SHAILESHKUMAR SOLANKI

adc80y@r.postjobfree.com

Des Plaines, IL 631-***-****

SUMMARY:

10+ Year of Total IT experience in VMware Virtualization products vSphere (Vcenter, Esxi), Update manger (VUM), VDP, VM convertor, vSphere Replication, p2v/v2v Migration vCloud air, VMware View, Windows, Linux and AWS.

Designed, Installed and troubleshooting experience with vSphere 4.x/5.x/6.x infrastructures.

Installed, configure and maintain Windows Vcenters as well as Vcenter appliance.

Designed, implemented and maintained resource pools, Esxi clusters, security groups, permissions, virtual switched and port groups.

Designed and implemented Vcenter and Esxi upgrade plan from old version to latest supported version.

Experience of Build, configure and troubleshooting Windows 2003, 2008 R2,2012 R2 and 2016 server in virtual as well as variety of hardware.

Consolidate and merge small sites to data-center using p2v and v2v migration.

Performed data center migration, Data-center consolidation and Data-Center separation projects.

In depth knowledge of Installing and configuring HP, IBM and Dell Servers from scratch.

Installed and configured Cisco UCS blade, Fabric Interconnect, flex, Service profile, templates, policies and pools.

Managed cisco servers using CISCO UCS MANAGER 1.x/2.x/3. X.

Installed, configured ad updated HP Chassis C7000, Virtual connect and Onboard Administrator.

Experience with automate task using PowerShell or Cli scripts in Windows/VMware environment.

Knowledge of maintaining Business Continuity and performing Disaster Recovery (DR) using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).

Sound knowledge on FC SAN, Iscsi SAN and NAS storage.

Worked with EMC VNX, HP EVA, HP 3PAR, Pure, Hitachi storage array.

Designed, configured and maintained Nutanix Node, cvms, cluster, prism, prism central AOS NOS

Installed and configure Linux 4.x, 5.x and 6.x.

Migrated and administrate vms in VMware vcloud air.

Strong understanding of Cloud Computing, Services, Deployment models, migration techniques.

Configured and troubleshooted VMware vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestration, vRealize IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), vRealize DEM (Distributed Execution Manager), and vRealize SSO.

Full understanding of Windows Active Directory, DNS and DHCP.

Demonstrated ability to work well with a wide variety of people/team at various levels, foster cooperation and collaboration among individuals in the work unit, help team resolve conflicts constructively and ability and willingness to communicate when help is needed.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems

Windows Vista/XP/7, Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008/2012,2016, Red Hat Linux RHEL 4.x, 5.x,6.x, Suse 10.X,11.x, ESXIx.x, NOS

Languages

C, C++, Power CLI, Esxi CLI, Python, Java

Protocols

DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, SFX, FTP, SFTP,

Tools

HP SIM, Avamar Proxy, DS View, RV tool, HP OneView, UCS manager, DFS, Vclient, Web Client, Vranger, VMware Converter, Plate spin, open filer, Solarwind, SCOM, SCCM, VDP, Net back up, BMC patrol, Blade logic, rundeck, infoblox, nagios

Hardware

HP Rack and Blades, Dell and CISCO rack and Blade servers, EMC VNX series, Nutanix blades, Vblock 320, 540 and 720, Simplivity 380

Education:

BS Electronics VNSGU April 2004

MS Electronics VNSGU July 2007

MS Computer Science University of Bridgeport, CT May 2011

Experience:

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Chicago, IL July 2019 to Current

Linux/Cloud Enginner

Oracle applications migration to On-premise data center from oracle data-center.

Install, configure and update Dell Hardware and Esxi 6.5, ESXI 7.

Support AWS environment for day to day troubleshooting using slunk and monitoring agent.

Built dev environment for oracle application in AWS using EC2, VPC, etc.

Troubleshoot vms using VRops.

Set up AD groups in MIM for Oracle security Audit. (SOX)

Provisioned Linux VM using Ansible Playbooks and update them for each environment.

Automated audit and health check tasks PowerShell scripts.

Configured complex NFS and CIFS shares for Linux and windows servers.

Configure backup and restore using cohesity.

Install and configured complex Oracle RAC servers.

Performed hardware refresh for old storage to pure storage.

HPE/ADP, Roseland, NJ Oct 2017 to July 2019

VMware Migration Consultant

Migrated physical to virtual and virtual to virtual.

Migrated on-premise to public cloud.

Virtualized SQL and Oracle servers.

Troubleshoot Post migration of windows/Linux application.

Set up AD authentication in AWS cloud.

Installed and configure new Windows & Linux server for legacy application.

Created PowerShell scripts to install all monitor and logging agent install.

Updated Service profiles for Cisco Blade servers.

Migrated 200+ vms to IBM to HPE Simplivity 380, Nutanix and VSAN clusters.

Wipro/Abbott Labs, Waukegan, IL Feb 2016 to Sept 2017

Windows/VMware Engineer

VC and OA upgrade for more than 60 HP chassis.

Configure multisite SSO for linked mode Vcenters.

Installed and configure Riverbed devices, Steal head and Fusion. Migrated remote sites to regional data center with help of Riverbed.

Migrated Applications to Regional Data-center using P2V and V2V migration.

Converted Hyper-V vms to VMware vms.

Configured Network, authentication, DB, Certification and back in vRO.

Created work flows such as vm creation, decommission, snapshot creation, VM mgmt.,

Decommissioned old hardware and transferred all vms to Nutanix using Nutanix Migration techniques.

Performed Pre-checklist and helped Nutanix to run foundation. After foundation, configured nodes, cluster and Prism central.

Upgrade Nutanix AOS and NOS to 4.7.

Patched Windows and installed software using Blade logic automation console.

Deployed 200+ vms using BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management as well as WDS.

Migrated 100TB + data in various Storage Migration project (windows and Esxi)

Server migration to vblock, day to day administrative work

Converted Vcenter Servers 5.5 to VCSA 6.0 appliance.

Created Service Profile Template and deployed profile from template in UCS manager.

Upgraded UCS firmware to 2.x from old f/w.

VMware server upgrade from Esxi 4.x/ESXi5.x to ESXI5.5u3

Support to create AWS cloud for new application.

Validate Amazon CloudWatch to check the metrics and usage of all the resources of AWS.

Cognizant/Merck Branchburg, NJ July 2015 to Jan 2016

Wintel Engineer

Gathered and documented Latest SPP/driver/Firmware and ILO version for HP hardware.

Design upgrade plan for 400 host running ESX/Esxi 4.x and 5.x

Install and configuring and troubleshooting: VMware vSphere, vRealize Automation Center

and vRealize Orchestrator

Coding scripts which taking VMware vRops reports (CSV) and manipulate those

reports. Developing custom reports within vRop

Created scripts to fetch health data, Decommission luns in VMware environment

Installed and configure Nutanix blade with ESXI 5.5.

Installed and configured Hyper-V vms for test environment.

GHS Greenville, SC Dec 2014 to June 2015

VMware Expert

Created a plan to upgrade vSphere 4.1 to 5.5 and successfully upgrade to current version of vSphere.

Converted sql express to full using backup and restore

Converted DV switch to standard and vice versa and upgraded DVswitch.

Upgraded ESX/Esxi 4.x to ESXI 5.5u2.

Upgraded Firmware and driver of HP Rack and Blade servers to Current SPP.

Created Customized image for with third party VIB using power CLI.

Set up back and recovery solution using VDP.

Upgraded VMFS to 5.8 from 3.x

Install Vcenter 6.0 in lab environment

Implemented Power Cli scripts to check health and gather inventory of virtual environment.

ATOS /McGraw hill Hightstown, NY Feb 2013 to Nov 2014

VMware/Windows/Linux Consultant

Responsibilities:

Build, maintain and troubleshoot whole environment for McGraw hill Edu from shared data center to dedicated DC.

Install and configure ESXI host in HP DL380 and blade servers using Kick start files

Used Power cli scripts to automate Host deployment and VM provision

Deployed 500+ vms using template and customization scripts. Created different scripts for variety of OS in new vSphere 5.1 infrastructure.

Installed and configured Cisco UCS blade, fabric interconnect, Flex. Hands on Experience with UCS cabinet 5108, Fabric Interconnect 6120/6140/6248, Flex 2100 series, B2 series blades.

Manage cisco servers using CISCO UCS MANAGER 2.0

Worked on EMC VNX, lun management.

configure fabric san switches zoning and troubleshoot multipath

Experience with windows mobility patching.

patch management and patching using sccm 2012.

Build various version of LINUX/UNIX for infrastructure and troubleshoot them. Linux 4.X to 6.X

Created and installed Infrastructure requirement application, E.g. SCCM, SCOM, Casper, SEP etc.

Worked with Network team to troubleshoot misconfigured network, VLANs etc.

Handled extensive P2V and V2V of production servers of windows 2003, 2008 as well as Linux 5.8 and 6.3

Created VDI desktops for VIEW 5 using linked clone.

upgraded vcenter 5.0 to 5.1

Work with Cloud team to implement VCloud director 5.1for McGraw hill environment

Created and managed Independence disk for VDC virtual machines

Made list of GPOs’ for different OU and made replica of dedicated environment to dedicated environment

Capacity planning using vCOps and install VCOPS for MHE

Configured power path for all hosts.

Worked with Office 365 team to migrate email acct to cloud.

Handled technical documentation and Run books

HCL/Adecco Melville, NY April 2013 to Feb 2014

VMware/Windows Consultant

Responsibilities:

Installed and configure HP Blades and Cisco UCS for Adecco Data center consolidation project

Created different pools and service profiles for CISCO blades based on requirement

Exclusively worked on legacy hardware troubleshooting (HP G2 to G6).

Successfully upgraded hardware to removed dependency of old hardware in environment.

P2V using Platespin, V2V and VM converter.

vSphere 5.0 admiration and troubleshooting. Provided L2/L3 support for BAU team as well as Consolidation project.

Created host cluster, set up distribution switch.

Deployed Vapp using Vapp network in Vcloud director.

Configure vMotion port on Esxi host where standard switches configured.

Hands on experience on HP EVE as well as HP 3par SAN

Python scripting for automation EUC team and Active directory

Storage migration for data center consolidation.

Analysis and created report of Virtual infrastructure using vCOps 5.0

SAN migration, Left hand to EVA 6500

Automated provisioning from VCops

Kept all infrastructures in Vcops monitoring and, did Day to day administration of environment using VCops manager.

Managed VMware vCloud Hybrid Services

Created service profile pools and policies using UCSM, configured call home feature.

Upgraded Firmware in UCSM, configured backup in UCSM. Good understanding of fault, event and audit log of UCSM.

Hand on working experience with service profile and service profile template.

Made plan and executed to upgrade exiting 2000 server to 2008 or 200 r2

OSSV back up.

Printer migration. XP to Win7

Successfully performed MPLS site migration for branches

HP SIM - to monitor the health of HP servers.

Manage Windows patching using WSUS.

Firmware upgrade to ESX hosts, USC manager update 1.2 to 2.0

Give support to incident tickets and change management Snow.

Configure and troubleshoot windows cluster

Avocent / HP Console Viewer – KVM console access to physical servers located in Datacenter.

HP Onboard Administrator – iLO access to blade servers located in datacenter (HP C7000 Chassis)

Handled KA session with SME and document all for transition.

TCS/Walgreens Lincolnshire, IL Sept 2012 to April 2013

VMware/VDI/ThinApp Consultant

Responsibilities:

Experience in implementation and deploying View 5.0/4.5(VDI) virtual desktops and ThinApp 4.5 Application packages with vSphere ESXi4.1 environment.

Worked on View 5.0 upgrade project from 4.5 environment

Performed up gradation of ESX 3.5/ESXi4.1 environment to vSphere5.0.

Assessment, design and implementation of View 4.5 environment

Experience with installing, configuring and troubleshooting VMware Lab Manager

Analyze existing infrastructure using VMware Capacity Planner

Performed data store migration using VMware storage vMotion on Netapps NFS, dell Iscsi SAN Storage

Assisted in P2V conversions of Windows servers using VMware converter

Provide research into VMware ThinApp initiative for increasing server virtualization

Involved in Assessment of current environment for desktop virtualization.

Involved in definition of success criteria for use cases.

Created service profile for UCS environment.

Installed half and full blade using service profile in CISCO UCS chassis.

Created use cases for desktop design and implementation.

Installation of VMware Tools and upgrade of ESX hosts.

Creating and managing the VMware cluster with HA and DRS.

Monitoring and managing performances of ESX/Esxi servers and virtual machines.

Working on Migration concepts like VMotion and SVMotion.

Design and implementation of ThinApp environment.

Experience with Cisco Nexus 1000V appliance

Application virtualization using VMware ThinApp 4.5 version.

ThinApp Packages Applications Upgrades and deployment testing and Production Implementation.

Experience in updating/upgrading vSphere 4.1 to 5.

Experience in updating/upgrading the HP Onboard Administrator, Virtual connects.

Motorola Solutions, Holtville, NY Nov 2011 to Sept 2012

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Installing ESX and Esxi 3.5, 4.0 & 4.1 servers

Providing support in Planning and designing VMWare infrastructure

Expanding VMware Virtualization Environment as per client requirement

Upgrading ESX servers from 3.5 to 4.0 and 4.1

Installation of vCenter server

Upgrading vCenter Servers accordingly vSphere 4.0, 4.1

Upgrade VMs hardware components according vSphere requirement

Installation of vCenter components

Installing Virtual machines

Installing and upgrading VMware Tools

Installing and managed VDI terminal servers

Provided isolated desktop environment via VDI

Creating resource pools and adding the VM’s into the pools

Installing VMware ThinApp and upgrading older versions

Application isolation using ThinApp

Deploying VM’s from templates

Upgrade firmware, BIOS using iLO

Worked on OS refresh Project

Worked on Linux separation project

Installing and troubleshoot different applications and tools like Neverfail, Sunsurfer, Power path etc.

Hardware expertise to replace Memory Module, CPUs and HBAs

ST – Ericsson Atlanta, GA Feb 2011 to Sept 2011

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Installation, configuration, administration and maintenance of Windows 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows NT4 operating system on HP ProLiant \ Compaq Servers. Management \ monitoring of servers using various third-party applications.

Troubleshooting day to day server related issues on Windows 2000, Windows 2003 server & Windows 2K & 2K3 guest servers running on VMWare ESX server including file backup & restores.

Installation, configuration & troubleshooting VMware Virtual Center, VMware ESX hosts & Windows 2000 & Windows 2003 guest virtual machines.

Migration of Windows 2003 Server/ Active Directory Domain Infrastructure

Security Administration of File Server, user accounts and security groups on a multiple Active directory and NT4 domains.

Management \ monitoring of VMWare guest servers using VMWare Virtual Center.

Project: Successfully migrated 2 Node Windows 2000 Print Server Cluster with 800+ print queues to 4 node Windows 2003 servers on VMware host.

Installation, configuration and administration of print server / print queues.

Involved in live migration of Virtual Machines and Virtual machines files using the VMotion and Storage VMotion.

Handled the VMware solutions to support multiple storage connectivity options such as FC-SAN, iSCSI, NFS (NAS) and internal storage.

Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network, ESX & Virtual Machines

Creation of templates from VMs and deploying VMs from templates

Dodsal Surat, Gujarat April 2005 to June 2008

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

set up new Laptop and desktop for new users

install MS office and required software for user based on their request

Troubleshoot day to day hardware or software issue for users.

Set file share for new group

Map network drives to users and troubleshoot them

Set up new home drive from users

Manage inventory of laptop and desktop

Upgrade old hardware for better performance.

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