Ajith Kumar U Ajith Kumar U

System Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions

• India - Bengaluru
• My current job since January 2006

Professional Experience:
Organization: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Client: Wellington Management Company
Position: System Analyst - ITIS
Period: Feb 2009 - Till Date
Roles & Responsibilities
 Installing and configuring ESX / ESXi servers
 Upgrading and configuring ESX / ESXi servers
 Installing and configuring Virtual center
 Network configuration on ESX and Virtual center
 Troubleshooting ESX and Virtual center and Virtual machine related issue
 Providing Level 2 & 3 support for VMware 3i & vSphere Environment for about 50 ESX 4.1 & 5.0, 5.1 and 110 ESXi Servers.
 Creating Virtual Machine and Performing P2V migration both hot cloning and clod cloning.
 Implementing & Managing for Virtual Center server and license server.
 Managing Windows 2003 & 2008 server environment, Providing Hardware and OS related support for more than 1000 servers.
 Installing and configuring for Windows 2003 & 2008 servers.
 Troubleshooting the issues for the servers using Remote management card ILO, DRAC
 Responsible for patching all the windows servers via SCCM & WSUS server.
 User and group administration
 Device and disk management.
 Working on Incident, Problem and Change Management and Handling Sev1 and Sev2 issues and weekly on-call support by rotation basis.
 Working on Service Now for ticketing for remote management
 Creating and configuring resource pools based on the requirements.
 Monitoring of ESX Server & VC Server.
 Extending Disk Space on VM Instance.
 Installing VM tools on Virtual machine and managing images via Virtual Center server.
 Migrating Virtual Machine from one ESX server to another for load balancing. (VMotion & Storage VMotion)
Organization: First Advantage Offshore Services (FADVOS), Bangalore, India.
Position: RMS Administrator
Period: March 2008 - Sep 2008
Roles & Responsibilities
• Installing, configuring and administering domain, ADS, DNS, and DHCP.
• To Remotely Administer Windows server and client machine using, terminal services. Remote Assist Tool and VNC
• Installation of service packs, security updates, patches, definition updates.
• Monitoring Application Servers Using tools Nagios, Site scope and Whatsupgold.
• Monitoring the event log and analyzing the transactions or various events for system failure issues.
• Working in India Level 2 support team and working with my US counterparts.
• Managing Level1 and Level2 Active Directory and Exchange as a day to day job.
• Updating servers with latest service packs and hot fixes.
Organization: Systech Services Pvt Ltd. Bangalore
Position: IT Support Engineer
Period: Nov 2007 - Feb 2008
Worked as a resident engg at onsite- RSP Architects Pvt., Ltd
Roles & Responsibilities
• Maintaining and supporting 2003 Server Active Directory Domain Controllers with more than 150 users in two locations.
• Installation of Service packs, hot fixes.
• Configuration and maintenance of Email ID in MS outlook 2000 and outlook 2003.
• Installation, Managing and Administrating Windows 2000/2003 Servers and Windows XP, 2000 professional Clients
• Installation of service packs, security updates, patches, definition updates.
• Handling trouble ticket queue, responding to proactive monitoring alerts, execution of change controls, routine maintenance, performance monitoring, and tuning and system diagnostics.
Organization: Wysetek Systems Technologists Pvt Ltd - Bangalore.
Position: Customer Support Engineer
Period: Jan 2006 - Nov 2007
Client: Worked as a resident engg in Sky gourmet Pvt ltd
Job Responsibilities:
• Support for Hardware, Operating Systems and Software Supports for IBM Servers, IBM Think Centre Desktops and ThinkPad Laptops.
• Installation, Managing and Administrating Windows 2000/2003 Servers OS and Windows XP professional Clients
• Responsible for administration of End users computer at the Sky gourmet Implementation,