OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging position as VMware/Systems Admin

SUMMARY:
Systems Administrator with 12 years of industry experience in supporting VMware/Linux/AIX/Solaris for global financial applications

• Extensive experience with VMware ESX 5.0, Update Manager, Virtual Center, DRS/HA, Lab Manager, Monitoring and Performance Tools
• Well versed with business continuity, disaster recovery, security monitoring, system optimization and project management
• Strong hands-on experience on VxVM/VxFS/Disk Suite/AIX-LVM & clustering technologies VCS/HACMP
• working knowledge of SAN/NAS technology
• Good experience with virtualization on VMware/Aix/Solaris

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
Operating Systems: VMware ESXi5.0, RHEL5, AIX 5.3/6.1,Solaris 8/10, Windows NT/2000/2003
Hardware: VMware (HP BL490c), SUN (T5240/T5440/E25k), IBM (Power 5/6/7), RHEL5 (HP DL380/DL580G7)
Storage/Tools: VERITAS Storage foundation suite, AIX/RHEL LVM, Disk Suite 4.x, HACMP 5.X/6.1, VCS2.x/5.x

Certifications:

• Solaris 8 Systems Administrator Certification

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, 08/03 - Present
Systems Administrator/Team Lead

• As SA team lead, responsible for providing infrastructure/technical support to Global Financial Transaction Systems and their businesses in a high-volume 365x24x7 operation for 1700+ critical servers. Responsibility included working closely and effectively with all levels of management to satisfy schedule and productivity requirements. Involved in interfacing with various functional heads of the organization and end-users for smooth and seamless migration to new tools and environment
• Proficient in handling projects for VMware/RHEL/AIX/Solaris server build planning, project plans, receiving servers from in-house order fulfillment system, coordinating rack/stack of servers in data centre, kickstart/loading/hardening OS, building f/s, loading standard app/db/monitoring/backup packages, keeping servers complaint by installing/maintaining security updates/patches
• Worked on datacenter virtualization implementing VMware vSphere 5.0 with virtual center, HA, SRM, DRS, V-Motion, VMware clusters, VM Workstation, P2V converters. Troubleshooting of VM performance issues and storage Vmotion problems using VMware Monitoring and Performance Tools
• Good understanding of networking and storage concepts related to virtualization requirements
• Worked on IBM power5/power6 to power7 frame migration involving 300+ lpars along with aix 5.3 to aix 6.1 upgrades including hacmp/gpfs clusters migration
• Worked on datacenter migration & technology re-platforming of 100+ Solaris 8 to Aix 5.3 servers
• Worked with compliance teams during audit reviews to assess/remediate system vulnerability and to schedule/deploy vendor security updates

Environment: VMware ESXi5.0, RHEL5/6, Solaris 8/10, AIX 5.3/6.1. HP BL490c/HP C3000/HP DL380/DL580/IBM Power5/6/7, SUN E25k/F15k,T5240,T5440,6x00,4x00. Zones, Ldom, NIM, HMC, LPAR, DLPAR, Micropartioning and VIOS. VCS5.x, HACMP 5.x, GPFS 3.x, Veritas Storage foundation suite, Disk Suite 4.x, AIX/RHEL LVM, Veritas NetBackup, EMC powerpath4.x/5.x

Confidential, 02/01-10/02
Systems Administrator

• Configured and administered F5 Big/IP Load Balancer to design a load balancing architecture on I-planet 4.1 web servers
• Actively participated in application architecture of Lendware application with iPlanet Web Server 4.1/ IAS 6.0 middleware and Oracle 8.x database. Configured and deployed a clustered 3-tier Lendware (framework Inc.) application. Implemented E10k builds with main/spare system controller configuration and handled Domain/ system controller administration including domain creation, resource allocation, frame firmware upgrade and sms upgrade
• Implemented and Administered Checkpoint Firewall 4.1 on E3500 server. Implemented comprehensive security policies on checkpoint firewall to protect corporate resources while providing complete access to the Internet and Intranet applications. Implemented site-to-site VPN connection (Checkpoint/Nokia firewall) from multiple data center to/from various credit union locations. configured SSH 2.x server and Ncftp ftp server for secure transfers

Environment: Solaris 8, SUN E10k, F6500, E3500, E420 servers, Sun T3, S1 & D1000 arrays. Veritas Volume manager 3.x/ Solaris Disk Suite 4.x,VCS 2.x, Veritas NetBackup 3.x/ Backup Exec 8.x / Sun L60 DLT Jukebox, DNS/iPlanet Web Server 4.1/ Lendware application, IAS 6.0, Oracle 8.x,Samba, PC-Netlink, Appworx (Job Scheduling tool), CheckPoint4.1, SSH/Ncftp

Confidential, 08/00-01/01
Systems Administrator

• Designed and successfully migrated Dean & DeLuca old website with amendments from Exodus to UUNet data center with zero downtime on new hardware. It involved installing/maintaining Solaris 2.x on Sun mid range servers and data solutions implementation using SDS and Backup management/ Recovery planning for Veritas Backup Exec with DLT Drives
• Architected & implemented security mechanism using Checkpoint FW-1/SonicWall & PIX. Installed and Configured Netscape Enterprise server 3.6 SP2 & iPlanet 4.1 web server. Migrated Netscape Web server 3.6 to iPlanet web server 4.1 on sun hardware with backend connectivity to DB2 database with VeriSign Digital Certificate secured transactions

Environment: Solaris 7, Sun E4500, E420, E220R, ultra 5/10 servers, D1000 arrays. Solaris Disk Suite 4.x, Checkpoint FW-1/Sonic Wall/PIX firewalls, Veritas Backup Exec, Netscape enterprise server 3.6, iPlanet web server 4.1, Web Trends

Confidential, 04/00-07/00
Systems Administrator

• Supported Mission Critical Distributed Production Operations (DPO) Group in creating/configuring sun E10K domains & populating system boards with CPU, I/O mezzanines, Memory Modules, Sbus cards, FDDI cards, QFE cards. Supported 24/7 operations including Crash Recovery & hardware problems in GTE Datacenter. Implemented data redundancy solutions using Veritas VM 3.x, Disk Suite 4.x & RAID technology for disk space comprising of A5000 & D1000 arrays. Managed hardware resources required for production and development domains on E10k. Managed server backups with Veritas NetBackup

Confidential, 08/96-03/00
Systems/Network Administrator

• Administrated Windows Exchange server, Windows Proxy, Windows NT 4.0 PDC, BDC servers, Windows File & Print Servers in a heterogeneous environment. handled Y2K testing and installation of Y2K patches
• Installed/administered SUN Solaris 2.x & HP-UX 10.20 servers and configured Disk Arrays using SDS 4.1/LVM. Installed/configured Apache & Web Enabling Tools like Host On Demand (IBM) and Tarantella (SCO) for PNOL web interface conversion on aix servers & proxy/gateway server. Installed/configured Netscape Enterprise Server 3.x, Verisign Digital Certificate & various applications software
• Configuration/administration of firewalls (SUN Screen EFS 3.0 & Checkpoint version 2.1). Implemented VLANs using Bay switches to ensure max security. Setup, maintenance & administration of Cisco Routers, Switches & modems for 64kbps link to PNOL London. Implemented Sun SKIP for secure FTP transfers