SUMMARY

• Professional with over 11+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure Operations, IT Infrastructure Management, IT Project Management & Infrastructure Engineering.
• Maintain and deploy Windows systems, DNS, Active Directory, and other core infrastructure components in an enterprise environment.
• Expert in Data Center relocation, consolidation using Physical to Physical (P2P), Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) replication techniques.
• Supporting wide range of technologies like Virtualization (VMware vSphere, Hyper - V), Windows, IIS and MSSql.
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management
• Experience in Confidential RecoverPoint for VM, vSphere Replication, Platespin Migrate and Robocopy.
• Extensive experience in Windows 2012, 2008, 2003 Servers in multi domain platforms, Windows Clusters.
• Experience in Installing and Configuring vCenter, VMware Vsphere, ESX/ESXi Server and Virtual Machines.
• Knowledge on Cisco UCS, HP, DELL and IBM Rack mount server, SAN, NAS and iSCSI
• Managing Escalations, Request fulfillment, Incident, Change & Problem Management process.
• Analyze, evaluate, maintain and report infrastructure performance and availability.
• Plan and implement system changes and adjustments in a way that maximizes system availability.
• Strong experience with VMware HA, Clustering and knowledge on VMWare VCD, SRM, vCOPS, vROPS, AutoDeploy.
• Managing Service Delivery and Infrastructure project delivery on time.
• Several awards to the credit for execution of complex projects under strict deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/2003/2008 , 2012R2.

Software: SQL Server 2000 and 2005, 2008, MS Active Directory 2003 and 2008DHCP, DNS, WINS, MS Internet Information Service 6.0/7, Hyper-VVMware 4.1 / vSphere 5,6.0, Blackberry Enterprise Server 4.1.7.

Hardware: Dell Power Edge 2900, 2950, 2650, R510, R610, R710. IBM XSeries 335336, 365, 440, 445,3250,3550,3620 HP Server DL360, DL370, DL380DL385Cloud

Backup Software’s: Symantec Backup Exec, CommVault

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, West Des Moines, IA

Lead Wintel and VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• PrepareddetailedplanformigrationfromHPEmanagedData center to Oneneck hosted Datacenter in Waukee and Eden prairie as required by the business.
• Createdplanfor forklift and relocated 5 HP C7000 Chassis to the primary datacenter.
• Installed and collaborated with VCE on the installation of vxRack solution in PROD and DR datacenters.
• Manage of VxRack Flex 1000 Systems having 25 nodes in prod and 12 nodes in DR sites and provision storage to compuete nodes in PD1 and PD2 using SclaIO GUI.
• Performed baseline tests on the servers
• Completed VxRack node upgrades, collaborated with VCE Customer Advocate for configuration changes.
• Planned and completed DC migration using RP4VM (V2V) to VxRack hyper converged infrastructure.
• Configure SMTP and ESRS monitoring for ScaleIO Cluster and performed ScaleIO code upgrade.
• Lead the Wintel Team to migrate the system with minimum Downtime.
• Installed Confidential recovery point of VM for the V2Vmigrationand Data Center disaster recovery solution
• Setup the email alerts for virtual Center and setup the SNMP monitoring for the HP chassis
• Preparedand implemented the VMware script that decreased the postmigration activities timelines
• I was the escalation point for any technical issue during migration

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL

Lead Wintel and VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Plan, Design and upgrade present vCenter infrastructure to higher version.
• Working with both capacity and resource management tools to design and implement the infrastructure
• Plan, Design and Upgrade of the Compute Environment.
• Working with Problem Management team to design solutions for complex architectural issues.
• Planning and maintaining security compliance of VMWare environment through Patch Management.
• Install and configure vCenter 6.0 for the VM environment.
• Install and configure VMware ESXI 6.0 on HP DL380 G8 servers.
• I was the escalation point for any technical issue during migration.
• Lead the Wintel Team to migrate the system with minimum Downtime.
• Migrate the servers using Confidential Data domain wherein very large VMs were migrating with minimal downtime.
• Create Multiple PowerShell script to automate post migration steps such as DNS, Gateway, Tools and Firmware
• Integrating remote sites from legacy offices to the new office and co-ordination with the PM so that the transition is smooth. This involves migrating the user data from one site to other and consolidation of 43 sites globally.
• Installing Linux OS and basic configuration
• Installing and configuration Apache and MySQL
• Was responsible for Run book Design, Development, and ongoing updates.

Confidential

Sr. System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provides support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Windows servers.
• Creation of Windows 2008 R2 SP1 template in vCenter for virtual windows deployments.
• Coordinating with system, Network and DB administrators to troubleshoot various issues during implementation.
• Creation of Windows template in vCenter for virtual windows deployments.
• Customized Windows 2008 R2 Deployments, both Physical & Virtual.
• Configuration of HP iLO, DRAC Interface for remote assistance & diagnostics.
• Troubleshot SAN issues on Windows & ESXi Environment.
• Provide L2/L3 Support to Vmware and Windows Environment.
• Assigning users to published applications
• Troubleshoot server connectivity issues and make available for users to access published applications.
• Managing Escalations, Request fulfillment, Incident, Change & Problem Management process.
• Analyze, evaluate, maintain and report infrastructure performance and availability.
• Managing VMWare Farms across the US, Europe and APAC region.
• Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure operation EC2,S3
• Creating documentation for the technologies supported.
• Plan and implement system changes and adjustments in a way that maximizes system availability.
• Work closely with the customers and support staff to quickly resolve issues.
• Supporting Virtualization Platform (Hyper-V and VMWare).
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and AD environment.
• Part of the project team working on application migration from Windows and 2012.
• Install & manage VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4, 5 environments with vCenter, DRS, HA, DPM and vMotion.
• Complete Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration of 2000, 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Updating ESX host’s using VMware Update manager.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Create & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches.
• Basic understanding of Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Decommissioning of Legacy & Windows 2003 servers.
• Implementation & Configuration of Windows 2008 Cluster
• Windows Server 2003 - Managed ADS, created group policies, and Maintained DHCP/ DNS services on DCs and ADCs.
• Managed Active Directory infrastructure, and troubleshot server environment for smooth functioning of network.
• Managing and maintaining 2003 DC / ADCs.
• Managing and maintaining DNS and DHCP servers.
• Implemented and maintained group policies on domain, sites, and groups.
• Troubleshot and monitored the replications of Active Directory partitions.
• Experience on Backup tools and Monitoring tools.
• Implementing best practices using ITIL Change Management, Problem Management and Incident Management, CMDB

Confidential

Sr System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Actively monitor and manage 2000+ Servers on heterogeneous environment (DC at Toronto, Vancouver & Kelowna)
• Maintaining and configuring Load Balancing using Keep lived
• Database deployment with MSSQL in standalone and clustered environment using MS Windows Clustering in Windows 2003 and Windows 2008
• Installing Linux OS and basic configuration, Maintaining patch management service for customer environments.
• Implementing Infrastructure monitoring using Nagios and Uptime for Networks and Server resources
• Virtual Server deployments using Cloud Computing Solutions.
• Implementing MSSQL Standby and Log Shipping Setups for various Production Servers.
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and AD environment.
• Provide L3 Support to Windows, VMWare Environment.
• Handle escalated issues/problems and provide a resolution.
• Implementing and managing Hyper-V environment.
• Maintaining, migrating and troubleshooting IIS 6.0/7.0/7.5 Web Server in standalone and clustered environment.
• Managing Backup Strategies and configuring automated Backups
• Recoveries and Migrations customer Application and Databases on Windows environment.
• Working closely with Backup Implementation Team in deploying CommVault Solutions.
• To carry out various Web/Database server migration and upgradation.
• Implementing best practices using ITIL Change Management, Problem Management and Incident Management, CMDB
• Migrate Physical Server to Virtual Server on Windows
• Manage virtual server resources such CPU, Memory and Hard disk on Hyper-V Failover cluster
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Windows Server 2003 - Managed ADS, created group policies, and DHCP/ DNS services on the DCs and ADCs.
• Managed Active Directory infrastructure, and troubleshot server environment for smooth functioning of network.
• Managing and maintaining 2003 DC / ADCs.
• Managing and maintaining DNS and DHCP servers.
• Implemented and maintained group policies on domain, sites, and groups.
• Troubleshot and monitored the replications of Active Directory partitions.
• Documented work instructions and support guides.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation & set up of Windows 2000, Windows 2003 server and working on operating system like Windows XP and Windows 2000 professional
• Installation & configuring windows updates, hot-fixes and the security patches on Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers.
• Setup of site to site VPN using SonicWall firewall.
• Installation and setup inbound and outbound firewall rule as per requirement.
• Setup web server with Plesk Control Panel and setup web server with Dot Net Panel and server migration
• Configuring and maintaining daily and weekly backups on all windows shared servers
• Installation and Configuring email servers like MDaemon, Mail Enable, Smarter Mail and hMailServer.
• Configuring & troubleshooting Outlook Express & MS Outlook, Network setup monitoring & troubleshooting
• Configuring Robocopy backup for VPS and dedicated server on remote server.
• Configuring Stats Applications like Awstats and Smarter Stats for web servers.
• Configuring IPSec Policy on shared and dedicated server and configuring firewall on dedicated server
• Working in a Multi-tier hosting infrastructure, involving DB server, mail and Application server located separately.
• Remotely Managing Dedicated and Collocated Server’s Located at VSNL, USA, Airtel and Bangalore IDC.
• Monitoring Network Traffic through MRTG, Services uptime using Whatsup Professional and Nagios.
• Configuration of Microsoft Technologies Window Servers 2000/2003, SQL 2000/2005.
• Handling technical issues such as IIS, SQL, PHP, MySQL, Mail Client, Webmail, Spam filter rules, windows Error’s.
• Installation of SSL Certificate, Port assigning.
• Installing configuring and troubleshooting of web servers with IIS 6.0 and Java Tomcat
• Hands on Microsoft SQL server 2000, involved in up gradations and migration
• Hands on Migration of Live DNS, IIS, and MAILS Servers on Live environment
• Providing Technical Support on IIS, Mail, SQL and FTP related issues
• Installation of RAID1/RAID5 servers, Assembling & card level troubleshooting of servers, PC's & peripherals.
• Managed Active Directory infrastructure, and troubleshot server environment for smooth functioning of network.
• Administration AD services, replication, and trust relationship, and enforced domain-wide group policies.
• Implemented and maintained group policies on domain, sites, and groups.
• Managed NTFS permissions on file servers and administration of print servers