SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of extensive and verifiable experience in Infrastructure Services support and Management as System Engineer/Admin.
• Worked both Onsite for various customers of HP and IBM Technologies.
• Hands on experience in working on installation, configuration and administration of VMware VSphere, ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 , VMware Vcenter 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1 and 5.5 environment.
• Expertise with designing, installing and implementing VMware ESX server, VMware virtual center, setting up DRS,High Availability,V - Motion and related VMware products such as, VMware converter, VM Workstation, VM Backup products and other products for virtualization.
• Experience in monitoring and controlling various cloud-computing components such as security virtual machine (VM) provisioning using vCloud Director (vCD).
• Hands on experience in building the ESXi Servers.
• Creating new Virtual machines for various Operating Systems.
• Hands on in performing P2V and V2V Migrations using VMware converter
• Creating templates and cloning the VMs using template.
• Expertise in performing P2V Migrations of Domain Controllers and in configuring DRS configurations.
• Creating and managing VMware cluster.
• Sound knowledge of VMware Networking concepts like creation of NIC teaming, Vswitches, different types ofport groups and VLAN Problem management on VMware ESX 5.X and Virtual Center and Vmotion.
• Creating and managing resource pools for Virtual machines.
• Monitoring virtual clients through centralized virtual server.
• Day to Day ESX Maintenance and Patching
• Hands on experience with VMware update manager to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines
• Experience in monitoring systems using SCOM,SCCM and HP SIM (Systems Insight Manager).
• Knowledge on Virtual Center server 4.0/4.1 and 5.0/5.5 for managing multiple ESX servers and linked vCenter servers.
• Knowledge on Cisco UCS Chassis and UCS Manager(UCSM)
• Hands on experience with IBM Rack/Tower models X series,HP Blade System C-class enclosures and Dell hardware.
• Excellent experience in installing, configuring and managing DHCP, DNS, WINS
• Troubleshooting of server hardware issues by coordinating with the hardware vendors
• Configuring and troubleshooting Clusters in 2003 and 2008
• Analyzing the memory dumps, Kernel Dumps and User dumps and providing the root cause for the issues
• Hands on experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting on Windows 2000/2003 and 2008 servers using enterprise standards
• Hands on experience in writing power shell scripts and automated administration tasks using VB scripting.
• Exposure and practitioner of ITIL processes such as Incident Management, Change Management and Problem Management.
• Build, Install and Configure Microsoft Windows Server infrastructure systems and Applications running on Windows Server 2012 R2, 2008 R2, 2003 versions on physical and virtual environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 2012/ 2008 R2/ 2003 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows NT

VMware: ESX Server 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.1. Virtual Center 2.5/4.0/ 4.1 and 5.0, vSphere 4 and 4.1, VMware converter 3, 4 and 5.0/5.5. VMware Update Manager, VMware capacity planner

Hardware: Compaq, HP, IBM, Dell Servers, Routers, Switches.

Terminal Application Servers: Citrix Metaframe XP/3.0/4.0.

Web and Transaction Servers: IIS 5.0.

Languages: HTML, JavaScript.

Directory Services: MS Active Directory.

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, Token Ring, Ethernet, RAS, RIP, OSPF, POP3, SMTP, DNS and DHCP.

Backup: Symantec Net backup and vRanger Pro,, TSM Backup

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St.Louis

Systems Administrator/VMware SME

Responsibilities:

• Administered 250+ ESX hosts, 110 Clusters running close to 2500 virtual machines. The virtual environments were designed and build upon IBM and HP blades, EMC DMX & Netapp Storage systems.
• Migrations of existing ESX servers from ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.5.
• Implemented private cloud computing environment (CHP) in the environment on VMware vSphere 4.x hosting Virtual machines running on Windows Server 2012,2008, Windows Server 2003, RHEL 5.x versions.
• Installed and maintained the Cloud setup using vCloud Director(VCD).
• Build, Install and Configure Microsoft Windows Server infrastructure systems running on Windows server 2008 R2 and 2003 platform.
• Engineered and implemented private cloud computing environment (CHP) in the environment on VMware vSphere 4.x hosting Virtual machines running on Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, RHEL 5.x versions.
• Re-engineer current environment: Changing cluster settings, designed security in Virtual Center, analysis on VC database size, change Guest Provisioning process and VM Resource allocation standards
• Designed/implement VDI solutions for remote desktop to be used by end users. Automation using various scripting tools like VB Scripts& powershell.
• Configure/Build ESXi stateless ESX hosts using Netapp NFS based storage systems.
• Work with developers across different line of business to ensure their applications are running flawless on cloud computing platform and VMware vSphere virtual farm.
• Provisioning new hosts and clusters: setting up VMFS volumes for EMC and Netapp storage systems, network configuration, HA, DRS and VMotion settings.
• Design architecture to host DMZ machines on classified Virtual center working with AD team to have it incorporated in virtual farm on SAN and Netapp Storage.
• Implemented P2V process for legacy physical servers and providing templates, build automations of Virtual machines build out of internal as well as external DMZ environment servers.
• Develop plans for infrastructure consolidation, capacity planning, and app virtualization to be computable in our private external cloud. Analyze business and user data to define virtualization deliverables for that business.
• Provisioning and P2V servers in virtual environment, tier-3 engineering/support team providing timely diagnosis, trouble-shooting, and resolution to complex, high visibility problem incidents related to Windows Servers and VMware.
• Design/Engineer & deploy band solutions on VDI, thinapp for application virtualization for users.Review log outputs for all mission critical servers to anticipate issues and perform necessary maintenance.
• Regularly evaluating cluster capacity to make sure environment is not overloaded with virtual machines and making changes in the virtual environment accordingly for future capacity allocation and trending patterns.
• Working with various vendors (like VMware and Microsoft) to come up with product baseline and there rollout roadmap including upgrade project plans.
• Troubleshooting ESX hosts and virtual machines, VCC database running on MS SQL 2008 R2 and 2005.
• Performance monitoring of virtual farm and servers to ensure reliability and 99.9% availability.
• Work with Storage team to implement storage efficiency by implementing thin provisioning, data deduplication.
• Update ESX host using VMTS and ESXupdate, VMware Update Manager. Blade logic etc..
• Perform daily System Administration tasks: respond to server down alerts, troubleshoot on both software and hardware level, install patches, software updates and application updates.

Confidential, MO

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Manage Wellstar virtual infrastructure, VMWare ESXi, Vcenter and VCloud Director 5.1.
• Setup, Provisioning and deployment of 1200 Virtual Desktops on Horizon view 5.2
• Enable Operations Manager to deploy and configure new virtual machines
• Upgraded and Migrated 4.5 Vmware View environment to 5.2 Horizon View
• Reduced and compiled redundant desktop pools
• Account and group management using AD GPO and ZEN Works
• Capacity planning, memory and cpu usage, storage IOPS
• Providing weekly resource utilization reports and infrastructure forecasting, chargeback reports
• Monitoring tools: vFoglight, Xangati
• Capacity tools: vMTurbo, SolarWinds and Veeam
• PowerShell 3.0 pool creation, startup/shutdown scripts
• Create, optimize build processes and deployment tools
• Daily run and maintain of systems including monitoring for system health, performance, and security
• System performance monitoring and capacity planning
• Develop desktop virtualization solutions, set definition, and implement virtual desktop assets using App-V and Citrix related technologies.
• In-depth understanding of industry leading virtualization technologies from both a design and engineering perspective
• Implemented NetApp Storage solution for storage cost reduction, reduplication, low overhead storage and fast provisioning of cloned desktops.
• Able to demonstrate technical capabilities and solution offerings for virtualization in the Data Center, on the Desktop, and in the Cloud.

Confidential, Fortworth, TX

System Administrator/VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for participating in providing transition support and services for the Delphi Automotive Widows servers to gather and define the processes needed for the HP global delivery teams.
• Publishing and assigning the user permissions to access the Applications in Windows Management Console.
• Installation of Windows 2003/2008 servers as per the Server Delivery Requests
• Monitoring and debugging day to day Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008 server related issues.
• Analyzing the memory dumps and providing the appropriate solutions for the issues.
• Creating the load evaluators for load balance purpose while users accessing the Applications.
• Maintaining the file server, application and Print Server.
• Created User Accounts, groups and running scripts on production servers.
• Assigned local security policies on member servers and standalone servers using RDP.
• Manage and monitor Active Directory services and group policies.
• Worked elaborately on different windows environment which include Windows NT version 4.0, Work Station, Terminal, 2000 and 2003.
• Running VB Scripts to validate logins on 1000 + servers and check the server access on weekly basis.
• Strong Knowledge in creating various objects like User Accounts, Computer Accounts, and Auto logon accounts.
• Assigning folder permissions to the users by gathering approval from the group owners.
• Efficiently created and managed various Groups (Domain Local and Global Security).
• Worked on HP Open View Service Desk (OVSD) tickets.
• Raised tickets for any issues discovered during validation.
• Using Net Use command to check whether we can connect to member servers or not.
• Scheduling scripts twice a week and worked extensively on bad server list.
• Categorization of server in terms of complexity and effort required to complete the primary system access tasks.
• Experience with VMware, creating VM Sessions for installing multiple OS and applications.
• Working on Ticket process in receiving Incident tickets in Remedy Tool in 24x7 environments.
• Created standard operating procedures and process documents for training off shore resources.

Confidential, Milwaukee,IL

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monitoring and maintaining systems which includes +150 servers; + 2500 user base and more than 100 various applications. Up till current date built several VMware servers with more than 30 applications.
• Build, Install and Configure Microsoft Windows Server infrastructure systems and Applications running on Windows Server 2008 R2, 2003 versions on physical and virtual environments.
• Engineer/Implement VMware ESXi 5.1, 5.0, 4.1,Virtual servers &VMware View VDI solution on various hardware platform, Storage (POD, NAS (Netapp)& SAN), Networking (Flex 10). Integrated with Windows 2008/2003 AD.
• Assist in development of an India-to-India support model for these technologies.
• Migrated more than 300 users from Metaframe Presentation Server 1.8 to 4.0.
• Monitoring and managing the performance and the load balance of the Servers.
• Working on deadline, multitasking, simultaneously working on multiple projects and coordinating with various vendors. Applying Securities Policies.
• Configured and implemented various VDI solutions running on VMware View, Citrix Xendesktop 5.6 & PVS.
• Creating a test Environment in VMware for Production Team to test their applications.
• Working on Remedy tickets and prioritizing the work as per the SLAs. Giving global Support to entire network which span over 5 IDC (International Data Centers) and +110 remote locations (around the globe).
• Working with various production system and Network administration on Windows2003 advance server with Active Directory Domain including 14 Domain controllers, + 5000 users.
• Publishing the Desktops and Individual Applications according to the Department requirements in the organization.
• Coordination with the Marimba Team for Creating packages for server build to install the application in the Test server.
• Providing users with access rights and permission for accessing the applications.
• Installing and updating the windows patches.
• Coordination/implementation of hardware and software installations and upgrades.
• Performance and capacity monitoring and management.
• Weekly server maintenance planning and coordination.
• Monitor and act on problem tickets.
• Created Process Documents and Standard Operating Procedures as per the ITIL standard and was reviewed by Managers.
• Introduced the procedure of template the details and requirements captured from the Users for reference of all the Team and Managers.
• Updated the Managers with a weekly Status reports with the current status, issues and reasons for delays of the applications.