PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of IT professional experience in virtualization, systems administration, designing, backup, capacity planning and project management. MCSE and VCP 5.1 DCV/DT certified.
• Hands on Experience in Installing, Configuring & Troubleshooting VMware ESX 5.1/4.1/3.5 and vSphere 5.1/4.1. Configuring VM’s on ESX server and installing hosts and Migrating Virtual Machines across various VMware ESX hosts
• Experience in the Installation of desktops using VDI environment with Citrix XenDesktop 5/6.x/7.x
• Extensive experience in migration of servers P2P, P2V and V2V by using VMware Converter and Platespin. VMotion, Storage VMotion, HA, DRS, FT, Host Profiles, and vApp
• Experienced in DNS, DHCP, Virtual Server Administration, and Patch Management on Microsoft Windows Servers - Windows 2008 R2, 2008, 2003, 2000 and NT
• Installed, Configured and Supported Intel based HP Proliant DL360, DL380, DL580 Servers, BL460c, BL20p Blade Servers, Cisco UCS and Dell Power Edge Servers
• Involved in datacenter migration, capacity planning, disaster recovery and business continuity planning
• Expertise in design and Implementation virtualization solutions based on VMware Infrastructure 4/5
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), DNS, DHCP GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Administration of production Windows Servers infrastructure that includes Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers, SharePoint, File, Print, FTP/SFTP servers and Windows/SQL server clusters
• Involved in administration and configuration of Exchange 2007/2010 mailboxes and Outlook Clients
• Experienced in backup technologies like Arcserve, vRanger Pro, Symantec Netbackup, Commvault
• Experience in providing production support on 24/7 for Windows Servers
• Responsible for VMware ESX Server security tasks creating and applying Roles and Permission within Active Directory Users and Groups, Configuring VMotion, Resource Pool, and DRS, HA Cluster, cloning and migrating VM machines.
• Knowledge of maintaining Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Knowledge of SCOM, SQL 2008, QRadar, vCenter Operations Manager, Symantec Vault archiving
• Experience with deploying applications and windows updates using SCCM 2007/2012
• Experience of design, administration and configuration of Citrix XenApp 6.5/7.1 and Citrix Netscaler 10.1
• Knowledge of Citrix application streaming, load management, published apps and permission management
• Have good communication (verbal and written), analytical & problem solving skills, a committed team player as well as an independent worker, able to work with minimum supervision and to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMware: VMware vSphere 5.1/4.1/3.5, ESX Server 5.x/4.x/3.x. vCenter Server 5.1/4.1/2.5 VMware HA, DRS, DPM, FT, vMotion, svMotion. VMware Converter, VMware View, SRM 4/5, vCenter Log Insight, vCOM

Citrix: XenApp 6.5/7.1, XenDesktop 5/7.1, Xen Server 5.5/6, Netscaler 10

Operating System: Windows 7/Vista/XP/8, Windows 2012/2008 R2/2003/2000 Servers.

Servers/Hardware: HP Blade Servers, HP Proliant ML, DL 580, 380, 360, Compaq Proliant 3000/5500 Series Servers, KVM switches, IBM Pureflex chassis

Microsoft: SCOM, SCCM 2007/2012, Exchange 2007/2010, Robocopy, MS Outlook, MS Visio, MS Office 2010/2007/2003

Ciso: CISCO 2951 routers - SRE, UCS with VMware vSphere

Backup/Archiving: Arcserve Backup, D2D, vmhostbased backup, Robobak, vRanger Pro, Symantec Netbackup, Symantec Vault, Commvault 10 Backup

Protection: Mcafee EPO, Mcafee Antivirus, Mcafee Host Intrustion Prevention, Symantec Endpoint protection, Trend Micro ServerProtect 5.8, OfficeScan 10/11, Control Manager

Other: NetApp, PowerShell, Kiwi syslog, HP Systems Insight Manager, Platespin, Landesk

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, East Rutherford NJ

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Installation, Configuration, and Administration of VMware ESXi 5.1 on IBM chassis
• Configured HA, DRS, SDRS as per VMware best practices and applied on ESXi and Storage Clusters for 200+ servers
• Created anti-affinity rules for VMware cluster to keep the Citrix environment alive during hosts failures
• Configured and maintained new VM’s with Windows 2012/2008/2003/7/8, Linux, managed VM’s and ESX servers by using vSphere Client and updated the VMware environment using the VMware update Manager
• Configured volumes and disks on storage arrays - IBM SAN
• Knowledge of HP blade servers and Cisco UCS implementation and configuration using UCS manager interface
• Configured Active Directory users, computers, groups, sites, DHCP scopes, DNS records in multi domain environment
• Deployed various group policies for application configuration and issuing certificates
• Upgraded the domain and forest functional levels to 2008 R2 and added domain controllers running on 2012 R2
• Responsible for DC and Active Directory in multiple forest environment - USA, Canada, Japan
• Participated in datacenter DR and HA planning and deployment
• Knowledge of SRM deployment and planning across multiple datacenters
• Worked on PowerShell Scripts to automate management of VMware, Active Directory, GPO, applications
• Participated in Weekly Status meetings and created weekly status reports with the current status, Incident Reports and Change Management for managing the applications
• Involved in technology implementation including vendor co-ordination, system architecture, capacity planning, security, storage management and High Availability
• Involved in SQL and Windows clustering to support active-active or active-passive environment
• Experience working with LANDesk 9.5 deploying application packages and updates on user machines
• Knowledge of deploying management/legacy applications and OS updates using SCCM 2012
• Built, configured and maintained Trend Micro ServerProtect, OfficeScan and Control Manager to keep the server and user environment protected from virus and spyware threats
• Assisted in Commvault backup for physical and virtual infrastructure and worked on tickets related to failed drives on IBM chassis
• Designed, built and managed XenApp/XenDesktop 7.1 MCS environment with controllers, storefront 2.1, web interface 5.x and NetScaler 10.1
• Configured Citrix Netscaler 10.1 to setup Access Gateway, Single Sign-on and load balance controllers/storefront
• Involved in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop publishing, configuring access and troubleshooting issues in test and production environments
• Experienced in deploying ICA client, printer driver mapping, shadowing users, checking sessions, managing server load and CPU utilization using Citrix Studio and Citrix Director

Confidential, Secaucus NJ

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported 300+ (200+ Virtual) servers across multiple datacenter - USA, Brazil, Mexico
• Worked on configuring the servers with Raid Configuration on HP Proliant DL585, DL380, HP blades and DELL Servers
• Installed, Configured, Administered and patched VMware ESX 5.1/4.1, Virtual Center 5.1/4.1 Servers
• Participated in Installation and configuration of vCenter Server and vSphere licensing
• AdministeredNetApp in FC, iSCSI LUNs, NFS and CIFS configurations, managed Aggregates, volumes and Qtrees
• Managed NetApp filers FAS3020, FAS3040 with command line and Ontap Manager to create lun and disk quotas
• Configured SAN switches for redundancy in network connectivity
• Migrated P2P, P2V and V2V Servers using VMware Converter and Platespin by live and cold migrations
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, migrated Virtual Machines using VMotion and Storage VMotion
• Installed updates using WSUS and Configured TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IIS webservers
• Responsible for DNS replication and troubleshooting issues with zones and DNS queries
• Configured HA, DRS clusters and capacity planning for new clusters and configured FT for the important VM’s and also Maintained FTP Sites, Web Servers
• Configured the NTP server in ESX Server for the time synchronization between ESX and VM’s
• Configured Virtual Distributed Switch and VLAN configuration for production environment
• Worked on VMware Update Manager for updating or patching for all the ESX hosts and Virtual machines
• Performed file migrations with RoboCopy and Microsoft File Migration Toolkit
• Installed and administered windows cluster in Windows 2008/2012 environment
• Deployed multiple SQL and SharePoint servers in VMware environment
• Worked on PCI compliance and deployed 200+ Cisco UCS routers with VMware using PowerShell scripting
• Monitored the servers using HP Systems Insight Manager to find any issues with the server’s hardware
• Installed and managed McAfee EPO software on servers/clients and configured various security policies
• Experience with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions
• Created PowerShell, PowerCli, Win Batch, PS tools and Windows command-line Scripting to automate the manual tasks on Servers and Client computers.
• Knowledge of storage array, storage disk types - SCSI, SATA, SAS and different RAID levels 1,10,5,6
• Responsible for backup of multiple vCenter, ESXi servers, file servers, database servers, application servers and Windows 2003/2008 servers using vRanger Pro, Arcserve Backup, Arcserve D2D, vmhostbased backup and Robobak
• Experience with working in the Datacenter with switches, cabling, racking, KVM, FC SAN, Nexus 2K/5K environment

Confidential

Relationship/IT Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Configured Domain Naming Server (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Applied Patches, Security Updates and Service Packs for Windows server environment
• Created User Accounts, configured User Profiles, created Local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies
• Created sharing folders and applied NTFS permissions
• Provided network support and ensuring the business is run without interruption
• Provided necessary training to IT and trading department with various windows and finance applications
• Experience in IT decision-making, policy direction, planning, and team management
• Coordinated hardware and software installations and upgrades in accordance with company policy
• Coordinated and monitored common system problems: documented system events to ensure continuous functioning
• Coordinated testing, upgrade and configuration of system files and services
• Ensured changes are in accordance with appropriate operating procedures
• Coordinated cross functionally with clients and teams in risk management, back-office operations
• Worked on MSI Package Builder to wraps normal installer packages into a Windows Installer package
• Managed Online Trading applications, Servers & Connectivity with stock exchanges, providing remote support to end clients and branch users

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured, administered VMware server on ESX 2.5/3.5 and VMware client
• Involved in designing and deploying XenApp 5.x servers and published applications to the users
• Maintained system resource load management for Citrix applications through Citrix load balancing utility
• Installed and configured Citrix Presentation server on Windows 2003 terminal server
• Monitored Application servers through Citrix Resource Manager and Performance Monitoring tools.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all ESX and file servers
• Installed, configured and administered IIS web servers and print servers
• Created virtual machines on ESX Servers from templates
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, implemented vMotion and virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter P2V - hot and cold migrations
• Assisted in installing and designing SCOM 2007 and created new Management Packs
• Administered Exchange 2007 Email Server, added/removed users, Mailboxes management, public folders administration, monitored server health, smtp traffic/queues, resolved Outlook issues
• Configure and Managed Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007 for the users

Confidential

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Windows 2000/2003 Servers, Active Directory Services, WSUS and SQL Database Servers
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment
• Implemented user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts
• Configured Terminal Server to access to the servers using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
• Provided application support and involved in troubleshooting project specific software and hardware related Issues.
• Responsible for applying the Windows 2003/2000 Patches and Fixes using Microsoft WSUS
• Provided Norton Antivirus support for virus and spyware prevention
• Analyzed and logged complex software and hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, printer, server, and application to meet business needs
• Maintained escalations, service calls and incident ticket process in 24x7 environments without passing the SLA.
• Installed and configured TCP/IP on windows servers and monitored network devices through SNMP
• Installed, configured and administered Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Created backup jobs of the data center machines on daily, weekly and monthly basis.Installed Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003
• Managed ISA server 2004 Firewall and set the various filters
• Responsible for acquiring and management of Network Equipment and Windows OS Systems
• Responsible for managing users Microsoft Outlook and Active Directory Accounts.
• Managed the installation and configuration of Windows 2000 Server/Workstations
• Performed hardware and software maintenance in labs and office desktops
• Installed and configured networks, router, TCP/IP, and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN
• Monitored Internet usage, Antivirus statistics and reported to Windows Administrator
• Planned and coordinated with major vendors like ISP service providers for installation and troubleshooting
• LAN Cabling, RJ-45 crimping, Labelling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches and Rack set-up