PROFILE SUMMARY

• Experienced VMware Engineer with 8 years of experience in Information Technology with demonstrated expertise in the installation, configuration, and administration of Windows server 2000/2003/2008, VMware ESX 2.5, ESX 3.0/3.5, ESXi 4.1/5, vSphere 4.0/4.1/5 products. Work closely and effectively, with all levels of management to satisfy project and productivity requirements. Offer logical thinking and able to provide effective solutions to solve difficult problems
• Extensive experience and Familiar with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, administering VMware ESXi 5.0/4.1. Created and managed VMs (virtual server) and also involved in the maintenance of the virtual server.
• Datacenter/Server consolidation and virtualization using VMware technologies experience with continuity of operations for large - scale virtualized data centers; strong knowledge of VMware ESX and VI3.x,and VMware vSphere 4 features including VMotion, HA, Virtual SMP, Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS) and vSwitch design
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Centre servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager
• Expertise with VMware vCenter Lab Manager products
• Experience with VMware view 5.0/4.6/4.5/4.0 design on Virtual desktops deployments and ThinApp 4.5.
• Expertise with IP sub-netting, VLANs, Load Balancing, and High Availability (HA) architectures
• Active directory installation and user administration
• Experience in performing Live Migration and Creating Templates of Guest Virtual Machines from one VM node to another.
• Experience in ESXi5.0 Upgrade from ESXi4.1 environment
• Design and Implemented VMware SRM 5.0/4.5 in Proof of Concepts projects
• Experience with HP Proliant Blades BL460C / BL620C Series, HP Blade C3000 Servers, Dell M1000 Blade Server, HP Blade enclosures, Dell Storage MD 3000i, 3600i series, HP ML/DL Series
• Configuring RAID, Disk Mirroring, SAN Volume Expansion, Raid, SCSI Controller Installation
• Managing Virtual Environment - capacity management, provisioning, patch management, back-ups, configuration management and software licensing in Virtual Infrastructures
• Deploying VMware ESX Servers, VMware Virtual Center, Creating new virtual machines and templates, Alerts and traps notifications, Backup & Recovery using Netbackup, Vmdk backup and VCB
• Expertise on server, desktop and application virtualization.
• Expertise on SQL 2005/2008 Database Server support.
• Expertise in providing support for Windows 2003/2008 servers and ADS.
• Handling P2V conversions using Vmconverter, Platespin and Doubletake tools.
• Expertise with Windows Active Directory Administration, Windows Server 2000/2003,Windows Server 2008 R2
• Produced Active Directory and DNS design, implementation and test plan document
• Experience in Configuring with active directory, domain controller, ODBC, RDP access, security and system troubleshooting skills.
• Troubleshooting on Domain network system.
• Day to day troubleshooting of Windows Server OS issues; administration, troubleshooting, user management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization Technologies: Vmware ESXi 5.0/4.1, Vmware Vsphere 4.1/4.0, VMWare vCenter, vSphere Client, VMware VDI, VMware View, Citrix Xen

Operating Systems: Windows Server NT 4.0/2000/2003/2008 R2, Windows XP/Vista/7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, HP-Unix, Sun Solaris, Apple Mac OS

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 R2, MySQL, IBM DB2

Workstation Apps: Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010, VMware workstation 5.0/6.0

Storage: EMC Clariion, EMC Celera

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, TX

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Upgrade of ESX server from ESX 4.1 to ESXi 5.0
• Create/Manage Virtual Machines (VM) and create templates/images to deploy VMs.
• Clone VM’s and Clone/Template Deployment of VM.
• Performed backup and restore operations of VMware host server's configuration, Virtual Machines backup, snapshots, P2V-V2V conversion using VMware stand-alone convertor, applying Patch updates, monitoring/reporting, SSH, SNMP and alerts notification.
• Installed Management Server (Vcenter Server) instances to enable centralized management of multiple hosts.
• Linked Different Vcenter servers using linked mode to have a single instance of Vsphere client to manage the whole Virtual environment.
• Windows clustering Administration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with SRM 4.5 deployment and implementation
• Create and maintain the user access group. Create and assign different roles and profiles.
• Expertise in installing, maintaining and troubleshooting VMware VI client 4.0/4.1/5.0.
• Work with Infrastructure Team and support Desktop Standardization, Automated Desktop Maintenanceand Deployment and support of Client Desktops.
• Proficiency with VM environment.Schedule VM Backup and Snapshots and manage/reload Snapshots
• Set up V-Motion, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource System (DRS), and relatedVMwareproducts such as VM Workstation..
• Expertise in maintaining and troubleshooting VMware vcenter 4.0/4.1/5.0.
• Monitored and Maintained VMware Environment which included 25 ESX Server, 2 Clusters and 450 Virtual Machines.
• Hands on experience with VMware VSphere 4.0/4.1/5.0.
• Implemented disaster recovery utilizing VDR.
• Install & troubleshoot patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machine using VMwareUpdate manager.
• Administered SRM (Site Recovery Manager) support for Failover from one site to the other
• HP Blade Center administration on HP blades models C7000/C3000 and Cisco UCS 5100 and B200 M2Blades.
• Implement VDI solutions using VMware ESX hypervisor on HP Proliant DL 360 G6 and BL 480G6 servers.
• Install/Configure and troubleshootVMwareVCloud Directory and administrating multiple labsand test environment.
• Handle the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN,iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
• Managing user accounts, permissions, active directory, anti-virus and anti-spam software.
• Administration of servers and desktops, configuring desktops and installing applications.
• Proficiency with Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services Administration.
• Performing analysis and troubleshooting of server, workstations and end user system issues.
• Documenting desktop and network problems and their resolution for future reference.
• Monitoring system performance and network connectivity to remote offices.
• Develop and deploy automation solutions to streamline the install and upgrade processes.

Confidential, NY

Vmware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of ESX servers and VM virtual servers using VM-templates to facilitate server consolidation, migration and testing.
• Built ESX servers and implemented complete integration with SAN for VMotion in a VMware DRS and HA enabled environment.
• Analyze performance of physical servers to determine and customize virtual server specification Deployment of VM Templates to deploy virtual servers.
• Migration of virtual machines from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0.
• Installing patches and software upgrades recommended by security scan.
• Maintain windows DHCP, File servers.
• Extensive knowledge in installing, managing and supporting the Active Directory Environment
• Experience with large number of P2V and V2V migrations using VMware/Platespin and doubletake convertor tools
• Worked closely with Storage and Networking teams to ensure allocated SAN, Fiber and networking infrastructure reflects specifications laid out in the initial VMware farm design to ensure successful deployment
• Hands on experience on Automation and deployment of all virtual machines
• Installed and configured Microsoft cluster running SQL server 2008
• Responsible for the window based virtual and physical servers mainly responsible for virtualization and datacenter migration projects.
• NFS which later moved to local storage using storage vmotion
• Implementing new features in vSphere 4.0.
• Configure and administrate new baselines using VUM (VMware update manager).
• Expansion of resources and addition of new servers to existing VMware farms to stabilize the performance and resource balance across the virtual instances and resource pools

Confidential, CA

Vmware Technician

Responsibilities:

• Modified the Standard Operating Procedures document for the installation and configuration of ESX server ESx 3.5
• Installation, updating and patching of all ESX servers.
• Maintained, implemented and optimized OS/software utilizing VMware virtualization technologies for vSphere 3.5 including configuration of VMware HA and DRS.
• Designed, acquired and deployed a corporate VMware ESX Server infrastructure with capacity for 2000 servers across 3 separate environments.
• Defined and documented Backup & Recovery plans, as well as robust disaster recovery strategies
• Assisted with VMware planning, consolidation and upgrades
• Installation, configuration & troubleshooting VMware Virtual Center, VMware ESX hosts, Windows 2003 virtual machines.
• Assisted with all related VMware issues including the ESX servers.
• Handle VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
• Extensively work on NIC configuration, Link aggregation, IPMP, routing, VLAN, VLAN Tagging, vSwitch setup and different types of port groups.
• Performed cost analysis supporting consolidation of physical servers into VMware
• Responsible for the testing, implementation and administration of vCenter Lab Manager Server
• Responsible for the planning, testing and implementation of server software patches and upgrades as scheduled
• Monitored and maintained all global systems operating in the Data Center.
• Improve efficiency of overall Data Center operations through software implementations and developments by guiding the development team.
• Collaborated with multiple support teams to resolve critical time-sensitive issues, and responded to system emergencies
• Performed troubleshooting of operating system and software infrastructure issues on Domain Controllers, Member Servers, Server Clusters, and Virtual Machine Farms
• Reporting of crash dump analysis to the hierarchy and involvement in process improvement strategies.
• Configuration of Anti-virus - McAfee to protect the network from viruses and spy wares & Spam mails.
• Involved in 24x7 production database maintenance and on-call support. Troubleshoot the customer queries and providing resolution with SLA standards
• Generating reports and metrics based on customer requests Installing and maintaining windows 2003 and Active directory
• Rebuild existing servers and configure on windows server 2003 services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with project requirements.
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request on the server OS.
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
• Establishing system specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements; designing system infrastructure.
• Analyzingsystem logsand identifying potential issues with computer systems.
• Introducing and integrating new technologies into existingdata centerenvironments.
• Applyingoperating systemupdates, patches, and configuration changes.
• Installation and configuration of newserver operating systems.
• Answering technical queries and dealing with often frustrated users.
• Troubleshootingany reported problems related to either active directory or windows server administrator.