SUMMARY

• A technocrat with over 7+ years of experience in Windows Systems and Virtualization Design Implementation and troubleshooting of mission critical IT systems assignments.
• Deploy, upgrade and manage systems, including virtual infrastructure, hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral equipment.
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing infrastructure using VMware technologies viz. ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 5.0/5.1/5.5 , vSphere 5.0, VCenter, VMware View 5.0/5.1/5.5, VMware VCenter Converter etc.
• Administration in advanced features of ESX/ESXi, VMotion, Storage VMotion, HA, DRS, Update Manager.
• Extensive experience in Windows 10/7/2000/ 2003/2008/2012 servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Experience in GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), IIS 5.1/6.0/7, FTP, Terminal Server, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail Server and ISA Server.
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of system security applications like SUDO, SSH, Power Broker and eTrust.
• Experience remediating general windows security issues as well as containment, eradication and recovery of systems with in compromised environments.
• Expertise in building Microsoft Windows 2012,2008 R2, 2008, 2003, 2000 servers using HP Smart Start, Array configurations, diagnosing server, Updating Firmware and PSP, Application Software under multi - platform environments, deployment & monitoring physical Servers.
• Build and troubleshooting experience with ESX Servers and ESXi Servers, vSphere and VCenter manager.
• Worked extensively on VMs, Templates and clones.
• Implemented and managed HA, DRS clusters and Fault Tolerance on critical servers.
• Knowledge on HBA, iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFS storage and RAID concept.
• Worked in large complex directory environments with experience supporting Windows 2003/2008/2012 Active Directory (AD).
• Experience in EMC Grab, Power path, SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools.
• Strong knowledge on Server, Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Application Virtualization (ThinApp).
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, TCP/IP, VPN, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel virtual networking, wireless networks & Cloud computing concepts).
• Worked on CISCO UCS Hardware, Including setups and Configuration.
• Excellent skills in patching and hardening Win 7/Win 2003/2008/2012 servers using Windows Update and also by using the staged patches.
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from templates and CD/ISO image.
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, GPP, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Worked on scripting like PowerShell and PowerCLi for Automation.
• Administrating, creating and modifying DNS records, DHCP scope and reservation, DFS link, Web servers including record/scope creation, troubleshooting and WINS and DNS and managing user and group accounts Administration.
• ImplementedPatch management solution - WSUS for managing patches for windows servers. Also managed other Patch management Software's like Shavlik.
• Involved in upgrading ESX 4.1, ESXi 5.0 to newer versions.
• Understanding of the setup, configuration, and management of an enterprise VMware VDI Horizon View, VCenter, vSphere and ESXi v5.x and daily operational support of this infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge and hands on experience in data center Migration.
• Extensive experience with Windows 2008, 2012 clustering services.
• P2V and V2V conversions using VMware Converter Enterprise 3 and 4 and Plate Spin.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitch, dvswitch different types ofport groups, NIC Teaming and VLAN Problem management on VMware ESX 5.x and Virtual Center and VMotion.
• ESXi Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities and Cloning and snapshots.
• Provided 24/7 On Call production support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/ 5.0/5.5 , VMware ESX 3/3.5 /4.0/4.1 , ESXi 5.0/5.5, Virtual Center Server2.5,4,5, VMware SRM 4.1, VMware Converter Enterprise, VMware View 5.2, VMware ThinApp 4.6, VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, DPM, FT, VMotion, Storage VMotion, VCB, VGC, Lab Manager, VMware Workstation

Virtualization Technology: Citrix Xen Desktop, VDI, Citrix Xen Server, Microsoft App V and Citrix Streaming profiler

Operating Systems: Windows 2000, 2003, 2008,2012 Servers, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7

Application servers: Windows 2003 server and Exchange Server5.5, Microsoft Active Directory 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2000, DHCP, DNS

Hardware: DELL Power Edge servers, Dell Laptops and Desktops, HP Blade servers, HP ProLiant servers and Other HP hardware, Net gear, Cisco & HP Switches

Scripting Languages: VBScript, vSphere CLI, Power CLI

Storage: EMC, IBM, HP SAN, Dell EqualLogic Storage, iSCSI SAN, FC SAN, NAS, VNX, VMAXe

Storage Tools: VMware VCB, Symantec NetBackup 6.0Migration Tools VMware VCenter Convertor, Plate Spin Portability Suite

Microsoft Products: Microsoft SMS 2003, SMS 2003 Console, SCCM 2007 Console, MS SQL Server 2000/2005, Active Directory, Group Policies, and IIS

Networking: TCP/IP settings, LAN, Active Directory Manage

Backup Softwares: Symantec backup exec and vRanger Pro. Veeam tools

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

VMWare ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Installed and upgraded VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5/5.0 and ESX server 4.1/4/3.5 in a total of 520 ESXi servers.
• Designed and implemented Virtual Desktop infrastructure with more than 10,000 VDI machines.
• Implemented VMware design, performing P2P, P2V, and V2P. Migrated Physical Machines to Virtual Machines (P2V) and Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines (V2V) using VMware converter.
• Implementation of Desktop Virtualization (VDI) View 5.2, Horizon Workspace for Application virtualization.
• Implemented the Business Continuity and performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using Metro HA clusters.
• Upgraded the Storage from VMFS3 to VMFS5
• Worked with EMC Xtreme IO, VMAX storage involved in data migration using open migrator and open replicator
• Design and implementation ofglobal monitoring solution using SCOM, HP SIM
• Monitored the servers using ESM monitoring tool and resolved the issues.
• Implemented Microsoft Clustering for IIS Web Servers.
• Worked extensively with Active Directory services, Citrix Delivery Service Console, Group Policy Management & Computer Management
• Distributing VMotion load on two different VMotion port groups by configuring Multi-NIC VMotion.
• Deploy patches using VCenter update manager as requested or scheduled by Engineering & Release Mgmt.
• Configured VCOPS in on all the vCenter's in different Zones.
• Implemented scripted installations using Power CLI Scripts
• Technical support, administration and troubleshooting of Microsoft Windows 2003 & Windows 2008 cluster servers.
• Migrating Windows 2003 cluster to 2008 cluster.
• Maintaining Confidential windows servers 2003, 2008, VMWare ESXi 5.5 servers and Windows 7 Clients.
• Documenting the remediation procedures for Windows 2003, 2008 servers and windows 7 clients.
• Troubleshooting OS related issues for Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 editions.
• Managing the Active Directory for Virtual Desktops with User Permissions.
• Coordinate/Facilitate all planned and unplanned power outages for all environments.
• Troubleshooting applications and end to end functionality testing. Analyzed IIS and application logs, debugged problems at all stages in migration phase.
• Engage hardware and software vendors to assist in improvement of current VMware environment and research and evaluation of the latest technologies.
• Provided on call support after hours and on weekends on rotation basis.

Environment: Windows 2008/2012, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESXi 5.0/5.5 U 1 servers, VMware VCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor,Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, UCS Servers, HP ProLiant DL 580 G5,G6,G7,Gen8 servers.

Confidential, Lewisville, TX.

Windows / VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Implementing new HP blade enclosures and assisting in Onboard Administration configuration.
• Building ESX/ ESXi hosts upgrading/ downgrading BIOS and ILO Firmware, Performing memory test, updating ESX drivers and configuring server profiles.
• ESX 4.0/4.1, ESXi 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1 installation, conducting CPU load tests on the host and HP systems insight manager (SIM) installation.
• Integrating ESX/ESXi hosts to v-center, applying and managing host profiles and checking for profile compliance.
• Conversion of physical servers to virtual machines, upgrade of already existing virtual machines to higher versions with aid of VMware and Vizioncore technologies.
• Building virtual machines, creating templates, cloning and deploying virtual machines.
• Successfully implementing pre-migration and post-migration activities.
• Interacting closely with storage Administrators, System Administrators and Database Administrators to Plan recommend and implement strategies around upgrades for Servers, Storage for Virtualized environment.
• Maintenance of the server farm, Performance tuning and capacity planning related to the Virtualized environment and monitoring performance activities.
• Deploying Virtual Machines from Gold Templates
• Running reports of the Virtual Center using Virtual Center operations Manager
• Migrating Physical and Virtual Machines using VM Convertor and Plate Spin.
• Building MS SQL Cluster on Virtual Servers
• Disaster Recovery methods and procedure related to Virtualization Environments.
• Led a team of five, for Datacenter Migration and virtualization of over 500 Windows Servers as a part of Disentanglement.
• 24x7 on-call rotation for support of production systems and trips to data-center for trouble shooting.
• Creating, updating and managing project documentation.
• Effective communication between cross-functional teams and within the team for Virtualized environment.

Environment: Operating Systems: Windows NT/XP/2000/2003, ESX 3/3.5/4.0/4.1 , ESXi 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1. Active Directory, VConverter, DNS/DHCP/IIS servers, Print Servers Office Tools: MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio. Hardware: Internal/External Modems, NIC SCSI/IDE Hard disks, USB1.0/2.0 Based Devices, ISDN Modems, Hubs, Switches, HP Compaq servers, Dell Servers, HP ProLiant servers.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Windows/ VMWare Admin

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for participating in providing transition support and services for the Delphi Automotive Windows servers to gather and define the processes needed for the HP global delivery teams.
• Publishing and assigning the user permissions to access the Applications in Citrix Management Console.
• Creating the load evaluators for load balance purpose while users accessing the Applications.
• Maintaining the file server, application and Print Server.
• Created User Accounts, groups and running scripts on production servers.
• Assigned local security policies on member servers and standalone servers using RDP.
• Manage and monitor Active Directory services and group policies.
• Worked elaborately on different windows environment which include Windows NT version 4.0, Work Station, Terminal, 2000 and 2003.
• Created objects like User Accounts, Computer Accounts, and Auto logon accounts.
• Assigning folder permissions to the users by gathering approval from the group owners.
• Efficiently created and managed various Groups (Domain Local and Global Security).
• Worked on HP Open View Service Desk (OVSD) tickets.
• Raised tickets for any issues discovered during validation.
• Using Net Use command to check whether we can connect to member servers or not.
• Categorization of server in terms of complexity and effort required to complete the primary system access tasks.
• Created standard operating procedures and process documents for off shore resources.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003 Servers, Citrix, HP Open View, Active Directory, Network Printers, Windows XP.

Confidential

Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the environment for deployment of Windows Server 2008.
• Build and maintain our corporate Windows7 image and deployment of said image using SCCM.
• Install individual and network printers, use remote Desktopconnection and remote technical support applications for end user support
• Performing Microsoft Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy functions.
• Experience in working and managing offshore environment.
• Troubleshooting Windows server issues, IIS 6.0 and 7.x, database connectivity, issues with Active Directory.
• Installed, configured, and troubleshoot Windows Server 2008.
• Implemented and managed IP Addressing; configured TCP/IP addressing on a server.
• Extensive experiences in configuring WindowsActive Directory and LDAPover different forests and across multiple domains.
• Performed few infrastructure application installations in clustered environment as part of load balancing to handle application load and to reduce downtime.
• Identified and fixedlogon Scriptserrors to decrease time for users to logonto computers
• Configured automatic updates for network clients by using Group Policy.
• Designed, planned and implemented Group Policy, delegation strategies and OU structure.
• Responsible for managing Citrix Server 4.0 and configuring Citrix clients.
• Installed, configured, performed troubleshooting and deployed SP1 for Windows 2003 Servers.
• Performed day-to-day administration functions, backup and restoration, file server maintenance.
• DNS and port forwardingas well as code analysis and error code investigation and resolution, Customer/technical support including email, ticketing system, and phone support.
• Supported all remote offices and home-based users using NetMeeting, VNC and Cisco VPN.
• Implemented a new in-house printing solution that includes Xerox multi-functional copier, printers, scanners and wide format printer.

Environment: Windows 2003/2008 R2, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0/7.0, Dell Power Edge Servers, Remote desktop services, Microsoft Visual StudioTFS.