RAJESH VASANTH

Phone: +1-908-***-****

Email: adbuee@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

9+ Years of Information Technology Experience with good proficiency in accomplishing challenging IT responsibilities in dynamic and rapid environments as Computer Networks and System Administrator with a primary focus on Windows Server and VMware Administration.

7+ years of hands on experience in Microsoft Windows 2008,2012 and 2016 Servers, Virtualization with VMware ESXi 5.X,6.X and Virtual Center servers.

7+ years of Experience in HP IBM, Dell, CISCO UCS, Cisco Catalyst Switches, routers & server hardware located at Enterprise Datacenter.

Experience in managing and maintaining large VMware infrastructure which consists of 500+ ESXI's with primary focus on Site Recovery manager implementations, VROPS and other VMware related technologies.

Experience Summary

Expertise in Installation, Configuring, Deploying, Trouble shooting, administration and maintenance of VMware ESXi 5.1/ESXi 5.5 and 6.0/6.5/6.7 versions and VMware Virtual Center Server versions 5.0/5.1/6.0/6.5/6.7.

Expertise in implementation and configuration of vMotion and Storage vMotion, P2V (Physical to Virtual) and V2V (Virtual-to-Virtual) conversion using VMware Convertor. Extensive experience in creation of VMs, VM clones and Snapshots. B] Experienced in resource management framework, creating resource pools, adding the VMs into resource pools.

Configuration and implementation experience of VMware HA, FT and DRS.

Provided systems administration support to physical Windows and Unix environments for various web, application and SQL database.

Have real-time working experience in SAN and NAS based infrastructure. Experience on FC SAN/iSCSI/NFS Storage (IBM, NetApp, EMC, HP, Dell, StorMagic). Zoning, administration and troubleshooting experience with Brocade, Cisco MDS switches, Fiber channel. Create and maintain storage capacities using Dell Storage Manager.

Patch management and upgrades using VMware update manager.

Experience in configuration and management of VMware vSphere vSwitches and vDS.

Ability to implement VMware's Virtual Switch technology, port aggregation, NIC teaming, VLAN trunking and port groups.

Expertise in ESXi architecture, guest OS installation. Handled the installation of operating systems and post configuration on Microsoft And Linux Platforms. Experiences in administration of Microsoft Windows 2008 sever, Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2016 server.

Hands On experience with Linux Operating System ranging from RHEL 5.0 to 7.0 and SUSI Linux appliances.

Designing and Implementing Active Directory Domains and Forests.

Installed, Configured and Supported Intel or AMD based HP ProLiant, DL380, DL460c, BL465c, Blade Servers and Dell Power Edge Servers.

Leveraged Dell OpenManage Essentials /OpenManage Server Administrator to monitor multiple servers’ hardware by creating ranges and alert actions for different system events on each server.

Implemented Active Directory services for creation and maintaining users and group profiles based on company policies.

Installation and configuration of Active directory, DNS and DHCP. Strong understanding of Networking Protocols like TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS DHCP. DNS, NAT, OSPF, SSL, TLS, PKI.

Experience with Azure and cloud related technologies.

Experience in vSphere, vCloud suite/vRealize suite- vRealize operations manager (VROPS), log Insight, vRealize orchestration(vRo), and vRealize Automation(vRA/vCAC), VMware Virtual SAN (vSAN).

VMware Site Recovery Manager Implementation and Management for Virtual Infrastructure Automated Disaster recovery. Implementation and Management for VCE Vblock Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager. Have experience in vRO, vCenter and vRA integration.

Deploying and supporting large scale Windows and RHEL (RedHat Enterprise Linux) in Virtualized environment.

Experience in Writing/Maintaining and troubleshooting PowerShell scripts for build and Operations environment to develop, test, and implement automation.

Implemented VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) technology using VMware VIEW / Horizon like PowerShell Scripts, VBScript, and Power CLI.

Hands - on experience working on Microsoft SCCM and SCOM

Managed and administered Backups using Veeam for VM Backups and Replication Worked on a migration project to upgrade a Hyper-V cluster from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2.

Career Profile:

Title: Computer Networks and System Administrator

Client: SUPERVALU

Period: Since October 2015

Location: Boise, ID, United States

Project name: Albertsons/Supervalu Inc now UNFI

Position: Windows and VMware Administrator

Responsibilities : System and Network Administration, VMWare Administration

Project: Platform Support and Datacentre Operations

At present carrying following activities:

Assisting SUPERVALU/UNFI. to move Server infrastructure and Data Center to Managed Services Model.

Data Center Virtualization of Windows Servers using VMware and VBlock. VMware Site Recovery Manager Implementation and Management for Virtual Infrastructure Automated Disaster recovery. Implementation and Management for VCE Vblock Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager

Scripting / Automating Windows Server build using Microsoft VBScript and PowerShell™.

Building Windows Server 2012/2016, managing windows Server networking and print services.

Provisioning new VMware ESXi hosts at the Datacenter and at various Supervalu/UNFI Distribution Centers across United States.

Platform Support for all variants of corporate Physical Servers/Appliances/ ESXi hosts at the Datacenter.

End to End co-ordination of Microsoft Security Patch Rollouts on Retail Windows Component of the Server Infrastructure.

ITIL Best Practice Implementation including SLA Adherence and MTTR.

Upgrading/patching VMware ESXi hosts and managing the vSphere Venters.

Setting up monitoring for all Corp and Retail servers to track availability using DELL open Manage, CA Nimsoft, Spectrum.

Understand technical issues and the implications to the business and communicate them to management and other business leaders.

Communicate with vendors, and partners at all levels in the business unit about proposed processes that would enhance current practices.

Collect and analyse requirements based on the current business, functional area needs, and implement technical solutions

Monitoring performance of Virtual Machines and performing essential Virtual Desktop infrastructure maintenance tasks using VMware Vsphere 5.0.

Performing routine activities of system administration through VROPS, Provisioning and deployment of new Virtual machines through VRA

Troubleshooting software distribution and deployment related issues in SCCM and SCOM.

Involved in the Disaster recovery activity at Datacenter.

Hardware: HP ProLiant BL460/490 all generations, VCE Vblock, Dell PowerEdge IBM System X/Blade centre servers, CISCO UCS, Routers and Switches.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019. All ESXi Versions, Windows 7/10.

Languages: PowerShell, Scripting, VMware Power CLI, Ansible.

Special Software: VMware, SCOM 2012, SCCM 2012, ITCA, HP ILO, DELL OpenManage, OMSA and Active Directory, TSM, Veeam

Title: Server Administrator

Client name: Price waterhouse Coopers

Period: April 2012-Oct 2015

Location : India

Position: Windows and VMware Administrator

Responsibilities : System and Network Administration, VMWare Administration

Project: Offshore Windows and VMware Administration

Carried out following activities:

Monitoring performance of Virtual Machines and performing essential Virtual Desktop infrastructure maintenance tasks using VMware Vsphere 5.0.

Performing routine activities of system administration, Provisioning and deployment of new Virtual machines.

End to End co-ordination of Microsoft Security Patch Rollouts on Client Infrastructure.

Troubleshooting software distribution and deployment related issues in SCCM and SCOM.

Involved in the BAU activity resolving the user related issues within the SLAs through CA Service Desk ticketing system

Scripting /Automating Windows Server using Microsoft VB Script and Powershell.

Building Windows Server 2008R2/ 2012, Managing Windows 2008 networking and print services.

Virtualization of Windows Servers using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, VMware ESX and Hyper-V.

End to End co-ordination of Microsoft Security patch rollouts on Windows Component of the client infrastructure.

ITIL Best Practice Implementation including SLA adherence and MTTR.

Upgrading ESXi hosts to ESXi 5.0 and VMWare tools in the virtual machines.

Setting up of SCOM monitoring for servers to track availability.

I have been involved in various L2 and L3 related activities in Windows Servers and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

Hardware: All Server Infrastructure, VMware infrastructure

Operating System: Windows Server 2003/2008/R2/2012, ESXi

Languages: PowerShell, VBScripting, VMware Power CLI.

Special Software: VMware vSphere 5.0, SCOM

Title: EMD IS Offshore

Client Name: Electro Motive Diesels Inc

Period: November 2010 to March 2012

Location : India

Position: Desktop Engineer

Responsibilities End User Computing

Project : Desktop Engineering

Carried out following activities:

Essential support to all of the end users in ensuring their smooth workflow of day to day activities without affecting their production. Supporting various types of laptops, desktops, blackberries, printers including workstations.

Software installations, upgrades and patching.

Periodically updating and monitoring the Windows XP service pack 3 level in users’ computer, remote installations and mass deployment using software deployment tools.

Antivirus management using Symantec Antivirus Console.

Creating various tasks in BigFix to find the Hardware, software details of the computers and to find system information like service tag, make, model, computer name, login information, system uptime, patch information, local account information etc, which is greatly helpful for asset management, patch management etc.

Hardware: Desktop Infrastructure

Operating System: Windows XP/7, Windows Server 2008

Languages: VB Scripting, Shell Scripting, PowerShell

Special Software: Desktop Central, Adventnet ticketing tool, DameWare, TeamViewer IBM Big Fix for Patch management and deployment

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering with specialisation in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, INDIA 2010.

Technical Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Department of Technical Education, Karnataka, INDIA 2007

Training Attended

Windows Server 2012 Administration

System Center Configuration Manager 2012

VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5]

Professional Memberships / Certifications

ITIL V3 Foundation Certification V-3.0

VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization V-5.5

Candidate ID: VMW-01234408B-00527688

VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization V-6

Candidate ID: VMW-01234408B-00527688

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