SUMMARY:

• 7+ years of experience in architecture, deploying and upgrading systems; including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers, and peripheral equipment.
• 5+ years of experience with VMware ESX 5.x/5.5.
• Experience with VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5; vSphere4.x/5.x, vCenter Server, View, vRealize Operations, SRM.
• 5+ years of experience with Citrix XenApp 6.5 and 7.x servers on Windows Server 2008R2 environment.
• Experience in publishing applications with Citrix XenDesktop 7.6
• Extensive experience with Windows Server 2012/2008/2003 OS’s.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, IIS (Web Server), WSUS, Microsoft Clustering.
• Experience in Application Packaging and Unattended Installations.
• Experience in installing, configuring, administering Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 familiar with Database Creation, Database Security, Database Replication/ Migration, Database Performance Monitoring, User Management, Database Backup/Restoration, Import/Export of SQL Database.
• Experience and Familiar with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, administering VMware ESX/ESXi and Citrix Xen Server. Created, managed and maintained VMs.
• Installed and helped deploy, manage and maintain the new environments in the SDDC/SRM technology.
• Experience in Server monitoring, capacity planning, application monitoring.
• Experience in iSCSI, SAN, NAS/ NFS storage and RAID concepts.
• Installed and configured all the Linux servers in the network per specifications of clients. Managed Linuxuser accounts.
• Introducing RHEL Linux 6 servers to network environments: Performs OS installation and configuration: standard and advanced (net installation and jumpstart for RHEL; kick start installation for Linux).
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (i.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.)
• Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio and Outlook.
• Experience with x86 / x64 Intel, HP hardware like rack - mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Migrate IaaS, PaaS and SaaS instances between public and private clouds.
• Motivated, enthusiastic, and pro-active System Administrator with an excellent 'can-do' attitude.
• Designed, built and maintained server architecture in a Red Hat Linux ESX VMware Virtualized environment.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY:

Operating Systems / Networking: Microsoft Windows 2012/2008/2003 , Microsoft Active directory 2012/2008/2003

Virtualization tools: VI 3.x, vSphere 4.x, 5.x, 5.5, 6.0 vCenter, VMware Update Manager, FT, HA, DRS, DPM, vMotion and Storage vMotion, SRM, Thinapp, VMware Workstation, P2V/ V2V Conversion, Citrix Xen Server, Hyper-V

Remote Tools: RDP, DameWare, RADMIN, VNC, LogMeIn, Dameware, PCAnywhere, Team Viewer

Hardware: HP, Compaq, Dell desktops/laptops/servers, racking/cabling, network printers, Cisco Routers & Switches, 802.11x Wireless gateways, Access Points.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Windows/VMware System Admin

Confidential, Atlantic City, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Managed ESXi Servers and around 3000 VM Machines.
• Excellent knowledge with designing, installing and implementing VMware ESX server5.0 Setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, VMware virtual center, and related VMware products. Performed Physical to Virtual Migration by using VMware Convertor and Platespin.
• Completed multiple conversions simultaneously with a centralized management console Installed, Configured & Trouble shoot of VMware ESXi Servers.
• Performed Monitoring VM'S & ESXi Servers using virtual center Created, Managed Virtual Machines using Templates.
• Enabling VMware features like vMotion, svMotion, High Availability (HA), Resource Scheduling (DRS). Provided lab support to test and dev Team by using VMware Features Snapshots, Cloning. Performed Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Experienced with VM Workstation, VMware converter and VM Backup.
• Excellent Experience with VMware Update manager to install patches and updates. Performed, designed and implemented VMware backup and disaster recovery.
• Integrated of Virtual Machine backups into existing physical server backup.
• Installed and configured vSphere5 and VM Provisioning. Installed and Tested VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 4.x/5.x) for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans.
• Designed and implemented the virtual environment.
• Configured ESX 5.0 servers on Physical servers with SCSI & and Fiber Channel storage.
• Planned, documented and lead the server expansion from physical virtual servers CITRIX:
• Installed and Configured Citrix XenApp 6.5 and 7.x Servers on Windows Server 2008R2 environment.
• Joined the other Citrix XenApp 6.5 Servers to the existing farm in Windows Server 2008R2. configuring and managed of SQL and Oracle Database for Xenapp 5.0, 6.5and 7.x
• Installed Citrix License Server on Windows Server 2008R2 platform.
• Installed Citrix XenApp 6.5 Server client Xenapphosted.msi on Citrix client computers.
• Installed latest Roller Packs and patches on Citrix XenApp Server 7.6.
• Published Line of Business and Off-The-Shelf applications in Citrix environment.
• Installed Citrix XenApp Plugins for Windows - Citrix XenApp Plugins for Streamed Apps * Client for Java, Citrix XenApp Plugins for Hosted Apps - Citrix XenApp Web Plugins * Planned and tested the application Virtualization for various new application releases.
• Created Citrix Streaming Profiler and publishing it to the Citrix farms.
• Provisioned new physical & virtual servers and installed Citrix on them for farms expansion.
• Analyzed Incident, Change & Problem tickets and provided status daily and weekly calls.
• Citrix XenApp Plugins, and Program Neighborhood.
• Installed Web Interface Plugins; Created Sites for XenApp Web and XenApp Services.
• Configured the Site Appearance of XenApp Sites of Citrix XenApp 7.6 Server.
• Published Server Desktops, Applications & Contents; Organized Publish Resources.
• Installed the XenApp Plugins for Streamed App and the Citrix Streaming Profiler.
• Configured and Managed Citrix Edgesite Server for Monitoring
• Configured and published Streamed Applications.
• Configured Sites for Streamed Applications.
• Installed Service Packs, Hot Fixes & Patches in the form of MSP & MSI files.
• Configured Display Setting, Speed Screen Browser, Multimedia, Flash, and Image Acceleration.
• Configured Latency Reduction and Progressive Display.
• Rebuild of Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory domain controllers integrated DNS & DHCP
• Familiar with creating VM Templates.
• Implementation of Windows 2008 Application Publishing to provide remote users.
• Excellent Knowledge in Application Packaging and unattended Installations.
• Created User accounts by using Active Directory Users and Computers.
• Used ldifde and csvde utilities to import and export user accounts.
• Troubleshot Group Policy issues using GPResult.exe and Group Policy Result wizard.
• Restored default setting through DCgpofix and created security policies.
• Used Event Viewer, Task Manager and Performance Monitor to resolve AD issues.
• Managed Active Directory Database, did offline database defragmentation.
• Moved database transaction logs, restored deleted objects through Ntdsutil.
• Resolved DNS issues in Active Directory environment by using Management Console.
• Tested DNS by using DCDiag /Test:DNS; DNS connectivity with NetDiag and NSlookup.
• Troubleshot, viewed and manually created the replication topology by Repadmin..
• Configured and viewed DFSR replication by using Dfrsadmin.
• Created and viewed snapshots of data that is stored in Active Directory with Dsamain.
• Viewed audit policies by Auditpol; used wbadmin to backup data.
• Configured DHCP scopes, servers and options. Backup and restored DHCP database.
• Resolved DHCP issues using Event Viewer, Perf Monitor, DHCP Statistics and Audit Log.

Citrix and VMware Admin

Confidential, Mahwah, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Excellent knowledge with designing, installing and implementingVMwareESX server 4.1.
• Setting up V - Motion, HA, DRS, VMware virtual center, and related VMware products. Performed Physical to Virtual Migration by using VMware Convertor and Platespin.
• Completed multiple conversions simultaneously with a centralized management console Installed, Configured & Trouble shoot of VMware ESXi Servers.
• Installed and configured vSphere5 and VM Provisioning. Performed Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Performed Monitoring VM'S & ESXi Servers using virtual center Provided lab support to test and dev Team by using VMwareFeatures Snapshots, Cloning Excellent experience with VMware updates manager to install patches and updates.
• Performed, designed and implemented VMware backup and disaster recovery.
• Configured and manage SQL database for Xenapp 6.5 Upgraded more than 80 Xenapp 4.5 Servers into 6.5 in 4 months.
• Installed and Tested VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 4.x/5.x) for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans
• Installed Citrix XenApp 6.5 Server on Windows Server 2008R2 in farm environment.
• Configured Printers and Resolved citrix print related issues
• Joined the other Citrix XenApp 6.5 Servers to the existing farm in Windows Server 2008R2.
• Installed Citrix License Server on Windows Server 2008R2 platform. Installed Citrix XenApp 6.5 Server client Xenapphosted.msi on Citrix client computers.
• Installed latest Roller Packs and patches on Citrix XenApp Server 6.5 and 7.0.
• Published Line of Business and Off-The-Shelf applications in Citrix environment. Installed Citrix XenApp Plugins for Windows - Citrix XenApp Plugins for Streamed Apps Client for Java, Citrix XenApp Plugins for Hosted Apps - Citrix XenApp Web Plugins
• Citrix XenApp Plugins, and Program Neighborhood.
• Configured the Site Appearance of XenApp Sites of Citrix XenApp 7.0 Server. Published Server Desktops, Applications & Contents; Organized Publish Resources. Installed Web Interface Plugins; Created Sites for XenApp Web and XenApp Services.
• Configured the Site Appearance of XenApp Sites of Citrix XenApp 4.5 Server.
• Server Desktops, Applications & Contents; Organized Publish Resources.
• Oversee delegated Infrastructure activities e.g. patching, upgrades, and DR exercises.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

WINDOWS SERVER ADMIN

Responsibilities:

• Examined Active Directory integrated DNS. Installed and configured DNS Servers
• Raised the functional level of forests and domains. Implementation of Windows 2008 Application Publishing to provide remote users.
• Created User accounts by using Active Directory Users and Computers
• Created trust relationships between domains.
• Created trusts between the forest; verified and revoked trusts.
• Identify the requirements for installing Active Directory.
• Created child domains; removed the child domain from Active Directory.
• Created and managed organizational units.
• Created and implemented password policies.
• Created and managed accounts using the (Lightweight Directory Interchange Format).
• Delegated administrative control.
• Created and configured sites; managed Active Directory site topologies.
• Downloading and maintaining operating system, drivers, and application files necessary to perform operating system deployments on all enterprise hardware.
• Used Configuration Manager zero touch installation (ZTI) to manage and report on enterprise client operating system deployments.
• Enabled a global catalog sever.
• Monitored and troubleshot Active Directory replication failures.
• Manage and monitored Active Directory Replication using Repolmon and Repadmin.
• Transferred and seized operational master roles in Active Directory.
• Backed up Active Directory and restored Active Directory.
• Defined scope and scope range distribution.
• Excluded IP range and defined lease duration.
• Configured DHCP Options; reserved IP address and defined MAC addresses.
• Enabled DHCP services using the networking services console.
• Set aging and scavenging for Zones, Flush DNS cache.
• Part of a team that planned and performed a rollout of AutoSys 11.0 to the enterprise, encompassing two environments and 200 users, and managed the migration from AutoSys 4.5.1 to Autosys 11.1.0. Assist with migrating jobs into production. Used Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to create and deploy images over the site.

Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed application and infrastructure integration and migration, created policies * Performed environment builds and stability test, pilot and production environments.
• Documented Functional testing and Application Deployment Strategies and designing.
• Created collections, packages and advertisements with SCCM 2007.
• Created Patch Management for Desktops using SCCM 2007 for windows updates & office.
• Testing Application on Windows 7 Desktops and laptops.
• Work remotely and onsite to resolve migration and client issues.
• Monitored and troubleshot LAN installed and configured routers and switches.
• Create Transforms (MST) to customize existing MSI files.
• Used Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to create and deploy images over the site.
• Utilized Norton Ghost / ImageX Imaging to automate installations.
• Installed Citrix License Server on Windows Server 2003 platform.
• Installed Citrix XenApp 4.5 Server client Xenapphosted.msi on Citrix client computers.
• Installed latest Roller Packs and patches on Citrix XenApp Server 4.5
• Standardized desktop\laptop configuration. Configured and manage SQL database for Xenapp 4.5
• Installed Web Interface Plugins; Created Sites for XenApp Web and XenApp Services.
• Configured the Site Appearance of XenApp Sites of Citrix XenApp 4.5 Servers
• ScalingPut Place'ssolutions using Amazon's EC2 and S3 web services; implemented a one-click deployment system to deploy fullyproduction-ready grids of EC2-hosted servers. Implemented a machine-learning classifier to differentiate between web pages of different vertical markets at high speed, accurately; developed new scaling code for the Vast backend using Amazon's web services (EC2, S3, SQS and SimpleDB).
• Published Server Desktops, Applications & Contents; Organized Publish Resources.
• Installed the XenApp Plugins for Streamed App and the Citrix Streaming Profiler.
• Configured and Managed Citrix Edgesite Server for Monitoring
• Configured and published Streamed Applications Performed Physical to Virtual Migration by using VMware Convertor and Platespin.
• Completed multiple conversions simultaneously with a centralized management console
• Installed, Configured & Trouble shoot of VMware ESXi Servers.
• Architect and deploy Symantec public/private cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS & SaaS) across Amazon Web Services, Terremark, HP Cloud Services, DataPipe, Google Compute Engine, CloudStack and Rackspace.
• Migrate IaaS, PaaS and SaaS instances between public and private clouds.
• Performed Monitoring VM'S & ESXi Servers using virtual center
• Created, Managed Virtual Machines using Templates
• Created, configured and managed Group Policy for printer redirection.
• Managed Linuxuser accounts.
• Administered user and system processes. Partitioned and formatted disks.Managed Linux services

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Build, Managed, monitored, and troubleshoot over 500 of Windows servers.
• Participated actively with project managers in planning.
• Designed, organized and implemented Active Directory Plans, with strategies.
• Interpreted and wrote VBScript using varying and standard components.
• Configured and maintained domain controllers.
• User rights and permission, disabling and enabling accounts
• Configured file and folder permissions and security templates as per need.
• Performed Window server 2003/2008 backup and restore.
• Configured group policies in OUs. Performed upgrades, installation of software and drivers and troubleshooting.
• Assisted in troubleshooting user problems relating to Operating System issues. Network Connectivity, TCP/IP configuration, upgrades, and Internet connectivity.
• Utilized Norton Ghost / ImageX imaging to automate installations and configurations.
• Examined Active Directory integrated DNS. Installed and configured DNS Servers.
• Raised the functional level of forests and domains. Created and managed organizational units. Created and implemented password policies. Created and managed accounts using the LDIF (Lightweight Directory Inte. Format).
• Delegated administrative control. Installed and configured all the Linux servers in the network per specifications of clients. Managed Linuxuser accounts
• Monitored and troubleshot Active Directory replication failures.
• Backed up Active Directory and restored Active Directory using restoration methods.
• Configured all necessary network configuration IP address subnet mask etc.
• Defined scope and scope range distribution.
• Excluded IP range and defined lease duration.
• Configured DHCP Options; reserved IP address and defined MAC addresses.
• Enabled DHCP services using the networking services console.
• Created primary and secondary DNS zones.
• Set aging and scavenging for Zones, Flush DNS cache.
• Used Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to create and deploy images over the site.