Manager Active Directory

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[pic]Hardik Patel

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Objective:

Committed towards perfection in work entrusted upon and seeking

professional excellence in all endeavours, assisted by the right

opportunity

Summary of Experience:

. 8 years of extensive experience in Systems and Virtualization Design

Implementation and troubleshooting of mission critical IT systems

assignments.

. Expertise in design, implementation and supporting VMware vSphere ESXi

4.1/4.0 environment and ThinApp, Lab Manager 4.0.

. Experience with VMware view 4.0/4.5 design and Virtual desktops

deployments

. Extensive hands on experience with design and implementation of

enterprise wide Virtualization Projects with VMware.

. Experience in Installing and configuring HP C7000, CiscoUCS Blades,

Compaq, and Dell Servers. Configuring RAID, Disk Mirroring, SAN

Volume Expansion, Raid, SCSI Controller Installation

. Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESX servers, Virtual

Centre servers and windows virtual machines using VMware Update

manager

. Coordination and interaction with dedicated global customers, Account

Management and Infrastructure team to meet SLAs.

. Design and Implemented VMware SRM 4.0/4.5 in Proof of Concepts

projects

. Extensive knowledge in installing, managing and supporting the Active

Directory Environment

. Experience with large number of P2V migrations using VMware/Platespin

and doubletake P2V convertor tools

. Proactively monitoring customer's network on 24x7 bases and updating

them regularly.

. Proficient in designing, installing and configuring small, medium and

large sized system infrastructure on different o/s platforms.

. Performed system administration activities, security policies and

monitored system performance both at software and hardware levels

. Outsourced managed services include infrastructure and transactional

based monitoring and alerting, outsourced security, network management

and managed web hosting services.

. Reputation for dedicated teamwork, high-energy, work ethic, and

commitment to customer service.

PROFESSOINAL CERTIFICATIONS

. VMware Certified Professional on VSphere (VCP 4)

. VMware Certified Professional on VI3.5 (VCP 3)

. VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP 4)

. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist ( Windows Server 2008)

. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

. Master of Science in Computer Science.

. Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Information

Technical Skills:

A Server Hardware HP Proliant DLs and Blade Servers, Dell

PowerEdge Servers

IBM Blade HS20P Servers, Sun Fire 4200/4100

series Servers

B Operating System Windows 2008, 2003, 2000 advanced server, Win

XP, 2k.Vista

C Virtualization VMware ESX 2.01,2.5,3.0 & 3.5, VCenter, VDI

view 4.5/4.6, ThinApp & VMware Automation

tools

D System Tools & VMware Healtcheck tool, Vizioncore Tools,

Utilities Platespin tools, Virtual Center Admin Portal,

vFoglight .

E Directory Designing, Deploying and Migration of Windows

Services / Based Active Directory. Installation and

Internet Administration of IIS 6.0, DHCP & DNS servers

Project Experience

Verizon Business Newyork, NY

(Jan'09 - July'11)

Senior VMware Technical Consultant

Environment: EMC, VMware, HP C7000 Blades, Cisco UCS, AppSpeed Xcalibur,

Platespin, Thin Clients, Linux, Unix, Netware, Windows server 2003, 2008,

Vista, Active Directory.

. Design and Implemented VMware VIEW 4.5 with ThinApp for Virtual desktop

deployments.

. Designed and successfully implemented VMware ESX 4.1/4.0 hosts for server

consolidation.

. Worked as Technical Lead on various infrastructure projects surrounding

Servers consolidation, Physical to Virtual Migrations, Storage and Server

Management.

. Responsible for the management of servers and duties include regular and

proactive monitoring of servers, responding the alerts

. Worked on Central Management Server (VCenter Server) to manage all the

ESX hosts in the datacenter.

. Installed and Tested VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM 2.0/4.0) for the

disaster recovery and managed recovery plans

. Implemented successful recovery by VMware SRM and eliminated the

complexity of managing and testing recovery plans

. Configured VMware on clustered environment, Implemented Migration of

Virtual Machines using VMotion, Storage VMotion

. Virtualized Windows server Migration using VMware Converter, PlateSpin

PowerConvert and doubletake convertor

. Hot and Cold Cloning of Virtual Machines using VMware Converter.

. Configured VMware HA, VMware DRS and Fault Tolerance in acquiring higher

efficiency for VMware Virtual Infrastructure

. Cisco UCS and HP Blades Administration with VMware Infrastructure.

. Worked on VMware Update Manager for updating or patching for all the ESX

hosts and Virtual machines

. Experience with EMC & Netapps SAN Infrastructure with VMware Environment

. Analyzing the VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual Center logs to

diagnose the root cause for the problem.

. Support activities surrounding the VMware Virtual Infrastructure, which

includes 60+ VMware ESX, which are SAN/NAS connected, in Production and

Non-Production environments that host over 120+ servers running Windows &

Linux variations and over 1100+ workstations running Windows XP. Lead all

development, engineering, and support for the VMware Infrastructure

. Technical documentation on the Assessment/design and implementation of

VMware VIEW deployment and vSphere Upgrade process.

Children's Healthcare, Atlanta,GA

(Sep'07 - Jan'09)

Technical Consultant (Server Consolidation Project)

Project: Implemented VI3/ View 3 along with P2V migration upgraded

Datacenter and other hardware to meet increased performance benchmarks

along with rolling out Thin Clients to over 600 users. Since we decided to

convert desktops to thin clients, we had to allocate sufficient space for

each user which translated into increased SAN space. Setup and trained

others on EMC SAN management tools such as Control center. Implemented

Xcalibur, integrated AD along with user rights, group policies, and

customized firewall configuration. Used VMware tools such as VI3, V-Motion,

DRS, HA, Update manager, Storage Vmotion, Consolidated Backup, Vcentre

Agent, Virtual SMP, Etc. Implemented VMware Site recovery using additional

Dell servers and EMC SAN.

Responsibilities:

. Designed and administrated server consolidation program through use of

VMware ESX server and VMware Virtual Center.

. View 4 POC assessment /Design and Implementation

. Identify appropriate storage technologies.

. Single point of contact for Vendors and Project Managers.

. Setup 12 ESX servers on Dell PowerEdge 6650 with over 80 application

servers and over 300 thin clients with load balancing and periodic

backup.

. Hardened the security at the host level.

. Installed and configured various Microsoft applications such as

SharePoint, Exchange 2007 server with Active Sync for Windows Mobiles

along with configuration for Iphone.

. Successfully converted several physical servers to virtual servers.

. Support activities surrounding the VMware Virtual Infrastructure, which

includes 60+ VMware ESX, which are SAN/NAS connected, in Production and

Non-Production environments that host over 120+ servers running Windows &

Linux variations and over 1100+ workstations running Windows XP. Lead all

development, engineering, and support for the Virtual Center software.

. Created Virtual Machines, Installed OS (Linked clones and manual clones

from templates), installed Applications and patches.

. Configured Xcalibur to successfully connect thin clients to their virtual

machines, with desired functionality

. Extensive use of Novell Platespin for server consolidation

. Installed, configured and maintained Windows 2000, and 2003 Operating

Systems

. Installed, configure and maintain Microsoft Cluster environments

. Installed and configured Microsoft Exchange server 2003 (later upgraded

to 2007). Made available Exchange mobile access to over 120 mobile

appliances (PDA's and Mobile Phones)

. Installed, configured and maintained: Microsoft Terminal Server, Citrix

Presentation Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft SMS Server.

. Maintained EMC CLARiiON Storage

. Created and distributed images using WSUS.

. Configuration and managing Active Directory, MOM, SMS, DHCP, FTP, IIS &

DNS.

. Application packaging (MSI)

. Implemented VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technologies using

Vmware View and Xcalibur (Hardware)

. Active Directory administration with Xcalibur integration for better

security and control.

. Application Virtualization using Vmware ThinApp

. Project co-ordination using MS Project and Process control (PC upgrade

Project, Quality Assurance, Decision making, Various Technology

implementations, etc).

. Responsible for defining, improving and delivering quality along with

continuous process improvement.

. Provided training to the staff and prepared documentation.

. Followed ITIL Best Practices.

Environment: EMC, VMware, ESX, HP Eva Array VmView, AppSpeed Xcalibur,

Platespin, Thin Clients, Linux, Unix, Netware, Windows server 2003, 2008,

Vista, Active Directory.

Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto,CA

(Sep'05-Aug'07)

VMware Consultant (Datacenter Relocation/Consolidation Project)

. VMware Virtualization Assessment, Design and Implementation.

. Automated the ESX build and deploying process using kickstart CD

. Conducted VMware virtualization assessments to recommend consolidation

scenarios.

. Conducted software product installation, configuration management,

maintenance, testing and documentation of VMware.

. Implementation of ThinApp environment for the Application

Virtualization

. Build, deployed and maintained different OS templates in VI3 and ESX

2.5 environment

. Deployed and supported VMware ThinApp environment &Virtual Machines in

VI3 and ESX 2.5.4 environment

. Kept track of VMware host and virtual machines inventory

. Performed ESX host 2.5 migration using VMware Converter and migratory

to ESX 3.5

. Performed physical to virtual migration using Platespin and vConverter

. Automated the ThinApp package deployment with AD Group Policies

. Monitored VMware environment and performance using vFoglight and

Virtual Center Admin Portal (VCAP)

. Implementation experience with all high availability VI3 features

including VMotion, HA, Virtual SMP, DRS, SAN snapshots, etc.

. VMware ESX server Hardware setup with HA/DRS Clustering/Vmotion

. Installed / configured / maintained Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003

environment.

. Supported day-to-day issues in Windows 2000 Server / Windows 2003

environment

. Tested and Implemented VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) with VERITAS

. Experience in resolving ESX related technical issues from the host

console

. Performed a thorough Healthcheck on VMware Infrastructure using VMware

Health check tool

. Implemented and tested Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

CITI Financial Service, NJ

(Jan'05 - Aug'05)

Network Engineer

Project: Prudent automation has about 32+ physical servers including 3 SQL

DB servers, 3 Linux mail servers, 4 web server, 20 application servers,

etc. Our main project was to implement Virtualization technology to

consolidate servers, create a robust disaster recovery plan, have a single

point management system, reduce downtime, etc. Successful in Designing and

Implementing VMware and P2V conversion. Also maintained and Troubleshoot

network issues across organization.

Responsibilities:

. Planned and Implemented conversion of physical to Virtual environment

. Analyzed, developed, tested and maintained servers in Virtual

environment.

. Conducted laptop PC training sessions for customer care specialists and

remote site operators

. Worked as a team to implement organization wide Virtualization

technologies (VMware) after successfully testing Virtualization in a Lab

environment.

. Troubleshooting network connectivity including: TCP/IP configuration,

Server/Workstation hardware troubleshooting and repair, VPN connectivity,

troubleshooting of notebooks and tape libraries.

. Installation and configuration of Windows 2000/2003 servers and

workstations.

. Maintained IBM Tivoli storage manager

. Implemented EMC storage solutions

. Active Directory, DHCP, FTP, IIS & DNS configuration and managing.

. Periodic Backups

. Document Management and process work flow. Setup of printers including:

Network printers from print server and TCP/IP printing.

. Upgraded and maintained antivirus software.

Environment: Windows 2003/2000, Linux, VMware, EMC, Active Directory,

Tivoli

HSBC Bank, India

(May'03 - Dec'04)

Windows Systems Administrator

. Installed Windows NT, Server2003, Workstation, Proxy Server, Configured,

implemented and provided maintenance

. Managed Domain Controllers and Additional domain controllers

. Symantec antivirus console management, updating antivirus definitions

through centralize Symantec antivirus server

. System Troubleshooting in case of a failure and maintained server uptime

above 99.99%

. Migration of active directory services from Win NT to Win 2k to Win 2003

. Provided Capacity Planning review for all the servers

. Customized the 2000/2003 servers in terms of Registry,

Audit/Account/Security policy, patching, to sustain Company Standard

Operating Environment

. Configured & administered Domain Naming Server (DNS),Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Distributed File System.(DFS),Internet

Information Service.(IIS) and Remote Access Service(RAS)

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