PRADEEP SINGH
Lead Engineer || VMware vSphere\VCF\Windows\Azure\Hyper-V\AD\Citrix\Openstack || Wipro Limited
New Delhi
Summary
Professional and experienced Windows & VMware SME, having 9+ years of experience in Information Technology where Planning, Implementation, Administration and troubleshooting are involved with many platforms of OS like Microsoft Windows /2008 R2, 2012R2 , 2016 and 2019. VMware Virtualization ESXi 6.X and 7.X vSphere and vCenter Server deployment and support. Manage and Maintain Windows servers according to ITIL standards. Highly motivated to drive projects from start to finish as part of a dynamic team, Excellent Reputation for resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Technical Lead
Wipro Limited
04.2022 - Current
- Leading a team of 16+ team members for Windows and VMware domain
- Installing, managing & troubleshooting Windows Server 2008R2 /2012R2/2016/2019
- Day to Day support on VMware cloud foundation (VCF) 4.5.X, VCF on vXRail, vRA, vROPS,vRNI, SDDC manager, vXRail nodes and routine upgrades
- Supporting VMware vCenter 6.7 and 7.0.X
- Patching of windows servers and ESXi hosts, Migrate VMs across hosts within a HA cluster to perform maintenance\upgrade tasks on ESXi hosts\vXRail nodes
- Installation, configuration, management and troubleshooting of Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) and all related technologies including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and Security Groups
- Hands on Experience with Microsoft failover clustering features
- Installations of several hotfixes and patches on Windows servers to eliminate vulnerabilities
- Follow ITIL process (Incident, change and Problem management) as per industry standards
- Troubleshoot Windows server related problems, improve operations and provide exceptional client’s support
- Organize system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls and enhancing overall performance
- Responsible for server deployments, Responsible for all level support for Windows server related issues.
Technical Specialist
HCL Technologies Limited
04.2021 - 04.2022
- Installing, managing & troubleshooting Windows Server 2008R2 /2012R2/2016
- Patching of windows servers and ESXi hosts, Migrate VMs across hosts within a HA cluster to perform maintenance tasks on ESXi hosts
- Installation, configuration, management and troubleshooting of Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) and all related technologies including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and Security Groups
- Hands on Experience with Microsoft failover clustering features
- Installations of several hotfixes and patches on Windows servers to eliminate vulnerabilities
- Follow ITIL process (Incident, change and Problem management) as per industry standards
- Troubleshoot Windows server related problems, improve operations and provide exceptional client support
- Organize system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls and enhancing overall performance
- Responsible for server deployments, which include application installations, operating system updates and security patches, Responsible for all level support for all server related issues.
Technology Analyst
INFOSYS Limited
08.2018 - 04.2021
- Installing, managing & troubleshooting Windows Server 2008R2 /2012R2/2016
- Manage VM's using VMware virtual center server and Open Stack platform
- Patching of windows servers and ESXi hosts, Migrate VMs across hosts within a HA cluster to perform maintenance tasks on ESXi hosts
- VMware vMotion to eliminate application downtime from planned server maintenance by migrating running virtual machines between hosts
- Manage and maintain the physical hardware and virtual environment / infrastructure of the Energy & Utilities group using Virtual Center Server 6.5 ESXi hosts, created server type templates for the streamlining of the server deployments with 3rd party and ARM specific software / applications
- Manage the host resources \ virtual machine resource allocation (CPU, memory, hard disk, etc) and perform routine maintenance on this environment (schedule downtime for patches, updates & upgrades)
- Creating and managing virtual machines and installing VM Tools into VM's
- Managing VMware infrastructure environment with 172 ESX servers, 2500 plus virtual machines hosted on Azure and VMware vSphere client and 500 plus physical servers across Globe
- Installation, configuration, management and troubleshooting of Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) and all related technologies including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and Security Groups
- Hands on Experience with Microsoft failover clustering features
- Installations of several hotfixes and patches on Windows servers to eliminate vulnerabilities
- Installing and Configuring 5.x , 6.XServers (ESX & ESXi)
- Creating and Deploying Virtual Machines using Templates and allocate resources and creating duplicate VM's using cloning technology
- Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) migrations of Windows 2008R2 servers from VMware with VMware converters as well as plat spin
- Security hardening and Monitoring of VM's & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk, Network Utilization) for Security Compliance
- Deploying and exporting VMs from OVF files
- Adding Virtual Disks, CPU's, memory, network cards to VM's
- NIC teaming ESX/ESXI Servers
- Installed Patches using VMware Update manager
- Configuring alarms and Manage task, events and alarms
- Responsible for server deployments, which include application installations, operating system updates and security patches
- Migration of VMs across hosts within a HA cluster to perform maintenance tasks on ESXi hosts
- Microsoft Azure (resource group and VM creation on cloud, Disk attachment, server troubleshooting)
- Troubleshoot Windows server related problems, improve operations and provide exceptional client support
- Organize system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls and enhancing overall performance.
System Administrator
HCL Technologies Limited
02.2015 - 08.2018
- Installation, configuration & provide troubleshooting for Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2
- VM Servers build & rebuild (Deploying the New VM from the Template and Cloning an Existing VM) as per the client request through change management process
- VMware P2V and V2V Migrations, cloning VMs
- Failover of Windows cluster resources from Active to Passive nodes in a cluster environment for scheduled maintenance and emergency changes
- Responsible for all level support for all server related issues
- Administrating change management related to server upgrades and software installation
- Implementing & managing IP Addressing through DHCP; configured TCP/IP addressing on a server/workstation
- Installation and configuring an Active Directory Domain Controller in new AD Sites
- Designing, planning and implementing Group Policy, delegation strategies and OU structure
- Decommissioning of server includes; de-tooling, creating backup set, Server record cleanup from AD & DNS
- HP OA & VC firmware upgrade, ESX Upgrade and ESXi host Patching
- Deployed several VMs from Templates and customized their configurations as-needed
- Responded to server down alerts in a timely manner and brought them up via HP ILO/ IDRAC
- Migrated VMs across hosts within a HA cluster to perform maintenance tasks on ESXi hosts
- MS azure portal access, Resource Groups & VM creation on cloud
- Dyana trace\Nimsoft monitoring for azure servers
- Regular System Administration tasks like User Accounts, access, Permissions, Security
- Knowledge on Domain Name System, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- Participated in regular 24x7 on-call rotations and coordinated with the offshore team for night-time
- Follow ITIL process (Incident, change and Problem management) as per industry standards
- Installing, configuring and managing virtual infrastructure and virtual center server
- Managing VMware infrastructure environment, VM Servers build & rebuild using vSphere client and Azure portal (Deploying the New VM from the Template and Cloning an Existing VM) as per the client request through change management process
- OpenStack cloud support for Windows servers
- Patching of Windows servers through WSUS
- Administration, configuring and maintaining the Physical servers through HP-ILO / iDRAC tools
- Manage users, groups, permissions and roles in AD
- Regular System Administration tasks like User Accounts, access, Permissions, Security, Planning
- Installations of hotfixes and patches on windows servers to eliminate vulnerabilities (WSUS | Solar Winds)
- Installation, configuration, management and troubleshooting of Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) and all related technologies including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and Security Groups.
Education
B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
RTU Kota (Rajasthan)
Intermediate - undefined
Ravi Bal Niketan School
S.S.C - undefined
Bhartiya School Sikar
Skills
Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE) - VMware & Open stack Virtualization Platform Server core infrastructure
VMware Infrastructure virtualization
VMware cloud foundation (VCF) 451
Windows Server Administration
Patch Management
Manage\manage infra-Windows Server
ITIL ServiceNow
Active Directory Domain Services
Service Now incident management tool
Microsoft Azure administration
Certification
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Timeline
Technical Lead
Wipro Limited
04.2022 - Current
Technical Specialist
HCL Technologies Limited
04.2021 - 04.2022
Technology Analyst
INFOSYS Limited
08.2018 - 04.2021
System Administrator
HCL Technologies Limited
02.2015 - 08.2018
B. Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
RTU Kota (Rajasthan)
Intermediate - undefined
Ravi Bal Niketan School
S.S.C - undefined
Bhartiya School Sikar
Similar Profiles
AJITH SUKUMARANAJITH SUKUMARAN
Senior Engineer at Wipro LimitedSenior Engineer at Wipro Limited
Saveekar KarthikeyanSaveekar Karthikeyan
Senior Business Consultant at Wipro LimitedSenior Business Consultant at Wipro Limited
Sachi KumbhareSachi Kumbhare
Business Analyst at Wipro LimitedBusiness Analyst at Wipro Limited
Shruthi Nair MTShruthi Nair MT
Deputy Manager - HR People experience at Wipro LimitedDeputy Manager - HR People experience at Wipro Limited
SANJAY KUMARSANJAY KUMAR
JUNIOR MANAGER - MIS & DATA ANALYST at SOMANY CERAMICS LIMITEDJUNIOR MANAGER - MIS & DATA ANALYST at SOMANY CERAMICS LIMITED