SUMMARY:

• 8 years experience in Designing, Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server Administration (AD, DNS, ADS, DHCP) and managing VMware, vCenter, vSphere environment.
• Managing Access Control through vCenter server, Optimizing Resource Utilization, Load Balancing (VMware DRS) and ensuring High Availability (VMware HA).
• Experience with installing and managing the Microsoft patch updates using Windows Server Update Services(WSUS),Windows Deployment Service(WDS) and Group Policies(GPO)
• Experience with installing, configuring and Managing FTP and IIS 6/7/8 Web servers.
• Administering, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2008 R2
• Active Directory Infrastructure Managing over 1200+ servers.
• Strong understanding of Networking Protocols like TCP/IP, UDP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, DNS DHCP and Socket Programming
• Superior troubleshooting and technical support abilities with operating systems, networking and hardware including Windows servers and desktops 9x/NT/2000/XP/Win 7/Win 8/Win 2008, SharePoint servers 2007,TCP/IP Protocols, Nessus Vulnerability Scanners, Snort IDS,CA Etrsut IDS,CA Spectrum, HP Site Scope and Printers.
• Proficient Experience in installation and configuration of VMware ESX 6.7, vSphere 6.7, VMware ESXi 6.7, VMware Virtual Cente r6.0,6.7.
• Experience in deploying Virtual Machines (VM’s) through Templates, Converting Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual - to-Virtual (V2V) Machines using Platespin, Double take and VMware convertor.
• Experience with installing SAN and NAS storage on the Windows servers related to Netapp and EMC storage technologies.
• Experience with installing and managing Citrix XenApp servers and VMware servers.
• Experience with deploying, configuring Apache, Tomcat, MySQL and Hadoop Apps on UNIX/Linux servers
• Done Patch Management of hosts and VM’s using VMware vCenter Update Manager.
• Good understanding of windows and VMware server automation using scripting language Power shell , VB Script , Power CLI
• Strong problem solving skill and a strong knowledge of ITIL processes like, incident management, change management, patching cycle etc
• Strong fundamental in Storage Area Network( SAN ), NAS boxes, different RAID level 1,10, 5, and different drive types SCSI, SAS, SATA

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hypervisor: VMware Standalone Convertor, Vsphere CLI, VMware Power CLI, VShield Manager, VCenter, VCenter Update Manager, HA, DRS, Storage vMotion, Host Profiles, vApp, VMware vCenter Heartbeat, VMware vSphere Client, VMware Thinapp, P2V, V2V, VMware Consolidated Backup, VMware Management Assistant, Capacity Planning, Plate spin Power convert,, Citrix Xen Server.

Operating Systems: Windows 2008/2012; Wintel Systems; Windows XP/7 /8; Red Hat Linux.

Protocols/Services: TCP/IP, SMTP, PPP, HTTP, Telnet, SSH, DNS, DHCP, FTP and IIS

Applications: IIS, Tomcat, MSOffice 2010, MS Visio

Database: Oracle 9i, IBM DB2, Sql Server, MS Access

Other Management Tools: HP Onboard Administrator, HP Virtual Connect Manager, Avocent DS View, Putty, MKS Integrity Change Management Software, Groundworks VI Monitoring Tool, Vkernel Monitoring Software, Microsoft Robocopy GUI, Solar winds IP Address Tracker, Veeam Backup, FastSCP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St Louis, MO

VMware Admin

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Validated the Project bundle ID’s in Project data base (PDB) for the bundles (client requests) committed.
• Coordinated & Attended meetings with the Project PM’s and Client for any clarification on the bundle requirement before initiating the execution work.
• Automated provisioning and managing virtual servers remotely at multiple Data Centers within Cisco Private cloud using Cisco IT Elastic Infrastructure Services (CITEIS) and CITEIS Gen2 providing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for the end-users.
• Verified the server’s network connectivity and mounted the storage after servers provisioning.
• Installed the Patch updates for the Windows servers through Altiris tool.
• Added the servers to Cisco Domain.
• Provided access to the client application team by adding the AD group in the server’s local administrative account.
• Providing documentation for Rack design and layout.
• Reviewing the inventory check and performing labeling and serial number recording on the servers installed in the rack.
• Stacking/Mounting the physical hardware (HP DL series/Cisco UCS C series) servers in the rack.
• Unracking (De Rack) the servers for any replacement.
• Designing the Visio diagrams for the rack design and lay out.
• Cabling the physical hardware based on the security standards.
• Providing documentation for the hardware configuration of the servers installed in the rack.
• Performed server upgrade on RAM and CPU as per the client requests.
• Coordinated with the storage team in getting the NAS/SAN storage allocated for Virtual and Physical servers.
• Installed Windows server additional features like IIS, FTP, SNMP services as per the client requirement.
• Installed McAfee, Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS), Mega Raid, Safenet token, Active identity core application software in Windows servers after provisioning.
• Installing Symantec End point protection clients remotely using Symantec Management console.
• Installing, configuring, administering, maintaining and troubleshooting Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 on Internet Information Services, Windows 2008 R2/2012 R2.
• Assistance provided to the business users create and deploy custom list forms to meet business needs including the designing and building of custom SharePoint Designer workflows.
• Designing Implementation and Configuration of HP Sitescope, HP BSM for Windows systems.
• Created ESX clusters and managed virtual servers remotely for Cisco data centers using vCenter,vSphere 4.x/5.x
• Performed failover testing on the ESX clusters.
• Performed vMotion and storage vMotion for the virtual servers hosted on ESX hosts.
• Configured HA and DRS features for the VM’s on the ESX hosts.
• Configured UCS clusters for the virtual ESX hosts at several data centers.
• Created OS templates deployed large number of virtual servers on ESX hosts.
• Performed conversions like P2V(Physical to Virtual),V2V(Virtual to Virtual),P2E(Physical to ESXi) in VMware environment.
• Provisioned VM’s using AWS/Azure cloud provisioning service.
• Configuring SAN and NAS storage on the servers using EMC Vmax and NetApp devices FAS3200 series and Disk shelves DS 2246,DS 4246.
• Working with Microsoft technologies like SCCM/SCOM,WDS
• Working with Citrix technologies like XenApp 6.0 and XenDesktop 5.5
• Performing server’s migration across multiple data centers through vCenter.
• Submitting the servers in I2O (Implementation to Operational) tool after completing the implementation.
• Had meetings with Ops team during server’s transition process.
• Deployed physical Win2008 R2 Physical servers (C200, C210) across 80 remote global sites through PXE build process.
• Enabled PXE-Wines policy for remote sites.
• Configured AD(Active directory) authorization for the Physical servers through CIMC console.
• Configured and Verified the RAID for the Windows 2008 servers after the build process is completed.
• Worked with the Onsite team at remote sites for CIMC console connectivity issues in getting the servers power cycled.
• Worked with NVR (Network Video Recorder) application team in getting their LENEL application installed successfully after the server build.
• Configured and Verified Load balance configuration for Windows and Linux servers through ACE network module.

Confidential, Jacksonville FL

VMWare Admin

Responsibilities:

• Investigation and resolution of Tivoli raised Incidents
• Configured and deployed Esxi server in corporate production environment
• Used automation scripts to minimize error level in day to day VMware operations
• Leveraged VMware infrastructure implementation and consolidation expertise to implement P2V migrations, blade server capacity planning, high availability and failover settings on newly installed blade servers and existing rack mount servers
• Played role as VMware/windows admin to provide Level 1 &2 supports in complex environment.
• Designed, installed, configured of VMware site recovery manger
• Implementation of Microsoft DHCP, DNS, WINS, Domain trust relationship, fault tolerance, file and print services, user and group management
• Regular BAU activities such as increasing disk size, adding additional drives, cloning, Teaming Networking and virtual switches (Both Primary and extended)
• Installed VMware Esxi server 4.1 on all physical server to host multiple virtual machines
• Installed VMware V Center server instance to enable centralize management of multiple hosts
• Installed VM clusters, hosts and virtual machines
• Converted the physical servers to virtual servers using P2V assistant
• Enabled VMware HA, VMware DRS for higher efficiency of the infrastructure
• Installing, troubleshooting and supporting of desktops, laptops, network devices and computer peripherals
• User support-Monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server and use related problems. Support users to resolve their day-to-day issues related to OS, Email, and Account issues, Hardware etc.
• Responsible for backup/recovery strategy of all Esxi servers. Planning and implementing fault tolerance and strategies for backup and restoring files on the network
• Responsible in diagnosing and troubleshooting of VMware Esxi and V Center environments.
• Managing BAU activities for VMware Esxi and Windows Environment
• Managing RFS and change activities, Attend the daily service review with customer
• Managing around 130 Esxi servers and 1100 Virtual Machines

Confidential, Sanfrancisco, CA

VMWARE ADMIN

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter, Plate Spin.
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on HP Blade Servers C7000 and C3000 .
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers , Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Experience with vSphere Host Profiles , Standard and Distributed Switches setup.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS).
• Periodic update of patches, drivers and firmware’s for all our Global ESX hosts.
• Configuring and Managing Active Directory, DNS , and DHCP .
• Provide server and client support for all issues such as: logon failures, account lockout, network connectivity, DNS and name resolution, authentication problems.
• Managing VM’s by vSphere Client and Web Client.
• Cloning, deploying new VM’s from Templates different type of guest OS like Windows 2K3/2K8, Red hat Linux . Creating virtual NIC cards for the respective VMs and assigning the network connections.
• Building new VMware virtual machines to meet the specifications provided by the client.
• Experience in deploying new Virtual Machines from OVF/OVA templates.
• Creating Roles and permissions in VMware ESX Server 6.7
• Experience on hot and cold clone process.
• Implementing and managing Block based VNX/VMAX storage system in VMware virtualization environment.
• Installed/updated patches on VMware ESX (i) hosts using VMware Update Manager tool.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

System Administrator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Created the User Accounts and Profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory.
• Administered the Group Policy to automatically upgrade and repair software installations.
• Installation and support for desktops with Windows 2000/XP Operating systems.
• Provide Remote Support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection (RDP).
• Created Virtual Machines for member servers which host services like IIS, DNS, and DHCP.
• Installed VMware Converter to convert Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) machines.
• Provide day to day support (troubleshooting and installing) for more than 200 users for hardware, network and software including Microsoft Office applications, Mail clients and other network related issues.
• Installation and configuration of network Printers.
• Provided the backup and recovery of the files and data, worked on Windows Firewall, Terminal Server, and Troubleshooting computer related problems. Attending client calls related to computers and network problems.