PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of professional experience in VMware vSphere, VDI View, and Microsoft Server OS.
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing infrastructure using VMware technologies viz. ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 5.0/5.1, vSphere 5.0, vCenter, VMware View, VMware vCenter Converter etc.
• Experience in configuring DRS, HA, vMotion, storage vMotion, virtual networking, cloning, deploying VM's from templates and automating VMware environment.
• Strong knowledge and experience on VMware ESXi 5.X, 4.X, and VMware vSphere 5 features including Virtual SMP, Storage DRS, profile driven storage, auto deploy and vSwitch design.
• Creating and managing the users, groups, GPO in the Active directory.
• Proficiency in using Sphere, vCloud Suite /vRealize suite - vRealize Operations Manager (vRops), Log Insight, vRealize Orchestration(vRO), and vRealize Automation (vRA/ vCAC), VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN)Experience with Microsoft Network Load Balancing and Microsoft Clustering technologies.
• Experience in Designing, Installing, Configuring, Administrating and Troubleshooting VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Environment.
• Experience with VMware Horizon View, VMware ThinApp 5.0, Citrix Xendesktop and Citrix Provisioning services
• Excellent skills in patching and hardening … servers using Windows Update and by using the staged patches.
• Experience in EMC SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools.
• Experience in resolving all levels of Severity Tickets, root cause investigations, system outages.
• Experience in deploying Linux operating system and SQL.
• Working knowledge on various Unix Flavors - AIX, Red Hat Linux, Solaris.
• Experience in configuring VMware CPU and memory shares for virtual machines.
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from templates and CD/ISO image.
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion and S VMotion.
• Experience on Group policies, SCOM, SCCM and configuring file/print services.
• Expert knowledge on configuring hardware iSCSI and NFS storage to VMware ESX (i) hosts from vSphere client.
• Experience in scripting PowerShell.
• Experience in managing DNS, DHCP, Remote Desktop Session Host, DFS, and Microsoft Failover Clusters.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch & dvSwitch.
• Experience in cloning VMs and deploy new virtual machines from clones.
• Experience in migrating the virtual machines between the ESX (i) Hosts using cold migration and VMotion.
• Provided 24/7 On Call production support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Windows OS: XP Professional, Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 2000 Server to Windows 2008 Server.

Virtualization: vSphere3.x/ 4.0/4.1/5.0/6.0, Workstation 6,7 and 8, ESX/ESXi Server 3.x/4.x/5, vCenter Server 3.x/4.x/5, DRS, HA and FT, VMware Capacity Planner, VMware Stand-alone Converter 3.0/4.0/5.0, VMware Update Manager, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Platespin, Microsoft Hyper-V

Change Management: Remedy, HP Open View Service Center.

Backup & Restore: NT Backup, TSM, CBMR and TBMR, Legato, VMware VCB/VDR.

Policy Implementation: Documented, recommended, altered and implemented IT procedures for Data Center (s)

Remote Access: Putty, Telnet, SSH Explorer, SSH, VNC, Terminal Server, Remote Desktop (RDP) and Remote Assistance

Users Access Rights: Active Directory, NT System Policy.

Scripting: DOS Batch, Windows Host Script (CScript, WScript and WSF), VBScript and Automation.

Database: SQL

Application: SharePoint 2007, 20013 and Azure, EOP and office 365

Hardware: HP Proliant Servers, HP Blade Servers, Dell Servers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Scottsdale, AZ

Senior VMware/Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Administered VM's across 7 Datacenters.
• Installing and Maintaining Windows 2008 and Windows 2012 Servers.
• Worked with all components of HP (Smart Start, Insight Manager, Diagnostics, Network Configuration Utility etc) and Wintel Stack.
• Experience in maintaining vSphere Vcenter 6.0, Esxi 6.0, Vrealize Automation,VrealizeOperations Manager, V Realize Orchestrator in a VMware virtualized environment.
• Scheduled jobs for updating the Firmware and ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) through scripting and Altiris Tool and involved in the Data Center Transformation.
• Create, Modify and Utilize PowerShell scripts to query the Active directory for report generating information.
• Teaming NIC's using HP Teaming software for redundancy during failures.
• Used Altris to Install the Operating System and to run scripts to update patches on HP Servers
• Experience in Active directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), IIS FTP, Terminal Server, RIS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail Server and ISA server.
• Update patches on Servers Working Experience with Active Directory Components (AD Users and Computers, DNS, DHCP and wins etc.)
• Manage and Maintain Active Directory environment with multiple domains consisting of Windows Servers 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.
• Using automation tools like PowerShell scripting to automate day to day task like installation of SCCM clients on multiple servers, scheduling and installing patches, fetching compliance reports from multiple servers etc.
• Monitoring of VM's & ESXi server components (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) and security hardening for Security Compliance.
• Remediated SCCM 2012 issues concerning site systems, boundaries, application and patch deployment, and SCCM client functionality.
• Created Active directory group policies (GPOs) based on Domain, Site and OU structures to apply restriction to users, workstations and Servers.
• Resolved Problems related to Disk Space Usage.
• Resolved problems related to performance metrics such as Processor Usage, Memory etc.
• Perform day-to-day operation and troubleshooting of VM's.
• Keep Virtual hardware and VMware tools updated to keep a healthy environment
• Maintaining Print servers, Application servers and File Servers.
• Hosting websites in IIS and configuring the app pools.
• Work with storage team to create luns/NFS and Map it to vmwarevsphere ESX (i) hosts.
• Experience in installing and configuring vSphere esx (i) 4.1 on hp blade servers.
• Experience in migrating VMware vSphere hosts from ESX 3.5 U2 to 4.0 and ESX (i) 4.1 to ESX (i) 5.0.
• Experience in installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers from ILO management tool on Rack servers and blades
• Installed and Configured VMware Vrealize Orchestrator 6.0 in the environment and created the work flows.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of VMware VMotion, SVMotion, HA and DRS including vSphere Update Manager, VMware Data Recovery, vCenter Lab Manager and vCenter Orchestrator.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard Vswitch & dvswitch.
• Experience in configuring VMware virtual machine port groups, console ports groups, vmkernal port groups and vlans.
• Experience in installation and administration of Domain Controller (DC), Additional DC, CDC, RODC clients and Member servers.
• Experience in installing and configuring VMware Virtual Center servers and VMware vcenterAppliance.
• Managed VMwareesx (i) hosts using vSphere client and Web client.
• Played a vital role in Creating Virtual Machines, cloning virtual machines, converting P2V (used standard VMware converter tool), VM-Provisioning (Linked clones, thin disks, de-duplication) taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, v motioning.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in VMware clusters.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware.
• Create thin provisioned VMs to suite client application requirements and expanding hard disk sizes as requested by clients.
• Installing and configuration of VCS and VVR on single node and HA cluster for High end applications.
• Design, Install, Configure and Administration of VMware Horizon View 7.0/6.2/5.3 and VCloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment.
• Supported DR test using VCS for major production applications.
• Exposure on configuring iSCSI LUNS, assigning to Solaris/Linux hosts and administration.
• Responsible for Managing VMware VDI Environment for 3000 users and over 100 VMware Pools.
• Compose, recompose, reset and add or remove entitlements for various pools.
• Created Automated and Manual pools using VMware Horizon View 6.0.
• Used Remedy Tool for ticketing (Change Management, Incident Management, and Request Management).
• Provided on Call support 24x7 during Critical Issues for Production Environment.

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

VMware/Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Building new Windows Server 2003/2008 on Intel Server Platforms, IBM/HP/Dell PowerEdge servers as per the company's Windows build standards.
• Administered and setup user profiles in Win2003/2008 servers and ADS maintenance
• Administered and setup Print servers in Win2003/2008 server.
• Implementation of Microsoft DHCP, DNS, and Domain trust relationship, file and print services, user and group management.
• Implemented RAID5 for Fault Tolerance on Domain Controllers.
• Installed SQL server 2005 and deployed many SQL cluster deployments for clients for database requirements.\
• Migrated IIS6.0 to IIS7.0 using windows deployment tool 2.0.
• Patching the Production Servers during the green zone window with security patches.
• Maintain the Software deployment and management solution and ensure proper patching on client systems. Maintain the Domain environment, including setting policies as per the security settings.
• Defining group permissions and creating local and global groups with account policies using Enterprise Administrator. Creating user rights and defining local and roaming profiles.
• Responsible to maintain the server inventory and document the server build/decommission, application installation/configuration, backup verifications, Operating System user accounts auditing, etc.
• Working on Change Management and Request Management Tickets in Remedy Tool.
• Manage Citrix XenApp 5 environment.
• Built and configured ESX 3.5/4.0 hosts and deployed XP/Vista/2003/2008 VMware Virtual Guests on Wintel Stack
• Experience in configuring and enabling VMware EVC on VMware clusters.
• Experience with VMware system patching using update manager.
• Troubleshooting issues related to NFS, SSH, NIS, DNS, FTP, NETBACKUP, VERITAS (VCS), ZONES, RAID, File System, Permissions, Performance Monitoring, IP Bonding, Multipathing, NAS, SAN, Storage, V-Center, etc.
• Responsible to ensure servers are current with firmware, drivers, patches and security updates.
• Proficient in managing ESX Hosts using VMware vCenter.
• Linked Different vCenter servers using linked mode to have a single instance through vSphere client to manage the whole Virtual environment.
• Experience in configuring Hardware iSCSI to Rack servers and add storage to VMware ESX hosts.
• Experience in configuring VMware vCenter Alarms for data store and host memory and CPU usage.
• Experience in configuring and management of VMware Clusters, Vmware DRS, High Availability (HA) and VMotion.
• Experience in setting up Vmware standard vSwitch and ports groups (Service Console, Virtual Machine and VMKernal).
• Created and managed Virtual Machines and Templates, worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines.
• Experience in creating Virtual Machines on Shared Data Store.
• Worked on Migrating Virtual Machines with VMotion.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a strong knowledge of ITIL Processes.
• Providing 24/7 on call support for critical and production issues.

Confidential, Radnor, PA

Windows System Administrator / Engineer (Project Team)

Responsibilities:

• Migrated 100 Physical server to Virtual servers using VMware converter 5 and Platespin 9.2. and 25 Physical to Physical using Pltespin 9.2
• Upgraded from Windows 2000 server to windows 2003/2008 servers according to the needs and limitation of the Application.
• Extensively worked with Active Directory Services, IIS Servers, DNS, and DHCP.
• Involved in installation, administration and maintenance of MOSS 2007 and sharepoint 2013.
• Expertise in creating, configuring and customizing Web Application, Team Sites including Site Collection, Lists, Document Libraries, Content Types, RSS and Custom Lists.
• Worked on performing backup and restore of SP 2013.
• Worked on VMware ESX/ESXi 4.X/5.X, vSphere, VCenter, RHEL 6.X/7, CENTOS 6.X/7 & Windows Server.
• Experience as SQL Server DBA in SQL Server 2016,2014, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2005 and in Production, Development and Design Environments.
• Experienced VMware Administrator/Windows Server Administrator of experience in designing, deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, servers and peripheral equipment.
• Experience in implementing and administering VMware vSphere, HA settings, DRS settings, Cluster groups, Resource Pools, Host Profiles, Licensing, Templates, and Data Stores.
• Migrated 740 site from MOSS 2007 to Sharepoint 2013 using the Avepoint migartion tool.
• Expertise in solving any issues related SharePoint Environment and SQL server.
• Experienced in working with clients, gathering requirements, and translating those into system improvements.
• Expertise in Adding/Changing/Removing users and user group permissions for various sites, updating content & changing navigation.
• 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).
• Extensively worked for monitoring production and development server logs, troubleshooting, controlling site access, administering Search and Indexing, approving and publishing InfoPath forms
• Worked on scripts for health reports, template creating.
• Maintained VMware ESX4/4.1 environment of over 60+ hosts and 700+ VMware guest OS hosted on enabling SAN technologies such as EMC, HP, and NetApp SAN storage solutions. Expert in building servers 2003 and /x64 based environments.
• Administrated server consolidation program through use of VMware ESX server and VMware Virtual Center, using Virtual Center, ESX, creating VMs, using/building VM templates and customization files, and scheduling tasks
• Installation, configuration and management of multiple server suites (Windows 2003/2008) on VMware ESX server
• Responsible for Backup/Disaster Recovery planning, implementation and testing
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation
• Installed VMware ESX server 4.1/4.0 and created virtual machines on ESX Servers
• Created standard templates and deployed virtual machines from these templates
• Installed Management Server vCenter Server to enable centralized management of multiple hosts.
• Linked Different vCenter servers using linked mode to have a single instance of vSphere client to manage the whole Virtual environment
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines, Templates, Clones and Snapshots
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure
• Coordinate testing, upgrade and configuration of system files and services. Ensure changes are in accordance with appropriate company operating procedures
• Expert in TCP/IP connectivity and x86/x64 OS troubleshooting, installation, configuration and support of business application software suites.
• Work and update tickets on clarify ticketing system.
• Quick response to the problems to meet the SLA and real time monitoring of servers and troubleshooting day to day issues

Confidential, Collegeville, PA

Windows System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• By taking a proactive approach, maintained over 3500 virtual/physical servers across ten sites (viz., Great Valley, Collegeville (PA), Pearl River (NY) Andover, Cambridge (MA), Montreal, Markham, Princeton and Madison (NJ)). 24X7 Windows Incident Resolution and Implement 24X7 Change Management.
• Maintained VMware 3i environment of over 100+ hosts and 1600+ VMware guest OS hosted on enabling SAN technologies such as EMC, HP, and NetApp SAN storage solutions.
• Expert in building servers 2003 and /x64 based environments.
• Co-coordinated with my virtual team to deploy OS patches using BigFix for 3500 physical/virtual servers and maintained the security and functionality of Intel/AMD based server environments.
• Proven history of implementing, deploying, and administrating a secure and healthy server environment.
• Participated in IT systems Disaster Recovery and high availability planning for business clients.
• Supported Active Directory users, groups, and computers including delegating authority and applying permissions to various member servers.
• Proposed OS patch schedule for the year after conducting meetings with the application owners and co-coordinating with the Microsoft monthly patch releases.
• Periodically assisted in execution of large scale migrations and consolidations of legacy technology and Datacenter facilities using physical to virtualization (P2V) and other technical data centralization best practices where needed.
• Detail Knowledge in Windows Server, VMware, x86/x64 hardware qualifications, and proof of concept testing to include Windows DFS, Clustering technologies, and McAfee ePolicy agent deployments and file exclusions, and immense TSM/CBMR Backup troubleshooting skills.
• Expert in providing server reimaging/data restoration (viz., system state and file level restoration) using TSM, TBMR, CBMR and in critical situations - restored servers via Redbook.
• Expert in TCP/IP connectivity and x86/x64 OS troubleshooting, installation, configuration and support of business application software suites.
• Provision remote access to servers via Avocent's DSVIEW, iLO, iLO2, and pcAnywhere when required.
• Collaborated with internal Compliance and Quality Assurance personnel to Qualify application and infrastructure servers hosting Validated Systems regulated by the FDA.
• Executed live and on-site production disaster recovery tests to verify the company's ability to rapidly restore business services to a remote location (application specific).

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Windows System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Migrated servers from EFH to Confidential through Physical to Virtual (P2V), Virtual to Virtual (V2V) using Vconverter.
• Patch management on regular intervals on ESX and ESXi servers.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of VMware ESXi Server4.0, Virtual Center Servers4.0
• Maintained VSphere environment of over 20+ hosts and 1000+ VMware guest OS hosted
• Build servers on Vsphere environment according to the client request.
• Implementing and deploying of VMs in vSphere ESXi 5.5/6.0 environments.
• Built windows virtual servers with OS 2008R2/2012.
• Worked with the most of the vSphere features like VMotion, storage VMotion, DRS and HA, Created Virtual Machines, templates and snapshots, and deployed VMs from the templates and created and applied host profile.
• Co-ordinated with storage team for the data store consolidation and resize project after the vSphere migration from 4.1 to 5.5.
• Experience with most of the VMware vSphere features like VMotion, storage VMotion, DRS and HA.
• Administered Virtual infrastructure running with ESX and managed by vCenter and Virtual and physical servers running with OS Win NT,2000 and 2003 servers running
• Maintained VMware Vsphere4 environment for over 20 Hosts
• Experience in building servers 2003 and /x64 based environments.
• Worked on administering IIS 6 and 7.
• Building DR site for the existing Production environment.
• Involved in DAG balancing, User mailbox moving and VIP implementation in Exchange 2010
• Involved in decommissioning the old servers in Legacy environment.
• Involved in AD Migration to change Host and Domain Name change. Quest Migration tool is used to migrate users and share drive permissions.
• Worked on Planning, Designing and implementing all the process related to migration.
• Coordinate with Application team to prepare integrated wave analysis, cutover plan, Infrastructure and Application Analysis document and Migration Approach documents.