OBJECTIVE

• I am looking forward to the opportunities to make valuable contribution to an organization, which will build on the skills and noledge dat I have developed and learnt over the past years

SUMMARY

• 11+ years of experience in VMware ESX/ESXi server System Administration.
• My primary area of expertise is with VMware ESXi 6.7, 6.5,6.0, 5.5, 5.1,5.0,4.1, versions, Linux (Centos,redhat )& Windows VM related issues
• Cisco Unified computing system administration (UCS)administration & configuration
• Extensive experience with VMware ESX server, Redhat Linux servers, Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 server Operating Systems and Active directory services
• Knowledge of ITIL best practices
• Provide off hours /on call support when required. Self - motivation and desire to succeed and get management impression
• Personal responsibility for resolving problems in most effective way.
• The ability to work independently and with teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

VMware and UCS infrastructure Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Created SMOP (standard method of procedure )for each and every tasks I perform as per company standards
• Firmware Upgrades on UCS Fabric Interconnects. 2.1(1a) to 2.2(1b) & 2.2(1b) to 2.2(5c), 2.2.8b
• Creation of different types of Pools & Policies.
• Creation of Service Profile Templates for B series blades & C Series Rack-mount Servers.
• Troubleshooting the TACACS login issues.
• Local user id creation.
• Configuration of Syslog server, SNMP & Call Home on Cisco UCSM.
• Configured the NTP and sync with NTP Servers.
• Troubleshooting of Discovery failed Chassis/Blades.
• Working with Cisco Team for any critical issues.
• Coordinating with Data Centre team for the Physical connectivity issues on Terminal Server, Cisco Fabric and Chassis side.
• Deploying the vCenter 5.x & 6.x on several Data Centres.
• Migration of vCenter 5.x to vCenter 6.x in Production Environment.
• Installation & Configuration of Auto Deploy Server.
• Installations of ESXi image on Cisco UCSM blades using the Auto deploy Server.
• Installation and Configuration of vMA & vCOPS on each datacentre.
• Creating the vLANs Under Standard switch & disabling the IPMI Service on ESXi hosts.
• Creation of host profiles based on the Client requirement and deploy the ESXi hosts using those host profiles.
• VM Deployments based on the VM Templates.
• Trouble shooting on vCenter Server issues.
• Coordinating with VMWARE support for any critical issues.
• Creation of Clusters and adding the hosts to the clusters. (Manually & through Auto deploy)
• Enable the DRS on the clusters and Create Affinity Rules and Change DRS Automation Level.
• Creation of Storage DRS.
• Monitoring the VMs Performance and work on critical issues.
• Coordinating with Data base team for the SQL Database issues.

Confidential, Los Angeles

VMware & UCS Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Expertise in the installation, configuration, and administration of VMware ESXi/ESX 6.x,5.x on HP ProLiant DL 580, 380,and Cisco UCS B-series blades
• Updating by applying patches from VMware every six months
• Storage DRS configuration
• Mapping different storages to the ESXi like nfs, iscsi etc.
• Storage file system upgrade from vmfs 3 to vmfs 5
• VMware tools update and HW upgrade
• Snapshot creation and management
• Roles creation and assign users to the configured roles
• VMware vCenter Installation, Configuration
• Hot and cold cloning of Virtual Machines, P2V using VMware Converter
• Capacity planning of existing Virtual infrastructure on monthly basis
• Performance monitoring using vCenter operations standard
• Involved in new VMware Virtual infrastructure designs.
• Creating clusters for high availability and dynamic resource scheduling
• Creation of Virtual Switches, dVswitch, Ports and Port groups (Management Network, VMkernal for VMotion & Virtual Machine)
• Creating vmfs Data stores by using the LUNs assigned by SAN.
• Creating and managing Windows server 2003/2008 Virtual Machines and Templates
• Create new computer accounts and join to directory services
• Creation/deletion/management of objects, i.e. local user accounts, groups, workstations, servers, printers, etc.
• Planning and implementing fixes / Patches Performance and capacity management on VMware servers Complex Health Checking.
• Analyze Problems & escalate to appropriate Levels.
• Problem determination and resolution within Expected time frame.
• Experience on Upgrading vCenter and ESXi Versions from4.1 to 5.0, 5.0 to 5.1, 5.1 to 5.5 and from 5.5 to 6.0
• Configure Shared Storage for vSphere
• Scan/Rescan storage, Connect to a NAS and SAN device
• Identify Enhanced vMotion Compatibility CPU requirements
• Monitor a vSphere Implementation and Manage vCenter Server Alarms
• Experience on implementing Cisco virtualized data centres
• Cisco Unified Computing System start up and shutdown procedures
• Role Based Access Control within the Cisco UCS
• Create service profiles on the Cisco Unified System (Cisco UCS) platform and manage Service Profiles monitor system events
• Configuring and troubleshooting Autantication & access role
• Managing and upgrading the firmware on UCS infrastructures and Chassis
• Configuring the setting for Faults, event & logs and noledge on investigating the issues
• Install and configure ESXi on UCS hardware
• Configure VMware switching, Install and configure a Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch & Networking configure the VSM vSwitch network for ESXi connection
• Install and configure VEM for communication between ESXi and Nexus switch
• VSM high-availability configuration
• Worked with different leading hardware vendors like HP, Cisco
• Identify and recommend improvements to existing processes. Escalations handling. Coordination with Server managers/other teams
• Created several SOPs( standard Operation procedure )/Documentation
• Adept at learning new skills and adapting to new situations as dictated by changing business goals.
• Skilled at handling complex projects, and rapidly evolving requirements
• Basic operation of network configuration on Linux and windows VMs
• Architect and manage new projects and deployment of Windows based VMs and Operation of Windows systems
• Daily operations such as monitoring, modification settings, Logs checking, events monitoring
• OS installation (using ISO,templates )
• Patching windows servers
• Installing, Configuring and Managing AD / DHCP / DNS Services. Creation of users in active directory and providing access
• Daily Operating System alert handling and response
• Creating Group Policies and implementation as per standard procedures.
• Perform security health Check of Windows servers and other compliance.
• Install, secure, maintain, troubleshoot, administer, manage users and upgrade Microsoft Active Directory
• RAID Configurations and Disk management utilities tools
• OS level disk increase in windows
• Provide support for application team regarding Windows OS

Confidential

VMware ESX Server Administration

Responsibilities:

• Worked on different VMware products like VMware workstation, GSX/VMware server, VMware player, VMware Converter and ESX server 3.5, 4.0, VSphere 4.x
• On workstation Creation of VMs and installing different guest OS like windows and Linux
• Creating Teaming, cloning, snapshots
• Worked on Remote Administration by using VMware server
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• ESX Sever Installation
• Configured Virtual Network in ESX server by creating vSwitches
• Creation of different port groups like Service Console, VMkernal and VM port groups
• Creation of NIC teaming, VLANs and Switch and port group policies.
• Good Knowledge on different storage technologies like DAS and SAN
• Worked on resource management framework like creation resource pools, adding the VMs into Resource pools.
• Virtual Centre installation
• Working on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using Virtual Canter.
• Configure Alarms, Host profiles, Scheduled Tasks, Distributed Power Management(DPM) And Fault Tolerance (FT)
• Also worked on vCenter plug-in like Update manager, guided consolidation
• Experience on Migration concepts like vMotion, Storage vMotion and cold migration.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• ESX Installation
• Creation of VMs and Install different Guest os’s
• Strong noledge on ESX servers
• Strong noledge on VMware products like VM player, VM ware converter, Workstation
• Snapshots creation
• Cloning and templates creation
• Troubleshooting VMware problems
• Manage network interfaces, printers and printer queues
• Manage file system permissions for users and groups
• Create, delete and modify users and groups
• Install, remove and update package
• Installation of Linux OS and update OS without losing data. working on DNS Servers and Domain Names
• Network Diagnostics
• Install, secure, maintain, troubleshoot, administer and upgrade Microsoft Windows Server operating systems with all required server roles on assigned servers.
• User creations and management and windows servers