SUMMARY

• Experienced VMware Certified Professional (VCP) with 8+ years of experience in IT industry.
• Experience in implementation and administration VMware vSphere ESXi 5.x/4.x, ESX /3.x platform, vCenter 5.x/4.x/2.5 and vBlock … series.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features like vMotion, Storage vMotion and Network/Storage IO Control.
• Excellent experience in working on configuring ESXi hosts and clusters with all advanced features like HA, DRS, DPM etc.
• Experience in P2V, V2V MIGRATION using VMware Converter and Plate Spin tools.
• Experience in working on Host Profiles, Resource pools, storage profiles, VMFS datastore and templates for client VMs.
• Very good experience in creating DRS affinity, anti - affinity rules as required by business.
• Extensive experience in upgrading vCenter server and associated components like SSO and database servers.
• Upgraded ESXi servers using VMware Update Manager (VUM), CLI and DCUI.
• Excellent experience in working on vSwitches such as Standard vSwitches (vSs), Distributed vSwitches (VDs), and Cisco Nexus 1000V.
• Good Experience in creating port groups, VLAN networking and NIC teaming on VMware ESX 5.x/4.x and vCenter environment.
• Strong knowledge and extensive experience in data center migration projects.
• Good experience on working on VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for maintaining business continuity and performing disaster recovery (DR) activity.
• Monitoring of VM's & ESXi server components (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) and security hardening for Security Compliance.
• Extensive experience with Windows clustering on virtualized environments.
• Worked on PowerShell which is used for management of a system.
• Experience on PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE).
• Experienced in performing administration tasks using PowerShell scripting using cmdlets.
• Involved in working with PowerShell API's.
• Extensive experience in managing vBlock using native element managers including vCenter, UCS, UIM, Unisphere, Cisco Nexus CLI and fabric manager.
• Experience in working on day to day networking tasks across the converged infrastructure platform i.e. Cisco (7k, 5k, 3k, 1k & MDS) switches.
• Cisco UCS (Unified Computing Systems) implementation and configuration specific to vSphere, for compute platform high availability, redundancy and elasticity.
• Good knowledge and Experience with Cisco UCS and HP Blades for ESXi hosts.
• Strong communication and people skills, both written and verbal. Able to assess and resolve client issues quickly.
• A proven record of reliability, the ability to perform under time constraints, and good judgment under pressure.
• Ability to maintain a reliable and methodical approach to support and Documentation.
• Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Windows 2000/2003/2008 R2
• SMS
• SQL Server 2000
• IIS 6.0/7.0
• VMware ESXi 5.1 Server
• Dell Power Edge Servers
• CISCO UCS blade servers
• HP Servers
• IBM Blade Servers
• Remote desktop services
• IBM TSM
• IBM NAS
• Cisco Nexus 5K.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Malvern, PA

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• VMware implementation and troubleshooting VMware ESXi 4.1, 5.1 and 5.5 hosts.
• Installing, configuring, upgrading and supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers in an enterprise Data
• Center environment P2V and V2V conversions using VMware vCenter Converter and Double Take.
• Administration of ESXi hosts on HP ProLiant DL385p Gen8 and DL580 Gen8 servers.
• Updating and upgrading ESXi servers, vCenter Server and virtual using vSphere Update Manager and VM
• Tools through manual updates.
• Managed ESXi hosts using vCenter Server/ vSphere Client and VMware Web Client.
• Performed vMotion and Storage vMotion of Virtual Machines across different cluster with respect to security policies and application development requirements.
• Creation of hot and cold Clones Templates from Virtual Machines (VMs). Deployed Virtual Machines from Templates based on requirements and build documents.
• Performed Virtual Machine Snapshots for Application machines for Migrations and failback.
• Experience with creating Standard vSwitches (vSS), Distributed vSwitches (VDs). Isolated networks were created with separate vSwitches and VMkernel Port Groups.
• Third party tools such as Wireshark packet capturing tool were used for network traffic monitoring, vMotion, storage and Fault-Tolerance (FT) security and stability.
• Automated configuration management and ensured compliance of vSphere hosts and virtual machines with vCenter Host Profiles.
• LUN creation and storage mapping along with Multipathing and VAAI.
• Handled VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as Fiber Channel-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS)
• Provide management of Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 servers. DNS DHCP and Active Directory.
• P2V of approximately 400 physical Windows 2008 servers to HP P-class blades using PlateSpin, while ensuring computing, memory, and disk capacity were maintained at acceptable levels.

Environment: VMware ESX 4.2 and ESXi 5.5 vSphere, Windows2008 R2, RHEL 5.X, 6.X, HP DL 380/580G and EMC Storage Array, WINTEL, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, iSCSI SAN, NFS, Active Directory, Dell PowerEdge Servers, P2V-V2V conversation, Remote desktop services

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Management and administration of Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 Active directory (Created Accounts, Reset Passwords, and Allowed Access to different Directories using NTFS permissions)
• Installation/deployment of Windows 2008 using Sysprep and configuration of DNS, DHCP and WINS servers.
• Participated in meetings and planning for future migration of Windows server from 2008R2 to 2012R2.
• Design and implementation of global monitoring solution using SolarWindsNPM (Network Performance Monitoring) tool.
• Establishing ESX Deployment strategy, policies and procedures and deploying ESX cluster builds based on predefined policies.
• Infrastructure testing on the new ESX builds to identify potential flaws/failures from implementations before its release in production. vSphere Performance monitoring and analysis using Quest Fog light monitoring solution.
• Implementing Change requests for different configuration changes within the virtual infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting vSphere performance related issues.
• Performed a production wide VM networking migration from Standard Virtual Switches to Distributed Virtual Switch with live traffic.
• Built HP DL380/580 G Servers for VMware deployments.
• Executed a large scale live VM Storage Migration from EMC CX3-480 TO CX3-960.
• Worked intensively on Datacenter migration/consolidation by using VMware converter for P2V/V2V conversions.
• Performed Capacity planning for virtualize environment using VROPS 6.0 and monitoring the health and status of the VMware clusters
• Performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for maintaining Business Continuity
• Experience in the Installation of desktops using VDI environment.
• Reviewed BOM's submitted by Solution Architects for new build requirements and suggested improvements based on infrastructure and hardware resource availability.
• Manage and monitor Point of Sale Systems -Lockdown terminals through Symantec End Point Protection Manager
• Used IP control tool for reserving Static IP and DHCP MAC reservations including VIP's. A and PTR records in DNS.
• Migrating File server from Windows 2003 to Windows 2012
• Created Windows 2012 cluster and setup DFS on new Windows 2012 environment
• Leveraging all the standalone and cluster 2003 file servers to new Windows 2012 File storage cluster

Environment: Windows 2003/2008/2012 , SQL Server 2012,2010, IIS 6.0/7.0,7.5, VMware ESXi 5.x Server, Dell Power Edge Servers, HP Servers, IBM Blade Servers, Remote desktop services, IBM TSM, Microsoft Visual StudioTFS.

Confidential, Mansfield, MA

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring, Troubleshooting and management of ESX 4, ESXi 5 and vCenter Server 5, vcops, Vsphere 6.0
• Responsible for the project work by leading the VMware/Windows team.
• Well Experienced with designing, installing and implementing VMware ESX servers and vCenter server 4.0 and setting up of VMware Features like V-Motion, HA, DRS.
• Managed 300+ ESX servers located at various data centers by one virtual center.
• Each Data center has multiple clusters with biggest of 15 clusters used for HA and DRS for disaster recovery, Load balancing and troubleshooting.
• Creating and Deploying of Virtual Machines from Templates and creating Snapshots with in no time, cloning of Virtual Machines for future Deployments.
• Perform root cause analysis on all VMware products. E.g. ESX hosts, Virtual Centers, and Virtual Machines.
• SUPPORT no SQL.
• Experience managing ESX and Virtual Center in a large environment.
• Experience in supporting Windows/Linux
• Designed and Implemented FAST for provisioning on EMC VNX's & VMax with Helping Customer needs on day to day tasks.
• Experience with NAS SNAPSHOT.
• Designed SAN Disaster Recovery solutions on Tier1 policies between both Data Centers on VNX & Clariion products. Also Protecting VMax Storage over DMX3 at DR site.
• Migrated ~100 hosts including HP, Linux and Windows from DMX-3 to VNX-7500
• Building new servers and perform v2v migrations on biweekly basis.
• Creating and configuring VNetwork Standard Switch (VSwitch), VM Kernel Ports, VM ports, Service console and NIC teaming.
• Configuring different type of Port Groups Policies, Applying Security policies, Traffic Shaping, Load balancing, Failover detection, Hard and Soft zoning and VLAN Tagging.
• Migrated Physical Machines to Virtual Machines (P2V) and Virtual Machines to Virtual Machines (V2V) using VMware converter and vCenter Guided Consolidation.
• Daily responsibilities included maintenance of Virtual machines for performance issues also implemented V-Motioning, Hot and Cold Migration of virtual servers and performed Storage VMotion where the storage is migrated.
• Created and maintained SQL server cluster for HA, DRS, VC, ESX servers and VM's.
• Good experience with VMware Update Manager and Host Update utility to install patches and updates on ESX hosts and virtual machines.
• Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment.
• Created Domain User Accounts, Distribution Groups with Active Directory/Exchange.
• Extensively managed Active Directory like all the problems related to user accounts, domain accounts, managing permissions etc.
• Experience in Remote deployment of Microsoft Windows 2003/2008/R2/2012 servers using Altiris deployment solution or manual installation of a server using ILO for remote connection to a server.
• Maintaining servers with latest security updates, critical patches, anti-virus, and backup.
• Install and maintain SCOM in the environment and maintain the monitoring configurations.
• Installed and configured Windows 2008/2012 servers. Maintain and monitoring 100+ servers for firm via SCOM alert system
• Extensively worked with Active Directory Services, IIS Servers, DNS, and DHCP.
• Configured and maintained new VM's and Installed Microsoft Windows / 2012/2008/2003 Servers, managing VM's and ESX servers.
• Involved in day to day support related to Data Center, documentation of run books, training, support, and coordination with off-shore team for moving/relocating Widows/VMware/Applications/Backup
• Responsible for supporting system design and implementations as well as provide first level of support for any issues.
• Supports integration between virtual platforms and desktop tools to deliver optimal environment for Customer support reps
• Planning migration strategies, DR plans with SAN and NAS data.

Environment: vSphere 4.0 and 5.0, Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2003 Server, Cisco UCS 5108, HP Blade C7000 and C3000, HP VCEM- Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, VMware View Dell Power Edge Servers, Citrix and SQL.

Confidential

System Engineer/VM Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administered, maintained and monitored Central site with several remote Primary sites based on Windows 2003 Servers in a Windows 2003 Domain.
• Migration of virtual machines from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0.
• Maintain daily operations for Windows server infrastructure and components.
• Coordinate with multiple teams to fulfil new server build requests to satisfy configuration, storage, backup and monitoring requirements.
• 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.
• Installing and updating the windows patches.
• RHEL 5.x and 6.x administration and troubleshooting
• Managing Netbackup, Symantec Backup Exec, VEEAM, and EMC storage frames
• Maintaining the xenapp farm.
• Configuring vNetwork Distributed switches and migrating the networks from VNetwork standard switches to vNetwork Distributed switches
• Creating NTFS shares on Windows Servers and provide permissions to users.
• Setting up windows servers to analyse performance issues.
• Maintained and updated Active Directory for authentication purposes.
• Managing Registry settings as per application perspective.
• Maintaining Print servers, Application servers and File Servers.
• Clustered the Windows servers to reduce load on applications.
• Taking full responsibility till the installations must be done for a given period of time.
• Annual Maintenance Contracts follow-ups, keeping full track of customer invoices.
• Performed extensive testing across all Windows OS with users to get signoff for each application.

ENVIRONMENT: Windows 2000/2003, Oracle 7.x, PL/SQL, JDBC, Linux, Solaris and Windows NT.

Confidential

System Administrator/Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in creating Virtual Machine Templates and deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources.
• Experience in Network LAN/WAN deployment, including IP Addressing and Troubleshooting
• Backup administration using Symantec Backup Exec and Symantec Netback up.
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 Servers.
• Performed the day to day administration of Windows Server Windows NT/ 2003/2008/2008 R2.
• Installation of Citrix Presentation server 4.0/ XenApp 4.5 Citrix Client Tools
• Administration of Citrix Xen App Farms
• Configuration of Citrix server policies, Load Management and Printers in the Farm.
• Manage security groups and user and computer account permissions for 1200+ users
• Establishing backup procedures using various backup solutions.
• Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter)
• Investigated new technologies, software, patches, and security packages, which will improve system performance and systems administration procedures.
• Experience in administration of Active directory for users and computers.
• NIC teaming for ESX/ESXi Servers.
• Taking Snapshots and reverting back as per the requirements.
• Migration of Data, Shares, Users, Rights, and Configure printers and printer software.
• Regular backup and maintenance of critical data and user specific data from Servers.
• Managing User Accounts, Computer Accounts, Files and Folders

Environment: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VMware ESX, ESXi Server, Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server, Better Cloud, Google Admin Console, FTP,