Profile Summary:

• 7 years of experience in Information Technologies with expertise in area of Windows server, VMware virtualization technologies, Monitoring tool and few of the Storage technologies.
• Experience in installing, administrating managing Windows server operating system NT, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2,2012, 2012 R2 and their standard, Enterprise Datacenter Edition.
• Hands on experience in Windows Active Directory administration, DNS, GPU, DHCP, LDAP
• Experience in handling more than 3000 mix of Windows server, 200 ESXi servers, Remote data center, Multiple vCenter
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File and Print Servers, IIS Web server , FTP, Terminal Server, NAT, Microsoft Clustering and Exchange mail server in windows base server environment
• Limited experience in Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager FIM 2010.
• Excellent knowledge in creating and managing users, permission setting, roles and responsibility assignment and VM resource allocation on ESXi hosts
• Extensive experience in VMware ESX/ESXi hosts 3.5, 4.1 5.x hypervisor and Microsoft virtual server as well Hyper-V2008, 2008 R2, 2012 2012 R2
• Hands on experience installing, configuring, managing and troubleshooting VMware vSphere4.1-5.5,VMware View VDI , VMware ThinApp, SRM Site Recovery Manager
• Experience VMware clustering, HA, DRS rules, vMotion, Storage vMotionSnapshot manager, Cloning, Template creation and deployment VMware View 4.x/5.x, Site Recovery manager 5.0
• Experience in creating Virtual Machine, template creation, cloning them, VM tools 3.0/5.0/7.0install and upgrade
• Strong understanding and hands on P2V, V2V, P2P using Vconvertor, Double Take
• Hands on experience in Virtual standard switch, Virtual Distributed switch, VLAN mapping into VMware
• HP Proliant Blades BL460C / BL620C Series, HP Blade C7000 Servers, Dell M1000. Blade Server, Dell Poweredge R310, R710/R720 Rack Server Series, HP Blade enclosures, DellRack mounts, HP ML/DL Series, Fujitsu Primergy Series.
• Good understanding of windows and VMware server automation using scripting language Power shell, VB Script, Power CLI.
• Proficient in monitoring Windows server, network devices via System Center Operation Manager SCOM 2007 R2
• Proficient in deploying windows server patches using SCCM
• Experience with Linux based system administration using Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Hands on experience on Data Center Disaster recovery on virtual platform
• Efficiently co-ordinate with tech representative and vendor to resolve the problem
• Worked at Tier 3 support representative for Windows and VMware in multi city complex environment
• Hands on experience on deployment solutions like HP Altiris, VMware Template, and ESXi host deployment via UDA
• Strong problem solving skill and a strong knowledge of ITIL processes like, incident management, change management, patching cycle etc
• Experience in handling Wintel admin team off shore, train them to increase work efficiency
• Strong fundamental in Storage Area Network SAN , NAS boxes, different RAID level 1,10, 5, and different drive types SCSI, SAS, SATA

Technical Skills / Expertise:

Work Experience:

• Part of Atos Hardware Refresh Project Hardware OS for Siemens Group Siemens IT Solutions, global partners of Atos to migrate all Windows 2003 servers to Windows 2008/2012 systems.
• Part of the Build Migration team for the Atos Hardware Refresh Project, implementing upgrades to all physical and virtual servers for Siemens at the Lake Zurich Data-Center remote Siemens sites.
• Meet with peers and customers to review solution, migration, functional testing procedures improvement across all Siemens sectors with multiple Project Managers.
• Collect hardware, operating system, application and service information from Windows based servers using command line, VBS, batch scripting, wmi, etc.
• Implement change and incident management ITSM and get approvals using HP Project and Portfolio Management PPM software by creating and submitting RFCs Request for Change
• Build, Installation and deployment of new physical servers which include Dell PowerEdge R6/R7/R8 series, Fujitsu PrimergyRX series and HP ProLiant Rack and Blade BL460c servers with HP C3000 and C7000 chassis.
• Install customized, production-ready Wintel 2008/2012 OS on all new physical servers for local and remote Data centers.
• Co-ordinate with offshore networking teams and onsite CSS technicians network engineers to configure networking reachability for remote physical servers.
• Co-ordinate with internal teams for migration of additional services I.e. applications, web services, database, backup, anti-virus, etc.
• Troubleshoot networking reachability for Dell iDRAC, Fujitsu iRMC and HP Insight server management software suites.
• Install pre-production, up-to-date hardware updates and patches for all physical builds.
• Configure Domain and Anti-Virus settings for new builds.
• Configure, install and set-up Dell MD1200 external storage for Dell Servers.
• Implement Siemens Cyber Emergency Readiness Team CERT compliance tests and remediation tasks before deploying servers into production environment.
• Perform Active Directory configurations on all servers in pre-production environment. Set up administrative groups by domain for all new builds.
• Writing PowerShell scripts to automate tasks being executed by the Active Directory Identity Management Team.
• Scripts to add remove specific accounts.
• Scripts to update Active Directory accounts with data provided by HR team related to a particular account Title, location, team etc.
• Scripts to query Active Directory for new contractor accounts created within a specific time frame and send a HTML email to the listed manager that contains links to processes for changing managers or contract status
• Migrate existing data to new servers using Dell Secure Copy and RoboCopy. Configure ConfigSoft in pre-production environment to set up server back-ups.
• Involved with pre-production monitoring, patching and back-up configuration for all physical builds.
• Build and Deploy virtual servers on VMware Platform and perform system updates pre-production.
• Administration of vCenter 4.1/5.0, VMware cluster, HA, DRS, Snapshot, and Clone.
• Installation and support of VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5/4.x/5.x server which hosts the virtual servers for the test/development/staging environment.
• Configuration and administration of Web Servers, FTP Servers and print servers.
• Migrate Windows 2003 servers to 2008/2012 Windows systems.
• Perform P2P, V2P, V2V and P2V Migrations.
• Perform physical to physical migrations to 2008/2012 using PlateSpin on existing 2003 servers.
• Perform Virtual migrations on vCenter and administer virtual clusters.
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of DNS and DHCP.
• Implement and conduct post migration User Acceptance Testing for issues before deploying servers into production environment.
• Decommissioning of legacy hardware/servers 5 10 servers per week post successful migrations deployment of new servers into production.
• Resolve problems and issues including, but not limited to: Failed migrations, Overall server and services health check, Server hardware and operating system status down or failed component, non-functional OS, application or service , File and Print services, Related storage, anti-virus, css, backup, database, networking and additional services.
• Update and maintain WLI Work Level Instructions process documentation post successful migrations.

• Installation and Support of Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/2008 R2 servers functioning in Multi-Tier application environments.
• Managed shared folders groups using DFS, applied NTFS/Active Directory file permissions, create user profile and user rights restrictions and password management.
• Possess excellent Windows server skills in the areas of Active directory, Domain architecture, TCP/IP, DNS, Wins system, availability, scheduling, server capacity and performance.
• Implementation and Maintenance of Group Policies and Active Directory Replication.
• Level-2/3 troubleshooting clustered file print server support for user base over 2000 users.
• Installation and Administration of HP Proliant servers, C7000 Enclosure, Dell Power Edge, Compaq.
• Troubleshooting hardware issues like, RAM, HDD, CPU, Blue screen etc on all server hardware
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of DNS and DHCP.
• Installation and Administration of Web servers and FTP servers.
• Responsible for running Wintel on host operating systems and applications such as Microsoft Windows to run in a protected, virtual environment in a window on Mac OS X.
• Installation and support of VMWARE ESX/ESXi 3.5/4.x/5.x server which hosts the virtual servers for the test/development/staging environment.
• Build and administer vCenter 4.1/5.0, VMware cluster, HA, DRS, Snapshot, Clone
• Administering VMware VDI, allocating new VDI and maintenance.
• Conducted Hyper-V P to V V to V migrations for server 2003 2008 servers into the new Windows 2012 environment.
• Implemented Virtual to Virtual server conversion using VMware convertervSphere to Hyper V
• Accessed Citrix XenAppwebtool to use Virtual Machine Manager Console for P to V V to V HyperV cluster conversions
• Taking care of P2V, V2V, P2P using Vconvertor double take
• Installation and Administration of Fail over cluster in Windows NT/2003/2008 environment.
• Managing the backups using the Tivoli Storage Manager TSM and Backup Exec System Recovery.
• Monitoring the servers using HP Systems Insight Manager to find any issues with the server's hardware.
• Performed day to day Unix system administration tasks such as user accounts, logon scripts, directory services, file system shares, and permission
• Configuring SUDO and granting root permission to users for performing certain activities for Linux based system administration.
• Installing and configuring various services like DNS, DHCP, NFS, Send Mail, Apache Web Server, Samba, SSH, http, RPM Package Movement on RHEP environment.
• Setting up and maintaining Domain Names System DNS servers on RHEP.
• Performed system administration for Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager FIM 2010.
• Performed Configuration changes and project resolutions, Management Agent, monitoring and tuning performance related issues.
• Monitoring the resources and services on the servers using System Center Operation Manager SCOM 2007 R2.
• Patch Management using System Center Configuration Manager SCCM .
• Storage configuration using SAN with IBM Blade Center s, HP EVA series
• Supporting SAN infrastructure, NAS infrastructure
• Participation on disaster recovery planning, mock drill and preparation
• Providing support for the infrastructure present in various locations across US.
• Taking Care of all the Escalations and the priority issues.
• Attend the meetings with application teams on weekly basis to discuss the issues and the plans ahead.
• Sending weekly incident reports, Availability to the client.
• The escalation chart is prepared for the client for his day-to-day problems
• Proposed optimized solutions through best practices procedures and processes

Environment

Windows NT/2003/2008, Exchange Server 2003/2010, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.x ServervCenter 4.1/5.0, HA, DRS,vMotion, Vconvertor, Double take, Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, EMC DMX-3,5 and Clarion, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault NAS, HP Proliant, SCOM, SCCM Firewall, Remote desktop services

• Successfully managed and implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation.
• Built Windows 2008/2003 Servers on standalone and blade servers based on application design and deployed stack on these servers
• Managed servers and client computers using SCCM 2007 thus reducing costs of maintenance of the systems.
• Installed VMware ESX server 2.5/3.0/3.5/4.1/5.x in a total of 360 ESX's, 4000 servers four VC's. Created virtual machines on ESX Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from the images.
• Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented VMotion, Virtualized Windows servers using VMware Converter P2V and setup Lab Manager.
• Installed SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 servers clustered and non-clustered and creating SQL Database.
• Deployed 250 VM's with Windows 7 operating system for the end users.
• Building new servers daily in legacy VMware from 2003 to 2008, and Hyper-V for applications
• Provision and Administer Hyper-V hosts, Guest OS with SCVMM 2012 SP1 admin console.
• Manage and administer private clouds in Hyper-V infrastructure.
• Knowledge of on-boarding and off- boarding processes related to FIM 2010.
• Created FIM Workflow and Policy Engine.
• Administrating production of servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers, Exchange Mail Servers, WSUS Patching servers, print Servers, System Management Servers SMS , Terminal Servers, RAS and File servers on Windows 2003 and Windows NT in the data center/server farm using FIM.
• Setup NFS and Samba File sharing setup on Linux and Windows servers.
• Setup and configured Apache in Red Hat.
• Setup security using SUDO, TCP Wrappers, SSH using Red Hat.
• Implemented NFS for administrative and project requirements .
• Worked closely with database administration staff to ensure optimal performance of databases, and maintain development applications and databases in Linux environment.
• Monitoring system resources, logs, disk usage, scheduling backups and restore on RHEP.
• Administrating DNS, DHCP, and Exchange ISA servers. Created and managed user and group accounts in User Manager and in MS Exchange Administration.
• Experienced with x86 / x64 Intel, HP, IBM Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Managing Exchange 2003 servers and troubleshooting issues related to mail delivery, configuring MX records to enable and disable domain.
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access our LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed configured Windows 2008 with Active Directory service.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router/switches configuration and wireless access point/router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches, VLANs port mapping, naming etc. , and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN and wireless networks.
• LAN Cabling, RJ-45 crimping, Labeling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches and Rack set-up.
• Installed and managed McAfee EPO software on servers and clients.
• Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support troubleshooting client's issues.
• Troubleshoot and monitored network using SNMP and Microsoft MOM monitoring tools and also used ping, Cisco CLI, trace route for debugging them.
• Familiar with web based .Net application integration in IIS web server, IIS Clustering, Load Balancing, Logging and Reporting.
• Lead Technology Implementation including vendor selection, System Architecture, Setting landscape, Capacity planning, security, storage management and High Availability.
• Disaster recovery planning, implementation and recovering systems during crash or hardware failure.
• Experience in IT decision-making, policy direction, planning, and team management. Participated in the migration planning, developing, testing and moving the migration process onto full-fledged production network.
• Coordinate hardware and software installations and upgrades to ensure work is performed in accordance with company policy. Recommends resolutions to complex matters of significance and coordinate the implementation of the approved course of action.
• Coordinate and monitor troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common system problems: document system events to ensure continuous functioning. Recommend course of action and implement as approved.
• Coordinate testing, upgrade and configuration of system files and services. Ensure changes are in accordance with appropriate operating procedures.

Environment

Windows NT/2003, SMS, SQL Server 2005, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft WSUS, Windows XP/7, VMware ESX-ESXi Server , vCenter Sever, Open filer, IBM TSM, EMC SAN, Dell NAS, HP blade

• VMware implementation and expansion work. Creation troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX/Hyper-V Virtual Machines. Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates.
• VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates. Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware and HP Blade servers resulting in a reduction of racks and power usage, decrease downtime during maintenance and upgrades and improved monitoring.
• Management of a 200 node ESX Farm running 1800 plus VM's.
• Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters with HP and Hitachi SAN storage.
• Worked on large datacenter consolidations and completed them successfully using P2V conversion tool - vCenter Converter.
• Extensively worked on VMware Update manager for Host upgrades and patches. Migrate / Upgrade ESX Host from 3.5 to 4.0-1 and from 4.0-1 to ESXI 5.0. Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.
• Configure and administrate new baselines using VUM VMware update manager .
• Created and managed resource pools for Virtual Machines. Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual Center server for HA, DRS. Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Configure and Implement Citrix Xen in Citrix Farms
• Maintain Microsoft Windows Servers 2003 and 2008 , DNS DHCP and Active Directory. Experience in Remote support tools like Citrix, DSView, ILO, PC-Anywhere and RDP.
• VMware view and Hyper-V design and Virtual desktop deployments along with ThinApp Packaging: Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7/Wintel.
• Handled multiple tasks to meet project deadlines

Environment

Windows NT/2003, SMS, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft WSUS, Windows XP, VMware ESX Server , vCenter Server, Open filer, IBM TSM, EMC SAN, Dell NAS, Zywall and SonicWALL Firewall.

• Installed, configured administer Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Server.
• Managed Domain Controllers and Additional Domain Controllers.
• Implementing Disaster Recovery in Windows NT/2003 Domain.
• Configured of Domain Naming Server DNS and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP .
• Implemented Disaster Recovery by Optimizing FSMO roles Placement.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all windows based servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network using different media devices like tape drives, compact disk and additional hard disk etc.
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of 1000 Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• Created User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies
• Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions and System Policies
• Installed of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2003
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service RIS
• Implemented user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts
• Responsible for operations and maintenance for TCP/IP schema.
• Routing via EIGRP, OSPF and BGP and network addressing.
• Installation and troubleshooting Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3550, 3560 series switches and cisco 2600 and 3600 series routers.
• Planning and scheduling the network down time for various upgrades and maintenance check.
• Support Training - Provide necessary help / training to IT Helpdesk / Telecom Support Personal to resolve day-to-day issues.

• Configuration, operation and troubleshooting of BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP routing protocol in Cisco Routers L3 Switches.
• Configuration of Printer, Modem, Scanner.
• Configuration of Domain Naming Server DNS
• Configuration of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service RIS
• Configuring New WAN links and Monitor Network Performance
• Installation of Operating Systems Win98, Win XP, Win NT, Win 2003 etc.
• Install and maintain of Hardware, Operating System
• Monitor Routers and Internet Connectivity
• Implement network monitoring tool for monitoring servers, routers other network resources
• Adding and deleting users and granting user level
• Resolving Network Problem related to connectivity and assessing resources.
• Responsible for ensuring each reported problem is resolved in timely manner
• System Troubleshooting in case of a failure and maintain server uptime above 99.99 .
• Providing Capacity Planning review for all the servers.
• Patching all Windows servers and workstations with Company standards
• Customize the 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment
• Configuring administering Domain Naming Server DNS ,Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP , Distributed File System. DFS ,Internet Information Service. IIS and Remote Access Service RAS
• Assist staff with the installation, configuration, and ongoing usability of desktop computers, peripheral equipment and software within established standards and guidelines.
• Work with vendor support contacts to resolve technical problems with desktop computing equipment and software.
• Train and orients staff on use of hardware and software.