Professional Experience Summary

• Over 8 years of total experience in IT industry.
• 4+ years Experience with VMware ESXi, ESX Servers and vCenter Server.
• 4+ years Hands on Experience in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server.
• Extensive experience on Virtual Machines O/S installation, setting up VM priorities, Cloning, Creating Templates and Snapshots.
• Experience in resource management framework like creation resource pools, adding the VMs into resource pools.
• Strong Experience in vNetwork concepts vSwitches and dvSwitch.
• Strong experience with the VMware (High Available) HA, Fault Tolerance, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and VMware Distributed Power Management (DPM).
• Experience in disaster recovery in physical and virtual environments with vCenter Site Recovery Manager.
• Experience working on HP Proliant and Dell Power Edge Servers.
• Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008 Design, Implementation, Administration and Support.
• Installing, Configuration, Troubleshooting and Managing Active Directory.
• Configuration of Domain Naming Server (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP, managing Internet Information Service (IIS 6.0), Remote Access Service (RAS), Printers, Modems, Scanners.
• Proficient in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Servers (4/5/6)
• Extensive experience with installation and configuration of Samba, FTP, NFS, iscsi and Apache Web server.
• Experience in working on NetApp FAS2000 and FAS3000 Series systems.
• Created Aggregates, Volumes and Qtrees and setup quotas on NetApp filers.
• Hands on experience in Data Ontap 7.x/8.0, Data Fabric Manager, Snapshots, SyncMirror, Snapvault.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical abilities.
• Experience working in Production and Testing Environment.

Technical Skills Profile

Virtualization:ESX 2.x, 3.x, 4.x,5.0, Virtual Center 2.0,2.5, vCenter 4.0, VMware Converter, vCenter Guided Consolidation, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware View Capacity IQ 1.5. PowerCLI Server OS:Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 and Red hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/ 6Languages and scripts:C, C++, C#, vbscript, shell scripting, T-SQLDatabase and Storage:Microsoft SQL 2005, NetApp FAS 2000, FAS 3000 and FAS 6000 series (Data Ontap 7.x/8.0)Hardware:DELL Power Edge Servers, HP Proliant. etc

Education and Certifications:

• Masters Degree in Engineering from Confidential
• PG Diploma in computer Applications, Confidential.
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 4 & 5.
• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Windows 2008 Server.
• Microsoft Certified IT Professional :Enterprise Administrator on Windows 2008
• Microsoft Certified System Administrator : Windows 2003 Server
• NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator.
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator RHEL 6.
• Red Hat Certified Engineer RHEL 6.
• ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management V3

Job Profile

Client: Confidential Period: July 2009 to till date.
Designation: VMware Technical Specialist.
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Project Overview:Supporting 1000+ Virtual machines on 52 ESX Host and 66 Physical Server. 
Job Responsibilities:

• Implementation, Integration, Problem Resolution, Root Cause Analysis, Quality Assurance, Disaster Recovery, Audits, Hardware/Software OS & Application Maintenance, Performance Tuning, Upgrades, OS Backups, Migrations, User Account Maintenance, Storage Management and all other daily system administration functions.
• Building, configuring guest OS on ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 Servers.
• Monitoring virtual infrastructure using VMware vCenter Capacity IQ 1.5.
• Upgrading vCenter Server and ESX /ESXi Hosts from 4.0 to 4.1 using vCenter update manager.
• Have written scripts using PowerCLI and ESX/ESXi console to automate virtual environment.
• Configured vSphere HA, FT, and DRS clusters.
• Involved in storage migration from NetApp FAS 2040 to FAS 6280 from VMware prospective.
• Created Aggregates, Volumes and Qtrees and setup quotas on NetApp filers.
• Performed V2V on virtual machines to shrink instance and reclaim disk space.
• Configured vSphere vSwitches and distributed vSwitch.
• Converting new LUN’s to data stores and adding them to ESX hosts.
• Commission, decommission and rebuild of virtual machines.
• Fully automated, migration and failover with vCenter site recovery manager 4.0/4.1.
• Reconfiguring virtual machine resources like CPU, Memory and Disk space.
• Creating roles and assign permissions to individuals and groups on different levels.
• Installed and configured window 2008 Server clusters with MSCS.
• Troubleshooting Windows 2003 & 2008 Servers.
• Troubleshooting ESX3.5, 4.0, 4.1 and ESXi
• Worked with storage and DB teams for successful hand-over of the projects.
• Configuration & Installation of Red hat Linux 5 by using Kick Start.
• Planning and implementation of NAS backup for the servers.
• Server hardening and security configurations as per the client specification.
• Documented installation, configuration and upgrading of VMs

Client: Confidential Period: March 2008 to June 2009.
Designation: System / VMware Administrator 
Location: St. Pual, MN
Project Overview: Supporting 400+ Virtual machines on 25 ESX Host and 18 Physical Server.
Job Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring ESX 3.X/4.0, and vSphere Suite.
• Installing & Configured Virtual Center Server 2.5 and vCenter 4.0.
• Creating and Configuration virtual machines, installing VM Tools into VM’s and allocating for end user.
• Creating and Deployed Templates and Snapshots for Virtual Machines.
• Creating and configuring vNetwork Standard Switch (vSwitch) and Distributed Virtual Switch (dvSwitch).
• Configuration different type of Port Groups Policies, applying security policy and Traffic Shaping.
• Configuration ISCSI LUN in virtual storage.
• Performed Hot Cloning, Cold Cloning, Classic vMotion and Storage VMotion.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Configuration, Administration and Monitoring HA, Fault Tolerance and DRS Clusters in Virtual Center Server 2.5 and 4.0.
• Designing and Deploying Active Directory Domain.
• Installing and Configuring DNS Servers and DHCP Server.
• Implementing Active Directory Sites and Services for optimizing the Replication and logon traffic.
• Installation and configuring Red Hat Enterprise 4.x/5.x.
• User and Group administration on RHEL Systems.

Company: Confidential Period: Apr 2006 to Jan 2008.
Client: Travelocity Inc and Wizard System Inc Designation: System Administrator
Job Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and administering Windows 2003 Enterprise Server.
• Installing, configuring and managing Active Directory.
• Configuration of Domain Naming Server (DNS)
• Symantec antivirus console management, updating antivirus definitions through centralize Symantec antivirus server.
• Configuration of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
• Configuration and managing Internet Information Service.(IIS 6.0)
• Configuration of Remote Access Service(RAS)
• Configuration of Virtual Private Network.
• Creating User Accounts, Configuring User Profiles, Creating local and Global Groups and implementing Group Policies
• Sharing Folders, Planning and Assigning NTFS Permissions and System Policies
• Installation of Operating Systems Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 etc.
• Configuration and Managing Remote Installation Service(RIS)
• Trouble shooting the networking related problems

Company: Confidential. Period: Dec 2003 to Mar 2006.
Client: Multiple Clients Designation: System Administrator
Job Responsibilities:

• Installation of Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Proxy Server, Configuration, implementation and maintenance.
• Installation, Configuration and Managing 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 Windows 2000 to Windows 2003.
• Providing Capacity Planning review for all the servers.
• Patching all Windows servers and workstations with Company standards.
• Customize the Windows 2000/2003 Servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment
• Configuring and administering Domain Naming Server (DNS),Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Distributed File System.(DFS),Internet Information Service.(IIS) and Remote Access Service(RAS)
• Assist staff with the installation, configuration, and ongoing 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.
• Assist in maintaining LAN/WAN records.