PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7+ years of experience in Cloud/Virtualization/Windows administration.
• Strong Experience on Administration and Troubleshooting of Azure IaaS Components (VM, Storage accounts, VNET, NSG, Recovery Vaults).
• Expertise in Windows 2003/2008R2/2012R2/2016 server administration and active directory administration.
• Experienced with hands on (VMWare/Windows) and supporting a large Financial Company'sVMWare ESX 5.0, 5.5.
• Expertiseon Disaster Recovery (DR) usingAzure Site Recovery (ASR) andVMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and withP2V migration(Physical servers to VMware/Hyper - V).
• Performed system administration activities, security policies and monitored system performance both at software and hardware levels.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Virtual Machines, andAzure Active Directory
• Worked in the area of Virtualization with VMware Vsphere 5.1e, ESXi 5.1, 5.5, vCenter server 5.0, 5.5
• Expertise using Microsoft SCCM/SCOM clients.
• Extensive understanding of networking concepts.
• Expertise in DHCP, WINS and DNS.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP protocol suite, virtual networking, wireless networks &Experience with enterprise backup systems and disaster recovery operations.
• Expertise with IP sub-netting, VLANs, and High Availability (HA) architectures
• InstallingSplunk Enterprise and Splunk Forwarder 6.1.3on Windows Servers.
• Performance monitoring, Error logging, Diagnostics, Fine-tuning and Backup management
• Managed VMware ESX 5.x with Virtual Center server 5.x for managing multiple ESX servers
• Experienced in guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning, Templates, and Snapshots
• Experienced in resource management framework, creating resource pools, adding the VMs into resource pools
• Experience in Windows clustering Administration and troubleshooting.
• Good knowledge of customizing Citrix Interface.
• Expert in Server Builds, Installs, Upgrades, Patches, and Configurations of Windows Servers on VMware virtualized and Physical environments.
• Experience supporting Production, Development and QA environments.
• Excellent organization, prioritization skills as well as proactive and energetic approach. Participated in Data Center Migration Project actively.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hyper: VMware vSphere 5.5, 6.0, VMware SRM 5.8, VMware Converter, Disk2VHD, Virtual Machine Converter

Networking: IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP, Switches&Routing concepts, VLANs, TCP/IP stack for virtualization, configuration of printers and scanners

Hardware: Confidential Power Edge servers, Confidential Laptops and Desktops, HP Blade servers, HP Proliant servers.

Operating System: Microsoft Server NT / 2000/2003/2008 , 2012/2016, Windows XP/Vista/7, 8.1/10

Environment: Confidential, IBM, HP, Microsoft, VMware, BMC, Symantec

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Systems Admin

• Was part of End of Lifecycle(EOL) management team building/upgrading 100s of Virtual/physical servers and installing software/hardware and supporting 1000s of clients’ requirements.
• Upgrading/migrating Windows servers and applications from as part of EOL projects.
• Worked with a team of server build engineers that remotely performs Windows 2008/2012/2016 server builds on either a physical or virtual server utilizing VMware to meet the customers' high demand IT needs.
• The builds include allocation of required SAN disk space, the build itself and detailed configurations involving Active Directory user and group access and the application of a security template to maintain the highest level of secure access possible.
• Perform Post-Build server activities such as application& utility installation and patching servers to go into Production.
• Provide 100% Support until the servers are in production and resolve issues when in production using Ticketing System (BMC Remedy Change management).
• Completed Security scans, patching and remediation of new systems before they were allowed to be placed within the enterprise.
• Experience with Microsoft SCCM 2012 for softwareupdate/Patching. Install/Repair SCCM Clients on servers.
• Software deployment with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (2012).
• Distribution of software and MS Updates Deployment (Patching/ Compliance Reporting) using SCCM as a part of configuring servers.
• Basic Systems Scripting (Windows commands, VBscripts,PowerShell).
• Worked on Windows Servers in Production/Development/QA environments among several Data Centers.

Confidential, New York

Azure Engineer

• Responsibilities include developing, assisting and implementing the migration of client’s on-premise infrastructure to Azure (Microsoft Cloud).
• Expertise in migrating on premise to Azure using Azure Site Recovery(ASR).
• Configuring and managing IaaS components (Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, Recovery Vaults, Network Security Groups, VNET,etc).
• Planning, implementing, documentingDisaster Recovery solutions in Azure.
• Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets.
• Monitoring Replicated items and troubleshoot issues for successful failover when required.
• Installation, Configuration, and Managing Process/Configuration servers as a part of replication/protection process for Disaster Recovery.
• Prepare source/target machines as a part of migration project.
• Upgrading/Managing Symantec Endpoint Protection clients on servers.
• Worked along with Architects on Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) migration project.
• Actively participating in migration of Physical/VMware machines to Hyper-V using Microsoft VMC and Disk2VHD tools.
• Experience with Hyper-V manager and Hyper-V integration components and replicate VMs to Azure.
• Failover VMs based on Hyper-V manager to different nodes/clusters when required.

Confidential, Plano, TX

Systems Engineer

• Build, Configure, Maintain and support Confidential PowerEdge Servers hosted in a lab environment.
• Support and Maintain Virtual environment (VMware vCenter).
• Proficiency at installing, configuring, and troubleshooting at OS and networking level. Responsible for creating Virtual machines for test environment.
• Good Knowledge of Microsoft stack, including administration and familiarity with protocols such as telnet and SSH.
• Worked along with Senior Systems Engineers in resolving/troubleshooting issues at OS and application level.
• Experience with Hardware and software configurations and installation of managed products.
• Used SCOM to monitor the health and performance of hosts (windows) in multiple data centers.
• Monitor Disk Usage and status of windows servers using SCOM 2012 client.
• Knowledge on OS imaging using MDT 2013 (ZTI) and SCCM for provisioning server completely where OS images are manually created.
• Integrating MDT 2013 with SCCM for effective Migrations (Data Center Migration) and Deployments.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Systems Admin

• Worked in two Different Teams and managed around 25 projects simultaneously.
• Was part of Business Integration andEnd of Lifecycle(EOL)management teams building/upgrading 100s of Virtual/physical servers and installing software/hardware and supporting 1000s of clients’ requirements.
• Achieved Outstanding Technical Resource certificates from different Project managers.
• Upgrading/migrating Windows servers and applications from R2 as a part of EOL projects.
• Worked with a team of server build engineers that remotely performs Windows 2008/2012/2012 R2 server builds on either a physical or virtual server utilizing VMware to meet the customers' high demand IT needs.
• The builds include allocation of required SAN disk space, the build itself and detailed configurations involving Active Directory user and group access and the application of a security template to maintain the highest level of secure access possible.
• Perform Post-Build server activities such as application& utility installation and also patching servers to go into Production.
• Provide 100% Support until the servers are in production and resolve issues when in production using Ticketing System (BMC Remedy Change management).
• Completed Security scans, patching and remediation of new systems before they were allowed to be placed within the enterprise.
• Experience with Microsoft SCCM 2007/2012 for softwareupdate/Patching. Install/Repair SCCM Clients on servers.
• Upgraded .NET framework on >5000 servers in the company (various DCs’) that lead to compliance violations using SCCM. (upgraded to 4.6.1)
• Software deployment with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (2007, 2012).
• Distribution of software and MS Updates Deployment (Patching/ Compliance Reporting) using SCCM as a part of configuring servers.
• Basic Systems Scripting (Windows commands, VBscripts,PowerShell).
• Worked on Windows Servers in Production/Development/QA environments among several Data Centers (7).
• Actively Participated in Data Center Migration Project in two different locations.
• Configuring and Administering Exchange Servers, SMTP, Terminal Servers, DNS, DHCP, and NTFS on Windows Server2003/2008R2/2012R2 server environment.
• Participated in the migration planning, developing, testing and moving the migration process onto full-fledged production network.
• Performed many such Administration activities in both the teams and took lead/initiative when necessary, trained new staff on different responsibilities of a SA.

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Windows Engineer

• Assessing the possible scope for virtualization and planning the virtualization.
• Deploying Citrix clients with SCCM 2005.
• Experience in Installation and configuration of Citrix Provisioning Server and Console.
• Experience in creating machine catalogs and delivery groups in Citrix Studio
• Documenting the standard operational process for support groups.
• Managed the overall administration of Windows System applications.
• Engineering and Management of Active Directory through Active Directory Administrator.
• Physical to Virtual Migration of the Print Server to two Virtual Print servers for better performance of the print environment. Installed Cortado's Virtual Printing Software THINPRINT on the two virtual Print Servers including all the necessary drivers required for the printers.
• Tier III support and mentor to helpdesk staff providing documentation and timely resolutions and solving all the issues related to the printers. Weekly Reboot and snapshots of all the servers including the Print servers for error free print environment.
• Knowledge on Installing Delivery Controller and the core components like VDA agent and Citrix receiver.
• Configured and Built Windows Server on remotely managed physical servers as well as on VMware "slices"
• Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support & troubleshooting client's issues.
• Used MDT 2012, For Deploying Client Operating System Images as a part of OS level troubleshooting.
• Performed various troubleshooting and maintenance operations in Windows Server and desktop environments.
• Manually patching all the print servers and testing them in the print environment.
• Monitoring all the users through Desktop Authority version 8.12.
• Analyze, log, track and complex software and hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, server, and application to meet business needs.
• Worked on BMC Remedy for ITIL process regarding Incident Management, Problem Management. Extensively used remedy tool across all environment.
• Engineering and Management of the Franklin VMware environment ESX 3.5.
• Management of Patching of all Windows Servers residing in Franklin - SCCM 2007.
• Created reports of success and failure of patching endeavors for management metrics.
• Maintain a senior level through work ethic and job specific certification standards
• Analyzing Client's environment, existing infrastructure and proposing a solution.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Windows Administrator

• Responsible for administering and supporting more than 450 Windows servers(2003/2008), which includes 7000+ user base and more than 800 plus applications.
• Installation and configuration of Provisioning server environment
• Creation and deployment of new images on PVS environment
• Load balancing and high availability configuration for PVS servers
• Provided support for various systems components including; email, intranet/extranet hosting, Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, DFS, Print Services, MS DFS Backup, on Windows environment.
• Install, upgrade and maintain server hardware, operating systems such as windows server 2003, 2008, and 2012 as well as software as needed.
• Responsible for Terminal server builds deployments in both Physical and virtual environments.
• Certify home grown and third party applications to run in windows 2003/2008 Terminal server environment.
• Implementing Quarterly patches to the servers and images suggested by Microsoft.
• Hands on experience on Virtualization technology- VMware Workstation, ESXServer, VMware view Client.
• Knowledge on XenApp and XenDesktop configurations.
• Responsible for Administration of Active Directory and delegating control / permissions.
• Execute enterprise deployments of updates, releases, patches and fixes utilizing deployment tools.
• Installing Hot Fixes(Rollup Packs and Feature packs) released
• Responsible for helpdesk support using BMC Remedy ticketing system, inventory and systemreporting.
• Resolved various issues such as Windows Policies, Application licensing through Remote Assistance, Lync Sharing and WebEx Sharing. Coordinating with Vendors regarding production issues & solving problems.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Assignment of NTFS and share permission to a folder or a particular user and group.
• Installation & trouble shooting in Active Directory Service.
• Administrationof DNS, WINS, DHCP Servers.
• Working Knowledge on IIS server. Working Knowledge on File and Printer Servers.
• Assembling of computers, peripherals and troubleshoot various hardware problem.
• Installation of Operating System and different software for different application.
• Design and implement of TCP/IP base client server network infrastructure.
• Loading of antivirus software and configuring antivirus software.
• Taking daily back up and restoration. Provide hardware support for client and as well as server systems.
• Troubleshooting issues on Mail server, Instant Messaging server, DHCP server, Man Link, FTP Server, antivirus server, Proxy server, Gateways. Daily Health checkup of Server.
• Creation of new User ID and setting configuration for a new user.
• Vendor management (Escalating a call related to vendors), Asset inventory management.