Active Directory Manager
Resume:
Eswar.A
Mobile:512-***-****
E-Mail: ac1w2t@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary:
Proven Professional with16+years’ experience in Information Technology, which includes 4+ Years in VMware, Citrix Xen, Hyper-V, Virtualization environment, 10years in Server environment (Windows, Linux).2years on Storage environment. Experience in virtualization Planning, implementation and ongoing management with early and current versions of VMware solutions SRM, vCenter Operations. Managed large Datacenter projects including planning, scheduling, business continuity unit facilitation and overall client management. Experience in establishing and maintaing service levels troubleshooting monitor.
Responsible for production support of Active Directory (AD), Group Policy Objects (GPO), Domain users, Users and groups and granted appropriate permissions, shares and privileges to access LAN and Domain environment.
Installed, configured and provide support for the LDAP in the development, testing, staging and production environment.
Implementing Group policies as per the Customer request. Creating groups, users and assigning share permissions.
Provide Remote support and administration on network for internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft remote desktop connection.
Managed the member server, a server which hosts services like IIS, DNS, and DHCP.
Able to create scripts for system administration languages such as Power Shell.
Installation, configuration and Maintenance of Netapp Filer. Supporting Netapp storage infrastructure for internal users.
Proficiency with Microsoft Exchange Management Console.
Designed, configured, implemented and maintained an enterprise messaging environment including office 365.
Maintaining Space of Mailbox, Applying Quota on Mailbox, and archiving for hitting space of mailbox
Ensured the smooth operation of Exchange servers.
Creating Virtual machines, installing operating systems inside VM's and installing tools and configure these VM's based on customer requirements.
Experienced in performing Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations and taking Snapshots.
Experienced in creating Virtual Machine Templates and deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources.
Implement Management server (vCenter Server) instances to enable Centralized management of multiple hosts.
Worked with the infrastructure team in support of the vCenter hosting the VDI environment.
Knowledge on Sharepoint Server implementation and Administration.
Knowledge of common IT processes, including ITIL and SDLC.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
VMware Platforms
VMware vSphere 5.5/6.0, ESXi Server 5.5, VMware
HA,DRS,andFT,VMware,vCenter,converter,VDI,View/ThinApp Composer, VMware vRealize Orchestrator
O/S Platforms
Windows Server 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2
Protocols
TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS
Database
SQL Server 2012/2005/2008.
Tools
SRM, vConvertor, Platespin
Protocols
TCP/IP, DNS, FTP, SMTP and HTTP
Utilities
Veritas Volume Manager 3.2.
Storage
Netapp Filer
Backup Tools
Symantec, Veeam, Commvault.
Network
Cisco, Juniper, Cyberoam Firewall
Security
Trend Micro Corporate Edition
Education & Certification:
Bachelor of Science Tamil Nadu Open University – 2005
MCSE 2003
MCSA Windows Server 2012
NetApp Certified 7-Mode Data Administrator
Professional Experience
Cognizant Charlotte NC
Windows /VMware Engineer Aug 2017 to Till date
Responsibilities:
Disaster Recovery & planning, design, implementation and testing.
Working on Disaster recovery of VMware ESXI and Windows Servers.
Performance Reports, troubleshooting Performance Issue (Memory, CPU, Disk Space )
Installation / Uninstallation, Firmware, Hotfix installation of VMs and Physical machines.
OS Troubleshooting, Mount Data store, Unmounts Data store.
New Server Build request, Decommission, Server Provision 2008,2008R2,2012,2012R2.
Working on Commvault Back up and Recovery .
Administration windows 2003, 2008R2 and 2012.
Working on adding new malware rules to McAfee antivirus.
Dell Inc., Round Rock TX
Windows Engineer Mar 2016 to June 2017
Responsibilities:
Planning and implementing Server setup, configuration & administration for Windows server2008 & 2012 and Active Directory Administration.
Install vendor software and troubleshoot issues with them.
Worked with network team to troubleshoot /make required VLANS available on chassis and rackmount servers and server network related issues.
Patching servers via WSUS where in cluster servers need to be failed over to the passive nodes for patching servers within a time window.
Run quarterly security vulnerability scans and resolve issues with websites.
Managed software distribution projects including Microsoft Security upgrades and standard desktop software.
Managed Windows Server Disk Storage, Configured Windows Server Printing Administered Software Licensing, Hot Fixes, Service Packs, Backed Up and Restored Data.
Managed Groups, User and Computer Accounts, Implemented and Managed Software Update Service (SUS)
Configured and Supported remote access to a network, Installed and configured a DHCP Server, and DNS server.
Set up and administered domain user accounts and groups to enable users to gain access to resources in a Windows Server 2008 network.
Configured the Domain Name System (DNS) Server service on a computer running Windows Server to support Active Directory.
Managing windows Services – AD, Group policy, DNS, DHCP, Terminal Services and WINS.
Disaster Recovery planning, design, implementation and testing.
Administration windows 2003, 2008R2 and 2012.
Windows 2008 and 2012 Servers deployment, troubleshooting and configuration.
Working knowledge of PowerShell, VB, Batch scripting.
Well-versed with installation, configuration & administration of Microsoft SQL Server.
Responsible for implementing and supporting high availability solutions with SQL Server including SQL Mirroring.
Experience in SQL server Administration Tasks like database backups and restore, troubleshooting SQL server connectivity issues etc.
Experience troubleshooting issues with bulk SQL Server jobs, long running queries and deadlocks.
Experience in configuring availability groups and listeners in SQL 2012 Always ON.
Microsoft, Redmond, VA Nov2014 – Feb2016
Windows / Virtualization Engineer
Responsibilities:
Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012 administrations.
Windows 2008and 2012 Servers deployment, troubleshooting and configuration.
Managing windows Services – AD, Group policy, DNS, DHCP, Terminal Services and WINS.
Disaster Recovery planning, design, implementation and testing
AntiVirus updates and MS Patches Management.
Active Directory Services – Managing Users & Other Resource objects.
Optimization and performance and resolve performance bottlenecks.
Create virtual machines within Hyper-V.
Manage and administer private clouds in Hyper-V infrastructure.
provisioning activities on virtual servers Microsoft Hyper-V environment.
Worked in Migration project for VMware and Hyper-V servers.
Migrated VMs from local data store to new enterprise Data store with minimal downtime.
Created new user accounts with username and password and proficiently managed the accounts.
Addressing queries regarding the Information System / design, deployment & maintenance of Active Directory Environment.
Providing Technical resolution to Customers for issues related to the Active Directory Global Domain Environments.
Replication/update of content with Site server/ Interwoven/Wansync in the web server farm.
Involved in data center migration project Moved several UNIX and Linux servers from old data center to new data center using P2P, P2V and V2V migration.
Experienced in performing Cloning, Cold Migrations and taking Snapshots.
Experienced in creating Virtual Machine Templates and deploy virtual machines from templates and allocate resources.
Managing and Installation of VMware ESXi 6.0/5.5 server, Installation and configuration of virtual center database and installation of VMware infrastructure virtual machines.
Implemented the migrations of ESXi servers to ESX5.1 and to 5.5, ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0.
Responsible for keeping all VMware ESX/ESXi more than 100+ hosts up to date with patches and updates with minimal downtime using vMotion for SAN attached VMs and Storage vMotion for Local storage VMs.
Install & troubleshoot patches and updates on ESX/ ESXi hosts and virtual machine using VMware Update manager.
Participate in regular VMware administration & provisioning activities on virtual servers environment.
Secure24 Southfield MI Feb 2012 to Oct 2014
Role: Storage / Vmware Admin
Expertise on Creating virtual machines, installing operating systems inside VM's and installing tools and configure these VM's based on customer requirements.
Installation and troubleshooting of VMware.
Provisioning virtual machines.
Deploying virtual machines from Templates and by cloning.
Installing and upgrading VMware tools.
Upgrading virtual machine hardware version.
Creating and deleting of vm's snapshots.
Assigning LUNs to ESX/ ESXi servers and creating data stores.
Adding virtual machine memory and vcpu.
Migrating VM's through Vmotion and SVmotion.
Convert physical machines to virtual machines (P2V) and virtual machines to virtual machines (V2V) with VMware converter.
Installation, configuration and Maintenance of Netapp Filer. Supporting Netapp storage infrastructure for internal users.
Troubleshooting performance issues by working with NetApp Technical Support.
Troubleshooting Snap vault backup related issues in Protection Manager.
Monitoring NetApp storage environment using DFM & System manager. Also provisioning storage, providing access, reporting on space utilization.
I was responsible for planning, implementing vfilers and migrating the volumes in case of aggregate space issues.
Performing Data migrations as a part of technology refresh activities using snap mirror & 7 Mode transition tools (7MTT).
Installing Server OS 2008 R2 and 2012 R2 in all kind of Servers.
Working on Change management Requests.
Involvement in AD migration and DHCP configuration.
Perform installation activities remotely on equipment after physical installation on-site.
Understand physical installation and advise engineers’ onsite of the requirements and design.
Provide details of complex problems to the engineering team for further resolution.
Provided database support for data extractions and other database operations within Microsoft SQL Server 2008r2 and basic usage of Oracle 10g as well as Microsoft Access databases.
Xpress Docs, Dallas, TX
Windows / VM Administrator Oct 2010 - Jan 2012
Responsibilities:
Built Windows 2003/2008 Wintel Servers on standalone and blade servers based on application design and deployed stack on these servers.
Maintained Windows Servers 2003, 2008 R2 administration created User Accounts and Groups in Active Directory (AD) as required after gaining required approvals.
Managing Active directory, DNS, WINS and DHCP Servers.
Active Directory Services -- Managing Users & Other AD objects.
Installed the Windows 2003/2008r2 Servers in the organization with over 500 clients.
Created the user accounts and profiles, assigned permissions using Active Directory, a directory service which contains information of all user accounts and which optimizes the network traffic.
Administered the Group Policy, a collection of permissions, security and rights which can be applied on sites domains and OU's. Also used group policy to automatically upgrade, repair software installation online
Managing Cluster Services – Installation & Administration
Web Server Administration – IIS 5.0 / IIS 6.0/ IIS 7.0:
Managing IIS 6.0/IIS 7.0 Web servers and hosted web sites.
Creating and configuring new internal & external websites (HTTP and HTTPS).
Website content and application release management and heath check of the servers.
Application support for asp, .NET based hosted internal & external websites.
Planning and implementing the disaster recovery and resolve web architectural issues.
Deploying and troubleshooting of .Net based Applications on large IIS web server farms.
Creating, deploying, renewing and Import & export of the SSL certificates.
Install, configure and Manage XenServer version 6.5.
Responsibilities include creating and maintaining Images.
Maintenance and troubleshooting of Xen Server and VMs.
Installing and testing applications in Citrix environment.
Asset Management, Change Management, Asset Auditing, Patch Management and Remote Controlling of all client machines.
Installing and Administering the various virtualization components like vCenter, vSphere etc
Performed ESXi Hosts and Virtual Machine migrations between Development, Integration, and Production environments and across Datacenters.
Supported VMware, specifically ESXi to monitor cluster performance, optimize the server environment, diagnose and resolve production issues amongst Data Centers.
Develop, test, and maintain a disaster recovery plan for critical VMs and application data.
Providing and maintaining user access in VMware virtual Center, configuring mail alert for any failure in HA, DRS, CPU and memory.
Trouble shooting issues related to VMware ESX host, VMware virtual center, HA, DRS, VMware update manager.
Experience in the V2V and P2V migration of Physical servers to VMware ESXi hosts.
Converted several physical servers (both Linux and Windows) to virtual servers using PlateSpin.
Created data store clusters and configured Storage vMotion as per requirements.
Monitoring Hardware health/Availability status and event alarms for Incident.
Performing initial Cisco UCS cluster setup and provide management IP addresses for blade servers.
Tecra Systems Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India Jul2006 – Sep2010
Senior Systems/Network Administrator
Responsibilities:
Work involves managing team of Windows/Linux systems administration and the production infrastructure in Tecra Datacenter.
Analyzing IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT.
Developing agreed solutions and implementing new systems.
Designing, testing, installing and monitoring new systems.
Preparing documentation and presenting progress reports.
Implementing web server for Dev Teams,
Providing MSSQL databases recommendations and database tuning for Dev Teams.
Ensure that network devices and solutions were aligned with the company's global policy (i.e. network polices, Security policies etc)
Part of a global team that maintains Corporate Enterprise Storage systems and Backups
Install and configuring MS SQL servers for Development, QA, and PRODUCTION environments.
Supporting windows servers for production and Development environment includes
MS SQL servers, IIS servers and third party applications.
Day to day SQL Server duties as well as major projects including hardware migration, replication, and upgrades.
Maintained Management Server for R&D, Development and QA environments for Tecra internal applications.
Installation, configuration Active directory.
Disk Administration (Configuring RAID 0, 1, 5).
System performance Monitoring and Management.
Installing and Configuring Terminal Server for Remote desktop.
Updating Security patches for Operating system and all other Applications.
Installing and Configured access rules on Kaspersky Antivirus Corporate edition.
Creating Disk cloning for servers with help of Ghost software.
Troubleshooting Windows Time related issues.
Account Lockouts Configuring Password Policies.
Configuring and managing Domain Naming System (DNS).
Managing Domain Controllers in DMZ Environments.
Active Directory installation/un-installations, Metadata Cleanups.
Implementing, Managing and Troubleshooting Group Policies.
Configuring Folder Redirections.
Configuring and Managing File Replication Service (FRS).
Active Directory Migration through ADMT across Forests and Domains.
Managing FSMO roles, Global Catalog Servers.
Building and Managing Trust Relationships.
Troubleshooting Logon Failures, Dc promo issues.
Analyzing Windows Log files for all components.
Fixing Network related issue like slow Logon, slow Replication and other communication issues.
Provided Pro and premium Support for Windows 2003/2008/ 2008 R2 Servers.
Installed, configured and from Microsoft Exchange 2007.
Expanded e-mail capabilities through interconnecting Microsoft Exchange implementing Internet Mail Service (IMS) and deploying Outlook Web Access.
Created and supported 300 total Exchange users in 4 locations nationwide and worldwide, as well as corporate office users.
Proficiency with Microsoft Exchange Management Console.
Managed Exchange client configuration using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 & 2007.
Provided support and maintenance of Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access and Microsoft Office Outlook E-mail, Calendaring & Scheduling.
Maintaining Space of Mailbox, Applying Quota on Mailbox, and archiving for hitting space of mailbox
Ensured the smooth operation of Exchange servers.
Network / Security:
Installation, configuration of Cyberoam 50ING Hardware based firewall for network security.
Creating VPN certificates for clients to from remote location.
URL filtering, implementation of Corporate Rules.
Configuring IPSEC VPN tunnels local office to remote US office.
Installation & configuration Linux based Firewall on IPCOP for Network security.
EDSS Private Limited, Hyderabad, India
Systems/Network Administrator Jun 2001 – Jun 2006
Responsibilities:
Analyzing IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT.
Developing agreed solutions and implementing new systems.
Presenting solutions in written or oral reports.
Designing, testing, installing and monitoring new systems.
Preparing documentation and presenting progress reports.
Implementing web server for Dev Teams.
Providing databases recommendations and database tuning for Dev Teams.
Ensure that network devices and solutions were aligned with the company's global policy (i.e. network polices, Security policies etc.)
Part of a global team that maintains Corporate Enterprise Storage systems and Backups
Install and configuring MS SQL servers for Development, QA, and PRODUCTION environments.
Supporting windows servers for production and Development environment includes
MS SQL servers, IIS servers and third party applications.
Day to day SQL Server duties as well as major projects including hardware migration, replication, and upgrades.
Maintained Management Server for R&D, Development and QA environments for EDS internal applications.
Installation, configuration Active directory.
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