SUMMARY

• A result driven VMware and Cloud Systems Engineer with 17 plus years of industry experience in the area of Server Management, Data Center administration, Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Scripting with experience serving large Enterprise clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows Server Platforms.

Virtualization: VMware, HYPER V.

Cloud Solutions: Microsoft Azure .

Converged Infrastructure: VCE Vblock Systems and VxBlock Systems.

Programming Languages/Scripting: Power Shell, VMware CLI, Azure CLI .

Backup and Recovery: CA ARCServe Backup. Backup and restore using vCenter snapshots, Netapp snapshots.

Disaster Recovery: CA ARCServe Replication and High Availability, Double - Take, VMware SRM.

Remote Management: ILO/DRAC/IMM/RIB/OBA/UCSM/CIMC/vCenter.

Change/Incident Management: Service now, Remedy - following ITIL best practices.

Monitoring tools: vRealize Operations Manager for reporting and capacity planning.

Managing Teams: Leading Mid-Sized teams supporting system operations and Infrastructure upgrade projects.

Vendor Management: HPE, VCE, CISCO, VMware.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Washington, DC

Sr. VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, configure, manage and maintain the physical and virtual infrastructure.
• Perform required maintenance off hours and support 24x7 operations of a large VMware virtual infrastructure in accordance with established schedules and best practices.
• Provide senior level support for maintenance, operation, and configuration of VMware Site Recovery Manager and the vRealize Suite.
• Design, document, test and implement virtual services and devices.
• Manage Software, Drivers and Firmware versions and plan for timely updates.
• Test software and drivers in Test Environment and get them approved to be implemented in production sites.
• Act as a technical lead for major initiatives, changes and deployments, and handle the diagnosis of complex issues within the virtual environment.
• Demonstrate advanced analytical skills by identifying the root cause of complex issues to maintain maximum service availability.
• Assess and evaluate current virtual computing infrastructure, and provide recommendations for enhancements.
• Mentor and train lower level engineers.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures.
• Create and defend system change requests.
• Develop, maintain and implement a proactive capacity planning model to support business decisions.
• Develop and execute contingency plans for network software and hardware failures including isolated and major outages.
• Support yearly disaster recovery exercises.
• Work with Storage team to get the required storage assigned.
• Patch and upgrade all ESXi hosts using VMware Update Manager.
• Upgrade existing Virtual Infrastructure from vSphere 5.5 to 6.5
• Server Hardware life Cycle management - Maintains Warranty details and support related contracts and notifies client during renewal period.
• Based on current and future requirements perform capacity planning, changes in design requirements and upgrade of Hardware to meet the requirements.
• Assist client to make decisions during Hardware procurement and maintenance of current assets.
• Un Pack the servers received at the data center, perform first level inspections and rack the servers.
• Return the damaged or faulty servers to vendor and track for replacement.
• Assists Network and Storage team with the server location and specification details of the new servers for Cable and network port assignments.
• Plan and implement Decommission of BL 680 G7 servers and replace them with DL 380 G10 (ESXi 6.5 Hosts).
• Update CMDB with decommissioned and newly introduced Hardware assets.
• Assist client with Backup of systems and restore during regular production changes and upgrades using vCenter snapshots and Netapp storage snapshots.
• Perform Hardware maintenance like replacing faulty hardware in the data center.
• Work as Cloud Administrator on Microsoft Azure, involved in configuring virtual machines, storage accounts, and resource groups.
• Remote login to Virtual Machines to troubleshoot, monitor and deploy applications.
• Using Power shell to write, debug scripts to automate the processes and do migration of VM, involving copying and creating of VHDS.
• Managing day to day activity of the cloud environment, supporting development teams with their requirements.
• Creating Labs, Virtual Machines along with setting up policies and using Formulas and Custom Images to deploy the network.

Confidential

VMware Infrastructure Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform Gap Analysis to identify gaps in current infrastructure so as to upgrade from vSphere 5.5U3 to vSphere 6.5 on Non-Vblock and 6.0 U3 on Vblock 1000 infrastructure.
• Analyze Hardware (CISCO Confidential and HP server infrastructure, Vblock) and Firmware requirements to support targeted vSphere versions.
• Assess current vSphere components like SRM, Log Insight, VCM, NSX, VROPS, VRA, VMware Dump/Syslog Collector and plan upgrade path as required for vSphere 6.5e and 6.0U3
• Analyze VEEM and Avamar requirements to support vSphere 6.5 and 6.0U3
• Create Statement of Work(SOW) for vSphere Upgrade project on Vblock and Non-Vblock environment
• Design upgrade path for Virtual Infrastructure.
• Create Technical documents so as to guide SA during implementation and for Knowledge Base.
• Coordinate with different teams to ensure all the pre requisites are met before starting the upgrade.
• Create Project Plan with Time Lines, Teams involved, Segregating Tasks, Creating Meetings and support calls with Vendors to support Upgrade process.
• Update Project status to customer and Stakeholders.
• Implement Upgrade plan and ensure timely closure of tasks.
• Split SSO on vCenter Servers and repoint them.
• Upgrade vCenter Servers residing on CISCO Confidential, HP Servers and on Vblock.
• Install and Configure Site Recovery Manager (SRM) between sites.
• Create Baselines so that operations team can upgrade ESXi Hosts to 6.5 and 6.0u3
• Create Project Closure Documents, handover upgrade plan strategy and technical documents to Client and Stakeholders.

Confidential

VMware/Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Upgrade ESXi hosts from ESXi 5.0 to 5.5 and 6.0.
• Design, Install and Troubleshoot VMware ESXi 5.5 Hosts on HP BL 460c Servers and CISCO Confidential B200 servers.
• Exposed to vSphere Host Profiles, Standard and Distributed Switches Configuration.
• Configure VMware vSphere HA and DRS clusters to manage workloads and availability.
• Create Baselines and timely update of patches for all ESXi hosts using VMware Update Manager and VMware CLI.
• Work on production tickets and ensure timely closure.
• Work with vendor and perform RCA for critical issues.
• Design and implement migration of ESXi hosts from HP bl460c blades to Cisco Confidential B200 M3/M4 Blades.
• Perform health check, manage and Trouble shoot issues on Cisco Confidential servers using Cisco UCSM 2.2(6e).
• Create service profiles and service profile templates for new hosts in CISCO Confidential Domain.
• Update drivers and firmware on all Cisco Confidential FIs and Blades, HP Chassis and Blade servers.
• Replace Memory, CPU, Mother Boards, Blades, Chassis and Fabric Interconnects in Cisco Confidential domain to resolve issues related to hardware failure.
• Test Disaster recovery policies using VMware Site Recovery manager (SRM) and update DR policies run books.
• Implement and manage Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) on Cisco Confidential servers with Symmetrix storage and Virtual Server Infrastructure (VSI) on Confidential Servers with in Vblock 350 and 720.
• Administration of VDI environments using VMware Confidential View.
• Packaging/deployment technologies such as App-V, ThinApp / App Volumes.
• Design the overall VDI solution and conduct planning, requirements analysis, implementation, post implementation support, training, and maintenance of the VDI solution.
• Ensure ongoing evolution of the VDI platform to support business requirements and align with the corporate IT strategy.
• Follow change management principles to ensure all the infrastructure changes were performed with in the specified change management policies and guidelines in ITIL driven controlled environments.
• Participate in the 24x7 On-call support rotation.