Vinod Sharma
Noida
Summary
VMware administrator with 8.4 years of experience working on windows admin and VMware Administrator in various industries. Possessing the latest technologies tools, and skillset on Cloud Solutions and engineering, I had been involved in implementing solutions, enhancing smooth operations, infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting
Overview
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
VMware Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
Noida, India
11.2024 - Current
- Experience with enterprise virtualization technologies (e.g. VMWare vSphere, vRealize, VSAN).
- Demonstrated expertise in creating distributed virtual switches, configuring VLANs, and managing data stores in VMware environments.
- Hands on experience with Migration VM from one Vcenter to other Vcenter via HCX tool and Zerto.
- Upgraded and patched ESXi hosts and VM guests using VMware Update Manager to ensure system stability and security
- Experience in Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of VMware View 6.x / 7.x /8.x Products
- Conducted DR planning and testing to validate recovery strategies and minimise downtime
- Built ESXi hosts per client specifications and conducted VLAN testing to ensure network configuration met operational requirements
- Experience in working with SSL certificates - raising CSR, importing and exporting certificates, PKI, knowledge on SSL terminologies
Cloud Administrator
HCL TECH
NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
08.2023 - 10.2024
- VMware administration, troubleshooting and management experience in a large corporate or service provider environment
- Acquired strong knowledge of VMware virtualization technologies, including DRS, HA, FT, RDM, SAN, and vMotion.
- Administered and maintained ESXi servers and virtual machines, ensuring optimal performance and reliability in a corporate environment.
- Executed P2P, P2V, and application migrations, successfully performing large-scale P2V and v2v migrations using VMware Converter.
- Analysed VM-support logs for ESX servers and Virtual VCenter logs to identify and resolve root causes of issues.
- Experience with supporting and administering Microsoft Windows Server Linux server, Vmware support.
- Experience with Tier I SAN storage (NetApp), provisioning storage groups and LUNs
- Experience in management of vendors for hardware support and warranties
- Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, AMI, VPC, CloudWatch and RDS
Server Administrator
DXC Technology
NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Managed servers using iDrack, Dell Management, ILO for HP ProLiant, and Cisco UCS Manager to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
- Experience in Support Windows 2012-2022 Server Environments
- Utilised skills in user management, disk management, DNS, DHCP, and backup tools to maintain system integrity and availability.
- Developed expertise in Active Directory for user and resource management.
- Experience in Support Windows Security Expertise
- Executed VM creation, template management, snapshot handling, and VM cloning to support efficient virtual environment operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in data centre operations and management. Hardware , Rack mount server, cabling, Switch
- Acquired knowledge of HPE OneView for comprehensive management of HPE servers.
- Acquired knowledge of RAID configurations, including RAID 0, 1, 3, and 5.
Server Administrator
Manpower Group
NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh
07.2018 - 08.2021
- Manage HPE ProLiant Compute Gen10/11/12 servers and \Dell EMC , Dell Poweredge server
- Good knowledge of installing ESxi and Os on server via DCUI and via Remote ILO, iDRAC
- Upgraded server firmware to enhance system reliability and security.
- Executed rack mounting of diverse server hardware to ensure optimal installation and performance.
- Performs incident resolution, problem determination and root cause analysis in accordance with Service Level Agreement
- Monitored ticketing system, resolved incidents within SLA, and communicated updates to clients effectively.
- Leveraged ServiceNow, Jira, and CyberArk to streamline workflow processes.,
Education
B.TECH and M.TECH Dual degree - information technology
UNIVERSITY OF RAJASHTAN
JAIPUR01-2014
Skills
- Virtualization: VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, vMotion, Storage vMotion, Snapshot, Template, Cloning, HA, DRS, VLAN
- RDM, datastore
- Migration tools
- P2V and V2V
- Zero-downtime VM
- vCenter Server
- vSAN
- Windows server 2012-2022
- CI/CD tools
- Data centre management
- ESXi configuration
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Cloud infrastructure design
- Service desk tools
- AWS
- S3
- EC2
- RDS
Certification
AWS cloud practitioner, 2022
AWS Solution Architect Associate- 2026
Timeline
VMware Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
11.2024 - Current
Cloud Administrator
HCL TECH
08.2023 - 10.2024
Server Administrator
DXC Technology
08.2021 - 08.2023
Server Administrator
Manpower Group
07.2018 - 08.2021
B.TECH and M.TECH Dual degree - information technology
UNIVERSITY OF RAJASHTAN