PROFILE SUMMARY:

• A professional with 8+ years of IT experience and skills in System Administration primarily Windows Server Administration and VMware vSphere.
• Experience in working with ESX servers - Installation, configuration, management and maintenance.
• Experience in administrating and managing VMware ESX environment with multiple clusters.
• Experience in implementing ESX servers with efficient virtualization strategies by creating clones, templates, task scheduling, prioritizing VMs, creating and managing snap shots.
• Excellent knowledge in creating and managing users, permission settings, roles and responsibility assignments and VM resource allocations on ESX hosts.
• Hands on experience with HP Proliant Servers and Dell Power Edge rack mount servers.
• Good understanding on storage types including iSCSI, NAS and SAN, VM creation capable file systems including VMFS and NFS.
• Extensive experience in working with the vMotion and Storage vMotion technology.
• Strong experience in configuring HA and DRS clusters, using EVC on a needed basis.
• Experience in P2V and V2V conversions using VMware vConverter.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, TCP/IP, VPN, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel virtual networking, wireless networks & Cloud computing concepts).
• Experience with x86 / x64 Intel, HP & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Experience with Virtualization technologies like Installing, Configuring, and Administering VMware ESX/ESXi.
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFS storage and RAID concept.
• Experience working on Cisco UCS, HP and Dell PowerEdge hardware.
• Experienced in configuring DNS, DHCP, WINS and Active Directory Services in Windows based server environments.
• Managed public/private cloud infrastructures utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS), including EC2.
• Performed configuration, deployment and support of cloud services including Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience with deployment to VDI environment such as Updates/patches/Applications.
• Maintaining the File Server and Print Server and cloning the desktops on network in Windows Environment.
• Expertise in Automation tools like VMware vRealize Automation (vRA)VMware vRealize Business (vRB).
• Done P2V and V2V conversions using VMware Converter Enterprise and PlateSpin.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, different types of port groups, NIC Teaming and VLAN Problem management on VMware ESX 4.X and Virtual Center and vMotion.
• Experience in host-based migrations using Robocopy, rsync, LVM and DTA migration tool.
• Extensive experience in upgrading ESX hosts and working with VMware modules - VI Client, vCentre Update Manager, vCentre Converter, Host profiles, Administrating VMs, vStandard switches, vDistributed switch, recovery modules, resource and performance monitoring.
• Used to manage and create VDI pools (linked clone) and creating several IP pools.
• Extensive experience in building windows-based servers (NT/ 2000/2003/ 2008/2012/2016 ) and managing entire Active Directory (Users, groups, FSMO roles, replication), LDAP services.
• Extensive experience in windows server modules RODC, IIS, Group policies, Security policies, DNS, DHCP, Backups and Restores, Failover Clustering, WSUS, Multiple Doman Trusting & many other windows products.
• Extensive experience in all forms of backup and recovery modules in windows server and VMware environments.
• Proficient experience of working on VMware Horizon 6.0 and Site Recovery Manager 5.8.
• Experience in working with resource and performance monitoring tools for VMs, Servers and VMware infrastructure.
• Implementation of third party tools across the Datacenter like Symantec Backup Exec 10, 11, vRanger pro for backups, and applications related to Windows, security, mail servers, Tape drives, Monitoring, troubleshooting and Ticketing tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMware: VMware vSphere 6.5/6.0/5.5/5.15.0/4. x, VMware Horizon 6.0, 5.0, SRM 5.8/4.0, vCenter 5.5/5.1/5.0, ESX/i 5.0/4.1/4.0/3.5 , vCenter Converter 5.5/5.1/4.0, vCenter Update Manager 5.5/5.1/5.0, vCops 5.5/5.1/5.0, VCAC.

Windows: Windows Server 2003/ 2008/2012/2016 - Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), RODC, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, DFS, WDS, File Service, Print Services, Web-Server (IIS 7, IIS 6), Application Server, SharePoint Services, TCP/IP Networking, FTP, SSL, Terminal Services and Clustering.

Storage: Fiber channels, ISCSI, NFS.

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380G4/G5/G6 Intel Xeon, HP Proliant DL580 G5, Dell PowerEdge 2850, 2950, R710, CISCO UCS Band C series.

Backup Tools: Symantec Backup Exec, TSM, Veeam

OS: Windows Server 2003/2008/R2/2012/2016, Windows 98/XP/Vista/7, UNIX, RHEL 4/5.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Memphis, Tennessee

System Admin (Windows/Wintel and VMware)

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of migration strategy for consolidating Data Centers which involves more than 1500 virtual machines.
• Installation and configuration of vCenter server 6.5, 6.0 and 5.5, host’s in large environment on HP BL 460C & Cisco UCS B Series Blade servers on both protected and recovery sites.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware and used Remedy Tool for ticketing (Change Management, Incident Management, and Request Management) and looking after high priority incident tickets both on virtual machine and ESX host level.
• Experience working on EMC SAN storage technologies in DR site and with Cisco UCS and HP C7000 Blades for ESXi hosts.
• Implementation of VMware vSphere 6.5, 6.0, 5.5 with Enterprise Plus Features of vDistributed Switch and Host Profiles.
• Upgraded VMware Infrastructure 5.5 to vSphere 6.0 & 6.5 along with updating the vCenter, ESXi Hosts, vSphere client and Virtual machines tools upgrade.
• Handle escalated Support tickets till closure for MS Azure PaaS platform.
• Development web service using Windows Communication Foundation and .Net to receive and process XML files and deploy on Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure.
• Worked on Azure PowerShell scripting environment use to control and automate deployment management and Manage cloud services using Windows Azure cmdlets.
• Assist in the creation and management of the IIS/FTP enterprise infrastructure.
• Customize IIS configurations to meet project requirements & Establish and maintain enterprise level IIS standards.
• Deployed Puppet, Puppet Dashboard for configuration management to existing infrastructure.
• Used Chef and other configuration management tools to deploy consistent infrastructure code across multiple environments.
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on HP Chassis 7000, DL380P GN8.
• Design, Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of SCCM and SCOM 2012.
• Setting up infrastructure for monitoring through SCOM 2012 and developing management packs as per the requirement.
• Used python and PowerShell scripts for automated data movement
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, vMotion, SV-Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Running patches and updates through update manager for the ESXi hosts.
• Deployed new Windows 2012 and some 2016 servers and also upgraded to 6.0 and 6.5 from 5.5, 5.1 vCenters on ESXi..
• Manage Virtual Machines using Virtual center and web access.
• Managed SRM for recovery of business-critical servers between datacenters.
• Deployed OS patches to ESX as needed to remediate problems.
• Performed Hot Cloning, Cold Cloning, Classic vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Performed ESXi Hosts and Virtual Machine migrations between Development, Integration and Production environments and across Datacenters. Hands on experience with configuring Cisco UCS.
• Maintaining the file server, application and Print Server, IIS Server.
• Deployed Virtual machines, configured them with IP, installed VMware Tools and hardware.
• Configured and managed IIS 7.0/8.0.
• Hands on Experience in migrating the VM's from one DC to DC using EMC Recover point, which is a block level migration.
• Migrated user mailboxes to Office 365 in batches and run reports on batch progression.
• Experience monitoring message queue and performing Exchange backup and restore.
• Involved in the cut-over and decommissioning of the physical server after the P2V server by working closely with the command center during the process.
• Troubleshoot and resolve the Storage related issues generated in the production, Development and testing environments using vCops.
• Managed VMware ESX (i) hosts using vSphere client and Web client.
• Deployed over 400+ VMs to support a migration from Windows 2008 to Windows 2012 R2.
• Managing Citrix Server with Load Balancing, Resources Manager Server, Web Interface Server and Secure Gateway.
• Applying principles and elements of the software designed data center such as VSAN, distributed switching, DRS and vRealize operation manage. Experience in VMware vRealize Suite cloud management platform.
• Act as a single point of contact for any issues for Citrix presentation server.
• In Place Upgrade of Operating system from Windows & 2012.
• Implement and Customize Remedy out of box Help Desk Application.
• Experience in Network LAN/WAN deployment, including IP Addressing and Troubleshooting.
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Increase efficiency and ROI of VMware hosts by cutting down on VMs memory usage closely matching recommended memory usage by vCenter Operations Manager.
• Worked closely with Network Ops team to configure Cisco Nexus 1000v VDS and VMware VDS and on network isolation of critical VMs using PVLANs. Configured and supported Microsoft clusters on VM's using RDM's and iSCSi storage.
• Extensive Knowledge and experience in migration of the Virtual machines using tools like double take and VMware Converter.
• Hands on Experience in migrating the VM’s from one DC to DC using EMC Recover point, which is a block level migration.
• Installed and configured SRM 5.0 and created Protection Groups and Recovery Plans using Site Recovery Manager 5.0 and VMware best practices.
• Testing of different recovery plans in SRM to ensure recovery of failover VM’s and Expertise in providing support for Windows 2008/2012/2016 servers and Active Directory's.
• Applied patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager and host update utility.
• Automated routine tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, Power CLI.
• Documented the update process from vSphere 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0, 6.5 including host patches, OS level upgrades, virtual switch changes and VM version upgrades.
• Provided 24/7 On Call support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

Confidential, Englewood, Colorado

VMware & Windows Sys Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, Troubleshoot and Administration of vSphere 5.x, 6, ESXi 5.x, 6 and Virtual Center 5.x, 6.
• Implemented VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop infrastructure with more than 2500+ Virtual Desktops and Performed VMware View upgrade.
• Creating Virtual Machines in Windows Azure Cloud Service and best practices for Windows Azure customers.
• Working practices in a collaborative working environment with Microsoft and Logical is in migrating the AD objects its attributes and resources, VMs (VMware, Hyper-V and physical Servers) Exchange and SharePoint.
• Implementation of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Solutions for remote global users.
• Created vSphere Host Profiles, Standard and Distributed Switches setup. LUN creation and storage mapping administration and configuring Multi pathing.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS).
• Upgrade and maintain Active Directory domain, domain Services and certificate authority.
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment.
• Created Domain User Accounts, Distribution Groups with Active Directory/Exchange.
• Design, implementing and managing Active Directory(AD), Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)/System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Systems Management Server (SMS)/System Center Configuration Manager(SCCM).
• Failover clustered Hyper-V environments and Create virtual machines within Hyper-V.
• Consolidate remote access infrastructure with NetScaler with unified gateway.
• Used CyberArk to improve security protection and to establish single-sign-on to accounts in cloud.
• Managed Windows IIS server and Client/ server applications.
• Experience with delivering VMware's vRealize Cloud Management Platform.
• Configuring different type of Port Groups Policies, Applying Security policies, Traffic Shaping, Load balancing, Failover detection, Hard and Soft zoning and VLAN Tagging.
• Used Chef to configure and mange infrastructure. Wrote cookbooks to automate the configuration setups.
• Established Chef Best practices approaches to system deployment with tools with vagrant and managing Chef Cookbook as a unit of software deployment and independently version controlled.
• Excellent Administration and troubleshooting skills in issues related to View Connection servers, View Manager, View Security servers, View Composer, View Pools, View desktops, VDI Virtual Center, Snapshot Creation and Templates for XP and Win 7 OS.
• Resolved Macro Security issues by writing PowerShell Script to open templates in SharePoint directly from user's desktop
• Created PowerShell Scripts for network drive mapping.
• Create and use performance counters in windows azure application and Configure, Monitor the health performance of the cache client for windows Azure cache service.
• Finding work around for Windows Azure Cloud customers and documenting in Azure documentation.
• Responsible for the implementation of VMware View VDI upgrades, Change Management, Problem Management, and ITIL related process.
• Planned and implemented transition from Exchange 2013 to Exchange Online of a few hundred users.
• As part of migrating from traditional application delivery to application virtualization to users we are using VMware ThinApp5.0 to virtualize applications and deliver to users with isolation from OS.
• Responsible for using Power CLI and Power shell scripts for better management of VSphere and VDI environments.
• Management the Exchange 2007/2013 Servers. Performed advanced trouble shooting of Exchange 2007/2013 server hardware &Office 365 including mail routing issues.
• Installed and configured Windows 2008/2012 servers. Maintain and monitoring 100+ servers for firm via SCOM alert system.
• Install and maintain SCOM in the environment and monitor infrastructure health using SCOM.
• Installed &published applications for users. Install Citrix & Application related patches on the servers via Installation Manager
• Strong Knowledge of P2V and V2V Conversions using VMware Converter and Citrix XenConverter.
• Experience in upgrading the ESXi, vCenter Servers from4.0/4.1/5.0 and 5.5 with clean and in-place upgrade methods involving the configuration of SQL Server 2005/2008.
• Valuable experience with VMware Update Manager and Host Update utility to install patches and updates on ESXi hosts and virtual machines.
• Experience on ESX/ESXi Troubleshooting, Virtual Center Administration Host Profiles, Distributed Switches, HA, DRS, vMotion, vMotion, FT, Resource pools, vCenter Permissions, Snapshots, Disk expansions and Building Templates for Desktop Images.
• Knowledge of working with Cisco switches and routers in setting up Firewall rules.
• Strong Experience in configuring vSwitch and dvSwitch in VMware Environment.
• Windows DC/Server administration and deployment of Windows 2003/2008 servers, and implementation of DC, DNS, WINS, IIS, File, Print servers and DHCP servers.
• Knowledge of setting up of HP DL G5 and G7 servers and HP blade servers and adding memory and storage and network cards.

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

System Admin (Windows/Wintel and VMware)

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring ESX 5.1,5.5,6.0 and Virtual Center Server
• Creating and Configuration virtual machines, installing VM Tools into VMs and allocating for end user.
• Creating and Deployed Templates and Snapshots for Virtual Machines.
• Migrated Physical Machines to Virtual Machines (P2V) and Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines (V2V) using VMware converter.
• Constructs VDI parent images\VDI pools for new business developments based on remote connection method specifications.
• Extensive Knowledge and experience in upgrading the total virtual infrastructure from vSphere 5.0 to 5.5 on cross platform infrastructure like HP, Dell and Cisco UCS servers.
• Experience in installing ESXi, VMware vCenter Server and creation of folders, Datacenter and VMware clusters using enhanced features like HA and DRS.
• Worked on release management, Incident management, Problem management and Change management according to ITIL process
• Performed and handled extensive P2V, V2V migrations for approximately 700 physical Windows 2000/2003 and 2008 servers utilizing VMware Converter and SAN Replication method.
• Configured and Maintained MS SQL Server 2008 R2.
• Monitored ESX Server alarms generated from Virtual Center and take the necessary action.
• Worked on VMware Update manager for Host upgrades and patches.
• Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of vSwitches, distinct types of port groups, NIC teaming and VLAN.
• Performing VDI migration via developed process workflow - VMware View 5.1 to Horizon 6.0.
• Building Virtual Machines in Vsphere and HyperV and Maintained and supported virtualization environment such as VMware ESXi plus vCenter/ Microsoft HyperV.
• Experience in building of the hybrid cloud, delivering and managing infrastructure and applications quickly while maintaining IT control issues using CMP methods.
• Expert in creating vswitches like standard and distributed switches, port groups and troubleshooting them.
• Knowledge in Configured Netbackup Client for backing up the virtual machines using the snapshots technology and removing the stale snapshots by running the power shell scripts.
• Configured automated VM migrations using automated scripts in PowerShell. Standardized network cable runs for VMware hosts across multiple data center.
• Used PowerShell Scripts to create Data Mapping from Amazon.com files to the MS Access interface.
• Deploying images with RIS(Remote installation Services) an configuring with Sysprep tools.
• Worked extensively with Active Directory services, Web servers (IIS Server), DNS, DHCP, SQL database servers, Business application servers Updates, patching and software installations via group policies (GPO).
• Implemented Windows 2003 Server as Backup Domain Controller for Active Directory.
• Configured and Maintained DNS, DHCP and WINS on Windows 2008 & Windows 2008 R2 Server.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server for HA, DRS.
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines.
• Worked on backup and restore of VMware host server configuration, Virtual Machine backup, snapshot, P2V-V2V conversation with VMware converter and with other third-party converters, Patch update, monitoring/reporting, SSH and SNMP and notification of alerts.
• Extensive knowledge and hands on experience in P2V and V2V migration of 1500 Virtual Machines using VMware Converter, Double take and Plate spin tools. Configuring HA, DRS clusters, creating Affinity rules and configuring FT when required.
• Worked with the storage team to resolve ESX and VM storage issues.
• P2V Hot and cold conversions using converter enterprise 4, 5.
• Updating and upgrading ESX servers using Vcenter Update manager. Storage VMotions according to the requirement.
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines for easy deployment of different versions and different flavors of virtual machines.
• Configured vMotion and Storage vMotion as per VMWARE’s best practices in large-scale enterprise environment.
• Configured HA and DRS, SDRS as per VMware best practices and applied on ESXi Cluster and Storage Cluster.
• Managed Windows 2008/2008R2/2012 and provided Active Directory support.
• Experience in large SDDC environments integration with physical storage systems.
• Experience in combining Linux servers to Active Directory to enforce password policy uniformly and simplify dual factor authentication.

Confidential, San Jose, California

System Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of ESX 4 and updating VMware infrastructure 5.0
• Administrating VMware infrastructure using vCenter.
• Installation and implementation of vCenter server to administer the ESX servers which include licensing, HA/DRS clustering, managing the Fiber channel/iSCSI SAN storage configuration and performing vMotion, Hot and Cold Migrations of Virtual servers and Virtual machines.
• Implemented vMotion and Storage vMotion for VM are as per the datacenter requirement.
• Excellent experience in implementing VMware High availability (HA), Distributed Resources Scheduler (DRS) in datacenter environment.
• Daily tasks such as taking data backups, cleaning junk content and updating software.
• Provisioning of VM’s on fly using templates, creating snapshots and cloning of VM’s for larger deployments.
• Creating and configuring VNetwork Standard Switch (vSwitch) and configuring VM Kernel Port groups, VM ports, Service console, NIC teaming, VLAN Tagging, Load balancing.
• Extensively worked with VMware consisting of 100 servers and responsible for managing virtual machines used for both Citrix and Windows Administration. Administration of Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) Infrastructure.
• Daily responsibilities include conversion of physical machines to virtual machines (P2V) and virtual to virtual (V2V) machines using vCenter Converter.
• Patch management and upgrading of ESX hosts by patches by using vCenter Update Manager and Host Update Utility.
• Used SQL 2003/2005 database as a cluster in Virtual environment for Virtual Center and Update manager.
• Performed Regular backups using Veritas Net backup and managed the storage of data using iSCSI, FC, NAS, SAN, EMC Clarion and Netapp Storage. Creating a test Environment in VM Machines for Production Team to test their applications.
• Provide Active Directory, Group policy and user profile maintenance.
• Maintain Symantec Endpoint protection management console.
• Configured Raid with the help of lead and created a LUN and Logical volumes from that.
• Performed comprehensive security audit, including software vendor patches, network filtering.
• Performed hardware maintenance for servers like equipment replacement, capacity planning.
• System administration in mixed Solaris/Linux environment.
• Creating data volumes, file systems, mount points with the help of shell scripting.
• Responsible for maintaining and configuring NFS, DNS, DHCP and iSCSI servers.
• Shared Folders, Planned and Assisted in configuring NTFS Permissions.
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2000, Win 2003.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy.
• Coordinate and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems: document system events to ensure continuous function in Recommend course of action and implement as approved.
• Troubleshoot the DNS servers by using tools like nslookup, event logging, debug logging
• Configuring, administering, maintaining & troubleshooting of windows 2003 & Windows 2008 Servers such as DC, DNS, IIS, DHCP, Database, File and Printer servers.
• Created Domain User Accounts, Distribution Groups with Active Directory/Exchange environment and extensively managed Active Directory and all problems related to user, domain accounts and managing permissions etc.
• Built servers from bare metal in data centers across the globe administrating from remote locations using IBM-RSA and HP-ILO and installed all applications remotely.