SUMMARY:

• Over 7+ years of experience in VMware virtualization/Windows, Networking and infrastructure management
• Expertise in Windows 2000/2003/2008 server administration and active directory administration
• Skilled in developing & streamlining systems with proven ability to enhance operational effectiveness and meet operational goals within the cost, time & quality parameters including routing NFS, NIS, Send mail, SSH and other TCP/IP services.
• Sound knowledge on working with Windows SCCM platform on SMS 2003 R2, 2007, 2012 and upgrading system environment to the latest SCCM update.
• Installing, configuring devices and upgradation of Linux & Solaris OS, troubleshooting and Performance Tuning.
• Sound knowledge on Java J2EE on developing and deployment of CI platforms and VM’s.
• Working on ANT scripting languges on reporting of the Windows host environment.
• Experience in implementation of VMWARE ESX 5.5, VSphere ESXI 5.5, vCenter, and VMware Workstation
• Basic knowledge on architecture of HPUX series like Rx, Cx and BL environments on 2007 versions.
• Build and troubleshooting experience With VMWARE ESX and ESXI Servers and vCenter server
• Worked on different VMware products like VMware GSX server, VMware workstation, and VMware player.
• Decent knowledge and experience on SCSI protocols.
• Mature experience on HP Blade server C7000 enclosure with multiple layers of HP blade servers.
• Hands on experience on HP C3000 Blade Servers.
• Working knowledge on network protocols like IPv4, IPv6, TCP/IP.
• Decent experience on Java and Java Script testing and debugging.
• Primary level of expertise in Vrealize Business maintenance.
• Sound knowledge on Virtual Center server 4.0, 5.0 and 5.5 and for managing multiple ESX servers
• Sound knowledge on ESX and ESXI Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning and Snapshots.
• Basic knowledge on Exchange 2013 and 2010 working environment at host and client level server administration.
• Decent knowledge on Windows Active directory management and on migrating.
• Upgrading and updating of Windows active directory from versions, maintaining Ethernet and storage array connection to and fro of the Active directory.
• Hand a chance to learn on Lync 2013 Enterprise edition and Mobile server platforms.
• Hands on knowledge on upgrading server systems to Lync 2013enterprise edition.
• Sound knowledge on resource management framework like creation resource pools, adding the VMs into resource pools and NSX virtualization.
• NSX network interfacing with ESX host to VShpere client server.
• Working knowledge on design platforms like XML editing and debugging and client level environment.
• Worked on EMC VMAX on connection with the ESX host on multiple engines.
• A defined and dependent knowledge on IBM AIX mainframes and knowledge on architectures of Power series systems.
• Setting up and EMC VMAX in parallel with HBA.
• Had a great opportunity to learn on Horizon environment on enterprise edition.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter and platespin.
• Knowledge automated tool building using Team city and Cruise control.
• Extensive background in working with the VMotion technology, VMware HA and VMware DRS
• Worked in implementing, monitoring and documenting the entire DR process.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, different types ofport groups, NIC Teaming and VLAN
• Problem Management on VMware ESX 3.X, 4.0 and Virtual Center, VMOTION & Storage VMOTION
• Worked with VMware Update Manger to update VM’s and hosts with the latest patch release
• Experience in Active directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print server, IIS (web server), FTP, Terminal server, RIS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail server & ISA Server.
• Hands on work experience on maintaining in Cisco UCS servers, in B and C series blades.
• Setup, Administer & Support Server running Windows 2000,2003 R2,2008R2
• Worked on SQL server administration and query building with deployment on time dependency with Maven, Sonar Nexus.
• Worked on vCloud Automation Center(VCAC) on cloud storage updating and client level storage environment.
• Fair knowledge on system level configuration using puppet.
• Experience with x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like race - mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop & other periphrals.
• Configured TCP/ IP protocols like NIS, NFS, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, FTP, SFTP, SSH etc.
• Analyze and resolve operating systems and applications issues on various systems.
• Experienced with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010: Setup and configure, create mailbox, limit and increase mailbox space, manage archives in outlooks, etc.
• Good knowledge in VB Scripting, Microsoft Hyper V and Distributed File System (DFS)
• Provide 24x7 on call support as part of scheduled rotations.
• Excellent communication skills with problem defining & solving capabilities and skills in solving technical issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMWare: Vsphere, VMWare ESX 4.0, 5.0 and 5.5, Virtual center server 2.5 and 4.0, Vmware converter enterprise, VMware Update Manager, FT, HA, DRS,DPM, vMotion and Svmotion, VMWare GSX server,SRM,Thinapp,Lab Manager, VMWareWorkstation, VMware capacity planner, VMWare Player

Networking: Windows 2003 and 2008 Enterprise Server, Exchange Server 2010, Cacti network management tool, SNMP, Centos 5.5, Solaris9.0, Routing (static and dynamic routing, RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPF,), Switching (VLAN, VTP, STP), LAN/WAN with CISCO equipment (router series 2800, 2600, 1800; switch series 1900, 2900, 3500), UCS B and C series, HP C7000, HP C7000 platinum and HP C3000.

Third party VMware Applications: Platespin power convert, Vizon core Vcharter Pro, Vfoglight, Platespin Power Recon, Citrix Desktops

Security: ACL, SDM, RADIUS, TACACS+, IDS, IPS, and VPN.

CITRIX: XenApp6, and Xenserver

Backup Software s: Symantec backup exec and vRanger Pro. Veeam tools

Operating Systems: Windows 9x, 2000, XP, VISTA & 7

Server O/S: Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 servers.

Applications: MS Office 2003, 2007, Outlook 2003, Open Office, VMware workstation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior VMware Administrator/Windows Admin

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Worked on design documents of vsphere environment for business critical applications.
• Involved in developing virtualization design including physical and logical architecture.
• Involved in developing virtual application sizing, a virtual machine layout and a vsphere cluster layout.
• Implemented VRac (vRealize Automation Center) and vRealize Operations, to enable cloud orchestration layer for Software DataCenter model Application migration, deployment with ThinApp and ThinApp Factory.
• Provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of VBlocks, EMC VNX/VNXe, UCS Chassis hardware and related infrastructure. Backup and restore VMware servers and virtual sessions
• Involved in developing VCenter services system design, networking, storage layout and backup and recovery (HA).
• Worked with vendor tech support VCE and VMWare for resolution of issues and hardware replacement.
• Designed automated scripts to improve efficiency, operational stability and operational integrity through VMware PowerCLI.
• Excellent scripting skills with strong knowledge of VMware PowerCLI.
• Defined and documented high-level implementations plan.
• Use VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS / vROPS / vRealize) for server and workstation monitoring
• Integration and testing of Unified Collaboration System with Cisco OpenStack (IaaS) and Media Broker with Unified Collaboration System.
• Develop OpenStack Solutions to support Cisco VNF implementations for vEPC, GiLAN, Mobile RAN, and OTT video solutions.
• Installing and managing ESXI 5.0 servers on HP and DELL hardware, and installation of VCenter Server, VCenter components and upgrading VMware tools.
• Installed, configured and administering Microsoft Windows 2012/2008 Servers.
• Built ESXI servers and implemented complete integration with SAN for VMotion in VMware DRS and HA enabled.
• Implemented VRac (vRealize Automation Center) and vRealize Operations, to enable cloud orchestration layer for Software DataCenter modelApplication migration, deployment with ThinApp and ThinApp Factory.
• Used tools such as VMware converter to work on ESXI environment for P2V conversions.
• Used VCenter server heartbeat to protect virtual Infrastructure from downtime related to application, configuration, and OS, Network or Hardware problems for HA.
• Implementation for Active Directory infrastructure and protocols such as TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS and Group Policy.
• Designed and implemented a cloud solution for internal customers, based on VMware vCloud 5.
• Application migration, deployment with ThinApp and ThinApp Factory.
• Worked with a descent scale network of Microsoft SCCM 2012, 2012 R2, 2007.
• Upgrading system severs on SCCM from, SCCM R2 to SCCM R2 SP1 at client level server.
• Assistance provided on application installing SCCM 2012.
• Used VMWare Horizon View Composer to provision desktop pools using manual provisioning methods.
• Implemented Hyper V migration from one Data center to the other in order to achieve redundancy.
• Used vCenter Operations (VCOPS) for checking the health of the virtual environment.
• Creating User accounts and groups in Active Directory.
• Experience in Deploying and Supporting Citrix Xen Desktop5.6 and Citrix Provisioning services 6.1 Farms.
• Managed and support VMware vCloud Center and VMware vCenter Orchestrator (VCO) in Customer's pre-production environment.
• Maintaining Business Continuity and performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Implemented storage vMotion to migrate VM's from HP EVA to EMC VMAX, VNX storage.
• Formatting, designing and construction on EMC VMAX array.
• Build the entire VDI Environment in Vmware horizon view 5.2 by deploying Connection server; Security servers; Dedicated VCenter server and Transfer server and authenticating them in Horizon View Administration console.
• Worked on Implementing VBlock VB720 in Prep Prod, Prod and VDI environment for Customer.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual Machines on VMware.
• Created VM Machines for test environments to test applications.
• Lifting, Racking, cabling servers.
• End to End Implementation and Configuration of vCloud Automation Center (VCAC) including vCloud Automation Center Manager.
• Provide on-site and remote desktop support to end users.

Environment: VMware ESX 5.0/5.5, VSphere 5.5, Windows Server 2003/2008 R2, Windows xp/2007, Active Directory 2003, SQL Server 2008/2005, IBM 3850 M2 & 3950 server, HA/DRS/FT, SCCM, HP C7000.

Senior VMware Administrator /Windows Admin

Confidential, Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in planning and implementation of virtual environment.
• Creating a procedure for the P2V migration.
• Analyzing the servers to be virtualized or migrated.
• Used VMware vCenter, created DataCenter Environment by creating VMware clusters, adding ESX hosts in the clusters, and implemented HA and DRS.
• Performed physical to virtual (P2V) migrations for approximately 500 physical servers utilizing VMware Converter.
• Daily provisioning and optimization of storage environment with NetApp FAS3050, FAS3160, FAS270
• Administrating multiple labs in VMwareLab Manager.
• Installed and upgraded Horizon Client suite environment to VMware horizon 6 version.
• Involved in installing/configuring and troubleshooting VMware Lab Manager and administrating multiple labs in Lab Manager and dealing with Lab Manager Issues.
• Troubleshooting &testing of VDI instances.
• Involved in built and deploy the windows XP and windows 7 golden image for the VDI environment.
• Used HP C7000 blade enclosures with installing multiple layers of HP blade servers.
• Upgraded from HP C7000 server to HP C7000 platinum server, which improve transmission speeds at exponentially high level.
• SCCM Configuring and installing enterprise edition and SCCM backup, maintaining reduddancy.
• Upgrading system severs on SCCM from, SCCM R2 to SCCM R2 SP1 at client level server.
• Reduced CPU load on NetApp filers from 90% to 55% by optimizing volume configuration.
• Planned and performed a head swap from a NetApp FAS3050 to a NetApp FAS3160.
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware View.
• Performed tons of V2V Migration.
• Performed operation on Team city on tool building at the application level.
• Using VMware Capacity Planner to analyze the server usage and recommend the configuration for new VM.
• Worked on SCSI internet protocol commands and perform data transfer via serial communication, worked on SCSI versions such SCSI-FCP and SCSI-UAS.
• Discussing with the user and team and scheduling migration and monitoring migration.
• Creating a workflow for Pre/Post Migration.
• Perform operational turnover on all system implementations.
• Migrating machines either P2V or from Microsoft Hyper V environment to VMware environment
• Worked with Servers like Windows 2000, 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2.
• Troubleshoot outlook problems and managed users archives in network.
• Installation, configuration and administration of Linux based Web Servers, Mail Servers, Squid Proxy Server, FTP Servers, NIS, NFS, Samba, and oracle Database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and 5.0.
• Create, modify, and manage users account in RHEL 4 and 5.
• Performed performance-tuning tools like Top, Sar, PS, and Vmstat commands in RHEL 4.
• Configuring Oracle on Red Hat Linux and implementation of Web Logic Server.

Environment: VMware ESX 4.0/3.5, VSphere 4.0, Windows Server 2008/2003, Windows xp/vista, Active Directory 2003, SQL Server 2008/2005, HP Proliant Servers, HA/DRS, SCCM.

VMware Administrator/Windows Admin

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement of TCP/IP base client server network infrastructure.
• Loading of antivirus software and configuring antivirus software.
• Taking daily back up and restoration.
• Great chance to learn on Microsoft SCCM environment, updating servers from SMS to SCCM with various service packs.
• Query processing and designing in SCCM 2007 and 2003 R2, dealing with Client level SCCM feature packs.
• Provide hardware support for client and as well as server systems.
• Monitoring the mail server, Instant Messaging server, DHCP server, Man Link, FTP Server, antivirus server, Proxy server, Gateways.
• Troubleshooting application related to Citrix server background.
• Creation of new User ID and setting configuration for a new user.
• Used Java and Java Script as Debugging tool.
• Worked on Java Script for application level environment on feedback and debugging tool.
• Installed and configured of VMware ESX 3.x, 4 and VMware Virtual Center Server.
• Creating, Cloned Virtual Machine and installed of VMware tools.
• Created Virtual Machines and Virtual Desktops making use of VSphere.
• Performed P2V migration using VMware converter and Platespin.
• Used vMotion to migrate virtual machine from one host to another for maintenance.
• Performed monitoring of Virtual datacenter and Active Directory.
• Creating templates and deploying through templates.
• Created and Managed VMware cluster with HA, Vmotion and DRS.
• Created and managed resource pools for Virtual Machines.
• Monitored and managed performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Performed Troubleshooting ESX & Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Performed monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and Virtual Machine.
• Created and Configured Virtual switch, distributed settings and policies.
• Service console and VMkernal Port groups.
• Documentation of the environment.
• Installation and trouble shooting in IIS, Active Directory Service.
• Administration of DNS, WINS, DHCP Servers.
• Installation of Operating System and different software for different application.
• Vendor management (Escalating a call related to vendors), Asset inventory management.

Environment: VMware ESX3.0/4.0, VCenter, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2, Active Directory, HP Proliant Blade Server series, VMware view 4.6/5.0, IBM Blade servers, Citrix, SCCM.

Windows Support Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining the file server, application and Print Server.
• Scripting queries and worked with SQL environment.
• Worked on XML design protocols and a minor version on editing and base level.
• Created User Accounts, groups and running scripts on production servers.
• Assigned local security policies on member servers and standalone servers using RDP.
• Manage and monitor Active Directory services and group policies.
• Worked elaborately on different windows environment, which include Windows NT version 4.0, Work Station, Terminal, 2000 and 2003.
• Created objects like User Accounts, Computer Accounts, and Auto logon accounts.
• Assigning folder permissions to the users by gathering approval from the group owners.
• Efficiently created and managed various Groups (Domain Local and Global Security)
• Worked on HP Open View Service Desk (OVSD) tickets.
• Raised tickets for any issues discovered during validation.
• Categorization of server in terms of complexity and effort required to complete the primary system access tasks.

Environment: Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows NT Server, Windows XP/98, My SQL.

System Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, operation and troubleshooting of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP routing protocol in Cisco Routers & L3 Switches.
• Configuration of Printer, Modem, Scanner.
• Configuration of Domain Naming Server (DNS).
• Configuration of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service (RIS).
• Configured New WAN links and Monitor Network Performance.
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003 etc.
• Installed and maintain of Hardware, Operating System.
• Monitored Routers and Internet Connectivity.
• Implemented network monitoring tool for monitoring servers, routers other network resources
• Managed Active Directory by adding and deleting users and granted user level permissions.
• Resolved Network Problem related to connectivity and assessing resources.
• Responsible for ensuring each reported problem is resolved in timely manner.
• System Troubleshooting in case of a failure and maintain server uptime above 99.99%.
• Migration of active directory services from Win NT to Win 2k to Win 2003.
• Provided Capacity Planning review for all the servers.
• Patched all Windows servers and workstations with Company standards.
• Customized the windows 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment.
• Configured & administered Domain Naming Server (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Distributed File System. (DFS), Internet Information Service. (IIS) and Remote Access Service (RAS).
• Assisted staff with the installation, configuration, and ongoing usability of desktop computers, peripheral equipment and software within established standards and guidelines.
• Worked with vendors to resolve technical problems with desktop computing equipment and software.
• Train and orients staff on use of hardware and software.

Environment: Windows NT/2000, Windows 2000/2003, Active Directory 2003