Vijay Rama Raju has over 3.8 years of experience in VMware administration and system administration. He has expertise in VMware ESXi, vCenter, and Windows server administration. He has worked as a VMware and Windows administrator for Reliance Jio and as a system administrator and VMware administrator for Computer Science Corporation. He holds a Bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering.
Overall 4+ years of experience in Windows and Virtual infrastructure resources, System and Network administration, VMware Configuration & Administration, System Design, Data Center management, Implementation & maintenance of highly scalable 24x7 availability solutions.
1. Vijay Rama Raju
Email: vmadm.vijay@gmail.com Ph.No:8828334824
SYNOPSIS
Over 3.8 years of rich experience in VMware (2.8yrs) & System Administration (1yr).
Strong detail and task operation demonstrated ability in troubleshooting.
Ability to work in team environment with excellent presentation.
Proven abilities in establishing effective task priorities, working independently, and participating
as an integral part of a team.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
My primary area of expertise is with VMware & Windows OS related issues and Troubleshooting Hardware.
Extensive experience with VMware ESXi server, Windows 2008 and 2012 server Operating System.
ADMINISTRATION SKILLS
VMware Administration Skills:
Worked on different VMware products like VMware workstation, ESXI 4.0, 5.X, VMware Converter.
On ESXI host Creation of VMs and installing different guest OS like windows and Linux flavors. Creating
Teaming, cloning, snapshots.
Managing VMs through VCenter and Web access.
P2V and V2V convertions by using VMware Converter.
Good understanding of ESX server architecture.
Configure Virtual Network in ESX server by creating vSwitches.
Creation of different port groups like Service Console, VMkernel and VM port groups.
Creation of NIC teaming, VLANs and Switch and port group policies.
Worked on Distributed Switch environment in ESX 5.0.
Worked on resource management framework like creation resource pools, adding the VMs into resource pools.
Working on VMware clustering like HA and DRS clusters using Virtual Center.
Configure Alarms, Host profiles, Scheduled Tasks, Distributed Power Management (DPM) and Fault Tolerance.
Also worked on vCenter plugins like Update manager, guided consolidation and vCenter Converter.
Working on Migration concepts like Vmotion, SVmotion.
Creation of templates from VMs and Creation of VMs from templates.
Strong knowledge on VMware Networking, Storage concepts.
Windows Administration Skills:
Installation, maintenance and up gradation of various networks involving various types of Server operating
systems like Windows 2008 and windows 2012 .
Installing and configuring Windows 2008 R2 and 2012 Active Directory Service.
Expert in configuration of Member servers and clients.
2. Installing and configuring DNS.
Configuring and managing DHCP.
Configuring and maintaining FTP service.
Maintaining and creating user accounts and groups by assigning permissions.
Creating Organizational Units and managing Computer Accounts.
Group Policy Objects.
Setting up Shared Folders and Printers, Mapping Drives, and Creating Permissions.
Monitoring Windows Server 2008.
Securing Data.
Configuring Remote Access.
Trouble shooting as well as managing the performance of the software and network.
Setup, Modify & Managing User/Group Accounts.
Managing Backup and Restoration operations.
Configuring new devices.
Installing and partitioning new disk devices.
Protecting the workstation from virus by installing Antivirus software.
Installation and maintenance of LAN network. Troubleshooting of network issues.
Managing File System.
Linux Administration Skills:
Installation of RHEL 7/6/5 full and minimal.
LVM configuration.
Network configuration.
NIC Bonding.
Basic administration, Creation of users, providing root access to the local users.
Providing permissions to the directories.
Installing packages.
Troubleshooting network issues related to SSH.
Hardware Skills:
Hands on experience on HP DL 380 Gen9/Gen8/Gen7 Servers.
Hands on experience on HP BL 460 Gen8/Gen7 Servers.
Worked on HP c7000 chassis.
Management of chassis through On Board Administrator (OA).
VC-Flex configuration.
Configuring iLO ip for HP DL380.
Configuring iLO ip for HP BL460 via OA or directly.
RAID configuration (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 5) at hardware level.
Hot swap of hard disks when found degraded.
Increasing and decreasing the memory depending on the requirement of the vendor.
Firmware upgradation of each and every device related to the hardware.
3. iLO upgradation.
Creating users and providing privileges for easy administration.
BIOS settings at hardware level for better performance and power management.
Knowledge of VCFlex module and connectivity.
Trouble shooting from hardware level by monitoring system resources and iLO event logs.
Company: Reliance Jio Infocomm Pvt. Ltd. from March 2016 to till month
Responsibilities:
Installation and Troubleshooting of ESXI 6.0 Servers.
Creating and providing Virtual Machines to vendors depending on their requirements.
Installing and maintaining vCenter Servers of both the environments(IoT and Replica)
Mapping all the existing ESXi servers to vCenter 6.0 to manage them centrally.
Licensing the ESXi hosts, vCenter server and Windows machines.
Taking regular backup of vCenter Server machine.
Taking backups of VM through VDP depending on the requirement of vendor.
Providing the features of Vmware like HA, DRS, vMotion depending on requirement.
Monitoring Server Health Status of the CPU processors, Memory, Fans, Temperature and Voltage from iLO.
VLAN configuration.
Creating Resource Pools and Setting limits on CPU and RAM.
Cloning Virtual Machines.
Creating scheduled backups tasks using VDP.
User administration in vCenter.
Acknowledging alarms in vCenter by troubleshooting them.
Working on vCloud Director.
Inventory maintenance of hardware resources (Servers).
Providing license to vendors as per the request and reason.
Troubleshooting of network reachability issues of any of the servers.
Hand-over take-over of the nodes which I support.
Worked on HP DL 380(Gen9/8/7) and HP BL 460(Gen8/7) servers.
iLO configuration and chassis management through OA
VC-Flex configuration.
RAID configuration at hardware level depending on the requirement of vendor.
Firmware upgradation to resolve the issues being faced at hardware level.
Windows Clustering.
Windows NIC teaming.
Windows Active Directory creation and maintenance.
DNS and DHCP server installation, maintenance and DNS entry.
RHEL 6/7 installation full and minimal.
Basic administration of RHEL.
4. NIC Bonding.
IP Address management through IPAM.
Worked on Open Filer.
Client #2: Computer Science Corporation, Hyderabad from August 2013 to March 2016
VMware Administrator Responsibilities:
Installation and Troubleshooting of the ESX 5.x and ESXI 6.0 Servers.
Upgrading ESX 5.0 servers to ESXi 5.5
NIC teaming in ESX/ESXi Servers.
Installing and maintaining vCenter Servers.
Taking regular backup of vCenter Server machine.
Creating Resource Pools and Setting limits on CPU and RAM.
Creating Virtual Machine Templates.
Cloning Virtual Machines.
Converting Virtual Machines running on Workstation to VMs on ESX Server (P2V).
Converting Physical machines to Virtual Machines using VMware Converter (V2V).
Changing the configuration of VM’s on need basis.
Creating Snapshots on virtual machines.
Monitoring Server Health Status of the CPU processors, Memory, Fans, Temperature and Voltage.
Setting up and troubleshooting features like HA/FT/DRS with EVC for the Virtual Machines for business
continuity.
Configuring Virtual Switches, Port groups.
Setting up Alarms/alerts for the infrastructure changes.
Troubleshooting issues related to Virtual Machine Vmotion, snapshots, clone and converter.
Creating daily report on resource usage and resource availability.
Provide training to new hires on how to use the virtualization environment.
Rotational On calls support 24X7.
Client #1: Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad from July 2012 to July 2013
System Administrator Responsibilities:
Installing, Managing and Troubleshooting windows server range operating systems (2008, 2008R2, 2012).
Installed and configured an Active Directory Domain Controller.
Installing, configuring and maintaining of Microsoft operating systems (windows XP, Vista, Windows 7).
Troubleshooting Various Operating systems.
Responsible for providing level 1 support to end-users in troubleshooting and resolving PC/Server problems.
Implemented various group policies over the domain and forest.
Performing user account creation, deletion and configuration.
Managing and troubleshoot network LAN in desktop and laptops.
Performed user account creation, deletion and configuration.
5. Solving the end user incidents remotely by using VNC.
Day to day backup for recording calls.
Performed day-to-day administration functions, backup and restoration, file server maintenance.
ACADEMICS
Completed B.Tech (E.C.E) in 2012 from K.G Reddy College of Engineering & Technology with an aggregate
of 78.09.
Completed Intermediate (M.P.C) in 2008 from Narayana jr.college, Vanasthalipuram with an aggregate of
90.08.
Completed S.S.C in 2005 from Hayathnagar Public School, Hayathnagar with an aggregate of 77.66.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Was awarded “Best Outgoing Student (ECE)”.
Stood college 1st in 3rd year (2nd SEM) and 4th year (1st SEM)
Participated in zone level Cricket and Volleyball Tournaments
Won 1st Prize in Paper presentation in ”AVANCO”
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
Playing cricket, volleyball, listening to music, Interested in learning new things
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name : Vijaya Rama Raju
Father’s Name : Rama Linga Raju
Date of Birth : 07-05-1991
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Single
Nationality : Indian
Languages Known : English, Hindi and Telugu
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the above written particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Vijaya Rama Raju