
VMware Administrator with experience in managing VMware vSphere environments and providing L2-level infrastructure support in Windows Server. Proficient in deploying and managing virtual machines, configuring virtual networks, and optimizing storage solutions. Demonstrated ability to monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement performance optimization techniques, ensuring seamless operations. Committed to contributing to a growth-oriented environment that fosters professional development and organizational success.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
- VMWare Administration:
• Managing and maintaining VMware vSphere environments (ESXi, vCenter, vSAN,vMotion, DRS, HA, SRM).
• Performing VM provisioning, cloning, snapshots, templates, and resource optimization.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting VM performance, capacity, and availability.
• Applying patches, upgrades, and firmware updates to ESXi hosts and vCenterappliances.
• Configuring and managing VMware clusters for high availability, fault tolerance,and load balancing.
• Ensuring compliance with security policies, patching cycles, and audit requirements.
• Supporting capacity planning and forecasting for compute, storage and network resources.
• Collaborating with application, storage, and network teams for end-to-end solution delivery.
• Providing L3 support and mentoring junior admins.
- System & Server Administration:
• Managed and maintained VMware infrastructure across multiple clusters and sites consisting of 2000+ ESXi hosts, vCenter Server and virtual switches.
• Work experience managing complex compute infrastructures supporting physical (Lenovo, HP), virtual (VMware) and cloud (IBM SoftLayer) compute environments.
• Implemented and maintained VMware vMotion, high availability (HA) and distributed resource scheduling (DRS) features to maximize uptime and resource utilization.
• Performed patching and upgrade of hosts and Vcenter using Update Manager and Power CLI
• Working experience on VROPs, VRLi, Densify to monitor and build of VMs.
• Basic troubleshooting experience of VMs and Hosts.
• Provided technical support and guidance to end-users, addressing their virtualization-related inquiries and resolving technical issues in time.