M. MANOJ KUMAR

Mobile:812-***-****

Email: abg34j@r.postjobfree.com

Seeking a challenging career as System Administrator in IT / any sector, while integrating

technical expertise and leadership skills that drives organizational performance to higher levels

CERTIFICATIONS / TRAININGS

Microsoft Certified Professional in Windows 2000 Server Configuration

Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE 2003)

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) XenApp 5.0

Microsoft Hyper –V

SCCM Management Administration

VMware ESX3.5/4.0

VMware vSphere 4.0

TECHNICAL SKILL SET / AREAS OF EXPOSURE

Operating Systems Windows NT 4.0 Server, Windows2000, Windows2003 /

Windows2008 § RedHat Linux

Servers Compaq Proliant Server DL 360 § DL 380 § DL 580 § ML 530

§ ML 570 § ML350

HP Blade Servers

Proliant Blade Server465C (C-Class)

Proliant Blade Server465C (P-Class)

ILO,ILO2

Virtualizations VMWARE ESX3.5/4.0

Vmware VSphere

Windows HYPER-V

Citrix MetaframeApp4.0 & XenApp5.0

Configurations & Windows Load Balancing(NLB) on IIS6.0 on Clusters

Implementations Active Directory Services

WSUS Servers

SSL Certificates

VMWARE ESX3.5/4.0

Vmware VSphere

Windows HYPER-V

Entrust Antivirus

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Heinz – USA Mar2010 Current

Citrix Administrator / Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Installed and Maintained Windows 2003/2008 OS configuration including network

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settings, OS configurations.

Was responsible for Creating and Building Windows 2003/2008 server virtual images on

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VMware ESX servers (vSphere).

Installed the Applications on DR server to replicate the Production Servers.

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Installed and Configured Citrix Presentation Server including Applications in more

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than 50 servers with 500+ users.

Publishing applications through Citrix Presentation server and managing user

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permissions.

Experienced with designing and implementing Windows 2000/2003 Active

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directory integrated DNS and Group policy management for a complex multi

domain environment

Handled Windows 2000 & 2003 domain environment consisting of child domain

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and sites for supported countries

Expertise in implementing Active Directory Replication, Site Links, Global catalogs

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and core infrastructure components.

Involved in troubleshooting of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS, GPO

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configuration, File & folder permissions, EPO configuration.

Prepared blue print for implementing Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 infrastructure

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products such as Exchange, Active Directory in a multi application environment.

Monitored and Maintained the servers Replication Management, Users & Groups

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Management, Software & Patches upgrades

Created and implemented work plans for system maintenance

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Resolved problems escalated by customers and provided recommendations for

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continuous quality improvement by reviewing daily logged calls.

Team Player as well able to work independently with minimum supervision,

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innovative & efficient, good in troubleshooting and strong desire to keep pace with

latest technologies.

Involved in various ITIL process that includes Change management, Incident

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management and Problem Management.

Printer Management in Citrix PS 4.0 and XP farms.

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Maintenance and troubleshooting of Citrix Servers.

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Publishing and assigning the user permissions to access the Applications in Citrix

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Management Console

Interacting with business users for gathering the requirements for on boarding the

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applications to Citrix Servers.

Maintaining the Print Drivers on Citrix Servers in the Farm.

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Extensive installation and administration of Citrix xenapp 5.0 on windows 2003 servers.

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Publishing the Desktops and Individual Applications according to the Department

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requirements in the organization.

Installation of Internet Information Server for Web Hosting.

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Weekly server maintenance, planning and coordination

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Keeping the software up to date. Applying patches when needed and recommended by

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Microsoft.

Managing Remote Servers through Terminal Services Manager.

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Routine maintenance activities for optimal performance.

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Administering of networks, computers, services, and other system components

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through Active Directory sites and services.

Created, Deployed and Tested large Citrix rollout.

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Configured Policies in Citrix on Farm level and Server Level.

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Resolving various issues such as Windows Policies, Application licensing through RDP.

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Perform ongoing maintenance on the Citrix environment including upgrades, hot fixes.

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Created and documented the process of installing application on Application Server and

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Replicating the Production Servers.

Give Support for offsite Users on various Applications Configuration.

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Solved issues raised in Installing and Configuring while replicating the Production Server

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to DR Servers.

Installed and Tested installation of applications on Application Servers.

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Create, test and deploy virtual environments using Virtualization Technologies –

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VMware Workstation and ESX Server, MS Virtual PC.

Built and manage Virtual servers on VMware ESX.

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Managing ESX servers through VMware vsphere client 4.0.

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Cloning and creating Templates on ESX Servers.

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Troubleshoot computer/network, Internet and email problems for users.

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Environment: Windows NT/2000/2003/2008, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0/4.5, Citrix XenApp

5.0. VMware Vsphere Client 4.0, VMware ESX 3.5.

EMPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT

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Senior System Administrator in Tech Tree IT Systems [Mar2004 to Feb2010]

WORK EXPERIENCE / PROJECTS EXECUTED

Worked with Tech Tree IT Systems as Senior System Administrator. Tech Tree IT is

into Consulting of Broadvision E-commerce Projects. The head office is located at Noida with

Branch offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and Kottayam India.

Client: IRCTC

Worked for Indian Railways Tourism & Catering Co-Operation (IRCTC). The client’s

main business is, Online Train and Tourism Package Ticketing and booking. IRCTC is India’s

official online ticketing corporation with a daily turnover of 15 billions (in INR, Indian rupees).

The head office is located in New Delhi.

JOB responsibilities:

As a Team Lead, my responsibilities were manage the team size of 15 members, maintenance

of 150 servers. Attend Client meetings, gather requirements and implement the solutions as

per the SLA’s defined. The technical responsibilities are described below:

Administrating the following Web sites:

www.irctc.co.in

www.railtourismindia.com

www.irctc.org

www.irctc.biz

• Production Environment:

Configuration & Maintenance of Broadvision Ecommerce tool.

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Configured & Maintenance of DFS file Server Services.

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Configured DFS in five different nodes in IIS6.0 on Cluster for fault tolerance.

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Configuration & Maintenance of IIS5/6.0&7.0 on Production server

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Configuration & Maintenance of Windows Load Balancer(NLB) on Production Servers

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Configuration & Maintenance of SSL certificates on Production environnent

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Successfully configured SSLv3 on Production Web Servers for PCI Audit & Security

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(Payment Card Industry)

Managed the Internet Information Server - WWW and FTP services

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Implemented & Configured VMware ESX3.5 & 4.0 on Production Environment,

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Implemented Physically 20 Blade Servers to 40 Virtual Servers in Production.

Configuration & Maintenance of Patch Management Server for Production (WSUS

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SERVER)

Effectively handled Configuration & Maintenance of ‘Entrust Antivirus’ on Production

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Server

Entrusted with the key responsibility of overall security and ensuring a Virus free

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environment

Citrix XenApp 5.0

* Installation and troubleshooting of presentation server and XenApp server farm.

* Experience in application hosting and administration with multiple sites and farms.

* Strong knowledge of Citrix Secure Gateway & Web Interface.

* Good configuration and administration skills in citrix presentation server console as well as

access management console.

* Capable to resolve the security based problems on Citrix.

* Strong knowledge on ICA clients and publishing applications through webinterface.

* Good knowledge on Load Manager, Load evaluator, Resource manager and installation

manager.

* Hotfix and patch management when necessary.

* End user performance and bandwidth tuning by implementing suitable policies.

* Familiar with Shadowing, IMA, Data Collector, Zones and ports used by Citrix servers.

* Client Printer configuration through policies and thin print client configuration.

* Citrix Server Usage and license consumption monitoring with suitable tools and alerts.

Vmware

Project: VMWare Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Management

Infrastructure Management of around 50 ESX hosts ver 3.5 & 4.0 and 100 Virtual

Machines.Troubleshooting and administering ESX servers and virtual servers.

Migrating VM’s from ESX servers which have CPU or Memory Utilization more then 85% to

less utilized ESX servers.

Updating ESX servers with latest updates available.

Monthly monitoring all ESX servers for any hardware issues and getting them resolved.

Provisioning VM’s using templates.

Preliminary Investigating P2V candidates & handling P2V migrations using VMWare Assistance

Tools.

Design, deployment and support experience in virtualization (server, storage, Network) in an

Enterprise environment.

Experience in planning and implementing Infrastructure/Data center/Server consolidation.

Trained and Experienced in planning and implementing VMware 3.0.x, 3.5, vSphere 4.0.

Design, Deploy and manage Virtual Machines.

Good experience in VMware management tools - vCentre, vMotion.

Experience in performance tuning of VMware servers and Virtual sessions and management of

servers resources between Virtual Machines.

Experience in VMware Converter (P2V, V2V), Update Manager, etc.

Supported one or more infrastructure with size100 Virtual Machines with 50 ESX Hosts

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Staging Environment

Configuration & Maintenance of Windows 2008 servers for test environment

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Configuration & Maintenance of VMware Bare metal software with 4 virtual client with

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Win2003 Operating System on Production (for analysis purposes)

Configuration & Maintenance of Win2008 server and Implemented Hyper-V with 4

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virtual client with Win2003 Operating System on Production (for analysis purposes)

Responsible for Smooth functioning of the Network.

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Deployment of Internet/Intranet in Windows NT environment

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Maintenance of intranet configured on IIS5 Server on Windows

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Successfully configured Proxy server.

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Troubleshooting hardware and software problems on Network for entire Program

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Management team

Creating, configuring and managing users and groups Managing recipients,

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Creating and managing public folders

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Printer Management consisting of Setting up local and network printers

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Provided hardware/technical support; maintained computer systems, and dial-up

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Responsibly handled Network connectivity; and managed the corporate Intranet,

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including installation

Structured network components such as Acton Switches, Hubs and 3com

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Configuration of Network cards, multi-homed router on a Windows NT system to

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connect different network addresses

Responsible for Installation, Configuration, and Monitoring, Performance tuning &

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Backup of the Win NT. It also includes all regular system administration tasks as a user

access & permission, Security, Planning & Configuring System Disks, Logical Volumes,

Volume Groups and File Systems

Implementing network policy, service accesses policy

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Employ filtering techniques to permit or deny services to specified host systems as per

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the requirement

Managing the Internet Information Server - WWW and FTP services

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Administering and tuning performance based on the percentage of utilization and

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optimize memory allocation

Implemented and Configured Wireless ADSL Routers in Networks .

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Performed System and Network Administration, Maintained Computer systems,

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Printers, Tape Drives, and CD-ROMs

Installed third party drivers and software, and configured peripherals under different

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Operating Systems

Imparted training sessions on common protocols, application software, connectivity,

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automated login support and menus and resolved network and software problems

Maintenance of all PC’s (Pentium, AT 386/486), Networking and Printers, Installation

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and Configuring of WINDOWS NT/95

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Over 7 yrs of experience in Networking and System Administration

Repeated success in the areas of Project and Operations Management & Co-ordination,

Solutions’ Architecting

An effective analyst, problem-solver and communicator. Able to establish solid relationship

with upper-level executive leaders and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.

Excellent motivational skills merged with strong leadership to build and sustain forward

growth momentum while motivating peak individual performance from team members

Mastered the knowledge of Windows Administration, IIS, NLB and WSUS Server

Good Knowledge on Vmware & vSphere and Vmware Infrastructure Client

Good Knowledge on Citrix Administration

EDUCATIONAL / TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA)

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

PERSONAL PARTICULARS

Date of Birth: 12th September 1977

Languages Known: English

Passport #:J3764862, Expiry: Aug 2020

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