CAREER PROFILE

Over 8 years of enterprise-level technical experience as a systems engineer specializing in virtualization, networking, server administration, and storage management. Experience includes project/personnel management, enterprise-level virtualization, data center relocation, P2V migration, network design, server performance management and deployment planning.

Virtualization : VMware ESX, ESXi 4.1/4.0, vCenter, vSphere, VMware Converter, SRM
PlateSpin Migrate, Double-take, SRM, VMware View 4.5 and ThinApp.
Operating Systems : Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 Server, XP, Vista, Windows 7, CISCO IOS
Linux(RHEL)
Protocols : ARP, RARP, PPP, HDLC, Frame-Relay, STP, RSTP, MST, VTP and CDP
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, POP3, MAPI, IMAP, DNS, DHCP, TELNET
SSH, ICMP, OSPF, IGRP/EIGRP, RIP.
Platform/Hardware : Cisco 1800, 2600, 2800, 3800 Routers
Cisco Catalyst 2950, 3550, 3750, 4500, 6500
Cisco UCS C210, HP Prolaint DL & BL Series, DELL PowerEdge.
Networking Tools : Wire shark, Cisco SDM, PRTG, Visio, Ping Sweep, CDP, TraceRoute,
SecureCRT, HyperTerm, Putty, VNC, Remote Desktop Protocol,
TeamViewer
Others : Ms-Office, Norton/McAfee Antivirus, Windows/Zone Alarm Personal
Firewall, Various Anti Spyware tools

CCENT : Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician
CCNA : Cisco Certified Network Associate
VSP : VMware Sales Professional
VTSP : VMware Technical Sales Professional
VCP 4.0 : VMware Certified Professional

BE (CS) : Bachelors in Computer Science

Confidential, California June 2011- Present
VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation of View 4.5 with ThinApp 4.5 Integration
• Deployment of VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1 in multi Datacenter environment.
• Worked on Disaster Recovery projects using the VMWare SRM 4.0.
• Administration of 1200+ Virtual desktops in the view 4.5 environment.
• Perform inventory of existing server environment and gather server utilization statistics such as CPU, RAM, Memory and Network.
• Cisco UCS 5000 Chassis implementation with B200 M2 blades.
• Install and configure ESX servers on clustered environment using host profiles.
• Virtualization of 200 windows servers using Double-Take software from Dell datacenters to Accenture datacenters.
• Established POCs in test labs across migration scenarios such as P2P, V2V and P2Vs.
• Involve in design and implementation of P2V V2V and p2P server migrations using Platespin.
• Documentation of Double-Take Run books, Workbooks, Migration scripts and diagnostic procedures.
• Experience in EMC VNX 5300 SAN storage Administration.
• Installed configured and updated firmware on UCS C210 servers for physical migrations.
• Installation and configuration of Double-Take Availability.
• DNS change/Re-pointing validating activities as a part of the migration.
• Involved in the implementation of vCenter Heartbeat.

Confidential, California November 2010 - May 2011
Description: Amgen Inc is a global Pioneer and Fortune 500 Biotechnology company.
Position: VMware Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implemented and configuring of new ESX servers for the P2V candidates
• Identified P2V candidates and prepared the infrastructure for the 1200+ P2V migrations.
• Involved in Installation, configuration and testing of Platespin Migrate and Power Recon.
• Consolidation and Capacity planning of Physical Servers using Power Recon.
• Architected scalability and sizing of servers for P2V migrations using performance traces and Platespin PowerRecon.
• Conducted process planning, knowledge transfer, and resource management to expedite migrations and reduce P2V failure rates.
• Thorough planning was done for downtime, knowing each server usage & there placement in Datacenter.
• Experience with VMware Convertor /Platespin and Doubletake convertor tools.
• Experience with Datacenter relocation projects and SAN Replication migrations.
• Execution of Platespin Portability Suite jobs as documented process.
• DNS change/Re-pointing validating activities as a part of the migration
• Migration of 300+ servers from different data centers were moved to Centralized Data Center using Platespin Portability Suite.
• Migration of Windows servers from VMware ESX3.5 to VMware ESX 4.0 Farms
• Refreshed the physical servers as part of P2P with Platespin Portability Suite.
• Preparation and validation of the migration workbooks before the migration job is setup.
• Technical documentation on the diagnostics procedure and process documentation on troubleshooting, configuration.

Responsibilities:

VMware

• Installation and administration of VMware ESX, ESXi Servers using vCenter Server
• Migration and consolidation of Physical and Virtual Servers from one data center to other datacenter using PlateSpin Migrate and VMware vCenter Converter.
• Planning and Upgraded 110 ESX hosts from ESX 3.5 to vSphere ESX 4.0
• Configuring High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Distributed Power Management (DPM) and vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS).
• Experience with View 4.5/4.0 deployment and implementation.
• Worked on View upgrade project from View 4.5 to 4.6.
• Administration of Virtual desktops in the view 4.5 environment.
• Deployed 600+ virtual desktops using the View composer.
• Experience with ThinApp deployment in the view environment.
• Installed and worked on VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 4.0) for the disaster recovery and managed recovery plans.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure
• Documented the client's existing infrastructure, technological assets and capabilities
• 150+ servers (HP, DELL & IBM) from different labs and data centre were moved to Centralized Data Center.
• Supporting virtual Infrastructure comprising of 50+ VMware ESX/ESXi servers.
• Installed, Configured and administered ESX 4.0 on HP Blade servers using HP onboard administrator for the HP Blade C7000 chassis & enclosures
• Experience with Cisco UCS server blades with VMware ESX deployments on Cisco UCS
• Creation of standard Virtual Machines and templates for VMware ESX, Lab Manager & Workstation.
• Configured and monitored Microsoft SQL server 2005/2008 Databases and perform routine tasks such as performance tuning, indexing, purging and database replication for Vcenter server and Database dependant virtual machines.
• Responsible for Backup/recovery strategy of all ESX servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network.
• Experience with EMC/NetApp storage on SAN and NAS.
• Consolidation and Capacity planning of physical hardware servers, workstation and desktops.

Confidential, Buffalo NY Aug 2005 - Feb 2007
Description: HSBC Bank is a global Banking and Financial company.
Position: Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Engaged in Data Center Consolidation and Migration.
• Installation, configuration and administration of ESX 3.0 and vCenter Server.
• Migrated physical Servers from Legacy platforms like HP Proliant DL360 using PlateSpin PowerConvert.
• Used PlateSpin Convert to convert the physical Windows servers to VMware platform.
• Configured Point to Point WAN (Frame Relay) between datacenters.
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of Desktops, Laptops, Network Devices, and Computer Peripherals.
• User Support - Monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server & user related problems. Support users to resolve their day to day issues related to Networking, OS and hardware etc.
• Configured 2811 RAS Server for managing the Network devices remotely
• Performed Troubleshooting and monitored routing protocols such OSPF, EIGRP.
• Configured ACL & NAT through CLI.
• Experienced with protocols such as IEEE 802.11, VLAN, OSPF, DNS, DHCP, FTP, NTP, SMTP, SNMP, and TELNET,SSH
• Involved in escalating physical WAN connection problems with vendors like AT & T
• troubleshooting issues related to connectivity, STP, VLAN, Trunking, VTP, Layer 2/3 switching, Ether channels, Inter-Vlan routing, log messages, high CPU utilization and parameters that can degrade performance of network.
• Configured VLANS on multiple catalyst switches performed troubleshooting on TCP/IP network problems, Administered Frame-Relay and Local Area networks.
• Provided technical support and problem resolution for the LAN and its environment by analyzing the problems and identifying the cause and circumstancesof the problems and identifying the solutions.

Confidential, India May 2003 - Apr 2005
Description: Starex Technologies is one of the leading IT Service Provider and Consulting Company
Position: Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and managing Cisco Switches, Routers , Servers , Desktop Computers and Printers
• Installed, configured (through CLI & SDM) and managed CISCO routers and Catalyst switches
• IP Address Management for various clients
• Installing and Troubleshooting WAN connections including INTERNET Leased Circuits, ISDNs and PSTN's
• Installing varies v.35 CSU/DSU Modems inc RAD, RS-232 dial up modems etc..
• Vendor Management, working with internal cross functional teams, clients and vendors
• Installed and Managed Wireless Networks for various clients
• Configured controlled access for various networking Data Communication devices including Switches, Routers, Wireless Access Points using ACLs
• Restricted inbound traffic for protecting Local Area Network using IOS Firewalls, SonicWall Firewall
• Configured Network Address Translation for DMZ Zone using STATIC Translation and provided Internet access using PAT (Dynamic Translation)
• Installing , monitoring Antivirus software updates for Servers and Desktop computers
• Drafting and managing the network documentation using, PowerPoint, Visio and Ms Word
• Designed, validated and implemented LAN, WLAN & WAN structure to suite client's needs.
• Permitted and added the users with the current use and deleted those users, which were already terminated.