Active Directory Manager

Gul Rahman **** N Sacramento Ave, Chicago IL, ****5

Cell: 773- 800- 6996

Emil: *************@*****.***

Professional Profile:

System Administrator with 2 plus years’ experience in Windows and VMware administration skills, seeking a position using analytical problem-solving skill to facilitate healthy communication between client and local IT department.

Summary:

Experience in the area of Virtualization with VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1, ESXi 5.5 servers and vCenter server.

Experience with the configuration administration and implementation of DNS and DHCP servers.

Configuring servers with proper naming convention and giving static IP address Static.

Knowledge with Active Directory 2008/2012 in a creating users and resetting passwords.

Installed and configured Active Directory (AD), Domain users, user groups and their appropriate permissions in a small environment of 100 users and 10 servers/printers.

Hands on experience in updating / upgrading ESXi servers, and windows virtual machines.

Experience in Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual conversions using VMware Converter.

Experience in virtual Machine backup and snapshots.

Creating virtual machines using VM templates and performed cloning for troubleshooting.

Have experience in advance features of ESX VMOTION, SVMOTION, HA and DRS.

Expertise in Thin provisioning, VMFS expansion, RAID technologies

Experience is troubleshooting issues with Windows 2008R2 and Windows 2012R2 servers

Proficient with Datacenter operations and administration.

Having basic knowledge of GPO precedence, enforcement and blocking.

Experience with the configuration administration and implementation of DNS and DHCP servers.

Experience in physical server setup in datacenter including cabling/de-cabling/ replacing hard drives and memory on HP DL 380G5/G6/G7 Servers. Very limited knowledge on Blades.

Experience with Windows and Linux servers in Virtualized environments.

Technical Skills:

VMware Tools

VMware vSphere 4/5, Workstation 6, 7,8,10, ESX Server 4x,5x VMware Virtual Center Server 5.x VMware DRS, HA and FT, VMware Converter 3.0, VMware Update Manager

Operating Systems

Win98/2003/2007/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2/2012, Windows 2003 SP1, and ESXi 4.x/5.5.

Server Services

Windows server 2012/ 2008 R2/2003/2k, Microsoft Active Directory 2008, DHCP, DNS and WINS Services.

Experience:

KKR Consultancy, Dallas, Texas July2014 –April2016

Windows /VMware system administrator

Responsibilities:

VMware implementation and troubleshooting VMware ESXi 5.0 and 5.5 hosts.

Installing, configuring, upgrading and supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers in an enterprise Data Center environment.

P2V and V2V conversions using VMware vCenter Standalone Converter.

Updating ESXi servers and vCenter Server using vSphere Update Manager and VM Tools through manual updates.

Managed ESXi hosts using vCenter Server/ vSphere Client and VMware Web Client.

Performed vMotion and Storage vMotion of Virtual Machines across different cluster with respect to security policies and application development requirements.

Creation of hot and cold Clones Templates from Virtual Machines (VMs). Deployed Virtual Machines from Templates based on requirements and build documents.

Performed Virtual Machine Snapshots for Application machines for Migrations and failback.

Experience with creating Standard vSwitches (vSS), Distributed vSwitches (VDs).

Provided management of Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2 servers. DNS DHCP and Active Directory.

Management and administration of Windows 2008, 2008 R2 Active Directory (Created Accounts Reset Passwords.

Installation/deployment of Windows 2008R2/2012R2 using Sysprep and configuration of DNS, DHCP and WINS servers.

Installed, configured, maintained and monitored server hardware and OS.

Experienced with on VMware Clustering like HA and DRS using VCenter.

Participated in meetings and planning for future migration of Windows server from 2008R2 to 2012R2.

Experience:

MTN telecom, Kabul Afghanistan Jun2013May2014 Windows/VMware Administrator and Support Technician

Responsibilities:

Created Templates/Clones for future use for building Virtual Machines.

Supported MS Windows network infrastructure; including any of the following: Active Directory, WINS, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Exchange.

Built ESXi 5.X servers/hosts 5.0/5.1 from ISO Images and configure them for management.

Experience on VMware performance, capacity planning, monitoring, virtualization analysis, and consolidation activities.

Configured ILO of standalone/blade servers as part of server built & updated firmware when required.

Physical server setup in datacenter including cabling/de-cabling to patch panels & switches for networking.

Experienced with VMware enterprise features (DRS, HA, VMotion, SRM, Update Manager)

Virtual Machine backup and snapshots.

Completed Datacenter/Cluster/Host/VM environment set up, configuration and operations including VMware features such as HA, DRS, VM kernel through vCenter.

Installed, configured and maintained operating system workstations and servers, including web servers, in support of business processing requirements.

Attended training scenario

Interacted and coordinated with different teams to solve the production issues.

Languages:

English, Dari/Persian, Pashtu, Urdu

References:

Reference is available upon request

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