VMware/Windows Administrator Resume Profile Chicago, Illinois - Hire IT People

Technology Skills:

Virtualization - VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0, ESXi, vCenter, VUM, HA, FT, vMotion, VMFS, NFS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel LUNs, VADP, P2V, V2V, Thin Provisioning VMDKs, snapshot management, PowerCLI/PowerGUI, Rvtools
Microsoft - Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server, Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8, SMB/CIFS File Shares, Active Directory, IIS, Group Policy, Account Management
Server Hardware - Dell PowerEdge Rack and Blade, Cisco UCS, SuperMicro HPC Head and Compute Nodes
Storage Platforms - NetApp FAS2020 and FAS3070, Data ONTAP 8 7-Mode HA Cluster
Backup - Symantec NetBackup
Networking - TCP/IP, VLAN, RADIUS, Firewalls
Datacenter - Cable Management, Power and Cooling, KVM/IP, Equipment Racking, Equipment Decommissioning and Disposing, Asset Management ManageEngine Asset Explorer , Datacenter Diagramming Visio

Work Experience:

Confidential

VMware/Windows Administrator

Manage a VMware vSphere 4/5 environment, including installation of vCenter and ESX/ESXi, configuring HA/FT clusters, implementing vlan tagging, security, account maintenance, and P2V conversion of previously existing environments.
Acting as Subject Matter Expert for VMware for the University. Advised other campuses with licensing, design, and understanding virtualization concepts.
Upgraded the University's vSphere environment from 4.1 to 5.0 with minimal downtime, including vCenter, ESXi, VMware tools, and virtual hardware. Utilized vSphere Update Manager VUM as part of the upgrade.
Migrated over 2TB of file server data from Windows Server 2003 using iSCSI storage to CIFS shares on a NetApp FAS2020.Reduced backup to tape time for file shares by over 50 .
Migrated University leadership's Exchange Mailboxes and Calendars to Google Apps using Google's Migration tool, exmerge, and Outlook
Designed Service Profiles for Cisco UCS for the deployment of ESXi on UCS. Acting as secondary administrator for Cisco UCS environment.
Acted as backup administrator for NetApp storage environment. Created LUNs and CIFS shares, replaced failed disks, troubleshot takeover events, and cabled shelves.

Confidential

Windows Systems Administrator

Co-maintained the campus Windows Server Active Directory environment, including system installation, patching, security, account maintenance, upgrading, and retirement.
Co-managed Windows clusters running file server services, Exchange 2003, Pharos Printing software, and SQL 2005.
Lead team in datacenter activities, including server disposal, diagramming, configuring out-of-band access methods, asset management, and installing new hardware.
Managed and maintained over 2TB of file share storage for the University. Handled NTFS permissions, backups, and file recoveries.

Confidential

Work Study for Advanced Technology Support

Worked independently using supervisor's directions to prepare technology in multiple classrooms, including hard drive imaging, software installation, PC installation, initialization of CISCO equipment, and redeploying technological equipment.
Worked independently to troubleshoot and repair PCs and network equipment to ensure minimum downtime, as well as document problems and solutions for future reference.
Worked in a group environment to complete large projects, including preparing network cables for multiple classroom networks and creating a complete inventory of equipment in multiple departments for a database.