SUMMARY:

• 10+ years’ experience as a Systems Engineer
• Windows/Linux Servers, VMware ESXi, Hyper - V, Azure, AWS, Active Directory, NAS, SAN, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, DNS, DHCP, WINS, IIS, Group Policy, Exchange Server, PowerShell, PowerCLI, ISA/TMG, Firewalls, vLANs, Routing, SCVMM, SCCM, SCOM, vROPs, vCenter, DameWare NT Utilities, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, SAP Business Objects, Horizon View, Update Manager, SharePoint, Citrix XenApp, Dell/Quest Migration Manager, Change Auditor.
• Installation, management and maintenance of RedHat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Network File System (NFS), FTP/SFTP, Firewalls, Squid, Apache, Samba, Sendmail, Asterisk (PBX) and Open Source Apps.
• Monitoring technologies such as Microsoft System Center, Nimsoft, Big Brother, Nagios, Geneos, Hyperic and InterMapper for Servers and Network Equipment.
• Symantec Antivirus Server, Backup Exec, Net Backup, Archiving, Symantec Ghost Suite, Wireshark, Server and client, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Goodlink Server, SUN Servers, JIRA, ServiceNow, UberSmith ticketing, Smart Phones, Cisco Network and VPN Client Configuration, Cisco UCS, HP and Dell Blade/Rack equipment, iLO, iDRAC.
• Excellent Communication and analytical skills. Strong desire to develop and grow in knowledge and experience. Solid writing, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Specialties: Server/Cloud/Virtualization Consolidation/Migrations/Integrations/Design/Deployments, Network/Systems Management and Hardware/Software upgrades. Operational and on-call support.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Virtualization/Systems Engineer

• Designed systems, performed P2V/V2V datacenter migrations to VMware/Nutanix/Azure.
• Deployed/Maintained Windows Servers in the cloud (vCloud and Azure) and on-premises.
• Documented Infrastructure and applications workflows for migration to cloud.
• Remediated L3 systems and operational support tickets escalated by various teams.
• Analyzed systems for upgrade/migrations/decommissions and conducted RCA’s (Root cause analysis) for production outages. Provided day to day Systems Support.
• Performed Active Directory upgrade, installation and configurations.
• Configured System Center, Nimsoft and Netbackup agents for monitoring and Backups.
• Developed run books for the Datacenter migration and coordinated with Operations.
• Member of the Windows Operations and on-call rotational support team.

Confidential

Technical Consultant Infrastructure/Virtualization/Systems

• Technical Consulting, including server workload consolidation and placement strategy, migration and virtualization with infrastructure designing and configuration.
• Conducted Infrastructure Assessments for Virtualization and Cloud migrations.
• Designed Hyper-V virtualization proposal documents with reference architecture, implemented and administered the infrastructure.
• Architected and administered virtualization monitoring with SCVMM and vROPs.
• Designed/Configured VMware virtualization strategy including disaster recovery with SRM.
• Implemented VMware ESXi architecture, installed and configured Datacenters, Hosts, Datastores and Networking.
• Consulting with clients regarding best practices for virtualization and migrations to Public and Private Cloud.
• Collected and analyzed hardware information related to Blade Servers, Blade Enclosures and applications for infrastructure virtualization solutions.
• Assessed Infrastructure and Application components for P2V, P2P, V2V and Cloud.
• Linux Systems connectivity and administration for private virtual cloud compartments.

Confidential, Skokie, IL

Network Administrator

• Implemented and managed nationwide AD sites and network of multiple branch offices.
• Installed Virtual Hosts and configured P2V, V2V environments with SCVMM and various tools.
• Installed, configured, operated and monitored multiple Hyper-V servers and VMs.
• Created, Converted, Cloned, Upgraded Windows and Linux guest virtual machines for Hyper-V and VMWare Infrastructures.
• Monitored the infrastructure with System Center and deployed management agents.
• Remotely and locally supported installations and troubleshooting of most IT aspects.
• Installed and operated SAP Business Objects and Solution Manager with AD integration.
• Maintained and upgraded Microsoft ISA/TMG Firewalls, VPN, and ISP Redundancy.
• Migrated to Microsoft Exchange Server and operated daily operations with PowerShell.
• Installed/Configured/Managed Microsoft Data Protection Manager.
• Configured and managed the Dell/EMC SAN environment.
• Operated an Asterisk Linux based VOIP phone exchange.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Systems Administrator

• Configured and operated Windows Server Active Directory Infrastructure.
• Managed and operated the Microsoft Exchange environment.
• Installed and configured Servers/Desktops/Laptops and various Citrix Applications.
• Monitored and resolved backup and restore operations with Symantec products.
• Installed and tested Cisco wireless devices and configured client’s wireless systems.
• Worked on UNIX system issues and administered various Linux distributions.
• Researched and implemented new Network and Server monitoring technologies.
• Implemented Mantis, an open source ticketing software based on MySQL on Solaris.
• Implemented Wireless security on wireless Access Point and clients.

Confidenial

IT Consultant

• Worked on variety of different projects including network cabling, setting up wired and wireless routers/Access Points, deploying PC hardware and software, documentation and inventory management.
• Configured and maintained different operating environments including AD.
• Assisted in maintaining and operating the LAN and WAN equipment.
• Resolved hardware and software issues in servers, desktop computers, printers, routers and switches.