OBJECTIVE:

Detail - oriented IT Windows System and VMware Administrator with strong hardware and software configuration background. Expertise in diagnosing problems and quickly servicing Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 Servers. Technologies like VMware ESX 3.x, 4.x and ESXi 4.x,5 and 5.1 .Able to work independently in self-directed work environments or collaboratively in teams.

SUMMARY:

• Over 12+ years of experience in IT administration and deployment
• Extensive experience in deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, databases, servers and peripheral equipment.
• 8+ years of with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring, VMware vSphere. Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Good Understanding in Windows 2008 R 2/2008/2003/2000/ NT4.0 Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Good Understanding in Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server
• Experience in Networking configuration & Security Configuration on ESX Host.
• Good Understanding in features like ESX VMOTION, HA and DR’S .
• Experience in P2V, V2P MIGRATION, V2V using VMware Converter. Creating host and client VM templates and cloning.
• Good Understanding in iSCSI SAN, NAS, NFS storage and RAID concept.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals and network security.
• Good Understanding with x86 / x64Intel, HP, Confidential & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• 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.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Virtualization Products: vSphere3.x/4.0/4.1, Workstation 6 and 7, ESX Server 3.x/4.x, vCenter Server 3.x/4.x, DRS, HA and FT, VMWare Capacity Planner, VMware Stand-alone Converter, VMware Update Manager

Operating System: Windows Server NT 4.0/ 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012, Windows 95/ME/XP/Vista/7/Windows8.

Application Servers: Microsoft Active Directory 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2, DHCP, DNS, WINS, IIS 6.0/7.0

Database Servers: SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2008 R2/2012 Standard/Enterprise.

Backup Solutions: Windows Backup

Hardware: Dell, Confidential, HP Server’s.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Windows/VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Migration work, p2v, v2v and also day to day VMware troubleshooting, performance and fault management.
• Identify and tag (label) Fibre connections on Cisco Fibre Channel Switch, Confidential DS4800 Disk array, Confidential Blade Server HBAs for the migration of the data.
• Worked on ESX 4.1 Production Cluster to remove a host from the cluster and move few vm's of the cluster to Independent host in the datacenter to storage-v-motion the vms to the independent host Local Disk.
• Move hardware Assets like consolidate VM's, for moving the physical servers/Hosts to a New Datacenter.
• Worked in the new datacenter to setup, configure and bring on line the Infrastructure Server's, assigning new vlans, ips and the like to the moved hosts.
• Worked on issues with Active Directory which was due to time needed to reconfigure the vms/physical boxes on the VLAN,Subnet,DNS settings.

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• As a VMware Administrator role have worked with VMware Engineers in the account team to assist in issues relating to identify issues related to patches of multiple hosts not being update successfully, due to reasons of the timing ( Change Window) and also the quantity of the total number of hosts.
• Updated Technical Solutions Document prepared from template with the help of an overall Infrastructure Design Document, which was in detail of all the VMware details like HA, DRS, SRM, Storage, and Networking. This also contained linked excel, Visio and other pertinent documentation where needed.
• Documentation of the process / processes for reporting, daily vCenter/hosts storage, networking and other related alarms and events, performance monitoring. Working on Vmware Technical Specification Document for in transition accounts.

Confidential, Park Ave, NY

Sr Windows Administrator Consultant

Responsibilities:

• User/ file server data migration from one windows forest to another across the WAN using DNS redirection / CNAME and routing.
• The network team created the required ACL’s to the individual servers in question and also opened the firewall for the same, the destination network and server team did the same.
• Using Robocopy scripts were used to map a network/share to the destination server and then used the mapped drive as target and did the move, after the move was made the DFS links were then reset to point to the new moved location as the target using Brocade Storage X GUI tool.

Confidential, NY

Senior Systems /VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Worked on getting the Windows OS Multipath if optimal or degraded for updating to the latest in SAN fabric, which in turn would let us upgrade the SAN to Confidential XiV system. This included using command s for EMC/Powerpath, Confidential SDDDSM, and Hbanyware.
• Remediation for server s which either had the wrong software. The Confidential SAN/Lun s would have needed SDDDSM software which if not installed, create a Request for change, get the necessary approvals for the installation of the software and also the date and time. After completion of the installation, verify the Windows OS multipath is Optimal. And the same for the Power path Software.
• Using VERITAS Volume Manager (VEA), create disk groups, add Lun s to Windows cluster servers.
• Worked on SAN migration from DS8300 to XIV. VMware 3.5 administration of windows 2003 and windows 2008 R2 servers.
• Managed a corporate VMware ESX Server infrastructure with capacity for 120 servers across 3 separate environments
• Responsible for continued design, operation and security delegation of global Active Directory forest comprised of multiple domains.
• Worked with dot net application s with both the application developers and Web Admins in determining root cause and also roll back patches or add new patches and updates, including hot patches from Microsoft.
• Server Builds for Windows 2003/2008 R2 windows Clustering, Veritas Volume Manager, VMware Guest builds on ESX 4.x Hosts
• Built Windows 2003 Servers on Compaq DL580’s, BL460 and DL 380 using Platespin PowerConvert and Windows AIK /Deployment kit by using automated or imaging to deploy multiple servers
• Used PowerShell where necessary get list of computers not active for a given amount of time which would be useful to clean up the AD and hence be more precise and current. Find security group membership of the Users and or Groups in the AD user and OS’s for determining in case of issues like user access to shares and any other related issues. Backup and save System state of Servers to a network share which then would be backed-up regularly which in turn would be useful in case of a disaster happening to the server/servers. Also for Creating and setting Security filtering for GPO’s
• Built Windows 2003 Servers on Compaq DL580’s, BL460 and DL 380 using Platespin PowerConvert for .The nature of the work on the servers was to repair/replace/fix hardware like NIC card, or just trouble shoot server non-availability(Blue-screens) and like through ILO2.
• Create user groups for the ou’s in AD for secure administration like creating Admin groups for user (password reset) and computer management like backups. And giving access to shared folder’s on the servers in the AD.
• Used and worked VMware Virtual Center to manage 3.x and 4.x Servers which were in multiple locations with technologies like Vmotion, VMware converter, HA/FT (High Availability and Fault Tolerant).
• Worked on updating the AD documentation whether it is in Lotus Note’s database or just in a shared secure folder on the network, details like changed/updated patches, hotfixes, method used(Install/configure),IP list for static IP’s issued to Printers,servers,fax machine/copiers, swithes,routers and the like.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Administered Windows 2003/2008 R2 Servers Physical and Virtual Servers in a mixed VMware 2.x and 3.x environment cloned and migrated virtual machines from one ESX Server to another for purpose of Performance increase memory, virtual disk and the like.
• Built 2008 Server on Confidential Blade Server, with SQL 2005 for Test Purposes
• Cloned machines for purpose of moving them from one Data store to other when the space was limited or needed.
• Worked with Virtual Center wherein had Multiple Datacenter (Location) of server s either grouped by DMZ, Specific Application (Web Server, Database, File Server and the Like).
• Also added or removed data stores from ESX servers, to either increase or move, since some of the Physical servers were being rebuilt as VMware Guests, in turn the SAN Data Lun s were being unused, which in turn were reassigned to the ESX Server Pool of Data stores.
• Managed a corporate VMware ESX Server infrastructure with capacity for 250 servers across 3 separate environments
• As and when Windows Servers were built/rebuilt and needed to be deployed as production servers, as per GSD or required Security and permission s on the servers by Local policies, registry, and file/folder permissions. The server was added to the Active Directory Domain, then Windows SQL Server,IIS 6,7 were installed. IIS was setup primarily for the Client IIS Web developers and SQL DBAs to configure per the Client Needs like Clustering, VERITAS Volume Manager and the like.
• Responsible for continued design, operation and security delegation of global Active Directory forest comprised of multiple domains.
• Create user groups for the ou’s in AD for secure administration like creating Admin groups for user (password reset) and computer management like backups. And giving access to shared folder’s on the servers in the AD.
• Built Windows 2003/2008 R2 Servers on Compaq DL580’s, BL460 and DL 380 using Platespin PowerConvert and Windows AIK /Deployment kit by using automated or imaging to deploy multiple servers
• Worked with dot net application’s with both the application developers and Web Admins in determining root cause and also roll back patches or add new patches and updates, including hot patches from Microsoft.
• Modified existing Powershell scripts when needed to automate and or create multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Used and worked VMware Virtual Center to manage 3.x and 4.x Servers which were in multiple locations with technologies like Vmotion, VMware converter, HA/FT (High Availability and Fault Tolerant).
• Worked on updating the AD documentation whether it is in Lotus Note’s database or just in a shared secure folder on the network, details like changed/updated patches, hotfixes, method used(Install/configure),IP list for static IP’s issued to Printers,servers,fax machine/copiers, swithes,routers and the like.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Administered Windows 2003/2008 R2 Server s, installed patches, and updated Firmware and device drivers on Blade Center Management Modules and Servers. Worked with SAN (Storage Area Network) team to have the Server/Server's assigned/remove/share required Storage Space, by getting the required WWPN from either the Blade Center console and or from the SDDSM command prompt on the server. Due to the varied applications running on few server s some had to be manually patched, at that time even if we had Confidential Tools, the Client insisted we give snapshots of the add remove programs with patches, then the customer would let us know which if any patches by either the KB number or MS number, then we would deploy the required patches manually or had a Script which would deploy the required Patch per individual server of a text file from a central depository of all the available patches which were downloaded and staged. The work was performed by me and a peer SA.
• Repair/replace HBAS,Network Cards on remote servers. On the reboot of the server verify the hardware/software replaced/repaired is working normally. In case of Clustered Server/servers, making sure the Active node in question is set to failover to the Passive node (Swap the Active Node with the Passive), and then make the necessary update. Verify the changes are acceptable in terms of functionality and also have the Customer verify the same. All the work was done using the approved Change Control / Ticketing process following the SLA's and proven methods.
• Worked with SAN and Backup teams within Confidential to support the client(Tyco) infrastructure of Servers and Applications where needed to look for problem resolution and assistance with Confidential CE’s to repair replace defective hardware.
• The Security checklist was run against all the Domain Servers for compliance, this included verifying the right patches, file and folder permission s, Root(C Drive - System partition), making sure NTFS permissions on the shares were correct or excessive permissions /access was given to the User Community.
• Responsible for continued design, operation and security delegation of global Active Directory forest comprised of multiple domains.
• Worked with dot net application s with both the application developers and Web Admins in determining root cause and also roll back patches or add new patches and updates, including hot patches from Microsoft.
• Used Powershell where necessary get list of computers not active for a given amount of time which would be useful to clean up the AD and hence be more precise and current. Find security group membership of the Users and or Groups in the AD user and OS’s for determining in case of issues like user access to shares and any other related issues. Backup and save System state of Servers to a network share which then would be backed-up regularly which in turn would be useful in case of a disaster happening to the server/servers. Also for Creating and setting Security filtering for GPO’s
• Built Windows 2003/2008 R2 Servers on Compaq DL580’s, BL460 and DL 380. The nature of the work on the servers was to repair/replace/fix hardware like NIC card, or just trouble shoot server non-availability(Blue-screens) and like through ILO2.
• Used and worked VMware Virtual Center to manage 3.x and 4.x Servers which were in multiple locations with technologies like Vmotion, VMware converter, HA/FT (High Availability and Fault Tolerant).
• Worked on updating the AD documentation whether it is in Lotus Note’s database or just in a shared secure folder on the network, details like changed/updated patches, hotfixes, method used(Install/configure),IP list for static IP’s issued to Printers,servers,fax machine/copiers, swithes,routers and the like.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed all aspects of Windows 2000 and 2003 Server Build, Maintaining, domain user ID management, print server queues, add groups/OU in Active Directory, Add scopes in DHCP on 2003 servers.
• Updating IOS of Cisco 2950, 2900, 3500 switches.
• Configured and setup Cisco 2950 template configuration for switches which were then deployed in Confidential .
• Worked on adding module 24 port and System module on Cisco 4506 after the system module failed. Restore router configuration from replacing the backed - up configuration file.
• Responsible for continued design, operation and security delegation of global Active Directory forest comprised of multiple domains.
• Worked with AD Documentation like IP list, add/delete users and or Computer’s, change Management records and changes.
• Windows administration like disk quotas, create ID’s, add /update printer’s IP’s, on Active Directory, perform restore and backup using VERITAS Netback up, worked with the desktop support personal to switch users between switches in the closets, troubleshoot termination issues, assign Static IP’s to printers, track down desktop(endpoints) using too much bandwidth,(P2P, music,etc..)This was done getting the IP packet screened by AT&T (ISP) at the router (gateway) level.
• Built Windows 2003 R2 Servers on Compaq DL580’s, BL460 and DL 380 using Platespin PowerConvert for .The nature of the work on the servers was to repair/replace/fix hardware like NIC card, or just trouble shoot server non-availability(Blue-screens) and like through ILO2.
• Used Powershell where necessary get list of computers not active for a given amount of time which would be useful to clean up the AD and hence be more precise and current. Find security group membership of the Users and or Groups in the AD user and OS’s for determining in case of issues like user access to shares and any other related issues. Backup and save System state of Servers to a network share which then would be backed-up regularly which in turn would be useful in case of a disaster happening to the server/servers. Also for Creating and setting Security filtering for GPO’s
• Used and worked VMware Virtual Center to manage 3.x servers which were in multiple locations
• Create DHCP scope or change the same if needed. Work with Developers on issues like System Errors, Application Errors, researching the issue and finding the solution letting the developers review it, then implement the same when approved by the customer/Developer. Tracked and assigned work requests
• Supported an enterprise environment by diagnosing and repairing hardware, network issues, and proprietary software
• Administered operating systems with Windows XP, Windows 2000/2003 Server.
• Administered Windows Server 2003 Active Directory, including Group Policy, creation and deletion of user accounts, managing access controls, and domain structure configuration.
• Managed enterprise backup systems for multiple locations using VERITAS netback up
• Supported installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of web servers and internal servers.
• Set - up PC systems and configure software/hardware to meet employee needs.
• Supported installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of web servers and internal servers. Assembled desktop computers, replaced hardware, ran network cable, and constructed network drops.
• Supported installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of web servers and internal servers. Performed Server OS Patches and Upgrades
• Supported installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of web servers and internal servers.
• Responsible for the testing of Windows Severs and other application software.
• Supported installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of web servers and internal servers.
• Managed system back-ups and recovery for servers, Home directories of users.
• Deployed, maintain, and monitor enterprise antivirus software for server and client systems.
• Worked with dot net application s with both the application developers and Web Admins in determining root cause and also roll back patches or add new patches and updates, including hot patches from Microsoft..