Summary
5+ years of System Administration and IT experience in multiplatform VMware, Citrix Xenapp, Windows with hands-on expertise in networking and system integration. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
VMware Engineer
Main Line Health
07.2022 - Current
- Installation and configuration of ESX/ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.1 servers
- Managing monitoring the ESX/ESXi servers, farms and Virtual Servers over VM Infrastructure client and VMware vSphere web client4.0/4.1/5.0/5.5
- P2V migration and V2V conversions using VMware converter, Plate Spin and Double-Take
- VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates, creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates and Cloning VMs
- Experienced with vCenter SRM for disaster Recovery
- Experienced using powerCLI commands
- Building and configuring new Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 R2 servers
- Configured Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Managed Microsoft 2003/2008 active directory server
- Managed Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
- Worked on Microsoft SQL Servers
- Experienced with Orchestrator design and deployment
- Experienced with supporting Intel based hardware
- Managed various data center components including monitoring tools
- Worked with WSUS and IIS as well
- Managed citrix and Xenapp environment
- Performance tuning and monitoring as well as performed upgrading and backups and recovery
- Hands on wide experience in upgrading VCenter 4.0 to VCenter 5.0 including the VCenter Update Manager
- VUM and configuring the same version of VCenter in the linked mode
- Migrated the VM's using the SAN-to-SAN replication using recovery point
- Provided support for DNS/DHCP/WINS services
- Installing and configuring the VMware VSphere and creating clusters, creating and managing resource pools with High availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling HA/DRS
- Involved in backing up the entire physical machine which has bad blocks or hardware issues and restoring the server on new hardware and scheduling the regular backs for both physical and virtual machines using Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery BESR
- Provided the backup and recovery of the files and data, worked on Windows Firewall, Terminal Server
- Teamed NIC's using HP Teaming software and Broadcom for redundancy during failures
- Configuration and administration of NIS, NFS DNSenvironment
- Managed CommmvaultBackUP Software
- Environment: Sphere 4.1/5.1/5.5, vCenterserver, VMware converter, VDP, vSphere Infrastructure Client, vSphere Webclient/4.1/5.5, VUM, VCO, Host Profiles, Host Auto Deploy, vCenter operations Manager, VMware view, powerCLI, PowerShell, ADDS, Windows 2000/2003/08/12, DNS, Compelling SAN, VMware ESX4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5, NetApp filers, CommVault System, HP-3PAR, HPSIM, MS SQL, Oracle, Heat, Microsoft SCCM, Microsoft SCOM, WSUS, Cisco IOS, Cisco UC phone, Citrix PS
VMware Engineer
Visa
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Participated in 24/7 support roles for servers, to help maintain and troubleshoot both software and hardware
- Managed ESX servers and VCenter
- Ensuring Data Protection and Disaster Recovery by using VMotion and VMware Consolidated Backup
- Experienced in Black Berry enterprise Server Configuration
- Installed and configured VMware and Vsphere products
- Hands on wide experience with Vmware vCloud Director
- Managed Microsoft 2003/2008 active directory server
- Configured User accounts and groups, profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory
- Configured Management and Resource Cluster, add Host to a Cluster, Configure its licenses, Network configuration, DNS
- Managed Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 Server
- Installed SQL 2005/2008 clustered and non-clustered servers and also created SQL Database
- Day to day support and maintenance of Operating Systems
- Migrated production applications from physical servers to virtual instances within the downtime window
- Migrated the physical servers to virtual instances using VMware P2V converter and Platespin tools
- Converted P2V and V2V using VMware Standalone Converter
- Created Clusters for High Availability and Dynamic Resource Scheduling
- Troubleshooting issues relating to VMotion such as compatibility issues with help of event log
- Installing and managing Antivirus on all the servers and desktop
- Admin knowledge of Microsoft SQL and Oracle Database
- Provided the backup and recovery of the files and data, worked on Windows Firewall, Terminal Server, and troubleshooting computer related problems
- Attending client calls related to computers and network problems
- 24/7 production support
- Environment: sphere 4.0, ESX 3.5/4.0, Virtual Sphere, VMotion, VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters, Veritas Net backup, Nagios XI, Black Berry Enterprise server 3.5 Windows 2003/2008 server.
Virtualization Engineer
Deval Life Cycle Support LLC
11.2019 - 12.2020
- Configuring, implementing and managing Virtual environment using VMware ESX 3.5 and ESXi 4.0 infrastructures
- Performing physical servers to virtual server migration
- Performing virtual to virtual migration
- Implementing and managing High Availability / Clustering environments using vCenter
- Performing installation and management of NAS and SAN storage solutions
- Developing and implementing backup and disaster recovery protocols
- Providing load balancing capability for the virtual infrastructure
- Analyzing software and hardware constraints to plan for new user requirements capacity planning
- Performing diagnostics on system operations to identify problems and treads and verify network performance
- Planning and advising on implementation of revised procedures, processes, methods or approaches
- Installed Windows 2000/2003 Server, configured AD server for the organization with over 200 clients
- Created the User Accounts and Profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory
- Administered the Group Policy to automatically upgrade and repair software installations
- Installation and support for desktops with Windows 2000/XP Operating systems
- Provide Remote Support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection RDP
- Managed Active Directory Server
- Managed Microsoft Exchange Server
- Provided Support for DNS/DHCP/WINS services
- Configured the Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC for testing and development
- Installed WSUS and configured for patch deployment
- Migrated Windows XP/Vista machines to Windows 7
- Developing standard operating procedures and documentations for the virtualization environment
- Documenting and communicating Project Status, Issues, Risks and Actions to project leads/managers
- Providing day-to-day onsite support for networked systems, hardware and related infrastructure.
VMware Engineer
Avaya Inc
05.2017 - 10.2019
- PMO designed P2V migration project from Memphis datacenter to Chicago datacenter
- Installed and configured VMware ESX server on HP DL 380 G5 model server
- Storage allocation and configuration through VI client for all ESX servers installed
- P2V migrations and Swing builds of virtual instances moving from two locations
- Application and file share migration from Memphis to Chicago using various third party tools like EMC, Platespin
- Design and implementation of replicator node architecture for site-to-site replication of virtual instances through NFS, which later moved to local storage using storage VMotion
- Phase-by-Phase P2V migration of applications and servers from Memphis datacenter to Chicago Datacenter
- Implemented a new setup of VMware consolidated backup proxy server and integrated with existing VERITAS net backup for backup solution of complete VMware ESX farm
- Implemented both forklift migrations and swing builds for First Tennessee Bank infrastructure migration from Memphis data center to Chicago data center
- Designed and migrated Active directory/DNS from Physical to Virtual and enabled site-to-site replication between the datacenters
- Designed and implemented the VMware Vsphere upgrade for VMware ESX hosts and Virtual center servers
- Supporting HP Poly server for Accenture in daily operations and mission critical changes for SQL installs and upgrades
- Designed and implemented Cloud architecture for integrating virtual centers servers from various global client locations and automated the VM deployment using Manage IQ
- Supported and transitioned new clients for FIS in migrating the servers and applications both physical and virtual with minimum downtime
- Taken a role of VMware architect for P2V migration to various FIS commercial and leveraged clients
- Designed and Implemented DR architecture and successfully completed the DR test using VMware Cloud architecture
- Took an active role in SAN migration from EMC old model storage to the latest VMAX for both physical and virtual servers, which included both remediation and migration
- Environment: VMWARE ESXi,HA, DRS, VMware Virtual Center Server, VMWARE vCenter Converter, VMWARE Consolidated Backup, Windows 2003 64bit Edition, IIS6.0, SQLserver2005, Vertias Net Backup.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Science And Technology
2019
Skills
- VSphere 40/41/50/51/55, ESX/ESXi server 35/40/41/50/51/55, VSphere Client, Vsphere Web Client, VCenter Server, VMotion, Storage VMotion, DRS, sDRS, VMware Update Manager VUM, VCenter SRM, VMware Tools, VMware Converter, VCO, VCOPS, VCM, vSphere Data Protection, vSphere Replication, vSphere FT, vSphere DS, vSphere Host Profiles, vsphere storage I/O control, vSphere APP HA
- Operating Systems
- MS Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2008r2/2012, Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Monitoring Tools
- MS-SQL Server 2005/2008 R2 and Oracle
- TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPS, VPN, DNS, NTP, WINS, FTP, SSH, WinSCP and Telnet
- Feature Administration Tools, Role Administration Tools, Server Manager
Accomplishments
- Supported Windows, VMware, and Citrix L1 through L4 calls
- Prepared Power shell, and PowerCLI Automation scripts for Windows and Vmware Administration and reporting tasks
- Extensive experience in installing, configuring and Upgrading VMware vCenter Server, VMware vSphere Infrastructure Virtualization suite, ESX/ESXi Server, Virtual Machines and Vsphere Clients Both c and Webclient and migrated all physical servers to virtual instances at various data centers
- Extensive experience in administrating Citrix PS 4.5 and Xenapp 6.5 farms
- Extensive experience in performing System Integration/Administration for Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/2008/2008r2/2012 Server, Windows XP/Vista/7/8
- Remotely monitoring and managing servers using utilities like VMware Vsphere Clients, VCOPs, Veeam MP, Terminal Services, RDP, HP-ILO, HP Insight Manager, Citrix APP Center, Citrix Management Console, PC anywhere, and maintained Cisco LANs and WAN devices Cisco Routers and Switches
- Managing Access Control through vCenter server, Optimizing Resource Utilization, Load Balancing VMware DRS, Load balancing for storage DRS, Power Management DPM and ensuring High Availability VMware HA
- Upgraded, patched ESX/ESXi servers, upgraded Virtual Machines hardware, Installed/Upgraded Vmware tools using VMware Update Manager VUM
- Migrated physical servers to virtual instances using P2V tools like VMWARE converter, Platespin and built MS cluster on VMWARE, deployed Virtual Machines VM's through Templates
- Part of VMware migration team in implementing and updating the latest versions of VMware as well as building new VM instances as per the business requirement
- Built, managed and monitored all classes of HP Blade System
- Experience with Cisco UCS Server Platforms
- Supporting high end production servers for operating system issues and vendor coordination with various hardware vendors like HP, DELL, and IBM for hardware failures
- Experience with SAN and NAS configurations, networking and Storage related issues and CIFS
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Hands on wide experience in upgrading VMWare Vsphere 4.X to VMWare Vsphere 5.X
- Experience with daily administrative works related to Citrix XenApp 4.5, 6.5 and Citrix Xenserver 5.x /XenCenter environment
- Experience with Microsoft Exchange Server
- Experience working with VDI Virtual Desktop Infrastructure environment
- Experience with installing and configuring the Windows server update services WSUS
- Experience with applying patches, distributing software, and installing applications using SCCM
- Administration of Active Directory Windows 2003/2008 environment
- Managing Active Directory issues such as: Logon Failures, Account Lockouts, Group Policies, FSMO, Network Connectivity, DNS and WINS Name Resolution, Authentication Problems, File and Printer Permissions etc
- Experience with managing the Antivirus server and software like SEP
- Familiar with vmware Orchestrator Architecture and Orchestrator Deployment Basis
- Experience in ITIL Driven controlled environments
- Experience in managing, implementing, configuring, and integrating DNS architecture
- Creating, Accessing and managing various databases under SQL Instance using SQL Management Console.
Timeline
VMware Engineer - Main Line Health
07.2022 - Current
VMware Engineer - Visa
01.2021 - 07.2022
Virtualization Engineer - Deval Life Cycle Support LLC
11.2019 - 12.2020
VMware Engineer - Avaya Inc
05.2017 - 10.2019
Pennsylvania State University - Bachelor of Science, Information Science And Technology
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