SUMMARY:

• Around 5+years of experience in IT industry as a system administrator specialized in the area of VMware Virtualization Products and Windows Administration.
• Hands - on experience with VMware vSphere, vRA, VDI View,SRM, vROps, P2V, Windows, Linux and EMC/NetApp Storage Area Networks (SAN) & Network Attached Storage (NAS).
• Design and Implement virtualization solutions based on VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x/5.x platform, vCenter 6.x/5.x.
• Supported a large scale Data Center projects including server installation hardware maintenance and break/fix activities.
• Experience in VMware vSphere 6/5, VDI View 6, SRM, P2V migrations and Infrastructure Build Design and administration.
• Extensive hands on experience with design and implementation of enterprise wide Virtualization Projects with VMware vSphere with Cisco UCS and HP BLC7000.
• Design, Implement and troubleshoot any issues related to VMware Distributed Resource Scheduling(DRS), Resource pools, VMware High Availability, Enhanced vMotion (EVC), ESX Host Profiles, vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS), and VMware Fault Tolerance (FT).
• Monitoring of VM’s and ESXi server components (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) and security hardening for Security Compliance.
• Experience in implementation and administration Software Define Network technologies such as VMware NSX, VMware vCloud Networking and Security.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESXi servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades for Patching.
• Experience in P2V, V2V Migrations using VMware Converter.
• Experience installing, managing and administering Linux, Windows 2008 and 2012 based Domain controllers, Backup / Additional Domain Controllers.
• Experience with VMware Horizon View 6/5 and application packaging using VMware ThinApp 4.7/5
• Extensive Experience on Storage provisioning LUN creation, Mapping and Masking in SAN environment.
• Experience in handling hardware manufactured by Cisco, IBM, Dell, HP, EMC, NetApp, and Brocade.
• Hands on experience in System Administration and troubleshooting in Windows 20 R2 servers, Active Director services,IIS, DNS, DHCP, FTP, RDP, Windows failover clustering and Microsoft Clustering Services..
• Analyze, log, track and complex software and hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, printer, server, and application on daily basis.
• Working knowledge of network device management, i.e. switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers.
• Experience in the Server and Desktop Management, Support, Analysis and maintenance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Francisco, CA systems admin

Responsibilities:

• Administered VMware Infrastructure vSphere/vCenter Environment from Development and support to day to day maintenance, running 50 ESXi hosts and 500 virtual machines.
• Build and configure multiple ESXi 6.0 hosts on Cisco UCS B200 Blades according to the design documents.
• Performed Hardware and Software maintenance of Windows server Environment, including VMware ESX/ESXi Hosts, Clusters, Servers and Virtual machines.
• Created and managed Virtual Machines, Installed VMware Tools, Templates, Cloning, Deployed Virtual machines.
• Installing vCenter server on Windows 2008/2012 Server to maintain all the ESXi hosts and VMs.
• Upgrade of ESXi hosts from ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0 and applied patches to the ESXi hosts using VMware’s Update Manager.
• Migrated client's Data Protection environment solution from IBM TSM 6.1 to Commvault Simpana V10 SP2.
• Laid down roadmap to configure backups from scratch for IBM iSeries AS400 system on Commvault Simpana v10.
• Configured Clusters for the ESXi hosts and created Affinity & Anti-Affinity rules in the DRS to either keep the VMs together or separate them on ESXi hosts.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESXi servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual center server for HA, DRS.
• Built an entirely new infrastructure during a data center migration, including seamless integration with Windows and UNIX systems.
• Designed and architected cloud application deployment in OpenStack with Nova, Neutron, Keystone command line clients.
• Migrated VM's from VMware ESXi to OpenStack Environment using virt-v2v packages.
• Used Juju charms and Ubuntu autopilot to deploy the OpenStack Lab on top of MAAS.
• As an OpenStack admin, managed creation of new users, tenant and also assigning resource quotas to OpenStack users using Keystone.
• Used Cinder to enable persistent storage for applications like databases deployed in OpenStack.
• Responsibilities include designing and developing new back-end services, maintaining, and expanding our AWS infrastructure, and providing mentorship to others on my team.
• Deploying, managing, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on AWS.
• As a passionate advocate of AWS within Grace note, I migrated my department from a physical data Centre environment to AWS. I also designed, built, and deployed a multitude applications utilizing almost all of the AWS stack (Including EC2, R53, S3, RDS, Dynamo DB, SQS, IAM, and EMR), focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling,
• Implementing, using, and troubleshooting backup and recovery CommVault Platform.
• Architect, design, implement and document new build outs of Commvault to include cost ana.
• Administration of Tivoli Storage Manager & Commvault Server.
• Responsibilities include designing and developing new back-end services, maintaining and expanding our AWS infrastructure, and providing mentorship to others on my team.
• SMTP E-mail Administration and troubleshooting.
• Work with Citrix in troubleshooting connection problems and printing.
• Citrix and Windows patching
• Installed, Configured Citrix XenDesktop Windows10 VDI
• Installed, Configured and management of Citrix XenApp 7.6
• Setup Control up on Citrix environment for monitoring
• Citrix license server upgrade
• Develop applications that integrate with Active Directory and SMTP.
• Performed thin reclamation after successful online data migration on all Target arrays.
• Working on SCCM 2012 to deploy the Packages both the Windows Installer Package and Virtual Package.
• Used SCCM for advertising, deploying and creating distribution points.
• Taking SCCM logs to troubleshoot packages and managing SCCM collections
• Worked closely with other support teams including NOCC, application support, and project managers to identify potential cause for technical issues.
• MS Office suite, Adobe apps, Citrix, RDP and Norton Ghost
• Upgrade of vROps (VMware vRealize Operation Manager) from 6.1 to 6.2 and worked on performance analysis on vSphere infrastructure.
• Worked with VMware Orchestrator, VMware vRealize Automation 6.2 (vRA), Catalog management, creating cloud server provisioning entitlements, creating and defining business groups, creating catalogue items, creating services for the catalog items, creating windows and Linux Red hat blueprints.
• Worked on Physical to Virtual (P2V) migration of Windows 2008 & 2012 as well as Linux Servers using VMware vCenter Converter.
• Ability to deploy and administer web-based email applications using IIS.
• Worked on Software Defined Networking architecture and implementation using NSX Manager, Distributed Firewall (Micro-Segmentation), and Distributed Logical Routing, Logical Switching using VXLAN, Edge Services Gateway, and Service Composer.
• Provided system administration and technical support for Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2 servers on daily basis.
• Creating and managing user accounts and the groups in Active Directory users and computers.
• Manage and administer private clouds in Hyper-V infrastructure.
• Involved in monthly patching window and deployed Software updates to the windows servers using SCCM.
• Installing RedHat Linux using kickstart and applying security polices for hardening the server based on the company policies.
• Creating, cloning Linux Virtual Machines, templates using VMware VSphere 5.5 and migrating servers between ESXi hosts.
• Performed evaluation and analysis of the environment for NSX deployment, including NSX manager, Distributed Firewall, Distributed Logical Router, Edge Services Gateway, and Cisco switches and routers.
• Installing, configuring Veritas NetBackup 6.5 on Linux, Solaris servers, and creating backup polices
• Expertise in Linux backup/restore with tar including disk partitioning and formatting.
• Delivered Server and client support for all issues such as logon failures, account lockout, network connectivity, DNS and name resolution, authentication problems.
• Perform Health check analysis for the entire VMware Infrastructure using VMware Health Check.
• Zoning and administration of SAN switches (Brocade DCX), migrations of SAN switches across the platform.
• Patch with PowerShell scripts, WSUS, BatchPatch, and SCCM
• Storage provisioning on different Hitachi Enterprise storage platforms such as AMS and VSP.
• Administration of HP C7000 Chassis with Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect using VCM.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) like interconnection of Fiber Channel Cables with switches, Fabric interconnects.
• Installed the various Media Agents for the various servers, adding new clients for the Environment.
• Administer SMTP gateways, antispam, anti-virus and compliance solutions like Bright mail, Better Cloud, Google Admin Console etc.
• Implementing and maintaining compliancy for multiple sites including WSUS patches and pushes, McAfee patches, custom build packages, and running reports. Documenting process, policies, SOPs, SLAs and following ITIL structure.
• Monitoring daily backup status, restoration of missing files/directories, disaster recovery and other backup related activities
• Worked with network team to get the VMware internal network configured properly.
• Provide 24/7 infrastructure support via on-call and involving relevant teams on major issues.

Environment: VMware vSphere5.5, 6.0, vCenter 5.5, 6.0. vCenter Update Manager, vRA, AWS, Cisco UCS, HP Blades, Hitachi VSP, NetApp, Commvault, SCCM, vROps 6.2, MCA free, Windows Servers 2003/2008/2012 , Brocade Switches.

Confidential, Cupertino, CA system engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementation VMware, Cisco and EMC based virtualized infrastructure for enterprise scale deployments.
• Administration of Cisco UCS 5100 chassis/B200 M2, B440 M2 and HP Blades C7000 environment. Very good knowledge in troubleshooting.
• Worked on vCOPS 5.8/5.7 configuration and performance analysis on vSphere 5.5 infrastructure.
• Administration of the environment having about 60+ hosts and about 700+ VMs.
• Experience in systems and/ or network administration running Windows Server with IIS.
• Deploying and configuration of virtual machines from templates and administration of any associated tasks like installing VMware tools and upgrading the hardware.
• Manage VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion & High Availability (HA) cluster.
• Creating and configuring vNetwork Standard Switch (vSwitch) and Distributed Virtual Switch (dvSwitch).
• Executed and performed server system operations and support consisting of Windows 2003, SQL 2000 and 2005, IIS 6, and Exchange 2003.
• Configuration of different Port Groups Policies, applying security policy and Traffic Shaping.
• Performed Hot Cloning, Cold Cloning, Classic vMotion and Storage vMotion. Performing P2V migrations.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers for Security Compliance.
• Configuration, Administration and Monitoring HA, Fault Tolerance and DRS Clusters in Virtual Center Server.
• Entry-level support of Citrix Netscaler and Access Gateway
• Implemented various applications on Citrix Servers
• Helped educate newly merged teammates become knowledgeable with Citrix System and workflow
• Administration of Active Directory Domain. Installing and Configuring DNS Servers and DHCP Server.
• Administered and configured IIS server on Windows 2008.
• Microsoft Patch deployment creation, troubleshooting and compliance management.
• Implementing Active Directory Sites and Services for optimizing the Replication and logon traffic.
• VNX storage system Implementation and administration in VMware environment.
• Integration of vCloud Director with vShield and vCenter.
• Designing of vSphere for implementation of vCloud infrastructure.
• LUN provision and presenting to ESXi hosts based on the storage utilization and alerts.
• Settings up the UCS Servers from the scratch such as configuring Fabric inter connects and MDS Switch for Cisco UCS.
• Creating Service profiles and performing day to day operations of Cisco UCS.
• Worked extensively with team in case of Cisco UCS failure and fixed the issues.
• Effective interpersonal skills, work well as a team member with people at all levels of an organization and of various cultures. Equally capable working independently.
• Ensure compliance of all Standard Operating Procedures and other network related procedures for the SAN environment.
• Installation and configuration of EMC Power Path in ESXi for SAN Storage Path optimization.

Environment: VMware vSphere 5.1/5.5, VDI View5, Cisco UCS and HP Blades, SRM 5.X, VCOPS 5.8/5.7, vCloud Director, IIS, Active Directory, DNS and DHCP, SAN, VMAX.

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

VMware windows admin

Responsibilities:

• Scheduled tasks for manual vMotion and Storage vMotion of VM’s and managed snapshots prior to planned patch install or upgrade.
• Handle the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.
• Build multiple templates working with application teams and desktop team for both persistent and non-persistent pools.
• Deployed multiple Desktop pools both persistent and non-persistent from templates.
• Create new OUs and assign the desktops based on the requirement.
• Trouble shooting and performing day to day operations on Cisco UCS.
• Creating and assigning the service profiles for Cisco UCS.
• Handled the Cisco UCS firmware Upgrade.
• Planned, designed and upgraded the SRM 4.5 to SRM 5.x and tested the new feature vSphere Replication in test lab environment and also performed migration to SRM 5.0 with Array based replication having VNX 5300 as the storage array.
• Installed of latest versions of Operating Systems on demand, per requirements of the clients.
• Full design documentation & case management including issue analysis, scope, environment, action planning.
• Knowledge of common IT processes, including ITIL and SDLC.
• Deployed performance enhancing/monitoring tools.
• Troubleshooting issues in windows 2008.
• Recommended new updates and changes required by the clients.
• Migration of Active directory services from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008.
• Administrating the Domain and Services, Active Directory, GPO, IIS, Generating certificate request and Installing VeriSign certificate on the website.
• Produced new system and network designs for clients.
• Documented the new Windows server settings that have been applied to the network.
• Implement VMware vSphere, a new Equallogic SAN, virtualize existing hardware.
• Configured Management and Resource Cluster, Add Host to a Cluster, Configure its licenses, Network Configuration, DNS and NTP.
• Designed lab infrastructure, created testing plans and test cases.
• Planned and updated RPA’S to the latest version 3.3.SP2 and comprehensively troubleshoot issues pertaining to VNX 5500, VNX 5300 and Recover Point.

Environment: vSphere 5.0/5.1, Fiber Channel - SAN, ISCSI, NFS(NAS), SRM 4.5 to SRM 5.X, Windows server 2003/2008, Active Directory, DNS, Windows SCVMM, VNX 5500, VNX 5300.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Created and Configured the Logical Drives on Windows 2003/2000/NT4.0 servers using Windows Disk Manager.
• Assigning Switch ports to NAS filers and zoning them to Tape drives so that Tapes can back up the Filers.
• Experience creating detailed technical architecture blueprints.
• In depth knowledge on VM Ware ESXi Server and Desktop Virtualization products.
• Maintain, test and support of VMware ESX server running both Linux and Windows 2003 servers.
• Building servers and creating templates/images for deploying virtual machines.
• Built the Base Images in VMWare time to time and testing the solutions using the linked clones and full clones.
• Troubleshooting equipment malfunctions, failures, and develop resolutions in a timely fashion.
• Setup and configured various RAID 1 and RAID 5. Applied patches and upgrades to the servers.
• Work with Systems team to build and deploy standardized desktops.
• Database setup and design Installed and configured Oracle RDBMS on UNIX and Windows.

Environment: Windows 2003/2000/NT 4.0Servers, NAS filers and Zoning, VMware ESX servers, Oracle RDBMS on Windows and UNIX.