SUMMARY

• Over 7 Years of professional software industry experience as a Windows Administratorand Virtualization Engineer using VMware vSphere.
• Strong knowledge on Server, Desktop and Application virtualization and worked on ESX and ESXi 5.5, / 5.1/5.0/4.1 /4.0.
• Currently evaluating VMware vSphere 5.1 Suite, Assigning a vShield for VMware vCloud license key in vCenter Server.
• Extensive Hands on Experience on vCenter server 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 and vSphere versions 5.5/5.1/5.0 for managing multiple ESX servers.
• Installing and troubleshooting experience with ESX servers and ESXi servers and worked extensively on Templates, clones and used Veeam Backup and Replication for restoring VM's.
• Strong knowledge on resource management framework using Resource pools.
• Experience with Microsoft Network Load Balancing and Microsoft Clustering technologies.
• Experience in EMC SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools.
• Implemented and managed HA and DRS clusters and Worked on VMware FT for critical VM’s.
• Hands on experience on P2P, P2V, V2V Migration of Machines from one datacenter to another datacenter using migration tools like Plate spin, Double take and VMware Converter.
• Extensively worked on vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Mirage, SCCM and Patch management and upgrades using VMware update manager.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch & dvSwitch.
• Excellent skills in patching and hardening Win2000/Win2003/2008 servers using Windows Update and also by using the staged patches.
• Expert knowledge on configuring hardware iSCSi SAN, FC SAN, NFS and NAS storage to VMware ESX (i) hosts from vSphere client.
• Configured the Windows Clustering and SQL Clustering in the VMware environment.
• Worked on windows server 2012, 2008 and on Microsoft active directory.
• Strong experience with DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, NFS, FTP, SFTP and worked on Redhatlinux, Ubuntu, Suselinux and client OS.
• Worked on CISCO UCS Hardware, Including setups, Configuration.
• Knowledge on Implementation and configuration of HP, Dell, and IBM server class hardware.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, Configuration of networks, Router Configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks.
• Provided 24/7 On Call production support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.
• Develop simple to complex SharePoint workflows, Develop custom application using client - side and server-side.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: VMware vSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0, VCenter Server 5.5/5.1/5.0 /4.1/4.0, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0, ESX 4.0, VMware Update Manager, VMware Horizon View 6.0.1/6.0(VDI),VMware Mirage 5.1/5.0/4.4/4.3, VMware vCenter Converter 5.5. HA, DRS, FT, Vmotion, Storage Vmotion, VCOPS, SRM, VMware Mirage and SCCM.

Windows Administration: Configuration of DHCP and DNS, Windows server 2012/2008/2003 Installation and configuration of Active Directory and Internet Information Services (IIS 8.5/8.0/7.5/7.0 ), creating users and groups, setting user access controls.

Networking: Cisco 25xx, 35xx Routers and 35xx Switches.

Network Protocols: TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS, VPN, DNS, NTP, WINS, FTP, SSH, WinSCP and Telnet.

Storage: VMAX, VNX, NAS (NFS), SAN and ISCSI.

Operating Systems: Windows Server OS - 2012/2008/2003, Windows 8/7/XP Linux (Ubuntu), UNIX.

Backups: EMC Networker, Windows NT Backup VERITAS Netback up .

Antivirus: Symantec Endpoint, Norton Antivirus, McAfee.

Database: MS-SQL Server 2012/2008 R2/2008/2005, Oracle.

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Intel Xeon, HP Proliant DL785 G6, HP BL 680c G5, 685c G7 blade servers, Dell Poweredge R820,R610,R 00 HP Chassis, HP Tape Library MSL 2024, 4048,ESL G3, MSA 1000 SAN, Sun Storage tech Tape Library.

Terminal Services: Remote Desktop Services, VNC, Putty and Terminal Services.

Third Party Applications: Veeam Monitor, Veeam Reporter, Veeam Backup and ReplicationPlatespin, Symantec BESR (Back Up Executive System Recovery)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, TX

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• IP Remediation for 120 Machines, removed the old IP and added the New IP address for ESX 4.1, ESXi 5.1, 6.0 servers, Windows 2008 and 2012 R2 servers, Management ILO’s, HP Onboard Administration, and NetScaler
• Migrated the SQL Servers, IVR Servers, File Servers, Print Servers, DHCP Servers, and DFS Servers.
• Although, created a template to replace the servers back from one datacenter to another datacenter using vCenter Converter i.e, Physical to Virtual.
• Worked on Windows 2003 servers for decommission process while removing a Domain Controller from a Domain and Shutdown the machines.
• Meanwhile, repeated for more than 50 machines. After the completion, Unracked the servers from chassis which is located on Datacenter on same location.
• Increased the RAM size for Virtual Machines using vSphere 6.0 and also increased the Hard Disk size then configured the drives using disk management.
• Installed ESX 4.1 and ESXi 5.0 hosts and configured the server profile using HP One management console and tag the VLAN for communication then used the vSphere for creating the new host within the cluster.
• Installed SCCM 2012 and SCOM Monitoring Agent to the multiple windows 2012 and 2008 servers and installed the patches using Software Center.
• Moved the Virtual Machines to the different host location using vMotion and also used storage vMotion to move VM’s to the different Data stores.

Environment: VMware vSphere 4.1, ESXi 5.0/6.0, Windows 2008/2003, Windows 2012 R2, vCenter 5.0/4.1, IIS, DRS, P2V, V2V, vCenter update manager, Citrix Apps, SCCM 2012.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Windows Administrator/ VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Administered VM's across 4 Datacenters Running 1200 VM’s. Maintaining Performance lab machines in the datacenter and Project Management experience.
• Installed ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0 in large environment on Cisco UCS on both protected and recovery sites.
• Installation of Vcenter server and Configuring ESXi host’s within the cluster using Vmotion and HA.
• Installed and configured SRM 5.0 and SRA for EMC VNX 5300 on both sides and Implementation Of different Host profiles for Multiple Clusters across Multiple Data centers.
• Experience of Storage Migration on 1200 VM’s (Fiber channel Upgrade from EMC DMX to VMAX).
• HP C7000 Chassis Enclosure Rack/Cable hardware, Initial setup and configuration of Chassis components, firmware.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• 300+ P2V, P2P, V2V migration of windows and Linux servers and created SQL clusters on Windows 2008/2012 administration.
• Experience in Remote deployment of Microsoft Windows 2008/2012 servers using Altiris deployment solution or manual installation of a server using RSA/RILO for remote connection to a server.
• Experience working on EMC SAN storage technologies in DR site and with Cisco UCS and HP C7000 Blades for ESXi hosts.
• Implementation of VMware vSphere 5.5 with Enterprise Plus Features of vDistributed Switch and Host Profiles.
• Upgraded VMware Infrastructure 5.0 to vSphere 5.5 along with Updating the vCenter, ESXi Hosts, vSphere client from 5.0 to 5.5 and Virtual machines tools upgrade to 8, 9 and 10.
• Worked on SRM 5.0 deployment and configuration of DR site.
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, vMotion, SV-Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Increase efficiency and ROI of VMware hosts by cutting down on VMs memory usage closely matching recommended memory usage by vCenter Operations Manager.
• Worked closely with Network Ops team to configure Cisco Nexus 1000v VDS and VMware VDS and on network isolation of critical VMs using PVLANs.
• Built and supported Microsoft clusters on VM's using RDM's and iSCSi storage.
• Used Veeam Backup and Replication for recovery of VM's and data files.
• Applied patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager and host update utility.
• Worked on VMware Mirage 5.1/5.0/4.4/4.3 and SCCM 2012/2007 for endpoint provisioning to recover and preserve data files and reconfiguration of software.
• Automated routine tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, PowerCLi.
• Installed and configured IIS and hosted multiple websites on win 2k8 servers and Managed Windows 2008Active Directory Domain Administration.
• Worked on Windows Server 2008 clustering and worked on failover configuration on windows on Unscheduled and Scheduled Outages.
• Troubleshooted Memory and disk related issues on windows servers and IIS related issues and Cluster related issues.
• Created Protection Groups and Recovery Plans using Site Recovery Manager 5.0 and VMware best practices.
• Testing of different recovery plans in SRM to ensure recovery of failover VM’s and Expertise in providing support for Windows 2003/2008 servers and Active Directory's.
• Document upgrade paths to vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 including host patches, OS level upgrades, virtual switch changes and VM version upgrades.
• Provided 24/7 On Call support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.5/5.1/5.0, ESXi 5.5/5.1/5.0, Windows 2012/2008R2, SQL Server 2012/2008 R2, vCenter 5.5/5.1, IIS, HP Operations Manager, DRS, P2V, V2V, vCenter update manager, EMC VPLEX SRM, DMZ Environment, Veeam Backup.

Confidential, Bloomfield, CT

Windows Administrator/ VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Installed VMware vSphere 5.1/5.0/4.1 and created virtual machines on ESXi 5.0/4.1 Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from the images.
• Teaming NIC’s using HP Teaming software for redundancy during failures.
• Installed and configured vSphere ESX (i) 5.1 on HP blade servers HPC7000.
• Migrated VMware vSphere hosts from ESX 3.5 to 4.0 and ESX (i) 5.1 to ESX (i) 5.5.
• Configured VMware standard vSwitch&dvSwitch.
• Configured VMware virtual machine port groups, console ports groups, VMkernal port groups and VLANs.
• Experience in installing and configuring VMware Virtual Center servers and VMware vCenter Appliance.
• Managed VMware ESX (i) hosts using vSphere client and Web client.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in a VMware clusters.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESXi 5.0/4.1 servers for server consolidation and Worked on vCenter Server to manage all the ESX hosts in the datacenter.
• Performed disk consolidations to multiple VM’s that failed snapshots which released virtual disk space from data stores.
• Defining group permissions and creating local and global groups with account policies using Enterprise Administrator.
• Secured, built, and maintained multiple FTP/SFTP sites using WSFTP server, Globalscape Server, and IIS server.
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates, worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines.
• Administering, troubleshooting and automating vSphere ESXi using Power CLI.
• Involved with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions.
• Installed & configured VMware virtual center for production & DR site and monitored and setup vCOps for Virtual environments.
• Perform server consolidation using VMware Converter to convert physical machines to virtual machines in a production environment.
• Set up and Configured DV switch for ESXi hosts and worked on VMware Update Manager for updating or patching for all the ESXi hosts and Virtual machines.
• Virtualized Windows server using VMware Converter and Performed P2V's and V2V's using VMware convertor.
• Integrated HP SAN volumes to the Virtual Infrastructure to store the Virtual Machine files.
• Configuring VMware on clustered environment, implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using vMotion, Storage vMotion.
• Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter and restored VM's using Veeam Backup.
• Virtual Machine Cloning, Templates and Snapshots and upgraded windows 2003 servers to 2008 servers, Installed Boot from san windows servers.
• Configured MPIO for windows servers for redundancy and Boot for iSCSi for windows and ESXi hosts.
• Experience with SQL backup and restore and SQL administration and troubleshooted IIS related issues and Cluster related issues.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.1/5.0/4.1, ESXi 5.1/5.0/4.1, Windows 2008/2003, SQL Server 2008 R2, vCenter 5.1/5.0/4.1, IIS, Microsoft clustering DRS, P2V, V2V,Veeam Backup, vCenter update manager, SRM,EMC VMAX.

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

Infrastructure Engineer/VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0/4.1 and ESXi server 5.0/4.1.
• Identification, planning and migration of P2V candidates and new builds from each site without any downtime.
• Performed tons of V2V Migration., Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines
• Created VM's on ESX servers and deployed VMs Through OVF Templates, Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches
• Worked on Migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration and Remediate.
• Configured Netbackup Client thorough planning was done for downtime, knowing each server usage & there placement in Datacenter.
• Creating Data centers in the vSphere Web client and adding the Hosts to the Data center
• Hands on experience with VCOPS, configuring dashboards for clients.
• Installing and configuring Windows 2003 servers of DHCP, FTP, Web Server and SQL Database Server.
• Installation and administration of Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP servers.
• Administrating and responsible for Microsoft File and Print servers cluster on windows 2003.
• Managing printers’ queues, spoolers, files and folders permission, maintenance/failover of cluster when required
• Managing Exchange 2003 servers and troubleshooting issues related to User and group accounts, mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Responsible for Security Patch Management and Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS 4.0/3.0.
• Administering DHCP Server creation of reservation and configuration of server options.
• Configured Terminal Server to access to the servers using Remote Desktop Protocol.
• Maintaining Local Area Network (LAN), using Cisco Switches.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Troubleshooting UCS hardware if the Hosts are disconnected in the Vcenter
• Design, Installation and configuring of new vSphere 5 ESXi servers for the P2V candidates on UCS Cisco C240 M3 Rack Server
• Installed Management Server (vCenter Server) instances to enable centralized management of multiple ESXi hosts.
• Linked different vCenter servers using linked mode to have a single instance of vSphere client to manage the whole Virtual environment
• Configuring High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS).
• Creating a backup job and also took backup of data center on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Created standard Templates and deployed servers from the Templates.
• Built number of VMs through templates/clones, created templates/clones for future use and physical servers/hosts 4.0/4.1 from ISO Images.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter P2V and V2V.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.0/4.1, ESXi 5.0/4.1, Windows 2008/2003, SQL Server 2008 R2, vCenter 5.0/4.1, IIS, DRS, P2V, V2V, vCenter update manager.

Confidential

Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installing ESX and ESXi servers on HP, DELL and IBM hardware.
• Installation of vCenter server.
• Installation of vCenter components.
• Installing Virtual machines and upgrading VMware Tools.
• Creating resource pools and adding the VM’s into the pools.
• Deploying VM’s from templates.
• Snapshots according to user’s requirement.
• Configuring HA, DRS clusters.
• Taking care of capacity planning for new clusters.
• Configuring FT for important VM’s.
• Taking caring of ESX and VM storage issues.
• Coordinated with the storage team.
• P2V Hot conversions using converter enterprise 3, 4 and 5.
• P2V cold conversion using VMware Converter Boot CD.
• Performance monitoring using VizoncoreVfoglight and ESXTOP.
• Capacity planning of the virtual environment.
• Presenting FC SAN LUN’s, RDM’s iSCSI LUN’s and NFS mounts.
• Created Vswitches.
• Creating different ports groups for different purposes.
• Taking care of NIC teaming at ESX server level for NLB and redundancy.
• Updating and upgrading ESX servers using Vcenter Update manager.
• Vmotion according to the requirement
• Storage Vmotion according to the requirement.
• System Analyst for Windows servers.
• Experience with troubleshooting DNS, DHCP, IIS and Active directory.
• Responsible for Microsoft exchange server 2010, SQL and database server.
• Provide technical supports for Microsoft outlook 2007/2010.
• Maintained Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall for Exchange Server.
• Experience in power shell script.
• Successfully Migrated Win XP users to Windows 7 using USMT (User State Migration Tool).

Environment: Windows 2000/2003/2008, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESXi 4, VMware vSphere 4, ESX 4, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor, Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault NAS.

Confidential

Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• VMware Server management including server template creation and management, server deployments as well as ESX host troubleshooting.
• Performed ongoing hardware and software maintenance of Windows server environment, including VMware ESX Server and virtual machines.
• Managed project to migrate VMware ESX 3.0.3 Environment to ESX 4.0/3.5
• Install and configured VMware ESX 4.0, 3.5, HA, DRS, VDI on servers and workstations.
• Developed processes and standards patching ESX Hosts using HP Remote Deployment packages.
• Excellent experience with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions.
• Extensively used VMware update manager to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.
• Performed P2V migrations using PlateSpin Power Convert and VMware Converter.
• Responsible for all change management documentation for the VMware environments.
• Globally supported and built out VMware ESX Environments.
• Troubleshot issues ranging from storage to HA and DRS.
• Create a Virtual Desktop Environment used for testing applications.
• Worked on 'Best Practices' for SAN LUN design and usage.
• Performed Capacity Analysis and managed environment growth.
• Supported 300 ESX Hosts at remote J & J offices.
• Build and maintained the 18 ESX Host VDI (Virtual Desktop Environment) for application testing on various OS platforms.
• Developed and maintained network policies, procedures and reports.
• Installation and administration of Windows Active Directory, DNS, WINS and DHCP servers.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting on Windows NT/2000/2003 servers using enterprise standards.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, Exchange Server 2003, IIS 6.0, Windows XP/Vista, VMware ESX Server, VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor.