Melvin Frazier
VMWare Professional
Bowie,MD
Summary
A highly skilled IT professional looking to secure a position that best utilizes of my experience supporting, administering and managing physical and virtual, data-center environments.
25 years of Enterprise Level System Administration experience.
Advanced written and oral communication skills.
Ability to translate technical requirements into cost effective solutions.
Ability to think through, plan out, and implement complex IT projects.
In-depth knowledge of standard IT practices and procedures
15 years Windows administration Experience.
11 years Linux Installation and administration Experience.
13 years of experience in a large data-center environment
14 years of experience designing, implementing and maintaining a VMWare infrastructure
Thorough understanding of enterprise data-center technologies including Cabling, Networking, Security.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Professional
Freddie Mac
McLean, VA
07.2022 - 03.2024
- Provided technical expertise in the installation, configuration and maintenance of VMware ESXi and vSphere environments.
- Created and maintained virtual machines using vCenter Server.
- Managed multiple vCenters with high availability clusters including host, storage and network components.
- Performed daily system monitoring to ensure optimal performance of all virtualized systems.
- Resolved issues related to networking, storage, security, and other infrastructure components within a VMware environment.
- Monitored resource utilization to identify potential performance bottlenecks or capacity constraints.
- Reported on system status and activity using various reporting tools such as vRealize Operations Manager.
- Configured VLANs for secure communication between physical networks and virtual machines.
- Upgraded existing hardware to ensure compatibility with new versions of VMware products.
- Performed scheduled HCX migrations between SDDC's.
- Assisted in troubleshooting problems related to operating systems or application software running on virtual machines.
- Utilized PowerCLI scripting language to automate administrative tasks across multiple vCenters.
- Provided appropriate permissions to users for accessing files and databases.
- Increased system security and performance with proactive changes.
- Provided exemplary helpdesk service and support to assist customers.
- Reviewed logs regularly for errors or anomalies that may indicate a problem with the environment.
- Collaborated closely with IT teams from other departments to ensure smooth operations of all virtualized systems.
- Participated in IT department meetings to identify continuous improvement opportunities and enhance delivery of IT services to users.
- Kept systems operating efficiently by performing necessary upgrades and repairs.
- Performed preventive maintenance and upgraded systems to improve network, system and data availability and integrity.
- Increased team productivity and automated repetitive tasks with batch files, PowerShell and VBScript.
- Diagnosed, troubleshot and resolved hardware and system problems.
- Kept flexible schedule and resolved after-hours and weekend emergencies quickly and accurately.
- Analyzed intricate server issues and supported large enterprise and business-critical applications.
VMware Engineer
NCS Technologies
Gainesville, VA
03.2021 - 07.2022
- Design Manage and Maintain VDI Development Lab
- Research and recommend and provision GPU capable ESXI Hosts.
- Administer and upgrade Lab ESXi Infrastructure
- Enhance existing virtual infrastructure with new and existing technologies
- Support development team efforts
- Administer Lab Active Directory Domain
- Assist in the Administration of corporate ESXi Infrastructure
- Deploy and Manage Solarwinds SEM
- Create Windows and Linux Templates
- Perform Bios and IOS upgrades on servers, switches and routers
- Administer Lab VDI environment
- Configure virtual switches
- Configure ESXi datastores
- Manage Lab NAS
- Create Lab SOPs
VMWare Engineer
NCR
Columbia, MD
01.2014 - 11.2020
- Design, document and administer global multi-site virtual infrastructure.
- Evaluate and prototype future enhancements to global virtual data-centers.
- Develop and test virtual data-center disaster recovery plans and SOP's.
- Automate virtual data-center administrative tasks and reporting.
- Deploy and manage VMWare application stack (vSphere, vROPs, vRA)
- Deploy and manage UCS and Dell Hyper-Converged compute systems
- Maintain and update virtual services catalog and applications.
- Create and deploy Windows and Linux virtual machine templates.
- Administer Linux virtual machines.
- Administer virtual machine resource pools
- Configure and provision ESXi luns and datastores
- Configure and administer Dell Compellent SAN infrastructure
- Configure SDRS clusters.
- Create and maintain VMWare host and datastore cluster affinity rules.
- Configure virtual switches and routers.
Principal System Administrator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
08.2012 - 10.2013
- Administer / Manage VMWare Virtual Machine Environment
- Host Patching
- VM Patching
- Resolve VM and VME connectivity issues
- Manage hardware maintenance tracking and vendor interactions
- Lead VMWare architectural design initiatives
- Perform software and hardware upgrades
- Performance monitoring
- Perform VM and NFS Backups
- Develop configuration management documentation and diagrams
- Develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
- Configuring network equipment
- Deploy 10GBE L2/L3 switches
- Schedule and deploy IOS updates
- Troubleshooting
- SAN Administration
- SAN LUN creation and provisioning
Network Administrator
Howard Univeristy
Washington, DC
02.2002 - 03.2012
- Installed, configured, and maintained Windows Server operating systems.
- Maintained active directory user accounts, groups and security policies.
- Monitored system performance and implemented proactive measures to maintain stability.
- Troubleshot hardware and software issues related to Windows systems.
- Provided technical support for Windows desktop users.
- Implemented patch management strategies using WSUS or SCCM tools.
- Managed network services such as DHCP, DNS, WINS, IIS.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory standards such as HIPAA or PCI DSS.
- Managed, troubleshot, backed up and restored data, operating systems, files, documents and drivers to provide comprehensive systems management and support.
- Installed, configured, maintained and upgraded Linux operating systems and services.
- Developed scripts for automation of system administration tasks using Bash, Python, Perl languages.
- Configured network components such as routers, switches, firewalls, VPNs according to organizational requirements.
- Monitored logs generated by various services running on the Linux servers and identified anomalies or suspicious activities in them if any.
- Tuned kernel parameters as per application requirements in order to maximize system performance and reliability over time.
- Configured and maintained routers, switches, firewalls, wireless networks and other network devices.
- Monitored system performance to ensure availability of all services and systems to authorized users.
- Configured, monitored and troubleshooted virtual networks in the VMware environment.
- Performed system patching, upgrades and maintenance on VMware ESXi hosts.
- Installed and configured new applications on the VMware platform.
Education
Certficate - VMWare Horizon 8 Install And Troubleshooting
VMWare
Online07-2021
Certificate - Dell ScaleIO Install And Configuration
Dell
Online04-2019
Certficate - VMWare 6.5 Fast Track Course
VMWare
Online06-2018
Certficate - Cisco UCS Install And Configuration
Cisco
Online03-2017
Certficate - VMWare 4.1 Install, Configure, Manage
VMWare
Online01-2010
Skills
- Operating Systems: VMWare ESXi 41 – 80, Linux (Red Hat, Centos, Fedora Core, Ubuntu), Windows 2000-2016, Windows XP-10 ENT
- Network Protocols / Services: LDAP, TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, POP, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/SFTP, SSH, NFS, AOE
- Applications: AD, VMWare ESXi, vCenter, vRealize Operation, Log Insight, vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestrator, vRNI, LCM, Zerto, Open Source Applications
- Hardware: HP Blade Server c-Class Enclosures, HP BL460c Gx servers, HP Flex10, Dell Servers, Coraid EtherSan, Dell Switches, Cisco UCS, Dell vxFlex (ScaleIO), Dell Compellent, Supermicro
- Scripting: PowerCli, PowerShell, BASH, Perl
Timeline
Engineering Professional
Freddie Mac
07.2022 - 03.2024
VMware Engineer
NCS Technologies
03.2021 - 07.2022
VMWare Engineer
NCR
01.2014 - 11.2020
Principal System Administrator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
08.2012 - 10.2013
Network Administrator
Howard Univeristy
02.2002 - 03.2012
Certficate - VMWare Horizon 8 Install And Troubleshooting
VMWare
Certificate - Dell ScaleIO Install And Configuration
Dell
Certficate - VMWare 6.5 Fast Track Course
VMWare
Certficate - Cisco UCS Install And Configuration
Cisco
Certficate - VMWare 4.1 Install, Configure, Manage
VMWare
References
References available upon request.
References
References available upon request.