SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of experience in VMware virtualization and Windows Server Administrator.
• Extensive experience in Windows 20012/2008/2003 Servers at single/multi domain environment.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server, RIS/WDS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail Server and ISA Server.
• Experience in installation and configuration of vSphere 5.0/5.1, and vSphere 5.5 products.
• Experience in consolidation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Moderate testing experience in Microsoft HyperV and Citrix XenServer.
• Experience in Networking and Security Configurations on ESX/ESXi Host.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of VMware VMotion, SVMotion, HA and DRS including vSphere Update Manager, VMware Data Recovery, vCenter Lab Manager and vCenter Orchestrator.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware vCenter Converter / Plate Spin PowerConvert and Creating host and client VM templates and cloning.
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFS storage and RAID (0, 1, 10, 01, and 5) concepts.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. 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 understanding of networking fundamentals and network security.
• Experienced in installation, configuration, design and ongoing maintenance of Cisco router and switches.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio, Outlook, Printing, and Windows networking.
• Experience with 32 bits/64 bits X86 server products of HP, IBM, and Dell.
• HP Proliant DL and BL series servers.
• Citrix Xen App installation and configuration build knowledge of new Windows servers with 2008&2012.
• Installation of Citrix Presentation server /Xen app 5.0 & Citrix Client Tools.
• Used Power Shell to automate the tasks and schedule backup, maintenance jobs.
• Experience with Microsoft clustering, SQL Server Cluster and load balancing.
• Using command system manager and cluster shell on command tools to create new vservers, aggregates, volumes and provisioning new storage
• Experience with Veeam Backup and Replication.
• Pro - actively monitor ticketing system (Remedy) and resolve tickets within specified SLA.
• Familiar with Data Center/Server Farm environment like Servers deployment, Cabling & labeling maintaining AC cooling, Environmental Sensing Devices, power and UPS monitoring.
• Strong communication and people skills, both written and verbal. Able to assess and resolve client issues quickly. A proven record of reliability, the ability to perform under time constraints, and good judgment under pressure.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: VSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.0/ 4.1 , ESX/ESXi server 5.5/5.0/4.1/4.0/3.5/3.0 , VSphere Client, VCenter, VMotion, Storage VMotion, VMware Update Manager, VMware Tools, VMware Converter, DRS, HA and FT.

Server Operating Systems: MS Windows Server/Exchange Server (2000/2003/2008/2008 R2), Red Hat Linux (Enterprise Linux 4/5/6), UBUNTU, SUSE 8/9/10.

Scripting: VB Script, Perl and Power CLI.

Storage: DAS, NAS (NFS), SAN and ISCSI.

Database: MS-SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 and Oracle 8/9i/10g/11i, IBM DB2.

Backups: VERITAS Netback up, TSM, Avamar and Windows NT Backup.

Antivirus: Symantec Endpoint, Norton Antivirus and McAfee.

Networking: Cisco 25xx, 35xx Routers and 35xx Switches, Cisco Voice Brocade and Cisco MDS fabric switches.

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

Terminal Services: Remote Desktop Services, VNC, Putty, Tera Term, Team Viewer, citric, Logmein and Terminal Services.

Other: Norton Ghosting, Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2007/2010 , Microsoft Visio, Rational Rose.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Woodcliff Lake, NJ

Windows Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Implemented the migrations of existing ESX servers from ESXi5.1 to ESXi5.5.
• Designed and configured ESXi 5.5 infrastructure environment for huge Data Center migration.
• Performed physical to virtual (VMware) Migrations for over 180 servers using VMware Converter Standalone.
• Managed and maintained virtual computing environment based on VMware and administers computer systems with windows and Linux operation systems.
• Job also includes creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates, cloning Virtual Machines and managing Virtual Center permissions.
• Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines.
• Perform Life Cycle Management for ESXi hosts. Worked on capacity planning and management of Virtual machines in VMware environment.
• HP onboard administration (OA) on HP blade models C7000/C3000.
• Upgrade windows server operating system from and .
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows 2008 and 2012 Servers.
• Configured the MS clusters and SQL Server Cluster
• Used Power Shell to automate the tasks and schedule backup, maintenance jobs.
• Configuring and maintaining VMware View VDI environment.
• Conducted VMware Virtualization Assessments to recommend consolidation scenarios and project cost savings associated with virtualization for clients.
• Installing and Administration of SCCM 2012 for applying latest windows and security patches to all the servers.
• Focused on client values and satisfaction while balancing corporate objectives, feasibility and scalability of solutions.
• Assisted with technical and stakeholder requirements and overall project plan including cost, scope, portability, compatibility and usability.

ENVIRONMENT: ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5, vCenter Server, Cloning, Snapshots, HA in Clusters, DRS,Windows Server OS 2000/2003/2008/2012 , Windows Client OS XP /Win 7, NetApp FC SAN/NAS storage, Voice, HP ProLiant G3,G5and G7 servers, HP Blade Servers on enclosure c3000 and c7000. Citrix XenApp 5.0, Citrix Xen Desktop VDI, Remote desktop services.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Windows Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and upgraded VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1, 5.0 in a total of 200 ESXi servers,
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates and Creating, managing multiple snapshots.
• Build Windows 2012/2008/2003 Servers on standalone and blade servers based on application design.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented vMotion, DRS, HA.
• Performed P2V Hot conversions using converter enterprise 4, 5 and also the P2V cold conversion using VMware Converter Boot CD.
• Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, & 2008.
• Monitored all UNIX Servers for CPU utilization, Network traffic, and hard drive space and Memory
• Upgraded VMware ESX 3.5 servers to ESX 4.0, 4.1 and ESX servers 4.1 to 5.0 and updated patches for VSphere 5.0.
• Analyzed and Implemented OS patches and hot fixes as well as other OS configurations and updates using Blade Logic Patch Management tool and also deploy patches using vCenter update manager.
• Assigning LUN's from storage array to ESX Server
• Used Cisco works voice manager to manage and enforce security policies within the voice network
• Configuring vNetwork Distributed switches and migrating the networks from VNetwork standard switches to vNetwork Distributed switches.
• Used Remedy Tool for ticketing process on fixing Incident Reports and Change Requests.
• Installing and configuring Antivirus on all the servers.
• Engage hardware and software vendors to assist in improvement of current VMware environment and research and evaluation of the latest technologies.
• Installing and Administration of SCCM 2012 for applying latest windows and security patches to all the servers.
• Managing the Critical Server’s CPU Performance using predefined utilities and Power shell scripting to ensure the production continuity Administrating production servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows administration of Domain Controllers, DNS, DHCP, Exchange 2010/2007 Mail Servers, NAS, File and print Servers, and Terminal Servers on Windows 2010/2008/2003.

ENVIRONMENT: ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5, vCenter Server, Cloning, Snapshots, HA in Clusters, DRS,Windows Server OS 2000/2003/2008/2012 , Windows Client OS XP /Win 7,Active Directory, NetApp FC SAN/NAS storage, HP ProLiant G3,G5and G7 servers, Voice, HP Blade Servers on enclosure c3000 and c7000. Citrix XenApp 5.0, Citrix Xen Desktop VDI, Remote desktop services.

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Windows Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing ESXi 5.0/5.5 servers.
• Configuring vCenter server and Update manager.
• Installing operating systems like Windows 2008, Red Hat Linux 6.0 and ESXi 5.1 on to physical servers across data centres.
• Deal with hardware venders for fixing hardware issues.
• Installing, configuring, migrating new virtual machine build..
• Adding Storage and converting storage LUN to VMFS data store.
• Creating a cluster with HA and DRS and passing rules on to HA and DRS.
• Adding ESXi Hosts on to cluster.
• Validating and testing Cluster before moving into production.
• Looking after high priority incident tickets both on virtual machine and ESXi host level.
• Server decommissions and IP decommissions as per company process.
• Monitoring virtual infrastructure and troubleshooting when required.
• Reconfiguring virtual machines (Increases and decreases virtual hardware) .
• Performance monitoring of the VM’s.
• Configuring and maintaining VMware View VDI environment.
• Citrix Xen App installation and configuration build knowledge of new Windows servers with 2008&2012.
• Installation of Citrix Presentation server /Xen app 5.0 & Citrix Client Tools.
• Experience with Microsoft clustering and load balancing.
• Installing and Administration of SCCM 2012 for applying latest windows and security patches to all the servers.
• Using command system manager and cluster shell on command tools to create new vservers, aggregates, volumes and provisioning new storage.

ENVIRONMENT: ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5, vCenter Server Open filer, IBM TSM, EMC SAN, Dell NAS, Zywall and SonicWall Firewall. Windows 2008/2003/2000 , Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, NTFS, Dell Power Edge, IBM xSeries, HP ProLiant G3, G5 Blade Servers, IIS Servers

Confidential, Columbia, MD

Windows Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration of Windows 2008R2 Active Directory, which consists of Windows 2008/2008 R2/2012 Servers.
• Installing, configuring and maintaining VMware vSphere ESXi Servers on HP Blades, Proliant Servers and also configured vCluster with HA & DRS.
• Configuring and maintaining VMware View VDI environment.
• Configuring and maintaining DNS, DHCP, File& Print Servers.
• Creating security groups, user accounts and maintaining them.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining Sophos as an anti-virus solution.
• Participate in the design and review of new technologies for Windows/VMware systems and Windows application deployments as part of the system procurement and long term strategic goals.
• Providing server administrations support for operating system upgrade and well as system patch management and maintenance.
• Providing Server Monitoring with the system tools that are in place proactively monitoring the performance of the Windows Server environment. This includes monitoring server performance for both the physical and Virtual server environment.
• Project management support & execution of enterprise level and support of departmental projects.
• Execute modifications to Windows systems in order to improve efficiency, reliability, performance & System Security.
• Designing and implementing enterprise wide Group Policies.
• Installing and Administration of SCCM 2012 for applying latest windows and security patches to all the servers.
• Creating and Closing SBM/Lotus Service Requests Tickets such as Change/Incident/Task.
• Installing and configuring various applications in Citrix environment.
• Installing, configuring and supporting SQL 2008/2008 R2 Databases.
• Implemented Microsoft 2008 R2 Clustering services for application and data base servers (SQL Server)

ENVIRONMENT: ESXi 5.0/5.1, vCenter Server, Cloning, Snapshots, HA in Clusters, DRS, HP Proliant DL 380 G6, G7 and Gen8, ILO Manager, EMC CX3-40, CX3-80, CX4-960, Zoning, Mc-Data switches, Brocade fabric switches, Windows 2008/2003, Windows 7, Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, NTFS, Dell Power Edge, IBM xSeries, HP/Compaq ProLiant G3, G5, G7, G8 Blade Servers, IIS Servers

Confidential

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Main role is to provision virtual machines and physical as per client requirements.
• Extensively managed Active Directory like all the problems related to user accounts, domain accounts, managing permissions etc.
• Involved in operational support of Active Directory, WINS, DNS, and AD enabled applications.
• Installing and updating the windows patches.
• Creating NTFSshares on Windows Servers and provide permissions to users.
• Setting up windows servers to analyze performance issues.
• Built and manage Virtual servers on VMwareESXServer4.0/4.1.
• Experience in creating Clusters in Virtual Center and adding ESXHosts to Virtual Center Cluster.
• Experience in setting up VMKernel Network and Enable VMotion.
• Worked on Migrating Virtual Machines with VMotion.
• Experience in configuring VMware DRS Rules and VMwareHA on Clusters in Virtual Center.
• Experience in creating and monitoring ResourcePool for Virtual Machines Resource Reservation and Limits.
• Troubleshoot computer/network, Internet and email problems for users.
• Creating and managing user accounts and the groups in Active Directory users and computers.
• Involved in daily Performance monitoring and Active Directory troubleshooting with the ability to analyze server performance and make recommendations for improvement.
• Helped in auditing Datacenter Inventory in the process of Data center migration.

ENVIRONMENT: Windows 2000/2003, SMS, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003/2005, Microsoft WWSUS, Windows XP, VMware ESX/ESXi Server, VMware Workstation.

Confidential

System/Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Assembled, configured, installed, tested and repaired computer hardware and software.
• Management of Active directory and windows server infrastructure.
• Provided technical support for the users and resolving software/hardware issues.
• Performed hands-on administration and monitoring of Local Area network (LAN).
• Experience with solar winds monitoring tools for servers and network devices.
• Resolved Microsoft desktop applications (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook) issues.
• Managed the installation and configuration of Windows 2003 Server/Workstations.
• Created user and computer accounts on the Active directory users and computers.
• Configured servers for DHCP, WINS and DNS services.
• Installation, configuration and Administration of IIS web servers.
• Provided Norton Antivirus support for virus security.
• Administration of print servers and troubleshooting print jobs.
• Installation and configuration of Domain Controllers and implementation of trusts.
• Troubleshot and resolve computer problems; built and upgrade systems; install software and perform general troubleshooting.
• Handled multiple tasks to meet project deadlines.
• Develop and update the required network/system administration documentation.

ENVIRONMENT: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP and FTP), Managing the Domain and Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing.

Confidential

System/Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Successfully migrated Windows 2000 domains to Windows 2003 Active Directory using Active Directory Migration Tool and maintained the same.
• Installed and configured DNS, DHCP, Routing and Remote Access servers.
• Designed and implemented Domain wide group policy and deployed the applications using group policy.
• Successfully upgraded an Exchange 5.5 organization in a Windows 2000 Domain to an Exchange 2003 organization in Windows 2003 Active Directory and maintained the same.
• Successfully installed, configured, and maintained Trend Micro ScanMail Exchange 2003 as an anti-virus solution.
• Provided and supported users with Virtual Private Network (VPN) connectivity, implemented Terminal Services to provide telecommuting employees the ability to perform their duties effectively, while minimizing the bandwidth and connectivity limitations.
• Provided internal support by developing and maintaining a fully functional internal intranet site in which all the employees had access to on-line web forms to submit technical assistance, hardware requests, and Internet website requests.
• Installed Windows service pack upgrades and security patches by using SUS.
• Evaluated, tested, and recommended the applications to be deployed in the corporate enterprise.

ENVIRONMENT: Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows NT Server, Windows XP.