Summary:

• Cloud Consultant 1 year : Experience using vCloud Suite Enterprise 5.x, vCloud Automation Center 6.0 /5.2, Identify Appliance, ITBM, VMware Orchestrator.
• VMware Architect 9 Years - VMware vCloud Suite Enterprise ,vSphere 5.5/5.x/4.x/3.x/2.5 , ESX/ESXi 5.x,4.x,3.x,2.x, PowerShell, Site Recovery Manager 5.x,4.x , P2V Experience 94.5 Virtualized for a large Enterprise , VMware Log Insight, View 4.0 , Migration experience to 10gig infrastructure using Nexus 5K , FCOE/Fiber channel, Virtualization experience on EMC VMAX, VNX, VPLEX, Clarion, Recover point, SRDF, Netapp, VDI using View 4.0/Xen Desktop,
• Windows 9 Years Certifications on Windows 2012/2008/2003 and Hyper-V . Windows 2000, Windows NT , AD, DNS, DHCP, DFS, WSUS, IIS, File Servers, Failover Clustering Local, Multisite-Geo Based , NLB, FTP, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Share Point, OCS, LCS, SCCM, SMS, SCVMM, Windows Upgrades and Data Center Movement.

Professional Experience

Confidential

VMware Architect

Designing and Administering Virtualization Infrastructure for CSX technology and Deployment of Private Cloud Iaas using VMware Technologies . Administering 250 ESX Servers and 5400 Virtual Machines running at 94.5 Virtual.

Responsibilities:

• Design and Administration of VMware Infrastructure running vSphere 5.x, 4.x, 3.x in Production, DMZ, PTC, VDI, Test , Lab and Cloud Environments .
• Developed virtualization standards and best practices documents used internally for day to day administration .
• Created Several Powershell scripts for Automation of Day to Day Tasks, Provisioning of ESX servers and VM's, Health Report, detecting Configuration Issues, Statistics Analysis scripts for troubleshooting realtime issues in seconds, P2V, DR and many other purposes.
• Designing and Implementation of Site Recover Manager 4.x/5.x, vCenter Operations Manger 5.x/6.0, ITBM, vCenter Chargeback, Log insight, vFoglight, vCloud Director, Powerpath, Qlogic and Dell Plugins for vCenter.
• Migrated VMware Infrastructure from 1 Gig to 10Gig Infrastructure using Cisco Nexus 5020 Switches and Qlogic CNA's converged network adapters FCOE
• Implementation of Native FCOE, Port Profiles as a standard configuration for all Network switches used by ESX Servers
• Deployment of vCenter Operations Manager 5.x/6.0 for performance monitoring,capacity planning for showback .
• Implementation of vCNS vShield app, vShield edge and endpoint for network virtualization.
• Designed guidelines and Scripts for Upgrading 4.x environment to 5.x
• Identifying EOL hardware and working with Business partners and Application Owners to Virtualize EOL Servers.
• Conducted Regular training sessions to the team and internal customers to ensure best practices are followed
• Implementation of Change Controls, RFC and performing RCA as per the CSX standards using Maximo tool.
• Conducted Annual test for Disaster-Recovery using Site Recovery Manager.
• Provide Growth projections and capacity Requirements for annual budgeting process.

Confidential

Senior Systems Administrator

Upgrade Project from ESX 3.5 to vSphere 4.0 and Currently implementing vSphere Update1 which ends on Dec 30th 2009. Administering VMware Infrastructure in an environment consisting of 2000 Servers 100 Physical and 1600 VM's running on 80 ESX Nodes which consists of both Windows and Linux VM's . 90 Virtualized on HP hardware. Built Entire Infrastructure from Installation to Complete Enterprise Level Features. vCenter Lab Manager 4 Implementation in production and VMware View 4 experience for virtualizing Desktops.

Provided Training for Team in vSphere Upgrade Project and problems solved in vSphere Update 1

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of VMware vSphere 4.0 with Enterprise Plus Features of vDistributed Switch and Host Profiles and update 1 implementattion
• Upgrade Experience from VMware Infrastructure 3.0, 3.5 to vSphere 4.0 and Update 1 including vCenter4.0 , ESX Hosts, Update manager, vSphere client, and Virtual machines tools and H/W upgrade to vSphere 4.0 Ver 7
• Installation of ESX 4 Nodes , vCenter 4, Update manager, and Administering VM's across 2 Datacenters Running 1600 VM's
• Migration of VM's, ESX Service Console , VMotion Networks from Standard Switch to Distributed Switch running across 49 VLANS. Most Critical Task
• Implementation Of different Host Profiles for Multiple Clusters across Multiple Data centers
• Vast Experience of Storage Migration on 1600 VM's Fiber channel Upgrade from EMC DMX-3 to DMX-4
• VMotion, DRS, Resource Pools configuration based on priority, memory and Processing Times
• vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 Integration with vSphere for deploying templates. Upgrade experience from VMware Lab Manager 3 to vCenter Lab Manager 4
• Implementation of SRM 4.0 on vSphere across multiple sites to provide Disaster recovery solution for VMware Vsphere Environment, vSphere Linked Mode and replicated storage, Configuring Sites Roles and Privileges, Alarms for monitoring the Site Status. Failback Testing from Protected Site to Recovery Site in SRM and Shared Recovery Site across multiple Protected Sites
• Huge P2V Experience using VMware converter 90 virtualized running different applications with Different Hardware.
• Migration and P2V conversion Experience on many applications like SQL Server, Exchange running on Windows and some applications running on Linux Redhat and SUSE and VMkernel Linux appliances.
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch , DRS, VMotion, SV-Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates, and many more
• SQL 2005 ,Exchange 2007 Clustering on Windows 2003 and windows 2008 servers running multiple instances on multiple nodes and Multisite Clustering Geo on windows 2008 failover Clustering using data replication mechanisms Sync and Async replications
• Building Windows 2008 Servers and upgrading Windows 2003 on both physical and virtual machines.
• Database Upgrade for vCenter and update manager from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 on 2 vCenter Servers
• Ranger Backup Software vRanger Pro used for configuring Backups and Restoration which works on Snapshot based backups.
• Building VM's and new Templates for new Projects and allocating them to appropriate Resource pools.
• Administering Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory , DNS, DHCP and building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project
• Generating Reports and graphs on Performance of ESX Nodes
• Remote installation of ESX Hosts , Windows 2008 Servers using Raritan and Communicating with Network/Storage teams for Server Support.
• Altiris Deployment solution of software with HP Rapid deployment pack for installing software, unattended files, Proliant packs.
• Altiris tool for deploying multiple servers consistently.
• ESX servers running on HP Proliant DL 385 g5p, DL 385 G1, and DL 585 G5
• Experience on HP c3000 blade servers and firmware upgrades and building HP rack mounted servers.
• Working with Multiple Project Teams Projects Upgrading Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 and SQL 2005 to SQL 2008 which are VM's and Providing Support for those VM's Storage and Configuration .

Confidential

Operations Senior Lead Specialist

Building Servers and Providing Support for Windows 2003/2008 Servers. Administering Windows , Active Directory and VMware Infrastructure 3.5 in an environment consisting of more than 500 windows servers and 40 ESX Nodes. Also Provided Training for Team in Latest Technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Upgrade Experience from VMware Infrastructure 3.5 to VMWARE vSphere 4.0
• Upgrade experience of vCenter4.0 , vSphere client, ESX Nodes, and Virtual machines from 3.5 Infrastructure to vSphere 4.0
• Installing ESX 4 Nodes and upgrading 3.5 Nodes and configuring Nodes in vCenter 4.0
• Upgrade experience to vCenter 4.0, vSphere 4, ESX nodes 4.0 and Virtual machines from ESX 3.5 .
• Configuring ESX server 3.5 and administering ESX servers through Virtual Center 2.5
• Administering vCenter 2.5 with VMotion, DRS, HA and License Issues
• PlateSpin Migrate Tool for Server Workloads and Migration of Windows , Linux and Unix servers and applications running on different platforms .
• Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Implementation for DR and Provided support for SRM
• Sync of Data and Application information after the migration of Windows / Linux Servers using Platespin and testing the Functionality of servers .
• Resource Management using DRS and Resource Pools
• EMC storage used for storing VMware VM's and Snapshots of Virtual Machines
• Creating Virtual Machines and Cloning Virtual Machines
• Networking Issues in ESX Virtual Switches, Service console
• Experience of EVC Mode for Intel Hosts Xeon-Core2,Core7 Nehalem and AMD Hosts Opteron
• L3 Support for Windows 2003/2008 servers in a 5 Domain Environment with Trusting
• Failover Clustering in Multi Site Geo based clustering using Windows 2008 servers and HA Clustering for SQL server 2005 running multiple instances and applications
• Administering Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory , DNS, DHCP, RODC and configured password replication policies for RODC in branch offices , building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project
• Upgrade experience of Active Directory upgrade from windows 2003 Servers to Windows 2008 with Read only Domain Controllers implemented at various sites
• Experienced with Trusts in Multiple Domains process and configuring AD Site, OU structure, Site Link, DNS, DHCP,Global Catalog server, directory services, subnet mask, DNS forwarders, Reverse Lookup, AD and Exchange tools
• Active Directory administration, Sites, security groups, distribution groups, replication, GPOs and FSMO rules,Failover Clustering configuration and administration
• Replication issues and Domain Administration
• Interacting with Storage Team about iSCSI storage LUN's for deploying VM's
• Scheduling Day to day activities of servers and applications running on servers. Installing/pushing security patches, Symantec updates, scheduling backups and restoration tests, .
• Generating Reports and graphs on Performance of ESX Nodes
• Symantec Antivirus Console Server Administration and Updating Symantec Corporate 10.2 clients from Symantec Servers.
• Remote installation of Windows 2003 Servers using RSA cards and Communicating with Network/Storage teams for Server Support.
• Compliance Patch Security Management
• SCCM 2007 for advertising and pushing patches , inventory , reports and deploying o/s
• MS Cluster Administration
• Dell Power edge Blade server M600 configuration and Troubleshooting hardware issues .
• Managing IBM Tools Like IBM Director, Server Raid Manager, Asset Insight Client, Manage Now , Peregrine, Virtual Server Administration, Tivoli Storage Manager TSM , Server Resource Manager SRM and Configuration Management Integrator CMI

Confidential

Server Engineer Administration of Windows 2003, Active Directory, Exchange server 2007 and VMware Infrastructure 3.0 server in a Data Center environment consisting of 300 windows servers and more than 6000 users. Administering Exchange 2003/2007, Blackberry, Veritas Backup, Symantec Antivirus and ISA Proxy Servers

Responsibilities:

• Data Center environment Consisting of 300 Windows servers and VMware infrastructure 3.0 and 3.5
• Administering Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS, FTP, Group policies, RODC,
• Working on Active Directory administration, accountability, security groups, distribution groups, replication, GPOs and FSMO rules, Clustering configuration and administration
• Configuring VMware Infrastructure 3.0 and 3.5 and administering ESX servers through vCenter 2.5
• Upgrade Experience from 3.0 to 3.5 Infrastructure with new features SV-Motion, Update manager, Site recovery Manager
• DataStores configured on EMC San for Virtual Machines and Snapshots.
• Administering vCenter 2.5 with VMotion, DRS, HA , SV-Motion and License Issues
• Resource Management using DRS and Resource Pools
• Creating Virtual Machines and Cloning Virtual Machines
• Data Center Environment involving Windows servers, Exchange Servers, Proxy , Black Berry, Backup's to tapes, Veritas Backup Exec, Trend Micro security and Filtering IMSS, IWSS, Antivirus , SMS
• Administering and Configuring Entire Vmware Infrastructure 3.0 VMotion, Virtual Center, Licenses
• Configuring Service console and Virtual Switches for VMOTION
• Configuring and scheduling backups on Veritas Backup Exec 11 for backup and restore Issues
• Exchange 2007 Installation and troubleshooting , Worked on configuring Exchange 2007 Server roles
• Client, Hub, Mailbox and Edge Server Roles , designed and Migrated Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007
• Designed and deployed Exchange database storage solutions on SAN and NAS environments.
• Exchange Service Pack Installation on Exchange Cluster Servers.
• SMS 2003 experience of pushing security patches and Clients updates through sms.
• Configured IMSS and IWSS Trend Micro for Mail Blocking and Web Proxy Issues
• Administering Blackberry server integration with Exchange server
• Configured Rules in ISA Server 2006 as Proxy server for Accessing/Blocking websites
• Permissions Configuring in EMC for Sharing access

Confidential

Server Administrator

Responsible for entire Windows 2003, Active Directory, DNS , DHCP, Exchange with Blackberry administration consisting of 200 windows servers. Domain Renaming Activity from Nipuna Services to Satyam BPO

Responsibilities:

• Datacenter Environment with VMWARE infrastructure 3.0 and Windows 2003 servers running DC, Exchange , Veritas, ISA, Blackberry and LCS and various other Mail filter and Antivirus Servers
• Virtual center management, Consolidated backup, DRS implementation
• Domain Renaming Activity for a period of 3 months from Nipuna to Satyam BPO
• User Migration from old domain to new domain and Administration of Windows 2003 Active Directory
• Remotely installing and Managing of Windows servers using RSA Cards
• Administering Exchange 2003 Environment and Blackberry Enterprise server for Senior Management consisting of more than 200 Blackberry devices
• Implementation and configuration of DHCP and DNS in enterprise network.
• Implemented ISA 2006 Rules for Websites and Application Filtering
• Configured Symantec for Security
• Configured security, distribution and group policies from Active Directory.
• Planned, built and administered Exchange 2003 for 3000 user environment.
• Creation of new domain and trust between new domain and multiple old domains to facilitate smooth migration.
• Migrated users and mailboxes from exchange 2003 to Exchange 2003 server for Renaming Domain Implementation.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Providing Support and Building Windows 2003 servers in a Data Center, Exchange server Administration and performing Backups in Tape Drives.

Responsibilities:

• Datacenter Environment consisting of 200 servers and 3000 Users
• Administering VMware ESX server Nodes and configuring Virtual Machines
• Configuration and Administration of Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise Edition Servers.
• Remotely installing and Managing of Windows servers using RSA Cards
• Implementation and configuration of DHCP, WINS and DNS in enterprise network and integrating with Active Directory.
• Built Domain Controllers in different Sites and Configured Replication
• Pushed Patches and updates using SMS 2003 and generating reports on software and hardware implications
• IT help desk activities such as OS and application trouble shooting and worked on P1 priority tickets
• Scheduled System test, System upgrades and Preventive Maintenance Activities
• Configured security, distribution and group policies from Active Directory.
• Administered Exchange 2003 for 2000 user environment.
• Backing up the data periodically from file servers, DHCP, system state backups and application related backups to the tape and storage media
• Remote server administration using remote desktop and VNC tool.
• Worked on Help desk tickets experience on HP Open View