SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of VMware vRealize Automation, Orchestration, vSphere, VDI View, SRM and Microsoft Server OS.
• Experience in Assessing, Designing and Administration of Cloud Solutions (IaaS) based on VMware vRealize Suite (VRA/VCAC and vRealize Orchestrator) in distributed environment.
• Experience in VMware Virtualization administration with a primary focus on design, installation, configuration, and administration of VMware vSphere Suite, ESXi 6.X/5.X, vRealize automation and orchestration 6.X and 7.X.
• Proficiency in using vRealize suite vRealize Orchestration (vRO), vRealize Automation (vRA/ vCAC) and vRealize Operations Manager (vRops).
• Administration and deployment of public and private cloud platforms (AWS).
• End to End Implementation of VMware vCloud suite based Private Cloud on VBlock Platform.
• Experiemce in writing jenkin pipeline scripts to build CICD process for applications.
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing vSphere 6.X, 5.X, 4.X, vCenter and VMware View.
• Experience in configuring DRS, HA, vMotion, storage vMotion, cloning, deploying VM’s from templates and automating VMware environment.
• Strong knowledge and experience on VMware ESXi 6.X, 5.X, 4.X, VMware vSphere and its features.
• Experience in Dell servers, iDRAC, Cisco UCS /HP C7000 blades administration and troubleshooting, Writing PowerShell Scripts.
• Azure administration and configuration. Azure IaaS VM and resource deployment and configuration
• Extensive knowledge about VMware server automation using scripting language Power shell, VB Script, Power CLI.
• Experience with VMware SRM 5.0/4.5 View 5.1/5.0/4.6/4.5 and vShield 5.0 setup in the production environment.
• Expertise with Active Directory Administration, Windows Server 2003/2008 R2, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 R2.
• Administration & Maintaining Microsoft Active Directory 2003/2008 and Group Policies
• Experience in Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012R2/2016 Server operating systems
• Experience on AD, DHCP, DNS, IIS, Exchange, Windows clustering and ODBC connections
• Experience on Group policies, SCOM, SCCM and configuring file/print services
• Configured AD, DHCP, DNS, IIS, FTP Servers and ODBC connections for database
• Installation, Maintenance, Administration and troubleshooting of Red Hat Enterprise Linux5/6, Suse11 Centos systems.
• Installation, configuration, maintains and upgradation of the Linux OS, in both physical and virtual environments.
• Experience in EMC SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools
• Experience in deploying View 4.5/4.6/5.0/5.1 and ThinApp 4.6/4.7 environment.
• Experience in storage protocols, SAN/NAS technologies like iSCSI, Fiber Channel and NFS
• Experience with enterprise level monitoring tools like Solar wind, Nagios, and Splunk.
• Hands on experience with vSwitches, port groups, NIC Teaming and Cisco Routers & Switches, TCP/IP, VLANs, and Ethernet port.
• Good communication skills and interpersonal skills, self - motivated and quick learner

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: VMware ESXi 6.x, 5.x, vCenter, VDI view, ThinApp & VMware Automation Tools, SRM and vCloud directory

Cloud Automation: VMware vRealize Automation 6.x/7.x, vCAC, VMware vRealize Orchestration 6.x/7.x

Operating System: Windows 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000, Win 7, XP, 2k, Vista, RHEL 6, RHEL 7

Storage: EMC Vmax, VNX 5300, EMC Celera, HP Storage works P4500.

Directory services/ Internet/others: Active Directory. IIS, DHCP, DNS, Visual Studio, PowerShell, Power Cli, Puppet, JSP, C, C++ & Java, XML, MS office, Jira 5.x/6.x, Avamar, Symantec, Heat, Solar wind, Nagios, Splunk

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

System Engineer/Admin

Responsibilities:

• Experience managing VM’s across multiple datacenters Running 1000+ Windows and Linux Servers.
• Implementation of VMware cloud solution using tools like Identity Manager, VRA and VRO.
• Configuring Tenants, Blueprints, Security Groups, End Points and Resource Pools in vRA Infrastructure
• Implementation and management of Private Cloud (IAAS) using VMWare vRealize automation.
• Integrate web application with other systems using web services call (REST API/SOAP/WSDL)
• Worked on creating scripts to automate deployment process that enables CICD for applications.
• Worked on writing scripts that would integrate different systems into CICD pipeline.s
• Integration of vRO with Service-now CMDB module to update CI status as Disposed/Installed/retired via Soap
• Worked in the planning, implementation and support of vROPs, vRA, vRB and Loginsight for our private cloud
• Performing the installation, configuration and maintenance of the VMware virtual infrastructure - vCenter Server Appliance, vRealize Operations Manager (vROP’s), vRealize Automation (vRA), vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), vRealize Business, ESXi, Update Manager and NSX.
• Experience writing Puppet manifests to automate configuration of a broad range of services.
• Work with experienced team members to conduct root cause analysis of issues, review new and existing code and/or perform unit testing
• Analyze user requirements and convert requirements to design documents
• Application deployments and environment configuration using Puppet. Involved in node classifications of PUPPET, Hiera data and developed PUPPET roles and profiles. Maintained and enhanced existing PUPPET modules to be deployed across various providers and deployment architectures.
• Technical knowledge in Windows Servers, VMware and Network Administration, Window Servers
• Expertise in area of virtualization with vSphere, VMware ESX 6.x, 5.x, hosts & Virtual Center server till 5.5.
• Configuring the ILO on HP DL360, DL380 G9 series and Cisco UCS. Configuring the ILO and deploying the operating system.
• Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting VMware ESXI 6.5/6.0/5.5 Hosts, VMware vSphere and Vcenter.
• Configured VM's HA, DRS, FT settings and also Configured permissions, Roles in VMware virtual center.
• Creating Resource Pools and Setting limits on CPU and RAM. Working with shell scripts & executing them.
• Adding Hosts to vCenter, creating and managing virtual machines under the hosts.
• Experience installing & Administration of Microsoft Server 2008R2/2012R2/2016R2 server operating systems.
• Maintained Web Servers by installing IIS 6 and 7, FTP Sites and creating Virtual Directories in IIS6 and IIS7
• Applied patches on Windows servers and workstations with Company standards
• Expert at AD, DNS, DHCP, File Server, IIS Web Server, FTP, Terminal Server, Windows Clustering, Exchange Mail administration
• Managed Exchange 2013/2016 in a large, on-premise, clustered enterprise environment.
• Building new Windows Server 2003/2008 on Intel Server Platforms, HP servers as per the company's Windows build standards.
• Managed Exchange Online users, managed recipients - create, modify, delete, shared mailbox, recover deleted emails.
• Worked on troubleshooting for LDAP issues with Support Teams for newer initiatives at organization level.
• Assisted in discussions of redesigning LDAP architecture for older environments.
• Assisted in migrating LDAP from one data center to another data center.
• Maintaining production critical servers running UNIX, Linux supporting database and Web services. Providing 24x7 supports.
• Experienced in Installation and Configuration of Web Sphere Application server V3.5/4.0/5.x,6.x, IBM HTTP Server on Linux platforms.
• Provide troubleshooting Installation, Maintenance, Administration and troubleshooting of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6, Suse11 Centos systems.
• Test, maintain and recommend software improvements to ensure strong functionality and optimization
• Assisting team in resolving issues related to Cloud environment, automation scripts, workflows and Windows Server OS

Confidential - Chicago, Illinois

System Engineer/Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing and Administering VM’s across 4 Datacenters Running 1200 VM’s. Maintaining Performance lab machines in the datacenter and Project Management experience.
• Implementation and management of Private Cloud (IAAS) using VMWare vRealize automation (vRA) in distributed environment.
• Administration and configuration of Tenants, endpoints, Fabric groups, Reservations, blueprints and entitlements.
• Implementation and administration of VMWare vRealize Operations (VROPs) and vRealize Login Sight.
• Integration of Puppet, Remedy and IPAM with vRA during machine provision and life cycle management.
• Creating Advanced Services to extend the capabilities of VMWare VRA/VCAC using vCenter Orchestrator (VRO/VCO)
• Integration of vRO with Service-now CMDB module to update CI status as Disposed/Installed/retired via Soap
• Integrate web application with other systems using web services call (REST API/SOAP/WSDL)
• Develop automation workflows and scripts for various infrastructure automation tasks
• Creating Subscription options to Cloud portal and publishing them in Catalogues.
• VCAC administration like Lease management, bringing vCenter machines under vCAC.
• Creating Application blueprints and templates in vCenter - Oracle, MSSQL etc and publishing them in Catalogues
• Utilized vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestrator, and puppet for provisioning and configuration management
• Worked on creating and integrate the puppet profiles and modules in VRO workflows.
• Worked on replacing NIC cards, motherboard and updating firmware's on Dell blade servers
• Upgraded ESX hosts from ESX 5.5 to ESX 6.0, 6.5 using VMware Update Manager tool.
• Resource Management Configuring VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters for Motion migrations between ESX Servers.
• Upgrading the Server Builds. Worked with NIC teaming and Vlan tagging for redundancy and fault tolerance
• Updated the Patches for ESX Servers using VMware Update Manager in Virtual Center.
• Created new Exchange 2016 servers in a virtualized environment using VMWare ESX.
• Maintained coexistence between new Exchange 2016 servers and preexisting Exchange2010 servers.
• Experience installing & Administration of Microsoft Server 2008R2 and 2012R2 server operating systems.
• Installed and configured Active Directory, Domain Controllers, DHCP, IIS, Print and File Servers.
• Experience creating Group Policies, Users, Computers and Organizational units.
• Performed hands on tasks such as planning installs, patch upgrades, and Sun LDAP
• Work with developer to troubleshoot LDAP connection to query multiple AD domains.
• Implementation of Microsoft DHCP, DNS, and Domain trust relationship, file and print services, user and group management
• Installed SQL server 2012 and deployed many SQL Cluster deployments for clients for database requirements
• Resolved L2/L3 level troubleshooting incidents and changes through ITIL tool BMC Remedy.
• Created ASD forms in VRA and linked to VRO workflows to execute the automated deployments
• Working on couple of automation projects i.e WebSphere app server deployments, base RHEL 7.2, Windows2012 VM deployments
• Maintaining production critical servers running UNIX, Linux supporting database and Web services. Providing 24x7 supports.
• Worked to update Chef Cookbooks that configure Linux servers to include standard applications need by app teams.
• Excellent in patches and packages installation on Linux/Unix Environment Build, configure and deploy Virtual machines and templates.
• PowerPath software installation, configuration, upgrade and administration on UNIX and Linux Servers.
• Setup puppet master, client and wrote scripts to deploy applications on Dev, QA, production environment.
• Resolving Puppet issues for the environment (Redhat & Windows). Writing/Modification of puppet manifests.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

System Engineer/Admin

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and management of VSphere 5, ESXi hosts and VMs.
• Administration of VMware ESXi Servers on HP C7000/Cisco UCS Blade Server Environment.
• Configuration and management of View 5 Desktop Virtualization (VDI).
• Experiencing managing 900 virtual desktop infrastructure and application virtualization
• Created base images, pools and deploy virtual desktops for all departments based on requirement.
• Deployed VApp workflow is to provide a single call workflow that can instantiate a VApp Template from vCloud Director (vCD) and performing a number of operations on the resulting VApp before actually deploying and powering it on.
• Implementing and designing cloud solution based on VMware VCloud Director for users.
• Had deployed an automated provisioning workflow using VCOPS and checking performance of whole infrastructure.
• Provisioning ESXi Clusters and Infrastructure services across VBlock platform using EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager and its integration with vCloud Director and vCenter Orchestrator.
• Expert in Automation & Orchestration platforms centered on Cisco UCS director and VMware vRealize automation center.
• Created puppet manifests and modules to automate system operations.
• Involved in Setup and Configuration of Puppet Configuration Management.
• Installed and configured an automated tool Puppet that included the installation and configuration of the Puppet master, agent nodes and an admin control workstation
• Well versed with Ruby, Perl, Shell scripting, expertise in writing playbooks, cookbooks, Puppet, BuildForge, Ansible. Jenkins
• Configured Ansible to manage AWS environments and automate application deployments.
• Performed configuration and system management using Ansible.
• Server configure management via Puppet and System orchestration via Ansible
• Experience in installing & configuring DNS, DHCP and Active Directory services in Windows 2003//2008R2 & 2012/2012R2 servers
• Installation and Deploying Windows Servers 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2/2016 in Physical and Virtual Environment
• Created and used Active Directory groups to assign desktops to end users.
• Used PowerShell scripting for applying patches and run backups. Created PowerShell scripts to run daily tasks.
• Automated routine tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, PowerCLi.
• Worked on Group policy management to restrict users to have limited access on their desktops.
• Experience on Windows 2008 Clustering and implementation Experience working with DNS, DHCP, WINS, FTP and printing.
• Installing Red Hat Linux using kick start and applying security polices for hardening the server based on the company policies.
• Performed package administration on Linux using rpm and yum thru RHN Satellite and subscription manager.
• Building, Installing, Configuring Sun/HP/Dell servers from scratch with Linux (Red Hat 6.X, 5.X, 4.X).
• Experience in Installing, upgrading and configuring Red Hat Linux 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x using Kick start Servers
• Experience monitoring, tracking and managing of environment using vCOPS.
• Server 2012 / 2008, SCOM 2012, and System Center Configuration Manager 2007
• Experience working with monitoring tools like SCOM and demoting Active Directory.
• Troubleshoot the SCCM client and provide 3rd level support for issues related to SCCM client functionality including Windows and WMI.
• Identifying and resolving SCCM 2012 deployment issues. Understand, install, and maintain SCCM 2012 infrastructure
• Create templates for users, application servers for faster VM deployments. P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS, FT in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure
• ThinApp Packages Applications Upgrades and deployment testing and Production Implementation.
• Design and implementation of ThinApp environment. Application virtualization using VMware ThinApp 4.6 & 4.7 versions.
• Keep Virtual hardware and VMware tools updated to keep a healthy environment.