SUMMARY

• IT professional wif 7 years' experience in IT infrastructure including network, hardware and software maintenance, Skilled troubleshooter and problem solver proficient in managing systems and networks in a range of IT environments, wif high aptitude for learning new technologies and how they help us perform job duties
• Extensive experience as a system administrator and IT experience in multiplatform VMware, Linux and Windowsserver virtualization wif hands - on expertise in networking, storage and system integration
• Around 2 years of Experience in Azure cloud technology
• Experience on Microsoft Azure and creating Virtual Network on Azure to connect all the servers.
• Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets
• Experience in dealing wif Windows Azure IaaS Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Cloud Services, Resource Groups, Express Route, Traffic Manager, VPN, Load Balancing, Application Gateways, Auto-Scaling.
• Expertise in Azureinfrastructure management ( AzureWeb Roles, Worker Roles, SQL Azure, AzureStorage, AzureAD Licenses, Office365).
• Excellent knowledge in Azurecompute services, AzureWeb apps, AzureData Factory & Storage, AzureMedia & Content delivery, AzureNetworking, AzureHybrid Integration, and AzureIdentity & Access Management.
• Experience in Planning, Design, Implementation and configuration of Active Directory, MS Exchange, Office 365, Lync, Skype for business, System center and Networking.
• Planning, creating and managing AD group policy Templates and policies administration, operating system security patches, Upgrades Procedure for secure computing and network environment.
• Experience wif Virtualization technologies in installing, Configuring and administering VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 Enterprise and created and managed VMs and also involved in the maintenance of the vCenter Server 5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 Enterprise.
• Worked on vCenter Server 4.0/4.1/ 5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 Enterprise and for managing multiple ESXi Servers, Build and troubleshooting experience wif ESX Servers and ESXi Servers, vSphere and vCenter manager.
• Proficient in Windows 2003/08/12/16 servers and also upgrade of 2003 servers to 2008 servers and 2012 servers as per the versions used like standard and enterprise upgrade and active directory administration.
• Experience in Power Shell Scripting for Creating, deleting & Managing Users and to automate Active directoryhealth checks and Exchange daily tasks.
• Experience in Power Shell Scripting for Creating, deleting & Managing Users and to automate Active directoryhealth checks and Exchange daily tasks.
• Worked as part of a team to engineer a custom cloud-based Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution offered as Identity as a Service (IDaaS). Also participated in implementations of IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM).
• Citrix Administrator for CitrixPresentation 4.5, responsible for publishing applications, adding servers to farm and troubleshooting.
• Setting up redundant FC SANFabrics using Confidential MDS Directors/Switches and implementing VSANs.
• Developed custom Identity Management component to synchronize Active directory, LDAP, and legacy systems
• Installed, configured, tested, maintained, monitored and troubleshooted end-user workstations and related hardware and software in order to deliver required desktop service level for Windows7 and Windows10 OS
• Experience in providing first and second level support for upgrade to windows 10.
• Knowledge ofSarbanes-Oxley(SOX) IT controls.
• Conducted meetings & discussions on best practices andSarbanes-Oxleyrequirements wif internal audit, IT operations and development team.
• Assess and recommend standard security configurations for new and existing desktop and laptops
• Replaced and/or added HW components as required for compliancy or to remedy HW issues
• Install, upgrade, support and troubleshoot for printers, computer hardware and any other authorized peripheral equipment.
• Responsible for all components of Office 365including one drive, Skype for business, yammer and SharePoint.
• Migration experience from On Premise Exchange to Office 365cloud.
• Design, configure and maintaining Active Directory Services on Windows 2003/08/12 servers and 2016(Test/Development) Domain controller.
• SCCM 2012/2007 experience focused on deploying, packaging, administrating and troubleshooting an enterprise wide SCCM environment on large scale environment.
• Experience in deploying custom scripts to be used in upgrade and deployment of software through GPO and SCCM.
• Developed shell scripts for automation of the build and release process, developed Custom Scripts to monitor repositories, Server storage.
• Experience in Writing scripts using Power Shell, VBScript and Batch files.
• Hands on experience on P2P, P2V, V2V Migration of Machines from one datacenter to another datacenter using migration tools like Plate spin, Double take and VMware Converter.
• Experiance in using vSphere, vCloud Suite /vRealize suite - vRealize Operations Manager (vRops), vRealize Orchestration(vRO), and vRealize Automation (vRA/ vCAC), VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN)Experience wif Microsoft Network Load Balancing and Microsoft Clustering technologies.
• All works involved wifActiveDirectoryare recorded in Excel Sheet and kept track of all activities for auditors, managers, and myself, enforce record keeping on everything done on AD, including import and export reports from AD
• Experience wif enterprise backup systems & disaster recovery operations; familiarity wif SAN technologies; solid understanding of vSphere 4 implementation wif shared storage fiber channel, ISCSI, NFS / VMFS strategies for performance & optimization.
• Onsite COLOTech / Network Engineer wifin NOC environment responsible for remote hands and eyes accessibility for major ISP's.
• Responded to customer trouble tickets regarding Office 365Administration issues
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.5
• Implemented VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) technology using VMwareVIEW / Horizon5.0.
• Experience in configuring DRS, HA, vMotion, storage vMotion, Virtual networks, cloning, deploying VM’s from Templates and automating VMware environment.
• Administered and Implemented DNS, DHCP, DFS, WINS, FILE & PRINT Servers, IIS, FTP and MS exchange mail server. Created and managed user and group accounts in user Manager and in MS exchange Administration.
• Experience in creating clusters for load balancing the Backup servers to ensure High Availability.
• Experience in writing PowerShell scripts to automate admin tasks.
• Experience wif x86 / x64 Intel, HP & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Manage User accounts, system security, change management, documentation and following company standards.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: VMware vSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0, vCenter Server 4.0/4.1/ 5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 ESX 3.5/ 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0, VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, FT, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Capacity Planner, VMware Workstation

Windows Administration: Configuration of DHCP and DNS, installation and configuration of VPN client, Windows Server 2003/2008R2/2012/16 - installation and configuration, installation and configuration of Active Directory creating users and groups, Opening ports, setting user access controls, domains creation and setup.

Networking: OSI Reference Model, IP switch FTPIPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP, UDP, switches, routing concepts, virtual network concepts including vSwitches, VLANs, vSwitch, TCP/IP stack for virtualization, configuration of printers and, scanners.

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380 G5/G6 Intel Xeon, HP ProLiant DL385 G6/G7 AMD Opteron, Dell PowerEdge 2850, 2950, R710, HP BL 460c G5/G6 blade servers, C7000 HP Chassis. NetApp V6000 Series.

Operating Systems: Windows Server NT 4.0/2000/2003/2008 R2/2012, Windows XP/Vista/7, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta,GA

Windows/VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a team to build and configure 2000 virtual (VMware) and physical bare-metal Windows 2008/2008R2/2012R2 /2016servers used for applications, databases, domain controllers, DNS servers for use in a new datacenter.
• Worked on configuration of internal load balancer, load balanced sets and Azure Traffic manager.
• Experienced on Azure VPN-Point to Site, Virtual networks, Azure Custom security, end point, security and firewall.
• Involved in creating Azure Services wif Azure Virtual Machines.
• Involved in developing the Azure solutions and services like IaaS and Paas.
• Installed and built servers through Azure Resource Manager Templates or Azure Portal.
• Good working experience in AzureLogic apps, Service Bus, Document DB and SQL Database, Data warehouse.
• Identified opportunities to improve infrastructure dat TEMPeffectively and efficiently utilizes Office 365 and Microsoft Azure Windows server 2008/2012R2, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows PowerShell and Cloud infrastructure.
• Advanced enterprise level skills in editing files and shell scripts through 'vi, nano editor.
• Extend user and reset account for full and part timer, contractors and vendors prior to company practice and the auditors
• Handy Experience on troubleshooting Application Autantication issues in Active directoryMulti domain
• Experience wif DCPROMO process and configuring AD Site, OU structure, Site Link, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Global Catalog servers, directoryservices, subnet mask, DNS forwarders, Reverse Lookup.
• Administrationof all hardware and software for CitrixXenApp and Provisioning server, Gateways, and Xen Desktop.
• Supported 15 CitrixTerminal Servers, and published application support.
• Conducted IT and financial audits forSarbanes-Oxley(SOX) compliance.
• Configuration of Citrix server policies, Load Management and Printers in the Farm.
• Responsible for Terminal server builds and CitrixXenApp server deployments in both Physical and virtual environments
• Generate daily reports to higher level management groups for Audits, Reviews and Authorizations.
• Performed onsite analysis, diagnosis and resolution of complex desktop problems for end users and recommend and implement corrective solutions including offsite repair for remote users desktop and laptop computing issues as needed on Windows 7 and Windows 10 OS.
• Used bash/shell scripting to do administrative automation tasks including, installing, configuring, managing files, users, and repositories, applications, debugging, and troubleshooting.
• Assess and recommend standard security configurations for new and existing desktop and laptops
• Responsible for installing, configuring & administering Network services like DHCP and DNS services.
• Managing Exchange 2007 and 2013 servers and troubleshooting issues related to mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain. Flip the Exchange services from Active to Passive node to install the patches and perform maintenance work on the Exchange servers
• Responsible for Administration of Active Directory in Windows environment. Managing Active Directory issues such as: Logon Failures, Account Lockouts, Group Policies, Network Connectivity, DNS and WINS Name Resolution, Autantication Problems, File and Printer Permissions etc.
• Imaging laptops and desktops to Windows 10 (PXE, Boot Media and Hard drive methods)
• Creating plan of execution, imaging of new Windows 10 equipment.
• Troubleshot HW and SW related issues during the reimage process
• Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support & troubleshooting client's issues.
• Adding verifying and modifying domains to work wifin the Office 365environment.
• Facilitated weekly team meeting wif Office 365 managers
• Analyzed customer environments and assisted wif email migrations, totaling 120.
• Provide a trusting and secure relationship wif the customer to alleviate any concerns about or during transition to Office 365
• Involved in supporting RHEL 5.x/6.x environment performing activities like LVM, Networking, Kickstart and bonding.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware and used Remedy Tool for ticketing (Change Management, Incident Management, and Request Management) and looking after high priority incident tickets both on virtual machine and ESX host level.
• Upgraded VMware Infrastructure 5.0 to vSphere 5.5 along wif updating the vCenter, ESXi Hosts, vSphere client from 5.0 to 5.5 and Virtual machines tools upgrade to 8, 9 and 10.
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, vMotion, SV-Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Configured and supported Microsoft clusters on VM's using RDM's and iSCSi storage.
• Hands on Experience in Migrating the VM’s from one DC to DC using EMC Recover point which is a block level migration.
• Installed and configured SRM 5.0 and created Protection Groups and Recovery Plans using Site Recovery Manager 5.0 using VMware best practices.
• Applied patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager and host update utility.
• Experience in combining Linux servers to Active Directory to enforce password policy uniformly and simplify dual factor autantication.
• Monitor the remote monitoring and management system alerts and notifications and respond accordingly through service tickets.
• Researching, analyzing and implementing software patches or hardware changes to fix any network deficiencies.

Confidential, CALIFORNIA

Windows/VMWare Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, installed, configured, troubleshoot and administer Windows services on 2003/2008/2008 R2 servers. Services implemented including File/Print Server (2008, 2008R2), IIS (6, 7), Terminal Services (2008,2008R2), VMware ESXi 5.5/ Hyper-V, Confidential Works.
• Design, install, administer, and optimize hybrid cloud components to ensure business continuity (i.e. AzureAD, ADFS, SSO & VPN Gateways.).
• Architect, develop, plan and migrate servers, relational databases (SQL) and websites to Microsoft azurecloud.
• Provided high availability for IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances for access from other services in the VNet wif AzureInternal Load Balancer.
• Deployed AzureIaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets
• Maintained the user accounts (IAM), RDS, Route 53, VPC, RDB, Dynamo DB, SQS and SNS services in AWS cloud.
• Redesigned infrastructure for high availability using multiple WAS availability zones.
• Dynamically added and removed servers from AWS production environment.
• Developed custom RESTful SSO portal using Python Django and AngularJS to integrate wif custom IAMsolution
• Setting up private networks and subnets using AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and create security groups to associate them wif the networks.
• Responsible for applying Windows patches and Fixes
• Mentor and help the mobileteams to come to speed wif the platform REST API, OAuth2.0 autantication schemes and the secure local cache
• All works involved wif Active Directoryare recorded in Excel Sheet and kept track of all activities for auditors, managers, and myself, enforce record keeping on everything done on AD, including import and export reports from AD
• Built and optimized MobileApplication test strategies and methods in coordination wif front-end and back-end engineering teams operating in a hybrid Agile/Wave software development process.
• Worked on leading IAMconcepts such as Least Privilege, Privileged Access, Roles and Data Mining, Segregation of Duty and Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Participated in implementation of Global IAMAutomation (GIAMA) solution; dis included installation & configuration of IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (ITIM) components (DB2, Directory Server, WebSphere Application Server, ITIM Application, Directory Integrator, Dispatcher) and GIAMA layer.
• Managed IAMprojects, resources (offshore + onshore), and highly technical operations.
• Experienced in end-to-end integration of IAMSolution using SailPoint Identity and Access Management Suite dat includes requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, maintenance, and upgrades
• Created BASH shell scripts to automate cron jobs and system maintenance. Scheduled cron jobs for job automation.
• Installed Oracle Linux and configured the servers based on the server based on the hardware details.
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of VMware ESX 5.0, Virtual Center 4.0 Servers and also patching, management and troubleshooting of VMware, and ESX Servers
• Was Responsible for Active Directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Responsible for troubleshooting network, database, application and web performance issues.
• Documented and maintained automation scripts for administration of servers.
• Deployment of packages via SCCM 2012R2 to test collection and tan moving them to Production.
• Designed custom software distribution packages and Advertisements to be distributed via SCCM2012.
• Power Shell scripting for Office 365 Solutions.
• DNS Records MX Records Autodiscover settings for Office 365 connections.
• Business Productivity Online Services BPOS prior to Office 365.
• Designed, configured, implemented and maintained an enterprise messaging environment including Office 365, Exchange.
• Performing wif QA and QC procedure, reporting, monitoring and distribution of applications via SCCM 2012R2 for App and end user testing environments.
• Installation, configuration and deployment of SCCM 2007 and SCCM 2012 for imaging and deployment of applications and operations across environment.
• Create MSI packages and manage viruses like Symantec AV and Altiris.
• WSUS 4.0 design and SCCM 2012 2012 Integration for more efficient client security updates.
• Performed full datacenter remediation/rebuild of entire Hyper-V environment and maintaining HA for production VM’s
• Troubleshoot/diagnosed incompatibility wif Intel network cards and dell firmware which caused unplanned datacenter outages requiring detailed plans for execution of datacenter remediation of all Hyper V cluster.
• Made Package management using RPM, YUM and UP2DATE in Red Hat Linux.
• Scheduling the jobs by creating Crontabs / Cronjobs on Linux and Windows Servers.
• Used Remedy Tool for incident Reports/Tickets, Change management and Request management in remedy by meeting the SLA requirements.
• Participated in Installation and configuration of vCenter Server, and vSphere licensing.
• Administered user accounts, domain accounts, administrative rights, and security and distribution groups wif active directory.
• Experience in installation of desktops using VDI environment.
• Installed the applications on the servers through Marimba Channel
• Performed P2V conversions using converter enterprise 4 and 5 and also P2V cold conversion using VMware Converter Boot CS.
• Installed and Configured WIN, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IIS and Terminal Services
• Involved in Installing, Clustering and Administration of SQL Server 2005 on Windows Cluster
• Created Shell scripts to interact wif HyperV, WSUS, Windows Update, AD and Registry
• Compiled PowerShell for virtual migration/Upgrade for daily and monthly tasks to remove dated VM’s
• Responsible for monitoring backups and restoration using Veritas and net backup exec
• Involved in On Call rotation for supporting production strictly maintaining SLA's.
• Supported ESX and VM storage issues and also coordinated wif the Storage Admin Team

Confidential

Windows System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation of migration strategy for consolidating Data Centers from around the world to centralized locations in US which involves numerous servers of Windows2008 and 2008 R2.
• Installing VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0/4.1 and ESXi server 5.0/4.1.
• Identification, planning and migration of P2V candidates and new builds from each site wifout any downtime.
• Performed tons of V2V Migration., Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines.
• Created VM's on ESX servers and deployed VMs through OVF Templates, Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches.
• Worked on Migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration and Remediate.
• Configured Netbackup Client thorough planning was done for downtime, knowing each server usage & their placement in Datacenter.
• Creating Data centers in the vSphere Web client and adding the Hosts to the Data center.
• Hands on experience wif VCOPS, configuring dashboards for clients.
• Installing and configuring Windows 2003 servers of DHCP, FTP, Web Server and SQL Database Server.
• Installation and administration of Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP servers. Administrating and responsible for Microsoft File and Print servers cluster on windows 2003. Managing printers’ queues, spoolers, files and folders permission, maintenance/failover of cluster when required.
• Managing Exchange 2003 servers and troubleshooting issues related to User and group accounts, mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Responsible for Security Patch Management and Deployment to all clients using Microsoft WSUS 4.0/3.0.
• Administering DHCP Server creation of reservation and configuration of server options.
• Configured Terminal Server to access to the servers using Remote Desktop Protocol.
• Maintaining Local Area Network (LAN), using Confidential Switches.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Troubleshooting UCS hardware if the Hosts are disconnected in the vCenter.
• Design, Installation and configuring of new vSphere 5 ESXi servers for the P2V candidates on UCS Confidential C240 M3 Rack Server.
• Installed Management Server (vCenter Server) instances to enable centralized management of multiple ESXi hosts.
• Configuring High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS).
• Creating a backup job and also took backup of data center on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Built number of VMs through templates/clones, created templates/clones for future use and physical servers/hosts 4.0/4.1 from ISO Images.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Maintained existing data migration program wif occasional upgrades and enhancements.
• Performed data migration enforcements tasks.
• Executed data migration in coordination wif management and technical services personnel.
• Planning, managing and Installation of VMware ESX 4.0 /4.1 server, Installation and configuration of virtual center database and installation of VMware infrastructure virtual machine.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Administered and setup print servers in Windows 2003/2000 server.
• Administer for windows server 2003-2008 and all related server services including FTP, AD, DNS, DHCP and VPN.

Confidential

Windows/VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• VMware Server management including server template creation and management, server deployments as well as ESX host troubleshooting.
• Administered VMware environment, evaluated & implemented new hardware & software solutions dat benefited architecture & operations. Implemented VMware SRM & troubleshooting performance issues.
• Analyzing and implementing OS patches and hot fixes as well as other OS configurations and updates using Blade Logic Patch Management tool.
• Played a Key role in Managing, Installing, and Supporting Windows 2003/2008 Servers, and VMware ESX Servers 4.0/4.1.
• Maintained vCenter Server 4.1 & implemented View Desktop Infrastructure
• Installed and upgraded Cold Fusion application 8.0, 9.0.
• Building ESXi 4.0/5.0 Hosts and maintain those ESXi servers through vSphere Client.
• Performed troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP, IIS and Active directory and maintained Web Servers by installing IIS 6, FTP Sites and creating Virtual Directories in IIS 6.
• Design and implementation of vCops for of capacity planning to monitor and build new clusters, ESXi and increase storage lun’s as per the needs.
• Configured HA, DRS clusters, FT for important VM’s.
• Capacity planning using vCops and VMware guided consolidation for gathering the physical machines CPU and Memory usage metrics.
• Used tools such as VMware Converter, PlateSpin, and Veeam FastSCP to work on ESXi Environment for the P2V conversions.
• Performing migration of VM’s from Host to host and between Lun’s using vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Identified & fixed ESX performance bottlenecks by working wif clients & other teams and configured NFS server to share resources across multiple servers.
• Created Snapshots according to user’s requests and requirement.
• Presenting FC SAN LUN’s, RDM’s iSCSI LUN’s and NFS mounts.
• Updating and upgrading ESXi servers using vCenter update manager.
• Disaster recovery planning, implementation & recovering systems during crash or hardware failure.
• Update & patch all ESX servers & coordinate hardware-software installations & upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance wif company policy.
• Implementation of Active Directory infrastructure and Network fundamentals, protocols (such as TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS), Group Policy and Profile Management.
• Configured automated VM migrations using automated scripts in PowerShell. Standardized network cable runs for VMware hosts across multiple data center.
• Documentation includes PCI compliance Requirements, Project Plan, Network Diagrams, P2V migration & Network design & upgrades recommendation.
• Provide Level 2 support to end-users and performed technical expertise for windows systems environments on issues related to servers, local services, data centers, and server configuration.