SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years’ experience in Windows and VMware administration
• Extensive experience in various windows environments - Windows 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2, windows XP, vista, windows 7/8/10
• Thorough experience in installing, configuring and administering windows Active directory 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012R2
• Excellent knowledge in configuring and maintaining various roles and features including DNS/DHCP/AD DS/FTP/WSUS/IIS
• Experience in Virtualization technologies like installing and configuring VMware vSphere. Creation, Management, administration and maintenance of virtual servers and clients.
• Extensive knowledge in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA, DRS, SDRS
• Good understanding of Microsoft system center products -SCCM, SCOM
• Experience with Microsoft SCCM 2007/2012 and SCOM 2007/2012 - update/Patching and Monitoring
• Thorough experience in installing, configuring and administering Microsoft Hyper-V
• Good Knowledge and experience with windows PowerShell
• Strong experience in installing and configuring ESX servers 4.0/5.0/5.1/5.5
• Excellent knowledge of VMware VSphere product suit and implementations
• Experience in administering and management VMware ESX Environment with multiple clusters
• Experience in implementing ESX servers with efficient virtualization strategies by creating clones, templates, task scheduling, prioritizing VM’s, creating and managing Snap shots
• Hands on experience with HP ProLiant, Intel x86, Dell Power edge servers (R420, R520, R810), IBM Blade Center H, HS22
• Extensive experience in trouble shooting and maintaining IBM Blade Centers through Advance Management Module (AMM)
• Experience in updating/Patching firmware for IBM blade center servers
• Good Understanding of storage types including SAN, NAS, ISCSI and RAID technologies.
• Experience with various storage and backup Solutions - IBM NetApp, Tivoli storage manager, tape libraries, VMware Storage console
• Strong experience in racking and cabling various servers in datacenter
• Experience in creating DR test plan documentation and implementing DR test
• Excellent leadership qualities, good communication and interpersonal Skills
• Quick learner, highly motivated team player with excellent organizational and analytical skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

VIRTUALIZATION: VMware VCenter 4.0/ 5.0/5.5, ESX 4.0/5/0/5.1/5.5 VMware update manager, VMware VCenter converter HA, DRS, SDRS, FT, vMotion, Storage Vmotion, SRM, VDR Microsoft Hyper- V Installation, configuration and administration

NETWORKING: OSI reference model, IPV4 and IPV6 addressing and subnetting, Ethernet LAN, TCP/IP. UDP, switches, routing concepts, virtual network concepts including VSwitches, dvswitches, TCP/IP stack for virtualization.

HARDWARE: HP ProLiant DL380G4/G5/G6 Intel Xeon, Dell PowerEdge 2850, 2950, R420, R520, R710, IBM Blade Center H, IBM blade center chassis HS22

OPERATING SYSTEMS: Windows server OS windows server 2000/2003/2003 R2/2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 Client OS Windows 7/XP/Vista/8.1/10

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, PA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, configured and administered windows Server 2008/2008R2, 2012/2012R2 with various roles and features including AD DS, DNS, DHCP, FTP, WSUS, IIS, Web server and SQL database server
• Analyzed the hardware and software requirements of active directory
• Installed and configured Active Directory Domain Controller 2008/2012R2
• Implemented forest root domain and child domain in production environment
• Implemented and managed IP addressing, configuring TCP/IP addressing on various servers
• Responsible for production support of active directory, GPO, domain users and groups and appropriate share permissions and privilege to access domain environment.
• Planned and implemented group policies, delegation strategies and OU structure.
• Involved in monthly patching and updates of windows servers/clients using system center configuration Manager (SCCM)
• Monitored and managed alerts from Solar winds Orion, SCOM
• Coordinated with various teams and customer during server downtimes and Application downtimes
• Built and configured Dell power edge servers- R420, R520, R810
• Involved in racking and cabling various servers in the datacenter
• Responsible for troubleshooting and managing IBM Blade Center Chassis HS22 including Hard Disk replacement, ordering replacement parts from Vendor, Patch management, Coordinating with Vendor when Issue with Hardware
• Updated Firmware on different blade center servers using IBM Bootable Media Creator (BOMC)
• Installed and configured ESX servers 5.1/5.5
• Upgraded ESX server 5.1 to 5.5
• Installed and configured VCenter Server console 5.1/5.5
• Created VM’s and deployed various windows images
• Installed and configured various windows servers/client in VMs including windows 2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2, windows 7/8.1/XP/vista
• Created standard templates and deployed VMs from those templates
• Implemented host and storage profiles
• Implemented VMware datacenter and configured various nodes and clusters with HA, DRS, SDRS, FT, Vmotion, svmotion
• Responsible for managing Virtual storage requirements
• Worked on daily incident tickets using Service Now in 24x7 Environment
• Performed day-to-day windows server backup/restoration for more than 1200+ severs
• Actively involved in DR test planning and conducted the DR test successfully

Environment: Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012, windows 7/8/XP/vista SQL 2005, WSUS, IIS 6.0, Dell PowerEdge R420, R520, R710, R810, IBM Blade center HS22, ESX Server 4.0/5.1/5.5, VSphere 5.1/5.5, VCenter Update Manager, Microsoft Exchange 2007, Solar winds Orion, SCCM, IBM NetApp, Tivoli Storage manager, Tape Libraries

Confidential, TN

VMware/Windows Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured group polices, domain security policies and local security policy
• System and network administration of windows 2008R2 servers with Active directory domain
• Built and configured Dell power edge servers with RAID technology
• Performed day-to-day administration of various windows OS 2008/2008R2/2012
• Created user accounts, configured user profiles, local and global groups and implemented group polices
• Managed share permissions
• Installed and updated windows patches and hot fixes
• Maintained file servers, application servers and print servers
• Used RDP to assign local security policies and member servers and standalone servers
• Involved in planning and decommissioning windows servers 2003/2003R2
• Planned and upgraded ESX servers from 5.1 to 5.5
• Installed and configured VCenter update manager for installing ESXi patches and upgrading ESXi kernel
• Configured Vmotion, VSwitches and VLAN in VMware virtual center
• Installed and configured TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IIS and terminal services
• Coordinated with storage team for VM storage requirement
• Used Service now for incident reports/ tickets, change management and request management
• Installed and configured VMs with various windows OS
• Deployed VM using Templates and cloning
• Used VMware update manager for patching/updating VM
• Created and managed Snapshots for VM backup/restore
• Actively involved in troubleshooting VCenter and ESXi issues and also in system hardware failures
• Involved in monthly updates/patching using WSUS on test servers
• Coordinated with various teams during server downtime

Environment: Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2/2012, SQL 2005, WSUS, IIS 6.0, Dell PowerEdge, ESX Server 4.0/5.1/5.5, VSphere 5.1/5.5, VCenter Update Manager, Microsoft Exchange 2003, Solar winds Orion

Confidential, NYC, NY

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configuration of VMware ESX 5.0
• Installed and configured Venter Server 5.0
• Created and configured new Virtual machines as per the requirement
• Installed and configured datacenters and clusters
• Configured VM clusters with DRS, SDRS, HA, FT
• Provided disaster recovery and backup services using VMware consolidated backups (VCB)
• Installed VMware tool from command line with RPM installer
• Worked on migration concepts like Vmotion and cold migration
• Created templates and deployed virtual machines through templates, cloning and managed virtual center permissions
• Created resource pools and added VM’s into the pools providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual center
• Configured mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory in VCenter
• Involved in monthly patching of infrastructure servers
• Installed and configured Windows 2008 AD DS
• Configure DNS/DHCP services on various Windows servers
• Installed and configured windows WSUS server role in Windows 2008 R2
• Responsible for managing virtual storage requirements
• Created and managed resource and storage pool for Virtual machines and data stores
• Provided 24/7 on call support for on shore team when required

Environment: Windows 2000/2003/2008 , Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista/Win 7, VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware vSphere 5.0, VMware vCenter 5.0, VMware Standalone Convertor, Open filer iSCSI SAN/NAS, iStore SAN, Dell PowerEdge Servers, NAS.

Confidential, Seacaucus, NJ

Windows/ Vmware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed installation, configuration, administration and design of Windows 2003, 2008 domains in an enterprise network environment including installation and configuration of WINS, DNS, DHCP, as well as allocated IP addressing scheme.
• Involved in mailbox creation/updating/relocating, group mailboxes, and distribution lists.
• Creating and updated network shares, adding permissions software and groups for users through Active Directory
• Provide daily reports on status of all hardware equipment and assigned duties
• Installation and configuration of VMware ESX 5.0, installation and configuration of VMware Virtual Center Server and creating Virtual Machines
• Assist in P2V conversion of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server editions using enterprise VMware converter and also installed the VMware tools on that machines.
• Provided disaster recovery and backup services using the VMware consolidated Backup (VCB)
• Created templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates, cloning Virtual Machines and managing Virtual Center permissions.
• Designed automated scripts to improve efficiency, operational stability and operational integrity through VMware Power CLI.
• Installing VMware Tools from the Command Line with the RPM Installer
• Provided Consultation for Troubleshooting in Virtualization, SAN Configuration, Active Directory group policy design & Implementation and ESXi Distributed vSwitch Network Configuration
• Implemented vCops in Production\Development and DR virtual environments as a monitoring solution.
• Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
• Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
• Using Virtual center server for HA, DRS and Vmotion.
• Working on Migration concepts like VMotion and cold migration
• Monitor and maintain VMware VDI Environment
• Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network
• Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates
• Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and VMs
• Installation, configuration and management of Windows Server 2003.
• Management for Active Directory and patch management.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, Exchange Server 2003, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista, VMware ESX Server, VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor.

Confidential

VMware Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Update the Patches for ESX Servers using VMware Update Manager in vCenter.
• Participated in development and maintenance of Disaster Recovery & Backup.
• Resource Management- Configuring VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters for vMotion migrations between ESX Servers.
• Participated in Project Management in several key projects, which included the migration and consolidation of several data centers, migration planning for future system consolidation.
• Installation and Configuration of networks, router/switches configuration and wireless access point/router with security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, Access Control Lists on router/switches, VLANs and routing IP address in both LAN/WAN and wireless networks.
• Installed and managed McAfee software on servers and clients.
• Responsible for Desktop, Laptop, Network and Outlook support & troubleshooting client’s issues
• Analyze, log, track and complex software and hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, printer, server, and application to meet business needs.
• Creating a backup job and also took backup of data center on daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Lead Technology Implementation including vendor selection, System Architecture, Capacity planning, security, storage management and High Availability.
• Experienced with x86 / x64 Intel, HP & Dell hardware like rack-mounted servers, tower servers, desktop, laptop and other peripherals.

Environment: Windows 2000/2003, Exchange Server 2003, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003, Windows XP/Vista, VMware ESX Server, VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter, VMware Standalone Convertor.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide support for over 600+ Servers including OS patching, upgrading and marinating the servers.
• Worked on expanding space for the server according to the client request
• Analyze LAN to determine what were the major problems and improvements needed to be made to the network infrastructure.
• Manage User accounts, Files and Print servers in multiple Windows environment.
• Assist in Migration/up gradation of Windows 2003/Active Directory.
• Configure and manage DNS, DHCP servers.
• Perform quality review on servers, operating system, and applications moving to production.
• Perform 24x7 daily administrations for new user(s) creation, file/directory rights, and folder structure.
• Perform System & Performance tuning activities, which involve monitoring CPU, Disk, Memory and I/O parameters.
• Configure Access Control Lists (ACL’s) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Perform server boot and shutdown procedures.
• Assist clients in operating their Published application to ensure minimum failure of the system.

Environment: Windows, SQL Server 2000, IIS 6.0, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft WSUS, Windows XP.