Manager Engineer

Location:

Atlanta, GA

Salary:

Negotiable

Posted:

August 20, 2014

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Resume:

Rajashekhar Raidu

E-mail: ********@*******.***

Phone: 734-***-****

Experience Summary:

. Total Experience of 15+ years as a System Administrator on Windows,

VMware with hands-on expertise in networking, storage and system

integration.

. Over 9+ years of Working experience as a VMware Administrator in Data

Center Environment running vSphere 4.1,5x, VMware Infrastructure 4.0,

3.5 and Other VMware Products like vCenter Lab manager 4.0, Site

Recovery Manager(SRM) 5,4.1, VMware View 4.5 and 4.0, vShield,

vCAC(vCloud Automation Center), vCO (vCenter Orchestrator), vCops

5.7(vCenter Operations),

. Linux/Unix (8Years) - Redhat Enterprise ( 5.5, 5.4), and VMKernel,

Fedora, Open filer, Hyper-V ( Activities involving in a VMware

Infrastructure- OS and application Installations, User Creations, File

Permissions, Performance Monitoring and maintenance of day-day

activities)

. Experience in installing, maintaining and managing various rack

mounted and Blade servers from Dell, HP, IBM & Cisco.

. Administering Microsoft Windows 2012/2008 /2003/2000 and NT Server

Environments, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP.

. Hands on experience and demonstrated expertise in installation,

configuration and administration of IT resources.

Professional Experience:

. 10+ months in T-Mobile as a VMware Consultant.

. 1.5 yrs in WR Grace & Co as VMware Consultant.

. 2yrs in Vennar Soft as VMWare Consultant.

. 1.6 yrs in Axa Technologies as VMWare Consultant.

. 1.6yrs in Slash Solutions as Senior Systems Administrator.

. 2yrs in Sasken Networks Engineering as Project Engineer.

. 2yrs in Supreme Telecom working as a System Administrator.

. 1.2yrs in Tera Software as a System Engineer.

. 2.7yrs in Veriscenet Technology as a Network Engineer.

. 2yrs in C Quad Computers working as a Hardware Engineer.

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelors of Technology in Electronics and Communications.

Certifications:

> VMware VCP 5 Certified

> Microsoft Certified IT Professional Enterprise Administrator

> Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Windows Server 2008,

Applications Infrastructure

> Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Windows Server 2008, Network

Infrastructure

> Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Windows Server 2008, Active

Directory

> Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Windows 7, Configuring

Projects Worked:

October 2013 Till Present VMWare Consultant

T-Mobile

Responsibilities:

> Architect, Design and implement the environment to ensure high

availability and acceptable performance characteristics for VMware

vSphere 5.x/ vCloud 5.x

> Build, configure and deploy virtual machines, templates, vApps,

automation of VMware Cloud infrastructure using installed plug-ins for

VMware vCenter Orchestrator along with configuration and integration

into VMware vCloud Director. Define and configure workflows in the

vCAC portal for automated operations VMware vCloud Director, VMware

vSphere 5.x, VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter, VMware vOrchestrator, VMware

vCops, Microsoft SQL, Windows 2012,2008R2,

> Managing vCloud Director/VMware vSphere 5.x infrastructure hosting

2000+ VMs, 75+ ESX 5.x Hosts in a mixed environment consisting of

Cisco Unified Computing blades, IBM Blades, HP Blade Systems c-Class

enclosures and Dell Servers.

> Performed SQL server consolidation and submitted the analysis report

include improvement areas.

> Managing Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Server based operating systems

environment and MS Windows/SQL clustering technologies virtual

environment with performance tuning and troubleshoot

bottlenecks

> Executed Data Center migration projects concurrently about 600+

Windows applications migrated P2V, V2V by using VMware Converter

Responsibilities

> Cloning, deploying new VM's from Templates different type of guest OS

like Windows 2K3/2K8/2K12, Red hat Linux. VM Snapshot for the

Business critical activity and restoring responsibilities.

> Creating virtual NIC cards for the respective VMs and assigning the

network connections.

> 1Gig to 10Gig Migration Experience for vSphere Infrastructure.

Configuring the dvSwitches and standard switches.

> DRS rules, Resource Pools, & HA. Datastore Storage & Network

customizations for VMware clusters.

> Configuring NAS, SAN, and iSCSi storages to the VMware ESX servers and

installed the iSCSi Software and Hardware Adapters to the ESXi

servers.

> Proactively identify and implement improvement opportunities in the

technical environment

> Develop and document standard operating procedures for use by

Information Services including development of processes to ensure

consistent execution of repeatable tasks.

> Powershell and Powercli Scripting for administration and automation

tasks.

> Deploy and hands on experience on vFoglight.Specifically designed for

virtual datacenters. It's capable of monitoring physical servers,

virtual machines.

> Performance Monitoring & Tuning and Resource and Capacity Planning,

Dashboard Customization, Health Checking, Policies, Compliance, Best

Practices and Hardening Virtual Environments.

> Design and deploy SRM Site Recovery Manager 5.x for the protected and

DR sites.( Replication and Recovery)

> Maintained the DNS tools and services including but not limited to

Internal DNS, External DNS, .DHCP. Assist DNS team with InfoBlox setup

and configuration. Created bulk dns records error free.

> Strong work ethic, demonstrates initiative, motivated self-

starter.Ability to thrive in a constantly changing environment

Environment : vCloud Director 5.x, vOrchestrator 5.2/6.0,VMware vSphere

5.x ESXi 5.x, Virtual Center, vMotion, vCenter Heartbeat, SRM Disaster

Recovery & Backup, VMWare HA & DRS, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012 with

Business critical applications,Symantec VMware Standalone Converter for P2V

&V2V, distributed virtual switch and standard switches.Infoblox,

Loginsight, vFoglight.

Team Size: 20

Location: Atlanta, GA

May 2012 till October 2013 VMWare Consultant

WR-Grace & Co.

Responsibilities:

> Develop Experience in managing, supporting and architecting large,

complex VMware solutions

> Deployment of vCloud director with components Vshield,vCenter

Chargeback,vCloud connector,vCloud director web console,vClould connector

> Implementation of SRM 5 on vSphere across multiple sites to provide

Disaster recovery solution for VMware vSphere Environment, vSphere Linked

Mode and replicated storage, Configuring Sites Roles and Privileges,

Alarms for monitoring the Site Status. Failback Testing from Protected

Site to Recovery Site in SRM and Shared Recovery Site across multiple

Protected Sites

> Installing and configuring Vcenter server and update manager and Data

center Migrations.

> Implementation of Vshield application on vmware host.

> Good P2V Experience using VMware converter, Doubletake & Platespin

running different applications with different Hardware. P2V of windows

2003,windows 2000 Production servers.

> Experience on Host Profiles, vDistributed Switch, DRS, vMotion, SV-

Motion, Permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, Disk expansions,

Templates.

> Generating Reports and Graphs on Performance of ESX Nodes

> Remote installation of ESX Hosts and Communicating with Network/Storage

teams for Server Support.

> Worked closely with Storage and Networking teams to ensure allocated SAN

(EMC Symmetrix VMax), Fiber and networking infrastructure reflected

specifications laid out in initial VMware farm design to ensure

successful deployment.

> Resource Management- Configuring VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters for

vMotion- migrations between ESX Servers.

> Updated the Patches for ESX Servers using VMware Update Manager in

Virtual Center.

> vCops installation and Monitoring,load balancing on Vmware Vsphere

performance..

Environment : Vcd,VcoVMware vSphere 4.1,5 ESXi 4,5. VMware Standalone

Converter, Virtual Center, Virtual Infrastructure Client, vMotion, vCenter

Heartbeat, SRM Disaster Recovery & Backup, VMWare HA & DRS, Windows Server

2000/2003/2008, Veem Backup and replication, Double take & Platespin tools

for P2V &V2V, Nexus 1000v distributed virtual switch.

Team Size: 5

Location: Boston, MA

April 2010 till April 2012 VMWare Administrator

Vennar Soft INC.

Responsibilities:

> Designed, Installed and configured the virtual environment from

scratch. Worked at the datacenters for initial set up and

configuration of hardware.

> Implemented VMware vSphere 4.1 with Enterprise Plus Features of

vDistributed Switch(Nexus 1000v) and Host Profiles for ESX Hosts,

Update manager, vSphere client, Virtual machines tools and vCenter

Heartbeat.

> Installation of ESXi 4.1 on 30 ESX Nodes and adding them into

clusters, Configured networking and Administering VM's across 2

Datacenters Running 900 VM's

> Implementation of SRM 4.0 on vSphere across multiple sites to provide

Disaster recovery solution for VMware vSphere Environment, vSphere

Linked Mode and replicated storage, Configuring Sites Roles and

Privileges, Alarms for monitoring the Site Status. Failback Testing

from Protected Site to Recovery Site in SRM and Shared Recovery Site

across multiple Protected Sites

> Good P2V Experience using VMware converter, Doubletake & Platespin

running different applications with different Hardware.

> Experience on Host Profiles, vDistributed Switch, DRS, vMotion, SV-

Motion, Permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools Upgrade, Disk

expansions, Templates.

> Generating Reports and Graphs on Performance of ESX Nodes

> Remote installation of ESX Hosts and Communicating with

Network/Storage teams for Server Support.

> Upgrading the Firmware to the latest version/date on the BIOS/

controllers/ Fabric interconnects & IO Modules.

> Monitored the Cisco B440 Blade chassis using Cisco UCS Manager and

provided the maintenance in case of power failures, and performed the

device mapping.

> Worked closely with Storage and Networking teams to ensure allocated

SAN (EMC Symmetrix VMax), Fiber and networking infrastructure

reflected specifications laid out in initial VMware farm design to

ensure successful deployment.

> Resource Management- Configuring VMware HA, VMware DRS Clusters for

vMotion- migrations between ESX Servers.

> Updated the Patches for ESX Servers using VMware Update Manager in

Virtual Center.

Environment : Cisco B440 Blade Chassis, Cisco UCS Manager, VMware vSphere

4.1, ESXi 4.1, VMware Standalone Converter, Virtual Center, Virtual

Infrastructure Client, vMotion, vCenter Heartbeat, SRM Disaster Recovery &

Backup, VMWare HA & DRS, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008,Double take &

Platespin tools for P2V &V2V, Nexus 1000v distributed virtual switch.

Team Size: 3

Location: Farmington Hills, MI

June 2008 till Nov 2009 VMWare Administrator

AXA Technologies

Responsibilities:

> Implementation & Upgrade Experience from VMware Infrastructure 3.0,

3,ESX Hosts, Update manager, vSphere client, and Virtual machines

tools and H/W upgrade.

> Installation of ESX 3.5 Nodes,Update manager, and Administering VM's

across 2 Datacenters Running 1500 VM's

> Implementation Of different Host Profiles for Multiple Clusters across

Multiple Data centers

> Experience of Storage Migration on 1500 VM's (Fiber channel Upgrade

from EMC DMX-3 to DMX-4)

> Huge P2V Experience using VMware converter (78 % virtualized) running

different applications with Different Hardware.

> Migration and P2V conversion Experience on many applications like SQL

Server, Exchange running on Windows and some applications running on

Linux Redhat and SUSE and VMkernel Linux appliances.

> Experience on Host Profiles, Distributed Switch, DRS, VMotion, SV-

Motion, Resource pools, permissions, Patches, Snapshots, Tools

Upgrade, disk expansions, Templates, and many more...

> Building Windows 2008 Servers and upgrading Windows 2003 on both

physical and virtual machines.

> Database Upgrade for vCenter and update manager from SQL 2005 to SQL

2008 on 2 vCenter Servers

> Building VM's and new Templates for new Projects and allocating them

to appropriate Resource pools.

> Administering Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and

building new windows physical/virtual servers as per the requirement

of the project

> Generating Reports and graphs on Performance of ESX Nodes

> Remote installation of ESX Hosts, Windows 2008 Servers using Raritan

and Communicating with Network/Storage teams for Server Support.

> Upgrading the Firmware to the latest version/date on the BIOS/

controllers/ hard drives.

> Installed the ProLiant Support Packs (PSP) to deploy software updates

remotely and thereby reducing server maintenance costs.

> Installed the VMware Capacity Planner in planning, designing and

implementing the virtual infrastructure environment and monitoring of

virtual environments.

Environment : HP ProLiant BL Series, VMware ESX 3.5, Virtual Center,

Virtual Infrastructure Client, VCenter Lab manager, Clustering, Windows

Server 2003/2008, Symantec Endpoint. HP storage.

Team Size: 10

Location: Bangalore, India

Dec 2006 till June 2008 Senior System Administrator

Slash Solutions

Responsibilities:

> Installation and configuration of VMware ESX 3.5 on a HP Proliant BL C

7000 Server (C-class), VMware Infrastructure Client, VMware

VirtualCenter, License Server and VCB Setup.

> Monitored the HP BL C 7000 (C-class) Servers using the HP Insight

manager and provided the maintenance in case of power failures, and

performed the device mapping.

> Designed the Infrastructure and administered the environment running

over 30 ESX Hosts and 600 Virtual Machines. Also, designed the

performance monitoring processes and improved disaster recovery

processes to utilize virtualization benefits.

> Creation and management of Virtual Machines, Installing VMware tools,

creating templates, cloning, deploy Virtual Machines from Templates.

> Planning, implementing and managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

> Hyper-V on Windows Servers. Maintenance and installation configuring.

> Create Snapshot and test Rollback, configure VMotion, Cluster and

Failover.

> Analyzed existing infrastructure using VMware Capacity Planner.

> Configure VCB, which dumps the backup to Veritas Netbackup Server

> Day to day support and maintenance of Operating Systems.

> Disk management, Data management, Security management (applying

patches).

> Monitored Server Hardware and Operating Systems.

> Worked on Symantec Antivirus and Symantec Endpoint protection for

administering updates and cleanup of a community of more than 600

workstations.

> Provided remote support and Administration on network for Internal and

External clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop connection,

Putty and Team Viewer.

> Participated in development and maintenance of Disaster Recovery &

Backup.

Environment : HP Proliant BL C 7000, VMware ESX 3.5, VM Converter, Virtual

Center, Virtual Infrastructure Client, VMotion, VReplicator, clustering,

SAN/NAS, VCB, Vcenter Capacity Planner, Disaster Recovery & Backup, Windows

Server 2000/2003 Veritas Net backup.

Team Size: 8

Location: Bangalore, India

Jan 2005 till Dec 2006 Senior System Administrator

Sasken Networks

Responsibilities:

> The project included the upgrade of multiple mission critical windows

2000/2003 member servers.

> Participated in on and off hours support roles for Windows Servers, to

help maintain and troubleshoot both software and hardware.

> Lead all development, engineering and support for management of the

Virtual Center Environment and Virtual Infrastructure Client.

> Administered more than 50 Windows Servers across the company on a 24/7

basis support.

> Server Virus Management (weekly scans and real time monitoring,

signature updates).

> Provided Support for DNS/DHCP/WINS services under instruction from

Network Management System..

> Configured the Microsoft Server and PC for testing and development.

> Installed WSUS and configured for patch deployment.

> Backup scheduling and Restoring using Veritas Net Backup and NT

Backup.

> Provided Hardware support, troubleshooting and diagnosis.

> Respond to and address any tickets/ work requests in the Remedy Queue.

> Access Servers using Terminal Servers or other approved method.

> Perform system health checks as required.

Environment : Windows Server 2000/2003, DNS, DHCP, Veritas Netbackup.

Team Size: 5

Location: Bangalore, India

Jan 2003 till Dec 2004 System Administrator

Supreme Telecom

Responsibilities:

> Installed the Windows 2000 Server in the organization with over 200

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. It provides

the user logon and authentication services using Kerberos.

> 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.

> Installation and support of desktops with Windows 2000 and Windows XP

Operating system.

> Provide Remote support and administration on network for internal and

external clients using tools like Microsoft remote desktop connection.

> Provide day to day support (troubleshooting & installing) for more

than 200 users for hardware, network& software's including Microsoft

Office applications, Mail clients and other network related issues.

> Installation and configuration of network Printers.

> Managed the member server, a server which hosts services like IIS,

DNS, and DHCP.

> Protected the organization's network from unwanted traffic coming from

the internet using ISA Server which is a proxy server and a web

caching server.

> Provided the backup and recovery of the files and data, worked on

Windows Firewall, Terminal server, troubleshooting the computer