TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Windows Systems (2000 - 2012
• 10/8/7/XP
• Hyper-V)
• VMware (vCAC/vRA vSphere
• View
• SRM vROPS)
• Unix/Linux
• Active Directory
• DNS
• DHCP
• SQL 2008/2012
• F5
• Cisco switches
• Cisco Unified Computing Systems (UCS)
• Nutanix
• Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop
• EdgeSight
• NetScaler
• Storage (IBM-3PAR
• NetApp
• EMC)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Principal Virtualization Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supporting multiple environments for DOJ agency (from unclassified to classified enclaves including Dev, QA & Prod)
• Maintain and Upgrade Citrix VDI solution (5.6 to 7.x)
• Deploy and support IaaS using vCAC across Development & QA/INT environments
• Maintain & Upgrade vCenter (consolidated vCenters 5.0 to 5.5 and Upgrading to 6.0)
• Deploy Nutanix systems & upgrade existing Dell blades servers
• Design AD infrastructure for multi-tenancy posture
• Deploy and configure VMware NSX in Dev environment for multi-tenancy model
• Patch and update firmware/software on infrastructure devices across all environments
• Support COTS applications (Office 2013, MS Exchange Server 2013)
• Maintaining policies and access controls for gateway devices including IronPort and BlueCoat Proxy appliances

Sr. Systems Engineer/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implement various Citrix Solutions including Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, NetScaler & AppDNA at client sites.
• Application Virtualization (ThinApp, Microsoft App-V)
• Design, Implement, and Support new and existing VMware environments (ESX 4.x-5.x)
• Deployed and Support VMware vCloud Automation Center Suite at DOE NNSA
• Support VMware View environment at US NAVY CID
• Implement Citrix VDI solution at US EPA, DDOT, NIH, NTSB, US HOR, & DOE
• Implement Thin/Zero clients infrastructure at NIH Clinical Center
• Install Backup Solutions for Commercial and Public sector sites (Veeam, Symantec Backup Exec, NetApp)
• Design, Upgrade, Support SQL Cluster implementation at various client sites
• Provide escalation support to Helpdesk and field engineering team
• Document and Deliver detailed documentation of implemented solutions

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Standing up of cloud-based multi-tenant new service offering infrastructure
• Implementation and Installation of new VMware environment for Cyber Computing Center
• Configuration and Customization of ESXi on Cisco UCS platform
• Create Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine templates
• Manage and Support Virtual Machines hosted by Cyber Computing Center
• Define and Implement Roles based access to Virtual Infrastructure
• Maintain Virtualized environment, performing updates and upgrades
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of Citrix farms
• Deployment, Administration of Citrix Virtual Desktop and Virtual Applications Infrastructure
• Configuration of network switches
• Creation of VLANs and network segmentations
• Standing up Windows 2008 Domain
• Management of Active Directory services
• Document and create design documentation
• Define Change Management policies
• Configuration and Deployment of thin clients for Citrix VDI across remote sites

Sr. Server Engineer & Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Team lead in charge of a team of 8-10 engineers
• Reviewed, approved, and assigned resources for projects and tasks
• In charge of monitoring and supporting agencies hosted services in the Datacenter
• Generated statistical monitoring reports of entire infrastructure
• Maintained a detailed inventory of all managed systems (in production, storage, new purchase orders)
• Monitored over 1200 systems using several monitoring systems
• Managed Enterprise environment with over 2000 systems across three Datacenter
• Installation, configuration and implementation of monitoring tools (vFoglight, SolarWinds, SiteScope)
• Daily support of agencies physical and virtual servers hosted in Datacenter
• Provided technical guidance and support to agencies with on-going projects and requirements
• Configured of IIS, FTP, and Anti-virus services
• Creation and managing of DHCP scopes within Infoblox
• OS level troubleshooting-assistance to Application developers with their applications
• Analyzed and improved performance of physical servers
• Assessed and indicated specifications for virtualization candidates
• Deployment of VMs from VM Templates
• Performed migrations of physical to virtual (P2V), virtual to physical (V2P), and virtual to virtual (V2V) Servers using Double Take and VMware vCenter Converter
• Migration of virtual machines from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 (vSphere)
• Performed Storage migration and SAN upgrades
• Worked on VMWARE ESX farms and providing Tier III Server support

Server Engineer / IT Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed Enterprise environment with over 2000 systems across three Datacenters
• Completed Data center migration of over 300 servers across multiple sites
• P2V efforts - Consolidation & conversion of 150+ physical systems to virtual machines
• Performed server assessment and migration of P2V servers using Double Take, PlateSpin & VM Converter
• Installation and deployment of physical and virtual servers in datacenter
• Provided round the clock technical assistance and support to multiple DC agencies
• Assigned / Restricted permissions (NTFS; User & Group based)
• Migrated DHCP services to Infoblox
• Created and managed DHCP scopes on Infoblox and Microsoft DHCP server
• Managed Active Directory (User and Computer objects, Trust between domains)
• Implementation of Group Policies (OUs restrictions, global policies)
• Performed file and print servers migrations
• Installed patches and software upgrades recommended by security scans
• OS level troubleshooting-assistance to Application developers
• Performed system analysis for specifics of virtual server customization
• Deployment of virtual machines (servers & desktops) from VM Templates
• Installation and configuration of ESX servers
• Migration of virtual machines from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 (vSphere).
• Provided server support to DC Public Schools
• Maintained/Managed DC Public School Active Directory, DNS, DHCP Scopes & WINS data
• Resolved support cases in Remedy system for various agencies
• Installed patches and software upgrades recommended by security scan
• Installation and configuration of Patchlink for Windows patch management
• Worked on VMWARE ESX farms and providing Tier I & II server support
• Maintained servers hardware - repairs or replacements of defective parts
• Environment: Windows Server 2008/2003/2000, VMware 3.5 & 4.0, Citrix, Active Directory, Red Hat Linux, EMC SAN, Mainframe, Exchange 2010, 2007 & 2003, Blackberry Enterprise Server, SharePoint, ISA, F5, Patchlink, McAfee Enterprise Antivirus, Apple.