SUMMARY

• Over 9+ years of experience in Windows Server Infrastructure and VMware VSphere Administration.
• Managed Virtualization Environment using VMware ESX / ESX (i), Virtual Center, and VI Client.
• Installation, Configuration, Administration and Troubleshooting of ESX/ESX (i), Virtual Center, VI Client.
• Excellent knowledge in creating and managing users, permission settings, roles and responsibility assignments and VM resource allocations on ESX / ESX (i) hosts.
• Creating templates from VM’s and deploy VM’s from templates and allocate resources.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS)
• Configured Resource Pool, VMotion, Alerts, Alarms.
• Migrated Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter).
• Migrated Virtual Machine using PowerCLI scripting.
• Have experience managing Cisco UCS environment.
• Migrated Virtual machine form one server to other using VMotion.
• Performed Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Experience on configuring data store to ESX server using SCSI, iSCSI or LUN and NFS.
• Creating and managing resource pools and adding the VM’s into resource pools.
• Creating and managing virtual machines and installing VM Tools into VM’s
• Managing VM’s through web access.
• Installation and configuration of virtual machines in an Enterprise SAN and NAS environment.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Configurations of Virtual switches and network connections.
• Performance tuning of VMware servers, Virtual sessions and management of server resources between virtual machines.
• Experience on Performance Management, Capacity Planning and configuration Management.
• Patch upgrade on ESX/ ESXi hosts, installed and updated third - party software on hosts, upgrade virtual machine hardware, VMware Tools, and virtual appliances.
• Involved with designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions
• Made technical recommendations and identified administrative standards, issues and process improvements
• Providing and maintaining user access in VC, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU or memory.
• Root Cause & System Log Analysis and reporting and Troubleshooting problems with the help of Event Logs.
• Expert knowledge on Windows Server 2003 and 2008 R2
• Knowledge on Hyper-V, including multi node Hyper-V clusters
• Experience with Monitoring tools like NetIQ and Microsoft SCOM.
• Ability to work independently in a technical environment.
• Experience on Active Directory and Exchange Server Administration.
• Involved the QA Activities in Application server Web server Physical server Database server
• Debugged Server hardware such as HP servers and Dell Servers.
• Troubleshooting LAN Connectivity related problems.
• Experience with Managing HP C7000 and Cisco UCS Blade enclosures.
• Experience with HP SIM and Dell Open Manage for hardware monitoring.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with individuals at all levels.
• Strong skills in organization and time management.
• Experience in providing 24*7 on-call support

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware: VMware ESX/ ESXi,4.0, 4.1, ESXi 5.0 and 5.1, Virtual center server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1, VMware converter enterprise, VMware Update Manager, HA, DRS, SRM, DPM, vMotion and svMotion, VMware View, Thinapp, VMware Workstation, VMware capacity planner Power CLI, vMA, vCLI.

Operating System: RHEL, Ubuntu, Windows XP, Vista, Vindows 7, Windows 8 Windows Server OS - 2003, 2008.2008 R2

Servers/Storage: HP Proliant DL 380 G5, DL385 G5, DL980 G7, HP Proliant Blade BL4605c Gen 8, HP Proliant Blade BL490c G6, HP Blade chassis c3000, c7000, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge, 2850, 2950, 6950, M910 NAS Storage, SAN Storage, Fibre Channel, iSCSI, VMFS, NFS, RDM, RAID, EMC SYMMETRIX VMAX, CLARiiON and VNX, HP EVA 8400, Netapp, Dell MD30001 and MD 1000

Switches: Brocade VA-40FC, 200E, 6510, 6505, 5300, etc Cisco MDS 9016, 9020, 9032, 9112, 9120, etc

Backup Software’s: Symantec backup exec, vRanger Pro and Veeam tools

Applications: MS Office 2003, 2007, 2010 and MS Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, TX

Sr. VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Upgrade and Maintain VMware ESX / ESX (i) Servers and virtual workloads. (almost 50 virtual centers)
• Closely worked with VMware team to support Production, Development and Test Environments and also make sure uptime above 99.99%.
• Build out all x86 UCS builds to support VMware environment which consists of approximately 600 ESXi hosts and 8000 VMs
• Use HPSM (HP Service Manager) to manage changes and incidents in Confidential environments
• Work closely with Storage and Network teams to ensure highest level of dependability across UCS\VMware infrastructure
• Troubleshooting Issues related to ESX host, vCenter, HA (High Availability), DRS, and VMware Update Manager.
• Disk space increase using VMware converter and importing of virtual server using VMware Converter
• Work days\nights\weekends as needed to ensure projects were delivered on time
• Monitor UCS and VMware environments to resolve inconsistencies and capacity constraints
• Work includes installation and configuration of VMware ESX 4.x - 5.1, installation and configuration of VMware Virtual Center Server and creating Virtual Machines
• Assisted in P2V and V2V conversion of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server editions using enterprise VMware stand alone converter and also installed the VMware tools on that machines,
• Assisted in Migration Projects moving the servers from legacy environments to newly commissioned clusters in new virtual centers
• Managed the DR testing for different DC’s inside the environment using SRDF - EMC, HITACHI - HUR
• Job also includes creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates, cloning Virtual Machines and managing Virtual Center permissions
• Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS
• Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines
• Using Virtual centre server for HA, DRS and vmotion.
• Working on Migration concepts like vmotion and Cold migration
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network (Std Vswitch / VDS)
• Troubleshooting ESX / ESXi & Virtual Machines
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates
• Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and VMs
• Migrate / Upgrade ESX 3.5 - 4.0 / 4.1/5.1
• Interacts directly with executive level management for internal tasks and projects
• Design and implement systems, network configurations, and network architecture, including hardware and software technology, site locations, and integration of technologies.
• Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems.
• Consulted with client to ensure agreement on system principles and the nature of the information processing or computation needs with the application teams.
• Coordinated with external vendors to provide timely service and issue remediation
• Provide On-site support, On call support UCS/ VMware (24X7), provides assistance in project related tasks, supporting the offshore team

Confidential, New York

Infrastructure Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Job includes installation and configuration of VMware ESX 4.x Servers, installation and configuration of VMware Virtual Center Server and creating Virtual Machines
• Assist in P2V and V2V conversion of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server editions using enterprise VMware converter and also installed the VMware tools on that machines.
• Provided disaster recovery and backup services
• Job also includes creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates, cloning Virtual Machines and managing Virtual Center permissions
• Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS
• Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines
• Using Virtual centre server for HA, DRS and vmotion.
• Working on Migration concepts like vmotion and Cold migration
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network
• Troubleshooting ESX & Virtual Machines
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates
• Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and VMs
• Interacts directly with executive level management for larger clients to include COO & CTO
• Design and implement systems, network configurations, and network architecture, including hardware and software technology, site locations, and integration of technologies.
• Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation of computer programs and systems.
• Consulted with client to ensure agreement on system principles and the nature of the information processing or computation needs a computer program is to address.
• Assisted with daily administration of SQL server & Windows Server
• Provided Technical Support for end users on platforms including Win 7, Vista, XP, Win 98, Medical Billing Software Issues, and Assisted in Document Management.
• Installed configured & administered Windows 2000/2003 Servers and Windows7, Vista/XP/2000 Pro work stations
• Imaging of workstations, laptops, TCP/IP connectivity issues, remote support using VMware, Hyper V, RDP, LogMein, Team viewer etc.
• Coordinated with external vendors to provide timely service and issue remediation
• Provide On- site support, On call support
• Maintain the peripherals, such as printers, that are connected to the network & also document the asset IT inventories.
• Provide technical assistance in Hardware, Internet and Network and VoIP related issues.
• Provide technical assistance for HP Pavilion desktops, Compaq Presario desktops and Media Centers and IBM, HP desktops and servers
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers
• Management of Active Directory / DNS/DHCP and WINS
• Studying the requirements of the organization, installation, configuration and deployment by using the System Management Server.
• Package and Deploying Software using SMS and Wise in the client’s environment.
• Attending to clients for solving their technical problems and prompt solutions to their Problems for ensuring high satisfaction levels.
• Interacting with various vendors for sourcing products and solutions and for closure calls of certain services and their products, which are supported by them.
• Tracking asset movements and ensuring software and hardware assets are within control using the License Compliance and Asset Management.
• System Troubleshooting in case of a failure and maintain server uptime above 99.99%.

Confidential, Delaware

Windows Server Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered 700 plus Windows servers across 3 datacenters.
• Create and maintain Windows server 2003 and 2008 server builds
• Installation, Updation and Management of virus protection tools (Symantec Anti-Virus) on all the Servers to ensure a virus free computing environment.
• Performing TA (Technical Assurance) for servers to check for quality of servers before bringing them Into BAU (Business as Usual)
• Responsible for administration (re-validation) of User loads on all the servers.
• Management of DNS, DHCP and WINS Environment.
• Responsible for the Security Health Check on all the servers and to make the server compliance with Information Technology Security Standards by fixing the deviations
• Responsible for running TCP/IP scans to check for Vulnerabilities on all supported servers
• Diagnose hardware and related software problems and replace defective components
• Installation and configuring of Print Servers for Network printing
• Scripting and distribution of scripts were done using Scriptlogic.
• Distribution of software packages using Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)
• Installing and configuring Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) servers, configuring policies and Creating rules to implement business guidelines.
• Testing and applying Windows patches to all servers using SMS.
• Installed and configured Exchange 2003 mail server for internal purposes. Performed client Deployments of Microsoft Outlook 2003.
• Server monitoring was performed using Advent NET Manage Engine.

Confidential

Systems administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation of Windows NT, Server2003, Workstation, Proxy Server, Configuration, implementation and maintenance.
• Managing Domain Controllers and Additional domain controllers.
• Symantec antivirus console management, updating antivirus definitions through centralize
• Symantec antivirus server.
• System Troubleshooting in case of a failure and maintain server uptime above 99.99%.
• Migration of active directory services from Win NT to Win 2k to Win 2003.
• Providing Capacity Planning review for all the servers.
• Patching all Windows servers and workstations with Company standards
• Protocol(DHCP), Distributed File System.(DFS),Internet Information Service.(IIS) and Remote Access Service(RAS)
• Assist staff with the installation, configuration, and on-going 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.