SUMMARY

• Over 7+ Years of IT Experience in Microsoft Windows Systems Administrator & VMware Engineer for Designing, Deploying, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance of servers/desktops, and granting proper properties to remote accessing clients.
• Experience in performing Systems Administration either Standard and Enterprise Server edition of Microsoft Windows 2012 R2/2008 R2/2008/2003, in addition to the Microsoft desktop support machines of Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/98.
• Worked on troubleshooting and patch updates of RHEL and Solaris 10.0/9.0.
• Capacity to comprehend the current structural planning and the work process of AD DS and its features that include schema, global catalog, and replication and operations master roles (FSMO).
• Configuring and troubleshooting the ESX/ESXi to setup iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel Storage.
• Experience in Installing, configuring, troubleshooting of VMware family products ESX 4.1/4.0/3.5/3.0 , ESXi 5.5/5.0/4.1 Hosts, Virtual Center 5.5/5.0/4.1/4.0/2.5 Server and vSphere and Involved in updating the versions of ESX build numbers.
• Experience in troubleshooting of production servers using a clone copy or a snapshot.
• Extensive experience in creating and monitoring vSphere cluster data stores.
• Experience in migration of servers from Physical - to-Physical (P2P)/Physical-to-Virtual (P2V)/ Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migrations using Zerto, Platespin, and vConverter.
• Creating and deploying the packages of windows patching files, policies, and application files through BMC Blade Logic.
• Involved in VMware vSphere, vMotion and Storage vMotion migrations.
• Experience in Capacity Planning, High Availability, and Failover and DRS settings for critical systems.
• Experience on developing vCenter Orchestrator and automating the process.
• Experience on vCloud Director 5.1 and deploying vShield Manager.
• Integrated ESX with Active Directory and control user access through roles and permissions.
• Working experience on VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT) and vShield Zones.
• Experience on setting up and racking up Servers.
• Experience in managing Data Center environment with Administering, Aid in the recommendation of strategies for Data Center and Enterprise infrastructure management from business continuity, disaster recovery, monitoring, Storage, security and ITIL process.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Servers: Windows 2012/2008 R 2/2008/2003/2000/ NT, VMware ESX 4.1/4.0/3.5/3.0 /2.5, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1 , Virtual Center Server 5.1/5.0/4.1/2.5/2.0 , vSphere 5.1/5.0/4.0.

Operating Systems: Windows8/7/Vista/XP/98/95, UNIX, Linux Red Hat.

Web/Internet Transaction Servers: SCOM 2012/2007 R2, IIS 7.5/7.0/6.0/5.0/4.0/3.0.

Mail Servers: MS Exchange 2007/2003.

Networking: TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Telnet, Remote Desktop, HTTP, FTP, DSL, SSL, OSI, Ethernet, Token Ring.

Databases: SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g/10g/9i, MS Access.

Languages: VBScript, Python, PHP, Shell Scripting, Power Shell, SQL/PLSQL.

Hardware: Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure PowerEdge M910/M820 PowerEdge (6400/2600/2500 ) Servers, HP ProLiant (BL660c/420-G8, DL680/DL580/DL380-G2/G4/G5 and 320e/360e-G8) Servers, HP Compaq Servers, Cisco UCS B and C Series, Installation of IBM based systems mother boards, Internal/External Modems, NIC SCSI/IDE Hard disks, ISDN Modems, Hubs, Switches.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration and Systems Administration of Windows 2012/2008 R2/2003, VMware 5.5/5.1 and Linux Apache.
• Worked in the upgradation of Active Directory DC’s to Windows R2.
• Managed servers related to performance issues of hardware and software.
• Troubleshooting F5 LB, Apache Web Servers, Windows 2012 R2/2008R2 Servers, IIS 7.5.
• Working on vCenter 5.5 and handled cluster issues, HA, DRS, storage migrations and the host deployments.
• Performed vMotion and Storage vMotion migrations.
• Created VM Machines for Test Environments to Test Applications.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual Machines on VMware.
• Experience on F5 LB, configuring vip’s, proxy monitors, pools and creating iRules Scripts.
• IIS 7.5 Issues of configuring the CGI, system configuration files, installing non threaded php v5.3 on Windows Servers.
• Worked on Apache 2.2.15 Architecture, sites hosted in multi-tenant architecture referring to the same IP, openssl, mod ssl, httpd.conf configurations and SNI functionality.
• Worked on the mail exchange 2007 configuration, work access, CAS, RPC client access.
• Packet tracing using Wireshark, Netmon filtering according to the custom settings of MAC address, IP octet range, SSL analysis of negotiation and cipher analysis and tracing the GET, POST requests.
• Understanding of SSL protocols SSLv3, TSL and troubleshooting of client server handshaking/negotiation issues.
• Worked on Shavlik products for Windows Patches/maintenance window.
• Pushing policies through GPO to soothing the environment work flow.
• Documentation of product deployments, Apache deployment, GPO Policy changes.
• Maintain Security audits, backup data and monitoring hardware performance issues.

Environment: Microsoft Windows 2012/2008 R2, ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.5, SiteScope, IEM, Shavlik, HP C7000, Softlayer.

Confidential, Denver, CO

VMware & Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in building the Domain Controllers for the Retail Point of Sale (POS).
• Involved in the Active Directory Design, site and site link object, workflow of Group policies, and applying the policies through GPO.
• Worked in the Data Center to configure the HP C7000 chassis, Cisco NLB, Buffalo NAS, and Asset Tagging to the new environment.
• Involved in configuration of ESXi 5.1 on HP C7000 and also installing the vCenter 5.1 on Windows 2008 R2 in addition to the monitoring and compliance tasks.
• Responsible for Setting up Application Provisioning for the vCloud Director Environment.
• Creating and managing Virtual switch and modify vSwitch Properties.
• Performed vMotion and Storage vMotion Migrations.
• Created templates and build virtual machines on ESX Hosts.
• Configured HA, Failover, DRS and Load Balancing in Virtual Center.
• Routine tasks are creating new users and to audit the event policies using PowerShell 3.0.
• Monitored the environment using WhatsUpGold, Symantec End Point Protection and also involved in tracking the VMware alarms.
• Involved in writing the custom scripts for handling the event viewer, auditing the security and users.
• Configured Virtual Network Configuration in VMware.
• Documentation of troubleshooting issues, changes, auditing, and software installations.

Environment: Microsoft Windows 2012/2008 R2/2008, WhatsUp Gold, Solar Winds, HP C7000, ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.1, Amazon Web Services, Symantec Backup exec, SCCVM 2012.

Confidential, Arlington, TX

Windows & VMware Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support to Windows Servers, migration, Building and Scanning the Servers in addition to the operations compliance project.
• Building Physical servers on Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis, installing Brocade adapters (BR1741M-k) and teaming the NIC’s.
• Involved in configuring iDRAC Network, user properties and CMC interface settings.
• Install and configure the Zerto Migration Tool for migrating of 440 V2V Servers.
• Extensive experience in BMC Blade Logic compliance project to improve the security standards of Windows and Citrix.
• Experience in Migration of Microsoft windows 2000 to Microsoft Windows 2003.
• Installing and Configuring of VMware ESXi 5.1 Servers.
• Created Virtual Servers on ESX 3.0 Configured HA, Failover and DRS.
• Configured memory, processors, switches, San Storage to virtual Machines on ESX host.
• Experience in deployment and maintenance of VM's.
• Performed VMware vMotion and Storage vMotion migrations in the process V2V.
• Created VM Machines for Test Environments to Test Applications.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware.
• Involved in upgradation of ESXi.
• Worked on the Cisco VPN Issues and installed NAT software, experience in configuring the tunnel setup.
• Involved in the documentation of NTBackup and OS backup of system state recovery process, Cluster failover, EMC multipath, EMC grab utility, Migration process of Zerto and PlateSpin, Server Builds, Application/Agent installations, and issues which occur during migration, and software upgrades.
• PlateSpin for P2V migration and then bring up the server system state using NTBackup from V2P of 8 clusters, transferring and seizing of roles from demote DC to the functioning DC.
• Worked on GPO Restructuring and the policy changes according to the compliance standards.

Environment: Microsoft Windows 2008 R2/2008/2003, PlateSpin, Zerto, BMC, ESM, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Brocade BR1741M-k, VMware ESX 5.1 Server, vCenter 5.1.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and systems administration of Windows 2003/2008 R2.
• Installation and monitoring of VMware ESXi 4.1/5.0 Server.
• Performed VMware vSphere, vMotion and Storage vMotion migrations.
• Maintain vCenter Server inventory objects and licenses.
• Hands on experience to configure and increase the performance, productivity using VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT) and vShield Zones.
• Shell script to add DNS Entry to BIND Database with default NameServers, Mail Servers (MX) and host.
• Shell script to gathered useful system information such as CPU, Disk Utilization and RAM.
• Create and manage Virtual switch and modify vSwitch properties and configure vSwitch load balancing algorithms.
• Configured HA, Failover, DRS and Load Balancing in Virtual Center.
• Configured and installed Host Bus Adapter (HBA) while migration of servers.

Environment: Microsoft Windows 2008 R2/2008/2003, Oracle 10g, IIS, VMware ESX 4.1, ESXi 3.5, VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT), HP ice PlateSpin.

Confidential

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities were to maintain availability of the corporate LAN consisting of servers, client workstations, printers, Install and configure Windows 2003 Servers.
• Maintained corporate Intranet sites. Installation of Antivirus Program, monitored networks for viruses, configured Live Updates.
• Installing the Windows Patches on all the Desktop Systems.
• Responsible for Creating User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies.
• Administered and maintained Microsoft Exchange Server and mailboxes.
• Implemented, administered and monitored NAT Server/Firewall providing Internet access to client computers through the corporate LAN.
• Support to user application software and operating system.

Environment: Microsoft Windows 2003/2000/NT 4.0, IIS 6.0, WINS.