Working as AVP for VDI position with State Street.

• Working as a Deployment Architect for IBM’s DaaS project on Softlayer.• Deploying a PoC for a Client with HA features enabled on both Infrastructure components running on Windows 2012 (AD,DNS,SQL,Fileserver) and Citrix 7.6 related components(DC,Storefront) along with Netscaler VPX 10.5. Configured Delivery Controller to work with Mirrored SQL DB.• Deployed VDI Environment with XenDesktop 7.1 & 7.5 and XenServer 6.2 for POC environment on IBM’s new Softlayer Cloud and support Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Technologies (VMware View to some extent).• Deployed POC VDI Environment with XenDesktop 7.1 and XenServer 6.0 to 100 users and showcased the deployment in Citrix Synergy 2014.• Involve in new projects and work with the Architecture & Deployment team to deploy new/expansion of POD’s.• Provisioning new physical & virtual servers and installing Citrix for expansion of Citrix farms.• Provide documentation of deployment and support in pre-sales when required.• Manage network performance and maintain security related to VDI.• Executes test procedures to assess systems performance, identify and troubleshoot difficult or unusual problems, and analyze results for the implementation of system upgrades.• Planning and testing the application Virtualization for various new application releases using Citrix Profiler and publishing it to the Citrix farms.• Administrating the XenServer and maintaining the high availability of the hypervisors using XenCenter ma-jorly during the patching cycle.• Upgrading the SSL Certificates in XenServer through PowerShell.• Respond to and resolve Virtual Desktop issue from a L3 perspective to customer’s satisfaction and within their Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and be a part of Cloud VDI team.• Involved in expansion of POD’s from 13000 user base to 23000.• Creating Virtual Machines using MCS, PVS and PVD as per the user requirement.• Managing the Citrix policies in XenDesktop.

• Leading the team of 30 for administering IT network as part of the team engaged in managing network infrastructure • Configuring Servers, Firewalls, Active Directory, Domain Name Services, E-Mail & Web and training local administrators on standard network server procedures, including virus protection and other security measures• Achieving deadlines & turn-around-time without compromising on quality norms and adhering strictly to prescribed SLAs• Rendering technical support for troubleshooting complex issues effectively while ensuring minimum downtime & maximum availability of network• Managing an environment of over 28000 VDI hosted on VMware ESXi 6.0 & Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 and over 10000 VDI hosted on VMware View 5.6 • Deployment Architect for IBM’s DaaS Project on Softlayer • Deploying PoC with:o High availability features enabled on both Infrastructure components running on Windows 2012 (AD, DNS, SQL, Fileserver) & Citrix 7.6 related components (DC, Storefront) along with Netscaler VPX 10.5• Liaising with the Architecture & Deployment Team to deploy new/expansion of point of delivery• Monitoring new physical & virtual servers and installing Citrix on them for expansion of Citrix farms• Defining pricing, costing & FTE calculations by working with various customers and providing pre-sales support • Supervising network performance & maintaining security related to VDI and XenServer & maintaining the high availability of the hypervisors using XenCenter majorly during the patching cycle• Implementing testing procedures to assess systems performance, identify and troubleshoot difficult or unusual problemsProficient in PowerShell by performing various tasks like Obtaining the SSL Certificates in vCenter, exporting the Unregistered machines and various other manual tasks which could be automated• Addressing Virtual Desktop issue from a L3 perspective to customer’s satisfaction and within their service level agreements (SLAs) and as a part of Cloud VDI

Windows AdministrationCreating new Windows 2003 / 2008 Operating system using Altris Deployment. Pre define jobs in such a way that images are pushed to the server, SCCM client will get installed and will get configured to proper site and hardening of the server is complete. These processes have been automated using Altris internal jobs.Responsible for Managing Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory users and group’s management and Troubleshooting Active Directory replication problems.Good working knowledge in Remote access tools and console(RDP, ILO, DRAC)Troubleshooting high severity (Priority 1 & 2) incidentsApply ITIL Process when working on Incident Management / Change / Problem Management process.SPOC for DR/BCP tech support for Intel server support. Active Participation in regular DR/BCP mock drills.VMWare AdministratorManaging Virtualization Environment using VMWare ESX 3.5, 4.0, 4.1 Virtual Center, VI Client, P2V.Installing, Configuration, Administration and Trouble shooting of ESX 3.5&4.0, Virtual Center, VI Client.Creating Cluster for High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource Scheduler (DRS).Creating Resource Pool, VMotion, Alerts, Alarms, NTP.Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion.Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.Creating and Managing Virtual Machines and Templates.P2V & V2V migration and general maintenance activities regularly.Configured VMWare ESX – Tasks, Events, Alarms and MapsMonitoring VMWare Infrastructure – CPU, Memory, Disks and network.Assigning Permission and Privilege based on the access level.Project HandledDeployed and managing a large infrastructure of Desktop Virtualization. The Infrastructure is capable of handling 4000+ virtual desktops. This is accomplished with the help of Citrix Xen Desktop 5 on top of VMware ESX 4.0. The infrastructure is managed with 48 ESX Hosts hosted on VM Cluster. Each Cluster is connected to a SAN Storage which has the total capacity of 60 TB.

Call Tracking & Monitoring.Meeting the Service Level Agreement.Customer satisfaction Index.Backup and Restoration of File servers, Exchange servers, Domain controllers and Database Server – Netvault BackboneAutomated Backups using the policy management to minimize manual intervention.System administration, testing and implementation of changes of Oracle, SQL database server. Also responsible for daily support of all systems and general system maintenance including Support for HP and Dell servers, account administration, problem analysis and automation.Involving in Disaster prevention and recovery Procedures. Supported handling 200+ Servers, 5000+ workstations, 500+ Applications.Projects HandledInstalled and configured MIIS 2003 (Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003) to Synchronize GAL (Global Address List) across forestsIMSS (InterScan Messaging Security Suite) installed and configured on live Exchange 2000 Server to control SPAM mailsUpgraded Exchange Server 2000 to Exchange Server 2003Configured disaster recovery for production servers for failover when there is a downtime of a siteImplemented System Management Server 2003 for software distributionImplemented Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2003Installed and configured Red Hat Linux 8Installed and configured Squid Proxy server as the internet proxy for the entire organization. Restrictions are made based on the user name, ip address and sites Installed and configured additional Linux packages on project need basisSupporting Linux user with basic Network troubleshooting, creating new file system, adding additional disks and partitions Vendor relations for all servers, desktops and other network equipmentsImplemented security policies across the organization to Meet BS7799 Standards