Sivekulam VinodKumar
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Objective: Seeking challenging assignments in Systems Administration, with a technology-driven organisation of repute.
Professional Summary
Approx 8+ years of rich experience in IT industry in managing mission critical Windows XP/2000/2003/2008/20102, VMware, Amazon web services an IT and other business oriented environments. Experience of implementing and managing large installations of Windows 2003/2008/2012 environment. Experience as a Windows & VMware, AWS Administrator. Worked as a member of the Infrastructure team with responsibilities including system tuning, account management, security and performance monitoring, network support, new system & Server installation, software and hardware upgrades, managing disk configurations. Knowledge of XP / 2000 / 2003/2008/2012, VMware ESX & knowledge of Microsoft BackOffice products such as SCOM, MS Clustering, AD Worked on monitoring tool like SCOM, imon and HP SIM.
Skill Set
OS : Windows (98, NT, XP), Window 2000 Server/Prof, Windows 2003/2008 Server,
Win 2012, ESX 3.5, 4.0 and 5 & VSphere. Amazon web services.
System Administration: Wintel Admin/Troubleshooting, VMware ESX Server 3.5 – 4.0, 5.0
SCOM 2007 and 2012, Amazon web services.
Servers: HP ProLiant, HP Blade Centre, IBM Blade Centre.
Monitoring Tools: SCOM 2007, 2012 R2, HPSIM, iMon
Organisational Experience
Working as a Technical Services Specialist for IBM INDIA Pvt Ltd. From January 2016 to Till Date.
Duties & Responsibilities
Planning, installing, administration and troubleshooting of VMWARE infrastructure 3.5/4.0 for different customers.
Worked on various technologies like VMWare, Windows, Amazon web services.
Troubleshooting EC2, VPC, VPC peering, Security group related issues on AWS.
Configuring and troubleshoot Load balancer on Amazon web services.
Creating and configuring EC2 instances and deploy Virtual machines from AIM on AWS.
Installation, Configuring and Administering of Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Servers, XP and Win7.
Configuration, troubleshooting and administering on Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VPN.
Experience on configuring and troubleshooting RAID on servers.
Experience on Managing Failover Clustering and NLB clustering.
Building and deploying Windows servers through RIS and WDS.
Creating Routing tables, Sub netting and network inbound/outbound roles on AWS.
Windows server back up and restoring data and AD restoration and backup.
Trouble shooting the AD replication issue, trust relation issue on Domain.
Installing and troubleshooting the ARS, Password manager issues.
Creating and configuring Virtual machines and deploy Virtual machines from templates.
Creating and managing resource pools and adding the VM’s into resource pools.
Manage VM’s using VMware Virtual Centre and Vsphere Client
Performing Snapshots, Cold migrations and hot migrations.
Creating templates and deploy Virtual Machines.
Moving VM’s from one LUN to another LUN using Storage VMotion.
VMware cloning, expanding disks, adding data store to ESX Servers and AWS.
Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) migration using VMware converter.
Proficient in VMware technologies: VMotion, SVMotion, High Availability, DRS
Organisational Experience
Working as a System Engineer for CGI (Logica Private Ltd) Pvt Ltd. From Apr 2014 to January 2016.
Duties & Responsibilities
Provide 24/7 support to servers and around 3000 servers across UK, Nordics countries for different 50 customers using shared service infrastructure model.
Planning, installing, administration and troubleshooting of VMWARE infrastructure 3.5/4.0 for different customers.
Worked on various technologies like VMWare, Citrix Xen Server, Microsoft Hyper-V
Installation, Configuring and Administering of Windows 2003, 2008 and R2 Servers, XP and Windows7.
Configuration, troubleshooting and administering on Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VPN.
Configuring IIS 5.0 and 7.0, creating websites and virtual directory.
Experience on configuring and troubleshooting RAID on servers.
Experience on Managing Failover Clustering and NLB clustering.
Building and deploying Windows servers through RIS and WDS.
Windows server back up and restoring data.
Creating, Managing, Modifying, Deleting user accounts, System accounts, Mailboxes, Distribution lists, MS Outlook, Webmail, Groups, and Servers.
Planned, installed, maintained and optimized documentation network hardware and software, security systems and communication links.
Comprehensive hands-on hardware/software troubleshooting.
Analyze, log, track and complex software and hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, printer, server, and application to meet business needs.
Troubleshooting and directly interact with end users, receiving the mails from end users and raise the interaction tickets and analyzing as per the end user requirements.
Managing Virtual Infrastructure and building servers in VMware environment.
Installing, Configuring and Managing ESX/ESXi Servers and Vcenter Server.
Creating and configuring Virtual machines and deploy Virtual machines from templates.
Creating and managing resource pools and adding the VM’s into resource pools.
Manage VM’s using VMware Virtual Center and Vsphere Client
Performing Snapshots, Cold migrations and hot migrations.
Creating templates and deploy Virtual Machines.
Moving VM’s from one LUN to another LUN using Storage VMotion.
VMware cloning, expanding disks, adding data store to ESX Servers.
Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) migration using VMware converter.
Proficient in VMware technologies: VMotion, SVMotion, High Availability, DRS
Migration of host ESX 4.0 to ESX 5.0 Servers.
Creating and Managing Virtual Switches & Port groups in virtual Environment.
Creating and managing Resource Pools and adding the VM’s into Resource pools.
Troubleshooting VM’s problems with the help of Event logs.
Configure and manage High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS).
Creating an alarm, customizing host and Virtual machine graphs for CPU, memory, network and disk.
Installed and configured VMware ESX/VSphere servers built and deployed Citrix Xen server.
Knowledge of migrating and upgrading Citrix Servers and its components.
Assist with the planning, execution, monitoring and control of all engineering project related tasks and activities
Specify milestones, timelines and required resources for system implementations; manage to meet those milestones within specified timeline and resource specifications
Work with production support teams to ensure a smooth transition of systems into the production environment and serve as a knowledge expert for issues that arise with the designed and implemented solutions
Establish departmental goals, objectives, and operating procedures
Act as an advocate for the customer's technical needs while ensuring compliance and adherence to all applicable processes, procedures, and standards
Assist with the long range direction of technology solutions by enhancing and implementing best-in-class programs, policies, practices and systems while delivering high quality and repeatable results
Provide technical support, troubleshooting and complex problem resolution on escalated issues while monitoring and maintaining environment stability
Organisational Experience
Working as a Sr. Infrastructure Engineer for Mphasis (an HP Company) Pvt Ltd. From Jan 2011 to April 2014.
Duties & Responsibilities
Monitoring all servers from remote location Belgium using SCOM monitoring tool with respect to customer requirement.
Managing the installation, configuration & maintenance of Windows based Servers (physical and virtual).
Responsible for Managing Data Centre Operations for Windows Servers all platforms more than 6000 Servers. (Physical + Virtual).
Responsible for Upgrade & Maintenance of more than 100 VMware ESX Servers
Work on Major severity & Complex server issues.
Troubleshooting Servers OS / Hardware related issues.
Backup and restore VMware servers and virtual sessions.
RCA preparation and meeting SLA for RCA submission
Analyze Problems & escalate to appropriate Levels
Responsible for Managing and Installation of HP DP backup agents on windows servers.
Managing and Responsible for Troubleshooting DHCP, DNS Servers.
Act on Day to Day House Keeping tasks by using tools & scripts
Work with Change & Problem Management Tools
Ensure the Service Requests and all pre-requisite checks are followed diligently
Adhere to all the account specific technical as well as general process / procedures.
Write complex technical articles and sample programs for knowledge base.
Maintain strong working knowledge of pre-release products and take ownership for product improvement in key product areas.
On ESX 3.5 Environment:
Installing and Configuring ESX 3.5 and 4.0.
Perform activities like implementation, troubleshooting, performance tuning to optimize VMware environment
Performing activities like defining the standards, templates for virtual machines, installing VM tools, patches, updates etc
Knowledge on access privileges & configuration of users & groups, roles & permissions to manage virtual machines
Expertise in configuring and performing cold migration, VMotion and storage VMotion & using snapshots
Experience in configuring HA and DRS in VMware environment
Organisational Experience
Working as a Jr.Executive - IT for Metro Cash and Carry India Pvt Ltd. From Apr 2008 till Jan 2011.
Duties & Responsibilities
Responsible for Managing Data Centre operations for Windows Server management 400 Servers in Data Centre & 400 + Servers all over India in branch offices.
Responsible for Managing Active Directory.
Responsible for managing 150+ Virtual servers on VMware environment.
Responsible for Managing Users, Security, Disk Quota, Performance Logs, Data and Data Recovery
Managing Patches Installation through WSUS.
Managing and Responsible for Troubleshooting DHCP & DNS Servers.
Telephonic Support for General Offices Engineers.
Monitoring All Wintel Servers from monitoring tool for proactive actions.
Performing reports like Daily Checklist, Weekly dashboards, Monthly reports.
Use of Remedy tools-Calls logging system called helpline for tracking all problems related to hardware / software related problems
Solving Problem related to Windows Xp Professional, Device Drivers, Printers,
Installing Application Software on desktop machines as per the requirement of User and Troubleshoot the problems related applications. Example: Microsoft office, Antivirus client, Acrobat Reader etc.
Project Undertaken:
Supporting For New Store Openings: Successfully completed installations and configuring Servers and Network components with Siemens EPBX for across India new Metro Stores (Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad) using AD, DHCP, DNS and VMware technologies etc.
Rollout and upgrade Server 2008R2 and Windows 7 : We have successfully installed and upgraded the Server 2003 to server 2008R2 around 400+ servers with security patches in infrastructure.
Educational Qualification :
BA in Economics from Sri Krishna Devaraya University (A.P.) (2006)
Microsoft Certified IT professional ( 2010 )
Trainings
MCSE: Microsoft Certified System Engineer in IIHT (2006).
Vmware adminstration trainign in Mphasis (2011).
SCOM and SCCM 2012 R2 training in acutelearn.
Hyper view and Server 2012 training on CGI.
Personal Details
Full Name:Sivekualm Vinodkumar
Father’s Name: Late S.Anjineyulu
Residence Address :#14,1st cross, 7th Main,
SBM Colony, Mathikare, Bangalore-560064
Date of Birth:07th July 1985.
Marital Status:Unmarried
Nationality:Indian.
Languages Known:English, Kannada, Hindi and Telugu.
