Specialist VMware Engineer at Societe Generale, having 8+ years of experience in VMware and Wintel technologies. Working as an L2 admin for Windows servers, VMware, AD, DNS and DHCP. Managing Virtualization Environment using VMware ESX 5.x, 6.xTECHNICAL SKILLS Managing Virtualization Environment using VMware ESX 5.x, 6.x, vSphere client, vCloud Automation Center, VROps Installation, Configuration, Administration and Troubleshooting of ESX, Virtual Machines, Templates and vSphere Client Having deep knowledge on Vcenter Automation Center – Creating & troubleshooting Blueprints, Provisioning groups, VCAC Reservations Creating and Managing standard/ Distributed switches and worked on switch migrations Experience of using vMotion, Performing snapshot, Cloning, Cold/Hot migrations and snapshot backup management VMware Update Manager (VUM) to install patches and perform upgrades on ESXi hosts vCenter standalone converter (P2V / V2P) and Vcenter server upgrade Creating Clusters for High Availability(HA) and Distributed Resource scheduler (DRS) Microsoft Failover Cluster in Hyper-V and cluster management in Vsphere Windows Servers patching using WSUS & Tanium Excellent experience in Commissioning/Decommissioning - Virtual machines, Physical Machine and ESXi Hosts. Working Knowledge on Windows Servers (2003,2008 & 2012), Active Directory, DNS and DHCP Basic knowledge in running Power shell scripting for various VMware activities and DHCP issues Server Hardware – HP DL/BL servers, Dell - Knowledge on working in ILO/DRAC consoles. Hardware Vendor Management (HP,Dell) for faulty parts replacement and issues Software Vendor Management (VMware, Microsoft)CERTIFICATIONS VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) VMware Certified Professional 6 - Cloud Management and Automation (VCP6-CMA)