SUMMARY

• Over 6 Years of experience in IT as a Senior Systems Engineer on VMware, Wintel, Windows.
• Installing, Configuring and Administering VMware 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, along with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016 Servers.
• Expertise in Installing, Configuring and managing highly available and secure Confidential Virtual Datacenters using ESXi.
• Expertise in Installing, Configuring and Managing Highly available and secure Virtual Desktop Solutions Using VMware View/Horizon.
• Implemented Active Directory Services, Active Directory Group Policy Objects (GPO), Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), DHCP and DNS.
• ITIL Certified and strong working knowledge of ITIL Incident, Problem and Change Management disciplines.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and DRS.
• Experience in with Virtualization technologies like installing, configuring,VMwarevSphere. Creation, management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION usingVMwareConverter.
• Creating host and client VM templates and Cloning.
• Administration of WSUS, SCCM/SCOM servers and deploying patches and packages.
• Monitored the tickets using tickets monitoring tool that is BMC Remedy.
• Managed systems configuration, maintenance, problem troubleshooting, system and program security, applications and program management, planning and directing upgrades on servers.
• Administration of Active Directory, DHCP, DNS and various other Infrastructure services.
• Excellent understanding of SAN, NAS storage, worked with storage provision to windows and VMware on wintel paltform
• Installation and configuration of window AD and DNS, DHCP servers.
• Architecture, design, install, configureVMwareSite Recovery Manager (SRM), vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Log Insight, vR Network Insight.
• Excellent L2 and L3 support to Windows/ wintel Servers,VMs
• Performed Microsoft Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy functions.
• Monitor ticketing system for new tickets and work - items and update existing tickets.
• Maintain hardware inventory control in ticketing system.
• Experience administering Microsoft Active Directory 2008/2012.
• Install and configure View components(Connection server/Relica server/View Composer/view Agent).
• Create and manage dedicated and floating desktop pools.
• Deploy and manage linked-clone virtual desktops.
• Knowledge on Vmware Appvolume .
• Configured Vmware appvolume (Volume manager,AppStack,Volume Agent,Provisioned and deployed the Applications to end users) in test environment.
• Experience in Windows Azure Services like PaaS, IaaS and worked on Azure PaaS storages like Blob, SQL Azure.
• Well experienced in deployment & configuration management and Virtualization.
• Administering AD integrated Domain Naming System for name resolutions.
• Managing and troubleshooting Active Directory Replication and File Replication Services.
• Managing and troubleshooting Distributed File System, DFS Replication Services.
• Performed the offline defragmentation of AD and documented the same.
• Promoting Domain Controllers and Decommission Domain Controllers as required Active Directory environment.
• Worked on SAN technologies. IBM blade servers/HP blade servers.
• Toubleshooted Hardware issues on Blade servers.
• Assist in establishing and implementing appropriate security policies for various networks and software.
• Plan and implemented appropriate Disaster Recovery Procedures (ERD, Recovery Console etc.
• Provide direct support to users, including troubleshooting complex problems and providing training as required to enable users to be more productive using software and networks.
• Good Knowledge with HP Blade System management and HP enclosures.
• Good knowledge of Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012 and Red Hat Linux server Administration.
• Excellent documentation and presentation skills using Microsoft Office suite.
• Good Knowledge on VMware view-VDI and Horizon view.
• Automate the Application provisioning, image deployments, using CA Unicenter & BMC Blade logic
• Excellent knowledge on Hyper -V.
• Experienced in formulating and providing solutions to businesses and consumers.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and provide a solution for all concerns.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hypervisors /OS: vSphere 6.x, 5.x, 4.x, Windows 2016,2012,2008, 2003, 2008R2, Win 7, XP.

Server Virtualization: VMware vSphere 6.0/5.5/ 5.1/5.0/ 4. x., Xen server, Microsoft Hyper-V.

Desktop Virtualization: VMware View 5.0, XenDesktop 7.6, 5.x,, VMware view horizon 6.

Application Virtualization: VMware Thin App.

Security: Microsoft & Antivirus Auto Update (WSUS & NAV Centralized server).

Image Management: VDI/Citrix Provisioning services, Unidesk Image management, HP Neoware

Remote Management: Citrix, RDP, VNC, Dame Ware, Team Viewer, RSA/DRAC& ILO.

Windows Administration: Configuration of DHCP and DNS, Wintel, Windows Server 2003,2008 & 2012. Installation and configuration of Active Directory and Internet Information Service (IIS 7.0/8.0), creating users and groups, setting user access controls, domains creation and setup. Group policy setup.

Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, Ethernet, IPv4 addressing, DHCP.

Hardware: Cisco Switches, Cisco UCS Servers, HP, Dell, EMC, Netapp.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Sr. System Admin/Engg Wintel/Windows & VMware

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring the windows server 2012 R2 in production and development environment.
• Installing and upgrading the ESX/ESXi hosts and vCenters
• Upgrade the servers from R2 and to 2016.
• Automatic patches deployment using TSM (Tivoli Endpoint Manager)
• Creating change records for Server builds for new servers to track the process.
• Migrating Virtual Machines between the data centers. Worked with sql, oracle databases.
• Administration and troubleshooting DNS relative problems on Windows/ wintel environment.
• Participated in UPS devices replacement in data centers.
• Architecture, design, install, configureVMwareSite Recovery Manager (SRM), vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Log Insight, vR Network Insight.
• Creating the Backup’s and restoring the data for servers on scheduled basis.
• Experience in decommissioned and rebuild the servers in Data Centers.
• Experience with Data Centers on small and large scale.
• Track the issues and document the development process for program references.
• Communicate with Subject Matter Experts/Users to resolve and clarify any issues that are raised during the development cycle.
• Supporting Disaster Recovery Planning and Activation. IIS Management.
• Scripting and automating tasks using VBScript and PowerShell.
• Deep knowledge of VMware Confidential features (DRS, HA, vMotion, VSAN, Update Manager) and P2V tools such as VMware Converter.
• Experience in working with Software Configuration Management tools - Puppet and Chef.
• Experience in Setting up Chef Workstation, Working with Chef Cookbooks, Chef Recipes, Chef attributes and Ohai
• Responsible for the successful migration of the Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment to an Exchange 2013 scenario, provided support and administration and complete documentation.
• Manage access control within vRealize Operations Manager
• Worked on Storage API automation for the project VMware vSphere 6.0 VSAN.
• Experience in managing the operational dashboards, widgets, views and reports in vRO.
• Hands on design and development experience with vRealize Automation (vRA) and vRealize Orchestration (vRO
• Experience in WAN, VMPLS, VLAN, Routing, Firewall.Experience in DFS, DNS, GPO.
• Experience in adding Rules and Monitoring Checkpoint Firewall traffic through Smart Dashboard and Smart View Tracker application on Checkpoint R77. 40 with GAiA and SPLAT.
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines.Deploying VMs through Templates.
• Configured and Managed Windows Failover Clustering on 2012 Server for SQL environment (GUI mode and PowerShell)
• In depth knowledge of solutions such as server virtualization, high-availability clustering.
• Good knowledge of SCCM client installation, software szuredistribution, remote control, and other SCCM issues.
• Used PowerShell (CLI) Commands to automate the tasks for SCCM 2007 R3, SCCM 2007 for site builds, Deployment and Other Management Tasks.
• Experience in Creating ARM templates for Azure Platform.
• Ability to create scripts using Azure PowerShell during for automation and build process.
• Done patching and upgrade of windows 2012 and Windows 2016 servers with help of SCCM in Azure environment.
• Troubleshoot virtual networks connectivity and performance with Network Monitor, Wireshark, iPerf, psping, ping, tracert, netstat and various other custom diagnostic tools for Azure.
• Worked with Creation of workflows, deployments, patching and upgrade along with maintenance of Aure Infrastucture.
• Deployment of various Components on the Azure Platform
• Experience in Wintel IP remediation and Standardization of Mergers and acquisition infrastructure
• Hands on experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud services, Storage Accounts vsanand Virtual Networks.
• Migration for Azure using Azure Site Recovery and Azure backups.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM's & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Upgrade the NetBackup master and media sever and also cliestornt to the latest release.
• Supported Symantec NetBackup v. 5.x through 6.0 operations on both UNIX OS's and Windows NT/2000/2003 family and master server running.
• Performed regularly scheduled maintenance activities.
• Configuring Active Directory User and FSMO roles.
• Implemented Microsoft Azure synchronization (from on-premises AD into Azure AD) using AADConnect.
• Managing and monitoring the ESXi hosts and clusters in vCenter.
• Creating estimated reports, pro-active capacity requirements, tuning and alerts in VCOPS.
• Design and deploy ESXi and VCenter Servers.
• Creating and Managing Data Stores (Fiber Channel,NFS),HA/DRS,SDRS/vStandard Switch/vDS,PortGroups,NIC-Teaming,Portchannel in ESXi hosts
• Performing vMotion, Cloning, Snapshot, FT, Update Manger, Host Profile, Manage OS Templates and Multipathing
• Manage NSX network components such as controller,edgegateway and distributed routers
• Create and Manage VXLAN and Manage ESXi cluster in NSX
• Plan and applying ESXi patches, upgrades using VUM.
• Periodic Firmware/BIOS/device driver updates on Cisco UCS, HP blade servers.
• Working with Network/Security team to resolve Network/Security related issues and Coordinate with vendor to resolve hardware issues for servers and application issues
• Responsible for attending change management meetings and submitting reports to management and follow ITIL Process
• Troubleshooting ESXi host and VMs performance issues.
• Helping Clients patch up their Netbackup edition to the latest patch level to resolve the discrepancies with the previous Netbackup edition/patch level.
• InvolvedVMware/ Windows wintel servers / Application upgrade projects and create design / process(Run Book) documents
• ApplyingVMwarebest practices to ESXi/vCenter environment and MS best practices to Windows environment and Capacity planning forVMware/ Windows Servers
• Managing and Monitoring backup environments for 40+ clients (NetBackup, BackupExec, ArcServe, TSM, CommVault)
• Install, configure the IBM. HP and Cisco UCS Blades, Chassis.
• Work with Storage team and design the storage requirements for VSAN VMWare environment.
• Install and publish applications in Citrix, provide permissions. Managing Citrix Xenapp 6.5 and 7.5
• Installation and configuration of Windows 2008, 2012 and 2016 virtual machines in ESX clusters.
• VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates.
• Using Virtual center server for HA, DRS,Vmotion and VSAN Storage Vmotion.
• Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Plan, Test and Deploy VMware view Linked clones in floating desktop pools. Managing DFS shares and user permissions.
• Migrating/upgrading complex Windows application from 2003 to Windows 2008 and 2012.
• Manage deploy software using SCOM/SCCM 2012 R2. Manage LAB environment for new products and software’s.
• Remedy for managing the IR/PM tickets. Provided 24/7 support.

Confidential, Minnepolis, MN

Windows/Wintel and VMware Sr. System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managing and maintaining ESXi servers located in different clusters and physical locations across the globe.
• Managed Vmotion,HA and DRS. Upgraded ESX 4.1 to 5.1 and 5.5. and 6.0
• Creating and troubleshooting issues with virtualized applications used in the stores and by offshore developers.
• Provided support to Windows desktops spread across and located across the globe.
• Migration of Active directory in windows servers. Creating and deploying packages on existing wintel Windows Servers.
• Troubleshooting DNS, DHCP server issues.
• Administrating and troubleshooting DNS relative problems on Windows environment.
• Testing of patches for deploying to systems.Monitor ticketing system for new tickets and work-items.
• Experience in migration of vm's using vMotion.
• Experience in Creating ARM templates for Azure Platform.
• Configure Window Failover Cluster by creating Quorum for File sharing in Azure Cloud.
• Create and Managd Data Stores (Fiber Channel,NFS),HA/DRS,SDRS/vStandard Switch/vDS,PortGroups,NIC-Teaming,Portchannel in ESXi hosts.
• Experience in P2V and V2V migration using vMotion.
• Application deployment via powershell, PowerCli, Python
• Experience in managing the operational dashboards, widgets, views and reports in vRO.
• Experience in installing, configuring Microsoft exchange servers.
• Creating custom reports on results of SCOM monitoring.
• Experience in IIS 6.0 and IIS 7.0 configuration.Troubleshoot web server IIS issues.
• Experience in working with Blade logic.Perform SCCM configuration, design and maintenance.
• Analyzing and troubleshooting SCCM logs. Monitor and troubleshoot the Performance Issues in SCOM.
• Generate the Performance reports using SCOM.
• Built Puppet manifests and bootstrap scripts to allow us to bootstrap instance to various roles.
• Setup the Chef Infrastructure for the environment for software configurations management.
• Setup the Chef servers, chef work stations, chef nodes and involved in bootstrapping new infrastructure chef nodes
• Worked on automatic updates to users by applying group policy.
• Worked with User Administration related issues.Managed active directory environment using Kerberos.
• Configuring VMware vSphere servers and view environments for new stores.
• Troubleshooting and resolving the issues with virtual desktops, streamed desktops and virtualized applications.
• Manage recipient objects, including migrating recipients from previous versions of Exchange Server to Exchange Server 2010.
• Poficient in upgrading and updating NetBackup maintenance packs and NetBackup version upgrades till 7.6.
• Proficient in NetBackup installation, configuration, creation and maintenance of databases.
• Proficient in NetBackup tuning to increase performance.
• Performed Microsoft Server security functions and Configured Windows Failover Clustering on 2008 Serve.
• Install, configure vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Log Insight, vR Network Insight.
• Design and implementation of the software defined data center usingVMwaretechnologies.
• Configured and Managed Hyper-V environment on Windows 2008 with failover clustering
• Installed periodic updates of MS patch and security patches and bug fix using WSUS 3.0
• Configured and Managed SCOM/SCCM 2007. Worked with oracle, sql databases.
• Managed file server backups and helped to set up SQL server and Supported IIS server
• Assisted, as needed, on various projects and support issues and Provided Tier 2 and 3 supports for the technology support
• Implement Group Policy Solutions to meet security compliance for user level and computer level policies.
• Experience in Powershell scripting to automate and manage day-to-day activities and creating reports.
• Provide systems administration support to cross-functional product development teams.
• Install and configure View components. Create and manage dedicated and floating desktop pools.
• Deploy and manage linked-clone virtual desktops. Configure and manage desktops that run in local mode.
• Configuring and provisioning automated pools of desktops. Monitoring the View environment.

Confidential, Culver City, California

System Admin VMware and Windows

Responsibilities:

• Installed and maintained Windows 2003 and 2008 and 2008 R2 server solutions for both production and development environments.
• Monitored system activity to quickly detect any problems related to system security, performance, or system failures.
• Experience in configuration of SCOM, SCCM.Created and Managed Data Stores in ESX/ESXi servers
• Experience in Windows Server patching and remediation activities.
• Experience in patch management tools.Managed Citrix servers both physical and virtual in 4.5 and 6.5 environments.
• Checking unassigned tickets and address them as required.
• Performed P2V's using VConverter 5.0 and documented procedures for future use.
• Install and configure Windows domain controllers. Supported P2V, V2V usingVMwarevCenter Converter
• Performed VMotion, Cloning, HA Clustering, FT, and worked with Update Manger
• Responded to SiteScope alerts and other system monitoring tools for server hardware and operating system level issues
• Performed periodic updates of MS patch and security patches using BigFix
• Implementing Active directory according to meet the requirements of the organization.
• Patching all Windows servers and workstations with Company standards.
• Single-Forest and Multi-Domain Active directory administration for several USERS.
• Worked on backup activities as per schedule. Experience in P2V and V2V migration using vMotion.
• Created clones and templates of Virtual Machines. Experience in migration of vm's using vMotion.
• Deploying VMs through Templates. Managing and troubleshooting Exchange server related issues.
• Excellent understanding of networking concepts.Experience in NetApp, EMC Storage arrays including Vmware VSAN.
• Windows Server 2003, 2008 installation, deployments, troubleshooting and automation.
• Monitor ticketing system for new tickets and work-items. Installation and administration of Cluster services.
• Strong experience in implementing and troubleshooting vCenter and Virtual Machines
• Strong experience in implementing and troubleshooting Virtual Networking configurations
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of VLANs, routing and virtual switches,NSX.
• Update existing tickets and maintain hardware inventory control in ticketing system.
• Troubleshoot server hardware and software issues and escalate accordingly.
• Updates, patching and software installations via group policies (GPO).
• Worked with powershell and powercli scripts for windows, vmware deployments.
• Troubleshot performance issues due to improper provisioning of SQL, Exchange and Citrix virtual servers.
• Diagnosed issues with VMware View and worked with VMware to correct issues.
• Used Veeam software to backup Exchange, File/Print, Citrix, and SQL servers.
• Worked with Dell Business Sales to compile quotes for servers that would house multiple VMs.
• Responsible for training Level 1 and Level 2 help desk technicians. Escalation point for Level 1 and Level 2 technicians.
• Responsible for the maintenance of servers and networking equipment housed in various environments.
• Built a working VMWare View lab on a Cisco UCS for technicians.
• Used Monitoring tools to push down updates, agents, patches and hotfixes remotely.
• Performed pro-active maintenance ranging from pushing down patches, monitoring hardware and replacing faulty hardware on servers from various client sites.

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Windows, VMware Sys Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring & Managing Active Directory in Windows 2003 and 2008.
• Active Directory Group policy management.
• Deploying, Configuring and Managing of Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Support and maintain VMware vSphere Server Virtualization Environment.
• Install configure and manage VM machines and templates.
• Converting physical machines to virtual machines. DNS & DHCP Management.
• Performance Monitoring through unix/linux supported tools like vmstat, iostat, mpstat, kstat, netstat and suing some third party soft wares.
• Managing Disk File Systems, Server Performance, Users Creation and Granting File Access Permissions.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling multiple Unix/Solaris Servers directly through Operating System and utilizing various system Utilities.
• Installation, configuration and management of Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers.
• Creating the organizational Units and placing Users and groups in their respective OUs.
• Managing Microsoft windows server disk storages, disks and volumes.
• Monitoring of the backup sessions.. Installing Backup exec and Remote agents.
• Trouble shooting the backup hardware failure and backup jobs while the session is running.
• Error handling failure backup jobs.
• Managing the stuck tapes through RMU (Remote Management Unit).
• Checking for job count hourly, stuck jobs, slow jobs, drives offline, stopped services, master dispatching the jobs, alerts, media request, jobs on hold.
• Coordination, support and troubleshooting of various Financial and IT Applications in Windows and Linux.
• Managing Linux Confidential version 5. Managing Sharepoint 2010.
• Implementation and management of Client end backup and Antivirus solutions.
• Creating images of Windows XP and Windows 7 OS.
• Deploying images with RIS(Remote installation Services) an configuring with Sysprep tools.
• License management which includes keeping track of license and authorized users.
• Job scheduling for different systems in IT infrastructure. Report generation for all the different inventories.
• Complete application virtualization, testing and publishing it to authorized users. Application upgrades and maintenance.
• Trouble shooting the virtualized application issues.
• Reporting and appropriate escalations of various vulnerabilities for corrective actions.