Ilyas Mohammed
Hosting Lead @PHINIA
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WORK HISTORY
Hosting Lead @PHINIA
Detroit, MI, US
Hosting Lead for Windows, VMware, Linux, Storage, Backup, BCP-DR, SQL Database, Oracle Database and AS400 teams, which all come under Hosting team • Migration Lead, migrated all the virtual infrastructure (100+ servers) from old unsupported EOL/EOS hardware (HP ProLiant) & Storage (NetApp) to new supported hardware (VxRail) & Storage (PowerStore) • Install, configure and manage Windows OS Servers, including Windows Server Active Directory and Windows applications• Apply CIS benchmarks to harden Windows systems including patch management, antivirus updates and compliance checks• Manage user accounts, permissions and access rights across Windows systems• Set up and monitor systems and proactively manage and resolve any system or network issues • Install, configure, monitor Backup and Antivirus agents• Develop and implement disaster recovery plans and backup procedures • Regularly update and maintain patches and service packs across all Windows systems using BigFix • Document processes, policies, configurations and incident reports• Ensure all Windows systems comply with CIS benchmarks and other organizational security standards• Work closely with Security, Network and Application teams to ensure secure integration and operations• Administer Windows OS Server 2022/2019/2016/2012/2012R2/2008/2008R2/2003, Active Directory Group Policies and PowerShell scripting• Experience and knowledge of Networking concepts like TCP, IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN technologies• Maintain and manage Client/Organization entire virtualization environment • Perform VMware vCenter licensing upgrades and ESXi hosts licensing upgrades• Perform Disaster Recovery (DR) exercise for critical applications • Lead different projects as per Client/Organization requirements• Create virtual machines from VM Templates, update Templates, tuning virtual machines for better performance, allocating resources to virtual machines on Application team’s request
EDUCATION
Bright High School
S.S.C, Maths,Science and Social
San Francisco Bay University
Master of Science - MS, Masters in Computer Sciences
VIF College of Engineering and Technology
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering
ABOUT ILYAS MOHAMMED
Professional software industry experience as a Windows Systems Administration and Virtualization Engineer using VMware vSphere.• Strong knowledge on Server, Desktop and Application virtualization• Extensive Hands-on Experience on vCenter server 8.0/7.0/6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0 and vSphere versions 8.0/7.0/6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1/4.0/4.1/4.0 for managing multiple ESX servers.• Worked on ESX and ESXi 8.0/7.0/6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0/4.1 /4.0• Installing and troubleshooting experience with ESX servers and ESXi servers and worked extensively on Templates, clones • Extensively worked on vMotion, Storage vMotion, VMware Mirage, SCCM and Patch management and upgrades using VMware update manager.• Experience in configuring VMware standard vSwitch & dvSwitch.• Expert knowledge on configuring hardware iSCSi SAN, FC SAN, NFS and NAS storage to VMware ESXi hosts from vSphere client.• Strong knowledge on resource management framework using Resource pools.• Utilized TSM, Veeam and Cohesity Backup and Replication for restoring VM\'s.• Experience with Microsoft Network Load Balancing and Microsoft Clustering technologies.• Experience in EMC SAN LUN creation, LUN masking, Raw Disk Mapping and Storage pools.• Implemented and managed HA and DRS clusters and worked on VMware FT for critical VM’s.• Hands on experience on P2P, P2V, V2V Migration of Machines from one datacenter to another datacenter using migration tools such as Plate spin, Double take, VMware Converter, VMware cross vCenter migration, Veeam and Zerto • Knowledge on Implementation and configuration of Cisco UCS, HP, Dell, and IBM server class hardware.• Worked on Windows server 2022/2019/2012/2012R2/2008/2008R2/2003 and on Microsoft active directory.• Configured the Windows Clustering and SQL Clustering in vSphere environments.• Strong experience with DNS, DHCP, WINS, NTP, NFS, FTP, SFTP and worked on Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu, Suse Linux and client OS.• Extensive understanding of networking concepts, Configuration of networks, Router Configuration and wireless security, TCP/IP, VPN, Content Filtering, VLANs, and routing in LAN/WAN, Ethernet Port, Patch Panel and wireless networks.• Provided 24/7 On Call production support onsite and remotely on rotation basis. • Certified in Microsoft MCSE, MCSA, Azure, AWS and Zerto• Experience in configuring automation tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible and Salt Stack.• Have used scripting tools like PowerShell, Ruby and Python for automation of repeated tasks.
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