Software Management including Patch updates, Documentation, User Management, Network Management etc.
• Set up Concurrent versioning system (CVS).
• Performed installations in HP-UX Ignite.
• Configured Disk Volume Management with LVM of HP-UX.
• Installed and removed software packages and patches on Solaris, HP and Linux systems.
• Performed software monitoring, installation and troubleshooting
• Performed reorganization of disk partitions, file systems, hard disk addition, memory upgrade, and DAT drive installation.
• Implemented upgrade plan for Solaris and HP-UX on development and production servers.
• Developed scripts for backups using Veritas, ufsdump.
• Coordinated with clients in selecting proper hardware and software per the departmental needs.
• Installed and configured VERITAS Storage Foundation Suite, VxVM, VxCS and VxFS.
• File system tuning, growing, and shrinking with VERITAS File system 3.5/4.x (Vxfs).
• Installed, maintained and troubleshooting NIS, NFS, Automounter and DNS servers
• Monitored system activities, log maintenance, and disk space management.
• Installed and configured LDAP server.
• Servers’ consolidation and virtualization using VMware virtual infrastructure, VMware ESX.
• Configured all applications hardware diagnostics for SUN SPARC systems.
• RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) packages used for Linux distributions.
• Supervise network monitoring standards, security, disaster/recovery, resource utilization and stability.
• Maintained Database, taking backups from remote servers.
• Experience with NetApp storage.
• Used Perl and Shell Scripting extensively.
• Actively Involved at Data Center or Work station.
• Production Support of applications MySQL, Tomcat, Apache (authentication, http services).
• Maintained of RAID technologies
• Installed and Configured Web Logic 8.1 on various Development and Production Boxes.
• Troubleshooting and maintenance of VERITAS Net Backup (4.5,5.0), Scripts for Daily backup reports, checking drivers’ status
• Installed and configured Modems, Network Printers & SCSI Tape drives.
• Administered, maintained Red Hat 2.1, 3.0 AS, ES, Troubleshooting Hardware, Operating System Application & Network problems and performance issues
• File system management using Logical volume management and Veritas Volume management (3.5,4.1,4.5)

Environment: Sun high-end servers 12k/15/25k, Midrange servers 38k/48k/68k, Sunfire, Tseries T2000/1000, Storage Arrays, Storage Libraries, Sun Solaris 9,8,7, Linux, Unix, Veritas Volume Manager 4.1, 4.0, 3.5, Solstice disk suite 4.2.1, sun cluster 3.1, Veritas Net Backup 4.5,6.0, Apache Tomcat, Windows servers.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, Configured & Upgraded Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Windows-NT /2000 operating systems.
• Installed Packages and patches.
• Worked with setting up DMZ for our network using fail2ban
• Supported 24/7 high availability production servers.
• LSM configuration and Adv FS creation on Tru64 Servers.
• Monitoring System using HP/ITO. Did kernel tuning to enhance the system Performance.
• Configured and Administration of DNS, NIS, NIS+, NFS, send mail.
• Installed, configured and remediation of various Security software
• Vast experience in setting up DNS, DHCP servers on Linux, Windows
• Installed and configured Netscape and Apache web server and Samba Server.
• Wrote Shell and Perl Scripting for automation of job.
• Configured Hardware and Software RAID, Disk replacement and File system recovery.
• Interaction with vendors for Hardware and software supports.
• Experience with NetApp storage.
• Installed and configured VERITAS Storage Foundation Suite, VxVM, VxCS and VxFS.
• File system tuning, growing, and shrinking with VERITAS File system 3.5/4.x (Vxfs).
• Configured and Administration of Veritas Cluster (3.5, 4.1, 4.5).
• Day to day maintenance of Veritas cluster Servers.
• Disk and File system management through Logical Volume Manager and Veritas Volume Manager (3.5, 4.1, 4.5).
• Backup management through Veritas Net backups (4.5, 5.0), Creation of Volumes and pools and scheduling the job.
• Installed and configured Network Printer with Centralized control of print client.
• Installed and configured the ORACLE, DB2/UDB Servers and Web Logic servers.
• Database Backup and Recovery. Performance Monitoring and Tuning
• Planning and setup of Disaster Recovery Servers.
• Worked on Scripting using shell, korn and Perl.
• Troubleshooting of day to day system and user problems
• Oversaw customer installation and acceptance testing of the product, Product resided on Sun/Veritas configuration.
• Arbitrated Customer/User meetings to establish needs, initiated/managed risk assessment team, define expectation and explain capabilities of current technologies.
• Trained customer user community.
• Assisted team members in contracts, availability / problem resolution, technical Tier 1/2 support and security.

Environment: Solaris, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, AIX, HP-UX and Windows NT, Sun Enterprise E 3 /420 R/250 Servers, Ultra Enterprise 2/1 Servers, SPARC server 1000, SPARC server 20 Enterprise Servers, SPARC server 1000/20, SPARCstation 10, Sun Sparc Ultra 1,5,10, Intel Based Dell Servers, Veritas File System 3.0, ORACLE, DB2/UDB.