SUMMARY

• Almost 7+ years of experience in deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral equipment.
• Extensive experience in Windows 2008 R 2/2008/2003/2000/ NT4.0 Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Installation, Migration and Implementation of NetApp FAS Series.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server, NAT, Microsoft Clustering.
• Experience in with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, VMware v sphere. Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Performed administration and trouble shooting for server provisioning through cloud computing tools like VMware vcloud director, Platform ISF and DELL VIS Creator
• Experience in Networking configuration & Security Configuration on ESX Host.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX vMotion, storage vMotion, HA and DRS.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter. Creating host and client VM templates and cloning.
• Experience in iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFS storage and RAID concept.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, (IE. Configuration of networks, router configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks.)
• Implemented VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) technology using VMware VIEW
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Open Office, Visio, Outlook, Printing, and Windows networking.
• Experience with x86 / x64Intel, HP, IBM & Dell hardware like rack - mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Expertise in Dell physical servers and HP Proliant blade servers
• Knowledge of maintaining Business Continuity and performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Hands on experience on Data Center Disaster recovery on virtual platform
• Experience in implementing Netapp Snap suite solutions like Snapshots, Snap Mirror, Snap Vault, Snap Restore for backup, migration and disaster recovery.
• Good understanding of windows and VMware server automation using scripting language Power shell, VB Script, Power CLI
• Installation and Administration of IIS 6.0
• Strong communication and people skills, both written and verbal. Able to assess and resolve client issues quickly. A proven record of reliability, the ability to perform under time constraints, and good judgment under pressure.
• Experience in Administration of Storage to Multiprotocol Environments like CIFS and NFS in NetApp environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization Products: vSphere3.x/4.0/4.1/5.0, ESX Server 3.x/4.x/5.x, DRS, HA and FT, VMware Capacity Planner, VMware Stand-alone Converter 3.0/4.x/5.0, VMware Update Manager, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), VMware View, ThinApp, VmSight, Plate spin, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Xen Server.

Operating System: Windows Server NT 4.0/ 2000/20 R2, Windows XP/Vista/7, Wintel.

Application Servers: Microsoft Active Directory 2000/20 R2, Microsoft Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010. DHCP, DNS, WINS, Spring Frame Work, IIS 6.0/7.0,LDAP, Apache.

Backup Solutions: VMware VCB, Symantec Netbackup 6

San Management: NetApp FAS, 3000’s and 6000’s, Vfilers, NFS, CIFS, SAN, NAS

Hardware: HP Proliant Servers, HP Rack mount Servers, Dell PowerEdge Servers T series, Network Interface Card, Multi Serial Port Adapter, Printers, iSCSI/SATA Hard drives, Routers, Switches, Hubs, SDSL/ADSL Modems, Audio/Video cards.

Programming Skills: C, C++, PowerShell, VB script, Batch scripting, PowerCLI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York City, NY

Responsibilities:

• Install VMware ESXi 5.0 U1 on HP blades BL685 and add network & Hitachi storage for ESXi servers.
• Install and configure Vcenter 5.0 with SQL Database.
• Installation and Administration of Fail over cluster in Windows 2003/2008 environment.
• Set up virtual network using vSphere Distributed Switch, standard switch, port groups and VM kernel.
• Deploy multiple VMs from template using Power CLI.
• Installation and support of VMWARE ESX 5.0 servers which hosts the virtual servers for the test/dev/staging/production environment.
• Creating clusters, Resource pools and adding VM’s to them and installing VM Tools.
• Configured HA and DRS, SDRS as per VMware best practices.
• Exporting diagnostic data from ESXi & Virtual center for advanced troubleshooting.
• Virtualized Windows servers 2000, 2003 & 2008 using VMware Converter 5.0 and 4.1.
• Install & configure update manager for ESXi server patching, Performance monitoring & analysis of ESXi & Virtual machines.
• Build Physical servers using Windows 2003/2008 ISO image on HP blades BL685 and BL465.
• Installation and Administration of Fail over cluster in Windows 2003/2008 environment.
• Sorted complex issues pertaining to hardware and network failure - Monitored both Hardware and Software systems for errors and updated them regularly to maintain proper functioning and flow of information.
• Recommended new updates and changes required by the clients.
• Provide support for Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, and other Windows-related technologies.
• Implemented user administration like adding, deleting and modifying user accounts.
• 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.
• Managed NetApp storage systems including FAS 2040,2240,3040,3240 and 3270 and around 2 PB of Data
• Created pools of networks, servers and storages using the Vmware vCloud Suite 5.1
• Used NetApp System Manager 2.1 and NetApp Data Fabric Manager for administration of the NetApp Storage Systems
• Creating new LUNS and volumes and exporting them to ESXi hosts using NFS protocol.
• Setting up initial and incremental Volume Snapmirror, Qtree Snapmirror and OSSV.
• Installed and upgraded the Snapdrive and SnapManager Software for Microsoft Exchange and SAP.

Environment: HP Chassis C7000, HP Blades BL685, BL465, Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008, VMware ESXi 5.0, vCenter 5.0, VMware Converter 4.1 and 5.0, NetApp NAS/SAN storage

Confidential, DesMoines, Iowa

Wintel/VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administrating production servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers (HTTP/S, FTP and SMTP), Exchange 2003/2010 Mail Servers, NAS, File and print Servers, RADIUS, Blackberry Enterprise Server and Terminal Servers on Windows 2003/2008/2010.
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Administrating/Responsible production Exchange 2003 Email Server, creating/disabling users, Mailboxes management, public folders administration, monitoring server health, LDAP, smtp traffic/queues, Resolving Outlook issues.
• Installed, Configured and Implemented Terminal Server (TS) Remote App on IIS 7.0Windows 2008 R2 published applications using TS Web Access, Remote Appprogramme and TS Gateway.
• Implemented Microsoft Clustering for IIS Web Servers.
• Administrating production servers/network infrastructure that includes Wintel, Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory design, installation and deployment of enterprise-wide Group Policies using Active Directory components. Exchange 2003 Mail Servers, File and print Servers.
• Installed and configured sendmail, DNS, LDAP, and Apache on REDHAT Linux OS.
• Familiar with windows, software and Hardware based Firewalls. Allow/Block ports, inbound/outbound tcp/udp traffic, PAT/NAT, Remote Access VPN and site to site vpn, content filtering, log alayzing, reporting, configurations of Syslog, snmp, access control.
• Installed and Implemented VMware ESXi 4.0 host servers with vSphere Client, vSphere CLI. Configured HBAs and iSCSI SAN storage.
• Familiar with backup and restore of VMware host server configuration, Virtual Machine backup, snapshot, P2V-V2V conversation with VMware converter and with other third party converters, Patch updation, monitoring/reporting, SSH and SNMP and notification of alerts.
• Experience with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions.
• VB SCRIPTS, PowerShell, Win Batch, PS tools and Windows command-line Scripting to automate the manual tasks on Servers and Client computers.
• Manage and provision shared storage using NetApp Filers to corporate and production systems.
• Created Aggregates, Volumes (Traditional, FlexVol and FlexClone), Qtrees and Quotas in NetApp FAS 3040 and FAS 3020 using Filerview.
• Performed automatic, incremental data replication between systems: synchronous or asynchronous using SnapMirror.
• Troubleshoot NFS, SAN and CIFS issues on NetApp filers and fine tune the filers for optimal performance.
• Administrating Symantec Endpoint Antivirus console, managing 300+ antivirus client’s computers like definition updates, Exception policies, scanning, reporting etc…
• Installed and implemented open source OpenFiler 2.3 iSCSI SAN with RAID 10 for Vmware and other servers with iSCSI initiators. Also managing iStor SAN and Symantec Backup Exec 12.
• Installed and implemented Manage Engine monitoring application and configured SNMP and WMI on Servers and other network devices for reporting and alerts notifications.
• Responsible for helpdesk support using Spiceworks ticketing system, inventory and system reporting.
• Participated in the migration planning, developing, testing and moving the migration process onto full-fledged production network.

Environment: Wintel, Windows 2000/2003, SMS, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, PowerShell, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft WSUS, Windows XP, VMware ESX Server and Workstation, Open filer, IBM TSM, NetApp NAS/SAN, Zywall and SonicWall Firewall.

Confidential, Cambridge, MA

Senior Windows-VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Support of Windows NT/2000/2003 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 backups, 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.
• Maintaining Trend Server Protect and Office scan servers.
• Installation and Administration of Dell Power Edge, Compaq and HP Proliant servers.
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting of DNS and DHCP.
• Installation and Administration of Web servers and FTP servers.
• Installation and Administration of Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 and Metaframe XP 1.0, Citrix Web Interface
• 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 3.5 server which hosts the virtual servers for the test/dev/staging environment.
• Provisioned storage to customers using both ISCSI and Fiberchannel provisioning.
• Data ONTAP and firmware upgrades/ applied patches and configuration.
• Installation and Administration of Fail over cluster in Windows 2000/2003 environment.
• Created pools of networks, servers and storages using the Vmware vCloud Suite 5.1
• Developed the cloud infrastructure using the vCloud Suite 5.1
• Installing, Configuring, Managing vCloud director5 in the Internal Cloud Deployment Project.
• Determining customer requirements and designing VMware-based solutions architectures spanning VMware’s product portfolio from the vCloud Suite to the Horizon Suite to meet the functional and business requirements of a range clients of various sizes and across verticals.
• Experienced in vCloud Director 1.5 installation and Configuration: vCenter, vShield, Catalogs, Chargeback, ThinApp in BPCS (Business Planning and Control System) environment.Build vCloud Connector Server and vCloud Connector Node to transfer content from one Cloud to another Cloud
• Managing the backups using the Veritas Backup Exec 10 and Backup Exec System Recovery.
• Monitoring the servers using HP Systems Insight Manager to find any issues with the server’s hardware.
• Monitoring the resources and services on the servers using Server Assisted
• Patch Management using Software Update Services.
• Attend the meetings with application teams on weekly basis to discuss the issues and the plans ahead.
• Provide lead operations and management support to NetApp Storage system employing various NetApp technologies such as SnapManager, SnapDrive, SyncMirror.
• Experience on managing and allocating storage from NetApp FAS3020, FAS250, FAS270.
• Proposed optimized solutions through best practices procedures and processes.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003/2008 , Exchange Server 2003/2010, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESXi 4.0/4.1 Server, NetApp SAN/NAS, EMC DMX-3,5 and Clarion, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault NAS, HP Prolient, Zywall and SonicWall Firewall, Remote desktop services

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Served in computer maintenance, performed all types of hardware, software maintenance and engineering in addition to systems selection, backup and technical support.
• Installing, configuring and Windows 2003 servers of DHCP, FTP, WSUS, Web Server and SQL Database Server.
• Creating and managing the users, groups, GPO in the Active Directory.
• Implemented, Managed ISA server 2004 Firewall with web filtering and Remote Access VPN.
• Implemented and managed McAfee Antivirus EPO Server and clients for LAN security
• Monitoring of Internet usage, Antivirus statistics and reporting to Project Manager.
• Responsible & managing Online Trading applications, Servers & Connectivity with stock exchanges, providing remote support to end clients and branch users.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router 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-45crimping, Labeling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches and Rack set-up.
• Investigated user problems, determined possible solutions, oversaw software, installation and upgrades.
• Creating a backup job and also took backup of data centre on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Planned and coordinated with major vendors like ISP and V-SATs service providers for installation/Down Calls of branches.
• Assigned duties and supervised a team of junior network engineers.

Environment: Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows NT Server, Windows XP.