PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Having around 12 years of experience as a Infrastructure Architect/ Systems Engineer with VMware vSphere 4.x/5.x/6.x,.
• Windows Server 200x, Linux,SAN Storage, Design, Deployments,App support, SQL,Scripting,Citrix, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Expert on Designing the infrastructure and application deployments
• Expert on VMware vSphere 4.x/5.x/6.0 environment design and setup
• Expert on vReaize Automation Center design and configuration
• Expert on Data Center Migration with VMware and Physcial environment
• Expert on vROPS configuration and management
• Expert on Data Center setup with multi vendor hardware
• Strong experience on Middleware projects handling
• Expert on Cisco UCS and HP Blade server configuration with Virtual Connect
• Expert on VMware SRM(Site Recovery Manager) design and configuration
• Expert on performing the analysis, technical reviews
• Good experience in ITIL Change Management and Incident Management
• Expert on Windows Server 2008/2012 architecuture and admin
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Clustering and SQL Clustering
• Expert in Active Directory design and configuration
• Experience on Linux and UNIX (Solaris 9.0, HP UX, Confidential AIX ) administration
• Strong experience in server builds in physical and virtual environment
• Expert in DNS,DHCP and other Windows server services
• Expert on maintaining nTier application maintenance
• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of web servers i.e. IIS 6.0, Apache
• Expert on server hardening and security design
• Expert on application support in Windows, Linux, Unix environment
• Experienced on Ticketing tools, Remedy, HP OpenView and Siebel
• Experience on P4force on version tracking
• Good experience with Java based applications and coding
• Experience on CISCO Load Balancers, routers, switches and Firewalls
• Expert on troubleshooting and problem solving independently
• Good experience on develop and maintain high standards in establishing procedures and policies to address present and upcoming issues.
• Experience on PowerShell, PowerCLI, SQL Scripting,VB, WMI, Java and Perl script
• Excellent team leadership, communication and time management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Solution Architect / Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Work on VMware VMware VSphere 5.5/6.0 environment design and configuration
• Work on vRealize OPs design and configuration
• Work closely with Storage team on LUNs assigning and replication configurations
• Work on performance issues of the VMs/VMHOST and Storage
• Work on ESXi server capacity management and scalability
• Configuration on HA and DRS in VCenter clusters and troubleshoot the issues
• Document all the design and configuration of the environment
• Configuration of Distributed Switches with multiple VLANs in vCenter server
• Work on Data Center Migrations to have the servers in new environment
• Wrok on Design Cisco and HP balde environment to deploy them in all Data Centers
• Work on SCCM configuration and deploy the packages and updates on Windows Servers
• Work on MS SQL DB administration i.e. installation and configuration, writing SQL Scripts to query the Database
• Work on Oracle and RedHat Linux, Windows Server 2008, 2012 design and configure with multiple apps
• Work on Active Directory and group policy configuration
• Work on setting the Hardware Standards and provide recomondations
• Work on Microsoft Clustering in Virutal environment
• Work on Disaster Recover setup through VMware SRM with EMC SRDF
• Work on scalability tasks and determine the current and future resource requirement
• Run the reports for resource consumption and work on overprovisioned and under provisioned VMs
• Work on documentation of environment and update them as per the new changes
• Analyze and fix the issues of infra environment and applications
• Configuration of VCenter Update Manager and remediate and patch the VMHOSTS quarterly
• Work with Project Managers to provide infrastructure inputs and coordinate with application architects
• Work on PowerShell scripting for configuration and automate the tasks
• Work on Symantec Backup configuration along with backup team
• Interacting with App users to troubleshoot any performance issues
• Work with JBoss, Tomcat application servers
• Preparing weekly and monthly reports on resource utilization
• Work with EMC SAN storage configuration with VMAX
• Work on Remedy/PIER/ServiceNow ticketing queue with all production and non - production related server issues
• Work with SharePoint administration and configuration to upload our documents
• Coordinating with other teams like Network, Storage, Engineering etc on scalability and performance issues
• Actively work on Incident & Problem Management
• Coordinate with Vendors on RCAs and find fix the issues
• Build the lab for Opensource project for Kubernetes, Docker and OpenStack

Confidential, Dallas TX

Sr. Engineer/ Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked on VMware vSphere 4.5 and 5.1 environments
• Design and upgraded the vSphere environment from vSphere 4.5 to 5.0 and 5.1
• Worked on vFabric APP Director and Data Director
• Design and configure the vCOPS for two Data Centers
• Work on HP Blade environment configuration
• Support more than 50 application teams on their infra needs and provide performance analysis
• Design and Work on vCloud automation configuration and implementation
• Design and configure the Storage LUN allocation with VMFS
• Design and configure the Virtual Networking with Distributed Switch
• Create clusters and Configure HA, DRS, vMotion in VCenter Server
• Configure VLANs in Distributed Switch
• Worked on Site Recovery Manager
• Design the Data Center resource upgrade like increase the blades and adding the storage based on current usage vs allocation policy
• Configure and performance tuning with the best practices of VMware
• Installation and configuration of VMware vNetwork with Distributed Switches
• Worked on Windows Server 2008, 2012 O.S installation and configuration
• Worked on SCOM and SCCM for monitoring and deployments
• Configure MS cluster in virutial environment
• Work on RHEL 6.X installation and administration
• Work on MS SQL DataBase configuration and administration
• Worked with storage platform EMC Symmetrix for VMware environment
• Provide architecture solutions on the issues getting in the team and from Infra customers
• Maintain clear metrics on all the issues and configuration tasks
• Worked with HP by providing the build docs and design docs

Confidential, Daytona Beach, FL

Sr. System Admin

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a VMware, Windows Admin to take care of the whole environment.
• Worked with 5 members team as a Sr. Admin
• Work on SUN/Oracle SPARK servers
• Worked on VMware Migrations to VSphere 5.1 from VSphere 4.1
• Worked on all VMware tasks on a daily basis, i.e. create new VMs, Data store, Network configuration etc.
• Worked on vCOPS installation and configuration
• Worked on Windows Server administration with Active Directory and group policy
• Worked Redhat Linux administration with 5.x
• Worked on IIS servers and SQL database servers
• Worked on WebSense Proxy server configuration and daily maintenance
• Coordinating with Network and Storage teams
• Worked on Change Management and incident management
• Worked on EMC Networker backup server
• Worked on Installation and configuration of Print server
• Worked on Distributed file server configuration and folder sharing configuration

Confidential, Atlanta GA

Sr. Engineer /Architect

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement the project set up in the VMware virtualization environment, review the existing architecture and provide the environmental support to the Virtual Environment
• Work on different Data Centers which spread across USA
• Work with a virtualization Migration plan and implement
• Configured more than 100 ESX servers in UCS blade servers
• Design the CPU and Memory allocation configuration to DRS
• Upgrade VMware 4.1 to 5.0/5.1 version on some Data Centers
• Design and configure the Storage LUN allocation with VMFS
• Design and configure the Virtual Networking with Standard and Distributed Switch
• Create clusters and Configure HA, DRS, Vmotion in VCenter Server
• Configure Distributed Switch, Standard Switch and VLANS in VMware
• Configure Datastore creation and storage migration
• Configure and tune the environment with the best practices of VMware
• Installation and configuration of VMware VSphere suite with VCenter Server and ESXi 5.1
• Work on CISCO blade servers and Cisco UCS manager
• ESX log analysis for troubleshooting and work on performance tuning
• Work with Windows Server 2008 administration and app related issues
• Worked with RHEL linux installation and configuration
• Work on Plate Spin Recon and Migrate for converting Physical to Virtual environment
• Installation and configuration of Active Directory services and group policy
• Look after the security configurations of the setup and work on them
• Deploy the application and packages in DEV,QA and Prod
• Work on app deployment environment setup and troubleshoot the issues
• Support to application issues on Production environment
• Work on internal and external security audits and provide recommendations to remediate risks and making non-compliance as per security standards
• Work on incident management and submit RCA(root cause analysis)
• Maintained the environment in fully structured and organized way i.e. Standardize the server configuration, have all related app servers in one rack/vmcluster, suggest the network and storage team on allocation of ip and storage LUNs in such a way where those apps connected to, maintain the access logs properly and maintain the system drive with all concern tools etc. Maintain the upto date hardware and software inventory with proper CRs
• Work with PowerShell on troubleshooting and deployment
• Perform system monitoring on load and resource utilization and work the teams on tuning and cleaning
• Work with DB, Network, Storage, Backup teams to take care of whole setup as a Sr.Engineer
• Involve with team meetings and discuss the issues and provide recommendation on changes required
• Worked on VMware SRM(Site Recovery Manger) for DR setup configuration
• Work on Change Management and Project Management
• Guide to Juniors on the infra support and setup the new app environment i.e. Servers, Networking, and other environmental issues etc.

Confidential Atlanta GA

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented full project setup in Virtual (VMware) and Physical environment for the Confidential client which deployed across the USA
• Building the new VMWare vSphere environment i.e. Building the ESX cluster, design, configure storage, Networking and monitoring the usage etc.
• Installed more than 120 ESXi/ESX servers in Cisco and HP blade servers
• Installed and configured the VCenter server and administering the entire VMware environment
• Expert on configuring and dealing with HA and DRS in in cluster environment
• Storage/Data store configuration in VCenter server as per the best practices i.e. have a proper naming convention for each type of clusters and configure I/O controls and configure multi pathing rules, and configure alerts
• Design the VMware environment as per best practices
• Created the host profiles with best practices as per VMware recommendations
• Harden the servers and do the patching through update manager
• Troubleshoot the ESX servers through command line and fix the problems immediately
• Analyze the ESX logs, i.e. VAR and support logs and fix the issues
• Install and configure the third party plug ins of Storage i.e. EMC and HDS
• Work on VDI desktop environment in Virutal technology
• Installation and configuration of Window Server 2003/2008
• Design and implementation of group policy creation in Windows Active Directory environment
• Work on domain access issues and multi site issue in AD environment
• Work on ITIL incident management, Change management, Problem management
• Follow best security policies for the organization
• Handing over the Infra setup to users on scheduled time
• Follow best security policies for the organization
• Work on Project technical Map
• Work on Designing and configuration of Disaster Recovery setup
• Work on user technical requirement gathering
• Discuss the user requirements and provide suggestions on them
• Work with Change requests and implementations
• Provide excellent assistance ship on VMware and Windows Administration
• Dealing with DataBase,Storage,Network issues along with concerned teams
• Responsible to management on delivering the services
• Worked on P2V conversion
• Handling the Hardware requirement and Software requirement
• Coordinating among several teams like, Network, Storage, Security etc.

Confidential, Dallas TX

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Senior System/Infra Administrator. It is a huge infrastructure setup and providing support to more than 5000 servers with different datacenters.Skills working on:
• Installation and configuration of vSphere 4.0 on HP Blade and Confidential X series servers
• Work on all features available in vSphere 4.0 like H.A, DRS, Vds, Host profiles, FT,Storage, Networking, vShield, vApps etc.
• Installation and configuration of Active directory services
• Designing the access controls by Implementing the group policies in Active Directory Services
• Handling the Installation and configuration of Window Server 2003/2008
• Worked on Windows Active directory with multiple domains
• Handled the user and application issues on Windows O.S
• Support to user migrations from different domains
• Work on architecture diagram and functional flow
• Working on Security configuration of the infrastructure
• Support on VMware, Windows O.S, MSSQL database and Windows Active Directory Services
• Configure VMotion through virtual network to migrate the guest operating system to different ESX hosts
• Converting Physical to Virtual machines through VM convertor in order to migrate from Physical to Virtual
• Create DRS (Resource pool) by using vCenter Server to share the resources among the guests
• Design and configure SQL clusters and database replication
• Exposed to Exchange Server 2007 configuration
• Design the placing of Web servers like IIS 6.0, 7.0 and Appache
• Provide documentation on analysis reviews
• Conducting team meetings and reviewing the project updates
• Coordinate between teams like Storage, networking etc.

Confidential, Plano TX - USA

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planning and implementation of server installations in Physical and Virtual environment
• Design, installation and configuration of VMware ESX 3.5 on Confidential and HP Blade servers
• Design, configuration of high availability (HA) in VMware ESX to reduce the down time
• Configure Database and storage connectivity to ESX servers
• Active Directory design and implementation
• Installation and configuration of Windows Server 2003/2008 on Physical and virtual servers
• Design and Configuration of Active Directory services (LDAP)with sites and services and create group policy for various domains and sub domains
• Providing technical support on VMware, Windows Server 200x,Redhat Linux, IIS and Applications
• Finding root cause analysis and document the resolution
• Design of Installation of SQL server 2005 and configure SQL cluster
• Work on Exchange Server 2007, Role server placing and email configuration etc.
• Design the Install and configuration of IIS 6.0 and Apache for web applications
• Design the Configuration patch management and image deployment through Altris
• Design domain user management for the different domains through active directory services
• Providing application installations and troubleshooting the application issues
• Troubleshooting SQL server issues by stored procedures and other SQL queries
• Configuration of iSCSI and EMC SAN storage to ESX Server
• Work on ITIL change management and Incident management

Confidential, Atlanta GA

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Working with Data Center Infra facility and providing level 3 support
• Installation of VMware ESX 3.5 servers on HP Blade servers
• Configuration of VMware HA clustering for high availability by auto failover
• Configure Virtual Network in VMware and ports to guest operating system
• Configure Data Store to the VMs
• Worked with HP Blade Servers and Dell Servers
• Worked on Windows Server 2003,and Red hat Linux Server 4.0 administration
• Design and implement Active Directory Services like replication, group policy creation, configure sites and services, replication, DNS integration, etc.
• Patch deployment through scripts and WSUS
• Extensive support to Linux Servers
• Extensive support to IIS 6.0 web servers and work with application integration
• Installation and configuration of Citrix Presentation 4.5 environment
• Providing application support in production and testing environment
• New server builds in physical and Virtual environment
• Configure Windows clustering and SQL clustering to build the SQL 2005 servers
• Worked with SMS 2003 for deployments
• Work with HP Site Scope and ILO for remote administration of HP servers
• Installation and configuration of SCOM 2007 for monitoring the windows servers and SQL applications
• Configuration of EMC SAN storage array
• Configure Raid groups and Storage groups in EMC SAN
• Assigning LUNs to hosts in EMC Storage
• Plan and design for Disaster Recovery on Virtual and Physical environment
• Resolving issues through ITIL change management, configuration management
• Resolve the issues within SLA

Confidential

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing 3rd level support to Large infra complex environment
• Extensive support to Windows 2003 Active Directory Design and implementation
• Installing, configuration and troubleshooting of VM Ware ESX 2.5, 3.0
• Planning and installation of virtual environment
• Worked on user migration in Active Directory environment
• Configuration of guest O.S on ESX servers by using Virtual Center Server 2.0
• Configure virtual network to access the guest O.S in network
• Create template and snapshots and images for fast rebuilding of V.M
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Windows Clustering and load balance
• Hardening servers, Security Patching to secure the environment
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Windows Clustering and load balance
• Configure SSL certification for Web Server and O.S
• Installation and Configuration of SQL clustering for failover
• Migration from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003
• Work with HP Site Scope and ILO for remote access and administration
• Installation of all basic infra tools like F-Secure, Endpoint, BMC Patrol, Anti Virus, Intrusion Alert, etc.
• Configure and use NetIQ tools for system monitoring
• Worked with Change Requests and Problem tickets to meet the SLA
• Supported 24x7
• Worked on Confidential Tivoli and Remedy Monitoring tool

Confidential

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on large scale heterogeneous environment
• Provide support Linux Servers
• Extensive support to Windows 2003 servers with Active Directory Services
• Server Hardening, patching and look after the security implementations
• Configure and Monitoring the health of Windows Active Directory and Servers by perfmon counters and HP Open view
• Provided extensive support to application support in production and testing environment
• Strong AD and monitoring issues troubleshooting with command line commands
• Extensive support to Citrix environment
• Installing and configuration and migration of Citrix Presentation Server 4.0
• Creation of server Farm and adding servers to Farm
• Dealing with zone data collectors in Citrix
• Hosting applications and troubleshooting the access issues
• Provided level 3 support to various clients with health, financial platforms
• Work on Windows and SQL clustering for SQL Server 200x installations
• Installation and configuration of SQL Server 2000 /2005
• Dealing with Clustering issues, DNS, DHCP issues and Database
• Dealt with Access Problems, diagnosing and troubleshooting all incidents related to O.S and Application
• Install and Configure Windows Terminal Services
• Configure all Infra tools and Health check tools on servers
• Interact with customers to resolve the issues
• Configuration of Veritas NetBackup for backup the O.S and apps data
• Handle all Service Requests related to O.S, Web Servers, Applications, Database and Citrix
• Backing up and Recovering the Windows Server 2003 and Active Directory
• Configuration of Windows Clustering and load balancing
• Worked on Firewalls and load balancers
• Worked on ticketing system using H.P Openview Service Desk and Remedy
• Documentation of all development and technical projects
• Root cause analysis on issues
• Worked on ITIL Change Management, Problem Management and Incident Management

Confidential

Sr. System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and configuration of the infra setup
• Extensive support to Windows Server 2000 / 2003
• Provided level 3 support to various clients of Confidential
• Install and configuration of Windows Active Directory Services and Red Hat Linux O.S
• Troubleshooting the Windows Server and Redhat Linux Enterprise server issues
• Took care of application hosting and troubleshooting part in Citrix
• Configure and schedule the AD replication between sites
• Installation and configuration of MOM and SMS 2003
• Design and implementation of the security to the entire network
• Oracle 9i Configuration, troubleshoot connectivity issues, backup, tuning, etc.
• Connectivity configuration among the branches
• Configuration of remote logins and terminal service configuration
• Worked with CISCO router and firewall configuration
• Installation and configuration of IIS Web Server
• Experienced in providing support for ERP applications and other applications
• Used to give the guidance and support to the other branches and clients
• Application installation and configuration on Windows and Linux Environment

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of Windows Server 2000 / 2003
• Installation and configuration of Windows Active Directory Services
• Extensively worked on group policy creations
• Worked on Linux (Redhat) Enterprise servers to configure the Apache web servers
• Resolved the issues within SLA and good coordination with end users and management
• Worked on Linux file system configuration
• Migration user from different domains
• Install and configure Citrix XP Metaframe, Presentation server
• Application hosting and troubleshooting the Citrix issues.
• Worked on IIS web servers to integrate with Citrix
• MS SQL DB and Oracle Database installation, configuration and interact with developing team on SQL issues
• Look after the client server connectivity issues
• Expertise in using the command line commands
• Assembled the server hardware and Installation of O.S on new hardware
• Troubleshoot the user and applications issues by checking the logs and flow of the applications