Arun Swamy Cell: 571-***-****

Citrix Engineer and Architect Home : 703-***-**** acrh9h@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Demonstrated track record of deploying and managing complex, large scale IT systems infrastructure for diverse public and private sector organizations. Extensive hands-on experience covers cloud computing, server/desktop virtualization, and includes

Over eighteen years of experience with Microsoft Operating systems including Windows 2008; 2003; and NT servers; Windows XP and Windows 7 desktop systems.

Fifteen years of experience with VDI solution including Citrix XenDesktop 7.x; XenApp 6.5; XenApp 6.0; XenDesktop 5.5; XenDesktop 5.0; XenApp 4.5; XenDesktop 4.0 Presentation Server 4.0; MetaFrame XP; MetaFrame 1.8; and WinFrame.

Twelve years of experience with Active Directory; DHCP and DNS.

Ten years of experience with virtualization solution using VMware VSphere 5.1; VSphere 4.1; VMware 3.5; VMware 3.0 and VMware 2.5.

Familiar with VMware View, Xen Mobile, Netscaler and Amazon Cloud

Training

Introductory workshop on AWS Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Washington DC

Advanced workshop on AWS Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Washington DC

Citrix Nescaler Boot camp, Citrix Technologies, Bethesda, MD

Mobility Management Boot camp, Citrix Technologies, Bethesda, MD

VMware vSphere Fast Track program, VMWare Professional Services, Herndon.

Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 – Citrix Technologies, On-Line Course

Citrix XenApp 7.5 - Citrix Technologies, On-Line Course

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Advantec Institute

A Division of Computer Learning Center, Vienna, Virginia.

Certifications

VMWare Certified Professional (VCP-VSphere)

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)

Citrix Certified Sales Professional (CCSP)

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MCP + I)

Education

M.S. Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Fellowship in Business Management (Fellow-IIM), Indian Institute of Management, India

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E), BMS College of Engineering, India

Security Clearance: Secret

Experience

Northrop Grumman November 2014 – January 2015

Citrix Virtualization Engineer April 2015 to Present

Client: Department of Treasury

Supporting the Agencies Citrix VDI team in their Engineering and Operational Tasks.

Preparing detailed documents for Architecting and Designing XenDesktop 7.6 and XenApp 7.6 Implementation; Proof of Concept Design; and Requirement Assessment Document.

Preparing detailed Standard Operating Procedure documents

CONCERAS, McLean, Virginia January 2015 – April 2015

Citrix Engineer

Client: Department of State

Supporting and maintaining the Citrix Environment comprising of over 50 Citrix Servers 300 VDIs and 3000 users

SLAIT Consulting, Fairfax, Virginia (Short Term Project) August 2014 – October 2014

Senior VDI Engineer

Client: Virginia Community College (NVCC)

Troubleshooting and supporting VDI solution at the NVCC campus located at Alexandria, Annandale,

Manassas, Woodbridge, Sterling, Reston and Springfield.

The Citrix VDI Environment comprised of VMware and Xen server hosted on UCS blade chassis,

NetApp storage, Citrix Store Front 2.0, Provisioning servers 7.1, XenApp 7.1 and XenDesktop 7.1.

Copper River IT, Chantilly, Virginia February 2014 - July 2014

Senior Systems Engineer

Client: Department of State, Washington DC

Planned and designed a private cloud solution for providing a community network enabling Embassy staffers worldwide to collaborate and share applications and information using Amazon (AWS) cloud.

Prepared a comprehensive System Design Document for implementing a Cloud based community network and a VDI pilot leveraging AWS Government Cloud, Nutanix hardware, VMware 5.5, Citrix XenDesktop 7.5, Windows server 2008 R2 and SQL 2010 database.

Attended several Amazon Web Services (AWS) workshops and on-line trainings.

Prepared and reviewed Citrix implementation plan for Federal Drug Administration (FDA) using XenDesktop 7.5.

Obtained Citrix Certified Sales Professional Certification (CCSP).

Professional Alternative (CSC), Chantilly, Virginia January 2012 to January 2014

Senior Systems Engineer

Client: Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Washington DC

Planned and implemented a private cloud using Cisco UCS blade system, Netapp storage, VMware VSphere 5.1, Citrix XenApp 6.5, XenDesktop 5.6 and Microsoft 2008 R2 Server operating system.

The private cloud solution comprised of over 100 Microsoft windows 2008 virtual servers and over 2000 published and virtual desktops.

Facilitated help desk personnel and end user training.

Provided tier 3 support for troubleshooting and performance monitoring.

Provided configuration, fine tuning and troubleshooting the VDI environment and customer support.

Prepared and implemented Change Requests.

Provided patch management to the server infrastructure and vDisks using Microsoft WSUS.

Planned and implemented image and application management

Implemented and managed Group policies and Active Directory Management for the Citrix infrastructure.

Worked with Citrix Mobile Device Manager.

Worked with Netscaler 9700 10.2 Version and access gateway.

Wheeler Network Designs, Manassas, Virginia July 2009 to January 2012

Senior Systems Engineer

Client: USCIS, Washington DC

Planned and implemented a private cloud using Cisco UCS blade system, Netapp storage, VMware VSphere 4.1,Citrix XenApp 4.5, XenDesktop 4 and Microsoft 2003 Server operating system. The private cloud solution comprised of over 50 Microsoft windows 2003 virtual servers and over 500 published and virtual desktops.

Managed and maintained Active Directory for Citrix OU.

Provided user training and Technical support.

Planned, installed, and deployed various applications both by publishing and streaming techniques

Stanley Associates, Arlington, Virginia July 2007 to July 2009

Systems Integration Engineer

Planned and implemented Virtualization solution for 150 servers using HP DL 380 servers, EMC SAN storage, VMware VSphere 3.5 and Microsoft 2003 Server operating system.

Managed and maintained Active Directory, DNS and DHCP.

Planned and implemented ISONAS Security system for controlled / restricted access to various facilities.

Provided Technical support during and after working hours.

Planned and implemented patch management using WSUS.

About Web, Falls Church, Virginia February 2007- June 2007

IT Consultant

Client: OPIC, Washington DC

Planned and implemented Citrix environment upgrade from Citrix MetaFrame XP to Presentation Server 4.0 using Windows 2003 server and HP DL 380 server platform.

Planned and upgraded RSA 5.0 to 6.1 and integrated with Citrix Presentation server 4.0 for user authentication using RSA tokens.

Administered over 30 Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 servers in an Enterprise Domain supporting over 250 users.

Planned and implemented Data Center Upgrade and maintenance.

American Red Cross, Falls Church, Virginia. January 2001- February 2007

Senior Systems Engineer

Administered, monitored and maintained over 700 Window 2000 and 2003 servers in an Enterprise Domain System supporting over 1000 Chapters and 7 Regions.

Provided maintenance support, troubleshooting and upgrading server hardware.

Planned and installed VMWare 2.5 and converted over 300 physical servers to virtual machines

Planned and implemented Citrix Metaframe 1.8 based load balancing, and published applications.

Managed and maintained Active Directory, DNS and DHCP

Prepared System Design Documents for Installing and Configuring Windows 2000; Windows 2003; and Citrix MetaFrame servers.

Performed monthly server maintenance and provided Tier 3 support.

Worked round the clock during 9-11 and Katrina events supporting the infrastructure.

Prepared server system documents for Data Center migration.

CIBER Inc., McLean, Virginia October 1999 – January 2001

Senior Consultant

Client: Freddie Mac, Virginia

Administered, monitored and managed over 70 Windows NT Servers, and 10 Terminal Servers in an Enterprise Domain System and supported over 300 users.

Planned and implemented Citrix Metaframe 1.8 and published applications.

Managed and maintained Active Directory, DNS and DHCP.

Prepared Documentation for Installing and Configuring Windows NT and Terminal Servers.

Performed monthly server maintenance and provided Tier 3 support.

Indus Corporation, Vienna, Virginia November 1998 – October 1999

Systems Administrator

Client: Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS), Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Administered, monitored and managed over 50 Windows NT Servers in an Enterprise Domain and supported over 1000 users using Dell server hardware and Windows NT Operating system.

Planned and managed Domain wide account policies and resource allocation.

Planned and implemented deployment of DHCP, DNS, and WINS for the Enterprise Domain.

Prepared NT System Administrators Manual to help Local Area Data Programmers.

Performed monthly server maintenance and provided on-call support.

Interealty Corp, Vienna, Virginia August 1997 – November 1998

Systems Administrator

Administered, monitored and managed over 50 Windows NT Servers and 200 Windows NT Workstations in an Enterprise System using HP server hardware and Windows NT operating system.

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