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• Executed enterprise-wide migration of ~6,500 ESXi hosts from versions 6.5/6.7/7.0 to
• VMware ESXi 8.0.3, ensuring high availability and zero critical outages
• Managed vCenter Server lifecycle, including upgrades, patching, security hardening,
• vSphere, HA, DRS, SRM, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Distributed vSwitch, VMware Update Manager (VUM), Lifecycle Manager
• VM Provisioning, Templates, Snapshots, Host Migration,manage scsi/san storage,raw device mapping, resources pool,snapshot.
• Build, configured, and deployed virtual machines, cloning, and P2V/V2V
• migrations and maintained VMware HA, DRS, Distributed Switches, and Port Groups
• Performed HP OneView upgrades, firmware updates, BIOS, iLO 5, and iDRAC
• upgrades. Supported Dell and HPE rack/blade servers, coordinating hardware replacement with vendor teams
• Provided L3 production support, troubleshooting VMware, Windows, and infrastructure issues.
• ITIL Incident Management, Change Management, Problem Management and support 24/7
• Supported Azure and AWS environments including VM provisioning, IAM, S3, Azure AD, and networking
• Managed ScaleIO ,MDM fault sets, and infrastructure health monitoring

• Administration & Management of 7,000 windows Servers
• Responsible to troubleshoot and provide quick resolution to Production down Critical Issues and consultative queries related to VSphere, VMware View
• Responsible to Upgrade the Virtual Environment by Patching and upgrading vCentre Server and Esxi Servers either using VMware Update Manager or CLI
• Creating and managing VM Ware cluster. Enabling HA and DRS features in a cluster
• Vmotions the virtual servers with in the host for balancing the cluster
• Plan and schedule HP One view upgrade, Flex Upgrade & firmware upgrades
• Health Checkup of all the Production Servers, monitoring the alerts on a routine basis
• Installing & Configuring Roles and Features
• Managing Active directory, Print Servers, DHCP Servers. Providing printer access as per project request, print quota and Banner Removal
• Configuring DHCP, assigning scopes, address reservations
• Maintaining Day to Day activities like checking accurate resolution for windows server, server hardware issues, Microsoft &VERITAS clusters and VMware using monitoring tools (SCOM)
• Monthly Security Patch Managing & Maintaining using Tanium
• Active Directory, Azure AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy(GPO), Server Build & Decommissioning

• Executed vMotion and storage migrations to balance cluster workloads

• Support windows server troubleshooting and patching update.

• Configured and managed RAID, firmware upgrades, and capacity planning

• monitoring using SCOM and Administered Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Print Services, and Windows server roles

• Installed, configured, tested and maintained operating systems, application software, and system management tools.
• Improved IT system performance by implementing proactive maintenance processes and timely upgrades.
• Reduced downtime by quickly diagnosing and resolving hardware, software, and network issues.
• Increased user satisfaction through effective communication and timely resolution of support tickets.