Bank of America

Vice President

Software Defined Network Engineer - NSX-T 

New York City Fire Department

Working as principal consultant for network virtualization

Principal Network Virtualization Engineer and Architect

NYC Human Resources Administration

•	Restructuring the Virtual Infrastructure by implemention of Powercli scripts – eg upgrade tools, hardware version , correct the Password Reset poliy on ESXi, disable the SSH and Shell Service, configure NTP , join the ESXi to Active Directory 
•	Upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance to 6 Update 3B and upgrade the vCenter Update Manager
•	Builded the Workflows in vRealize Orchestrator for Snapshot Management – automatic snapshot creation and deletion, Decommissioning of VM 
•	Designed the migration of vCenter Server Appliance from Standard to Distributed Virtual Switch without causing any downtime to the Servers and VMs
•	Created Blueprints , published them as the Catalog items in vRealize Automation Portal
•	Created XaaS Blueprints for Snapshot Managementt , System Drive Extension of the VM , additional Drive Addon – Day 2 Operations
•	Worked on the Approval Policies to be tagged to the catalog items in vRealize Automation
•	Worked on HP OneView – to implement the BuildPlans to automate the provisioning of the OS on the HP Proliant Blade Servers – gen 8, 9
•	Worked on VMware Horizon View – for provisioning the Desktop Pools for Windows 7 , 8 and 10 Desktops 
•	Worked on VMware Vrealize Operations Manager for automating the task of CPU and RAM addition on the resource starved VMs
•	Worked on  generating bi monthy report on the Idle VMs in vRealize Operations Manager
•	Worked on powershell scripts to automate the deployment of Puppet Agent on the servers, domain joining and removing the servers , configuring the Network , enabling the services , uninstalling the software and agents on servers and VMs.
•	Scripted the Hardening of the ESXi Hosts – 5.5 and 6
•	Worked on the Host Profile for incorporating the ESXi Hosts to the DV Switch
•	Worked on the Server Profile of the Blade Servers on the HP – One View – creating the Template, Editing the template based on the logical Interconnects and Tagging of the VLAN and applying on the servers

Principal Virtualization Engineer and Architect

Arrosoft Solutions

•	Upgraded the vSphere 4.1 infrastructure to version 5.5 – initiated with compatibility check, preparation of the database (backup) and verification of the network pre-requisities. Perform the upgrade in the following order – vCenter Server, vSphere Update Manager, and vSphere Client, ESXi Host, Distributed Switch and VMFS Datastores.
•	Upgraded the ESXi Hosts from version 4.0 to 5.5 through command line and via the use of the vSphere Update Manager. 
•	In the Disaster Recovery Site – performed the migration of vCenter Server from Windows version to vCenter Server Appliance.
•	In the Production Site – also performed the migration of vCenter Server DB from SQL Express to SQL Server.
•	Performed the Troubleshooting of the issue arising in the UUID and vSphere Update Manager while doing the ESXi Upgrade.
•	Performed backup of Virtual Machines employing Veeam Backup and Replication.
•	Configure and manage User, Group, Permission, Role, Resource pool on VMware virtual center.
•	Planning, configuration, maintenance and administration of Windows Server Systems.
•	Management of virtual machines, their resource pools and capacity planning security hardening and Monitoring of VMs & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance.
•	Creation and Deployment of Virtual Machines in datacenter, setup of their VLAN/Port-group.
•	Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Migration VM ware convertor, Virtual Infrastructure client.
•	P2V, V2V conversions of Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 servers using VMware Converter.
•	Performing VMware crash/error analysis, Root cause Analysis, Coordinate Post Problem Analysis and Trend Analysis.

Virtualization Engineer

VMware

•	Installation and configuration of ESXi server. 
•	Server migration physical to Virtual using Hot and cold cloning technology in VMware 
•	Creating cluster in VMware 
•	Configuring High Availability (HA) ,DRS. 
•	Creation of template 
•	Consolidation of Physical servers 
•	Deploying virtual servers using template 
•	Cloning of virtual server 
•	Rules creation. 
•	Creation of backup policy, alert configuration of backup policy. 
•	Configuration of vMotion, virtual switch, Vlan in Virtual center. 
•	Maintenance of virtual center server. 
•	Providing and maintaining user access in VC, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU or memory. 
•	Patch management using VMware update manager for ESXi server. 
•	SAN space allocation for ESXi servers host .Scanning and configuring LUN for ESX server. 
•	Trouble shooting issues related to ESX host, Vc, VCB, HA, DRS, Vpxa, VMware update manager 
•	Updating documentation of complete process. 
•	Monitoring VMware backup 
•	Disk Space increase using VMware converter. 
•	Importing of virtual server using VMware converter. 
•	Testing and Implemented disaster recovery

Vmware Consultant

•	Architecture, design, install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within VI3, vSphere 4 and vSphere 5 environments with VirtualCenter management, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion, VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vCenter Operations Manager, Horizon Workspace, Horizon Mirage, ThinApp and VMware View desktop virtualization infrastructure (VDI). 
•	Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012 as well as Linux servers from VMware, Hyper-V, Xen and legacy hardware. 
•	Hands on experience in iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel protocols, Fiber Channel cabling, switching, and zoning. 
•	Analyze and troubleshoot on an advanced level, performance of SAN-backed VMware ESX infrastructure to determine proper allocation of resources to a multi-department user population with widely varying needs. 
•	Customize layer 2 and layer 3 networking between VMware, networking components and storage for high availability and maximum performance. 
•	Develop, test, and maintain a disaster recovery plan for critical VMs and application data.

VMware Vsphere Configuration and Administration 

•	Helped migration of services from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 for Dow Chemicals 
•	Managed SQL Server 2005 & Exchange 2007, and over 2000+ user accounts in Active Directory 
•	Managed and Administered Windows XP and Windows 7 workstations and laptops 
•	Supported and maintained servers and backups 
•	Supported Microsoft Office 2007/2010 
•	Troubleshoot advanced issues of NetBackup like with Media Server De-duplication and Open Storage devices like Data Domain. 
•	Design and Configuration of Data Domain in a global environment with around 10 domains across the world. 
•	Upgrade the environment from NetBackup 6.5.6 to NetBackup 7.1. The migration involves around 10 Master Servers 40 Media servers and More than 3000 clients. 
•	Installation and configuration Symantec Backup Appliances like 5230 powered with NetBackup built-in Puredisk de-duplication. 
•	Migrated around 10 TB of CDL data to Data Domain and Tape library as per the business requirements. 
•	Fine tune the new NetBackup environment with best practices. Making multiple fine tuning configuration on data domain, Master & Media servers. 
•	Create Capacity Analysis and Design with plan for migration. Look into capacity and resource availability of existing environment like tape library, client migration deadlines and back out options. 
•	Provision storage and backup using NetBackup for the customers. Troubleshoot the infrastructure errors.

Emancore Clinical Research Training Center

•	Responsible for maintaining IT infrastructure including server hardware and data storage, switching and routing

Administration of the VMware vSphere Domain 

An enthusiastic engineer with the necessary drive and determination needed to resolve complex virtualization, server administration and backup issues. Possessing effective organizational skills and excellent working knowledge of VMware vSphere. Experienced in providing motivation, guidance and an up to date Server Administration and NetBackup consultancy services to both colleagues and clients.

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