Durairaj Jothivel
Exton,Pennsylvania
Summary
Over 10 plus years of experience in VMware & Azure cloud administration. Involved in providing the design for Enterprise environment. An experienced, technical Architect with strong problem solving skills Expertise in Windows Server and VMware & Azure cloud. Accomplished Technical Architect offering 10 years' experience in comprehensive design and development of infrastructure and architecture for software projects. Attentive collaborator and communicator from project conception to completion. Creative in devising solutions to improve business operations and meet clients' technical needs. Seasoned team leader possessing the technical and interpersonal skills to provide exceptional project deliverables.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Architect
- Over 10 plus years of experience in VMware & Azure cloud administration
- Involved in providing the design for Enterprise environment
- An experienced, technical Architect with strong problem solving skills Expertise in Windows Server and VMware & Azure cloud.
- Creating Virtual Machines through Power Shell Script and Azure portal
- Proficient in VMware 6.7 and 7, managing virtualized environments to ensure optimal performance and reliability
- Demonstrated ability to identify and effectively communicate escalations to relevant teams, facilitating prompt resolution of issues
- Ensured full mission capability for client server infrastructure by implementing robust maintenance procedures and timely upgrades
- Successfully performed upgrades to operating systems and software packages, enhancing system security and functionality
- Possess comprehensive knowledge of Windows Server 2008-2019, Exchange 2016, Active Directory, and VMware technologies
- Managed enterprise servers, conducting hardware and software maintenance operations including installation, configuration, and support, as well as data backup and disaster recovery
- Proactively monitored and optimized server performance, implementing tuning strategies to enhance efficiency
- Conducted Windows server administration and maintenance tasks to uphold system integrity and security
- Designed, troubleshooted, and maintained enterprise virtualization platforms to meet organizational requirements and standards
- Provided daily support, maintenance, and design services for VMware virtualization across four separate enterprise domains, ensuring continuity of operations and adherence to best practices
- Creating pipeline and webapps in azure Devops
- Managing and creating Storage Account in Azure Portal
- Attaching a Disk to a Virtual Machine
- Managing and creating Virtual Network in Azure portal
- Patching and Validating of Virtual Machine in Azure
- OS Deployment of ESXI 6.0, 6.5 builds, Re-builds through VCenter orchestrator
- Responsible for Installing, configuring, windows and Linux servers (2012, 2016, 2019,RHEL 6,RHEL 7)
- Patches updating of 6.0, 6.5 through update manager
- Creating guest OS installation ,Cloning, Snapshots, Template, in VMware
- Creating gust VM Windows through Vblock and VxRail
- Configuration of SAN port (Enabling & Disabling) through HP virtual connect profile manger
- Managing Virtual & physical, ESX server Decom Activity
- Commvault & Cohesity backup Configuring for Guest & Standalone Servers Managing and maintenance of infrastructure of Windows platform and VMware.
Technical Architect
Northern Trust
08.2012 - 04.2024
- Primarily responsible for timely delivery and quality of the deliverables
- Working on Microsoft Azure Cloud to provide IaaS support to client
- Creating Virtual Machines through Power Shell Script and Azure portal
- Managing and creating Storage Account in Azure Portal
- Capturing an image of a Virtual Machine
- Attaching a Disk to a Virtual Machine
- Creating pipeline and webapps in Azure
- Deploying VM, Storage, Network through power shell script Backup, Configure and Restoring Azure Virtual Machine using Azure Backup
- Patching and Validating of Virtual Machine in Azure
- Building and updating Azure product documentation to help customers deliver solutions to Azure
- Providing prompt, efficient, detailed, customer-oriented service to Azure customers and developers
- Configure the appropriate VMs, storage and network in Azure to support the customer workloads moving to Azure
- Hands on experience in handling Physical/Virtual Server commissioning and decommissioning
- Hands on experience in handling HP and Dell Servers Working on VBLOCK environment and having very good knowledge of every component of VBLOCK
- Installing and configuring VCenter Server vSphere 6.x with all components
- Installation and Configuration of ESXi 6.0 & ESXi 6.5
- Managing and monitoring multiple ESXi Host in VCenter with help of vSphere Client
- Deploy Virtual Machines in VCenter with help of Templates
- VMTools and Hardware upgradation to improve virtual machine performance
- Perform various migrations between Cluster to Cluster (VMOTION)
- P2V migrations with help of VMware Standalone Converter.
IT Analyst
Target
06.2010 - 03.2012
- Designing and implementing physical and virtual server solutions
- Providing resolutions for Virtual & windows Enterprise Environment
- Installing and Administration of Windows 2003/2008 Servers
- Creating and managing Virtual Machines & VMware cluster
- Active Directory administration, OU configuration and group Policy
- Managed Windows server and Windows clustered environments
- Installs, configures and maintains Microsoft server based operating systems on physical hardware and in virtual environments to ensure proper performance and uptime
- Asset Management experience with tools and process
- Server Capacity Planning
- Responsible for testing and deployment of patches and upgrades for both hardware and software
- Installing, Configuring and Administration of Citrix Servers
- Recovering the tickets in HPSD of all severity (Production, Development, Stage & Test servers)
- Maintaining all store servers with complete ownership for Hardware and OS
- Reducing frequently raised Incidents through HPSD Problem Management
- Weekly and Monthly presentations to Target periodically
- Troubleshooting and resolving day-to-day issues in different flavors of Windows Servers (2000, 2003 & 2008)
- Currently supporting all Wintel boxes including Production, Stage, Development, and test servers
- Coordinating with Vendors like Compucom, Microsoft and DELL for various Hardware replacements / OS issues
- Incident, Work order, Change & Problem Management
- Co-ordination and execution of outages, scheduled maintenances, patch upgrades, Root cause analysis
- Installing, configuring and publishing the application in the Citrix farm.
Consultant
Sweden
11.2008 - 05.2010
- Managing the Hosted server environment
- Offshore Point for contact for Messaging & Monitoring deliverables
- Monitoring through SCOM alerts & fine tuning the incident flow
- Providing permanent fix to the existing client environment to reduce the inflow of calls
- Remote administration of servers including installations & troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Issues with the Windows Server 2003 & 2008
- Managing Anti-virus software on the windows servers
- Deploying application per requests
- Providing suggestions to the client to upgrade the existing Infrastructure.
Technical Consultant
Sutherland
07.2007 - 08.2008
- Providing Enterprise Level Support on Windows Server 2003 & 2008
- Fine tuning the SCOM alerts & reduce the inflow of Incidents
- Creating permanent fix by monitoring repeated incidents Via MOM2005
- Having good experience in Remote Infrastructure Management system
- Good knowledge in Windows server performance analysis and monitoring
- Troubleshooting AD Replication
- Managing Backup and Restoration
- Support for Network printers
- Maintained and repaired computer systems to improve speed, reliability, and efficiency of Operation
- Responsible for efficiently managing the relationship with the customers and thoroughly documenting their cases.
System Admin
Tatra (TATRA TRUCKS INDIA LTD)
01.2006 - 06.2007
- Responsible for Hardware Troubleshooting
- Maintenance of LAN, Internet, Sharing Internet with Proxy
- Troubleshooting user queries through remote tool VNC
- Adding and managing local, network and shared printers
- Installation and Troubleshooting of Operating systems and Application software’s
- Configuring users to access Internet using dial-up networking
- Anti Virus software installation and updating the virus definition file
- Configuring mail clients using MS-outlook
- Asset Management, Vendor Management and Helpdesk Activities.
Education
BCA -
Kamarajar University
01.2009
DECE -
Alagappa Polytechnic college
01.2005
Skills
- Enterprise Architecture Design
- Client Engagement
- Cloud Computing
- Virtual and Cloud Technologies
Certification
- Azure Solutions Architect AZ-303
- DevOps Azure Solutions Architect AZ-400
- Azure Administrator AZ-103
- Azure Fundamentals AZ-900
- AWS Administrator
- AWS Solution Associate
- MCSA Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 12/04/1986
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Visa Status: H1 B & US B1 & B2
Timeline
Technical Architect
Northern Trust
08.2012 - 04.2024
IT Analyst
Target
06.2010 - 03.2012
Consultant
Sweden
11.2008 - 05.2010
Technical Consultant
Sutherland
07.2007 - 08.2008
System Admin
Tatra (TATRA TRUCKS INDIA LTD)
01.2006 - 06.2007
Technical Architect
BCA -
Kamarajar University
DECE -
Alagappa Polytechnic college