SUMMARY

• Over 7+ years of experience in Windows Systems designing, deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral devices.
• Innovative results - driven IT professional with solid history of progressive hands-on experience in the analysis, administration, management, and support of information management systems. Extensive experience in Windows, Virtualization technologies and Storage area network solutions and VMWare Site Recovery Manager(SRM).
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, HA and DRS including VMware Lab Manage.
• Experience in P2V, V2V Migration using VMware Standalone Converter. .
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, and NFS Storage and RAID technologies.
• Knowledge of configuring storage appliances such as EMC, IBM, HP3Par, Dell to setup redundant environment.
• Extensive experience in Windows 2012 R2/2012/2008 R2/2008/2003 Servers Confidential single or multi domain platforms.
• Worked on Microsoft Office365 and Migration of mailboxes from Exchange 2003 platform to Office365
• Experience in Microsoft Office 365 solutions such as Exchange, Office, Lync, One Drive and SharePoint.
• Worked with HP CSA Provisioning Software.
• Expertise in installation and maintenance of RedHat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6, CentOS
• Experience in Netscaler MPX 8200
• Experience with HP, IBM and Dell hardware including rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Designed and implemented infrastructure for major Projects and applications such Solarwinds, Kiwi Syslog, Roadnet Transportation Suite and Office365.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Firewall, Content Filtering, VLANs, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks)
• Administering production servers/network infrastructure that includes Domain Controllers, Exchange 2003/2010 Mail Servers, File and print Servers and Terminal Servers on Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2.
• Implementation of View 5.0, View 4.5 Desktop Virtualization View 4.6, VDI on Cisco UCS.
• Excellent understanding of networking fundamentals and network security. Experienced in installation, configuration, design and ongoing maintenance of Cisco router and switches.
• Experience with Datacenter Infrastructure involving work with maintenance on server hardware, storage devices, network devices and Power Distribution Units (PDUs).
• Strong communication and people skills, both written and verbal. Able to assess and resolve client issues quickly.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0, vCenter Server 4.0/4.1/5.0, ESX 3.5/4.0/4.1/5.0 , VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, FT, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Capacity Planner, VMware Workstation, VMware SRM 4.0

Windows Administration: Configuration of DHCP and DNS, installation and configuration of VPN client, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 - installation and configuration, installation and configuration of Active Directory creating users and groups, SCCM, setting user access controls, domains creation and setup.

Networking: OSI Reference Model, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP, UDP, switches, routing concepts, virtual network concepts including vSwitches, VLANs, dvSwitch, TCP/IP stack for virtualization, configuration of printers and, scanners.

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380 G5/G6 Intel Xeon, HP ProLiant DL385 G6/G7 AMD Opteron, Dell PowerEdge 2850, 2950, R710, HP BL 460c G5/G6 blade servers, C7000 HP Chassis. NetApp V6000 Series.

Operating Systems: Windows Server OS - 2003/2008/2008 R2, Windows 7/XP/NT Wintel Servers, Hyper-V.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, KY

VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Successfully designed and implemented VMware ESXi servers for server consolidation.
• Built Windows 2008/2003 Servers on standalone and blade servers based on the application requirement and connected servers within load balancers to balance load and built redundancy.
• Installed VMware ESX server 2.5/3.0/3.5 in a total of 160 ESX’s, 2000+ servers & four VC’s. Created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from the images.
• Worked on Disaster Recovery projects using the VMWare SRM 4.0
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented VMotion, Virtualized Windows physical servers using VMware standalone converter P2V and setup required configuration on the VM.
• Worked on building Virtual environment on CITRIX platform. Added 20 hosts and 400 Virtual machines into the clustered virtual infrastructure
• Configured and Documented windows clustering for VCenter server, vCloud Director, VMware vFabric Web Server, and SQL Servers.
• Understanding of Windows Desktop operating systems to include design considerations for desktop, laptop and Thin-client/VDI
• Enterprise level experience managing OS and application deployments
• Managed VMware Horizon environment built on hyper-converged platform
• Worked with configuration, installation and testing of VMware Horizon View 5+ Enterprise Edition.
• Experience with View Desktop composer, Security server, vRealize Operations manager and Horizon user environment management for Windows(UEM)
• Worked on Installing RHEL 4/5 on application and database servers and configured Networking and multipathing.
• Involved in managing Virtual CentOS Linux servers running on VMWare ESX 4/5
• Hands on wide experience with VMware vCloud Director.
• Extensive experience in working with the Wintel servers 2008, 2012.
• Administrating DNS, DHCP, and Exchange & ISA servers. Created and managed user and group accounts in User Manager and in MS Exchange Administration.
• Implemented vCloud Automation Center.
• As part of DevOps team, defined and implemented CM and Release Management Processes, Policies and Procedures.
• Deploy and monitor scalable infrastructure on Amazon web services (AWS) & configuration management using puppet.
• Deployment and configuration of vShield Manager for network related services.
• Integration of vCloud Director with vCenter and vShield manager.
• Experienced with x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Managing Exchange 2003 servers and troubleshooting issues related to mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Provided ongoing support to small and medium business Microsoft Office 365 customers, analyzing and providing feedback on the deployment process and technology improvements throughout their Office 365 lifecycle.
• Implemented Single Sign-on(SSO) features of Office 365 for security-approved users.
• Used the Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool to scan Active Directory for issues that might cause directory synchronization issues.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed & configured Windows 2008 with Active Directory service.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router/switches configuration and wireless access point/router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches, VLANs (port mapping, naming etc.), and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN and wireless networks.
• LAN Cabling, RJ-45 crimping, Labeling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches and Rack set-up.
• Deployment of Citrix XenMobile and NetScalers in an enterprise environment.
• Installed and configure Hyper-V manager on Windows 2008 Hyper-V Host.
• Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support & troubleshooting client’s issues.
• Created, tracked, and closed trouble tickets via Remedy Ticket Tracking Tool.
• Disaster recovery planning, implementation and recovering systems during crash or hardware failure.
• Worked on Microsoft Active directory migration tool (ADMT).
• Windows Server support and problem resolution and printer maintenance, mobile devices, tablets, and hardware break fix.
• Creating PowerShell and PowerCLI script for automating VM build process, worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines
• Experience in IT decision-making, policy direction, planning, and team management. Participated in the migration planning, developing, testing and moving the migration process onto full-fledged production network.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy. Recommends resolutions to complex matters of significance and coordinate the implementation of the approved course of action.

Confidential St. Louis, MO

VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Migrated physical SQL database servers to the virtual environment using double take and VMware vsphere 5.5.
• Designed the expansion for a two cluster 350 desktop VMware Horizon View 5.3 environment.
• Manage a 150 desktop VMware Horizon View 5.3 environment on Dell/Wyse P2X thin-clients, Manage a two cluster, six host, 8 server VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 environment.
• Implemented VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager(SRM) for disaster recovery. Expertise in SRM Architecture, administration and operation.
• Implementation of Active Directory infrastructure and Network fundamentals, protocols (such as TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS), Group Policy and Profile Management.
• Provided remote phone support and onsite support for the datacenter migration from physical environment to virtual environment.
• Installation of CentOS and RHEL (RedHat Enterprise Linux) 5.X, 6.X administrator and maintaining the server.
• Responsible for installing configuring and troubleshooting on Windows NT/Windows 2000/2003 and 2008 servers and linux servers using enterprise standards.
• Successfully migrated 975 users from Exchange 2010 to Office 365 using a migration tool "Migration Wiz".
• Installation, Configuration and Deployment of Linux Servers, Windows/SQL Clusters, MS Exchange 2007/2010.
• Troubleshoot Linux, Windows, SAN solutions, TCP/UDP, iSCSI/FC, HA, Replication, Mirroring, Snapshots; VMWare ESX/ESXi, Backup Solutions, Disaster Recovery Solutions such Site Failover, P2V, V2P, P2P.
• Conducted tests to determine the best strategy and methodology for the migration process to occur on windows 2003/2008 servers.
• Maintained an updated version of issues log for the test results and test process.
• Virtualized physical windows servers using VMware converter and double-take.
• Added additional hard disks using vsphere 5.5 and reconfigured the network settings of the target virtual machines.
• Scripted the vmdk disk creation using Power shell scripting and implemented it in Power CLI.
• Coordinated server downtimes and application downtimes with the customers and other teams during migrations.
• Responsible for 24×7 production / development server farm monitoring of 280 servers utilizing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
• Used SCOM SQL Reporting Services to create custom reports for planning, management updates, historical tracking etc.
• Performing day to day SCOM operations about resolving alerts and tuning resolution states etc.
• Documented the migration process in detail and initiated the migration tasks.
• Worked on SCCM and WSUS for Windows OS deployment and Patch management.
• Monitored the migration activity during nights and provided onsite and remote phone support to the migration team. Updated management about the progress of migration.
• Installed VMware tools on the virtual machines after the P2V migration.
• Added the virtual network adapters (VNICs), updated the MAC address using vshpere 5.5.
• Configured the IPV4 properties, IP settings, DNS configuration and WINS configuration.
• Configured VMDKs and added them to the virtual machines after the migration.
• Created new hard disks for the vms using vsphere 5.5 and brought them online using the windows disk management and veritas storage manager.
• Administered user, group, share and NTFS security utilizing ADUC and administered remotely using terminal server and remote desktop; managed group policy.
• Introduced effective ways of communication and stream-lined use of JIRA, Confluence and to maximize productivity and bring discipline between DevOps-QA communication gaps.
• Uninstalled the hardware specific drivers from the virtual machines after the P2V migration.
• Reconfigured the vCPU and the Memory setting of the virtual machines after the P2V migration.
• Ran powershell scripts to reconfigure the SQL databases for the TempDB, MaxDOP and memory configurations.

Confidential, Concord, CA

VMware/Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured & Deployed ESX/ESXi server in corporate production environment.
• Used automation scripts to minimize error level in day to day VMware operations.
• Performed automation using VRA, Chef.
• Design, Installation, configuration of VMware Site Recovery Manager. Had run failover-Failback tests over the bidirectional SRM.
• Deployed RedHat Satellite Server with custom repositories to provide a stable management solution for Linux environment.
• Configured Kick start servers to install Red Hat Linux and VMWare ESX on multiple machines.
• Deployment of Lync Online through Microsoft Office 365 to the corporate office and field management.
• Developed organizational units in Active Directory (AD) and managed user security with group policies.
• Leveraged VMware Infrastructure Implementation and Consolidation expertise to implement Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) migrations, blade server capacity planning, high availability and failover settings (where applicable) on newly installed blade servers and existing rack-mount servers, training of the existing IT staff on its purpose and proper use and documentation.
• Averted catastrophic downtime and extravagant recovery costs on multiple occasions by preemptively creating virtualized copies of all critical servers in conjunction with custom developed rapid-deployment templates for XP and Server 2003 VM’s.
• Played role as a VMware/Unix Admin to provide L3 support in a complex Environment.
• Deployed VMware ESX server 3.0 (virtualization technology) for Intel platforms (Windows and Linux servers). Total of 40 ESX servers with over 600 VMs with Virtual center.
• Implementation of Microsoft DHCP, DNS, WINS, Domain trust relationship, fault tolerance, file and print services, user and group management.
• Involved in design and implement Server migration from Physical to Virtual using VMware P2V Assistant 2.1.2
• Involved in migrating physical servers to VMware virtual servers using P2V Assistant.
• Worked on Migration Projects Involving IIS 5.0 and 6.0 based applications.
• Installed VMware ESX Server 2.5 on all the physical servers to host multiple virtual machines.
• Installed Management Server (VMware VCenter Server) instance to enable centralized management of multiple hosts.
• Installed VM Clusters (ESX 2.5), Hosts and virtual machines.
• Converting the physical servers to virtual servers using P2V Assistant.
• Enabled VMware HA, VMware DRS for higher efficiency for the Infrastructure.
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• User Support - Monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server & user related problems. Support users to resolve their day to day issues related to OS, E-mail, Account issues, hardware etc.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all ESX servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network.
• Responsible in diagnosing & troubleshooting of VMware ESX and Virtual Center Environments.
• Support & Training - Provide necessary help / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day to day issues.

Confidential

Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed Virtualization Environment using VM Ware ESX 4.x, VM Ware V Sphere 5.x, Virtual Center, and VI Client.
• Installation, Configuration, Administration and Trouble shooting of ESX 4.x,Vsphere 5.0, Virtual Center, VI Client.
• Load Testing on the VMware Lab Manager/Vcloud director deployment on SRM
• Creating and Managing Virtual Machines and Templates.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource Scheduling (DRS).
• Configured Resource Pool, V Motion, Alerts, Alarms, NTP.
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter).
• Migrating of Virtual Machines using V Motion
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Creating Templates from VM’s, deploy VM’s from templates and allocate resource.
• Monitoring of Virtual Machine’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk and Network Utilization) for Security.
• Converting P2V and V2V using VMware Standalone Converter.
• Creating duplicate Virtual Machine’s using cloning technology (hot & cold).
• Migration of Virtual Machines using V-Motion.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling.
• Creation of Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups and setting up Layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks.
• Troubleshooting issues relating to Vmotion such as compatibility issues with help of event log.
• Setting up Users and Groups for access to the Virtual Center.
• Moving VM’s from one LUN to another LUN using Storage V-Motion.
• Performance tuning of VMware servers, Virtual sessions and management of server resources between Virtual Machines.
• Root Cause & System Log Analysis and reporting.
• Organize tasks, events and Configuring alarms.