SUMMARY

• IT Professional in Systems Administration with a primary focus on installation, configuration, and administration of Windows server 2003/2008/2012 R2 and VMware vSphere, ESX 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1 VMware VCenter 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0, 5.1
• Expertise on ESXi and ESX Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM priorities, cloning and Snapshots.
• Experience on Virtual Center server 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0 for managing multiple ESX servers and linked vCenter servers.
• Thorough knowledge of Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows 2000 Server; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; TCP/IP; Install Shield; Symantec Ghost; Symantec Deploy Center.
• Experience working on EMC SAN storage technologies in DR site.
• Strong experience with the VMware HA (High Availability), Fault Tolerance, Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and VMware Distributed Power Management
• Manage VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), vMotion and High Availability (HA) Clusters. Worked closely with Storage and Networking teams to manage the allocated EMC SAN, Fiber and Networking Infrastructure.
• Active Directory Services; Active Directory Group Policy Objects (GPO); Group Policy Management Console (GPMC); DHCP; WINS; and DNS.
• Experience in Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual conversions by using VMware Converter, Platespin Power convert.
• Extensive experience in working with VMware ESX other VMware products like Site Recovery Manager 5.0(SRM), vCenter Operations Manager (vCops).
• Experience on VCloud directory & VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0/4.5
• Experience in managing multiple Windows systems with Microsoft SCCM 2007 providing patch management, remote control, software distribution and OS deployment.
• Work well both independently and as part of a team. Work well under tight schedules and high priorities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

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

Operating System: Windows 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000, Win 7, XP, 2k, Vista.

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

Storage: SAN, EMC Vmax, VNX 5300, EMC.

Directory services/ Internet: Designing, Deploying and Migration of Windows Based Active Directory. Installation and Administration of IIS 6.0, DHCP & DNS servers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NY

VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Hands - on experience in Deployment, requirement gathering, Installation, administration.
• Upgraded 100+ ESX hosts from ESX 5.0 to ESX 5.5 using VMware Update Manager tool.
• Configured and deployed Cisco computing clusters with VMware ESXi 5.5 and vCenter 5.5.
• Maintained and troubleshot windows servers windows 2008R2 and 2012 versions creating disk spaces for windows servers.
• Successfully configured ESX servers for HA and DR capabilities.
• Performing physical to virtual servers (P2V) migration without downtime.
• Involved in performing VMotion and vStorage administration for successful data migration.
• Deployed VApp workflow is to provide a single call workflow that is capable of instantiating a VApp Template from vCloud Director (vCD) and performing a number of operations on the resulting VApp before actually deploying and powering it on.
• Implementing and designing cloud solution based on VMware VCloud Director for users.
• Helped customer build secure private cloud using VMware VCloud Director.
• Had deployed an automated provisioning workflow using VCOPS and checking performance of whole infrastructure.
• Understanding and experience SAN concepts, snapshots, clustering and fail-over, file permission management and disaster recovery.
• Analyzed and Implemented OS patches and hot fixes as well as other OS configurations and updates using Blade Logic Patch Management tool.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

VMware Admin

Responsibilities:

• Design, Implementation and Troubleshooting VMware ESX 5.1 Hosts, VMware vSphere virtual center.
• Designed, Installed, configured VMware ESX, ESXi within vSphere 4 and 5 environments with Virtual Center management, VMware vCloud Director, VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware View, Consolidated Backup, High Availability, DRS and deployed VMs and template.
• Build, configure and deploy Virtual Machines and templates.
• Completed P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter, Plate Spin.
• Administration of VMware ESX and ESXi Servers on HP Blade Servers C7000 and C3000.
• Worked on installation and configuration of SRM to implement Disaster Recovery of Critical VMs.
• Worked on large datacenter consolidations and completed them successfully using multiple P2V conversion tools like VMware Converter and Platespin.
• Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware vCenter Operations Manager.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the vMotion and Storage vMotion.
• Building new VMware virtual machines to meet the specifications provided by the client.
• Implementing and managing Block based VNX/VMAX storage system in VMware virtualization environment.
• Installed/updated patches on VMware ESX (i) hosts using VMware Update Manager tool.
• Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware vCenter Operations Manager.
• Regular monitoring like maintenance of Virtual machines for performance issues also implemented V-Motioning, Hot and Cold Migration of virtual servers and technical writing, documentation, security assessments, vulnerability assessments or other related activities. Deployed ThinPrint printing technology to ensure best printing performance.
• Provided day to day system administration and technical support for Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers.
• Worked extensively with Active Directory services, Citrix Delivery Service Console, Group Policy Management and Computer Management.
• Coordinated and worked closely with the SAN Admins for storage needs as per the requirements along with planning future storage needs. Prepared plans and documentation for many projects with different environment architecture.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Windows/ VMWare Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installing and configuring VM servers in VMWARE ESX/ESXi hosts in the enterprise virtualized environment.
• Designing and executing the Phase by phase migration plans and performing Hardware Refresh &upgrades from VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1 to vSphere ESXi 5.0 without Downtime.
• Installing and configuring the VMware VSphere and creating clusters for High Availability (HA) and Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS).
• Extensive knowledge and work on Configuring the Vcenter Operations Operation Manager5.0 which can manage the health of the Whole environment including Datacenters, ESX Hosts, Vm's, data stores.
• Tracked and scheduled the reports on performance metrics of Datacenter Environment Using Vcenter Operations Manager 5.0 and provided capacity planning recommendations to maximize server virtualization rates and overall environment efficiency.
• Configured Server Core; configured networking; security and system settings on Server Core.
• Added and removed server roles and features; configured AD Domain Services roles; configured network infrastructure roles; configured file and print services; configured IIS7 on Server Core.
• Design, implementing and managing Active Directory (AD), Internet Information Server (IIS), System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Implementing and installing the VMware View (VDI), creating a base image (replica) for desktops with win 7 OS and spinning the number of required desktops for Users. Pushing the updates to the base image and rolling them to the existing desktops and also for the new desktops.
• Building the virtual Machines in the DMZ zone with the Load Balancers that are required depending on the applications where the applications can be accessed by outside world from different places by different Users.
• Managed separate VMware clusters like QA, Development and Production.
• Extensively worked on VMware Update Manger for Host upgrades and patches.
• Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware Capacity planner.
• Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using Virtual Center server for HA, DRS.
• Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the vMotion and Storage vMotion.

Confidential

VMware / Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for Windows servers and VMWare. Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages.
• VMware ESX 3.5 & 4.0 Host Servers, vSphere Suite, Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration and Maintenance.
• Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, & 2008 as well as Linux servers from VMware.
• Involved in operational support of Active Directory, WINS, DNS, and AD enabled applications.
• Monitoring vBlock Hardware health/Availability status and event alarms for Incident Management
• Failback testing from Protected Site to Recovery Site in SRM and shared Recovery Site across multiple Protected Sites.
• Installed and updated the Windows Patches and Hot Fixes.
• Installation, configuration & maintenance of Windows 2003 & Windows 2008 Servers with Active directory Infrastructure, DNS, DHCP.
• Performed system analysis, monitoring and performance tuning for Windows 2003/2008 Servers.
• Participated in Team meetings with Managers and submitted weekly Status reports with the current status, issues and reasons for delay in solving the Hardware and Software related issues.
• Documented the different procedures involved in the up-gradation of environment, solution and Troubleshooting of the issues.

Confidential

Windows Engineer

Responsibilities:

• System Administration Level 3 supports through ILO, RDC, VPN (Windows NT/2000/2003 Servers/Microsoft Virtual Servers) in Cluster environment.
• 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.
• Created Virtual Machines and Installed VMware Tools.
• Patched all Windows servers and workstations with updates through WSUS server with Company standards
• Customized 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain.
• Creating and managing Virtual Machines and Templates, worked with clones and snapshots of Virtual Machines.
• Documentation of end-user workstation for troubleshooting tips and maintenance procedures for help desk.
• Performed maintenance of Microsoft Servers 2000 and 2003 consisting of adding users, editing user login scripts and granting permission to directories and shared files.
• Performed backup and recovery of all systems, configurations, applications and data in the data center environment using Netback up and other backup and recovery systems.