PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• VMware Systems, Red Hat Enterprise/SUSE Linux, Windows Server Administrator with Extensive 7 years of experience in the area of Virtualization with Installation, Configuration, Administration, Support of Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 , RHEL 5.x/6.x and VMware ESXi (3/ 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1), vRA, vRO and vCenter Server 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1.
• Responsible for capacity planning, design, install, configuration and support of newly provisioned servers.
• Expertise in deploying various Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux 5.x/6.x/7.x builds both in Physical and Virtual on HP/CISCO/IBM/Dell Hardware running ESXi.
• Experience in RHEL/CentOS 5.x/6.x/7.x Server provisioning, Upgrades, Patching, Configuration and Performance Tuning in Linux and VMware environments.
• Expertise in designing build/configure documentation related to Red Hat Enterprise/CentOS Linux via Satellite/Kickstart servers.
• Provided 24x7 monitoring and support to overcome issues in Production and Lab environments.
• Expertise in the area of Virtualization with Installation, Configuration and Administration of VMware ESXi 3/ 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1 and vCenter Server 4/5/ 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1.
• NFS Administration, exporting file systems, mounting exported file systems, working NFS. Real - time working experience in a Datacenter consisting of multiple racks /chassis of blade/rack mount servers. Performed regular checks for stable network, storage connections in servers. Installed & configured Windows 2008/2012 with Active Directory service.
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privileges to access LAN and Domain environment
• Experience in Windows server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016 Confidential, Confidential Policy deployment to ensure standard computer settings, software distribution and security policy enforcement.
• Managing multiple floating\linked-clone VDI environments utilizing View Admin & vCenter.
• Strong experience with the VMware HA (High Availability), FT (Fault Tolerance), DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler, network and performance issues.
• Good understanding of storage architecture in a virtualized environment and experience in iSCI, NFS and FC protocols, Extensive experience in working with the vMotion and Storage vMotion technology .
• Strong experience with System Administration, Experience in vCLI, SSH, PowerCLI, PowerShell, VBScript.
• Experience using an Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) System, Monitoring ITIL environments such as change/ incident Management.
• Support VMware networking implementation including creation of vSwitches, port groups, connection types, network traffic and, security policy setting, NIC Teaming, load balancing.
• Extensive experience with Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Domain Name System (DNS), Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), and Microsoft Exchange/Office 365. .
• Expert in Windows server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016 Confidential, Confidential Policy deployment to ensure standard computer settings, software distribution and security policy enforcement.
• Implementing, configuring, Migrating and supporting Windows, Creating and managing User Accounts & Groups in Active Directory.
• Basic Understanding and working knowledge of Citrix infrastructure.
• Technical knowledge of current network hardware, protocols, and Internet standards, including TCP/IP, and DNS, DHCP, IIS, FTP, Terminal Services/Remote Desktop
• Hands-on experience with installation, configuration, patching and troubleshooting, Experience in updating vSphere hosts using update manager, troubleshooting Windows Installer (MSI) & Windows Installer
• Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) conversions of physical/virtual machines using VMware Converter, Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Storage vMotion
• Experience in implementing end-to-end infrastructure Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery Manager using SRM and vSphere Replication,
• Hands on experience in deploying VMware view, thin client computing, troubleshoot Complex issues.
• Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) conversions using VMware Converter
• Approving, testing, and deploying updates via SCCM and troubleshooting failed updates, deployments and SCCM health issues.
• Capable of problem solving, time management and decision-making skills with the ability to set priorities and produce results.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Windows Server: 2008/2008 R2/2012/R2, DNS, DHCP, Windows Active Directory Services

Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/, CentOS 5/6 servers, Ubuntu.

Microsoft Services: Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 , Outlook 2003/2007/2010 , FTP, DFS, SCCM, SCOM Double Take Replication, WSUS LDAP, Windows clustering 2003/2008, Windows clustering 2003/2008/2012 , Wintel server.

Virtualization: Microsoft Hyper-V, Exchange server2003, 2007, 2010 VMware workstation 5.0/6.0, VSphere 3.x/4.x/5.x & 6.x (ESX/ESXi server 3.x/4.x/5.x &6.x VCenter Server 3.x/4.x/5.x & 6.x), vRA, vRO, DRS, HA and FT, VMware update manager, P2V vConverter, VUM, ESXI Patch management, VCOPS, VRealize VMware, VMware View, DFS, DHCP & DNS servers.

Hardware’s and storage: HP C7000 Chassis, HP Proliant Rack Mount, Dell Power Edge Server, Cisco UCS Server, iSCSI SAN, FC SAN, NAS, EMC VMAX, VNX, EMC SAN storage, HP Proliant DL & BL Series, BMC Blade Logic, PowerShell, Installation of Hardware, Cable Management, VMware SRM, Oracle SQL, CommVault.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

VMware Admin

Responsibilities

• Also designed systems implementation spreadsheet for each project which consists of various details/requirements needed to achieve the project goal like the Server Model, Blade/Rackmount location, IDRAC VLAN, IDRAC hostname, IDRAC IP, OS/Hypervisor, OS/HV Management Hostname, OS/HV Management IP Address, OS/HV Management VLAN, vCenter name, cluster name, distributed switch name, port groups name, etc.
• Expertise in documentation part. Designed multiple MOPS (Method of Procedures) for various tasks involving Linux Administration, Kickstart Configuration, ESXI Installations, Network Configuration, Data store Configuration, DNS setup, AD setup, DHCP configuration, vSphere update manager, database monitoring in VMware vCenter server.
• Configured and Updated Kickstart or Scripted Installation for various ESXi hosts 5.1/5.5/6.0/6.5/6.5 U1.
• Expertise in upgrading ESXi hosts using VMware Update Manager
• Installed/upgraded ESXi hosts on DELL servers through IDRAC console
• Performed VMware vCenter upgrades for 5.0/5.5/6.0 to vCenter 6.5U1 and VCSA 6.5U1 with both GUI and Command line automated process.
• Performed upgrade of VCSA 6.5 to VCSA 6.5 U1 using VAMI interface.
• Expertise in configuring JSON files for the vCenter upgrade process with Command line interface.
• Installed, configured and managed the entire Windows Server 2003/2208/2012 , RHEL 5/6 environment running on HP/Dell/Cisco hardware as well as on virtual machines on VMware ESXi hosts.
• Create and maintains all templates/images within in different virtualized environments through VMware vCenter server.
• Directed and scheduled everyday activities, host meetings and bridges of systems engineers, SQL DBAs and developers to support multiple datacenters.
• Installing and configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6 on ESXi 5.0/5.5/6.0 based environment residing on Dell/HP/CISCO blades as required for both Lab/Production.
• Responsible for the installation, configuration and support of VMware and the daily management/monitoring of the virtual environment utilizing PowerShell and PowerCLI. Installed and configured multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/, CentOS 5/6 servers on both Physical Blades and VMware ESXi Virtual Environment.
• Expertise in administering and supporting Windows Server 2003/2008R2/2012 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010.
• Support and assist Data Center migration activity.
• NFS Administration, exporting file systems, mounting exported file systems, working NFS
• Active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck
• User management - add/delete/reset LDAP and local users and process requests.
• Expertise in installation of ESXi 5.0/5.5/6.0 Hosts, vCenter Server, vCenter update manager and administering VM’s across five datacenters running multiple VM’s.
• Expert in VM's network configuration. Configured Standard Switch/Distributed Switches in VCenter 5.x environment.
• P2V, V2V conversions of Windows2000 and Windows2003 servers using Enterprise Converter.
• Configured VM's HA, DRS, FT settings and also Configured permissions, Roles in VMware virtual center.
• Active Directory AD integration with VCenter Server, vCAC, vCloud Director vCD, vRO.
• Expert on DRS resource pool configuration and creating DRS rules.
• Experience on SharePoint administration on 2010 and 2013.
• Worked on Virtual Cloud director for cloud management.
• Designed VMware VSphere storage configuration using SAN, ISCSI, NFS. Worked on Fibre Channel switches and familiar with all storage protocols.

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

VMware Admin/System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Planning, design and installation of VMware ESX 5.5 environment.
• Build Windows 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and2012, 2012 R2 OS and deployment of 2003, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012, 2012R2servers.
• Upgrades VMware environment 5.1/5.5 to 6.0 and upgrades all operating systems from Windows 2003 to 2012.
• Design and Implementation of FAS2000, FAS3000 and FAS6000 Filer's
• Migrated Standalone servers using converters like PlateSpin and VMware converter. P2V and V2V migrations.
• Planning, Design and Implementation of VDI's using VMware Horizon.
• Virtualized around 1200 VM's, Data center migrations.
• Implementation of Public/Private cloud infrastructure using VMware vCloud Director.
• Automation of many task using VMware VRealize Automation center VCAC and implemented many custom workflows using VRealize Orchestrator vRO.
• Performed many hot/cold VM provisioning and P2V, V2V migrations using PlateSpin and VMware Converter.
• Updated Windows 2003, 2008, 2k12 servers using SCCM and also upgraded all security patches. Upgrades VMware tools in all VM's.
• Integrated VCAC with VCenter Server, VCloud Director vCD, vRealize Orchestrator vRO, VCenter Operations Manager vCops, vRealize Business vRB.
• VMware SME for vRA7.x(vCA 6.x), vRO7.x(vCO6.x), VMware Converter, Vcenter, vSphere (6, 5.5), vROPS (vCOPS). Also, used extensive Knowledge of VMware, Win2008, Win2012, Linux (RHEL6.X, RHEL7.x), Networking, Ports, Storage, to support various efforts.
• VMware patch management using VMware Update Manager and updating all server Certificates.
• Distributed resources in the VMware infrastructure using Distributed Resource Scheduler DRS.
• Troubleshooting of daily production, dev and QAT issues. Assigned storage in SAN and creation of VMFS data stores.
• Hands on experience with EMC storage celerra and clarion, VNX and VMAX.
• Hands on experience in iSCSI, NFS, and fiber channel protocols, fiber channel cabling, switching, and zoning from hardware and VCenter.
• Upgrading the Server Builds. Upgrading the NIC from 4gig to 10gig, teaming and VLan tagging for redundancy and fault tolerance.
• Managed around 200+ hosts with more than 3500 virtual machines in this environment
• Expert in automation & orchestration platforms centered on VMware VRealize.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations. Creating resource pools and adding VM's into the VDI pools.
• Managing Cisco servers using Cisco UCS manager.
• Install and Management of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and Patch management.
• Using VMware Update Manager for ESX server.
• Installed and configured vSphere ESXi on HP blade/Rack servers/Cisco UCS.
• Experience with VMware system patching using Update Manager.
• Configuring and administrating DNS, DHCP, web servers and other Active Directory Services.
• Monitoring utility using tools like site scope, vCops, Solar Winds, RVtools.
• Excellent understanding of SAN, NAS storage architecture. EMC CX 480/960 SAN Storage Administration and Provisioning for ESX hosts.
• Involving in team meetings and work on the enhancement projects based on the priority issues
• Generate the report to manager on by weekly basis on the issues which we faced.
• Work on Remedy and Service Now ticketing system and work with SLA. Taking responsibility on upcoming issues
• Work on on-call rotation for 24/7 support Maintained Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall for Exchange Server.
• Successfully Migrated Win XP users to Windows 7 using USMT (User State Migration Tool).
• Experience in NetApp Snap Drive, Snap Manager for SQL, Snap Manager for Oracle, Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure, Volume Snapmirror, QtreeSnapmirror, Flex Clone, Deduplication, Compression, Oncommand Balance, storage planning, data management, disaster recovery planning best practices and testing.
• Provide Level 3 support to end users.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.0/4.0, vSphere 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 & Windows Server 2012R2/2008R2/2012/2003, Active Directory, vCops, VRops, Solar Winds, RVtools, VMware Horizon view 5.5,HP Proliant Servers, Dell Hardware, VMAX, VNX, Citrix XenApp 6.0 etc. PowerCLI

Confidential

VMware Admin/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and managed the entire Windows Server 2003/2208/2012 , RHEL 5/6 environment running on HP/Dell/Cisco hardware as well as on virtual machines on VMware ESXi hosts.
• Create and maintains all templates/images within in different virtualized environments through VMware vCenter server.
• Directed and scheduled everyday activities, host meetings and bridges of systems engineers, SQL DBAs and developers to support multiple datacenters.
• Installing and configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6 on ESXi 5.0/5.5/6.0 based environment residing on Dell/HP/CISCO blades as required for both Lab/Production.
• Responsible for the installation, configuration and support of VMware and the daily management/monitoring of the virtual environment utilizing PowerShell and PowerCLI. Installed and configured multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6/, CentOS 5/6 servers on both Physical Blades and VMware ESXi Virtual Environment.
• Expertise in administering and supporting Windows Server 2003/2008R2/2012 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, LDAP SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010.
• Support and assist Data Center migration activity.
• NFS Administration, exporting file systems, mounting exported file systems, working NFS Active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck
• User management - add/delete/reset LDAP and local users and process requests.
• Expertise in installation of ESXi 5.0/5.5/6.0 Hosts, vCenter Server, vCenter update manager and administering VM’s across five datacenters running multiple VM’s.
• Creating technical notes and user guides for new software and database for end users.
• Perform technical expertise for Windows systems environments on issues related to servers, local services, data centers, server configuration.
• Maintain records for event, audit and application logs.
• Monitor all Windows backup and perform fine tuning every 15 days.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.0/4.0, vSphere 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 & Windows Server 2012R2/2008R2/2012/2003

Confidential

VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Diagnosis of VMware performance and perform VMware performance tuning
• Review completion and implementation of system additions and/or enhancements and make recommendations to management and/or clients
• Enabled EVC feature for ESXi clusters.
• Installed and Implemented VMware ESXi 4.0 host servers with vSphere Client. Configured HBAs and iSCSI SAN storage
• Maintain, implement and optimize operating systems/software utilizing VMware virtualization technologies for vSphere 4.0/4.1 including configuration of VMware HA and DRS.
• Managed And Configured Network via VMware such as configuring new switches, Adding/Managing Port Groups
• Administered and Supported DNS Servers, DHCP Servers, Domain Controllers in a forest.
• Supported Infrastructure with designing/using Disaster Recovery and High Availability Plans
• Worked on multiple forest of multiple of domains for users spread across USA, India, Brazil, Australia
• Worked on Implementing production Citrix environment for migration from legacy
• Worked with business units and executives demonstrating VCE Vblock virtualization, UIM provisioning and VDI technologies.
• Implemented process and standards for SDLC governance activities
• Involved in designing both internal and external VMware View 4.5 & 4.6 VDI solutions to customer base.
• Deploy and manage VMware horizon view on CISCO UCS for VDI deployment and failover clustered Hyper-V environments.
• Managed cloud management using VMware tools like Vcenter, Vrealize.
• Setup Vrealize 6.0 automation (VRa) to support client applications and virtual appliance
• Involved in designing both internal and external VMware View 4.5 & 4.6 VDI solutions to customer base.
• Patched Windows/VMWare System using Blade logic System.
• Used WSUS & Bladelogic to keep updating the Windows 2K Legacy Machines
• Troubleshooting the TCP/IP networks for connectivity, outages and slow network issues and recommended appropriate and cost-effective solutions for the congestion.
• Deploy and manage VMware horizon view on CISCO UCS for VDI deployment and failover clustered Hyper-V environments.
• Worked on creating and deploying policies using SCCM
• Worked Virtual Desktop environment including VDI, VMware Ace.
• Patches Windows/VMware/Citrix servers with the latest updates following ITSM and Company Protocols.
• Provisioned and Configured Virtual Machines.
• Creating & Working on Virtual Networks and vSwitches.
• Upgraded Memory Resources of powered ON Virtual Machines using Hot Add and Hot Plug.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of Windows Server 2003 & 2008.
• Installing Active directory, DHCP and DNS giving access permissions and troubleshooting the AD, DHCP and DNS problem's.
• Manual patching on windows servers and creating new users to the domain and assign the restricted access to the domain users.
• Configuring DHCP Scope's and Configuring the password policies for user's in AD.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.0/4.0, vSphere 4.0, 5.0, 5.5 & Windows Server 2012R2/2008R2/2012/2003