VMware Windows Administrator

Max Kelley

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SUMMARY I am a VMware Certified Advanced Professional in Datacenter

Administration with 4+ years of Enterprise level vSphere

experience, Windows administration and server hardware

support looking to further my career in virtualization and

provide the best possible solutions through my real-world

experiences.

o VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 - Datacenter

Administration.

o Proficient with multiple generations of ESX/ESXi and vCenter

software including but not limited to VI3, vSphere 4.1 and

vSphere 5.1 and Veeam products for backup and replication.

o Experience in High Availability and DRS functions to provide

minimal downtime troubleshooting solutions at various levels of

infrastructure.

o Experience with VMware SRM solution for data replication to off-

site facility for failover and data redundancy purposes.

o Experience with server deployment and management with both

virtual machines and hardware support of 120+ HP blades and 12+

chassis.

o Extensive experience with Citrix application publishing and

management utilizing Citrix PVS to deploy a desktop image

supporting 3000+ concurrent users.

o Extensive experience with Datacenter consolidation methodologies

and processes.

o Proficient in management and configuration of various Windows OS

levels including but not limited to end-user OSes like Windows

XP & 7 as well as server grade OSes like Server 2003, Server

2008, Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012.

o Experience with most of the Microsoft System Center suite

including System Center Configuration Manager, Operations

Manager and Orchestrator.

o Well-developed communication and organization skills as well as

documentation proficiencies with Microsoft Office products.

EXPERIENCE

JBS

04/2010 - Present

VMware Systems Engineer

. Sole VMware administrator for datacenter environments

consisting of 5 vCenter instances, 160+ ESX hosts and 1000+

VMs across the US, Canada and other International sites

. Implemented HA and DRS solutions to provide 99.999% uptime

for Tier 1 applications

. Implemented VMware SRM solution for DR site as well as

designed SRM alternative utilizing PowerCLI scripts

5 Implemented Auto Deploy and Distributed Switching for multiple datacenter

environments

6 Responsible for configuring and maintaining all VMs including general

upkeep, environment documentation, patching and backups

utilizing Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam One

Monitor

. Designed and implemented solutions that helped consolidate

four datacenters down to one

. Designed standardized hardware platforms with HP G6-G8

blades for simplified automation of hardware support using

HP Systems Insight Management and Virtual Connect

technologies

. Responsible for inventory management of server hardware and

VMs running on said hardware within NLYTE

. Deployed HP Virtual Storage Appliance solutions for low-

cost remote site server functions with full hardware

redundancy on rack-mount HP hardware

. Managed Trend Micro Antivirus solution for entire

Enterprise including servers and desktops

. Designed Build & QA process for server deployment and

participated in QA for majority of virtual servers

. Helped maintain Citrix XenApp 4.5 and 6.5 infrastructure

and applications

. And much more!

Pilgrim's Pride

04/2008 - 04/2010

Partner Support Technician

Maintained and serviced all office equipment

Responsible for inventorying equipment using SAP

Sole technician for 60+ Remote Sales team members for hardware and software

support

Designed OS deployment solutions for in-office and remote users

Built and configured servers using new and refurbished equipment and

providing equipment to various locations throughout the

U.S.

Direct support to executive level management

Continued...

Dekalb Technical Institute

04/2006 - 04/2008

Technical Support Technician

. Helped with networking and wiring maintenance

. Desktop Support for faculty and students

. Microsoft Office training and experience

. Maintained hardware and software levels of all PCs in

classrooms

. Network printer support

. Responsible for ghosting and imaging of classroom PCs

. Enterprise software deployments including Microsoft

Office products

. Supported the Polycom and video conferencing systems

EDUCATION ITT Technical Institute

Associates degree in Multimedia

06/2008

New Creation Center

High School Diploma

06/2005

TECHNOLOGIES

AND SOLUTIONS Software: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft

Word, Veeam Backup and Replication, Veeam One Monitor, System

Center Configuration Manager, System Center Operations

Manager, System Center Orchestrator, NLYTE, Solarwinds,

Daptiv Project Management, HP Systems Insight Management, HP

Intelligent Server Provisioning, Trend Micro, Kaspersky

Enterprise Antivirus, Solarwinds, ServiceDesk Plus, Citrix

XenApp 4.5, Citrix XenApp 6.0, Citrix XenApp 6.5, VMware SRM,

VMware Update Manager

Windows OS: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows

Server 2012 R1, Windows 2000, Windows NT

Virtualization: ESX VI3, ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1, ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.0, ESXi

5.1, vCenter 4.0, vCenter 4.1, vCenter 5.1, Xenserver 5.6,

Xenserver 6.0, XenCenter, Hyper-V 2012 R1

Hardware: HP BL680 G7, HP BL465 G1, HP BL460 G6, HP BL460 G7, HP

BL460 G8, HP c7000 Chassis, HP Virtual Connects, numerous HP

rack mount servers, HP ILO

References Available Upon Request

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