Summary:

• Over nine 9 years of experience in system engineering with Citrix and Microsoft product line.
• Good exposure to Enterprise level Hardware and tool framework HP,DELL,IBM .
• Hands on experience on complete lifecycle Deployment, Engineering the solution and Support
• Implementation of different services such as A.D,DNS,DHCP,GPO and DFS
• Hands on experience on VMware ESX, XenServer, Hyper-V and XenDesktop.
• Packaging and deploying applications using Citrix IM, Profiler, Soft grid/App-V.
• Have good exposure to VB,WMI and WSH scripting.
• Strong experience on SCOM/MOM 2005, SCCM/SMS 2003.
• Performed conceptual designs for Citrix XenApp 4.5,5.0 and 6.0, XenDesktop 4, Provisiong server 5.6 /6.1,EdgeSight 4.5 and 5.0, Password Manager, Citrix Access Gateway, Netscaler, Application Streaming by researching operational needs and Provisioning Server discussing with application experts and application users.
• Performed the various Citrix implementations with different high availability environments to meet business continuity plans.
• Managed or assisted all phases of project - scoping, design, development, testing, rollout, user support and documentation
• Configuring and managing Wyse, HP thin clients S10, V10 etc
• Problem analyzing and alleviating problems reported in Microsoft and Citrix environment.
• Installing and configuring Soft grid infrastructure.

Technical Summary:

• OS Client : Windows 98, 2000, Xp, Vista and 7
• OS Server : Windows Server2000, 2003 and 2008 R2 server, RHEL4 and Sun Solaris 9
• Hypervisors: Xenserver 5.6/6.1, MS Hyper-V and VMware ESXi 4.0
• Citrix/Xen : MetaframeXp, CPS 3.0/4.0, XenApp 5.0/6.0/6.5,7.5Xen Desktop4.0.7.5, Provisioning Server5.6,Citrix access gateway 4.5/4.6,NetScaler, Edgesight4.5/5.3.
• Tools: Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, App-V/Softgrid/Softcrity 4.2, PeregrineSC
• Hardware: HP,IBM,DELL and EMC.

Work Experience:

Confidential

Systems Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As a system consultant I am responsible for integrating all Catholic health initiative mergers and acquisitions to same tools and products used by CHI.
• Onboarding Epic, All scripts, Cerner, McKesson to Citrix.
• Setting up infrastructure monitoring using SCOM, Science logic..etc for 32 Citrix farms and related infrastructure.
• Providing support for any escalated issues, Major incidents and outages on Windows platform.
• Installing SCOM and SCCM agents on all windows servers.
• Migrating lot of physical infrastructure to virtual.
• Supporting enterprise windows environment.
• Worked on consolidating regional citrix farms and NOCs to global Citrix farms.
• Deploying and Managing new Citrix farms using latest Citrix xenapp 6.5 version.
• Creating documentation and run book for ops team and L1,L2 teams.
• Deploying and updating provision server vdisks.
• Worked on migrating citrix access gateway to Netscaler 10500
• Supporting Xendesktop environment in Omaha data center.
• Participating in any organization level IT remediation activities i.e Vulnerability tests,DR test and BCP test
• Assessing new tools, technologies and versions and piloting them.
• Managing MSCS for some critical applications
• Managing HP,IBM and CISCO UCS server hardware.

Confidential

Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing Client's environment, existing infrastructure and proposing a solution.
• Deploying and configuring Citrix Access Gateway to leverage connectivity for external users.
• Deploying Web interface/Xenapp services for thick, thin and mobile clients.
• Configured Citrix /TS license servers in enterprise.
• Deployed Hyper-V and RDS services for POC.
• Assessing the possible scope for virtualization and planning the virtualization.
• Installing and configuring Xen server, planning the storage and network.
• Configuring HA, fail over with Xen Motion and setting DR environment in backup site for primary Xenserver pool.
• Configuring template for Xenapp 6.0
• Configuring XenDesktop farm and provisioning server farm.
• Implemented Xen Desktop 5.5 on development farm.
• Planning HA and DR for XenApp 6 and Xendesktop 4.0.
• Deploying DDC and provisioning services, deploying VDI.
• Configuring golden image for windows7 and optimizing VDisks.
• Deployed provisioning services with Citrix provisioning servers 5.6 SP1 and 6.1
• Printer configurations on Citrix Xenapp 6 servers.
• Migrated existing Xenapp 6 farm to Xenapp 6.5.
• Configuring Citrix policies, Configuring load evaluator and configuring Edge sight monitoring.
• Participating in the Load test and sanity testing.
• Analyzing the application candidates for Citrix environment.
• Documenting the standard operational process for support groups.
• Documenting play books for help desk.
• Attending and resolving escalated issues.

Confidential

Citrix Consultant

• Implementing provisioning services pvs 5.6 Sp1 farm and Vdisk creation for three different Xenapp farms 5.0 and 6.0 .
• Edge sight 5.3 installation and configuration.
• Deployed multiple Xenapp websites.
• Configured Citrix and RDS license servers.
• Deployed CAG on Netscaler for external ipad and mobile users.
• Assisted desktop support to build thin client images with Wyse Tools WDM .
• Implemented appsense EVM for a particular business unit user group.
• Implemented Xendesktop 4.0 farm for internal user group.
• Implemented Tricerat Screwdriver v4.x on production farm.
• Netscaler 7500MPX and 10500MPX deployment.
• Creating Servers, services monitors and Vservers for XML, WI services
• Configuring SCOM 2007 to monitor Netscaler HA pair.
• Configured monitoring for Xendesktop 4.0 and xenapp 5.0/6.0 on SCOM 2007 with Comtrade management packs.

Confidential

Citrix Architect

• Analyzing Client's environment, existing infrastructure and proposing a solution.
• Deploying and configuring Citrix Access Gateway to leverage connectivity for external users.
• Deploying Web interface/Xenapp services for thick, thin and mobile clients.
• Configured Citrix /TS license servers in enterprise.
• Deployed Hyper-V and RDS services for POC.
• Assessing the possible scope for virtualization and planning the virtualization.
• Installing and configuring Xen server, planning the storage and network.
• Configuring HA, fail over with Xen Motion and setting DR environment in backup site for primary Xenserver pool.
• Configuring template for Xenapp 6.0
• Configuring XenDesktop farm and provisioning server farm.
• Planning HA and DR for XenApp and Xendesktop.
• Deploying DDC and provisioning services, deploying VDI.
• Configuring golden image for windows7 and optimizing VDisks.
• Printer configurations on Citrix servers.
• Configuring Citrix policies, Configuring load evaluator and configuring Edge sight monitoring.
• Participating in the Load test and sanity testing.
• Analyzing the application candidates for Citrix environment.
• Documenting the standard operational process for support groups.
• Documenting play books for help desk.
• Attending and resolving escalated issues.

Confidential

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. They do have outstanding IT infrastructure to cater their business needs.

Responsibilities:

CITRIX Products:

• Analyzing Client's environment, existing infrastructure and proposing a solution.
• Deploying and configuring Citrix Access Gateway to leverage connectivity for external users.
• Deploying Web interface/Xenapp sites for thick, thin and mobile clients.
• Configured Citrix /TS license servers in enterprise.
• Deployed different farms for different verticals according to the business requirements.
• Assessing the possible scope for virtualization and planning the virtualization.
• Installing and configuring Xen server, planning the storage and network.
• Configuring HA, fail over with Xen Motion and setting DR environment in backup site for primary Xenserver pool.
• Configuring template for Xenapp 5.0
• Configuring XenDesktop farm and provisioning server 5.0 farm.
• Planning HA and DR for XenApp and Xendesktop.
• Deploying DDC and provisioning services, deploying VDI.
• Configuring golden image for windows XP and optimizing VDisks.
• Streaming application using Citrix profiler/App-V.
• Deploying Citrix clients with SCCM 2005 and GPO.
• Printer configurations on Citrix servers.
• Configuring Citrix policies, Configuring load evaluator and configuring Edgesight monitoring.
• Migrating Xenapp XP farm to PS 4.0.
• Participating in the Load test and sanity testing.
• Analyzing the application candidates for Citrix environment.
• Documenting the standard operational process for support groups.
• Documenting play books for help desk.
• Attending and resolving escalated issues.

VMware and WINDOWS:

• Consolidating physical servers to virtual infrastructure.
• Installation of Vsphere/ESX 4.0/3.5, VC server, VI client and SQL Database connectivity.
• Involved in day-to-day activities of remote maintenance / troubleshooting of Windows Server VMWARE ESX servers' in production / lab environment.
• Troubleshooting of VMWare ESX server 3.x, online/Offline sVmotion data store migration activity
• Creating Host profiles on Vsphere 4.0 hosts
• Configuring DRS.
• Server build for physical server on HP hardware DL380 DL580 for Windows 2000/2003
• Installation, troubleshooting performance issues related to VM
• Making templates for different servers as per business requirements.
• Creating host records on DNS for websites.
• Creating websites on IIS 7.x
• Post installation configurations.
• Deploying GPO for user and computer objects.
• Installing windows server 2008 R2 for different roles.
• Monitoring ESX hosts and resolving critical alerts reported.
• Managing CA servers.
• Configuring SSL/TLS on web servers.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Confidential is world's largest pharmaceutical company and FDA approved organization which has got 22 data centers and 11000 servers. Confidential is integral part of IT Workz in which CITRIX plays vital role and responsible for deploying 1300 different applications to end users.

Responsibilities:

CITRIX/XENAPP/XEN Desktop:

• Deploying XEN Desktops on VMware ESX3.0/4.0 infrastructure.
• Configuring VDisks on provisioning servers.
• Deploying and managing provisioning servers.
• Configuring Desktop delivery controllers.
• Architecting the CITRIX solution and implementing Citrix farms according to the assessment.
• Documenting the RUN book for support teams.
• Managing and administering XENAPP/Citrix environment.
• Configuring printing in Citrix/Xenapp environment.
• Install and configure Citrix servers and web Interface
• Publish applications and set permissions.
• Configure Policies printer policies etc.
• Load balance published applications.
• Configuring Zones, data collector and data store.
• Configure printing, install print drives and troubleshoot printer issues
• Troubleshoot data store issues, IMA service issues.
• Install and configure Citrix Licensing server and License files
• Analyzing Citrix server usage and making suggestions for additional resources.
• Remediating reported problems in the environment.
• Planning the migrations from down level versions to higher.
• Managing TS License server and related infrastructure.
• Managing and administering Citrix Access gateway/NetScaler.
• Managing XENAPP/Citrix licensing server and Web interface servers.
• Packaging applications using Citrix IM.
• Testing IM packages, deployment and trouble shooting.
• Handling Citrix migrations.
• Configuring Disaster recovery farms for existing setup.
• Migrating the servers to global environment.
• Upgrading existing Citrix down level versions to latest version.
• Testing windows, Citrix patches in DEV environment.
• Configuring and Managing Edge sight.
• Customizing Citrix clients.

WINDOWS:

• Deploying Group policies.
• Managing windows 2003 servers and troubleshooting reported issues.
• Resolving authentication and name resolution related issues on servers.
• Deploying windows patches and installation of softwares.
• Debugging bug checks using WINDBG tool
• Executing PBCL check list and hardening servers.
• Addressing and resolving elevated L2 L3 issues
• Creating and Executing RFC.
• Technical assessment of incidents resolved, preparing SDR and ageing reports.
• Coordinating with SAMS to test the applications in Citrix environment.
• Preparing installation/Change execution instructions to L1/L2.

SOFTGRID/App-V:

• Packaging windows based applications on SG Sequencer.
• Customizing OSD files.
• Creating, editing, upgrading and customizing existing AppV/Softgrid packaged sequences
• Streaming applications to the Citrix member servers using SGVAS.
• Managing and troubleshooting SG infrastructure.
• Evaluate new versions of App-V and related software for stability, reliability, performance and compatibility.
• Documenting the best practices to package and stream the Applications.
• Working on escalated issues with the help of trouble shooting tools logs, Perfmon, Filemon, Dependency walker...etc

Environment: Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008, VMWARE ESX 3.5/4.0,CITRIX MetaframeXPe, Xenapp 4.0/4.5/5.0/6.0,CAG 4.5, SoftGrid4.2.

Confidential

Citrix Engineer

• Confidential Process Management is a leading manufacturer and supplier of process management solutions that helps to automate, control and manage complex plant processes used in the chemical, oil, gas, pulp and paper, food and other industries.
• This migration includes testing the scenario on pilot setup, drafting the plan and taking required backups of Data bases, Application servers. When it comes to actual migration process it will start with configuring and installation of license server, setting up web interface 4.0, upgrading primary farm metric server, data collector then all farm member servers. And finally ends with rolling out the latest Citrix clients through portal.
• This migration was carried out on several farms which were in different sites.
• We planned and performed migration from Xpe to CPS 4.0.

Responsibilities:

• Preparing the plan and testing in FAT environment
• License server setup ,downloading and allocating licenses
• Configuring Web interface 4.0 on IIS servers
• Load balancing Web interface servers with Microsoft NLB
• Customizing the web interface
• Deploying ICA clients via Web interface 4.0
• Applying policies, publishing and managing applications.

Environment: Windows 2000, 2003 CITRIX MetaframeXPe, FR3 Web Interface 3.0

Confidential

Citrix Administrator

• Confidential Process Management is a leading manufacturer and supplier of process management solutions that helps to automate, control and manage complex plant processes used in the chemical, oil, gas, pulp and paper, food and other industries.
• Confidential is a Business Performance Management Tool BPM which is used for reporting, consolidating, forecasting and analyzing the financial data. Hyperion System includes different applications like Hyperion Enterprise,Financial reporting, Autopilot, Analyst and Retrieve.
• Using Hyperion we can setup applications based on category, Period, entities and organization and it provides easiest way to report the financial data to the head quarters. We deployed Hyperion applications on Citrix presentation servers which provide users greater availability, efficiency also.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting Hyperion in citrix/Xenapp environment and assisting users with POV, Rollups...etc
• Planning for application deployment.
• Determining server capacity Max. user load /Server .
• Plan and execute Knowledge Acquisition for CITRIX servers and hosted applications used in Datacenter.
• Participating in monthly Data center maintenance window.
• Performance Tuning on servers.
• Installation and configuration of Citrix MetaframeXPe on Windows 2000 terminal server.
• Installation and configuration of Web Interface to give published application access through web browser.
• Load balancing of servers through Citrix Load Balancing utility.
• Monitoring Application servers through Citrix Resource Manager and Performance Monitoring tools MOM, Netapp .
• Printer management through EOL Universal Printer and Citrix Uniprint technology.
• Planning for timely production upgrades.
• Preparing and presenting monthly environmental reports for servers.
• Resources utilization, per day user load, and quotes generated during the week
• Applying Patches, Security Updates and Service Packs for the Citrix Environment.
• Planning and implementation of Disaster Recovery Management.
• User Account Management in AD.

Environment: Windows 2000, 2003, CITRIX Metaframe XPe, CPS/Xenapp 4.0, Web Interface 3.0/4.0

Confidential

System Administrator

Environment: Windows 2000, 2003, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL Sever 2000, CITRIX Metaframe XP, Exchange Server 2003

Responsibilities:

• Administering and maintaining Windows servers
• Configuring domain and domain controller.
• Configuring and administering DNS, DHCP.
• Configuring and applying GPO at domain and OU levels.
• Managing websites deployed on IIS servers.
• Managing Citrix Metaframe XP farm.
• Configuring FTP servers.
• Managing Exchange 2000 server and mail boxes.
• Managing SQL Server 2000 and DB backups.
• Managing user accounts and groups.
• Perform backup and Data recovery.
• Creating user accounts and giving access to resources
• Installation of Software on servers.
• Managing File System Formats.