SUMMARY

• Over 5+ years of experience in IT industry wif professional experience on Microsoft Windows Systems, and VMware Administration.
• Professional Working Experience on HP Servers (DL360/380/580, ML580), IBM x3000 Blade Servers, and DELL Power Edge Servers.
• Expertise in Systems Administration of Microsoft Windows Servers 2000/2003/2008 and accomplished in teh usage of all tools in teh TCP/IP Protocol suite used wif DNS, DHCP, WINS, FTP, Telnet, NAT.
• Expertise in Installation, Configuration & Troubleshooted VMware ESX /4.0/4.1/5.0, VSphere 4.0/5.0, Virtual Center 4.0 Servers. Creation of VM’s on ESX Servers and installation of hosts and guest OS Windows.
• Experience in updating Servers wif latest Service Packs, Security Patches, Antivirus definitions and software distribution using Microsoft Systems Management server (SMS), and Windows Server update services (WSUS).
• Resolving connectivity issues - DNS, Firewalls
• Experienced in design and setup of corporate Internet and Intranet web sites using Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and sub-components
• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooted of hardware including Servers and Workstations.
• Expertise in Configured RAID technologies
• Used tools HP SIM, Solar Winds for monitoring and Troubleshooted server hardware.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server Family, Windows 2000 Professional, Win XP, and Windows 7.

Mail Server: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and 2010.

VMware Products: VMware vSphere 4.0/5.0, ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1/5.0 Server, Virtual Center Server 4.x, VMware Player, VMware Workstation 9, VMware Converter, Site Recovery Manager (SRM).

Protocols: TCP/IP, POP3, SMTP, NetBEUI, DHCP, WINS, DNS, TFTP, SNMP, RAS.

Directory Services: Active Directory Service, DNS, DHCP, GPO, CIFS, DFS, WINS.

Hardware: HP/DELL/IBM Blade Servers, Dell Servers, HP/Compaq ProLiant Servers, SCSI/RAID Controllers.

Antivirus Software: Norton Anti-Virus Corporate Edition, SCCM.

Security, Apps Server: ISA, IIS 6.0 /IIS 7.0, VMware, MSSQL.

Data Backup & Software: NAS, SAN, IBM Tivoli Backup, Microsoft Backup.

Monitoring & Ticketing Tools: Service-Now, Remedy, Lotus-Notes, ZenOS Monitoring Tool, HP SIM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed virtual machines on VSphere VCenter 5.0 environments
• Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance
• Troubleshooted VSphere 4.0/5.0 Virtual switches configurations and network connections
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, cold migrations and hot migrations
• Moving physical machine to virtual machine using P2V converter
• Managed Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V Virtualized server environments
• Managed HW issues -- Vendor coordination
• Configured MS SQL Server 2008 Cluster and Coordination wif Application/SAN team
• Active Directory Services -- Managed Users & Other Resource objects
• Managed 2008 R2 Cluster Services -- Installation & Administration
• Working wif HP Proliant, Dell and IBM servers and Blade servers, working wif hardware team to add/replace teh faulty peripherals, upgrading teh firmware software

Environment: Windows 2012/2008, Windows 7, Microsoft DFS, Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, NTFS,, IBM xSeries, HP ProLiant G3, G5 Blade Servers, VMware ESX 4.0 & 5.0 Servers.

Confidential

Windows Administrator - L2 Support

Responsibilities:

• Handled Windows patch updates through WSUS Windows 2008 Server
• Performed Windows Server 2008 R2 installation, deployments, and automated tasks
• Updates, patching and software installations via group policies (GPO)
• Monitored ticketing system for new tickets and work-items. Update existing tickets Maintain hardware inventory control in ticketing system.
• Managed and Troubleshooted IIS 6.0 and 7.0 Web Server editions
• Decommissioned and Hardened Windows 2003 and Win2008 R2 Physical/Virtual Servers Security
• Created and maintenance Virtual machines using virtual Center
• Created and Deployed virtual servers using template
• Converted Physical to virtual machines wif P2V assistant work in ESX 4X servers using VMware convertor
• Performed Snapshots, Cloning, Cold-Migration, Hot-Migration(VMotion) &SVmotion
• Managed and Troubleshooted of ESX 4.x, using Virtual Center 4.X & VI Client
• Configured Virtual switches and network connections

Environment: Windows 2008/2003/2000 , Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, NTFS, Dell Power Edge, IBM xSeries, HP ProLiant Servers, VMware ESX 3.5, 4.0 & 5.0 Servers.

Confidential

Network Engineer L1/L2 Support Level

Responsibilities:

• Configured Corporate Email Signatures using Policy Patrol
• MFP Networked printer support including Canon, Ricoh and many other printer, copier, and scanner vendors
• Managed Exchange 2007 CAS Server role
• Deployed ICA client, shadowing user sessions, managed server load and CPU utilization
• Remote end user support using RDP, LogMein, and other remote control protocols
• Cisco VPN and Citrix XenApp support over CiscoVoIPp Phone to corporate remote clients
• Troubleshooted Citrix Xenapp Plugins and Citrix Printer issues across geographical sites
• Published Applications and Server Desktop using Citrix Delivery Console
• Configured Citrix Printer policies and Managed Citrix Printer 32-bit and 64-bit drivers
• Troubleshooted Microsoft Outlook Exchange 2007/2010 client on Mailboxes, Calendars and Meetings

Environment: Windows 2008/2003/2000 , Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, NTFS, IBM xSeries, HP ProLiant G3, G5 Blade Servers, IIS Servers, Citrix Xen Servers, VMware ESX 4. & 5.0 Servers.

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed and Administered Windows NT trusts Win2003 Server Domain
• Responsible in handling & Managed teh group accounts including Identification, Authentication & Authorization
• Maintained Cisco routers (2500 Series) and Netgear Firewall
• Configured TCP/IP (Network) Printer and Access point
• Configured teh Netgear Checkpoint and Netgear VPN
• Provided support to teh hardware and network issues. Configured & handling teh Microsoft outlook and Outlook express
• Implemented and Managed Redhat Linux 4.0 Server
• Configured SAMBA file server and Squid Proxy Server for Windows-Linux integrated domains
• Deployment of DFS(Distributed file System) for File Sharing in teh Win2003 Server
• Created backup jobs and assisted backup tasks on daily, weekly and monthly basis Domain
• Installation, Maintenance Management & Troubleshooted of Windows 95, 98, Windows XP Home & Professional, 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Server, WorkStation & Windows 2003 Server

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