OBJECTIVE

• Committed towards perfection in work entrusted upon and seeking professional excellence in all endeavours, assisted by the right opportunity

SUMMARY

• 8 years of extensive experience in Systems and Virtualization Design Implementation and troubleshooting of mission critical IT systems assignments.
• 5+ Years Experience in Citrix XenApp 5.0/6.0, Citrix Presentation server 4.0/4.5, Citrix Provisioning services 5.0/5.6, XenDesktop 3.0/4.0 and Managed large Datacenter projects including planning, scheduling, business continuity unit facilitation, disaster recovery and overall client management.
• Expertise in design, implementation and supporting VMware vSphere ESX 4.1/4.0 environment and ThinApp, Lab Manager 4.0.
• Experience with VMware view 4.6/4.5/4.0 design and Virtual desktops deployments
• Extensive hands on experience with design and implementation of enterprise wide Virtualization Projects with Vmware.
• Proficient with Packaging Applications using Citrix Streaming Profiler, monitoring and tracking Application and server usage using EdgeSight, Configuring, administering External secured user access using Netscaler/Citrix Access Gateway
• Experience in migration projects from Citrix Presentation server 4.0 and 4.5 to 5.0/6.0.
• Experience in Installing and configuring HP C7000, CiscoUCS Blades, Compaq, and Dell Servers. Configuring RAID, Disk Mirroring, SAN Volume Expansion, Raid, SCSI Controller Installation
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Centre servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager
• Coordination and interaction with dedicated global customers, Account Management and Infrastructure team to meet SLAs.
• Design and Implemented VMware SRM 4.0/4.5 in Proof of Concepts projects
• Extensive knowledge in installing, managing and supporting the Active Directory Environment
• Experience with large number of P2V and V2V migrations using VMware/Platespin and doubletake convertor tools
• Proactively monitoring customer’s network on 24x7 bases and updating them regularly.
• Proficient in designing, installing and configuring small, medium and large sized system infrastructure on different o/s platforms.
• Performed system administration activities, security policies and monitored system performance both at software and hardware levels
• Outsourced managed services include infrastructure and transactional based monitoring and alerting, outsourced security, network management and managed web hosting services.
• Reputation for dedicated teamwork, high - energy, work ethic, and commitment to customer service.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Server Hardware: HP Proliant DLs and Blade Servers, Dell PowerEdge Servers, IBM Blade HS20P Servers, Sun Fire 4200/4100 series Servers

Operating System: Windows 2008, 2003, 2000 advanced server, Win XP, 2k.Vista

Virtualization: VMware ESX 2.01,2.5,3.0 & 3.5, VCenter, VDI, ThinApp & VMware Automation tools

System Tools & Utilities: VMware Healtcheck tool, Vizioncore Tools, Platespin tools, Virtual Center Admin Portal, vFoglight .

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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, VA

VMware VDI/ThinApp Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implemented VMware VIEW 5.0/4.6 for Virtual desktop deployments with best practices.
• Building ThinApp 4.6.2 Packages and integrating it into View 5.0 Environment.
• Experience with Application, Connectivity
• Experience with VMware SRM 4.5 deployment and testing in DR environment
• Experience in vpshere ESXi4.1/4.0/5.0 administration and implementation .
• Installation, Migration and Maintenance of Citrix XenApp 4.5, 5.0 and 6.0 on enterprise level (3500+ users)
• Configured, administered and Installed Virtual Desktops using XenDesktop 4.0/5.0
• Application packaging for streaming applications using Citrix Streaming Profiler 5.2/6.0
• Involved intensively in creating/configuring/updating and maintaining vDisks for XenApp and XenDesktop using Provisioning services.
• Installing Patches, Hotfixes and managing XenDesktops and XenApp servers with application and OS level patches using MS SCCM.
• Extensive experience supporting Citrix Web Interface5.x and Secure Gateway/Access Gateway, and XenDesktop suite of products including Provisioning Server.
• Perform routine system analysis, develop reporting metrics, monitoring and tracking application usage and farm metrics using EdgeSight 5.3.
• Publishing, maintaining, assigning user access to Citrix applications using Management Console.
• Experience with Application, Connectivity troubleshooting, Antivirus, Patch & Software update on the virtual desktops.
• Created a clean machine for building the applications using ThinApp and saving the package on server. Experience with User Profile and Sandbox.
• Maintaining ThinApp Applications in View Administrator, Monitoring and Troubleshooting ThinApp Applications in View Environment.
• Troubleshooting Network Connection Problems, Desktop Pool Creation Problems, QuickPrep Customization Problems.
• Creating and Managing Image and customization.

Environment: VMware View 5.0, VMware ThinApp 4.6.2, Thin Clients, Citrix XenApp 4.5,5.0,6.0, Citrix XenDesktop 4.0-5.0, Citrix Streaming Profiler 5.2/6.0, Citrix PS 4.0/4.5, Windows server 2003, 2008, Vista, Active Directory

Confidential, MN

VMware VDI/ThinApp Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implemented VMware VIEW 4.5 for Virtual desktop deployments with best practices.
• Building ThinApp 4.5 Packages and publishing to View 4.5 Environment.
• Conducted software product installation, configuration management, maintenance, testing and documentation of VMware View.
• Created a Parent Image of Windows XP and Windows 7 with best practices to enhance the Virtual Desktop Performance.
• Managing the Active Directory for Virtual Desktops with User Permissions.
• Created Manual, Automated pools and entitled the users.
• Deployed Linked Clones by using Parent Image (Snapshot)
• Created Dedicated and Floating desktops and published ThinApp packages and troubleshooting the issues.
• Development and support of Citrix XenApp 4.0 - 5.0 on enterprise level - 3500+ users
• Migration of physical to virtual XenApp servers 500+ servers, 3,500+ users, 900+ Applications
• Installed and migrated Citrix Presentation server 4.0 and 4.5 to 5.0
• Installed and supported Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition on Netscaler.
• Development and implementation of Citrix XenDesktop 3.0 - 4.0 on enterprise level
• Configured Policies in Citrix on Farm Level and Server Level.
• Publishing Applications and assigning the user permissions to access the Applications in Citrix Management Console.
• Created Packages using Installation Manager and deploy those packages to different Citrix Servers.
• Managing the Printers in Citrix PS 4.0/4.5 environment.
• Support in DIACAP environment - Citrix XenApp, 3rd party applications, STIG standards, FIPS
• Applied a Logon script to Virtual Desktops for mounting a network drive.
• Worked on Folder Redirection (Desktop, My Documents) for floating desktops using a VBScript.
• Configured the Virtual Printing and set up the printers in Virtual Desktops by ThinPrint.
• Troubleshooting the ThinApp package issues in the existing environment (View 4.5).
• Provided documentation of the VMware VDI environment by Visio charts, run books and configuration guides.

Environment: VMware VSphere 4.1, VMware View 4.6/4.5, VMware ThinApp 4.6/4.5, Thin Clients, Citrix XenApp 4.0-5.0, Citrix XenDesktop 3.0-4.0, Citrix PS 4.0/4.5, Windows server 2003, 2008, Vista, Active Directory

Confidential, Chicago

Senior VMware Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implemented VMware VIEW 4.5 with ThinApp for Virtual desktop deployments.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX 4.1/4.0 hosts for server consolidation.
• Worked as Technical Lead on various infrastructure projects surrounding Servers consolidation, Physical to Virtual Migrations, Storage and Server Management.
• Responsible for the management of servers and duties include regular and proactive monitoring of servers, responding the alerts
• Worked on Central Management Server (VCenter Server) to manage all the ESX hosts in the datacenter.
• Development and support of Citrix XenApp 4.0 - 5.0 on enterprise level - 3500+ users
• Migration of physical to virtual XenApp servers 500+ servers, 3,500+ users, 900+ Applications
• Installed and migrated Citrix Presentation server 4.0 and 4.5 to 5.0
• Installed and supported Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Edition on Netscaler.
• Development and implementation of Citrix XenDesktop 3.0 - 4.0 on enterprise level
• Configured Policies in Citrix on Farm Level and Server Level.
• Publishing Applications and assigning the user permissions to access the Applications in Citrix Management Console.
• Managing the Printers in Citrix PS 4.0/4.5 environment.
• Support in DIACAP environment - Citrix XenApp, 3rd party applications, STIG standards, FIPS
• Installed and Tested VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 2.0/4.0) for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans
• Worked on VCenter Configuration Manager for setting the parameter values for storage and ESX hosts.
• And changing the advanced configuration settings to resolve the performance issues.
• Implemented successful recovery by VMware SRM and eliminated the complexity of managing and testing recovery plans
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Virtualized Windows server Migration using VMware Converter, PlateSpin PowerConvert and doubletake convertor
• Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS and Fault Tolerance in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
• Worked on VMware Update Manager for updating or patching for all the ESX hosts and Virtual machines
• Experience with EMC & Netapps SAN Infrastructure with VMware Environment
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem.
• Support activities surrounding the VMware Virtual Infrastructure, which includes 60+ VMware ESX, which are SAN/NAS connected, in Production and Non-Production environments that host over 120+ servers running Windows & Linux variations and over 1100+ workstations running Windows XP. Lead all development, engineering, and support for the VMware Infrastructure
• Technical documentation on the Assessment/design and implementation of VMware VIEW deployment and vSphere Upgrade process.

Environment: EMC, VMware, HP C7000 Blades, AppSpeed Xcalibur, Platespin, Thin Clients, Linux, Unix, Netware, Windows server 2003, 2008, Vista, Active Directory.

Confidential, CT

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and administrated server consolidation program through use of VMware ESX server and VMware Virtual Center.
• View 4 POC assessment /Design and Implementation
• Identify appropriate storage technologies.
• Single point of contact for Vendors and Project Managers.
• Setup 12 ESX servers on Dell PowerEdge 6650 with over 80 application servers and over 300 thin clients with load balancing and periodic backup.
• Hardened the security at the host level.
• Installed and configured various Microsoft applications such as SharePoint, Exchange 2007 server with Active Sync for Windows Mobiles along with configuration for Iphone.
• Successfully converted several physical servers to virtual servers.
• Support activities surrounding the VMware Virtual Infrastructure, which includes 60+ VMware ESX, which are SAN/NAS connected, in Production and Non-Production environments that host over 120+ servers running Windows & Linux variations and over 1100+ workstations running Windows XP. Lead all development, engineering, and support for the Virtual Center software.
• Created Virtual Machines, Installed OS (Linked clones and manual clones from templates), installed Applications and patches.
• Configured Xcalibur to successfully connect thin clients to their virtual machines, with desired functionality
• Extensive use of Novell Platespin for server consolidation
• Installed, configured and maintained Windows 2000, and 2003 Operating Systems
• Installed, configure and maintain Microsoft Cluster environments
• Installed and configured Microsoft Exchange server 2003 (later upgraded to 2007). Made available Exchange mobile access to over 120 mobile appliances (PDA’s and Mobile Phones)
• Installed, configured and maintained: Microsoft Terminal Server, Citrix Presentation Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft SMS Server.
• Maintained EMC CLARiiON Storage
• P2V conversions of Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 servers using vConverter.
• Created and distributed images using WSUS.
• Configuration and managing Active Directory, MOM, SMS, DHCP, FTP, IIS & DNS.
• Application packaging (MSI)
• Implemented VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technologies using Vmware View and Xcalibur (Hardware)
• Active Directory administration with Xcalibur integration for better security and control.
• Application Virtualization using Vmware ThinApp
• Project co-ordination using MS Project and Process control (PC upgrade Project, Quality Assurance, Decision making, Various Technology implementations, etc).
• Responsible for defining, improving and delivering quality along with continuous process improvement.
• Provided training to the staff and prepared documentation.
• Followed ITIL Best Practices.

Environment: EMC, VMware, ESX, HP Eva Array VmView, AppSpeed Xcalibur, Platespin, Thin Clients, Linux, Unix, Netware, Windows server 2003, 2008, Vista, Active Directory.

Confidential, MN

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• VMware Virtualization Assessment, Design and Implementation.
• Automated the ESX build and deploying process using kickstart CD
• Conducted VMware virtualization assessments to recommend consolidation scenarios..
• Implementation of ThinApp environment for the Application Virtualization
• Build, deployed and maintained different OS templates in VI3 and ESX 2.5 environment
• Deployed and supported VMware ThinApp environment &Virtual Machines in VI3 and ESX 2.5.4 environment
• Kept track of VMware host and virtual machines inventory
• Performed ESX host 2.5 migration using VMware Converter and migratory to ESX 3.5
• Performed physical to virtual migration using Platespin and vConverter
• Automated the ThinApp package deployment with AD Group Policies
• Monitored VMware environment and performance using vFoglight and Virtual Center Admin Portal (VCAP)
• Implementation experience with all high availability VI3 features including VMotion, HA, Virtual SMP, DRS, SAN snapshots, etc.
• VMware ESX server Hardware setup with HA/DRS Clustering/Vmotion
• Installed / configured / maintained Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003 environment.
• Supported day-to-day issues in Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003 environment
• Tested and Implemented VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) with VERITAS
• Experience in resolving ESX related technical issues from the host console
• Performed a thorough Healthcheck on VMware Infrastructure using VMware Health check tool
• Migration of 300+ servers from different data centers were moved to Centralized Data Center using Platespin Portability Suite.
• Migration of Windows servers from VMware ESX3.5 to VMware ESX 4.0 Farms
• Refreshed the physical servers as part of P2P with Platespin Portability Suite.
• Implemented and tested Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

Confidential, NY

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planned and Implemented conversion of physical to Virtual environment
• Analyzed, developed, tested and maintained servers in Virtual environment.
• Conducted laptop PC training sessions for customer care specialists and remote site operators
• Worked as a team to implement organization wide Virtualization technologies (VMware) after successfully testing Virtualization in a Lab environment.
• Troubleshooting network connectivity including: TCP/IP configuration, Server/Workstation hardware troubleshooting and repair, VPN connectivity, troubleshooting of notebooks and tape libraries.
• Installation and configuration of Windows 2000/2003 servers and workstations.
• Maintained IBM Tivoli storage manager
• Implemented EMC storage solutions
• Active Directory, DHCP, FTP, IIS & DNS configuration and managing.
• Periodic Backups
• Document Management and process work flow. Setup of printers including: Network printers from print server and TCP/IP printing.
• Upgraded and maintained antivirus software.

Environment: Windows 2003/2000, Linux, VMware, EMC, Active Directory, Tivoli