SUMMARY

• 11 years of IT experience in the design, development, and deployment of Enterprise Infrastructure and Services.
• Administering Hardware, Windows Servers, VMware ESX/ESXi 5/5.5/6, vCenter Server, Win/Linux VMs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, highly visible within a team and, interfaces with other levels of the organization including management, clients and vendors.
• Experience in a Data Center Environment, Data Center Transformation (new builds), and Data Center Migration.
• Experience in Disaster Recovery Operations in a Managed Services / Business Continuity Environment.
• Project Management, Project Lead and Technical Writing.
• Experience in installing physical servers both rack mounted and Blade.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware vSphere: ESXi 5 /5.5 /6.0, vCenter, vMotion, Storage vMotion, EVC, HA, Datastore Hearbeat, vSS, vDS, Change Management, SRM,VM Networking, vRealize Operations Manager, Host profiles, P2V, V2V, Uplinks, Port Groups, Capacity Planning, and VMware Infrastructure architecture.

Microsoft Products: Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, IIS, and Powershell.

Operating Systems: Linux, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, Desktop OS Windows 7 /Later.

Management Tools: HP ILO, Dell (iDRAC), SolarWinds, Veeam Backup and Replication, ServiceNow, Tableau, Symantec Endpoint Manager.

Management Skills: Project Management, Project Lead, Document Management and Technical Writing, Disaster Recovery.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the successful recovery of Physical Servers, ESXi 5/5.5/6 Hosts, and guest virtual machines At Time Of Disaster (ATOD) and At Time Of Test (ATOT) for customers in the Managed Recovery Program.
• Installation, configuration and deploying of ESXi VMware, Windows virtual machines in the environment.
• Resource Management of vCenter task - VMware DRS, HA Clusters, vMotion, VM Migrations between ESXi hosts.
• Design, implemented Virtual Distributed Switch, performs migration of Host and VM networking from Virtual Standard Switch to Virtual Distributed Switch and implementation of vSphere Replication SRM.
• Performs patches of ESXi Hosts with VMware Update Manager, migrating VMs to the Cloud.
• Installs, Configures Linux, Windows Virtual Machines and Management of VM Clones and Templates.
• Troubleshoot and resolved ESXi 5/5.5/6 Host, vCenter, VMs Networking, shared Storage and VM resources issues.
• Performs migration and upgrades of ESXi Hosts to later versions as needed per the customer.
• Installed and integrated vROPs with vCenter for capacity management and monitoring of the environment.
• Built and deployed Windows 2008/2008R2/2012 Servers in Client's physical and Virtual Environments.
• Project Management of Managed Recovery Program DR assets, Resources, Project Sponsors and Stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Customer in preparation for Disaster Recovery Test. Work with Global Development and Production teams.
• Creates Technical Documentation for Disaster Recovery and Test Recovery exercises.
• Liaison with Customer to validate scope of DR exercise. Manages DR Risks and timely issues Risk Memo.
• Conduct assessments of DR Test Prep plan with Service Delivery Managers and Recovery Solutions Architect.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

VMware Consultant / Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• VMware Engineer and Technical Lead for Data Center Transformation Design, Build and Migration.
• Issued daily Migration Status Reports to Project Sponsors, Stakeholders and Management.
• Managed Project expectations and deliverables. Communicate weekly Data Center Build and Migration timelines to client.
• Ensured that the designs for ESXi Hosts, Network Architecture, vCenter Server, vSphere Security and Window Server Build meets or exceeds company guidelines.
• Physical to Virtual migrations (P2V), Virtual to Virtual migrations (V2V) using VMware vSphere 5.1 Converter. P2V Migration issues and troubleshooting. Configured vCenter Cluster High Availability, DRS.
• Configured and Deploy Oracle RAC VMs. Backup and Monitor system performance, Symantec NetBackup.
• Installed and configured SharePoint and Exchange servers for testing and pre-production virtual environment.
• Installed and configured Cluster and ESXi Hosts for Pre-Production/Development/Production.
• Deployed Server security hotfixes/updates with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
• Server updates and patches, DNS, WINS, Gateway and DHCP configuration for new Build.
• Built and configured IIS Web Server and Application Server. Performed P2V/V2V of Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2 using VMware Converter.
• Performed Data Center Migrations of Customer infrastructural assets from Sweden and Singapore to a US based Data Center location.
• Performed inventory of Physical Servers in the Environment. Communicates hardware and firmware related issues to Vendor and secured replacement.

Confidential, Newburgh, NY

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Created and Troubleshoot of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines. Performed upgrades of ESX Hosts, & VMs.
• Installed, configured, and provisioning Linux servers. Linux OS troubleshooting and Dump analysis.
• Performed Physical to Virtual (P2V), Virtual to Virtual migration (V2V), VMware vSphere Converter 4.1
• Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates.
• Capacity planning of the virtual environment, Clustering, HA, FT, DRS and vMotion.
• Performed system maintenance, Windows server install/configuration.
• Install, configured and management of SharePoint 2010. Maintained, backup and restored SharePoint sites and content database. Implemented VMware Vsphere 4.1, Administered Virtual Machines in vCenter Linked Mode.

Confidential, Fort Myers, FL

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Data Center Build project, implementation of new Build, installed and configured ESX Hosts.
• Build, configured and deployed Virtual Machines and Templates. Analyzed and troubleshooting of SAN VMware network issues.
• Performed Physical to Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) AND Virtual to Physical (V2P) migration of Windows and Linux servers. Maintained High Availability, vMotion and DRS Cluster.
• Managed Enterprise Windows 2003, 2008 Systems Servers, Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain & DNS Server, Windows Clustering, Hyper-V. Maintained Storage and Datastores for VMs.
• Implemented Windows Active Directory for the Domain Administer of Win 2003 Domains
• Performed patches updates for ESX Servers using Update Manager
• Installed and configured network TCP/IP on Linux servers
• Implemented TCP/IP, Installation and configuration of ESX/ESXi servers
• Trouble shooting the network connectivity issues between vCenter, hosts, virtual machines, LAN and storage availability, Registering ESX/ESXi hosts to vCenter server
• Adding the hosts to domain and DNS for active directory authentication and name resolution.

Confidential, South Plainfield, NJ

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory, DNS, Building and configuring new Windows Physical and Virtual Servers.
• Defining, implementing user configurations and policies in Active Directory & Adding/deleting/modifying user account information.
• Analyzing system faults, troubleshooting and running diagnostic tests on operating systems and hardware to detect problems. Providing day-to-day onsite support for networked systems, hardware and related infrastructure
• Performing installation and management of SAN VMware ESX storage solutions.
• Configuring, implementing and managing Virtual environment using VMware ESX 3.5 and ESXi 4.0 infrastructures.

Confidential, NJ

VMware Solutions Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation, configuration, administer and troubleshooting of VMware ESX 3.5.
• Responsible for keeping all VMware ESX servers up to date with patches and updates with minimal downtime using vMotion for SAN attached VMs and Storage vMotion for Local storage VMs.
• Created a virtual desktop solution for over 2000 mobile and remote user base insuring company data stays in the company.
• Worked closely with MS SQL and Oracle DBA groups to determine best possible configuration for Storage LUN assignments and raid levels.

Confidential, NJ

Windows Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured Microsoft Server for testing / development. Antivirus installation and updates.
• Experience in building and configuring ESX 3.5 hosts and creating virtual machines.
• Experience in configuring and managing Active Directory, DNS.
• Helpdesk support including hardware and desktop software. Hardware maintenance and replacement.

Confidential, Tucker, GA

Help Desk Support

Responsibilities:

• Installed MS Office Suite, installed Anti-Virus on Desktop PCs, OS upgrades, local Data Backup and Restore.
• Replaced and installed Desktop PCs, Network configuration, local storage, Printers, network and troubleshoot.
• Replaced NICs, Motherboard, Hard drives, and Network cabling.