SUMMARY

• Around 9 years of professional experience in VMware vSphere, VDI View, and Microsoft Server OS.
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing infrastructure using VMware technologies viz. ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1 5.0/5.1/5.5 , vSphere 5.0, vCenter, VMware View, VMware vCenter Converter etc.
• Experience in configuring DRS, HA, vMotion, storage vMotion, virtual networking, cloning, deploying VM's from templates and automating VMware environment.
• Strong knowledge and experience on VMware ESXi 5.X, 4.X, and VMware vSphere 5 features including Virtual SMP, Storage DRS, profile driven storage, auto deploy and vSwitch design.
• Creating and managing the users, groups, GPO in the Active directory.
• Proficiency in using Sphere, vCloud Suite /vRealize suite - vRealize Operations Manager (vRops), Log Insight, vRealize Orchestration(vRO), and vRealize Automation (vRA/ vCAC), VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN)Experience with Microsoft Network Load Balancing and Microsoft Clustering technologies.
• Experience in Designing, Installing, Configuring, Administrating and Troubleshooting VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Environment.
• Experience with VMware Horizon View, VMware ThinApp 5.0, Citrix Xendesktop and Citrix Provisioning services
• Excellent skills in patching and hardening servers using Windows Update and by using the staged patches.
• Experience in EMC SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools.
• Experience in resolving all levels of Severity Tickets, root cause investigations, system outages.
• Experience in deploying Linux operating system and SQL.
• Working knowledge on various Unix Flavors - AIX, Red Hat Linux, Solaris.
• Experience in configuring VMware CPU and memory shares for virtual machines.
• Experience in building VMware virtual machines from templates and CD/ISO image.
• Administration of VMware Virtual Center and virtualization services VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMotion and S VMotion.
• Experience on Group policies, SCOM, SCCM and configuring file/print services.
• Expert knowledge on configuring hardware iSCSI and NFS storage to VMware ESX (i) hosts from vSphere client.
• Experience in scripting PowerShell.
• Experience in managing DNS, DHCP, Remote Desktop Session Host, DFS, and Microsoft Failover Clusters.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch & dvSwitch.
• Experience in cloning VMs and deploy new virtual machines from clones.
• Experience in migrating the virtual machines between the ESX (i) Hosts using cold migration and VMotion.
• Provided 24/7 On Call production support onsite and remotely on rotation basis.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation. Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SENIOR VMWARE/WINDOWS ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Built Windows Server 2012 and 2008 on VMs and physical servers via HP iLO virtual media and deploying virtual machines from templates.
• Experience in Creating Custom Workflow, customizing schema in vRO to automate task in VMware environment.
• Experience in configuring vROPS in linked vCenter to monitor health of vCenter and creating reports to view resource information of VM's, ESXI host.
• Experience in creating customized dashboard in vROPS to manage compute resource reservation for reclaiming resources.
• Managing and Troubleshooting Network configuration in Virtual Environment through NSX Architecture.
• Assigning VXLAN to the all virtual Machines through NSX configurations
• Extensive experience in Maintaining and upgrading Horizon View to maintain VMware VDI environment
• Excellent Administration and troubleshooting skills in issues related to View Connection servers, View Manager, View Security servers, View Composer, View Pools, View desktops, VDI Virtual Center, Snapshot Creation and Templates for XP and Win 7 OS.
• Experience in installing and configuring VMware SRM in VMware environment to maintain Replication technology to avoid downtime from Disaster Recovery
• Managing all aspects of VMware vSphere environments including vSwitches, Distributed Virtual Switches, vMotion, Storage VMware Fault Tolerance, VMFS Data store, Host profiles, Storage profiles, Resource Management and Performance Monitoring.
• Experience in configuring and Managing Hyper converged server's VxRail and Nutanix
• Extensive experience in migrating Virtual machines between different vCenter, Data Center, ESXi cluster and Hyper converged infrastructure
• Design a plan to migrate/upgrade a system or the data from one location to other. Technology like Recover point, P2V/V2V using VMware Convertor, exporting importing of OVF template, restoration of data using NetBackup 7.5 and tools like Replistor are used.
• Use ESXi PowerCLI scripts to run various reports and perform configuration changes.
• Installed several hotfixes and patches on windows servers to eliminate vulnerabilities.
• Failed over Windows cluster resources from Active to Passive nodes in a cluster environment for scheduled maintenance and emergency changes.
• Updated drivers and firmware on HP branded Emulex FCA.
• Implementation of VMware vSphere 5.0 with Enterprise Plus Features of vDistributed Switch and Host Profiles Upgrade Experience from VMware Infrastructure 4.1 to vSphere 5.0 Update 2 including vCenter5.0, ESXi Hosts, Update manager, vSphere client, and Virtual machines tools
• Worked on SRM 5.0 deployment and configuration of DR site
• Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, VMotion, SV-Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates.
• Experience monitoring, tracking and managing of environment using vCOPS.
• Managed Windows 2008Active Directory Domain Administration
• Worked on Windows Server 2008/2012 clustering and worked on failover configuration on windows on Unscheduled and Scheduled Outages
• P2V migration of windows and Linux servers.
• Installing and Maintaining Windows 2008 and Windows 2012 Servers.
• Worked with all components of HP (Smart Start, Insight Manager, Diagnostics, Network Configuration Utility etc) and Wintel Stack.
• Experience in maintaining vSphere Vcenter 6.0, Esxi 6.0, Vrealize Automation, VrealizeOperations Manager, V Realize Orchestrator in a VMware virtualized environment.
• Scheduled jobs for updating the Firmware and ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) through scripting and Altiris Tool and involved in the Data Center Transformation.
• Create, Modify and Utilize PowerShell scripts to query the Active directory for report generating information.
• Teaming NIC's using HP Teaming software for redundancy during failures.
• Used Altris to Install the Operating System and to run scripts to update patches on HP Servers
• Experience in Active directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), IIS FTP, Terminal Server, RIS, RRAS, NAT, WSUS, Microsoft Clustering, Exchange Mail Server and ISA server.
• Update patches on Servers Working Experience with Active Directory Components (AD Users and Computers, DNS, DHCP and wins etc.)
• Manage and Maintain Active Directory environment with multiple domains consisting of Windows Servers 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.
• Using automation tools like PowerShell scripting to automate day to day task like installation of SCCM clients on multiple servers, scheduling and installing patches, fetching compliance reports from multiple servers etc.
• Monitoring of VM's & ESXi server components (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) and security hardening for Security Compliance.
• Configure software policy using AppLocker and firewall.
• Configuration of BitLocker Drive Encryption.
• Remediated SCCM 2012 issues concerning site systems, boundaries, application and patch deployment, and SCCM client functionality.
• Created Active directory group policies (GPOs) based on Domain, Site and OU structures to apply restriction to users, workstations and Servers.
• Resolved Problems related to Disk Space Usage.
• Resolved problems related to performance metrics such as Processor Usage, Memory etc.
• Perform day-to-day operation and troubleshooting of VM's.
• Keep Virtual hardware and VMware tools updated to keep a healthy environment
• Maintaining Print servers, Application servers and File Servers.
• Hosting websites in IIS and configuring the app pools.
• Work with storage team to create luns/NFS and Map it to vmwarevsphere ESX (i) hosts.
• Experience in installing and configuring vSphere esx (i) 4.1 on hp blade servers.
• Experience in migrating VMware vSphere hosts from ESX 3.5 U2 to 4.0 and ESX (i) 4.1 to ESX (i) 5.0.
• Experience in installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers from ILO management tool on Rack servers and blades
• Installed and Configured VMware Vrealize Orchestrator 6.0 in the environment and created the work flows.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of VMware VMotion, SVMotion, HA and DRS including vSphere Update Manager, VMware Data Recovery, vCenter Lab Manager and vCenter Orchestrator.
• Experience in configuring VMware standard Vswitch & dvswitch.
• Experience in configuring VMware virtual machine port groups, console ports groups, vmkernal port groups and vlans.
• Experience in installation and administration of Domain Controller (DC), Additional DC, CDC, RODC clients and Member servers.
• Experience in installing and configuring VMware Virtual Center servers and VMware vcenter Appliance.
• Managed VMwareesx (i) hosts using vSphere client and Web client.
• Played a vital role in Creating Virtual Machines, cloning virtual machines, converting P2V (used standard VMware converter tool), VM-Provisioning (Linked clones, thin disks, de-duplication) taking Snapshots of virtual servers, HA, DRS, v motioning.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in VMware clusters.
• Created and documented process for deploying Virtual machines on VMware.
• Create thin provisioned vms to suite client application requirements and expanding hard disk sizes as requested by clients.
• Installing and configuration of VCS and VVR on single node and HA cluster for High end applications.
• Design, Install, Configure and Administration of VMware Horizon View 7.0/6.2/5.3 and VCloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment.
• Supported DR test using VCS for major production applications.
• Exposure on configuring iSCSI LUNS, assigning to Solaris/Linux hosts and administration.
• Responsible for Managing VMware VDI Environment for 3000 users and over 100 VMware Pools.
• Compose, recompose, reset and add or remove entitlements for various pools.
• Created Automated and Manual pools using VMware Horizon View 6.0.
• Used Remedy Tool for ticketing (Change Management, Incident Management, and Request Management).
• Provided on Call support 24x7 during Critical Issues for Production Environment.

Confidential, CHARLOTTE, NC

WINDOWS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR / ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded from Windows 2000 server to windows 2003/2008 servers according to the needs and limitation of the Application.
• Migrated 100 Physical server to Virtual servers using VMware converter 5 and Platespin 9.2. and 25 Physical to Physical using Pltespin 9.2
• Extensively worked with Active Directory Services, IIS Servers, DNS, and DHCP.
• Involved in installation, administration and maintenance of MOSS 2007 and sharepoint 2013.
• Expertise in creating, configuring and customizing Web Application, Team Sites including Site Collection, Lists, Document Libraries, Content Types, RSS and Custom Lists.
• Worked on performing backup and restore of SP 2013.
• Worked on VMware ESX/ESXi 4.X/5.X, vSphere, VCenter, RHEL 6.X/7, CENTOS 6.X/7 & Windows Server.
• Experience as SQL Server DBA in SQL Server 2016,2014, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008, 2005 and in Production, Development and Design Environments.
• Experienced VMware Administrator/Windows Server Administrator of experience in designing, deploying virtual networks and upgrading systems, including hardware, software, networks, servers and peripheral equipment.
• Experience in implementing and administering VMware vSphere, HA settings, DRS settings, Cluster groups, Resource Pools, Host Profiles, Licensing, Templates, and Data Stores.
• Migrated 740 site from MOSS 2007 to Sharepoint 2013 using the Avepoint migartion tool.
• Expertise in solving any issues related SharePoint Environment and SQL server.
• Experienced in working with clients, gathering requirements, and translating those into system improvements.
• Expertise in Adding/Changing/Removing users and user group permissions for various sites, updating content & changing navigation.
• Design, implementing and managing Active Directory (AD), Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)/System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Systems Management Server (SMS)/System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Extensively worked for monitoring production and development server logs, troubleshooting, controlling site access, administering Search and Indexing, approving and publishing InfoPath forms
• Worked on scripts for health reports, template creating.
• Maintained VMware ESX4/4.1 environment of over 60+ hosts and 700+ VMware guest OS hosted on enabling SAN technologies such as EMC, HP, and NetApp SAN storage solutions. Expert in building servers 2003 and 2008 x86/x64 based environments.
• Administrated server consolidation program through use of VMware ESX server and VMware Virtual Center, using Virtual Center, ESX, creating VMs, using/building VM templates and customization files, and scheduling tasks
• Installation, configuration and management of multiple server suites (Windows 2003/2008) on VMware ESX server
• Responsible for Backup/Disaster Recovery planning, implementation and testing
• Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX servers for server consolidation
• Installed VMware ESX server 4.1/4.0 and created virtual machines on ESX Servers
• Created standard templates and deployed virtual machines from these templates
• Installed Management Server vCenter Server to enable centralized management of multiple hosts.
• Linked Different vCenter servers using linked mode to have a single instance of vSphere client to manage the whole Virtual environment
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines, Templates, Clones and Snapshots
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure
• Coordinate testing, upgrade and configuration of system files and services. Ensure changes are in accordance with appropriate company operating procedures
• Expert in TCP/IP connectivity and x86/x64 OS troubleshooting, installation, configuration and support of business application software suites.
• Work and update tickets on clarify ticketing system.
• Quick response to the problems to meet the SLA and real time monitoring of servers and troubleshooting day to day issues

Confidential, DALLAS, TX

WINDOWS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Migrated servers from EFH to Confidential through Physical to Virtual (P2V), Virtual to Virtual (V2V) using Vconverter.
• Patch management on regular intervals on ESX and ESXi servers.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of VMware ESXi Server4.0, Virtual Center Servers4.0
• Maintained VSphere environment of over 20+ hosts and 1000+ VMware guest OS hosted
• Build servers on Vsphere environment according to the client request.
• Implementing and deploying of VMs in vSphere ESXi 5.5/6.0 environments.
• Built windows virtual servers with OS 2008R2/2012.
• Worked with most of the vSphere features like VMotion, storage VMotion, DRS and HA, Created Virtual Machines, templates and snapshots, and deployed VMs from the templates and created and applied host profile.
• Co-ordinated with storage team for the data store consolidation and resize project after the vSphere migration from 4.1 to 5.5.
• Experience with most of the VMware vSphere features like VMotion, storage VMotion, DRS and HA.
• Administered Virtual infrastructure running with ESX and managed by vCenter and Virtual and physical servers running with OS Win NT,2000 and 2003 servers running
• Maintained VMware Vsphere4 environment for over 20 Hosts
• Experience in building servers 2003 and 2008 x86/x64 based environments.
• Worked on administering IIS 6 and 7.
• Building DR site for the existing Production environment.
• Involved in DAG balancing, User mailbox moving and VIP implementation in Exchange 2010
• Involved in decommissioning the old servers in Legacy environment.
• Involved in AD Migration to change Host and Domain Name change. Quest Migration tool is used to migrate users and share drive permissions.
• Worked on Planning, Designing and implementing all the process related to migration.
• Coordinate with Application team to prepare integrated wave analysis, cutover plan, Infrastructure and Application Analysis document and Migration Approach documents.

Confidential, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

JR WINDOWS/ VMWARE ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Confidential -Working in 8/5 & on call support as a VMware Administrator
• Nissan Motors - Working in 24/7 & on call support as a Systems Operations Lead Specialist (Remote Management-Intel Server).
• Virtual machine creation and migration and managing virtual machines resource allocation.
• Creating templates and cloning virtual machines of Windows XP/ 2000/2003/2008 servers in production environment.
• Ensuring that the physical ESX servers are not overloaded.
• Configuring VMware HA, DRS, Alarms and updating VMware tools in all VMs.
• Installation and configuration of virtual machines from CDs, ISO file and from Templates and make them compatible for vMotion.
• Migrate and manage virtual machines and Ensure high availability of applications.
• Manage VMs using VMware virtual center, web access and remote console.
• Setting up priorities on CPU memory and other resources.
• Controlling administration rights of VMs.
• Adding additional hardware resources and expanding the OS partition of VMs.
• Proactively monitoring the system's health and taking preventive or corrective action as required.
• Managing the incidents using the trouble ticket system and updating the knowledge base for resolving known errors.
• Following change management process for any changes that are done on the Infrastructure.