SUMMARY

• 6+ years of professional experience in System Administration and IT experience in multiplatform VMware ESX/ESXi, Linux, UNIX &Windows wif hands - on expertise in networking and system integration.
• Professional experience wif VMware VSphere 5.5,6.0 ESX 3.5,4.1, ESXi 5.0,5.1, 5.5,6.0 and VMware VCenter 5.0, 5.5,6.0 vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, DRS, FT, Host Profiles, VApp, VMware VCenter Converter.
• Extensive noledge and experience as VMware Administrator. Experience in storage performance and Application testing on VMware Virtual Machines.
• Extensive noledge in advance features like vMotion, Storage vMotion and Network/Storage IO Control.
• Excellent experience in working on configuring ESXi hosts and clusters wif all advanced features like HA, DRS, DPM etc.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter and Plate Spin tools.
• Experience in working on Host Profiles, Resource Pools, Storage Profiles, VMFS data store and templates for client VMs.
• Extensive experience in upgrading vCenter server and associated components like SSO and database servers.
• Experience in implementing ESXi servers wif efficient virtualization strategies by creating clones, templates, task scheduling, prioritizing VMs, creating and managing snap shots.
• Writing and developing from scratch windows PowerShell for automating procedures wifin VMware VSphere environment.
• Advance Knowledge in Cloning, Snapshots and OVF Templates Technology.
• Knowledge of maintaining Business Continuity and performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Good understanding of windows and VMware server automation using scripting language Power shell, VB Script, Power CLI.
• Experienced in Configuring SAN, ISCSi SAN and NAS Storage wif Different Vendors like EMC, NetApp.
• Experience on software applications, operating systems w/Hyper-V, VMware, SCCM, and SCOM.
• Cisco UCS Central Software extends and Cisco UCS Manager Features across multiple Cisco UCS domains.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, WINS, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering and Exchange Mail Server.
• Expert in managing exchange 2012 servers and troubleshooting issues related to User and group accounts, mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Experience on Configuring Networking on Standard vSwitches, Distributed vSwitches.
• Extensive Knowledge on Port Groups, VLAN Trunking, VLAN Tagging and Ether Channeling.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (me.e. Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks.).
• Strong interpersonal communication and technical skills in software, hardware and networking which halp me to quickly identify and resolve issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: VSphere, VMware View, VMware ESX (me), Virtual center server, VMware converter enterprise, VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, DPM, vMotion and Storage vMotion, VMware ESXI server, SRM etc.

Operating System: Windows Server NT 4.0/2000/2003/2008 R2/2012 R2, WINTEL servers, Windows XP/Vista/7, VM Ware ESX/ESXi server, Citrix Xen Server, Hyper-V.

Serves: OS / Hardware /Storage Cisco UCS Blades, HP Blade Enclosure C7000, HP Proliant Blades BL Series extender 2000, EMC NS480, EMC VNX 5700, 7500

Protocols: TCP/IP, WINS, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, HTTP/S, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, NNTP, RDP, Citrix ICA.

Backup Software and Tools: ADMT, MS Baseline Security Analyzer, Symantec Backup exec, MS Visio, McAfee EPO, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Trend Micro Office Scan 8.0, Acronis, Symantec Imaging /Ghost, Dell Op Manager, VM backup tools/Scripts and VRanger Pro. Veeam tools.

Applications: VMware Workstation, VMware Player, P2V/V2V Converters, MS Office and MS Visio, Microsoft Exchange Server, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) and System center operations manager (SCOM).

Third party VMware applications: PlateSpin power convert, Vizion core, VCharter Pro, PlateSpin Power Recon, Solar winds, vShield Edge, vCloud Director.

Remote Tools: RDP, RADMIN, VNC, LogMeIn DameWare PC Anywhere, TeamViewer.

Email: SMTP, IMAP, Gmail Postini Console, Spam and virus filtering.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus, OH

VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Supported VMware infrastructure environment that supports virtual machines across distributed Development, Test and Production environments.
• Designing, Architecting, configuring and troubleshooting virtual networks wifin VMware vSphere involving VSS (Virtual Standard Switch) and VDs (Virtual Distributed Switch).
• Created Virtual Machines as per user requirement and performed Cloning on Virtual Machines.
• Migrated P2V and V2V Servers using VMware Standalone Converter.
• Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting VMware ESXi 6.0 Hosts, VMware vSphere virtual center.
• Upgrading of ESXi from version 5.5 to version 6.0 while keeping the VM's in maintenance mode.
• Performed P2V migration for approximately 100 physical servers using VMware converter.
• Installed/updated patches on VMware ESXi hosts using VMware Update Manager tool.
• Deployed VMware VCenter operations manager in the production environment to monitor performance of Virtual servers; data stores and their resources availability.
• Designing of vSphere for implementation of vCloud infrastructure.
• Connecting and configuring SAN and NAS storage into the ESXi and Hyper-V servers.
• Integration of vCloud Director wif vShield and vCenter.
• Deployed and managed vCenter manager for vCloud Operations Management.
• Worked on Active Directory Environment for Windows 2012 R2.
• Creating and managing user accounts and the groups in Active Directory users and computers.
• Managed Active Directory and gave support to problems related to user accounts, domain accounts and managing permissions.
• Configured VMNICs, vNIC, VLAN, vSAN and service profile templates.
• Support System OS patching on client side file servers using Shavlik and SCCM software utilities to push and implement updates as required.
• Configuring vNetwork Distributed switches and migrating the networks from vNetwork standard switches to vNetwork Distributed switches.
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2 Servers on Virtual Machines.
• Provided remote phone support and onsite support for the datacenter migration from physical environment to virtual environment.
• Delivered server and client support for all issues such as: logon failures, account lockout, network connectivity, DNS and name resolution, autantication problems.

Confidential, TX

VMware and Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installing and Managing ESX and ESXi servers on HP, DELL and Installation of vCenter Server, vCenter Components and upgrading VMware Tools.
• Involved in daily Performance monitoring and Active Directory troubleshooting wif the ability to analyze server performance and make recommendations for improvement.
• Installation and Management of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Configuration of vMotion, vSwitches, and VLAN in VMware vCenter.
• Working on the converged infrastructure VBlock and handling VMware, Compute, Network and storage components of it.
• Integration of vCloud Director wif vCenter and vShield manager. Implementation of dedicated out of band vCloud Management Platform. Configuring vCloud networking, External, organization and VApp networks and corresponding network pools.
• Installing ESXI on Cisco UCS blades and C200 racks, using scripted installations, configuring and hardening ESXi servers.
• Designed and Implemented HP Blade center system for vSphere.
• Writing and developing from scratch Windows PowerShell/PowerCLI scripts for automating procedures wifin VMware vSphere environment.
• Comprehensive Administration of VDI environments using View Management Server, vCenter, Cisco UCSM, EMC Unisphere, Cisco Nexus CLI and Fabric Manager.
• Managing the network through Microsoft system center SCCM.
• Implemented various vSphere performance monitoring processes.
• Created custom monitoring, views, dashboards and reports for all customers of SCOM.
• Handled VMware solutions to support multiple Storage connectivity options such as Fiber Channel-SAN, ISCSI, NFS, and NAS.
• Trouble shooting issues related to VMware ESX host, VMware virtual center, HA, DRS, VMware update manager.
• Installing and configuring and troubleshooting Web Servers running on top of Apache and IIS.
• Installing and configuring and troubleshooting Active Directory Servers based on Windows Server 2008 & 2008R2.
• Providing secure sessions over internet using SSL encryption.
• Participate in documentation of LAN network related policies and procedures.
• Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 OS related issues both on production environment and development and QA environments.
• Resolved all issues related wif performance of SAN backed VMware ESX Infrastructure to determine proper allocation of resources to a multi-department user population wif widely varying needs.
• Generated performance and summary reports for ESX/ESXi Servers and VM's.

Confidential

VMware/Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured Clusters for the ESXi hosts and created Anti-Affinity rules in the DRS to either keep the VMs together or separate them on ESXi hosts.
• Configuration of VMotion, vSwitches, and VLAN in VMware Virtual center.
• Updating and upgrading ESXi servers using vCenter Update Manager.
• Performed vMotion and Storage vMotion in the day-to-day activities.
• Involved in P2V Hot conversions using converter enterprise 3, 4 and 5.
• Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory.
• Working on troubleshooting the triggered alarms generated from VMware VCenter Server and solving the SNMP traps rise in VCenter.
• Using Hot Plug feature for increasing the performances of virtual machine.
• Involved in troubleshooting of Virtual Networks and vSwitches.
• Creating Virtual machines, Templates, Cloning and Deploying Virtual Machines.
• Configured Domain Name Server (DNS) and created forward/reverse lookup zones wif associated pointer records.
• Taking care of capacity planning for new clusters, ESXi and VM storage issues.
• Implementation of Active Directory infrastructure and Network fundamentals, protocols (such as TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS), Group Policy and Profile Management.
• Performed technical expertise for windows systems environments on issues related to servers, local services, data centers, and server configuration.
• Customized Windows 2008 R2 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment.
• Review Design Documentation confirming to Software Requirements.