SUMMARY

• Professional experience of 8 years in VMware VSphere 5.0/ 4.0 / ESXi 4.1, ESX 4.0/3.5 and VMware VCenter 4/VCenter 3.5, VMotion, Storage VMotion, HA, DRS, FL, Host Profiles, SRM 2.0/4.0/5.0, VApp, VMware VCenter Converter
• Managed and provided connectivity to host and storage through EMC SAN. Monitored SAN on a daily basis. Worked with LUN and RAID
• EMC SAN storage protocols and PowerPath configuration and administration.
• Expertise in design and Implementation virtualization solutions based on VMware Infrastructure 4 (VI 4) platform with EMC VNX storage and Cisco UCS Blades
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Virtualization.
• Deploy, Secure, Analyze, Administer and Troubleshoot VMware VI4 platforms
• Extensive hands on experience with design and implementation of enterprise wide Virtualization Projects with VMware and Vblock POC
• Experience in the V2V and P2V migration of Physical servers to VMware ESX hosts.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades for Patching
• Experienced in Planning and implementation of SAN products such as HP EVA and NetApp Storage systems
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2000 server, Professional, Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Hands on experience installing, configuring & administering Network services like DHCP and DNS services
• Experience in Active Directory such as Domain Controllers, editing Domain users and Groups, Organizational Units, and Forest Functional Level.
• Performed in place upgrades of Windows 2003 server to Windows Server 2008/R2 on Dell Physical Servers - Power Edge 1950, R610 & R710
• Experience installing, managing and administering Windows 2008 and 2003 based Domain controllers, Backup / Additional Domain Controllers
• Management, Client Installation, Remote control, Site database maintenance and Recovery
• Experience installing, configuring & administering Network services like DNS, DHCP, WINS and WSUS
• Experience in Windows clustering Administration and troubleshooting.
• MS Exchange 2003 to MS Exchange 2010 migration.
• Supported a large scale Data Center projects including server installation, hardware maintenance, and break/fix activities
• Experience in the Server and Desktop Management (Windows Administration), Support, Analysis and Maintenance
• Performed system administration activities, security policies and monitored system performance both at software and hardware levels
• Exceptional troubleshooting, organizational, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal communication and technical skills in software, hardware and networking which help me to quickly identify and resolve issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Core VMware Virtualization Skills: ESX 4.1/4.0, ESX 3.5, ESXi, VSphere 3, 4, and 5.0, VI3, Virtual Center Server, P2V, V2V, Storage VMotion, HA, DRS, SRM 4.0,Datastore Clustering, Host Profiles, VApp, VMware Consolidated Backup, Vmware Management Assistant, VmwareVsphere Client, Vmware View 4, VmwareThinapp, Events and Alerts, Capacity Planning, VMware Update Manager etc.

DR/P2V Tool: Platespin migrator, Quest Vconvertor and Double take DR tools

Desktop Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Win XP sp2, Vista, Windows 7

Server Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, WINTEL

Server Services: Active Directory, Domain Controllers, editing Domain users and Groups, Organizational Units, and Forest Functional Level, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, RAID, Clean Server Installation/Migration, MS Exchange 2003 & 2010.

Management Tools: HP Onboard Administrator, HP Virtual Connect Manager, Avocent DS View, Putty, MKS Integrity Change Management Software, Groundworks VI Monitoring Tool, Microsoft Robocopy GUI, SolarWinds IP Address Tracker, Veeam Backup-FastSCP

Directory Services / Internet: Designing, Deploying and Migration of Windows Based Active Directory. Installation and Administration of IIS 6.0, DHCP & DNS servers

Server/Storage Hardware: HP blades C7000,IBM blades HS21, HP Proliant and Blade Servers, Dell Power Edge Servers, HP Enterprise Virtual Array Family, Netapp FAS2000 series, EMC SAN storage VNX and Symmentrix DMX-3, EMC SAN installation and configuration, LUN.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Working on Global Data Center Consolidation Project. Analyzed existing server infrastructure, identified migration candidates and established the new Virtual infrastructure utilizing VMware vSphere suite 4.0 bundled with ESX hosts, Vcenter Servers and Clusters. Deployed Dell Rack Mount Server R and M Series using iDRAC, and HP Proliant Servers with ILO 2. SCCM used to install and configure W2K8.
• Performed P2V, V2V migration using Plate Spin Migrate 9.1
• Built ESX servers and implemented complete integration with SAN for vMotion in a VMware DRS and HA enabled environment.
• Performed Virtual Machines backup, snapshots, P2V-V2V conversion using VMware stand-alone convertor, applying Patch updates, monitoring/reporting, SSH, SNMP and alerts notification.
• Administered production servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers (HTTP/S, FTP and SMTP), Exchange 2003/2010 Mail Servers, NAS, File and print Servers and Terminal Servers on Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2
• Responsible for production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed, Configured and Implemented Terminal Server (TS) RemoteApp on IIS 7.0 Windows 2008 R2 published applications using TS Web Access, RemoteApp program and TS Gateway.
• Performed Discovery and Analysis, verified IT assets against artifacts shared by E&y.
• Performed GAP analysis, manual discovery, collected and transpose data in the excel format for QA
• Created assessment and Capacity report.

Confidential, MN

System Administrator-Windows/VMware

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured VMware ESX 4/ 5.0,ESXi, and vSphere 4 environments with Virtual Center
• Managed Lab Manager and Consolidated Backup and Datastore Clustering.
• Managed Active Directory such as Domain Controllers, editing Domain users and Groups.
• Conversion using with V-motion and monitored EMC SAN on a daily basis.
• Built, configured and deployed VMs and templates.
• Installed, Configured and maintained Hosted VMware products
• Successfully upgraded all hosts and vCenter server to vSphere 4.1
• Built new VMware virtual machines to meet the specifications provided by the Client.
• Installed EMC SAN’S, SAN-based arrays, multi-ported arrays, mid-size to large storage arrays.
• Maintained and EMC SAN and worked with host groups to implement storage and backup system
• Configured WSUS server and deployed the updates.
• Monitored VMware backup, allocated LUN and RAID as per requirements.
• Disk Space increase using VMware converter.
• Imported of virtual server using VMware converter.
• Managing & supported VMware Infrastructure ESX 4.0 Clusters.
• Created Virtual Machines on ESX 4.0 Host machine and configured Database
• Worked with VSphere for managing the windows VMware virtual machines.
• Creation and Maintenance of VMware Templates to be used for guest OS installs
• Installed Hot fixes and Security updates as and when required on all the servers.
• Implemented many best practices to optimize the virtual environment
• Reconfigured all ESX network connectivity utilization VLAN tagging and teaming.
• Configured advanced alerting using vCenter to monitor the virtual environment
• IBM HS22 Blade Series server hardware, firmware, and software updates applied.
• Physical and virtual servers scratch level installation.

Confidential, CA

Windows /VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in planning and implementation of virtual environment.
• Implemented of Windows 2003 Active Directory and Domain Controller
• Created a procedure for the V2V and P2V migration of Physical servers to VMware ESX hosts
• Analyzed the servers to be virtualized or migrated.
• Used VMware Capacity Planner to analyze the server usage and recommend the configuration for new VM. Created and Managed Storage VMotion, High Availability and DRS
• Discussed with the user and team and scheduling migration and monitoring migration.
• Created the workflow for Pre Post Migration and managed Resource Allocation.
• Performed operational turnover on all system implementations.
• Migrated machines either P2V or from Microsoft Hyper V environment to VMware environment.
• Worked with Servers such as Windows 2000, 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2.
• Worked on creating a DR plan and recovery process making sure that critical applications are set up with HA in case of a disaster.
• Participated in daily meetings.
• Documentation of the environment.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured IIS 6 on windows server 2003 platform and Implemented Active Directory.
• Installed and configured Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, 2000 server, Professional, Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers
• Worked with LUN, RAID and MS Exchange 2003
• Installed, configured & administered Network services like DHCP and DNS services
• Worked with Active Directory such as Domain Controllers, editing Domain users and Groups, Organizational Units, and Forest Functional Level.
• Implemented and administered Windows Server, IIS and SQL Server.
• Configured multiple websites on IIS using multiple IPs/ports and configured host headers.
• Created virtual machines using VMware ESX server for providing multiple virtual hardware platforms.
• Worked with the weekly updates, patches on various windows servers using update installer.
• Involved in group discussions with the teams for fruitful process flow.
• Worked with the group administrations, security and users, backup and restore operations.
• Involved in performance monitoring for verifying the network traffic for good performance.
• Deployed and Administered SQL 2000 server on production Environment.
• Developed and implemented Replication, Archiving, Backup and Recovery strategies.
• Supported on call schedule for production support.
• Trained junior engineers in network concepts and help them with troubleshooting issues.

Confidential

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Built Windows Server. Installed, design and administered the Windows Active Directory.
• Installed Windows Server on IBM Blade and configure DRAC or ILO in most of the Servers.
• Worked extensively on Windows 2003 2 nodes clustering. Work extensively on all Active Directory features including GPO, Site and Replication and AD Migration.
• Tested different packages and patches on Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 Servers.
• Provided support for users, groups and security access to Active Directory objects including organizational units.
• Provided testing direction and support for System’s applications and environments.
• Scanned and deployed patches and updates to the systems using Microsoft Windows Updates Services (WSUS) and keeping up-to-date patch-levels.
• Internetworking of these PC’s to each other and to the corporate network.
• Created a centralized anti-virus server based on Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition.
• Designed and implemented the backup procedures
• Looked after performance tuning and security considerations
• Worked with Change Requests and Problem tickets to meet the SLA
• Supported 24x7
• Ability to work well under pressure in a large and complex environment
• Met the client’s understanding, requirements, document the needs, and prepared the technical documentation as a project plan.