SUMMARY:

• Over 8 years of professional experience as Vmware/Systems Admin in supporting Windows NT/ 2000/2003/2008 servers and VMware
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing infrastructure using VMware technologies viz. ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 5.0/5.5 ,6.0,6.6 vSphere 5.0, vCenter, VMware View 5.0/5.5, 6.0VMware vCenter Converter, Microsoft SCVMM 2012, Hyper - V 2008& 2012 etc.
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion and SVMotion.
• Strong knowledge and experience on VMware ESXi 5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 , and VMware vSphere 5 features including Virtual SMP, Storage DRS, profile driven storage, auto deploy and vSwitch design.
• Expertise in WINS, DNS, DHCP and Active Directory services in Windows 2000/2003/2008 servers.
• Expertise in building Microsoft Windows 2012,2008 R2, 2008, 2003, 2000 servers using HP Smart Start, Array configurations, diagnosing server, Updating Firmware and PSP,   Application Software under multi-platform environments, Server and Workstation Hardening and validation process, deployment & monitoring physical Servers.
• Install, configure, troubleshoot, patch, and manage BigFix on Windows
• Worked in large complex directory environments with experience supporting Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory
• Experience with Microsoft Network Load Balancing and Microsoft Clustering technologies.
• Experience in EMC SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools
• Excellent skills in patching and hardening Win2000/Win 2003/2008/2012 servers using Windows Update and also by using the staged patches.
• Expertise in Validating Server build & Configuration according to the Standards.
• Expertise in identification threats.
• Exceptional skills in critical issue identification and resolution.
• Performed security system update on regular basis with associated technical documentation.
• Expertise in Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Expertise in Sophos endpoint security and control.
• Expertise in Altiris Service oriented management software.
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from templates and CD/ISO image.
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion and SVMotion.
• Expert knowledge on configuring hardware iSCSI and NFS storage to VMware ESX (i) hosts from vSphere client.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch & dvSwitch.
• Understanding of the setup, configuration, and management of an enterprise VMware VDI Horizon View, vCenter, vSphere, and ESXi v5.x and daily operational support of this infrastructure.
• Experience in cloning VMs and deploy new virtual machines from clones.
• Converted many (P2V) physical servers to Virtual Machines using VMware vCenter Converter part of decommission legacy servers effort.
• Experience in migrating the virtual machines between the ESX (i) Hosts using cold migration and VMotion.
• Worked on CISCO UCS Hardware, Including setups, Configuration.
• Experience in Cloud products such as vCloud Director and vCAC . 
• Worked on VCAC 5.1,5.2&6 installing and configuring
• Worked on scripting like PowerShell and PowerCLi for Automation
• Creating the Multi blueprints in VCAC.
• Connecting vcenter in VCAC & configure vsphere and vcloud director endpoints.
• Provided 24/7 On Call production support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

VMware Platform Skills: vSphere 5.5/5.1 / 5.0 / 4.1 / 4.0 , ESXi5.5/5.1 / 5.0, ESX 4.1 / 4.0, Virtual Center Server, VCAC5.1,5.2&6, VDI, VMware View4.0/4.5&5.0, VMware vCenter Orchestrator, HA, DRS, Storage vMotion, Site Recovery Managers, Host Profile vApp, VMware vCenter Heartbeat, VMware vSphere Client, VMware Thinapp, P2V, V2V, VMware Consolidated Backup, VMware Management Assistant, Capacity Planning, PowerCLI, Plate spin Power convert

Microsoft Products and tools: Active Directory Domain Services, AD lightweight Directory Services, AD Certificate Services, Active Directory Federation Services, Active Directory Rights Management Services, DNS, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, Hyper-V, WSUS server, PowerShell, SQL Server 2005, SQL server 2008, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft SCVMM 2012, Hyper -V 2008 & 2012, IIS 6, IIS 7, DHCP, TCP/IP

Server Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2,2016

Desktop Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, RedHat Linux, Centos

Management Tools: HP Onboard Administrator, HP Virtual Connect Manager, CISCO UCS, CIMC, Avocent DS View, Putty, MKS Integrity Change Management Software, System Centre Virtual Machine Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, Nessus, OWASP, McAfee DLP software, Ground works VI Monitoring Tool, Vkernel Monitoring Software, Microsoft Robocopy GUI, Solar winds IP Address Tracker, Veeam Backup.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior VMware /Windows Virtualization Engineer

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Actively Participated on upgrade of VMware vSphere Suite ESXI from 5.0 - 5.5.
• Installation and Configuration of vCentre update manager.
• Worked on Upgrade/ Migration of SQL server.
• Running Update and Patches through ESXI Hosts.
• Worked on Update VMware Tools
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2 Virtual Machines in the ESX host clusters.
• Actively Participated on Virtualization of the Environment.
• Did work on Integration of VM Ware to Hyper V with Virtual Machine Manager.
• Worked on Building of and Set up of Hyper V Operation Manager Console.
• Installed and Configured to Expand Hyper V Development environment.
• Did Build and Set up of Hyper V 2012 Cluster.
• Worked on Automatic Tool Conversion VMware VMDK to VHD Tools.
• Participated on Purging and Decommissioning of Old vSphere Infrastructure 5.0 Virtual Desktop’s Vm’s, Server Vm’s Data stores ESXI Hosts.
• Actively Participated on Failover Capacity Management for both Hyper V and VMware Environment.
• Coordinate Server Migration Time.
• Clone VMware Virtual Machine (Rollback if necessary).
• P2 V and V2V migration from VM Ware to Hyper V.
• Removal of VM Ware Virtual Machine remains if necessary.
• Deploy VM’s from pre existing ISO image managed in central location and reducing duplication.
• Worked on the Up gradation of Netuitive (VMware Monitoring Tool) from 5.5 - 6.2.
• Worked on Building Servers as per the company standards.
• Expertise in Validation and configuration of Servers and Desktops according to the standards.
• ESX Host build ILO Configuration/Base OS Setup/Patching/Firmware/Security Scans
• Expertise in Windows Servers and Desktops Hardening process.
• Expertise in Symantec Endpoint Protection.
• Actively Participated on Updating the Sophos Enterprise console from 5.3.1 - 5.4.1.
• Migrated the service to new Accounts created separate account for the updates and Database and to get the compliance number to 99%.
• Expertise in Altiris Software Patch Management and Microsoft Security updates for both workstations and Server
• Actively Participated on VMware Air Watch Console in Deploying devices to the users and maintaining the console.
• Worked as Mobile Guard testing as part of the Pilot to log the user history.
• Participated on Upgrade of VMware 5.5 3b update.
• Migration of Storage from XP - 3PAR in VMware 5.5 Environment.
• Expertise skills in Patching and Hardening Win2000, win 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012 using staged patches
• Developed and maintained Standard Operating Procedures for Big Fix application and agents.
• Creating and setup VCO Agent, Endpoint and Group configuration.
• Diagnoses and troubleshoots problems with Servers, software, and communications devices
• Hands-on experience in Project Management, Deployment , Installation, Administration , Maintenance and Troubleshooting of various Microsoft Operating Systems and Application, Networks and Computers.
• Experience with Virtualization technologies like Installing, Configuring and administering VMware ESX/ESXi and created and managed VMs (virtual server) and also involved in the maintenance of the virtual server.

Environment: VMware ESX4.0, VMware.ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 , VCAC 51, 5.2, Windows 2000/2003/2008 R2/2012R2 Server, Hyper V Virtual Machine Manager, Linux Servers, PowerCLI, PowerShell, VMware View Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, NESSUS Tool, Firewall changes, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP and FTP), Managing the Domain and Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing

Senior VMware/Windows Server Engineer

Confidential, Schenectady, NY

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the migration of MCAFEE ePo 4.X to ePo5.X from a 32 bit to 64 bit operating system.
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2 Virtual Machines in the ESX host clusters.
• Worked on upgrade and migration of MCAFEE Web reporter from 2003 server to 2012 R2
• Worked on Migration of a 2003 file server to 2012 server R2.
• Validating Servers Build & configuration according to standards.
• Analyze security Risk False positive evaluation.
• Expertise skills in Patching and Hardening Win2000, win 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012 using staged patches
• Expertise on Web app security.
• Expertise on Data Loss Prevention using McAfee software.
• Expertise on Network Scanning tools for core Impact.
• Creating and setup VCO Agent, Endpoint and Group configuration.
• Developed and maintained Standard Operating Procedures for Big Fix application and agents
• Diagnoses and troubleshoots problems with Servers, software, and communications devices
• Hands-on experience in Project Management, Deployment , Installation, Administration , Maintenance and Troubleshooting of various Microsoft Operating Systems and Application, Networks and Computers.
• Experience with Virtualization technologies like Installing, Configuring and administering VMware ESX/ESXi and created and managed VMs (virtual server) and also involved in the maintenance of the virtual server

Environment: VMware ESX4.0, VMware.ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 , VCAC 51, 5.2, Windows 2000/2003/2008 R2/2012R2 Server, Linux Servers, PowerCLI, PowerShell, VMware View Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, NESSUS Tool, Firewall changes, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP and FTP), Managing the Domain and Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing

Senior VMware/Windows Admin

Confidential, Greensboro, NC

Responsibilities:

• Actively Participated in the ASPECT - Upgrade Project for the development of New Datacenter Environment Supporting over 200+ Caremark Call Center Users to accommodate a 3-year growth.
• Installation and configuration of ESXi 5.0/5.1 in New- HP Proliant series Servers in a core new Data-Center.
• Installation and configuration of Windows servers 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2 Virtual Machines in the ESX host clusters.
• Installation of Vcenter server and Configuring ESXi - hosts within the cluster using VMotion and HA.
• Running patches and updates through update manager for the Esxi hosts.
• Installation of windows server 2008 R2 in physical servers that host the primary Caremark duties.
• Actively participated in Migration of Servers to the new Data-center.
• Actively discussed with the vendors on software installations and Confidential vendor specifications for new server
• HP C7000 Chassis Enclosure Rack/Cable hardware, Initial setup and configuration of Chassis components, firmware
• ESX Host build ILO Configuration/Base OS Setup/Patching/Firmware/Security Scans
• Physical Windows Server Build Rack/Cable hardware, ILO Configuration/Base OS Setup/Patching/Firmware/ Security Scans
• Virtual Machine (VM) Build Base OS Setup/Patching/Security Scans
• Applied patches using VMware vCenter Update Manager and host update utility.
• Validating the server and desktop hardening according to the standards.
• Worked on Data loss prevention from the Cooperation.
• Automated routine tasks using scripting languages such as PowerShell, PowerCLi.
• Migrated and imported Virtual Machines P2V, V2V and also using OVF templates.
• Add storage to ESX cluster Gather WWNs, Scan for provisioned storage, Add storage to cluster
• Racking and stacking the hardware in data center
• Worked on physical hardware like HPDL360p, BL460, BL480, G7, and G8.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server),   IIS 5.1/6.0/7, FTP, Terminal Server, RIS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS , Microsoft Clustering , Exchange Mail Server and ISA Server.
• Hands-on experience in Project Management, Deployment , Installation, Administration , Maintenance and Troubleshooting of various Microsoft Operating Systems and Application, Networks and Computers.
• Experience with Virtualization technologies like Installing, Configuring and administering VMware ESX/ESXi and created and managed VMs (virtual server) and involved in the maintenance of the virtual server.
• Experience in Cloud products such as vCloud Director and vCAC . 
• Configuring and installing VCAC.
• Creating blueprints and configures vsphere endpoints in VCAC.
• Configuring Multi-Machine service in VCAC.
• Creating and setup VCO Agent, Endpoint and Group configuration

Environment: Windows 2000/2003/2008 R2/2012, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, Exchange Server 2003, Linux Servers, PowerCLI, PowerShell, VMware ESX4.0, VMware.ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 ,VCAC51,5.2 VMware View, VMware Lab Manager, VMware converter, Symantec Endpoint Protection, P2V, V2V, VMotion, HP DL360PG6, G7, G8, HPC700.

Senior VMware/ Windows Admin

Confidential, Austin, TX

Responsibilities:

• Installing and Maintaining Windows 2003 and Windows 2008, 2008 R2 Servers.
• Worked with all components of HP (Smart Start, Insight Manager, Diagnostics, Network Configuration Utility etc)
• Teaming NIC’s using HP Teaming software for redundancy during failures.
• Update patches on Servers Working Experience with Active Directory Components (AD Users and Computers, DNS, DHCP and WINS etc.)
• Worked on the Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Resolved Problems related to Disk Space Usage.
• Resolved problems related to performance metrics such as Processor Usage, Memory etc.
• Perform day-to-day operation and troubleshooting of VMs.
• Keep Virtual hardware and VMware tools updated to keep a healthy environment
• Maintaining Print servers, Application servers and File Servers.
• Experience in installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers from ILO management tool on Rack servers and blades.
• Work with storage team to create LUNs/NFS and Map it to VMware vSphere ESX (i) hosts.
• Experience in installing and configuring vSphere ESX (i) 5.1 on HP blade servers HPC7000.
• Experience in migrating VMware vSphere hosts from ESX 3.5 U2 to 4.0.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch & dvSwitch.
• Experience in configuring VMware virtual machine port groups, console ports groups, VMKernal port groups and VLANs.
• Experience in installing and configuring VMware Virtual Center servers and VMware vCenter Appliance.
• Managed VMware ESX (i) hosts using vSphere client and Web client.
• Played a vital role in Creating Virtual Machines, Cloning virtual machines, converting P2V (used standard VMware converter tool), VM-Provisioning (Linked clones, thin disks, de-duplication) taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, VMotioning.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in a VMware clusters.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware.
• Ability to support a VDI environment of 100 to 5000 hosts .
• Provide advanced technological guidance to team members as necessary
• Design build and operational support on VDI hosts and VM's
• Experience in virtual infrastructure packaging in the VDI View enterprise environment.
• Setup, configure and deploy thin app packages and App-V packages.
• Worked on VMware version 4.0/4.5&5.0
• Migrate/package existing natively installed applications for use in the VDI VMware environment.
• Understanding of the setup, configuration, and management of an enterprise VMware VDI Horizon View, vCenter, vSphere, and ESXi v5.x and daily operational support of this infrastructure.
• Configure Vsphere and Vcloud director endpoints in VCAC.
• Installing and configuring the VCAC
• Configuring multi-machine services in VCAC.
• Experience in build, managing, monitoring, deploying, and troubleshooting virtualized server and desktop environments.
• Create thin provisioned VMs to suite client application requirements and expanding Hard Disk sizes Used Remedy Tool for ticketing (Change Management, Incident Management, and Request Management).
• Provided On Call support 24x7 during Critical Issues for Production Environment.

Environment: VMware Infrastructure 4.1/5.1, vCenter Server, VCAC5.1,5.2, VDI, Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server, Plate Spin, PowerShell, PowerCLi, CISCO -UCS - B series Blade, HPC700, VMware VCenter Converter, Active Directory Migration, TCP/IP, DNS, Windows Clustering, FTP, File and Printer Server, P2V, V2V, VMotion.

VMware Engineer

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Design and Implementation of migration strategy for consolidating Data Centers from around the world to centralized locations in USA, which involves numerous servers of various LINUX versions.
• Identification, planning and migration of P2V candidates and new builds from each site without any downtime.
• Migrated and Managed VMware Esxi - 4.0 and 4.1, Worked on Vmware capacity planner
• Performed tons of V2V Migration., Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines
• Deploying VMs Through OVF Templates, Created & Troubleshot Virtual Networks and vSwitches
• Worked on Migration concepts like vMotion and cold migration and Remediate
• Creating Data centers in the Vsphere Web client and adding the Hosts to the Data center
• Hands on experience with VCOPS, configuring dashboards for clients.
• Took support of VCOPS tools to dig into the errors and resolve the issue in precise fashion. It’s helpful in providing the LUN number for the storage department instead of logging into the console and previewing it.
• In most of the work we tested the tool in TEST-DEV environment.
• Configuring the Host profiles and Remediate
• Creating the New virtual machines under the Host and configuring each VM in the console
• Disable and Enable the ports for the Distribution switches
• Creating the Duplicate Host profiles to the HOST
• Hands Experience on UCS - Configuring VSwitch1 and editing configurations of VMX file - Type delay
• Setting up the VLANS for each and individual VMs
• Deploying the VMs by using the PROTEUS and JUNOS space
• Checking the speed tests in the CENTOS BOX
• Troubleshooting UCS hardware if the Hosts are disconnected in the Vcenter
• Installation and configuring of new vSphere 5 ESXi servers for the P2V candidates on UCS Cisco C240 M3 Rack Server
• Installed Management Server (vCenter Server) instances to enable centralized management of multiple ESXi hosts
• Linked different vCenter servers using linked mode to have a single instance of vSphere client to manage the whole Virtual environment
• Configuring High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS).
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure.
• Automate ESXi host configuration across large number of hosts and clusters.
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates, worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines.
• Administering, troubleshooting and automating vSphere ESXi using Power CLI.

Environment: VM ware ESX 4.0, 4.1, UCS C240 M3, UCS B-series, Windows 2008/2003, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NTFS, Blue cat BCN - XMB Adonis (DHCP, DNS), JUNOS Space, Cisco Nexus 5K, CISCO switches, HP P4000, Emulex NC553, NC551 HBA’s, JUNPER SRX 240, VMware Lab Manager, VMware converter, VMware Vsphere client, Fault tolerance, High Availability and Distributed resource scheduling

VMware Engineer

Confidential, Fenton, MO

Responsibilities: 

• Implementing new HP blade enclosures and assisting in Onboard Administration configuration.
• Building ESX/ ESXi hosts upgrading/ downgrading BIOS and iLO Firmware, performing memory test, updating ESX drivers and configuring server profiles.
• ESXi 3.5, 4.0 installations, conducting CPU load tests on the host and HP systems insight manager (SIM) installation.
• Integrating ESX/ESXi hosts to v-center, applying and managing host profiles and checking for profile compliance.
• Conversion of physical servers to virtual machines, upgrade of already existing virtual machines to higher versions with aid of VMware and Vizion core technologies.
• Building virtual machines, creating templates, cloning and deploying virtual machines.
• Successfully implementing pre-migration and post-migration activities.
• Interacting closely with storage Administrators, System Administrators and Database Administrators to Plan recommend and implement strategies around upgrades for Servers, Storage for Virtualized environment.
• Maintenance of the server farm, Performance tuning and capacity planning related to the Virtualized environment and monitoring performance activities.
• Deploying Virtual Machines from Gold Templates
• Running reports of the Virtual Center using Virtual Center operations Manager
• Migrating Physical and Virtual Machines using VM Convertor and Plate Spin.
• Building MS SQL Cluster on Virtual Servers
• Disaster Recovery methods and procedure related to Virtualization Environments.
• Led a team of five, for Datacenter Migration and virtualization of over 500 Windows Servers as a part of Disentanglement.
• 24x7 on-call rotation for support of production systems and trips to data-center for trouble shooting.
• Creating, updating and managing project documentation.
• Effective communication between cross-functional teams and within the team for Virtualized environment.

Environment: Windows NT/XP/2000/2003, ESX 3.5/4.0, Active Directory, VConverter, DNS/ DHCP/IIS servers, Print Servers, MS Project, MS Office, MS Visio. Hardware: Internal/External Modems, NIC SCSI/IDE Hard disks, USB1.0/2.0 Based Devices, ISDN Modems, Hubs, Switches, HP Compaq servers, Dell Servers, HP Proliant servers. Web and Transaction Servers: IIS 5.0/6.0.

System/ Network Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assembled, configured, installed, tested and repaired computer hardware and software.
• Management of Active directory and windows server infrastructure.
• Provided technical support for the users and resolving software/hardware issues.
• Performed hands-on administration and monitoring of Local Area network (LAN).
• Experience with solar winds monitoring tools for servers and network devices.
• Resolved Microsoft desktop applications (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook) issues.
• Managed the installation and configuration of Windows 2003 Server/Workstations.
• Created user and computer accounts on the Active directory users and computers.
• Configured servers for DHCP, WINS and DNS services.
• Installation, configuration and Administration of IIS web servers.
• Provided Norton Antivirus support for virus security.
• Administration of print servers and troubleshooting print jobs.
• Installation and configuration of Domain Controllers and implementation of trusts.
• Troubleshot and resolve computer problems; built and upgrade systems; install software and perform general troubleshooting.
• Handled multiple tasks to meet project deadlines.
• Develop and update the required network/system administration documentation.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003 Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Backup and Recovery, IIS (HTTP and FTP), Managing the Domain and Domain Controller, ISA, Terminal Services, Disk Management and File Sharing.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured Networks, and Wireless Access Point/Router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches in both LAN/WAN and wireless networks. LAN Cabling, RJ-45 crimping, Labeling, Patch Panel, PC Junction boxes, Phone Switches and Rack set-up
• Worked with Network Concepts such as OSI reference model, IP protocols such as TCP/IP, IP addressing, subnets, routing protocols like OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, STP
• Setup and configured various RAID 1 and RAID 5. Applied patches and upgrades to the servers.
• Configured backups and recovery plans for windows based servers using windows server backup utility
• Responsible for troubleshooting network, database, applications, and web performance issues. Documented and maintained automation scripts for administration of servers.

Environment: ADS, DHCP, DNS, RDP, IIS, FTP, Windows 2000 Server, Proxy Server.