ObjectiveSeeking a VMWare / Wintel, Systems Engineer Position in Virtualization Project Management / IT Infrastructure Management with an organisation of repute.

Overview An Industry Certified (VCP, MCSE, MCITP, SCS & CCNA) I.T Professional with over 14 years’ experience of working

directly or indirectly for Several Industries ranging from Managed Service Provider, Government sectors, Financial Institutions, Health Care, Construction Company, Multimedia and Design Company & Distributer/Retail Sales, under Various Roles. Participated in a broad range of corporate I.T initiatives like, in planning, designing, analysis, and implementation of solutions with respect to business objectives.

Strong Customer Centric Approach with excellent analytical, coordination, presentation and leadership skills; skilled in grasping the big picture and conceptualizing solutions.

Excel in providing System’s Administration and Technical Support for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Windows Environments.

Hands on experience with VMware vSphere 5.x-6.x, Windows NT 4.0--Windows Server 2012, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies, Microsoft Threat Management Gateway, Symantec Backup Exec 12 to 2012, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Veeam Backup and Replications, Microsoft Exchange 2007, GFI Mail Archive, Windows Clustering, Microsoft Hyper-V. Etc.

Proficiency in Installation and troubleshooting of Blade Servers, Rack Servers etc. DELL, HP, IBM and Assembled.

Demonstrated excellence in Designing, laying down procedures, Implementing, Documenting, Managing and Training on Enterprise class endpoint management solutions like IBM’s Tivoli Endpoint Manager A.K.A Big Fix.

Solid understanding of Storage Systems, Firewalls, Networking, Load balancers, Spam filters.

Quick Lerner, Excellent team player, can also work solo if and when required.

Certifications VCP VMware Certified Professional (Installed, Configure and Manage—vSphere 5.5) Achieved in 2015 MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Windows 2012) Achieved in 2014 SCS Symantec Certified Specialist (Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.5) Achieved in 2013 VCP VMware Certified Professional (Installed, Configure and Manage—vSphere 5.0) Achieved in 2012 MCITP Microsoft Certified I.T Professional (Enterprise Admin Windows 2008) Achieved in 2012 MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Windows 2000) Achieved in 2000 MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Windows NT 4.0) ID # 2112472 Certified Since 2000 CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate ID # cfto10448901 Achieved in 2000

Technical Trainings

SAN Fundamentals and EMC VNX At Unimatics Solutions (Hyderabad, India) VMWare vSphere 5 At Think Cloud R.C.V Innovations PVT (Hyderabad, India) Symantec Endpoint protection 11.0 At Symantec Training Center in (Riyadh, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia) Symantec Backup Exec 12.0 At Symantec Training Center in (Riyadh, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia) Microsoft’s (I.S.A) Server 2006 At Net metric (Hyderabad, India) Microsoft’s Exchange Server 2007 At GatesTech (Hyderabad, India) Diploma in Hardware and Networking AT (Solus Informatics, India)

Sameer. Mohammed Email: Find.Sameer@yahoo.com Mobile: +1-647-849-8415 / +1-613-890-1786Address: 7 Crescent Place, M4C5L7, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/pub/sameer-Mohammed/25/b76/614/

Skills Set and Knowledge

Operating Systems(Server OS) Windows 2012, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008, Windows 2003 R2, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0(Client OS) Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT Pro

Virtualization

VMware vSphere 5.x to 6.x, vCenter 5.x to 6.x, ESXi 5.x to 6.x, DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduler), DPM (Distributed Power Management), HA (High Availability), FT (Fault Tolerance), P2V (Physical to Virtual), V2V (Virtual to Virtual), Host Profiles, Virtual Machine Templates, building and provisioning Virtual Machines, Snapshots, vSphere Automation via task scheduler and PowerCLI Scripting, vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMKernel Port Bindings, iSCSI and NFS volumes mappings, updating VMware tools, upgrading virtual machine hardware, applying updates using VUM VMware update Manager.Microsoft Hyper V 2008/2012, SCVMM

Domain Services Active Directory, WINS, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, RDP.Proxy's Microsoft TMG 2010, Microsoft ISA 2006, Microsoft ISA 2004, Microsoft ISA 2000Patch Management IBM’s Tivoli Endpoint Manager (BIG FIX), Microsoft WSUSOS & Software Deployments Microsoft WDS, Active Directory Group PoliciesMessaging and archiving Microsoft Exchange 2007 and GFI Mail Archive, currently learning Microsoft Exchange 2016,Antivirus & Anti-Spam Symantec Endpoint Protection (Centralized Administration), Symantec SBE Cloud Edition,

Barracuda Anti-Spam Appliance, NOD 32 Eset.Backups Symantec Backup Exec 2012, 12.5, 12.0 and VERITAS Backup Exec 8.5, Veeam Backup and

Replication.Storages Knowledge of NFS, SAN, NAS, DAS Systems and Topologies. LUN Provisioning, Hw/Sw RAID, etc.Office Automation Microsoft Office 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)Administrative Automation Power Shell Scripting, Batch ScriptingPolicy Implementation Active Directory Group Policies, ISA Policies, Symantec Endpoint Protection PoliciesPhysical Servers Dell Power Edge R710, R310, R510, HP ProLiant ML 370G3, G4, HP GEN 5,6,7 & 8 Series 1U, 2U,

Tower and Rack Mountable & IBM Blades serversPeripherals Troubleshooting All types of MFP’s, Scanners, Printers Plotters, Wireless Access points and devices.Network Rendering BOXX Render Farms and BOXX Graphics Workstations, Silicon Graphics with 3D Studio, Max Back

Burner Tools.Ticketing & Monitoring Tools OTRS, Solar winds, ZENOSS, CMDB & Manage Engine.

Tools AD Modify, Dame ware, P2V Convertor. Etc.

Work Experience (Current)

Nova Networks Inc. (Ottawa, Canada) www.novanetworks.com 11/2012 To PresentRole: Systems Administrator

Working as a full time permanent Systems Administrator in, VMware and Wintel Engineering Team at Nova Networks Professional Services Division.

Key Contributions to name a few.

Completed several vSphere Implementation / Upgrade projects for small/large, Government/Private sector customers.

Completed several Windows Servers / Domain Upgrade projects for small/large, Government/Private sector customers

Completed several Symantec Endpoint Protection Implementation / Upgrade projects for different customers. Completed several Symantec Backup Exec Implementation / Upgrade projects for different customers.

Single Handedly Implemented IBM’s Enterprise Class Tivoli Endpoint Manager (BIG FIX) for Patch Management for a Managed Service Provider (NOVA NETWORKS). A Complex Centralized Reporting, patching solution. Scaled for 100 + Customer’s, thousands of Servers running on Multi-Vendor Platforms, Physical or Virtual, spread across Continents. Via single Console.

On boarded and currently managing over 1000 Servers for 10 different IBM’s Customers for Patch Management.

Designed, Planned, Documented operational procedures and trained fellow Engineers, NOC Analysts, and Change and Tools Team on handling patch managements tasks via Big Fix for each customer.

Completed a Project for Government client to join their Nigerian Site to their Domain here in Canada. Completed a Project to Build 17 File Servers for a US Based Customer, with presence in multiple locations. Discovered and Documented 64 Exchange Servers with different roles at the time of onboarding a US Based

LAW firm with Global Presence. Completed a Project to Implement a Centralized Time Sync for every network device, and documented it, for a

US Based Customer with Global presence. Completed a project on migrating and upgrading GFI Mail Archive, for a customer in aerospace industry.

Day to Day Responsibilities Administration of VMware vSphere and Microsoft’s Hyper-V environments for various customers. Administration of Windows domain environments for various customers. Server Builds, on Physical or Virtual, VMWare or Windows platforms, as per requested configuration and

schedule. Consolidating Customer Environments by Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V) conversions as

and when required. Proactively Identify, Recommend solutions and Troubleshoot issues related to virtual machine snapshots,

vMotion, and iSCSI / NAS storage and host DRS, DPM, HA clusters, and networking. Build Virtual Machine Templates and maintain them. Provision a single or Mass Deploy several Virtual machines using PowerCLI scripts and guest customization

files. Proactively Identify, Recommend solutions and Troubleshoot issues related but not limited to Active Directory,

DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, LDAP, Firewalls. Site Visits to Customer’s Places / Rogers Datacenter as and when required. Coordinate with Software/Hardware Vendors and Technical support. Coordinate with different teams (SAN, NETWORK, NON Microsoft, SALES, Shipping and Receiving, etc...) Work on Cases and Troubleshoot Tickets escalated by Network Operations Team (NOC) on various problems

from multiple customers. Either remotely by coordinating with customer over the phone. Ensuring expectations on SLA’s are either met or exceeded.

Assigning Resources on Monthly Patching Changes. Implement given tasks on New or Existing Projects

Responsibilities on a recurring schedule.

Participate and provide recommendations in monthly customer enhancement and service delivery meetings. Participate in Customer’s Disaster Recovery exercises. Engineer and Execute Patching cycles on windows environments for various customers. Generate security compliance reports and email it to all stakeholders. Plan and execute maintenance cycles to apply updates on ESXi Hosts, update VMware tools using VUM i.e.

Update Manager. Discover Customer environments and update existing documentation for any changes.

Work Experience (Previous)

Imar Urban Consultants (Riyadh. KSA) www.imar.com.sa 02/2011 to 06/2012 ROLE: Systems Administrator & Desktop Support

Recruited to Assess/Identify existing I.T infrastructure, Services & workflow, Design and Implement a cost effective & scalable solution in order to improvise I.T Services to its in house Employees.

Work Experience (Previous)

Al Abkaryah Holding Company (Riyadh.KSA). www.diyarnajd.com 06/2002 To 02/2011 ROLE: Systems Administrator & Desktop Support.

Worked as a Permanent Systems Administrator and later on promoted to a Team Leader to oversee the company’s I.T operations in its Head office and various site offices.

Work Experience (Previous)

Cyber Matrix Pvt. Ltd (Hyderabad. India). www.cybermatrixindia.com 09/2000 To 02/2002 ROLE: Desktop Support Technician

Worked with a team as a Resident Network Administrator at the Atomic Mineral Division of India’s Headquarters where Cyber Matrix has its Network Maintenance Contract.

Work Experience (Previous)

Solus Informatics (Hyderabad. India) www.solusinformatics.com 01/2001 To 02/2002 ROLE: Course Coordinator

Initially was hired to work as a LAB Faculty but later on promoted to work as a part time Course Coordinator.

Work Experience (Previous)

Computer Bazaar (Secunderabad. India) 08/2000 To 01/2001 ROLE: Hardware (PC) Technician Job Responsibilities

Assembling computers & Installing operating systems and various applications according to the customer’s needs

Installing antivirus software’s cleaning hard drives for virus, updating antivirus etc. Troubleshooting hardware problems on and off sites.

Education

Three Years Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (State Board of Technical Education & Training, A.P India.)

Post-Secondary Education (State Board of Intermediate Education, A.P India.) Secondary School Certificate (State Board of Secondary School, A.P India.)