PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Citrix Administrator with over 7 years of experience with Citrix, VMWare, Windows Systems Administration, Application Packaging and Technical Support.
• Expertise in Configuring, installing, upgrading, maintaining, optimizing, and troubleshooting Citrix XenServer Pools, XenDesktop and all components including Desktop Delivery Controller Version, Desktop Director, HDX Policies, License Server, Profile Management, Provisioning Services, Web Interface, and XenCenter.
• Expertise in VCenter Server for Windows and Server Appliance for managing multiple ESX/ESXi servers, SRM, View, Thinapp, vShield and VCloud Directory.
• Excellent understanding on ESX Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning and Snapshots.
• Building Cluster Environment for High Available Applications and increasing resources like HDD, Memory and CPU.
• Experience generating Performance Reports and Patch Management of ESX Hosts using VMware Update Manager.
• Extensive experience in working with the VMotion and Storage VMotion technology.
• Strong experience with the VMware HA and VMware DRS.
• Responsibilities included installing, configuring and troubleshooting Windows Servers as per enterprise standards.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows Server, Windows Workstation, Windows, Red Hat Linux.

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, WINS, Active Directory, Terminal Services, FTP, RDP.

Hardware: Cisco UCS B200, HP C7000, HP Prolient DL360 G7, DL380 G6, DL385 G1, DL385 G2, HP Blade BL35p, BL460c G6, BL 465c G6 IBM X Series.

Citrix: Citrix XenServer 6.0/6.2, XenCenter 6.0/6.2, XenApp 4/5/6.5/7.0, XenDesktop 5/5.6, Citrix Provisioning Services 5/6.1, Citrix Netscaler.

VMware: VMware ESX 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 5.5,6.0, VMware Infrastructure 2.0/3.0/3.5, VMconverter, VMware vSphere, VM vCenter server, VMware vMotion, VMware view, VMware ThinApp, VMware Workstation, VMware Player.

Application Servers: Citrix Metaframe PS 3.0/4.0/4.5 and XenApp 4.5/5.0/6.0/7.0.

Web Servers: IIS 5.0/6.0/7.0.

SAN: Hitachi Freedom store 9900, EMC Clarion CX700, EMC DMX2000, XP1024, XP12000, SUN A5200, D1000, A1000.

Tools: VNC, WebEx, ADMT, Remedy, IBM ISM MAXIMO, AD Snapshot Tool, Tivoli Backup Exec, DS View, ILO, Blade Logic, Putty.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Allentown, PA

Citrix/VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Installation, Configuration and Administration of Citrix XenDesktop 5.6, XenApp 6.5, Provisioning Services 6.1, Citrix User Profile Management 4.1.2, Desktop Director 2.1 and XenServer 6.2.
• Installed, maintained and monitored Citrix XenApp 5, and 6.5 Servers, making sure they are up - to-date with latest rollup, hot fix and service packs as well as server update.
• Installed, Configured and managed Virtualized IT environments using VMWare on Windows Server platforms for both on-premised and cloud based apps using VDI and Citrix tools.
• Presented functional and technical overviews of Citrix XenApp 5.0, Edgesight 4.5, and Edgesight for Load Testing, Password Manager, Citrix Access Gateway, Netscaler, application streaming, application packaging, GPOs, Active Directory, and SQL Servers.
• Performed conceptual designs for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and XenDesktop 5.6, Edge Sight 4.5, Password Manager, Citrix Access Gateway, Netscaler, Application Streaming by researching operational needs.
• Installing and configuring VMware VCenter Server, VCenterplug-ins including VCenter converter and upgrade manager and Managing VCenter permissions.
• P2V migration using VMware converter and V2V conversions using VMware converter and Plate Spin and double take.
• Deploying DDC and provisioning services, deploying VDI.
• Migrating existing infrastructure into virtualization environment using VMware Physical to Virtual Converter and VMware Workstation.
• Responsible for creating and building Windows 7/8 and Windows 2008 R2 server virtual images on VMware ESX servers.
• Creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates and Cloning VMs.
• Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines.
• Scheduling replication and snap shot specific tasks.
• Create Virtual switches and port groups, configure virtualization networking settings for redundancy by teaming up NICs, configure network traffic, security and load balancing policies.
• Excellent log analysis knowledge for monitoring performance (CPU, Memory, Disk, network Utilization) and virtual infrastructure alarms in VCenter servers.
• Replicated all the Production Server for Disaster Recovery using VReplicator.
• Resolving various issues such as Windows Policies, Application licensing through RDP.

Confidential, Peoria, IL

Windows System/Citrix Admin

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Deployed Citrix XenApp 5.0/6.0/6.5 Farm project for 5000+ users and 180 applications based on 400+ VMware servers based on ESXi 4.1/5.
• Plan, install and deploy a VDI Proof of Concept (POC) environment to evaluate the benefits, performance and scalability of Windows hosted virtual desktops.
• Documentation of the server built process, RSA token support, Citrix Policies, prepared business case documentation about the Citrix farm and VMware for cost cutting.
• Monitor and troubleshoot the Citrix IMA Service and the ICA communication channels.
• Monitor, optimize and troubleshoot client performance and slow logons.
• Monitor, optimize and troubleshoot published applications with problems such as missing dlls, registry errors, and application crashing.
• Monitor, optimize and trouble shoot printing and printing policies.
• Installed, configure and troubleshoot computer hardware, operating systems, network configurations and software.
• Managed the installation and configuration of Windows Server/Workstations.
• Installation and administration of Windows Domain Controllers, Active Directory Design& Architecture, File/Print/Database Servers.
• Worked on Setup Replication, Synchronization between multiple domain Controllers, DNS and Database Servers Window Server.
• Replaced defective Computer and Network equipment as needed such as switches and routers.
• Windows Installation and configuration and designing of Active Directory.
• Configured Group Policies, Active Directory, Exchange, password resets etc. Secured client Wireless Networks using encryption and redeployed their WiFi equipment for proper signal and usage hence improved their bandwidth and productivity.
• Configure, troubleshoot and monitor core services such as Active Directory, TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP and group policy.
• Installed hardware, applications, maintained LAN / WAN / Wireless networks, support remote access users, develop documentation, the IT team.
• Managed network servers and components including installation, configuration and maintenance.
• Prepared and presented report to management on organization’s security and virus protection audit.
• Supported end users in many aspects of the hardware and software environment.

Confidential, Oak Brook, IL

Windows System/VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation, configuration, and administration and troubleshooting on VMware ESX 3.5 and 4.1 environments including support for Virtual Center management, DRS, HA and vMotion.
• Upgraded VMware ESX 3.5 infrastructure to VMware vSphere 4.1 and VMware vCenter 4.1.
• Created vSwitches, different types of port groups, NIC Teaming and VLAN Problem Management on VMware ESX 4.X and Virtual Center and vMotion.
• Implemented and managed HA and DRS clusters.
• Troubleshooting using PowerCLI.
• Installed and configured Microsoft Internet Information Services on windows 2003 servers
• Audited log files to identify problems in troubleshooting web applications and suggest solutions.
• Configured websites, web applications and virtual directories by assigning bindings to them such as hostname, IP address and port numbers.
• Configured settings for the both static and dynamic content web sites on the servers.
• Configured and managed Worker Processes for the web applications.
• Performed viewing system logs, applications logs and security logs for web applications to analyze issues and trouble shoot issues.
• Performed backup and restore content and configuration on application servers.
• Participated in the updating security patches and application related updates.
• Participated in trouble shooting issues for user/group authentication and authorization issues and browser issues.
• Participated in managing networking issues on Microsoft Windows Servers.

Confidential

Windows System/Citrix Admin

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Administration of Active Directory and delegating control/ permissions.
• Worked on Setup Replication, Synchronization between multiple domain Controllers, DNS and Database Servers.
• System administration including Windows Server, Terminal Servers, Citrix XenApp 4.0 and XenServer 5.
• Worked on Windows Server, Active Directory, GPO, and OU.
• Developed and updates documentation.
• Developing and Implementing Software and Hardware as per company standards.
• Manage vender relationship.
• Installation and configuration of Web Interface to give published application access through web browser.
• Load balancing of servers through Citrix Load Balancing utility.
• Applying Patches, Security Updates and Service Packs for the Citrix Environment.
• Installed, configured and maintain MS hypervisor, Windows Server with virtual servers.
• Supported end users in many aspects of the hardware and software environment.

Confidential

Windows System/Citrix Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration and maintenance of Windows 2000/2003 servers and XP Clients running on HP Servers and IBM Workstations.
• Supported Citrix Farm and Citrix Presentation Server for 1,000 total users.
• Enabling Web Access and Securing the Published Applications and Content.
• Maintained technical documentation for security compliance and performance tuning which was set as the global standard by the Corporate Security Group for all Terminal Server and Citrix environments.
• Creating Users/Groups and OU in Windows 2000/2003.
• Resetting user's passwords in Active Directory.
• Defragment of active directory database and troubleshooting active directory. Backup and Restore Active directory.
• Installing and integrating DNS and Active Directory.
• Implemented RAID 5 for Fault Tolerance on Domain Controllers.