OBJECTIVE

Committed towards perfection in work entrusted upon and seeking professional excellence in all endeavours, assisted by the right opportunity

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

• 8 years of extensive experience in Systems and Virtualization Design Implementation and troubleshooting of mission critical IT systems assignments.
• Expertise in design, implementation and supporting VMware vSphere ESX 4.1/4.0 environment and ThinApp, Lab Manager 4.0.
• Experience with VMware view 4.6/4.5/4.0 design and Virtual desktops deployments
• Extensive hands on experience with design and implementation of enterprise wide Virtualization Projects with VMware.
• Experience in Installing and configuring HP C7000, CiscoUCS Blades, Compaq, and Dell Servers. Configuring RAID , Disk Mirroring, SAN Volume Expansion, Raid, SCSI Controller Installation
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Centre servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager
• Coordination and interaction with dedicated global customers, Account Management and Infrastructure team to meet SLAs.
• Design and Implemented VMware SRM 4.0/4.5 in Proof of Concepts projects
• Extensive knowledge in installing, managing and supporting the Active Directory Environment
• Experience with large number of P2V migrations using VMware/Platespin and doubletake P2V convertor tools
• Proactively monitoring customer’s network on 24x7 bases and updating them regularly.
• Proficient in designing, installing and configuring small, medium and large sized system infrastructure on different o/s platforms.
• Performed system administration activities, security policies and monitored system performance both at software and hardware levels
• Outsourced managed services include infrastructure and transactional based monitoring and alerting, outsourced security, network management and managed web hosting services.
• Reputation for dedicated teamwork, high-energy, work ethic, and commitment to customer service.

PROFESSOINAL CERTIFICATIONS

• VMware Certified Professional on VSphere (VCP 4)
• VMware Certified Professional on VI3.5 (VCP 3)
• VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP 4)
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist ( Windows Server 2008)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

• Master of Science in Computer Science.
• Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Information

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Server Hardware

HP Proliant DLs and Blade Servers, Dell PowerEdge Servers
IBM Blade HS20P Servers, Sun Fire 4200/4100 series Servers

Operating System

Windows 2008, 2003, 2000 advanced server, Win XP, 2k.Vista

Virtualization

VMware ESX 2.01,2.5,3.0 & 3.5 , VCenter, VDI , ThinApp & VMware Automation tools

System Tools & Utilities

VMware Healtcheck tool , Vizioncore Tools , Platespin tools , Virtual Center Admin Portal, vFoglight .

Directory Services / Internet

Designing, Deploying and Migration of Windows Based Active Directory. Installation and Administration of IIS 6.0, DHCP & DNS servers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,MA (March’11 - Aug’11)
VMware VDI/ThinApp Consultant

• Design and Implemented VMware VIEW 4.6 for Virtual desktop deployments with best practices.
• Building ThinApp 4.6 Packages and publishing to View 4.6 Environment.
• Conducted software product installation, configuration management, maintenance, testing and documentation of VMware View.
• Created a Parent Image of Windows XP and Windows 7 with best practices to enhance the Virtual Desktop Performance.
• Managing the Active Directory for Virtual Desktops with User Permissions.
• Created Manual, Automated pools and entitled the users.
• Deployed Linked Clones by using Parent Image (Snapshot)
• Created Dedicated and Floating desktops and published ThinApp packages and troubleshooting the issues.
• Applied a Logon script to Virtual Desktops for mounting a network drive.
• Worked on Folder Redirection (Desktop, My Documents) for floating desktops using a VBScript.
• Configured the Virtual Printing and set up the printers in Virtual Desktops by ThinPrint.
• Troubleshooting the ThinApp package issues in the existing environment (View 4.5).
• Provided documentation of the VMware VDI environment by Visio charts, run books and configuration guides.

Confidential,Chicago (Jan’09 - March’11)
Senior VMware Technical Consultant

• Design and Implemented VMware VIEW 4.5 with ThinApp for Virtual desktop deployments.
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX 4.1/4.0 hosts for server consolidation.
• Worked as Technical Lead on various infrastructure projects surrounding Servers consolidation, Physical to Virtual Migrations, Storage and Server Management.
• Responsible for the management of servers and duties include regular and proactive monitoring of servers, responding the alerts
• Worked on Central Management Server (VCenter Server) to manage all the ESX hosts in the datacenter.
• Installed and Tested VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 2.0/4.0) for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans
• Implemented successful recovery by VMware SRM and eliminated the complexity of managing and testing recovery plans
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion, Storage VMotion
• Virtualized Windows server Migration using VMware Converter, PlateSpin PowerConvert and doubletake convertor
• Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS and Fault Tolerance in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
• Worked on VMware Update Manager for updating or patching for all the ESX hosts and Virtual machines
• Experience with EMC & Netapps SAN Infrastructure with VMware Environment
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem.
• Support activities surrounding the VMware Virtual Infrastructure, which includes 60+ VMware ESX, which are SAN/NAS connected, in Production and Non-Production environments that host over 120+ servers running Windows & Linux variations and over 1100+ workstations running Windows XP. Lead all development, engineering, and support for the VMware Infrastructure
• Technical documentation on the Assessment/design and implementation of VMware VIEW deployment and vSphere Upgrade process.

Environment: EMC, VMware, HP C7000 Blades, AppSpeed Xcalibur, Platespin, Thin Clients, Linux, Unix, Netware, Windows server 2003, 2008, Vista, Active Directory.

Project: Implemented VI3/ View 3 along with P2V migration upgraded Datacenter and other hardware to meet increased performance benchmarks along with rolling out Thin Clients to over 600 users. Since we decided to convert desktops to thin clients, we had to allocate sufficient space for each user which translated into increased SAN space. Setup and trained others on EMC SAN management tools such as Control center. Implemented Xcalibur, integrated AD along with user rights, group policies, and customized firewall configuration. Used VMware tools such as VI3, V-Motion, DRS, HA, Update manager, Storage Vmotion, Consolidated Backup, Vcentre Agent, Virtual SMP, Etc. Implemented VMware Site recovery using additional Dell servers and EMC SAN.

Responsibilities:

• Designed and administrated server consolidation program through use of VMware ESX server and VMware Virtual Center.
• View 4 POC assessment /Design and Implementation
• Identify appropriate storage technologies.
• Single point of contact for Vendors and Project Managers.
• Setup 12 ESX servers on Dell PowerEdge 6650 with over 80 application servers and over 300 thin clients with load balancing and periodic backup.
• Hardened the security at the host level.
• Installed and configured various Microsoft applications such as SharePoint, Exchange 2007 server with Active Sync for Windows Mobiles along with configuration for Iphone.
• Successfully converted several physical servers to virtual servers.
• Support activities surrounding the VMware Virtual Infrastructure, which includes 60+ VMware ESX, which are SAN/NAS connected, in Production and Non-Production environments that host over 120+ servers running Windows & Linux variations and over 1100+ workstations running Windows XP. Lead all development, engineering, and support for the Virtual Center software.
• Created Virtual Machines, Installed OS (Linked clones and manual clones from templates), installed Applications and patches.
• Configured Xcalibur to successfully connect thin clients to their virtual machines, with desired functionality
• Extensive use of Novell Platespin for server consolidation
• Installed, configured and maintained Windows 2000, and 2003 Operating Systems
• Installed, configure and maintain Microsoft Cluster environments
• Installed and configured Microsoft Exchange server 2003 (later upgraded to 2007). Made available Exchange mobile access to over 120 mobile appliances (PDA’s and Mobile Phones)
• Installed, configured and maintained: Microsoft Terminal Server, Citrix Presentation Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft SMS Server.
• Maintained EMC CLARiiON Storage
• Created and distributed images using WSUS.
• Configuration and managing Active Directory, MOM, SMS, DHCP, FTP, IIS & DNS.
• Application packaging (MSI)
• Implemented VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technologies using Vmware View and Xcalibur (Hardware)
• Active Directory administration with Xcalibur integration for better security and control.
• Application Virtualization using Vmware ThinApp
• Project co-ordination using MS Project and Process control (PC upgrade Project, Quality Assurance, Decision making, Various Technology implementations, etc).
• Responsible for defining, improving and delivering quality along with continuous process improvement.
• Provided training to the staff and prepared documentation.
• Followed ITIL Best Practices.

Environment: EMC, VMware, ESX, HP Eva Array VmView, AppSpeed Xcalibur, Platespin, Thin Clients, Linux, Unix, Netware, Windows server 2003, 2008, Vista, Active Directory.

Confidential,MN (Sep’05–Aug’07)
VMware Consultant (Datacenter Relocation/Consolidation Project)

• VMware Virtualization Assessment, Design and Implementation.
• Automated the ESX build and deploying process using kickstart CD
• Conducted VMware virtualization assessments to recommend consolidation scenarios..
• Implementation of ThinApp environment for the Application Virtualization
• Build, deployed and maintained different OS templates in VI3 and ESX 2.5 environment
• Deployed and supported VMware ThinApp environment &Virtual Machines in VI3 and ESX 2.5.4 environment
• Kept track of VMware host and virtual machines inventory
• Performed ESX host 2.5 migration using VMware Converter and migratory to ESX 3.5
• Performed physical to virtual migration using Platespin and vConverter
• Automated the ThinApp package deployment with AD Group Policies
• Monitored VMware environment and performance using vFoglight and Virtual Center Admin Portal (VCAP)
• Implementation experience with all high availability VI3 features including VMotion, HA, Virtual SMP, DRS, SAN snapshots, etc.
• VMware ESX server Hardware setup with HA/DRS Clustering/Vmotion
• Installed / configured / maintained Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003 environment.
• Supported day-to-day issues in Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003 environment
• Tested and Implemented VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) with VERITAS
• Experience in resolving ESX related technical issues from the host console
• Performed a thorough Healthcheck on VMware Infrastructure using VMware Health check tool
• Migration of 300+ servers from different data centers were moved to Centralized Data Center using Platespin Portability Suite.
• Migration of Windows servers from VMware ESX3.5 to VMware ESX 4.0 Farms
• Refreshed the physical servers as part of P2P with Platespin Portability Suite.
• Implemented and tested Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

Confidential,NJ (Jan’03 - Aug’05)
Network Engineer

Project: Prudent automation has about 32+ physical servers including 3 SQL DB servers, 3 Linux mail servers, 4 web server, 20 application servers, etc. Our main project was to implement Virtualization technology to consolidate servers, create a robust disaster recovery plan, have a single point management system, reduce downtime, etc. Successful in Designing and Implementing VMware and P2V conversion. Also maintained and Troubleshoot network issues across organization.

Responsibilities:

• Planned and Implemented conversion of physical to Virtual environment
• Analyzed, developed, tested and maintained servers in Virtual environment. Conducted laptop PC training sessions for customer care specialists and remote site operators
• Worked as a team to implement organization wide Virtualization technologies (VMware) after successfully testing Virtualization in a Lab environment.
• Troubleshooting network connectivity including: TCP/IP configuration, Server/Workstation hardware troubleshooting and repair, VPN connectivity, troubleshooting of notebooks and tape libraries.
• Installation and configuration of Windows 2000/2003 servers and workstations.
• Maintained IBM Tivoli storage manager
• Implemented EMC storage solutions
• Active Directory, DHCP, FTP, IIS & DNS configuration and managing.
• Periodic Backups
• Document Management and process work flow. Setup of printers including: Network printers from print server and TCP/IP printing.
• Upgraded and maintained antivirus software.

Environment: Windows 2003/2000, Linux, VMware, EMC, Active Directory, Tivoli