OBJECTIVE:

• Seeking a position as Professional in the Organizational, which would give me a chance to prove myself and enhance my skills and knowledge in the state of art technologies and be a part of the team that excels in work and grow along with the organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMWARE PLATFORM SKILLS: vSphere/ESXI 6.7 / 6.5/ 6.0 / 5.5 / 5.1 / 5.0 , Virtual Center Server 6.7 / 6.5/6.0 / 5.5 / 5.1 / 5.0 , VMware View, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI, HA, DRS, Storage vMotion,VMware vSphere Client, VMware Thinapp, P2V, V2V, VDI calculator, VMware OS Optimization Tool,LogInsight, vRops

Networking Skills: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NFS, Load Balancing, High Availability, F5 BIG IP,VMware vSphereDistributed Switch VDS

MICROSOFT PRODUCTS AND TOOLS: Active Directory Domain Services, AD lightweight DirectoryServices, DNS, Hyper V, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, IIS 6, IIS 7, DHCP, TCP/IP

SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS: Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 R2,2012,2016

DESKTOP OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10

MANAGEMENT TOOLS: HP Onboard Administrator, Cisco UCS, Microsoft Robocopy GUI, VeeamAvailability Suite 9.5, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor, RVTools, PCoIP Log Viewer 2.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CONTRACTOR, SR. VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT / ENGINEER VDI

Confidential, Melbourne FL

Responsibilities:

• VMware Validated Design for Infrastructure and VDI POC
• Implemented Pod Architecture for Horizon 7
• Deployment of vROPs infrastructure vRealize Operations to monitor the Horizon View Environment
• App Volumes 2.x to virtualize applications using App Stacks and Writable Volumes to support MatlabIBM Doors and other applications
• Linked and Instant Clones with Win7 / Win10 Virtual Desktops
• Loginsight Deployment
• Securing infrastructure for DOD base scanning

CONTRACTOR, VMware Implementation and Solutioning Architect

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Enterprise Technology and Enterprise Architecture groups to design and implement infrastructure solutions
• Work closely with application analysts ensuring an understanding of the virtual environment and proper virtual machine configurations
• Developed best practice recommendations and designed guidelines for customers
• Lead architect for design and deployment of VMware on AWS for customer engagements

CONTRACTOR, SR. VMWARE HORIZON VIEW VDI CONSULTANT / ARCHITECT

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Responsibilities:

• Assessment design and Planning for Implementation of vSphere Environment
• Used VMware ESXi for Server Virtualization and VMware HorizonView 7 for Desktop Virtualization
• Administration of VMware Horizon 7: View Composer, View Connection Server, View Security Server
• Creation of Desktop Golden images for VMware Horizon View Composer and Instant Clone
• Supported all Microsoft Windows Servers and services
• Active Directory and Windows Administration in relation to Horizon View deployment

CONTRACTOR, SR. VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT / ENGINEER VDI

Confidential, San Francisco

Responsibilities:

• Designed, deployed and managed the VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop Infrastructure supporting ver 1,500 VDI desktops which was designed to grow to over 3,000.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability HA and Distributive Resource Scheduling DRS
• Configured Resource Pool, V Motion, Alerts, Alarms, NTP
• 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 resources
• Performance tuning of VMware servers, Virtual sessions and management of server resources between
• Virtual Machines
• Root Cause & System Log Analysis and reporting
• Setting up Users and Groups for access to the Virtual Center.
• AD User account administration
• SCCM Patching
• Microsoft Exchange user creation

CONTRACTOR, SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Confidential, Lexington, MA

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administered Windows systems Performed periodic maintenance, provided technical support and executed systems engineering
• Assisted in the timely recovery of data lost due to software crash or hardware failure
• Developed and updates documentation, appraising users and administrators of vital information.
• Assessed customer needs, ordered components, assembled computer systems and installed and configured software and peripherals for customers

CONTRACTOR, SR. VIRTUAL DESKTOP ENGINEER VDI

Confidential, Woonsocket, RI

Responsibilities:

• Daily monitoring of server's health status, Event Logs and disk spaces of critical servers to ensure availability
• Designed and maintained different Win7 / Win10 Desktop Pools based on user needs
• Worked with each department to determine what applications they needed and then determine the best way to deliver them that would provide the best user experience
• Provide planning, installation, testing and technical support for company applications
• Troubleshooting issues relating to v motion such as compatibility issues with help of event log
• Preparing documents for Plan of Actions, Change management, Standard Operating Procedures for
• Critical Activities and monthly MIS and Capacity Reports

CONTRACTOR, SR. VMWARE HORIZON VDI ENGINEER

Confidential, Wayne, PA

Responsibilities:

• Administer VMware vSphere environment hosting 2,500 virtual machines in our department alone.
• Management integrated ESX server, create a new storage space, creation of VMFS data storeConfiguration networking for the virtual machines.
• Configure and manage User, Group, Permission, Role, Resource pool on VMware virtual center
• Providing L3 support to Windows Server issues in Datacenter Supporting Wintel Servers Including VM host
• Configuring VMware vSphere Cluster features like High Availability HA, Distributed Resource
• Scheduling DRS .
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the vMotion and Storage vMotion
• Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates
• Import and Export virtual machines using vCenter Converter
• Apply patches to all the ESXi hosts in the environment whenever required
• Configuring Resource pool and DPM.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Confidential, Stonington, CT

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated with clients to determine need and devise appropriate software and hardware solutions.
• Architecture, design, install and configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and vSphere 5 environment: s with vCenter management, DRS, HA, vMotion, vCenter Operations Manager, and VMware
• View VDI.
• Built and maintained network infrastructure consisting of Windows, Mac and virtual products.
• Handling the complete installation, configuration & maintenance of Microsoft Windows Servers; designing the Backup Strategy for sites and ensuring scheduled/unscheduled Backups as per backup plan and restoration; managing Server, Domain, AD, User Rights, etc.
• VMware Horizon 5.x using Linked and Full Clones with Win7 Virtual Desktops
• Used RDSH Servers to present Application Pools

CONTRACTOR,VIRTUAL SERVICE ENGINEER III

Confidential, Glastonbury, CT

Responsibilities:

• System management and administration for a large Regional Bank, with emphasis on VMware
• ESXserver administration, and Citrix XenApp and XenServer
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical to Virtual P2V, Virtual to Virtual
• V2V and Virtual to Physical V2P migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012
• Ability to work with large, complex and business critical computing environment with over 10,000 users n the system
• Advise Project managers from a technical perspective on current issues and ramifications on implementing or not implementing certain solutions.
• We analyze and determine which apps are able to become virtualized / sequenced and which cannot.
• We also determine if legacy applications can be installed and streamed various ways to provide user with a functional legacy application this option allows for apps that have not been updated by the vendor to support a virtual environment; with engineering and understanding we are still able to provide using various unconventional techniques.

CONTRACTOR, SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Confidential, Groton, CT

Responsibilities:

• Develop, document and revise system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.
• Consult with management to ensure agreement on system principles.
• Prepare cost benefit and return on investment analyses to aid in decisions on system implementation.
• Provided support to customers on a wide range of analytical hardware used in the drug discovery/research field