Venkatesan Gopal is a VMware and Windows Server administrator seeking new assignments. He has over 8 years of experience in IT infrastructure management including system administration, planning, designing, implementing and delivering IT solutions. He is currently working as an Infrastructure Technology Specialist at ST Electronics Info Systems in Singapore, where he provides daily support for VMware ESXi hosts and Windows servers, performs virtual machine management tasks, and responds to incidents. He has several technical certifications including VCP5, MCSA and MCTS, and skills in virtualization, operating systems, server hardware, security tools and ticketing systems.

1. CURRICULAM VITAE
Venkatesan Gopal
#04-851, Block 149,
Woodlands Street 13,
Singapore-730149.
Email : Gmvenkatesan@gmail.com
Mobile : +65-81480109.
Seeking assignments in VMware and Windows Server Administration.
Professional Synopsis
 Having 8 + years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure management in the area of System administration.
 Worked extensively in IT Infrastructure which includes planning, designing, procuring, implementing, leading, documenting and
delivering within quality standard
 Presently working in ST Electronics Info Systems,Singapore.
 An effective communicator with strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.
Educational Qualification
 Bachelor of Science, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.
 Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, SSP Polytechnic College, Puthur, Tamil Nadu.
 SSLC, S.S.D Boys High School, Thiruvengadu.
Certifications
 VMware Certified Professional 5 (VCP 550D)
 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator in Windows 2003 Server (MCSA).
 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in Windows 2008 Server (MCTS).
Skills Set
Virtualization : VMware vSphere 4.x, 5.x
Operating Systems : Windows Server 2003 & 2008, 2012
Server Hardwares : Extensive experience in Raid concepts & Configurations, Sufficient skill to handle HP & IBM servers.
Security : Symantec Endpoint protection 12.1.X
Ticketing Tools : Case Management System (CMS),Serina Bussiness Manager(SBM)
Professional Experience in Detail
Company 1 Designation Period
Company: ST Electronics Info
Systems,Singapore
Client:
Payroll From ITCAN
Infrastructure Technology Specialist Oct’2015- upto Mar’16(Contract to be
end)

2. Responsibilities:
 Provide daily support/administration to multiple hosted clients, which comprises of around 300 ESXi 5.5 hosts in various cluster
virtual farms.
 Working on day to day SR, Change Task and supporting Sev 1,Sev 2 & Sev 3 priority incidents for VMware ESXi and Windows.
 Creating Virtual Machines, Clones, snapshots and template in virtual environment.
 Performing VMotion,storage vmotion, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
 Creating and managing VM Ware cluster. Enabling HA and DRS features in a cluster.
 Performing day to day routine change task for VMware machine management for Migration, up gradation for disk, CPU, RAM as
per customer requirement.
 Using RV tools for exporting reports for using inventory and KPI report.
 Installed, Configured and administering ESXi5.5 IBM/HP Blade servers
 Hands on experience in power shell scripting.
 Configuring & administrating of SFTP sites troubleshoot access / authentication problems.
 Configuring and Managing of data stores in clustered environment with DRS configured.
 Working with HP Proliant,IBM servers/Blade servers, working with vendor to add/replace faulty peripherals, upgrading the driver
& firmware.
 Creating standard server build, updating servers with latest service packs, latest patches with hot fixes and Hardening as per the
client policy.
 Configuring MS Clustering for Windows servers with active and passive node.
 ESXi and Virtual Machine patch deployment using Update Manger & Big Fix.
 Installed, administered, and managed the support of Symantec Endpoint protection 12.1.X
 Migrated Symantec Endpoint protection from 12.1.4 to 12.1.6
Responsibilities:
 Responsible to manage and mentor the DC technology team and ensure compliance to the SLA for the systems domain.
 Primary responsibility is the management of server Operations in Global levels.
Company 2 Designation Period
Fidelity Information Service((FIS
global) -Chennai, India Senior System Engineer Sep’2013– Oct’2015

3.  Provide Incident and Change management, Problem Management support for Wintel servers.
 Troubleshooting escalations & maintaining Server availability for business critical resources.
 Maintained Microsoft Cluster 2003/2008.Managed Virtualization Environment using VMWare ESXi 4.x, 5.x, Virtual Center,
VSphere Client.
 Installation, Configuration, Administration and Trouble shooting of ESXi 4.x,5.x, Virtual Center, Sphere client
 Creating and Managing Virtual Machines and Templates.
 Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource Scheduling (DRS)/SDRS.
 Configured Resource Pool, Motion, Alerts, Alarms, NTP.
 Migrate Physical Servers to Virtual Server using VMware Converter (P2V Converter)
 Migrating of using VMotion Performing Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations.
 Experience on configuring data store to ESXi server using iSCSI or SAN.
 Managing and administering the HPC7000 chassis, OA, virtual connect, ILO.
 Worked on with ESXi migration and patching activity.
 Having hands on experience on VERITAS volume Manager
 Worked on VVR disk expansion and VVR replication issues
 Attending to Server failures/crashes, investigating the issues through root-cause analysis and suggesting technical solutions.
 Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment ,
 Strong knowledge on win 2003/2008 Active Directory Administration.
 Experience in DNS, DHCP, group policy Management.
 Support and maintenance of Active Directory for the Enterprise
 Involved in Annual DR activities
Company 3 Designation Period
Foxconn India Pvt Ltd,
Chennai, Sriperumbudur.
India
System Administrator Jun’2008 – Aug’2013
Responsibilities:
 Designing, installing,configuring and administering VMware ESXi servers.
 Incident Management on all Severity Calls.
 Performing Physical to Virtual & Virtual to Virtual migrations.
 Enabling VMware features like SMotion, SVMotion, High Availability (HA) & Resource Scheduling (DRS).
 Creating snapshots & restoring the old state using snapshots based on Development & testing team’s requirement.
 Performing Daily Health checks and Performance monitoring & tuning of Virtual Centres, ESXi Hosts & Virtual Machines.
 Performing host upgrades/Patching using update manager.
 Perform Virtual Machine Configuration Upgrades/Downgrades like Memory, CPU & Disk Expansion.
 Monitoring Data store Utilization on the Virtual Environment.
 Creating monthly and weekly reports regarding storage, memory, CPU usage and summary of the VM’s.
 Make technical recommendations to management.
 Configuring and administering Windows Environment servers.
 Troubleshooting and coordinating for hardware related issues with Hardware Vendors.
 Applying Firmware and Hotfix for Hardware’s.
 Adding Host, Creating Vdisk and presenting LUN to Host from HP SAN Environment.

4.  Plan, Implement, Maintain Additional Domain Controllers, File Servers, Backup Servers, DHCP Servers, DNS Servers, WSUS
Server, Antivirus, Mail server CCTV Server, DB server and WEB Servers.
 Performing the server harden as per the standard checklist before bringing into Production.
 Active Directory Management.
 Implementing Group Policy and various software installations using internally developed Scripts for major rollouts.
 Implement and Manage the Access Control Lists for all the file servers and performing ACL restructure on demands.
 Configuring File screening, Disk Quota limit and Home folders for all Windows 2003 R2 based file servers.
 Involved in DR testing and responsible for monitoring, marinating and documenting DR plan.
 Performing BCP drill for all the Critical servers on Half-Yearly basis.
 Performing security related scans for all servers.
 Maintaining Antivirus compliance for all windows based servers and desktops.
 Maintaining Windows Patch Compliance and ensuring the servers and desktops are patched up-to date.
 Analysing the Event logs for all critical servers.
 Implementing & Configuring the DHCP, DNS & Printers for the new setups.
 Documenting and Root Cause analysis for all Technical issues.
 Troubleshooting WSUS related issues and maintaining 100% Patch compliance in all the Servers & Desktops.
 Implemented and managing Device lock Enterprise server for users to use a particular Hardware in defined host.
 Experienced in Global, Internal IT infrastructure audits ( ISO-14001, OHSAS & QEMS).
 Installing,configuring and managing Symantec Backup exec and Recovery for various Windows environments.
 Monitoring daily Backup/Job Failure /Disk Alerts and ensuring proper resolution
 Performing restores from Tapes and disk backups, SAN, NAS servers through Symantec Backup Exec 11d.
Company 4 Designation Period
HCL Info systems Ltd
Pondy.
India
Final Testing Engineer Jun’2005 – May’2006
Responsibilities:
 Checking the Functionality and Reliability of Assembled Computers & Notebooks by use of Testing Software’s.
 Preparing Audit Report.
 ESD Certificate Holder.
 Assembling and troubleshooting of Desktop and Notebooks.
 Software Installation and troubleshooting for Desktop and Notebooks.
Personal Details:
Date of Birth 15-06-1987
Nationality Indian
Father’s name Gopal. P
sex Male
Passport Number Z2717604
Passport Validity 23.12.2023

5. FIN (I/C) G3212555M
FIN (I/C) Validity 13.10.2017
Marital Status Single
Language Known Tamil, English
Permanent Address Kava Lambadi
K.S Puram(P.O),Sirkazi(T.K)
Nagai (D.T) -609106.
Tamilnadu.

6. FIN (I/C) G3212555M
FIN (I/C) Validity 13.10.2017
Marital Status Single
Language Known Tamil, English
Permanent Address Kava Lambadi
K.S Puram(P.O),Sirkazi(T.K)
Nagai (D.T) -609106.
Tamilnadu.