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HIMANSHU DESHPANDE

Ashburn,VA

Summary

Experienced IT professional with 12+ years of expertise in VMware, Windows, and Active Directory Administration. Proficient in Azure Administration and various Azure Services, with a solid 4+ year track record. Skilled at resolving intricate problems related to infrastructure and virtual technologies. Adept at implementing effective solutions to optimize system performance and enhance operational efficiency.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

System Architect

Trianz Consulting INC
06.2020 - Current
  • Responsible for Architecting Azure ADDS Environment and Conventional AD in Azure for Different Domains
  • Responsible for creating users in Azure AD
  • Analyzing Identity threats using Microsoft Defender for Identity
  • Assign PIM and JIT roles to the users based on the requirements
  • Lead the team in migrating IDs and GPOs from 2012 Active Directory to 2019 Active Directory
  • Configured SPNs for Kerberos Authentication
  • Migrated 14000 User IDs along with passwords using ADMT tool from one domain to another domain
  • Worked on Installing VMware ESXi 7.0 and vCenter 7.0
  • Worked on applying patches to the ESXi hosts as part of vulnerability Remediation using VUM
  • Responsible for upgrade of ESXi hosts from 6.0/6.5 to 7.0
  • Working experience with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to deploy, update and delete multiple Azure resources
  • Worked on Post Installation Configuration of Azure Virtual Machines through Ansible
  • Created various PowerShell scripts to migrate User IDs, Check AD health, verify Snapshots on VMs and Configure post installation steps on Virtual Machines
  • Working experience in Various Azure Services Such as Azure Backups , Azure Update Management, Azure File Shares
  • Experience in DR of Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
  • Deploy Azure ADDS Service and configure the Network peering
  • Responsible for Migration of User IDs from On-Prem Active Directory to Azure ADDS
  • Installing and Decommissioning Windows 2019, 2016 servers
  • Responsible for Migration of Active Directory Environment from Windows 2012 to Windows 2019
  • Worked on updating Symantec Endpoint Manager to the latest version
  • Took part in the DR testing using SRM
  • Responsible for all Windows related features like DNS, DHCP, WSFC ( Windows Server Failover Cluster ), RDS Licensing Manager, KMS activation

Senior Virtualization Engineer

MGM Resorts International Operations
01.2017 - 04.2020
  • Responsible for building New vSAN environment with 200 ESXi hosts and migrated over 7000 VMs from Cisco UCS to vSAN
  • Installing VMware ESXi 6.7 U2 on new vSAN infrastructure
  • Working on creating storage policies for the vSAN HCI
  • Worked on deploying vSAN stretched cluster with 2 Fault domains and a witness host
  • Deployed vSAN witness host
  • Worked with storage team to deploy EMC Networker Backup Solution for vSAN environment and created backups for 7000 VMs
  • Deployed Dell OME 3.0 and configured to perform firmware upgrades for DELL blades
  • Working as a part of a team to deploy VRA 7.5 infrastructure and configure workflows to automate server builds
  • Deployed vRealize Log Insight 4.8, configured vCenter and ESXi hosts to send logs to the Log Insight server
  • Deployed VMware vRealize Operations Manager 7.5.0 and configured vCenter and UCS details to capture performance metrics
  • Created dashboards in vROPS to capture ESXi cluster usage like CPU and memory in the vCenter
  • Worked on capturing performance metrics like CPU, memory of several virtual machines using vROPS during strike calls
  • Created weekly customized reports in vROPS to capture any issues with the ESXi hosts, any outstanding old snapshots and check for backup status of Virtual machines
  • Experience in using vROPS for capacity and planning of new virtual machines
  • Worked on creating automatic snapshots of virtual machines using vRealize Orchestrator (vRO)
  • Created the workflow of automatic decommission of virtual machines after 30 days using vRO
  • Installed VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 on new Cisco M5 blades
  • Created new Service profiles in UCS from Templates and applied it to the blades
  • Migrated service profiles from UCS central to Local UCS domains
  • Upgraded ESXi hosts from 5.5 and 6.0 to 6.5 using VUM and upgraded vCenter appliance from 6.0 to 6.5 U2
  • Deployed new 6.5 vCenter appliance and migrated around 200 ESXi hosts to the new vCenter
  • Added new VLANS in both UCS and VMware distributed switches
  • Updated firmware on UCS infrastructure and blades to 3.2 (2f)
  • Patched 250 ESXi hosts using VUM by creating baselines
  • Restored Servers from backup using Netapp VSC (virtual storage console) and EMC AppSync
  • Responsible for performing daily health checks of the virtualization environment
  • Worked with different vendors to deploy virtual machines using ISO and OVF templates
  • Part of 24x7 on call support
  • Worked with Cisco and to replace the faulty hardware like motherboard, CPU, RAM etc and update the firmware to the latest version on the new motherboard
  • Worked with the storage team on requesting new LUNs and creating datastores for virtual environment
  • Login to Azure cloud portal and power on and off Servers

Systems Administrator

SoftNice Inc
04.2015 - 01.2017
  • Installing and Decommissioning windows 2003,2008,2008 R2 servers
  • Created Virtual Machines deploying through templates
  • Scaling and migrating virtual machines using Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Cloned Virtual Machines
  • Managed user and computer accounts on the Active directory (AD) 2003/2008 users and computers
  • Also resolved the user issues related to Active Directory Users and groups
  • Configured Domain Naming Server (DNS) and created forward/reverse lookup zones with associated pointer records
  • Customized Win 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry, Audit/Account/Security policy, patching to sustain Company Standard Operating Environment
  • Responsible for Patch Management through Shavlik Protect and anti-virus protection (Symantec Endpoint Protection) of Servers for Client
  • Installing and Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
  • Responsible for Scheduling backups using Tivoli Storage Manager on Windows 2008 R2 Servers
  • Installing and administering IIS 7.5 and IIS 8.5
  • Configuring Management Services in IIS 7.5 and Responsible for creating SSL Certificates
  • Worked on migrating FSMO roles from windows 2003 to windows 2012 r2 server
  • Worked on WSFC (Windows Failover Clustering) for SQL servers
  • Worked on issues with the development team for KERBEROS setup on the servers
  • Installing and Configuring IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM)
  • Involved in the Registration of Vormetric on the client side
  • Involved in Encrypting the Drives Using Vormetric Encryption and checking the Guard Points
  • Installing VMware convertor and performing P2V
  • Took part in the DR testing using SRM
  • Responsible for IBM PureFlex servers Patching using FSM (Flex System Manager)
  • Worked on Decommissioning Windows 2003 servers from vCenter
  • Worked on Enabling RDP session host role on the servers and creating a Licensing server so that more than 2 users can login at a time
  • Co-ordination with offshore team members
  • Installing ESXi 5.1 on the Cisco B200 Blade Servers
  • Requesting certificates from CA and installing the Certificates on the ESXi hosts
  • Upgrading the vCenter from 5.1 U2 to 5.1 U3
  • Reinstalling ESXi 5.1 on UCS to change the booting from NFS to New VMAX storage
  • Worked on Upgrading the UCS firmware from 2.1 (1a) to 2.1 (3d)
  • Created new Host firmware package policy in UCSM
  • Upgraded the enic and fnic drivers on the ESXi hosts to the latest cisco requirements
  • Added the ESXi Hosts to the Virtual Distributed switches (VDS) and upgraded the VDS drivers using VMware Update Manager (VUM)
  • Worked on Migrating the servers from NFS to VMAX Storage using SVMotion
  • Created a New Boot Policy in UCSM to boot the hosts from New Datastores
  • Worked on adding new Datastores to the ESXi hosts in vCenter
  • Wrote PowerShell Script to remove the snapshot of a virtual machine which is 3 days or older
  • Worked on adding the Esxi hosts from vCenter 5.0 to vCenter 5.1
  • Worked on migrating the around 500 Virtual machines from DELL to Cisco UCS Hardware
  • Installed the ESXi host patches using VMware Update Manager (VUM)
  • Created Host Profiles of the ESXi Hosts and applied them after reinstalling the ESXi hosts and verified to be compliant
  • Worked on Creating Service Profiles in UCSM from Service Profile Templates

Systems Engineer

Cambay Consulting Services LLC
09.2013 - 03.2015
  • Managed Active Directory updates and server configuration
  • Tested and implemented Group Policies
  • Responsible for DNS, DHCP Troubleshooting
  • Involved in Windows Server 2008 & 2008 R2 OS installation and troubleshooting
  • Managed user and computer accounts on the Active directory (AD) 2008 users and computers
  • Created Virtual Machines deploying through templates
  • Installing, configuring, administration of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers, Active Directory Services, FTP, WSUS, IIS Web Server
  • Responsible for Patch Management through Shavlik Protect and anti-virus protection (Symantec Endpoint Protection) of Servers for Client
  • Installing and administering IIS 7.5 and IIS 6.0
  • Configuring Management Services in IIS 7.5 and Responsible for creating SSL Certificates
  • Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter
  • Worked on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC
  • Created Virtual Machines and Installed VMware Tools
  • Performed physical to virtual migrations for servers utilizing VMware Converter
  • Planned and coordinated hardware upgrades
  • Configured and Managed if any issues with Cisco UCS Blade servers
  • Installing ESXi 5.1 on the Cisco B200 Blade Servers
  • Worked on Creating Service Profiles in UCSM from Service Profile Templates
  • Upgrading Windows 2003 servers to Windows 2008 r2 and migrating the FSMO roles
  • Worked on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using VC

Desktop Engineer and Graduate Assistant

New York Institute of Technology, NYIT
09.2012 - 05.2013
  • Worked as Desktop Administrator for the computer lab
  • Worked on installing required software’s like Matlab, Modelsim, Symantec Antivirus, and Microsoft Office on all the desktops in the lab
  • Worked on installing the windows 7 OS and troubleshoot any errors on the OS side
  • Worked on installing VMware workstation and building VM’s using workstation
  • Installed Windows Servers 2008/2012 using the VMware Workstation
  • Worked with Vendors like DELL,HP etc
  • To resolve any hardware issues with the desktop

Education

M.S. - Electrical and Computer Engineering

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Manhattan, NY
05.2013

B.Tech. - Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, AP
04.2010

Skills

  • Azure Administration
  • Active Directory management
  • Identity threat analysis
  • PowerShell scripting
  • Virtualization technologies
  • VMware ESXi, vCenter, vSphere Administration
  • Cisco UCS, Dell Blades Administration
  • Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 Administration

Certification

  • VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization, VCP6-DCV
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, AZ-500
  • Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate, SC-200
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, AZ-900

Timeline

System Architect

Trianz Consulting INC
06.2020 - Current

Senior Virtualization Engineer

MGM Resorts International Operations
01.2017 - 04.2020

Systems Administrator

SoftNice Inc
04.2015 - 01.2017

Systems Engineer

Cambay Consulting Services LLC
09.2013 - 03.2015

Desktop Engineer and Graduate Assistant

New York Institute of Technology, NYIT
09.2012 - 05.2013

M.S. - Electrical and Computer Engineering

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)

B.Tech. - Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

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