SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of professional experience as Infrastructure Engineer performing VMware & Microsoft Windows 2012, 2008 R2, 2008 & 2003 implementation, support and administration on HP/Compaq Proliant & Blade Servers
• Tasks included Day - to-Day operations, configuration of storage media and master servers, hardware and software troubleshooting, new device configuration.
• Comprehensive understanding of VMware ESX 5.X, 4.X and 3.X, Active Directory Services, Microsoft Clustering, Network Load Balancing and Windows 2k8/2k12 Server Core Infrastructure.
• Architecting virtualization solutions using Microsoft and VMware products.
• Cloning, deploying VMs to Template, Templates to VMs, vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, DRS, DPM etc.
• NTP server configuration in ESX server for the time synchronization between ESX and VMs.
• Group Policy Implementation, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), DNS & DHCP
• Generating report summary and performance for ESX servers and VMs. Creating VM snapshots.
• Creating new folders, data centers, clusters, and resource pools in the Virtual Center (VC)
• Task scheduling for onsite & offsite resources and monitoring
• Virtualization and clustering with Microsoft Hyper-V
• Experience in Installation /Configuration/ Administration/ Troubleshooting of Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server
• Experience in Storage management using SANs, NAS
• Experience in Administering Active Directory Services, Terminal Services, Printing Services, and Internet Information Service, DNS and DHCP servers.
• Experience in Supporting Enterprise Applications across multiple Operating Systems and Platforms.
• Primary strengths lie in ability to make sound business judgments, decisiveness, and well-developed planning, analytical, and communication skills
• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of hardware including Servers and Workstations. Expertise in configuring RAID technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Servers: HP Proliant ML3xx,5xx/DL3xx,5xx/SL1xx G5, G6, G7 & Gen8 Server, HP Blades BL2xx/4xx/6xx G5, G6, G7 & Gen8 Servers

Operating System: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3-5, Centos 3-5, Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, Vista, XP, SuSE Linux 9-11, Ubuntu 11-13

Networks: TCP/IP, DHCP, VPN, DNS

Virtualization: VMware ESX/ESXi, VMware Server, VMware vSphere, Virtual Center Server, Microsoft Hyper-V

Programming: UNIX Shell Programming (bash), Powershell

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential, Salt Lake City, UT

Responsibilities:

• Installation of VMware ESXi 5.x and vSphere client
• VMware upgrade from 4.X to 5.X
• Administer and verify vSphere HA, DRS, DPM and Auto Deploy in VMware installations
• Disaster Recovery using vCenter Site Recovery Manager
• Troubleshooting of hardware & software issues on Red Hat Linux/Windows guests
• Measure the throughput and compatibility of network and storage solutions
• VMware network setup using vSwitches & VMNIC
• Administering Active Directory Services, DNS and DHCP servers
• Virtualization and clustering with Microsoft Hyper-V
• Setup hardware configuration for Boot from FC, FCoE and iSCSI
• Creation & stress tests of guest (Red Hat Linux/Windows Server)machines on KVM
• Network Troubleshooting on Windows, Red Hat Linux, ESX/ESXi and KVM
• Installation of OS & patches on Linux (rpm & deb) and Windows 2003, 2008, 2012
• Setup software iSCSI, software FCoE and vSAN
• Delegating tasks and setting priorities for offshore team
• Work with developers and project managers to develop tasks & procedures.

Infrastructure Engineer

Confidential, Newark, CA

Responsibilities:

• Health check of physical and virtual servers running Red Hat Linux/Windows 2008
• Installation of VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 & 4.x & vSphere client
• VMware upgrade from 3.X to 4.X & 4.X to 5.X
• Live Migration in Hyper-V hypervisor in Windows 2008 R2 SP1
• Group Policy Implementation in Active Directory
• Microsoft Clustering & Network Load Balancing
• Making recommendations for problem resolution & documenting the solution
• Storage I/O setup using Red Hat Linux / Windows Server
• Boot from SAN (FC and iSCSI) on physical servers
• Implementation, support and administration on HP Proliant Servers(ML, DL & BL)
• Preparation of weekly status reports & project monthly report(PMR)
• Provide leadership & guidance to junior engineers

Confidential

Assoc SW Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sanity check of storage and network solutions on servers using HP IM agents(SNMP)
• Installation of HP providers & hardware tests on Red Hat Linux/Windows Server
• Maintenance of Shell scripts & Virtualization service solutions(VMware, Hyper-V)
• Deep understanding of HP Proliant servers which includes DL, ML and BL series
• Knowledge transfer on Storage & Network controllers