SUMMARY:

• An IT Professional with over 9+ years of IT experience in the field of VMware vSphere, VDI View, SRM and Microsoft Server OS.
• Experience in installing, configuring and managing infrastructure using VMware technologies viz. ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.15.0/5.1, vSphere 5.0/6.0, vCenter, VMware View 5.0/5.1/6.0, and 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 vSphere5 features SMP, Storage DRS, profile driven storage, auto deploy and vSwitch design.
• Proficiency in usingV Sphere, vCloud Suite /vRealize suite - vRealize Operations Manager (vRops), Log Insight, vRealize Orchestration(vRO), and vRealize Automation (vRA/ vCAC), VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN)
• Administration and Architect of public and private cloud platforms.
• End to End Implementation of VMware vCloudsuite based Private Cloud on VBlock Platform.
• Experience in Cisco UCS /HP C7000 blades administration and troubleshooting, Writing PowerShell Scripts.
• Experience with VMware SRM 5.0/4.5,View … and vShield 5.0 setup in the production environment.
• Worked with different Storage Vendors EMC, Netapp, Hitachi and worked on configuring SAN using Multipath and Power path and experience in DAS, NAS, SAN technologies.
• Experience with Active Directory Administration, Disaster Recovery Planning, Remote Access, Office Products, Routers, Switches and Backup devices.
• Experience on AD, DHCP, DNS, IIS, Exchange, Windows clustering and ODBC connections.
• 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.
• Knowledge about SAN Configuration and Implementation, Storage Components like Internal storage, Attached storages, SAN Switches, LUN & Mapping, RAID groups, Volume Groups.
• Experience in Microsoft Windows 2008/2003/2000/ NT 4.0 Servers at single or multi domain platforms.
• Experience with Active Directory Administration, Disaster Recovery Planning, Remote Access, Office Products, Routers, Switches and Backup devices.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Outlook, Printing, and Windows Networking.
• Strong emphasis on teamwork, excellence in ethics and character.
• Hands on Experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure Cloud.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, self-motivated and quick learner.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

System Administration: Windows server 2008R2, 2012R2, windows server 2000/2003/SP1/2008, WINDOWS XP/vista/7/10

VMware Products: VMware Work Station, Vmware converter, VMware vSphere, Esxi server, DRS,vCloud Manager, HA, FT, Vmware update manager, VMware virtual desktop infrastructure VDI,VMware view, SRM, Vcloud Directory, vBlock Administration

Networking Skills: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NFS, NIS, LDAP, SMTP, Load Balancing, High-Availability, F5 BIG-IP

Microsoft APP: V, VMware ThinApp, Citrix Xenapp

System Administration: Windows server 2008R2, 2012R2, windows server 2000/2003/SP1/2008, WINDOWS XP/vista/7/10

Desktop Application: Microsoft Office 2003/2007, Outlook 2003/2007, Star Office, VMware Workstation 5.0 and 6.0.

Deployment Tools: SCCM 2008, SCCM 2012 and Marimba 6.1 to 11

Citrix Skills: Citrix XenApp 6.0, 6.5, Xen Desktop 3 & 5 XA/XD 7.x, Citrix Provisioning Server 7.9, Citrix Web Interface 5.4 / Storefront 3.6/ Edge sight 5.4, Symantec VIP Manager

Switching: DNS, DHCP,SAN Storage, TCP/IP

Process: Change Management (RFC), Release Management, Incident Management, Service Improvement Plan, Service Transformation Plan, KPI Measurement, CSI initiatives for the Tower

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Washington DC

VMware and Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Work with hardware and software vendors to isolate and resolve issues that require escalation.
• Managing/Configuring HP Server Hardware (DL360, DL380, DL580)
• Setup and configure VMware ESX host servers as well as maintain and monitor guest servers using VMware tools to manage the virtual environment.
• Configure LUN's, fiber network in support of EMC/HP Left Hand storage environment.
• Install and configure SRM and Zerto Site replication.
• Manage, maintain and troubleshoot Active Directory forests, domains and trusts to include sites, roles and replication.
• Remote management of ESXi hosts Windows physical servers and VMs. vSphere Upgrades,
• Data center Migrations, Horizon View 7.3- Virtual desktop infrastructure, cloud computing, vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations Manager, vRealize Orchestrator, vCloud Air
• Tests and deploys software updates and security patches to servers and Workstations.
• Facilitated all the HyperConverged Services like Nutanix, vXrail & Simplivity and integrating cloud platforms
• Create, manage and maintain Group Policy Objects and Group Policy Ps.
• Installs, configures, updates, and maintains Microsoft Windows servers in a large, complex environment with some autonomy,
• Install New blades and chassis (Both B-Series and C-Series Servers).
• Monitor system capacity (CPU, memory, ports, disk space, etc.) and takes appropriate action to report and correct any issues
• Perform daily, weekly and monthly enterprise backups and restores using CommVault. Uses the ticketing system to document requests, incidents and changes to keep track of work, issues and resolutions
• Troubleshoot basic network related issues and work alongside network engineers to resolve network related issues.
• Conducts gap analyses as needed, and provides results and recommendations to management for review
• Insure team documentation is accurate and maintained Researches, identifies, and analyzes trends of utilization and errors

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5, Desktop Virtualization (VDI), Vapp, VApp Template, VCOPS, VSAN, Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Confidential - AUSTIN, TX

VMware and Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Management of VMware vCloud infrastructure hosted using VCD 5.1 and 5.5.
• Installed and Administered VM's across 4 Datacenters Running 1200 VM's.
• Installed ESXi 5.X in large environment on Cisco UCS on both protected and recovery sites.
• Administered VMware ESXi Servers on HP C7000/Cisco UCS Blade Server Environment.
• Configured and managed View 5 Desktop Virtualization (VDI).
• Managed900 virtual desktop infrastructure and application virtualization.
• Implemented and designed cloud solution based on VMware VCloud Director for users.
• Deployed an automated provisioning workflow using VCOPS and checking performance of whole infrastructure.
• Provisioned ESXi Clusters and Infrastructure services across VBlock platform using EMC Unified Infrastructure Manager and its integration with vCloud Director.
• Implemented VBlock 320, VBlock 720 infrastructure, identified migration candidates and established the new Virtual infrastructure utilizing VMware vSphere suite 5.5 bundled with ESX hosts, vCenter Servers
• VMAX and VNX storage system Implementation and administration in VMware environment.
• VM migration across cluster level using v2v, Mount files option and SCP.
• Managed snapshots, clones, templates during patch releases and new server deployments.
• Created templates for users, application servers for faster VM deployments.
• Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual Center servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update manager.
• Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS, FT in acquiring higher efficiency for VMware Infrastructure
• Created thin provisioned VMs as per client application requirements and expanding Hard Disk sizes as requested.
• ThinApp Packages, Applications Upgrades and deployment testing and Production Implementation.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Designed and implemented ThinApp environment.
• Managed Windows 2008 Active Directory Domain Administration and configuration of DNS/DHCP services
• Application virtualization using VMware ThinApp 4.6 &4.7 versions.
• Building of new vSphere environments in the new Datacenters and perform V2V migrations from old VMware farms.
• Experience using VEEAM backup tool and INFLOBOX for network management.
• Run Service Improvement Plans for effective management of the VMware infrastructure.
• Management of VMware infrastructure using vCenter Operations Manager.

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5 vCloud Manger 5.1, 5.5, Desktop Virtualization (VDI), Vapp, VApp Template, vCloud Director (vCD), VCOPS, VSAN, Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2

Confidential - Houston, TX

VMware, vCloud Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within vSphere 4 and 5 environments with VirtualCenter management, vMotion and VMware Data Recovery.
• Configured and managed VSphere 5, ESXi hosts and VMs.
• VMware vCloud 1.5 to 5.5 installation/configuration/administration and troubleshooting issues in vCloud.
• Have experience on vMotion, Migration and Virtual infrastructure upgrade.
• Backup and Restore with VMware Data Recovery.
• Created LUNs, META LUNs, Storage Groups, and RAID groups.
• Configured and managed View 5 Desktop Virtualization (VDI).
• Deployed VApp workflow is to provide a single call workflow that can instantiate a VApp Template from vCloud Director (vCD) and performing a number of operations on the resulting VApp before deploying and powering it on.
• ESXi 4.x and 5.5 installation/configuration/patching/administration and troubleshooting. vShield Manger, VMware Update Manager and VCOP install/configure/administrate and troubleshooting.
• Experience working with monitoring tools like SCOM and demoting Active Directory.
• Created base images, pools and deploy virtual desktops for all departments based on requirement.
• Worked with Checkpoint Endpoint security Encryption on Desktops.
• Have working experience on VDR and EMC Networker backup procedures.
• Allocation of drives from data store to VM, configuring Networking, etc.
• Worked with Power CLI and Shell Scripting for generating reports and in VMware Orchestrator.
• Installation and configuration new ESX/ESXi with network and storage configuration.
• Providing build, deployment, administration and maintenance of VMware.
• Virtual machine migration through VM Converter server edition as well as standalone edition and other tools (P2V, V2V) Upgrade old VM infrastructure.
• Have Experience of working with VMware Orchestrator tools like chef and puppet.
• Have worked with vCops and orchestrator tools to virtualize the VMware environment.
• Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
• Creating templates from VM’s deploy VM’s from templates and allocate resources.
• Creating duplicate VMs using Templates and Cloning feature.
• Experience working with VMware vRealize Automation.
• Deploying OVF/OVA files for enhanced capabilities based on client requirements.
• Troubleshooting issues relating to VMotion such as compatibility issues.
• Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to diagnose the root cause for the problem and troubleshooting them.
• Generate Performance reports of ESX servers and VMs. Daily/Weekly/Monthly performance report generation

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5 vCloud Manger 5.1, 5.5,ESXi hosts, VMs, VMware ESXi Servers, HP C7000/Cisco UCS Blade Server, View 5 Desktop Virtualization (VDI), Vapp, VApp Template, vCloud Director (vCD), VCOPS, VSAN, Microsoft Active Directory 2008 R2, Windows 2008 Clustering, SCOM, updating / upgrading ESX servers, ThinApp Packages, VMware HA, VMware DRS, FT, VMware Converter, VMware ThinApp 4.6 &4.7 versions

Confidential - Columbus, OH

VMware Administrator / Wintel Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Providing server support for around 1500 Windows servers hosted on Confidential Infrastructure.
• Designed and implemented Active directory Services/DNS/DHCP/IIS in Windows 2003 Server environment.
• Created Active directory group policies (GPOs) based on Domain, Site and OU structures to apply restriction to users, workstations and Servers
• Installed, configured and maintained32-bit and 64-bitWindows 2003 servers and 64-bit Windows 2008 servers.
• Technical support, administration and troubleshooting of Microsoft Windows 2003 &Windows 2008 cluster servers,
• Administered and troubleshot Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and DFS issues
• BMC ITSM Ticketing Tool used for Incident and Change Management.
• Documenting High Level Analysis of critical technical issues encountered during the support period.
• Drafting Root Cause Analysis.
• Building new virtual servers in Data Centers and deploying operating system in VMware infrastructure.
• Upgraded VM tools, VM versions and Datastore upgrade to VMFS 5.
• Monitoring and resolving issues related with Server parameters like CPU, Memory and Disk.
• Utilization and any other issue related to VM from vsphere.
• Creating the VMware scripts for automation, SVmotion, report fetching and etc.
• Communicating with vendors for support like Microsoft, IBM, DELL, HP and VMware for any issues.
• Handling major issues related to vsphere, Virtual Center, Virtual Machine, Physical machine and Esxi
• The installation, configuration, administration and up gradation of VMware Esxi/ESX 4.x, VMware Virtual Centre.
• Tested different recovery plans in SRM to ensure recovery of failover VMs.
• Building virtual machines as per the customer requirement.
• Creating Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling.
• Creation of Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups (Management Network, VMkernel for VMotion & Virtual Machine).
• Creating VMFS Data stores by using the LUNs assigned by SAN.
• Coordinated with Application, Network and Security Teams and Vendor Management.
• Creating and managing Windows server 2003/2008 Virtual Machines and Templates.
• Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines.
• Created, tested and deployed virtual environments using Virtualization Technologies - VMware Workstation and ESX Server 3.0 and 3.5.
• Performed P2V conversions using VM Converter and V2V conversions.
• Created VM Machines for Test Environments to Test Applications.

Environment: vSphere 5.1, 5.5 vCloud Manger 5.1, Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 9X/2K/XP/7.

Confidential - Boston, MA

VMware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation of ESX server and creation of VMs and install different guest OS.
• Installation of VC server and Installing Virtual center components.
• Updating ESX host’s using Vmware Update manager.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
• Working on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC.
• Working on Migration concepts like Vmotion and cold migration, Storage Vmotion
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
• Managing an ESX server host from Virtual center.
• Creating Virtual switch.
• Connecting to ESX server by using VIC, putty and Web access.
• Working on networking concepts like creation Vswitches, different types of port groups, Nic

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, SMS, IIS 6.0, Microsoft WWSUS, Windows XP, VMware ESX Server, VMware Workstation

Confidential - Newark, NJ

Application Packager / QA

Responsibilities:

• Customizing applications according to client request and standards.
• Creation of MSI for legacy setup applications.
• Creation of MST’s for vendor supplied MSI’s.
• Working with Custom Actions.
• Implementing best practices of Microsoft Installer & Application Packaging.
• Application Package Evaluation analysis before starting packaging.
• Role involves packaging & QA.
• Working on Application upgrade/update.
• User Specific Settings deployment in Pilot/Production through Appsense.
• Application Repackaging for Windows 7 64 bit and Windows XP.

Environment: Wise Package Studio5.4, 6.0, 7.0, Installed Shield, Advanced Installer, Marimba, SCCM