Manager Management
Resume:
Michael Alubankudi
Michael.Alubankudi .**@*****.***
Professional Summary:
Over 7 years of experience in Systems Administration with a primary focus on installation,
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configuration, and administration of VMware vSphere, ESX/ ESXi 3.0 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 &
5.1, VMware Vcenter 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, XenApp 6.5 XenDesktop 5.6,
5.6, 5, 7.1, 7 XenServer 5.6 6.2.0 and Windows server 2000/2003/2008/2008.
+ years in the area of Virtualization with VMware ESX / ESXI 3.5 and 4.0 4.1, 5.0 Servers
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and Virtual Center server.
Build and troubleshooting experience With VMware ESX Server and Virtual center server.
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Sound knowledge on Virtual Center server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 for managing multiple ESX /ESXI
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Servers.
Excellent understanding on ESX/ESXI Architecture, guest OS installation, setting up of VM
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priorities, Cloning and Snapshots.
High understanding on resource management framework like creation resource pools, adding
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the VMs into resource pools, P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Converter.
Generating Performance Reports weekly basis.
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Installing VMware tools and Upgrading VMware tools on Windows Machines and Linux
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Machines.
Decommissioning Virtual Machines according to Service Request.
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Creating and Configuring VM’s and Preparing Build Verification list’s for provisioned VM’s.
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Patch Management of ESX Hosts using VMware Update Manager.
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Extensive experience in working with the VMotion technology, working with the Storage
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VMotion technology.
Strong knowledge of VMware HA and VMware DRS.
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Strong understanding of VMware Networking concepts like creation of Vswitches, different
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types of port groups, Nic Teaming and VLAN.
Strong knowledge of DNS/DFS/DHCP/WINS Standardizations and Implementations.
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Good knowledge of Windows Server 2003 and 2008 server administration.
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Excellent leadership qualities, good communication skills and interpersonal skills.
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Extremely self motivated, quick learner, team player.
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Design and implementation of global monitoring solution using SCOM, HP SIM and Dell
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Open Manage.
Experience of FC SAN, iSCSI SAN, NAS, NetApp, Dell MD30001, Dell MD 1000, storage
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technology and work with SANs in VMware environments and troubleshooting SAN related
issues and upgraded firmware of SANs in VMware
and different environments.
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par T800: Firm knowledge of the management console CPG management Informative
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reports using system reporter.
Excellent experience with HP Proliant Servers and Dell Power Edge rack
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mounts servers.
Experience with HP Blade System C7000 and C3000 Enclosure using Onboard
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Administrator.
Good experience with installing/troubleshooting and configuring windows Server
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2000/2003/2008 Active Directories Domain Services.
Windows 2000/2003 and 2008 Server Active Directory Administration.
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Experience with SQL 2005 and 2008 server.
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Excellent experience with data backup, mirroring and recovery such as CommVault Simpana
•, Veeam Backup and Recovery, Vizioncore, VRanger, Zerto, Vizioncore VFoglight and
Microsoft System Center.
Excellent troubleshooting skills both with hardware and software in windows environment
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Knowledge of best practices used in system administration and deployment of Windows
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2003/2008 Server OS.
Experience working in a team oriented, collaborative environment .
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Ability to work well under pressure and within short time constraints.
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Ability to manage, configure, and install Cisco switches in a LAN/WAN enviorment
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Education:
• Associates in Computer Science, Gloucester county community college.
Technical skills
VMware VMware vSphere 4.0 and 4.1, 5.0 VMware ESX 3.5, ESXI 4.0/4.1,5.0
Virtual Center Server 4.0,4.1,5 VMware SRM 4.1 VMware Converter
Enterprise VMware Update Manager VMware View (VDI) VMware ThinApp
Citrix Xen Server 5.0 Citrix Xen Desktop 4.0,5.0 Citrix XenApp
OSI Reference Model, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, Ethernet
Networking
LAN, TCP/IP, UDP, Switches, Routing concepts, Virtual network concepts
including vSwitches, VLANs, dvSwitch, TCP/IP stack for virtualization,
configuration of printers and, scanners
DELL Power Edge servers, Dell Laptops and Desktops, HP Blade servers,
Hardware
HP Proliant servers and Other HP hardware Net gear, Cisco & HP
Switches, EMC SAN, VMAX, DMX, EMC Clarian, NetApp SAN and Dell
Equalogic.
Microsoft Server NT /2000/2003/2008, Windows 98/XP/Vista/7, MS DOS,
Operating System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x,5.x. Sun Solaris 9, 10 Unix O/S
Dell, IBM, HP, Cisco, Microsoft, SQL, VMware ESX 3.x to 5.x Virtual
Environment
Center 2.5 to 5.1, EMC, NetApp, iSCSI SAN, FC SAN
MS Office 2003, 2007,2010 and MS Visio, SharePoint, MSCCM
Applications
Citrix Xenapp, Presentation server, Citrix Xenserver, Citrix Xen Desktop,
Citrix
Citrix Edge sight
Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Morris Plains, NJ
Designation: IT Infrastructure Engineer
Duration: Dec 2013 to Present
Job Responsibilities:
Deploy Xenapp 6.5 Infrastructure including database and netscaler
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Deploy VCenter Server 5.1 according to GIS guidelines
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Insuring ITIL compliance with virtual servers
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Deploy XenApp 6.0 on Vmware infrastructure according to GIS guidelines
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UMI Builds with tablets and touchscreens
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NetApp Backups implementation and IQ
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VSphere Administration including disaster recovery including Templates, and Host
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Profiles
ITIL configuration collaboration
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GMP training, (general knowledge)
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Collaboration with SAP team
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Windows Server Troubleshooting, escalated to proper channels
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Process Service requests
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Cloud Infrastructure troubleshooting including Windows 2008 VMs, Citrix Servers, and
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Vsphere Config
Verizon Wireless, Warren, NJ
Designation: Sr. Windows/VMware Administrator
Duration: Jan 2011 to August 2013
Job Responsibilities:
• Deploy VHM(Virtual Host Manger) in Spectrum one click server for monitoring virtual
environment
• Administration and Monitoring Virtual environment using Veeam monitor and spectrum
one click server.
Designed and implemented fully automated DRS and HA clusters with HP 3 PAR, MSA
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2312 SAN storage.
Managed separate VMware clusters like QA, Development and Production.
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Extensively worked on VMware Update manager for Host upgrades and patches.
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Perform capacity analysis of existing physical production environment using VMware
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Capacity planner.
VMware tools upgrading and Windows patch updates. Creation & Troubleshooting of
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Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines, Handled the VMware solutions to support
multiple storage connectivity options such as FC SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal
storage.
Migrated datacenters and converted physical servers to virtual servers using VMware
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and HP Blade servers resulting in a reduction of racks and power usage, decrease
downtime during maintenance and upgrades and improved monitoring.
Upgrading ESXI 4.1 to 5.5 along with and upgrade o Windows Server 2008 SP1 to SP2
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Created and managed resource pools for Virtual Machines.
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Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines using
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Virtual center server for HA, DRS. Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and
Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.
Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates.
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Worked on Veeam Backup and Replication for virtual machine backups and Vizioncore
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vReplocator for disaster recovery.
XenApp 6.5 Migrations
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XenApp Server Deployment
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Racking and stacking of esxi, xenserver, storage, netscaler.
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Netscaler initial configuration.
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Maintain Microsoft Windows Servers (2003 and 2008), DNS DHCP and Active Directory.
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Reorganized AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and External VPN to better implement
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external and internal organization and technical needs.
Generating the audit reports of active directory users on weekly and monthly basis using
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AD Audit plus manage engine.
NJM Insurance Group, West Trenton, NJ
Designation: Windows/VMware Administrator
Duration: Mar 2008 to Dec 2010
Job Responsibilities:
• Deployment of RSA Server for two way authentication for different Vpn Profiles.
• Designing and Documentation for Racks move from one cage to other big cage in
datacenter.
• Worked on large datacenter consolidations and completed them successfully using
multiple P2V conversion using Vcenter Converter.
• Job Responsibilities: Job includes installation and configuration of VMware ESX 4.x,
installation and configuration of VMware Virtual Center Server and creating Virtual
Machines.
Assist in P2V conversion of Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Linux based server
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editions using enterprise VMware converter and also installed the VMware tools on that
machines.
Provided disaster recovery and backup services using the VMware consolidated Backup
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(VCB).
Job also includes creating templates and deploying Virtual Machines through templates,
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cloning Virtual Machines and managing Virtual Center permissions.
Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS.
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Creating and Managing resource pools for Virtual Machines.
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Monitoring and managing performance of ESX servers and Virtual Machines.
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Using Virtual center server for HA, DRS and VMotion.
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Working on Migration concepts like VMotion and cold migration.
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Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network.
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Troubleshooting ESX & Virtual Machines.
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Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
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Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and VMs.
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Installation, configuration and management of Veeam Backup and Replication for virtual
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machine backup.
Management of HP SIM for hardware monitoring.
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Installation, configuration and management of Windows Server 2003.
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Management for Active Directory and patch management.
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Southern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia, PA
Designation: Windows/VMware Administrator
Duration: Apr 2006 to Feb 2008
Job Responsibilities:
• Managed and maintained large scale VMware ESX infrastructure environment
comprising VSphere 4.0 and VI3.0.
• Installed and configured ESX 3.5 and VMware Virtual Center Server, installed Virtual
Center plug ins and managed Virtual Center permissions.
• Upgraded VI3 ESX servers to VSphere Server 4.0 on as needed basis.
• Performed manual VMotion, monitored performance of ESX servers and Virtual
Machines.
• Created templates and deployed virtual machines through templates.
• Performed hot and cold cloning of VMs.
• Created patch update baselines and remediated ESX hosts.
• Performed snap shot management activities.
• Configured and managed HA and DRS clusters.
• Configured traffic shaping and security policies including load balancing and, NIC
teaming.
• Created virtual switches, configured switch settings and network policies.
Involved in regular backup’s using replication tools such as vRanger Pro.
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Documented infrastructure implementation and migration processes.
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Planned and participated in VMware infrastructure consolidation plan reviews, meeting
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and conference calls.
Installation, configuration and management of Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers.
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Management of Active Directory infrastructure.
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Monitoring of HP servers using HP SIM.
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Installation, configuration and deployment of DNS/DHCP and WINS
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Strengths:
Drive, energy, enthusiasm and commitment to complete specific project on time and the
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motivation to achieve results.
The resilience to stay self confident and positive under pressure.
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A fast learner and ability to handle the changing situation and react positively.
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Excellent communication skills
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Like to work in challenging environments.
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References: Excellent references available upon request.
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