SUMMARY

• Over 7+ years of experience with expertise in VMware administration and Windows Administration, Windows Systems and VMware Administrator, in Implementation, Installing, Monitoring and Troubleshooting of network and communication equipment.
• Practical work experience in Installing, Maintaining, Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Managing Blade Center server, Configuring and Zoning Storage Area Networks and SAN Switches and VMware ESX Server Administration.
• Solid experience in Network set - up & Management, System Administration including Server Implementation & Administration, Disaster Recovery Management, Virtualization, Technology Support and Technical troubleshooting.
• Technical knowledge & proficiency in Windows Servers, VMware and Network Administration, Window Servers
• Experience with Virtualization technologies like Installing, Configuring, and Administering VMware ESX/ESXi.
• Deployed key VMware ESX/ESXi technologies, expertise with HA/DRS, P2V. ESX migrations from 3.01 to 3.5 to VSphere 4.0,5.x
• Extensive in VMware ESX/GSX/WORKSTATION/VMSERVER Server Farms.
• Upgrading ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x, 5.x-using VMware Update Manager.
• Performed successfully physical to virtual and virtual to virtual conversions of physical/virtual machines using VMware Converter.
• Experienced in performing Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations and taking Snapshots.
• Experienced in creating Virtual Machine Templates and deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources.
• Manage Virtual Machines using Virtual center and web access.
• Exposure on VMotion migration, High Availability feature, DRS feature and Setting VM priorities on CPU and Memory resources.
• Professional Working Experience on HP Servers ML580), HP Proliant BL465c (C 7000 Chassis) Blade Servers, and DELL Power Edge Servers.
• Experience in Active Directory, GPOs, DNS, DHCP, File & Print Server, IIS (Web Server), FTP, Terminal Server, NAT, Microsoft Clustering and Exchange Mail Server in Windows based server environment.
• Maintaining Data in an offshore environment as a part of a Disaster Recovery Plan
• Experience in Network LAN/WAN deployment, including IP Addressing and Troubleshooting.
• Systems and Network Administration, Windows 2008, 2003, 2000, NT, TCP/IP, Backup and Restore.
• Understanding of networking concepts, configuration of networks, Router Configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port and Wireless Networks.
• Extensively worked with Windows server architecture and administered them successfully.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VMware Tools: ESX/ESXi Server,VSphere 4.1, VMware converter 4/3 and VMware VMotion.

Core VMware Virtualization Skills: ESX 5.5/5.0/4.1/4.0 , ESX 3.5, ESXi, VSphere 3 and 4, VI3, Virtual Center Server, P2V, V2V, Storage VMotion, HA, DRS, SRM 4.0, Host Profiles, VApp, VMware Consolidated Backup, VMware Management Assistant, VMware VSphere Client, VMware View 4, VMware ThinApp, Events and Alerts, Capacity Planning, PlateSpin PowerConverter

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, DHCP, DNS, POP3, SMTP, and SNMP.

Hardware: HP Proliant DL360, DL380, DL580 Servers, BL465c Blade Servers and Dell Power Edge Servers.

Operating System: Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Vmware/Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting of VMware ESX 5.5/5.0/4.1 Hosts, VMware vSphere virtual center. P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on HP Chassis 7000, DL380P GN8.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager and manual upgrades.
• Managed VMwareESX (i) hosts using vSphere client and Web client. Performing VMotion and storage VMotions. Creating Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling. 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, VMotion.
• Experience on creating host profiles and deploy to hosts in a VMware clusters.
• Experience in installing and configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Servers from ILO management tool on Rack servers and blades.
• Experience with vSphere Host Profiles, Standard and Distributed Switches setup. LUN creation and storage mapping administration and configuring Multi pathing.
• Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS). Provided day to day system administration and technical support for Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Servers.
• Installing and configuring consoles for any new Servers, Storage Device, Routers and Switches. Audit data center spares, cabinets, rows, hardware, and fiber and patch cables and cross connects specifics for periodic reports.
• Attending new project call and provide solution, suggestion for the environment setup based on business requirement as per the standard.
• Provide on-call support, troubleshooting, incident notification and resolution, problem management and root cause identification.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Technical Consultant (VMware/windows)

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Administration of ESXi 4.1, ESXi5.0 Servers.
• Upgrading ESX/ESXi 4.0 servers to ESX/ESXi 4.1 using VMware Update Manager.
• NIC teaming for ESX/ESXi Servers.
• Installing and maintaining vCenter Servers.
• Taking regular backup of vCenter Server machines.
• Cloning Virtual Machines.
• Converting Virtual Machines running on Workstation to VMs on ESX Server (V2V)
• Converting Physical machines to Virtual Machines using VMware Converter (P2V)
• Changing the configuration of VM's on need basis.
• Taking Snapshots and reverting back as per the requirements.
• Setting up and troubleshooting features like HA/FT/DRS with EVC for the Virtual Machines
• Troubleshooting issues related to Virtual Machine VMotion, snapshots, clones, templates
• Creating daily report on resource usage and resource availability.
• Provide training to new hires on how to use the virtualization environment.
• Creating Resource Pools and Setting limits on CPU and RAM.
• Delegating permissions on Resource Pools to users using Access Controls.
• Creating Virtual Machine Templates.
• Roles and responsibilities as a Windows System Admin:
• Good knowledge on Installation and Configuration of Windows 2003/2008 Servers, XP and Windows 2007 operating systems.
• Knowledge on Active Directory Services on Windows Server 2008.
• Managing and implementing various services such as DNS and DHCP.
• Creating and Managing User accounts.
• Responding to users tickets.
• Updating Microsoft patches to servers and client machines.
• Creating users/groups manage permissions and administrator rights.
• Ability to create shares and give user access to the share folders.
• Ability to create and modify group policies.
• Able to understand computer hardware and other operating system's function.
• Managing and Monitoring Antivirus server and clients to ensure all the systems are updated with latest Virus Signatures.

Confidential

Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Administration of Microsoft Small Business Server Windows 2003, 2000 & Windows NT.
• Installation & Implementation of structured cabling and network management with branded Intel, Compaq ML 350, and IBM eServers XSeries 232.
• Configuration & Implementation of TCP/IP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, Windows NT 4.0 Server RAS connectivity through VSAT. Installation, Maintenance Management & Troubleshooting of Windows 95, 98, Windows XP Home & Professional, 2000 Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Server, WorkStation & Windows 2000 Server, Windows small business server, Microsoft Exchange 2000 server.
• Management of Hardware & Networking Department.
• Installation, Maintenance Management and Troubleshooting of SBS 4.5 BackOffice Servers, and Proxy Servers.
• Internet Server (DP602), Installation, Management and Troubleshooting.
• Performed maintenance of Microsoft Servers 2000 and 2003 consisting of adding users, editing user login scripts and granting permission to directories and shared files.
• Documented the process for supported systems and applications.