JOBISH.K.SOMASUNDARAN

Email: ad4pih@r.postjobfree.com

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Redondo Beach, CA – 90277

Phone: 415-***-****

Certified Azure, AWS, VMware, Windows, System Engineer with 17 years of experience

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Services: Microsoft Azure Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), OpenStack, Office 365.

VMware: VMware vSphere 8.0/7.3/6.5/6.0/5.5/5.0/4.1, ESXi Server 8.0/7.3/6.5/6.0/5.5/5.0/4.1, vCloud Director, VMware SRM, VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO), vRealize Operations Manager (vROps),VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Horizon, VMware vCenter Converter, vshield, VMware Update Manager, VMware NSX, NSXT, VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI, Workspace one,VMware Workstation, VMware VCB, VMware View, Pivotal Spring, Spring Enterprise and Spring Server,

Windows Servers: : Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2008 R2, 2003, 2000, Windows NT, Active Directory, ADFS, LDAP, ADRMS, DNS, DHCP, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Exchange server 2010, Exchange server 2016, Windows 10,8,7, Share point.

Open Source: Linux, Unix, CentOS, Ubuntu, KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine)

Configuration Management: SCCM, Ansible, Terraform, Cloud Foundry, Chef, Puppet, AWS Cloud Foundation.

Storage: NetApp, EMC, Nimble, Hitachi, HP, IBM,

Patch Management Tools: SCCM, Bigfix/Tivoli Endpoint Manager (TEM), Shavlik, Batchpatch, WSUS.

Backup Solutions: Veeam, Symantec, Commvalut, Veritas NetBackup, HP Data protector, vRanger.

Networking Equipment: Cisco Nexus series, Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Cisco Firewalls, Juniper Routers, Juniper Switches, Palo Alto firewall.

Server Hardware: Cisco UCS, HP, Dell, IBM: Enclosure Chassis, Blades, Rack mount serves, Tower servers, Layer 3 switches, Routers ect.

Ticketing Tools: Service now, Maximo, Jira, CA, HP Service Manager, Remedy.

Scripting: PowerShell, VB, SQL Scripting, Bash, Python.

Others: SCOM, Jenkins, SPLUNK, Perfecto Mobile, Microsoft NLB and Fail over Cluster, Veritas Cluster, SQL servers, F5 Load balancer, Solar Wind Monitoring, Nagios Monitoring, Site scope, Site Maestro, Dell OME, HP SIM, NAS, NFS, iSCSI, Infoblox IPAM.

Compliance: GxP, SOC 2

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

VCP 8.0(VMware certified professional)

MCSE (Microsoft certified Solution Expert)

CCNA (Cisco certified network associates)

ITIL v3 (in IT service management)

A-PLUS and N-PLUS

WORK AUTHORIZATION

US Citizen

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor Degree from University of Calicut, Kerala, India 2004

Plus Two PMG Higher Secondary School, Kerala, India 1999

10th PMG Higher Secondary School, Kerala, India 1997

SUMMARY

Very strong experience on setting up of all the three major public clouds Azure, AWS, GCP as well as VMware and Open stack private cloud and administration of the same.

Strong experience on VMware Virtualization and Windows Servers engineering and administration.

Strong experience on engineering and managing large enterprise Active directory and Azure AD.

Strong experience of Horizon View, Workspace one.

Strong on Data center build, consolidation and administration.

Expert level expertise on merger project as a part of company mergers and acquisitions.

Extensive experience on Change, incident and problem management.

Experience in working on regulated environment in medical (GXP), Finance and government.

Ability to learn quickly the new technologies and environment.

Good communication and presentation skill.

Good leadership skill and experience of managing team. And a good team player.

PROFFSSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Amgen April 2022 to till date

Thousand Oaks, California

Senior System Engineer (Azure, VMware, Windows)

Designing and deploying multitude applications focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance and auto-scaling utilizing almost all the Azure stack

Strong experience on all aspects of Azure. Design/Architect experience in enterprise environment.

Have set up and Managing Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure cloud for very large number of user.

Setting up and maintain Azure Data Factory (ADF).

Managing WVD host pools, entitlements, troubleshooting access issues.

Good experience of Azure Devops and Azure Gov cloud.

Experience in Azure administration/ systems engineering / devops and best practices.

Experience with all three cloud computing services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS).

Have set up express route from on premises to Azure cloud, set up VNET and secure the same.

Setting up and maintain Horizon workspace.

Architect solutions using MS Azure PaaS services such as SQL Server, HDInsight, service bus, etc.

Have configured virtual machines, storage accounts, resource groups, Web PaaS using Containers, App Service Environments, Azure load Balancer etc.,

Designing Azure Resource Manager Template and in designing custom build steps using PowerShell.

Assist project teams with software integration and coordination.

Monitors systems for optimum performance and availability.

Knowledge of Docker & Containerizations, Azure Kubernetes Cluster and Service Fabric Cluster

Using Power shell to write, debug scripts to automate the processes and do migration of VM, involving copying and creating of VHDS

Managing day to day activity of the cloud environment, supporting development teams & operations team with their requirements

Deep Knowledge and understanding of technical architecture, application systems design and integration in large heterogeneous enterprise environment with hands on experience in REST, SOA, Java/J2EE, XML, WebSphere/WebLogic/Apache Tomcat Application Server, Rules

Experience converting traditional monolithic web applications to Azure Application Services

Running ISAPI extension on Azure Application Services

Implementation of Azure Site Recovery and Disaster recovery for migrated application

Migrating of AWS SMB file storage and static files to Azure Storage

Migrating Web Services & API to Azure functions

Implementing Azure Active Directory (AD) for authentication

Experience with Azure Certificate Management

Experience in setting up CI/CD to Azure App Services

Experience in DevOps Pipeline:Setup build & Deployment pipelines (code and infra)

Set up and configuration Azure Active Directory and handling of RBAC roles.

Have experience in configuration of App Gateway/WAF/Azure Firewall

Have experience in Secrets Management(Key Vault, POD Identity)

Experienced in development of automated deployment scripts for Azure components/services for multi-tier applications.

Set up Okta Single Sing-On dual factor authentication for securely accessing Azure Cloud.

Migrated the database of business-critical application to Azure database service

Software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment using Ansible.

Assist in deploying Kubernetes into air-gapped enterprise environments with kops self-hosted assets.

Implemented capability to re-use security groups, IAM profiles, in order to pass security review and PEM testing.

Migrated VMware virtual infrastructure environments to 6.7.

Installed and configured new vCenter server as a part of datacenter consolidation.

Set up new chassis and build ESXi clusters on the same as a part of capacity expansion.

Set up new chassis, Dell blade servers, Cisco UCS for virtual environment.

Upgraded the Active Directory schema to 2012R2 from 2008R2.

Upgraded Amgen’s Active Directory environment from existing 2008R2 to 2012R2.

Completed domain consolidation project from four domain to two domain.

Migrated Users, Computers, OUs, Groups from Europe and Asia Pacific domains to Americas domain as a part of domain consolidation project.

Built Windows server 2016 and migrated server application to Windows server 2016.

Have set up QMM for migrating users, computers, OUs and groups as a part of domain consolidation.

Migrated large number Microsoft exchange email users to Office 365 and maintain the same.

Patching of ESXi host using update manager and the windows guest servers using SCCM.

Perform disaster recovery test periodically, record the finding and fine tune it.

Configuring and maintain VMware Hrizon VDI 6.2 and 7.6 environment.

Managing VMware NSX and NSX-T.

Preparing Architectural diagrams, Project Scope, Project plan, Decommission plan ect.

Implemented the active directory group policies.

Installing and configuring Active directory certificate service (ADCS).

Make sure all the system set up and procedure to change are as per the SOC 2 guidelines.

Decommissioning of the 2008R2 domain controller in a regulated environment.

Set up Jenkins master and slaves on Centos, Ubuntu servers.

Managing System Center Configuration Manager.

Managing large groups of computers running Windows servers, MacOS, Linux and Android mobiles using SCCM.

Merck August 2015 to March 2022

San Jose, California / Branchburg NJ

Technical Lead (VMware, Windows servers, Azure cloud)

Contributed extensively for the System Integration, Datacenter Consolidation, Cloud migration and Capacity expansion project as a part of Acquisition of other company.

Built vCenter server, ESXi servers, ESXi cluster for the next generation datacenter.

Research and develop technical solutions through virtualization in support of the SaaS Platform.

Set up and manage Microsoft Azure Cloud for Merck right from the Subcription.

Set up Azure VNet, resource group, Blob storage, redone the tagging ect

Configure and manage Azur Active Directory (AAD), IAM, PIM.

Configure single sign on using Azure Federation Service.

Migrated large number of on perm VM servers to Azure cloud.

Set up and manage azure devops, build pipeline, release pipeline.

Managing, securing Azure cloud infrastructure and working with the application team for full filling their requirement in cloud.

Building Virtual Machines, Storage, creating Resource group, High availability and configuring auto scaling in Azure cloud.

Off loaded application and application databased work load to Azure PaaS.

Configure and manage the automated backup solution using Data Protector.

Assesses the current capacity, projected and planned further capacity requirements.

Migrated Active directory servers, users, groups, OUs to the new domain.

Migration of DNS, DHCP, file and print servers.

Built, install configure and Manage Windows 2008R2 servers, Windows 20012R2 Servers, VMware Virtual environment.

Install, configured and maintain the VMware site recovery manager for disaster recovery.

Certify the auditable system as per the GxP, SOC 2 guidance.

Migration of application from self-hosted environment (local server) to the Hosted (managed datacenter)

Automation of some of the tasks using Power shell and VB scripts.

Set up two lab environments consist of Jenkins, Exchange server 2016, Exchange server 2010, Perfecto mobile.

Set up HP load generators, load controllers, Unified functional testing (UFT) servers for testing purpose.

Manages mobile testing lab including perfecto mobile private cloud.

Set up and manage the lab environment consist of ESXi host, VMware Virtual machines, Windows 2008R2, 2012R2 servers, Cisco Switches, F5 Firewalls ect.

Responsible for further design of process improvement for ongoing support, operationalization of implemented solutions, and transition of ongoing tasks to support staff.

Sound knowledge of working in FDA GxP regulatory environment requirements

Stanford University April 2015 to August 2015

Palo Alto, California

Technical Lead VMware Windows

Single handedly set up new Virtual infrastructure capacity expansion, up gradation and fine tuning of the existing once.

Build new 2 VMware 6.0 clusters having 12 nodes for next two quarter expansion.

Build 3 new ESXi 6.0 Cisco UCS cluster.

Set up the new datacenter environment as a part of the datacenter consolidation.

Setting up cloud environments OPCx, VPCx and Hybrid Cloud Computing and their supporting infrastructures.

Managing vCloud director and Site Recovery Manager (SRM).

Upgraded all the vCenter and existing ESXi hosts to 6.0

Updated the entire ESXi host with latest security patches using update manager.

Writing scripts using PowerShell and Python.

Configure and manage the automated backup solution using HP Data Protector.

Built Windows, Linux servers and MS SQL Clusters.

Upgraded the fiber NIC drives of all the Cisco UCS servers.

Figured out and tagged the missing Vlans to the ESXi hosts to ensure that all the Vlans are existing in all the nodes of the cluster in order to avoid the vMotion isssues.

Made sure that all the datastores are presented to all the nodes in the cluster in order to avoid the storage vMotion issues.

Upgraded the RAM and firmware of few of the Dell servers. And replaced the faculty mother board of few ESXi hosts and added back to the cluster.

Prepared new ESXi server, Windows server, Linux server building run book.

Prepared the run book for decommissioning of servers.

System patching, software distribution and inventory management using SCCM.

Walmart (Actually it is Simplexity acquired by Walmart) Jan 2015 to March2015

Reston, Virginia

Active Directory Specialist

Responsible for the migration and integration of infrastructure and applications due to merger of two companies.

Creation of Trust relationship between two forests.

Migration of Active directory users, groups, OUs using Quest Migration Manager (QMM).

Migration of applications, data, database using EMcopy and beyond compare.

Setting up of vConveter for the migration of servers.

Migration of large number of servers from the acquired company datacenter to the parent company environment.

Migration of Windows 2008R2, 2012R2 servers.

Built PowerShell scripts for the migration tasks.

Liberty Mutual July 2014 to December 2014

Dover, New Hampshire

Subject Matter Expert VMware & Windows

Served on a 24/7 basis support within a fast-paced environment under tight SLA and supported offices on a global basis. Manages Microsoft Cluster, FTP servers, AD/DNS, wireless access points and load balancers.

Managing large globalized virtual environment of VMware vSphere 5.5, 5.1

Providing L3 operation support Windows Server 2008R2, Windows server 2012R2, Linux, Unix.

Managing and supporting of AD, DNS, DHCP, MS clusters.

Creating, modifying, apply Group Policy and checking the effectiveness of the same.

Implementing low level delegation of access control within Active Directory.

Creating scripts using PowerShell and Python.

Troubleshooting Active Directory performance, authentication, and replication issues.

Security hardening of the systems as per SOC 2 runbook.

Physical and Virtual server builds.

Monthly Patching of the Windows Servers using WSUS.

Quarterly patching of VMware ESXi hosts.

OS / Patch Release management and maintain configuration of Central Windows / ESXi OS image.

Resolving the server hardware issues by working with vendors.

Change, incident and problem management.

Marriott Hotels Nov 2013 to July 2014

Frederick, Maryland

Infrastructure Transition Lead

Responsible for the development of best practices, reference architectures, technical presentations demos as a part of the project transaction. Brought the offshore support to the steady state.

Analyzed and documented the existing VMware vCenter servers, ESXi Servers, Windows Servers, Linux Serves, Storage, Backup, Networking infrastructure.

Gather information from the client regarding the existing infrastructure and documented the same and transitioned it to the offshore team.

Implemented some of the industry best practices and fine tuning of the infrastructure.

Configure and manage the automated backup solution using Data Protector.

Educating the offshore team about the infrastructure and the support requirements.

Knowledge transfer (KT) and managing the offshore team and brining the offshore support to steady state.

Scripting using Powershell and VBscripts to automate the tasks.

Fine tuning of incident and change management processes and ensuring that the team is following the same.

Responsible for further design of process improvement for ongoing support, operationalization of implemented solutions, and transition of ongoing tasks.

IBM Feb 2011 to October 2013

Moline, Illinois

System Engineer

Collaborated with teams and worked autonomously to quickly identify issues and formulate appropriate solutions. Monitored all facets of ongoing projects to meet deadlines and quality objectives. Design and implement highly available (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.

Designing and Implementation of large and complex VMware virtual infrastructure.

Planning, Designing and Implementation of Wintel / Windows 2008R2 and 2012 servers for large Multinational Corporation.

Installing configuring and maintaining vCenter server, ESXi server, Designing network configuration, Managing Virtual Machines, Configuring vMotion network, Fault Tolerance, Data Protection, Access control, Resource pools, Monitoring virtual machine performance, alarms.

Configuring and managing High Availability, vSphere distributed resource scheduler (DRS), Configure and manage virtual storage, VSA Cluster configuration, Load-Balancing, Back up, Access and authentication control, Integrating ESXi with Active Directory (AD), vShield to secure the virtual data center, Resource management and monitoring, Scheduling changes to resource settings, Cluster resource allocation, Configuring vCenter update Manager.

Up gradation of the existing infrastructure.

Installing, Configuring and maintaining of ADDS (Active Directory Domain Service), DNS, DHCP, IIS, Terminal Service, Print and file servers.

Migration of 2003 AD, DNS, DHC servers to 2008R2 and 2012.

Build servers for production and test environments following strict build procedures.

Data center management and Server consolidation.

Deployed Unified Computing System (UCS) Blade chassis with 8 blades each to support the Network Tools Infrastructure and VMware Infrastructure.

Configuring and maintaining UCS-B, UCS-C, and Nexus 1000.

End to End patching of hundreds of servers spread across different time zone using Bigfix.

Inventory management, software distribution, OS deployment using SCCM.

Securing the distributed environments and helps to comply with regulatory standards on security.

Setting up and troubleshooting Microsoft failover cluster and NLB cluster for the mission critical application servers. And configuring RAID 5 and Mirrored volume for DCs and other critical servers.

Decommissioning of Physical and Virtual servers as per the norms.

Raising the change and implementing the same within the change window.

Resolving the Incident raised by the operation team with in the SLA time.

Migration of user profile from thin client to Vista.

Migration of large numbers of Active directory accounts and data.

Pre migration validation and audit fixation in SQL DB.

Post migration issue fixations in Active directory.

Automation of routine System Administration tasks using VB Script and Microsoft Windows power shell script.

Installing of various utilities Firmware up-gradation, printer packing and monitoring of servers.

Providing on call support for the critical issues on rotation basis.

Musgrave May 2009 to Feb 2011

Cork, Ireland

System Engineer Windows & VMware

Consistently delivered strong outcomes and provides a superior level of customer service in fast-paced enterprise environments.

Planning, designing and implementing Windows and VMware infrastructure.

Effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of Windows Serves, VMware servers, systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.

Manages AD, DNS, DHCP, IIS and file servers.

Implementation and up gradation of VMware infrastructure.

Providing level 3 support for entire Windows and VMware infrastructure.

Utilized VMware to build networking & server lab environment that streamlined server OS / application deployments, increased system uptime, and improved reliability.

Making sure storage and networking infrastructure met virtual infrastructure specifications.

Responsible for support for all server related issues.

System builds, upgrades, migrations, code deployments and patch management.

Data Center Management, Capacity planning and management.

Administered change management related to server upgrades and software installation.

Prepared and maintained documentation of technologies, standards and procedures.

End to End patching of MS servers.

WIPRO Technologies Feb 2008 to May 2009

Bangalore, India

System Engineer

Administration of Windows 2000 Servers, 2K3 Servers.

Installing and configuring ESX, ESXi hosts.

Building and maintaining VMware Virtual Machines.

L3 support of production issues and resolving the same with in the SLA time frame.

Raising and implementing changes as per the change management process.

Creation and maintenance of Active directory users, groups, OU and delegating assess to concern department administrator.

Configuring and troubleshooting issues related to network printers

Remote server/system administration.

Maintaining and troubleshooting web servers.

Monitoring server health and resolving issues related to hardware of HP, IBM, Dell server by working with vendors.

Patch management of servers.

Generating various reports from AD and sending it to various management teams for auditing purpose.

BSNL June 2005 to Feb 2008

Bangalore, India

System Administrator

Administration of Windows NT, Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers.

Responsible for deploying, managing, and maintaining HP ProLiant BL-series C-class blade servers and DL-series servers.

Configuring HP Blade and track mount servers.

Configuring and maintaining of Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewall, storage mediums, PCs and other components.

Installing various software utilities on servers and workstations.

Database administration of SQL servers.

First level trouble shooting of the IT infrastructure Hardware devices.

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