SUMMARY:

• Having over 9 years of experience in Windows Server/ VMware Administration and Active Directory Administration. Experienced in supporting a large Company's VMware ESX 5.1, 5.5Hands on experience in project management including Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012 R2 and VMware Virtualization Vmotion, SRM,DRS, P2V, V2V, VMware Update Manager, VMware Workstation, Configuration, Administration of VM Ware ESX/ESXi, Virtual Center. Responsible for OS installation and configuration through network and standalone installation techniques and also installing third party softwares and services
• Resolving all Technical L3/L4 level Server issues in our organization, which are in Windows hosted on Virtual Environment (VMware).
• Played role as a VMware/Windows Admin to provide L3 support in a complex Environment.
• Performed system administration activities, security policies and monitored system performance both at software and hardware levels.
• Managed, led and supported Windows XP, 7, Server 2008, VMware and Active Directory domain network in multi - locations.
• Administered Active Directory and Group Policy for three autonomous networks in a 3000+ user environment.
• Worked in the area of Virtualization with VMware VSphere 5.1 and 6.0, ESXi 5.5,5.1, 5.0, 4.1, ESX 4.0 servers, vCenter server 2.5, 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts.
• Excellent in understanding networking fundamentals and network security.
• Expertise in DHCP, WINS and DNS.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP protocol suite, virtual networking, wireless networks & Cloud computing
• Concepts
• Experience with enterprise backup systems and disaster recovery operations; familiarity with SAN
• Expertise with IP sub-netting, VLANs, Load Balancing, and High Availability (HA) architectures.
• Create virtual machines, install Operating Systems inside VM’s and installing VM tools and configuring these VM’s based on requirements.
• Implementation and after configuration maintenance of HA, DRS, FT and Resource pool.
• P2V conversion of Windows 2003 server editions using enterprise VMware converter and also installed the VMware tools on the virtual machines and V2V conversion.
• Expert level skills in migration of Virtual machines using VMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Creating Templates, Taking Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Install new and rebuild existing ESX/ ESXi Hypervisor and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc in accordance with standards and project/operational requirement.
• Installing & upgrading of vCenter, Vsphere Client, ESX & ESXi Hypervisors, VMware workstation.
• Expert in Configuring and administering Active Directory, Exchange Server 2007/2010, server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2, IIS 6.0/7.0.
• Provide 24x7 on call support as part of scheduled rotations.
• Experienced in Upgrading/Migrating Windows NT domain to Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 Active Directory and Windows 2008/2012 Active Directory.
• Managed an environment with Windows Server 2012 R2, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2003 servers , as well as Windows 7 Professional desktops and laptops.
• Experienced in configuring Windows Domain Controller and ADC 2003/2008 Server.
• Group Policy Design & Implementation in Active Directory, Service Manager.
• Excellent communication skills both written and spoken.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows 2007/2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project Planner, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007/ 2010. Server 2003, Widows 2008, Windows 2012, Windows 7, Windows 8, RHEL

Applications: Microsoft Office

Networking: LAN / WAN Technologies, TCP/IP, DNS, Virtual LAN, VSwitch, Network Design and Troubleshooting, Active Directories, DNS, DHCP, Web Servers.

VMWARE: VMware infrastructure design, VMware fusion, VMware Horizon, VDI, Vpex, VMware Vsphere, VMware ESX, ESXi and vCenter, VMware View with Thin App, SRM,DRS,vRealize VMware, vShield, VBlock private cloud, flexpod and VMware SPEX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Little Rock, AR

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a VMware/Windows admin to provide L3 support in a complex Environment.
• Installed and configured ESX 5.5 Servers on Blade Servers.
• Supported deployment of Exchange 2013 across the organization
• Maintenance of Dell Equilogics SAN
• Installation and configuration of RHEL 6.5/
• Administration of Veeam enterprise backup
• Installing companywide Symantec antivirus software.
• Administration of IIS and also RDP farm 2012.
• Installing CheckPoint Encryption Software across all the machine in the company
• Installing and working with HP and Dell Blades.
• Installed and configured alerts using Solar winds.
• Install and deploy active directory and group policy across the entire company

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.1, Windows 2012/2008/2003 , TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NTFS, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 , VMware Lab Manager, VMware converter, VMware Vsphere client, Fault tolerance, High Availability and Distributed resource scheduling.

Confidential, Little Rock, AR

Sr Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a VMware/Windows admin to provide L3 support in a complex Environment.
• Installed and configured ESX 5.5 Servers on Blade Servers.
• Assumed daily management functionalities, focused on user/developer needs.
• Contributed extensively to all project phases, from administration through virtualization.
• Maintained accuracy throughout event logs, as well as adherence to policies and procedures.
• Heavily involved in all aspects of account management, including user ID creation, share folder, giving rights to users, etc.
• Using VMware vCenter, created Datacenter Environment by creating VMware clusters, adding ESX hosts in the clusters, and implemented HA and DRS.
• Providing support to a large virtual infrastructure environment comprising of 5+ vCenters, 6000+ Virtual servers, 200+ esxi hosts, 4000+ VDI.
• Upgrade esx hosts from ESX 5.1 to 5.5 and applying patches to the present esx 5.5 u2 to 5.5 u3.
• Maintaining and troubleshoot windows servers windows 2003, 2008R2 and 2012 versions and configuring them for SolarWinds monitoring and Symantec Netbackup.
• Configuring HA/DRS related advanced configuration settings per VMware Best practices.
• Understanding of SAN and NAS concepts, snapshots, clustering and fail-over in the virtual environment.
• Backup administration using Symantec Backup Exec and Symantec NetBackup.
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on Dell PowerEdge servers.
• Played an important role in Creating Virtual Machines, Cloning virtual machines, converting P2V VM-Provisioning taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, VMotion and Storage vMotion making sure that the datastores are not over provisioned within the DRS clusters.
• Implemented, and administered Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2 Server.
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2 Virtual Machines in the ESXi host clusters for multiple vendors.
• Building VM's, managing VM templates, executing technical discovery, design, and deployment deliverables for VM migrations and performance management of a large, pre-production and production.
• Supported highly available network and SAN infrastructure in a fast paced, large scale environment.
• Develop, test and document standards for infrastructure design and implementation.
• Manage disaster recovery plans.
• Virtual Environment primarily of vSphere/ESXi 5.1 5.5 and 6.0 environments across several physical locations.
• Experience in Vcenter Operations Manager, vCloud Suite, VMware /RHEL recovery planning and implementation, Shell and/or PERL.
• Maintained environment with hosts and more than 2500 Virtual machines.
• Provide Onsite Virtual Assessment using VMWare Capacity Planner & vSphere Health Check engagements.
• Provide Onsite Jumpstart to enable employees to manage their VMWare vSphere Infrastructure.
• Setup and configured various RAID 1 and RAID 5. Applied patches and upgrades to the servers.
• Update patches on Servers Working Experience with Active Directory Components (AD Users and Computers, DNS, DHCP and WINS.)
• Create Visio of current & future state of VMWare infrastructure along with VMWare vSphere strategies and standards.
• Performed physical to virtual (P2V) migrations for approximately 500 physical servers utilizing VMware Converter.
• Working on L3 issues.
• Involved in installing/configuring and troubleshooting VMware Lab Manager and administrating multiple labs in Lab Manager and dealing with Lab Manager Issues.
• Virtual Center Server & License Server Installation and Configuration.
• Increased security with antivirus, malware, data encryption and VPN software.
• Developed PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks in Exchange 2010.
• Microsoft SCCM 2012 troubleshooting, installation of applications, backup, recovery & disaster recovery.
• Create and test SCCM 2012 automated applications for SCCM 2012 deployment.
• Implementing/Designing VMware ESX 5.5/ VDI farms.
• Cisco UCS Deployment and Implementation for Virtual Environments.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware View.
• Worked on Migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Configured Net backup Client.
• Installed following servers Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003, Win 2008, Win 2012 etc.
• Built Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers and applied appropriate security measures.
• Managed 1000+ Windows Server 2008 and 2012 R2 environments. Maintained proper security patches installed to ensure environments are secure.
• Configured Domain Naming Server (DNS) and created forward/reverse lookup zones with associated pointer records.
• Customized Win 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment.
• Configured, troubleshot, and maintained Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Responsible for deploying, managing, and maintaining HP and Dell Servers
• Interacted and coordinated with different teams to meet the deadlines.
• Participated in weekly meetings.
• Have written scripts using PowerCLI and ESX/ESXi console to automate virtual environment.
• Deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources, Manage VM's using VMware virtual center and web access, Configurations of Virtual switched and network connections.
• Knowledge about the VMware Appliance software's. (ex. Thin stall, VDM, VMware Converter).
• Patch Management in ESX Servers & Windows Servers through update Manager.
• Install and maintain SQL server 2005/2008 and cluster services and setup automatic failover. Maintain SQL backup and troubleshoot connectivity issues. Configure cluster disc.
• Migration of Active Directory environment from MS Windows server 2003 to MS Windows server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.5/5.1, Linux, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 VMware Lab Manager, VMware converter, VMware Vsphere client, Fault tolerance, High Availability and Distributed resource scheduling.

Confidential, FL

I.T Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Experience in building and managing VMware Vcentre server, ESX hosts, VMware networking and Storage related issues.
• Extensive experience in Installing and Configuring vCenter, VMware Vsphere (Infrastructure Virtualization suite), ESX/ESXi Server, Virtual Machines, vMotion and vSphere Client.
• Experience in configuring Distributed Network Switch and Storage for virtualization.
• Experience in Data Centre Migration.
• Managing Access Control through vCenter server, Optimizing Resource Utilization, Load Balancing (VMware DRS) and ensuring High Availability (VMware HA).
• Deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) Machines using the Vcentre standalone converter and plate spin converter.
• Monitoring alarms and managing it using Vcentre Server Notifications, troubleshooting the issues related to Vcentre server and ESX hosts, Installing and managing VMware VDI.
• Creation of Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups and setting up Layer 2 Security Policies for Virtual Networks
• Extensive experience in performing System Integration/Administration for Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Server, Windows98/XP/Vista/7, Red Hat Linux.
• Understanding of Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Windows Desktop and Remote Desktop.
• Experience in installing and configuring the Windows server update services (WSUS).
• Administration of Active Directory in Windows 2003/2008 environment. Managing Active Directory issues such as: Logon Failures, Group policies, Account Lockouts, Network Connectivity, DNS and WINS Name Resolution, Authentication Problems, File and Printer Permissions etc. Installed and configured the apache tomcat web server.
• Experience in Installing and configuring the Antivirus Symantec Endpoint protection for administering updates and cleanup of a community of workstations. Installed WSUS and configured for patch deployment.
• Administration of Red Hat Linux servers by installing rpm’s, mount/un-mount drives and also, Manage Disk Quotas on windows servers.
• Experience in ITIL Driven controlled environments.
• Installing and configuring Linux machines, package update using YUM and RPM, monitoring CPU utilization and disk space. Maintaining backups and job scheduling, implementing the CRON jobs
• Hands on expertise on Symantec Netbackup, Dell power edge and blade servers, HP Proliant and Blade Matrix servers.
• Backup scheduling and Restoring using Veritas Net Backup and NT Backup.
• Experience on Multi-tier Enterprise EMC/NetApp Storage systems installation, migration, virtualization, management, monitoring, performance analysis & reporting.
• Understanding and experience with DAS, SAN and NAS concepts, snapshots, clustering and fail-over, file permission management and disaster recovery.
• Administration of all login servers, farm servers, database servers, Application servers, VMware servers, and Backup solution.
• Designed and planned NAS infrastructure using CIFS/NFS protocols with NetApp storage, windows and UNIX machines.
• Establishing channel bonding on the Red hat Linux enterprise Desktop and servers for networking and failover of the nic cards.
• Responsible for deploying new databases, staging test databases and promoting them to production after passing user acceptance testing, following change control procedures to ensure smooth transitions to new versions of the database.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.1/5.0/4.0, VSphere 4.0, 5.0 Vcenter4.0. Windows Server, Exchange Server 2003, 2008 R2/2003, Windows 7/XP, Active Directory, HP Proliant DL and Blade Servers

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of Linux,Sun,Windows in all the servers
• Installed and configured windows server 2000.
• Created users and groups and allocated different security policies
• Involved in network mapping for the company for over 50-75 hosts.
• Involved in suggesting different disaster recovery models
• Automated several administrative tasks.
• Build Hard Drive Images for various O.S using Norton Ghost.
• Configured and maintained several DNS/DHCP/WINS Services.
• Participated in 24/7 support roles for windows Servers, to help maintain and troubleshoot both software and hardware.
• Networking and Hardware maintenance of PC’s, Printers and Scanners.