SUMMARY

• Having 6 years of Professional Experience as Microsoft Windows Administrator and VMware Administrator for Implementation and Support Wintel Servers with Windows 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2003, 2000 and NT on HP, Dell Servers.
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment, DNS, DHCP
• Administering, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2/2012/2008 R2/2003
• Experience in implementing and configuring hardware and software RAID under Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008
• Hands on experience with HP Proliant Servers and Dell Power Edge rack mount servers
• Expertise in DNS, DHCP and Active Directory services and Remote Desktop connection in windows 2003/2008 sever
• Experience in analyzing and troubleshooting Microsoft Windows Server hardware, Software applications and clustered environment issues
• Expertise in Creation of new User ID and setting configuration for a new user
• Expertise Creating and maintaining users, profiles, security, rights, disk space and process monitoring
• Hands on experience in building, configuring and monitoring Production Systems with IIS 6.0/7.0/7.5 and MSSQL Server 2005/2008
• Deploying and troubleshooting of .Net based Applications on large IIS web server farms
• Configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Windows Server 2008R2, SCCM 2007/2012 and SCOM Infrastructure
• Hands on Experience in Installing, Configuring & Troubleshooting VMware 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1 , ESX 4.0, vSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.0 , vCenter or Virtual Center 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1 /4.0 servers. Configuring VM’s on ESX server and installing hosts and Migrating Virtual Machines across various VMware ESXi Servers and VMware servers
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from templates and CD/ISO image
• Experience in configuring VMware CPU and memory shares for virtual machines
• Configure and maintain new VM's, install Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers, manage VM's and ESX servers and install VMware Tools on VM's
• Ability to implement VMware’s Virtual Switch technology, port aggregation, NIC teaming, and port groups
• Installation of Operating System and different software for different application
• Deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) Machines
• Provisioning remote desktop connection to the users and adding the users to remote desktop group
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion and SVMotion
• Experience in configuring VMware standard VSwitch & DVSwitch
• Experience in cloning VMs and deploy new virtual machines from clones
• Having Knowledge on Power Shell scripting
• Having knowledge on created automated deployments using Power shell
• Created PowerShell scripts to interact with WSUS, Windows Update, AD and Registry.
• Experience working with Storage Area Network (SAN), Good understanding about SAN, iSCSI, NAS configuration and implementing attached storage.
• Experience in adding users to Google Admin Console
• Having experience in Deprovisioning of suspended users in Better Cloud
• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft: Windows 2012/2008/2003 Server/Enterprise Server, Windows XP. Knowledge of Windows 7 OS and supporting tools and technologies, Windows WSUS, IIS Administration, Hyper - V

VMware Products: Experience in all kind of migrations like P2V, V2V and V2P. vSphere 4.0/ 5.0/5.1/5.5 ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1, ESX 5.0/5.1/5.5 Virtual Center Server 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 . Design and implement Virtual Infrastructure Motion, HA, DRS, Managing Resource pools, VMware Workstation, VMware, VMware converter enterprise, VMware Update Manager, FT, Vmotion and Svmotion

Storage: iSCSI SAN, FC SAN, NetApp, SAN and NAS.

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2005.

Protocols/Services: TCP/IP, SMTP, HTTP, Telnet, SSH, DNS, DHCP, FTP and IIS

Hardware: IBM x3850/x3950 Servers, HP Blade Servers C7000 and C3000 HP Proliant ML & DL series 580, 380,360.Dell power edge Blade servers, Wintel Servers. Network Interface card, Multi Serial Port, Adapter, Hubs, Switches.

Backup: Veeam, Symantec Backup, Avamar

Desktop Applications: MS Office 2003, 2007, 2010, MS Project

Ticketing System: Service Now and Remedy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, DALLAS, TX

VMware/Windows Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administering Windows 2008/2012 Active Directory, building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project
• Implementation of Active Directory and VMware infrastructure
• Installation & Configuration of ESXi on physical servers
• Configuration of Vswitch, management and Data network fresh installation, upgrade and configuration of Vcenter server.
• Configuration of Vcenter server and applying license
• Updating the ESX hosts and VM images using Update Manager periodically
• Increasing the hard disk space for the VM’s as per the requirements
• Taking Snapshots of Virtual machines when required
• Troubleshooting and accessing the VSphere Console to resolve the issues, check logs, export logs and put details of each Virtual Machine
• Creating/Managing Virtual Machines, creating clones and templates/images for deploying VM’s
• Install multiple Operating Systems in different VM's as per the requirement and configure vmtools on them to accelerate hardware functionality and also maintain and configure VM’s builds
• Installed the patches using VMware VCenter Update manager for hosts
• Manage VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler vMotion and High Availability Clusters
• Creating Delegation pair for the user accounts in Better cloud application
• Responsible for the creation of shared mail box in Better cloud
• Deprovisioning of suspended users accounts in Better cloud
• Adding and Managing users account in Google Admin console
• Creating and managing user accounts and syncing with Google Admin console
• Creating FTP user accounts and managing permissions
• Responsible for giving access to the users as per the requirement
• Configuring and managing DNS and DHCP in IP control
• Troubleshooting issues related to AD, DNS and GPO
• Provide Remote Support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDP)
• Provide server and client support for all issues such as: authentication problems, account lockout, network connectivity
• Pushing the patches in windows servers using Bigfix
• Involved in troubleshooting the Store related issues using CA IT manager
• Responsible for resetting and updating the service account password
• Participated Daily and Weekly Status meetings and reported on the project status
• Provided 24/7 On Call support onsite and remotely when required

Environment: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VMware ESX, ESXi Server, Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server, Better Cloud, Google Admin Console, FTP

Confidential, Sioux Falls, SD

VMware/Windows Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working more on virtualized VMware environment / Windows Server in an enterprise environment. Virtualization monitoring and performance planning
• Building ESXi hosts from scratch
• Crating virtual machines and installation and up gradation of VM tools
• Responsible for ESXi host server upgrade from v5.0 to v5.1 and later to v5.5 and document the process for future references requires highly technical skills to document the step by step process and procedures of all these upgrades
• Create Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups and setting up Layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks
• Installation of vCenter server and configuring host’s within the cluster using vMotion and HA
• Create, manage and configure VMs, cloning, deploying VM's to template and templates to VM's
• Taking Snapshots of Virtual Machines as when required.
• Performing vmotion of virtual machines as per the requirement
• Administering Windows 2012/2008 R2/2008 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project
• Responsible for day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for Windows servers and VMware Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages
• Manage Active Directory accounts, creation, deletion, modification
• Responsible for keeping servers updated with all the Microsoft security and Application updates
• Created several GPOs for servers and desktops and implemented them across the domain
• Created a domain with AD Integrated DNS
• Creation of new User ID and setting configuration for a new user
• Creating & managing user accounts, e-mail accounts, managing user rights and permissions
• Responsible for keeping servers updated with all the Microsoft security and Application updates
• Creating and maintaining users, profiles, security, rights, disk space and process monitoring
• Responsible for applying the Windows 2012/2008 Patches and Fixes
• Installed configured and supported IIS 7.5
• Deploying and troubleshooting of .Net based Applications on large IIS web server farms
• Created automated deployments using Power Shell scripting
• Involved in administrating Windows 2008/2012 with Power shell scripting
• Experience in Installing Windows active directory from Power Shell command line
• Created PowerShell scripts to interact with HyperV, WSUS, Windows Update, AD and Registry.
• Active Directory management, Group Policy administration, maintenance of DHCP, DNS and other application servers
• Configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Windows Server 2008R2,SCCM 2007/2012 and SCOM Infrastructure

Environment: Windows 2012/2008 R2/2008 Servers, MS SQL Server 2008, VMware ESX vSphere 5, Hyper-V Storage Replication, EMC Avamar, Active Directory services, WSUS, DHCP, DNS,RDP, IIS, FTP,SCCM

Confidential, Dallas, TX

VMware Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Member of Project IT team responsible for maintaining datacenters and associated running systems, involved with developing and implementing IT initiatives to increase productivity and efficiency while reducing management overhead
• Involved in Installation and Configuration and Maintenance of Windows 2008/2003 on HP Proliant Servers
• Configured HA, DRS clusters and capacity planning for new clusters and configured FT for the important VM’s and also Maintained FTP Sites, Web Servers and created Virtual Directories in IIS7
• Performed Virtual Machines backup, snapshots, cloning, P2V and V2V conversion using VMware stand-alone convertor
• Creating/Managing Virtual Machines, creating clones and templates/images for deploying VMs, audit them for perfection and manage utilities and applications installed on those VMs
• Installation of vCenter server and configuring host’s within the cluster using vMotion and HA
• Using Veeam to backup physical server
• Install multiple Operating Systems in different VM's and configure vmtools on them to accelerate hardware functionality and also maintain and configure unattended VM’s builds
• Installed Server instances to enable centralized management of multiple hosts. Maintaining and troubleshooting VMware
• Created User Accounts and Groups in Active Directory (AD)
• Administered a Microsoft Cluster Server with SQL server 2008/2005
• Involved in troubleshooting the issues related to Servers, Local Services, Data Centers, and Server Configuration for Microsoft Windows Systems
• Installation and configuration of TCP/IP in Windows Server
• Implementation of Active Directory infrastructure and Network fundamentals, protocols (such as TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy and Profile Management
• Worked on Windows Cluster Services
• Participated/coordinated Weekly Status meetings and reported on the project status, Incident Reports and Change Management for the transition process

Environment: Active Directory DNS, DHCP, SQL 2008/2005, VMware vSphere 4.0,4.1,5.0, ESX/4.0/5.0, VMware, Windows Server2008/2008 R2, Virtualization (Hyper-V and VMware),P2V,V2V Migrations, TCP/IP, Veeam.

Confidential, Denver, CO

WINDOWS/VMware Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implementation of Active Directory infrastructure and Network fundamentals, protocols Group Policy and Profile Management
• Created and managed user and group accounts in User Manager
• Configuring and Managing Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers on Virtual Machines
• Provided day to day system administration and technical support for Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers
• Responsible for applying the Windows 2008/2003 Patches and Fixes
• Created and Maintained User Profiles for all new users via Windows NT/2000 Server User Manager for Domains.
• Troubleshooting issues pertaining to AD, DNS and GPO
• Provide server and client support for all issues such as: logon failures, account lockout, network connectivity, DNS and name resolution, authentication problems
• Expertise in remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, network access protection, and hardware and software inventory using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
• Administration of VMware ESX and Servers on HP Blade Servers C7000 and C3000
• Building new VMware virtual machines to meet the specifications provided by the client
• Building the ESXi servers from the scratch
• Configuration of Vcenter server and applying license
• Updating the ESX hosts and VM images using Update Manager periodically
• Performed P2V, V2V migration using VMware stand-alone convertor
• Managing VM’s by vSphere Cloning, deploying new VM’s from Templates different type of guest OS like Windows 2003/2008,Creating virtual NIC cards for the respective VMs and assigning the network connections
• Installed/updated patches on VMware ESX hosts using VMware Update Manager tool
• Updated VMware tools on virtual machines using Update Manager tool
• Provided 24/7 On Call support onsite and remotely on rotation basis

Environment: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Power Shell, VMware ESX, ESXi, Server, Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server, SCCM, HP Blade Servers C7000, C3000