Windows Administrator /VMware ESXi vSphere

• Highly motivated IT systems administrator offering hands-on experience in a VMware and data center environments.
• Experience configuring, monitoring, upgrading and maintaining VMware systems hardware, software and related infrastructure.
• Strong analytical skills able to work with technicians from various engineering disciplines to troubleshoot complex system-level issues.

IT Experience

Lead Windows Migration

Confidential

• Supervised a team of 2-3 individuals performing new desktop hardware deployments, including backing-up replicating all existing software applications and Outlook mailbox settings.
• Implemented existing company's Altiris desktop management administration, including adding and deleting machines and placing new deployment builds into proper OU's.
• Tested VMware vSphere/vCenter converter to perform P2V software migrations with existing company's hardware and networking infrastructure.
• Deployed all new desktop software installations by primarily utilizing company's existing Symantec Altiris deployment server.

Windows Roll-out

Confidential

• Advanced Windows network shares and Active Directory analysis and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of FTP/SFTP commands and switches.
• Analyzed and tested Cisco Tidal Scheduler command line scripting CMD/Batch on the HSBC domain network and intranet.
• Primarily maintained SBHCS Cerner Cisco Tidal Scheduler commands, addressed and fixed all existing command errors and created new Tidal Scheduler commands as needed.
• Documented all changes of Cisco Tidal command line scripts and reported daily progress to project supervisor.
• Completed project ahead of schedule, with 100 accountability and with minimal supervision from SBHCS systems administrators, demonstrated good technical problem-solving skills and effective task prioritization.

Lead Windows Software Migration

Confidential

• Coordinated software and systems installation oversaw installation of system with support personnel and tested hardware for compliance with specifications.
• Setup and evaluated hardware such as motherboards, CPUs, memory, interface cards and BIOS configurations in various insurance and investment firms.
• Applied communication protocols, including TCP/IP networking and VMnet DHCP.
• Used configuration management software such as HyperSpace software, InstallShield and Wise for Windows Installer.
• Analyzed and tested network systems such as LANs, Internet and intranet , maintained necessary files, addressed user problems and performed troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Coordinated with software technicians and upper management and identified user needs through customer consultations and software check lists.
• Used network security/VPN management software such as network/system vulnerability assessment software, risk assessment software and virtual LAN management software also managed McAfee End Point Encryption server GPO's and updated virus protection software.

Tech SDM / Lead Server Decommission Engineer

Confidential

• Managed all aspects of Bank of America's data center server decommission requests in the NYC metro area, overseeing all phases of the decommission life-cycle across 7 major data center sites.
• IT Project Management for all aspects of server decommissioning, training and managing all personnel involved in server decommissioning process, including scheduling and coordination with outside vendors.
• Reported daily work progress to Bank of America data center support and project managers.
• Coordinated and supervised warehouse pick-ups of decommissioned servers with data center Bank of America support and building management personnel.
• Conducted and signed off on all final server inventory audits to verify all decommissioned HDD's and hardware were accounted for.
• Participated in Confidential data center managerial meetings and provided feedback on the logistics and personnel required, based on scope and size of server decommissioning projects.

VMware ESXi Server Admin

Confidential

• Main job functions: deploying new VMware ESXi/Win 2008 R2 virtual servers onto the Allianz enterprise domain network
• Built Windows 2008/2003 R2 x64 servers according to custom Allianz business units' configs, including adding/deleting AD member groups, setting RAM chip specs, and installing customized server Roles/Features/Software
• Added new Windows 2008 R2 servers to assigned Allianz, Active Directory business organizational units, assigned to proper GPO's and installed and connected NetBackup agents to all new server builds
• Moved-renamed-deleted virtual machines on vSphere and assigned delegations to new computers in the Allianz Active Directory global catalog
• Configured host clustering, allocated host shared storage volumes, including processor and memory customization for host machines
• Installed and configured VMware ESXi /Server 2008 R2 iSCSI connections
• Experienced with MS Windows Clustering and configuration of NLB failover clusters between servers on the same network nodes
• Experienced with setting server/client IP's, reserving IP's, setting gateways/DNS, DHCP, WINS, TCP-IP and all other network settings
• Configured IIS Server roles and allocated host shared storage volumes, including processor and memory customization for host machines
• Installed HP v7000 Blade enclosures and adding blade servers, configuring iLO's, upgrading HP firmware, SDRAM and chip specs.
• Mounted Win server 2008 R2 OS images using HP SmartStart, RDP, etc.
• Updated MS SharePoint documents, collecting and organizing information required for preparation of user manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals, and reports and publishing online using SharePoint 2010
• And experienced with integrating fibre channel SAN storage Sun/Oracle, Netapp, Brocade, etc. technologies with VMware vSphere

Systems Admin Skills

VMware ESX/ESXi vSphere Hypervisor, LDAP, knowledge of VBScript, some UNIX shell scripting on Sun/Oracle servers, Telnet/SSH client, VMware PowerCLI, HP/IBM/Sun Servers, experience with Netapp EMC SAN storage cabinets and Brocade SAN backbones.

Networking Protocols

LANs/WANs, TCP/IP, Fibre channel Brocade DCX backbones, Cisco ASA 5505 firewall administration, Active Directory/ DNS, Wireless/VPN Architecture