SUMMARY

• Around 7 years of experience with Installation, Configuring, Deploying, administration of ESXi, vSphere Client, VMware Virtual Center, Windows.
• Creating and configuring Datacenter and clusters in vCenter server.
• Expertise on Creating virtual machines, installing operating systems inside VM's and installing tools and configure these VM's based on customer requirements.
• Experience in installing and configuring of VMware ESXi, vSphere, VM virtual center, VMware Workstation.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations and Templates.
• Configuring Resource Pool, Alerts, Alarms.
• Experience on vMotion and Storage vMotion, HA feature, DRS feature.
• Creating Virtual Switches& Port groups in virtual environment.
• Configuring vSphere Standard Switches (VSS) and vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS).
• Configuring different types of port group policies, applying security policies, traffic shaping, Load balancing, Failover detection and VLAN tagging.
• Configuring LUNs to ESXi host data stores and extending the data stores.
• Updating patches and Upgrading the ESXi servers using VMware update manager.
• Convert physical machines to virtual machines (P2V) and virtual machines to virtual machines (V2V) with VMware converter.
• Configuring and troubleshooting HA and DRS features using vCenter.
• Monitoring performance of server.
• Basic Understanding with Cisco Routers & Switches, TCP/IP, VLANs, Ethernet port, Trunking, Spanning - Tree Protocol, DHCP, LACP, PAGP, IP Subnetting.
• Basic Understanding with routing protocols RIP, EIGRP, OSPF.
• Basic Understanding with Desktop Virtualization like Horizon View, Citrix Xen App/ Xen Desktop.
• Provide engineering expertise in the update/creation of the Citrix XenDesktop and VDI solutions
• Experience in implementing Disaster recovery solution using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Basic understanding of Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Windows desktop and Remote desktop. Implementation and administration of Active Directory in Windows 2008, 2012 and 2003 environment. Creating and Managing Users, Roles and Access Permissions.
• Experience on security and non-security patch remediation on windows server environment through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Server.
• In depth knowledge of Installing and configuring HP, Dell Servers, Configuring RAID.
• Hands on experience with iSCSI, NFS and NAS storage to VMware ESXi hosts from vSphere client.
• Basic working experience on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Experience in deploying and maintaining vCenter/vRealize Operations Manager (vCOPS/vROPS) / vRealize automation/ vRealize Orchestrator (vRA/vRO).
• Experience writing both Power Shell and PowerCLI scripts to automate Virtual Machine builds and DNS entry configurations.
• Experience with x86 / x64 Intel, HP & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.
• Troubleshooting hardware related issues on ESXi servers and used Veeam Backup and Replication for restoring VM's and raising cases with Vendors in case of any defective hardware found.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with a wide variety of people at various levels, foster cooperation and collaboration among individuals in the work unit, help team resolve conflicts constructively and ability and willingness to communicate when help is needed.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003/ 2008 R2/ 2012 R2/2016/ Vista/ Windows7/ Windows8/ Windows10/ Unix.

Virtualization Technology & Applications: ESXi, vSphere 4.x to 6.x, vCenter, vSphere Web-Client, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Resource pools, Storage DRS, vMotion, P2V Convertor, V2V Convertor, VMware Update Manager, VMware Horizon View 6.0,Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, vCOPS, vROPS, vRA, vRO,Power Shell, Power CLI, Site Recovery Manager (SRM), WSUS, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, MS Office:-2010,2016, MS Visio, VMRC, VEEAM, SCCM.

Hardware: DELL Rack PowerEdge Servers, DELL Rack R815/810/620, DELL Blades M630 & M830, DELL 2650/2600/1750/1650 , DELL Blade Enclosure M1000, HP ProLiant Servers, HP ProLiant 6500 / 1600 / DL360 / DL 380 / DL 580/ DL 585, HP Blades BL 460 and BL 660HP Blade Enclosures C 7000, C3000, Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches.

Remote Tools: RDP, Radmin, Team Viewer, VNC, Dameware.

Domain Services: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP Scopes, Single sign-on.

Storage: NAS (NFS), iSCSI, FreeNAS.

Database: SQL Server, MySQL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, CA

Senior VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of datacenters and installing the Hardware of Dell PowerEdge and Cisco UCS Blade servers.
• Racked and stacked Dell and Cisco UCS chassis and rackmount hardware
• Maintenance of converged infrastructure across different locations of the datacenters.
• Created firmware baseline in OME (OpenManage Enterprise) to upgrade BIOS and other peripherals
• Upgraded vSphere 5.5 to 6.5
• Managed vSphere 5.5, 6.5 and 6.0environments on cross platform infrastructure servers from different vendors like HP, Dell and Cisco.
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines for easy deployment of different versions and different flavors of Virtual Machines.
• Deployed and managed HCI solutions like vSAN for Horizon view 7.x
• Coordination, planning and execution of P2V, V2V, V2P using VMware Converter, DRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion
• Migration of all accounts, workstations and servers and decommission of legacy networks. vRealize Operation Manager dash boards and reports for both vSphere and Horizon View.
• Successfully worked on designed and Deployment of small to mid-scale SCCM Infrastructures.
• Incorporated various applications and packages in SCCM 2012 Task Sequence and deployed to various regions.
• Installing, configuring Horizon View 7.0 VDI instances using PCOIP protocol and creating floating and dedicated desktops and troubleshooting the instances.
• Configured Domain Naming Server (DNS) and created forward/reverse lookup zones with associated pointer records.
• Interacted, Co-ordinated with different teams and participated in daily meetings and tracking the issues and new deployments to meet the deadlines.
• Prepared detail documentation for the whole physical and virtualized environment.
• Deploy and test VMware plug-ins used for configuration of network adapters.

Environment: Windows 2016/2012R2/2012/2008R2, Windows 7/8/8.1/10, Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, NTFS, Dell Power Edge, HP ProLiant G3, G5 Blade Servers, IIS Servers, VMware ESX 5.5 & 6.0 Servers, Exchange Server 2010/2013, Office365, PowerShell, SolarWinds, vSAN.

Confidential, Quincy, MA

VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured ESXi 5.5 and ESXi 6.0 hosts on Blade Servers.
• Was part of planning committee, involved in planning and designing of vSphere environment
• Experience working with vSAN and EMC ScaleIO hyper converged solutions. Have done POC’s to validate how both the solutions performs and also to check which will be the solution which has less management overhead
• Configured Backup and recovery plan for VMware vCenter Environment. Created clusters, Installed and added new ESXi hosts to the clusters, implemented HA and DRS.
• Performed daily health checks of the VMware vCenter servers and NSX Managers
• Worked with various Windows Servers (2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2). Configured and managed Active Directory, DNS, Web Services, File Services, Print Services
• Certificate renewal process for vSphere5.5 using the SSL automation tool (command line utility)
• Configured MDM cluster to monitor ScaleIO system
• Participated in POC's which includes Nutanix/vSAN and ScaleIO
• Managed2000+ servers utilizing Windows 2008 and 2012R2 and VMware platform, providing monitoring and support of production hardware and application servers.
• Deployment of the SCOM Agents to the client machines for enabling the monitoring.
• Implemented the migrations of ESX servers from 5.5 to ESXi 6.0.
• Configure and implement Resource Pools, VMware Clusters, HA, DRS, Patch Management using VUM in high-end ESX environments.
• Built the entire VDI Environment in VMware Horizon view by deploying Connection server, Security servers, Dedicated vCenter server and Transfer server and authenticating them in Horizon View Administration console.
• Upgraded vCenter and ESXi 5.5 using VMWare Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Built, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows 2008, and 2012 as well as Linux servers from VMware.
• Creating and setting up alert management window and tickets in SDP.
• Administering Active Directory domain services, DHCP.
• VM Servers build & rebuild (Deploying the New VM from the Template and Cloning an Existing VM) as per the client request through change management process.
• Creating and managing resource pools and adding the VM's into resource pools.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features like vMotion, Storage vMotion and Network/Storage IO Control.
• Advance Knowledge in Cloning, Snapshots and OVF Templates Technology.
• Test and regress critical fixes to resolve issues involving various OS and hardware configurations.
• Strong interpersonal communication and technical skills in software, hardware and networking which help me to quickly identify and resolve issues.

Confidential, Boston, MA

VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing, managing and troubleshooting ESXi servers.
• Installation of vCenter server and its components and configuring ESXi hosts within the cluster using vMotion and HA.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource Scheduling (DRS).
• Building VM's and creating templates from VM's, deploy VM's from templates and allocating them to appropriate resource pools, alerts, alarms, upgrading VMware Tools.
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter).
• Migrating of Virtual Machines using vMotion.
• Installed and configured windows server virtual machines.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Responsible for successfully upgrading all hosts and vCenter servers from vSphere 5.1 to 5.5.
• Management of capacity planning for new clusters, ESXi and VM storage issues.
• Reconfigured all ESXi network connectivity utilization including VLAN tagging and teaming also the configuration of many distributed Switches with 802.1q VLAN tagging.
• Administering Windows 2012 Active Directory, building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement of the project.
• Successful in the deployment of all the components of Horizon VDI and maintaining highly available environment.
• Created all the standard operating procedures for the patching process of the Horizon VDI components, troubleshooting issues and training the IT department for operational work on VDI.
• Created application packages (.msi files) in Citrix for installation on multiple servers.
• Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 support/troubleshooting /administration and implementations for enterprise environments that may include complex printing and application access scenarios. Working with persistent /no persistent images .
• Support and maintain XenApp/XenDesktop production and test environments, including troubleshooting issues from client to server
• Worked on SCCM features like remote control, patch management, operating system deployment, and network protection.
• Installed Microsoft windows updates using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
• Implemented Disaster Recovery Solutions for datacenters using Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
• Maintained documents for the VM's also generated reports.
• Performed troubleshooting for networks and iSCSI backend storage.
• Installation and configuration of Windows Active Directory Services. Setting up Domains and configuring DHCP, DNS servers.
• Active Directory users, groups, and computers including delegating authority and applying permissions to various member servers.
• Installing, Configuring and Managing Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Provide Backup.
• 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.

Confidential

Systems Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and managing Virtual Infrastructure ESXi 5.0, vCenter, VSphere.
• Responsible for VMware ESXi server build.
• Installation and configuration of Virtual Center 5.0.
• Apply patches to all the ESXi hosts in the environment whenever required.
• Applied patches to Virtual machines and Upgraded VMware tools over them.
• Configuring DRS & HA for ESXi clusters.
• Configuring Resource pool for group of Virtual Machines.
• Created Fault Tolerance (FT) for critical VMs to provide High availability.
• Designed the Infrastructure and administered the environment running over 30 ESXi Hosts and 450 Virtual Machines. Upgrading the firmware to the latest version/date on the BIOS/ controllers/ hard drives.
• Installation and configuration of networks, router configurations, TCP/IP, content filtering, access control lists on router/switches, VLANs (port mapping, naming.). Served in computer maintenance; performed all types of hardware, software maintenance, and backup.
• Worked on SCCM for patching the windows servers and also deployed virtual machines in the SCCM tool.
• Enabled EVC feature for ESXi clusters.
• Provisioned and Configured Virtual Machines.
• Deployed VMs through Templates.
• Creating & Troubleshooting Virtual Networks and vSwitches, distributed switch and iSCSI storage.
• Upgraded Memory Resources of powered ON Virtual Machines using Hot Add and Hot Plug.
• Used Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) to automatic downloads of updates, hotfixes, service packs, and device drivers for the organization.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance of Windows Server 2003 & 2008, 2012 R2.
• Installing Active directory, DHCP and DNS giving access permissions and troubleshooting the AD, DHCP and DNS problems.
• Maintained documents and reports for the environment.
• Manual patching on windows servers and creating new users to the domain and assign the restricted access to the domain users.
• Configuring DHCP Scope's and configuring the password policies for user's in AD.