SUMMARY

• Senior Windows - VMware/AWS Cloud Administrator with 9 plus years of IT experience under heterogeneous environment of ESXi 5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 and Windows 2003/2008/2012/2016 . Knowledge of Red hat Linux 4/5/6, SuSE Linux 10/11, Sun Solaris (8/9/10), HP-UX (11.x) and AIX (5.x) .
• Experience in VMware Virtualization, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Windows Systems, Server Administration and Network Administration in Data center Infrastructure environments .
• Working experience on End to End process including ordering for hardware, installation, configuration and decommission of the Windows servers.
• Configure, deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, & 2008 servers from VMware & Hyper-V.
• Strong experience in supporting the technical needs with emphasis on Active Directory installation/configuration, Security, OS configuration, DNS, Group Policy, Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), DHCP, WINS, hardware support, storage, and raid methodologies.
• Built S3 buckets and managed policies for S3 buckets and used S3 bucket and Glacier for storage and backup on AWS.
• Good Experience with Microsoft Office 365 and Implanted in recent projects .
• Good experience working on NAS protocol .
• Troubleshooting and resolving a broad range of issues related to NSX.
• Worked with VMware features High Availability, DRS, Vmotion, Storage Vmotion and Fault Tolerance.
• Good and thorough understanding in all the virtualization flavors like Microsoft Hyper V and Citrix Xenapp/XenDesktop.
• Hands on Experience on using BMC Remedy ticketing tool for Change, Incident and Problem management.
• Participated in QA Testing environments along with developers/team members .
• Installation, working and monitoring on VMware vcenter operation manager 5.0
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) helps administrators manage large groups of Windows-based computer systems. It allows administrators to provide their users with operating systems, applications, and updates.
• Done Patch Management of ESXi hosts by using VMware VCenter Update Manager.
• Experience of Win XP, Vista, Win-7, 8.0, win2003, 2008, 2012 server and windows 2012 Hyper V Server .
• Supported an Active Directory site; replication schedules, site links and boundaries, used ADUC to create and manage computer, user and group accounts in an Active Directory environment. .
• SCCM Provide the initial installation of an operating system and/or software on a server appliances.
• In order to right deliverables, everyone in the team have to participated QA testing, functional testing and performance testing .
• Administering Microsoft Windows 2008, Windows 2003, Windows 2000 and NT Server Environments, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP.
• Implementation of VDI Horizon View for whole desktop systems .
• Avamar Optimization (Replication) and install clients for back up on remote sites .
• Support as Service Desk technician, necessary on a 24-7 basis to limit system down time during internal or external outages and peak enrollment periods.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with demonstrable verbal and written communication skills to maintain effective work relationships at all levels.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• VMware vSphere 5.0 5.15.56.0 6.5
• ESX/ESXi 4.0/4.1/ 5.0/5.1/5.5/6.0 vCenter Update Manager 5.0 vCenter Operations Manager 5.0
• VBlock
• VMware VMotion
• VMware view Manager
• Storage VMotion
• HA
• DRS
• FT
• QC
• QTP
• MS office 365
• VMWare NSX
• MS SharePoint
• VMware Consolidated Backup
• Physical to Virtual migration of datacenter
• V2V
• P2P Hardware refresh.Windows 2012/2008/2003/2000 Server
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows XP
• Vista & 7.0
• Windows 95/98
• (Mac) Panther 10.3
• Windows Server NT/ 2000/2003/2008 - Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS)
• Wyse Management Server
• DNS
• DHCP
• DFS
• File Service
• Print Services
• Web-Server (IIS 6)
• Application Server
• App-V packages
• TCP/IP Networking
• FTP
• ISCSI SAN
• FC SAN
• NAS
• C
• C++
• Java
• Oracle9i /10g
• SQLSERVER 2000/2005/2008
• MYSQL
• WSUS
• Perl
• Shell
• PowerCLI .

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Windows/VMware Admin

Confidential, RTP, NC

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured ESXi 5.0,5.1,5.5 & 6.0 hosts on Confidential 3850 / 3550 servers, HP proliant, Dell Racks and CISCO UCS .
• Implementation of vSphere 6.0 and 6.5 for new data center clients .
• Experience with scripting languages Powershell, PowerCLI and Chef .
• Performing QA testing and performance testing .
• Implementing and deploying VMWare NSX for direct administrator intervention and also maintained switches, router and Logical firewalls.
• Auto scaling the instances to design cost effective, fault tolerant and highly reliable systems.
• Implemented MS office 365 in all recent projects .
• Developed architecture and implementation plans for NSX for a pilot environment.
• Participated, created and tested test cases in QA testing for development team .
• Created auto-scaling groups based on memory and CPU usage to handle excessive or underuse workload without needing manual interference.
• Experience involved in the DevOps support team to debug architectural failures and ensuring high availability applications with desired performance.
• Worked on call with support to communicate to site and service outage alerts 24/7.
• Conducted trainings for a group of employees about infrastructure management using AWS services.
• Administration of Active Directory Service, firewalls, Terminal Services, DFS and SCCM.
• Application Deployment through SCCM 2007, SCCM 2012 and CA.
• Experience in planning and deploying VMware's NSX software defined networking solutions.
• Managing of local windows domain controller (Active Directory IIS, DNS and DHCP).
• Responsible for Active directory, GPO, Domain users, Administrating users and groups and given appropriate permissions and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Designed, planned and implemented Group Policy, delegation strategies and OU structure.
• Entrusted with the task of Installation, Configuration & Trouble shooting of Servers & Networking Products.
• Interacted with vendors and business units for the implementation of the Active Directory .
• Install and maintain VMware view for all desktops in this project .
• Facilitated team members for delivery management of stream of applications provided domain infrastructure resources to database administrators and applications developers .
• Used PowerShell, PowerCLI scripts for migrating VMs, creating snapshots .
• Configured physical and virtual server using role based configuration and Configured Net backup Client
• Performed physical to virtual (P2V) migrations for approximately 500 physical servers utilizing VMware Converter.
• Install and administration of vROPS (VCOPS) .
• Remediating non-compliant VM’s and moving them back onto the Confidential production network.
• Installed and administered various servers Win 2008 R2 and Win 2012 R2, standard, R2 Data center editions.
• Assist in Citrix XenDesktop Farm build-outs and replacement VM Citrix XenDesktop servers.
• Responsible for the de-commissioning of servers on the Confidential network. Assign & Register IP addresses for VM’s using Solar Winds IP address Tracker.
• Applied patches/updates on all ESXi Hosts, Windows servers and workstations with Company standards on every month 3 rd week of Saturday or sometimes on every weekend.
• Configuration and full support of PCs and servers on remote plants using remote access solutions. Administer all levels of user access rights in Active Directory. Manage domain group policies.
• Installed, configured, maintained, monitored and supported internal and clients' IT infrastructure, including switches, firewalls, server, laptops, printers remote access points etc.

Senior Windows/VMware Administrator

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Setup and manage Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO and Folders redirect.
• Responsible for Design and implementation of Server Infrastructure technology. Thorough knowledge of Windows … Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, Scripting Technologies, OS builds and troubleshooting and Server Hardware expertise.
• Modify Active Directory user permissions and group policies .
• Experience in installation, configuration, and operational support of VMware products including vCenter, ESXi, Site Recovery Manager, NSX, and vRealize.
• Responsible for Administration of Active Directory and delegating control / permissions.
• Participated, created and tested test cases in QA testing .
• Created the Forest Root domain, and a Child domain in a production environment.
• Security hardening and Monitoring of VM’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
• Installing Confidential operating system upgrades, creating devices and printers.
• In SCCM, I managed Software update management, Device management, Compliance and settings management, Virtual desktop management, Application delivery in SCCM 2012.
• Migration of Windows server 2003 to Windows server 2008R2.
• Upgrading the Firmware to the latest version/date on the BIOS/ controllers/ hard drives.

Windows/VMware Administrator

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of VMware VSphere 4.0, ESXi 4.0,4.1 .
• Designed the Infrastructure and administered the environment running over 20 ESX Hosts and 500 Virtual Machines.
• Installation and maintain System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
• Implemented VDI Horizon View (Virtual desktop infrastructure) technology usingVMwareView .
• Installed, configured and managed Redhat Cluster Suite in Linux servers.
• Designed and implemented Microsoft SMS 2003 server site hierarchy for Asset Management and managing security update.
• Create Snapshot and test Rollback, configure VMotion, Cluster and Failover.
• Disk management, Data management, Security management (applying patches).
• Monitored Server Hardware and Operating Systems.
• Worked on Symantec Antivirus and Symantec Endpoint protection for administering updates and cleanup of a community of more than 400 workstations.
• Worked on McAfee antivirus installations and update periodically .
• Provided remote support and Administration on network for Internal and External clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop connection, Putty and Team Viewer.
• Participated in development and maintenance of Disaster Recovery & Backup.
• Resource Management- Configuring VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters for VMotion- migrations between ESX Servers.

Windows/VMware Administrator

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Administrating production servers/network infrastructure that includes Windows Administration of Domain Controllers, IIS Web Servers (HTTP/S, FTP and SMTP), Exchange 2003 Mail Servers, NAS, File and print Servers, RADIUS, Blackberry 5.0 and Terminal Servers on Windows 2003/2008.
• Responsible production support of Active directory (AD), GPO, Domain users, Users and groups and given appropriate permissions, shares and privilege to access LAN and Domain environment.
• Installed, Configured and Implemented Terminal Server (TS) RemoteApp on IIS 7.0 Windows 2008 R2 published applications using TS Web Access, RemoteApp programme and TS Gateway.
• Configure SNMP based monitoring alerts on all Vblock infrastructure elements.
• Installed and implemented Manage Engine monitoring application and configured SNMP and WMI on Servers and other network devices for reporting and alerts notifications.
• Responsible for helpdesk support using Spiceworks ticketing system, inventory and system reporting.
• Participated in the migration planning, developing, QA and moving the migration process onto full-fledged production network.

Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed the Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers in the organization with over 50 clients.
• Created the user accounts and profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory, a directory service which contains information of all user accounts and which optimizes the network traffic. It provides the user logon and authentication services using Kerberos.
• Administered the Group Policy, a collection of permissions, security and rights which can be applied on sites domains and OU’s. Also used group policy to automatically upgrade, repair software installation online.
• Installation and support of desktops with Windows 2000 and Windows XP Operating system.
• Provide Remote support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft remote desktop connection.
• Provide day to day support (troubleshooting & installing) for more than 50 users for hardware, network& software’s including Microsoft Office applications, Mail clients and other network related issues.
• Installation and configuration of network Printers.
• Managed the member server, a server which hosts services like IIS, DNS, and DHCP.
• Protected the organization’s network from unwanted traffic coming from the internet using ISA Server which is a proxy server and a web caching server.
• Provided the backup and recovery of the files and data, worked on Windows Firewall, Terminal server, trouble shooting the computer related problems.
• Attending regular calls of the users related to computers & network problems.