1. Praneet.S
sardipraneet@gmail.com
Contact no: 8983380748
Professional Summary:
Ø Over 5.6+ Years of experience in IT with Citrix, Windows & VMware.
Ø Well versed in XenApp 4.5, 6.5, 7.6 implementation and administration.
Ø Configuring and Managing servers and Farms of XenApp 4.5PS, 6.5 & 7.6 environments.
Ø Publishing applications, consisting of both Hosted and Streamed applications in XenApp Server Farm.
Ø Handling Change request, involved Impact Analysis, Implementation of changes of schedule time.
Ø Configuring Citrix Webinterface Management for XenApp Farm.
Ø Adding servers into Load balancing in netscaler – 10.5 as per Client requirement
Ø Citrix Printer Management through Universal Print Technology.
Ø Installing Hotfixes and roller Packs with Wsus.
Ø Having experience on install and configure XenDesktop 7.1 & 7.6.
Ø Configuring Worker groups in XenApp 6.0 and 6.5 environments.
Ø Monitoring, troubleshooting and generating reports using Edge Sight 5.4.
Ø Well versed with citrix thinapp deploying through vmware thinapp tool.
Ø Experience on Pvs 7.6 vdisk versioning.
Ø Having good communication and strong problem solving skills and a good team player.
Education Details:
Ø Bachelor's degree from SKDU.
Professional Experience:
Ø Working as a Citrix Administrator for Synechron Technologies, Pune from July 2015 to till now.
Ø Worked as a Citrix Administrator for Wipro Technologies, Pune from July 2014 to 2015.

2. Ø Worked as a Windows and Citrix Admin for SIMS, Vizag From July 2012 to July 2014.
Ø Worked as a Windows Admin for S3 Technologies, Vizag From May 2011 to 2012.
Technical Proficiency:
Ø Virtualization Servers : Vmware ESXI – 5.5 & 6.0
Ø Virtualization XenDesktop : XenDesktop 5.5,5.6,7.1 & 7.6
Ø Virtualization App : XenApp 5.0,6.0,6.5 & 7.6
Ø Server OS : Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016
Ø Microsoft Services : AD, DNS, DHCP.
Ø Client OS : Windows XP/WIN7/WIN8/Win10
Ø Ticketing tools : Remedy, Service Now & Foot Prints
Project Profile:
Project # 1 : Nationstar Mortgage
Role : Citrix Administrator
Duration : 2015 July to Till now
Team Size : 21
Description:
Project aims for providing Citrix production support (24/7) to the environment. The customer's environment has about
200+ applications, some of having multiple environments namely Development, Test and Production environments.
Publishing desktops and servers through 7.6 environment.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Ø Responsible for the delivery of the Technology support service for XenApp 6.0/7.6, Windows server
2008R2/2012R2.
Ø Working on daily Citrix issues and configuration changes
Ø Configuring configuration login for monitor admin user's activities on farm.
Ø Installing, configuring application, create Citrix profile and publishing applications on XenApp servers.
Ø Configuring and troubleshooting the print and load managers on XenApp farm.
Ø Experienced in various Citrix components like Xen Desktop, Xen App and Provisioning Server.
Ø Installing and Configuring Citrix Xen Desktop – XD 5.6 &7.6 Desktop Delivery Controller or XD Broker.
Ø Creating Xen Desktop Sites, Desktop Catalogs ,Desktop groups and adding the desktops into it
Ø Installing the VDA for either AD Based / Registry based controller discovery
Ø Creating Master Images for pooled and dedicated catalogs

3. Ø Responsible for installing and configuring Citrix Xen Server hosts for VDI Infrastructure.
Ø Creating the Virtual Machines on the ESX hosts, managing ESXI.
Ø Creating Citrix Policies and GPO's as per client requirement.
Ø Adding servers into load balancing through netscaler as per client requirement.
Ø Installing and Configuring Citrix Provisioning Server for vDisk streaming.
Ø Creating vDisks and installing end user applications.
Ø Configuring Write Cache, auto-add, and automatic vDisk updates..
Ø Upgrading the Licenses Versions, Administration and Activation of License of XenApp farm.
Ø Implementation and administration of Citrix and Xenapp 6.0, Xenapp 6.5 ,Xenapp 7.6
Ø Creating Citrix policies to reflect the business requirements
Ø Installing Hot fixes on XenApp Servers
Ø Performing regular Citrix Farm Management Tasks on Xen Desktop, Provisioning Server and Xen App.
Ø Installing and Configuring Citrix Web Interface Management for both Xen Desktop and Xen App Farm.
Ø Performance monitoring and tuning of Citrix Servers
Ø Monitoring the Load Evaluators and setting new values based on the resource manager reports.
Ø Attending bridge calls and having regular client interaction on different process related issues.
Ø Problem determination and resolution within Expected time frame.
Ø Create regular reports for Management requirements
Ø Preparation of Technical Support Guides to formulate troubleshooting tips and procedures for efficient and
faster service delivery
Ø Basic understanding in Networking and Storage concepts.
Ø Following ITIL for any change management process in the infrastructure
Ø Hands on experience on implementation and designing experience in VDI and Citrix XenDesktop.
Ø Setting up environment & Identifying Pre-installation Requirements
Ø Configuring & managing a XenDesktop Environment
Ø Creating Vdisks from the VMs running from ESX server.
Ø Creating Desktops from the Vdisks
Project Profile:
Project # 1 : Mattel
Role : Citrix Administrator
Duration : 2014 July to 2015 July
Team Size : 24
Description:
Project aims at providing Citrix production support (24/7) to the Mattel environment. The customer's environment has
about 140 applications, each having multiple (three) environments namely Development, Test and Production
environments.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Ø Install, configure, administer and troubleshoot presentation server XenApp 5.0, XenApp 6.0 and XenApp 6.5
farms of various scales.
Ø Installing the XenApp servers and adding them to existing farm.

4. Ø Install and configure xendesktop 5.0 and 5.5 & 7.1 and adding them to existing farm.
Ø Installing virtual desktop agent assign desktop.
Ø Install and configure Web interface and create and configure XenApp Web Sites and
Ø XenApp Services Site.
Ø Install and configure Citrix License Server and Managing the server with Licensing
Ø Management console.
Ø Installing and configuring Citrix profile manager and managing user profiles.
Ø Installing Citrix online and offline receiver Plugins for XA.
Ø Installing, configuring and managing Citrix Xen desktop.
Ø Installing Citrix hot fixes and roller packs.
Ø Install and configure EdgeSight 5.4
Ø Publishing and troubleshooting applications & providing access to users.
Ø Monitoring, troubleshooting and generating various reports using EdgeSight.
Ø Troubleshooting critical alarms using EdgeSight.
Ø Create regular reports for Management requirements.
Ø Troubleshooting login issues to the server for the users.
Ø Working on various server alerts like disk space, memory utilization and services, among others.
Ø Configuring printer and troubleshooting printer related issues.
Ø Taking care of weekly maintenance activities rebooting the server, installing patches, and installing antivirus.
Ø Creating Load Evaluators.
Ø Documenting critical issues and updating knowledge portal.
Ø Creating zones replication traffic XenApp servers.
Ø Creating worker group and adding Appropriate polices of worker group.
Ø Knowledge about speed screen latency reduction.
Ø Creating and assigning XenDesktop catalogs.
Ø Troubleshooting XenDesktop issues.
Project Profile:
Project # 2 : SIMS
Role : Citrix/Windows Administrator
Duration : 2012 July to July 2014
Team Size : 8
Roles and Responsibilities:
Ø Installing different flavors of windows servers 2003 and 2008.
Ø Test, Install, configure and publish various applications in XenApp 5.0/6.5 environment.
Ø Monitoring and Troubleshooting of Citrix Servers.
Ø Installation & configuration of license server and Web interface.
Ø Installing and publishing of applications on Citrix.
Ø Controlling access to applications.
Ø Perform activities relating to Citrix and application security.
Ø Respond resolves all reported problems and requests.
Ø Preparing daily checklists updating management.
Ø Monitoring, managing and reporting daily, weekly and monthly server status.

5. Ø Scheduling backups and restoring backups as on requirement.
Ø Assigning rights and privileges to users to access files and folders.
Ø Installing services patches and antivirus.
Ø Installing, configuring and troubleshooting Active Directory.
Ø Creating sites and site links in Active Directory.
Ø Creating, managing and troubleshooting group policies.
Ø Installing, configuring and troubleshooting DHCP and DNS servers.
Ø Taking Active Directory, DHCP and DNS backups and restoring as required.
Ø Troubleshooting the event logs on the servers.
Project Profile:
Project # 2 : S3 Technologies
Role : Windows Administrator
Duration : 2011 May to June 2012
Team Size : 5
Ø Installing Windows Servers 2003/2008 And Clients Windows 7 & XP
Ø Installing & Maintaining Server backups Through Backup Devices.
Ø Solving Client issues hardware & Networking Problems.
Ø Updated The Total Network And Hardware Equipments.
Ø Introduced Active directory Services (2008)
Ø Creating Group Polices and Implementation as per standard procedures
Ø Installing Printers and Network Printers.
Ø Troubleshooting Printers, Scanners, Desktops for hardware Issues.
Ø Troubleshooting problems related to links down, internet access and intranet access
Ø Continuously Monitoring the Leased Circuits, Through NMS monitoring tools(Nagios)
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
• Father Name : S.Gopala Rao
• Date of Birth : 18/4/1989
• Gender : Male.
• Nationality : Indian.
• Marital status : Single
• Willing to Travel : Yes
• Languages Known : English, Hindi, Telugu & Oriya
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Date:
Place: (S.Praneet)

6. Ø Scheduling backups and restoring backups as on requirement.
Ø Assigning rights and privileges to users to access files and folders.
Ø Installing services patches and antivirus.
Ø Installing, configuring and troubleshooting Active Directory.
Ø Creating sites and site links in Active Directory.
Ø Creating, managing and troubleshooting group policies.
Ø Installing, configuring and troubleshooting DHCP and DNS servers.
Ø Taking Active Directory, DHCP and DNS backups and restoring as required.
Ø Troubleshooting the event logs on the servers.
Project Profile:
Project # 2 : S3 Technologies
Role : Windows Administrator
Duration : 2011 May to June 2012
Team Size : 5
Ø Installing Windows Servers 2003/2008 And Clients Windows 7 & XP
Ø Installing & Maintaining Server backups Through Backup Devices.
Ø Solving Client issues hardware & Networking Problems.
Ø Updated The Total Network And Hardware Equipments.
Ø Introduced Active directory Services (2008)
Ø Creating Group Polices and Implementation as per standard procedures
Ø Installing Printers and Network Printers.
Ø Troubleshooting Printers, Scanners, Desktops for hardware Issues.
Ø Troubleshooting problems related to links down, internet access and intranet access
Ø Continuously Monitoring the Leased Circuits, Through NMS monitoring tools(Nagios)
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
• Father Name : S.Gopala Rao
• Date of Birth : 18/4/1989
• Gender : Male.
• Nationality : Indian.
• Marital status : Single
• Willing to Travel : Yes
• Languages Known : English, Hindi, Telugu & Oriya
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Date:
Place: (S.Praneet)