SUMMARY:

• 7+ years' experience as a VMware\Citrix and Windows System Administrator.
• Experience in Installation (Server Build) of all type of Windows Operating Systems (2000/03/08 R2 server), VMware and Application software under multi - platform environments, deployment & monitoring servers, disk quota management & distributed file systems.
• Hands on Experience on VMware ESX 3.0/4.0/5.0 Servers.
• Migrate teh Windows Infrastructure from one Datacenter to another Datacenter
• Experience working in complex directory environments with experience supporting Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory (AD).
• Built Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers using HP Smart Start or IBM Server Guide, Array configurations, Diagnosing server, Updating Firmware and PSP.
• Good exposure to Enterprise level Hardware and tool framework (HP, DELL, IBM).
• Designing and implementation of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and AD Enabled applications.
• Microsoft applications including WINS, DNS, DHCP, SQL, printing, Proxy, IIS, Active Directory, Exchange, SMTP, FTP, and Domain Controllers.
• Installing Citrix Metaframe presentation server 4.0/ 4.5/ 5.0 /6.0/6.5 and manage teh farm through Presentation and Access Management Console.
• Maintaining Web Servers by installing IIS 6 and 7.
• Monitoring and Managing Citrix Metaframe Presentation Servers using Edge Site Citrix tool.
• Creating a test Environment in Citrix or VMware for Production Team to test their applications
• Building VMware session on ESX 3.0/4.0/5.0 Server, Cloning, and Creating Templates
• Patch management using Microsoft WSUS
• Configure Hardware monitoring across teh organization using HP SIM and or IBM Director
• Exposure to Disaster Recovery (Plate spin/Double Take tools), Vcenter operations Manager, and Windows deployment service, Symantec backup exec, Web proxy.
• SAN Storage zoning and provisioning storage to windows servers and VMware environment.
• Experience in Windows 2008, Windows 2003, standalone & cluster servers
• Hard working individual with excellent intercommunication skills to deal with both technical and non-technical departments.
• Creating a test Environment in Citrix or VMware for Production Team to test their applications.
• Flexible and adaptive to new environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 and 2008 Server, Windows NT 4 Server and Workstation, Windows XP, Windows Vista (Professional and Home), Red Hat Linux 9

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

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

Virtualization: VMware ESX 2.01,2.5,3.0, 3.5,4.0,Vmware Infrastructure 2.0/3.0, Putty, Vmconverter, VMware vSphere 5.5, VM vCenter server, VMware vMotion, VMware view, VMware ThinApp, VMware Workstation, VMware Player

Terminal Application Servers: Citrix Met frame PS 3.0/4.0/4.5 and Xenapp 4.5/5.0/6.0.

Databases: SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 , Oracle8i, 9i, 10g, MS-Access, My SQL

Web Technologies: HTML, PHP, XML

Web Servers: IIS 5.0/6.0/7.0

Mail Servers: Microsoft Exchange 5.5/2000/2003

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, Network Register and Blade Logic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Thousand Oaks, CA

Citrix/VM Administrator

Roles &Responsibilities:

Confidential, Phoenix AZ

Windows/Citrix/VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

Confidential, Madison Wi

Vmware/ Citrix Administrator

Responsibilities:

Freddie Mac, Reston, VA

Windows Admin

Responsibilities:

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

Window Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and Managed XenServer
• Responsibilities include creating and maintaining PVS Images, Desktops and Servers
• Maintained and troubleshoot 60 Plus XenApp VM
• Installed and tested applications in Citrix environment
• Install, maintain and monitor Citrix XenApp 4,and 5 Server, making sure they are up-to-date with latest rollup, hot fix and service packs as well as server 2003 update
• Installed, configured and maintain Citrix Edge sight 5.2
• Asset Management, Change Management, Asset Auditing, Patch Management and Remote Controlling of all client machines
• Extensively worked on VMware Update manger and VMware tools for Host upgrades and windows patches.
• Created Citrix policies and Publish Applications
• Installed and maintained virus protection software using Trend Micro Office Scan
• Administered Printing on Citrix XenApp Environment.
• Worked on installation & Configuration of VMware ESXi Server.
• Administer Wyse Thin client updates on ftp server for various Distribution Centers
• Extensive experience using Peregrine Service Center Ticketing System
• Installed, configured and troubleshoot Nortel Contivity VPN and Cisco VPN clients
• Troubleshoot clients’ network issues
• Upgraded Computer Systems both Hardware and Software
• Installed, Configured and Troubleshoot Lotus Notes Version R5 and 7
• Troubleshooting issues Using NT 4 user Manager/Windows Admin Tool
• Installed, Configured Hummingbird Host Explorer and Lawson Desktop Insight
• Setting ODBC drivers, User DSN, System DSN and File DSN
• Installed and configured Oracle clients to access various databases
• Responsible for supporting and managing over 450 plus Citrix Servers Servers are in multiple locations with different flavours of Citrix me.e. XenApp 4.5 /PS4.5, PS 4.0, XP MetaFrame based on physical and VMs
• Involved with Change ticket, priority tickets and Supporting On-call for Windows, Citrix and Virtual machines
• Deployed and configured Citrix Access Gateway to leverage connectivity for external users.
• Deployed Web interface/Xenapp sites for thick, thin and mobile clients.
• Configured Citrix /TS license servers in enterprise.
• Deployed different farms for different verticals according to teh business requirements.
• Assessed teh possible scope for virtualization and planning teh virtualization.
• Installed and configured Xen server, planning teh storage and network.
• Configured HA, fail over with Xen Motion and setting DR environment in backup site for primary Xenserver pool.
• Configured template for Xenapp 6.0
• Configured XenDesktop farm and provisioning server farm.
• Planned HA and DR for XenApp and Xendesktop.
• Deployed DDC and provisioning services, deploying VDI.
• Configured gloden image for windows7 and optimizing VDisks.
• Streamed application using Citrix profiler/App-V.
• Deployed Citrix clients with SCCM 2005 and GPO.
• Consolidated physical servers to virtual infrastructure.
• Installed Vsphere/ESX 5.5/4.0/3.5, VC server, VI client and SQL Database connectivity.
• Involved in day-to-day activities of remote maintenance / troubleshooting of Windows Server &VMWARE ESX servers’ in production / lab environment.
• Troubleshooting of VMware ESX server 3.x, online/Offline sVmotion data store migration activity
• Created Host profiles on Vsphere 4.0 hosts
• Configured DRS.
• Server build for physical server on HP hardware DL380 & DL580 for Windows 2003
• Installed, troubleshoot performance issues related to VM
• Made templates for different servers as per business requirements.
• Monitored ESX hosts and resolving critical alerts reported.
• Installed windows server 2008 R2 for different roles.
• Deployed GPO for user and computer objects.
• Post installation configurations.
• Created websites on IIS 7.x
• Created host records on DNS for websites.
• Managed CA servers.
• Configured SSL/TLS on web servers.
• Analyzed Client’s environment, existing infrastructure and proposing a solution.
• Deployed and configuring Citrix Access Gateway to leverage connectivity for external users.
• Deployed Web interface/Xenapp sites for thick, thin and mobile clients.
• Configured Citrix /TS license servers in enterprise.
• Deployed different farms for different verticals according to teh business requirements.
• Assessed teh possible scope for virtualization and planning teh virtualization.
• Installed and configured Xen server, planning teh storage and network.
• Configured HA, fail over with Xen Motion and setting DR environment in backup site for primary Xenserver pool.
• Configured template for Xenapp 6.0
• Upgraded VMware ESX 3.5 infrastructure to VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter 4.1
• Configured XenDesktop farm and provisioning server farm.
• Planned HA and DR for XenApp and Xendesktop.
• Deployed DDC and provisioning services, deploying VDI.
• Configured gloden image for windows7 and optimizing VDisks.
• Streamed application using Citrix profiler/App-V.
• Deployed Citrix clients with SCCM 2005 and GPO.
• Printer configurations on Citrix servers.
• Configured Citrix policies, Configuring load evaluator and configuring Edgesight monitoring.
• Migrated XP farm to PS 4.0.
• Participated in teh Load test and sanity testing.
• Analyzed teh application candidates for Citrix environment.
• Documented teh standard operational process for support groups.
• Documented play books for help desk.
• Attended and resolved escalated issues.
• Administered and maintained Windows servers
• Configured domain and domain controller.
• Configured and administered DNS, DHCP.
• Configured and applied GPO at domain and OU levels.
• Managed websites deployed on IIS servers.
• Managed Citrix Metaframe XP farm.
• Configured FTP servers.
• Managed Exchange 2000 server and mail boxes.
• Managed SQL Server 2000 and DB backups.
• Managed user accounts and groups.
• Performed backup and Data recovery.
• Created user accounts and giving access to resources
• Installed of Software on servers.
• Managed File System Formats.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of WinNT Servers, Win2000 Servers, Win2k&XP Clients running on HP &IBM Workstations
• Created users and groups, Resetting user passwords in Active Directory.
• Defragment of active directory database and troubleshooting active directory.
• Backup and Restore Active directory.
• Migrated teh Citrix Metaframe Presentation Servers from 1.8 to 4.0 & 4.0 to 4.5
• Enabled Web Access and Securing teh Published Applications and Content
• Configured Metaframe Presentation Server Policies, Load Management and Printers
• Problem resolution details from escalated issues submitted to availability Mgr for outages affecting Citrix environments.
• Configured Resource Manager and teh Resource Manager Web Console to record historical data and create reports
• Published technical documentation for security compliance and performance tuning which was set as teh global standard by teh Corporate Security Group for all future Terminal Server and Citrix environments.
• Maintained Citrix Logon scripts & Monitor and troubleshoot connectivity to teh data store.
• Monitored and troubleshoot teh Citrix IMA Service and teh ICA communication channel Monitor, optimize and troubleshoot client performance and slow logons
• Monitored, optimized and troubleshoot published applications
• Monitored, optimized and troubleshoot printing and printing policies
• Installed and configured, integrated DNS and Active Directory.