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Senior System Administrator @ UBS From October 2008 to February 2009 (5 months) Hyderabad Area, IndiaSenior System Engineer @ HP Supporting 1000+ Servers remotely From February 2009 to December 2010 (1 year 11 months) Bengaluru Area, IndiaSr. Systems Reliability Engineer @ Nutanix • Troubleshoot, debug, and diagnose customer issues encountered in the field.• Improve serviceability of the...

Senior System Administrator @ UBS From October 2008 to February 2009 (5 months) Hyderabad Area, IndiaSenior System Engineer @ HP Supporting 1000+ Servers remotely From February 2009 to December 2010 (1 year 11 months) Bengaluru Area, IndiaSr. Systems Reliability Engineer @ Nutanix • Troubleshoot, debug, and diagnose customer issues encountered in the field.• Improve serviceability of the product by testing new features and developing tools to scale our field deployment and auto-support infrastructure.• Provide analysis of our existing customer base to avoid and minimize risks in the field.• Define and drive changes to our product with our development engineering team based on feedback from customers and field implementations.• Work with technology partners (ie.g. VMware, Citrix, Microsoft) to resolve issues and push improvements in our ecosystem.• Develop and contribute to internal and external knowledge bases.• Provide support on weekdays and also off hours on an as needed and scheduled rotational basis• Be a champion for our customers. Go above and beyond to support their business and use of the Nutanix stack. San Jose, CaliforniaVMware Architect @ HGST, a Western Digital brand • Deploy VMware NSX SDN stack for IaaS/TaaS (Test Driver as a Service) for Internal Storage products like Storage, Active Scale development/test deployments.ActiveScale P100ActiveScale Cloud ManagementActiveScale X100InfiniFlash All-Flash Platform• Work closely with developers and Dev/Test teams to validate the product features & functionalities with FI (Factory Installations), Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab, Dockers/Containers and Docker swarms - CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Development)• Configure/manage VMware NSX NAT rules to allow the communication between 3-Geo setup of Storage nodes• Install & Configure vSphere Dockers Volume Service Plugin for Cloud Native Applications• Validate the functionality of vSphere Integrated Containers to run/host Jenkins closely to vSphere products• Project management via JIRA tool with daily standup & weekly scrum meetings• Design, architect, implement, and manage VMware environment, including Datacenter cluster(s) and managed by vCenter/vSphere• Design, and implementation experience of private cloud platform based on VMware product line solutions• Designing and managing data centers with multiple vSphere hosts and having them support 1000+ VM’s located in Belgium, Los Angeles & San Jose• Design and implement a system where VM request are self-service and are auto-deployed on demand via cloud platform • Installing, upgrade, troubleshoot and manage VMware products over multiple racks• Following Scaled Agile Framework (or SAFe) methodology which is an agile software development framework consisting of a knowledge-base of integrated patterns intended for enterprise-scale Lean-Agile development.• Supporting multiple geographical locations from Belgium & Asia• Metrics stack - Prometheus for metrics collection and alerting and Grafana to provide visualisation of the metrics data From March 2017 to January 2018 (11 months) San Jose, CASenior VMware Architect @ Align Lead and actively participate in the design and architectural decisions for virtualized and private cloud environments based on client requirementsImplement best-practice procedures for VMware server and desktop virtualizationPerform assessments on client infrastructure to determine risks, and provide recommendations for resolution and future environment stateProduce client-facing documentation and maintain detailed notes during project implementationPerform direct follow-up with clients regarding remediation where appropriateInterface with other elements of the client support structure including tracking client issues, updating client tickets and ensuring closureServe as Level-3 VMware/virtualization support for Align Network Operations Center in support of Align's Iaas enviornment or client support. From July 2016 to March 2017 (9 months) Greater New York City AreaCloud Adoption Architect (Soft Layer - NSX) @ IBM India Private Limited • Design & Deploy Client POC requirements in Soft Layer (IBM Cloud)• Configure and deploy VMware NSX components for management and control• Participate in Client meetings to take Functional & Non-Functional requirements• Troubleshoot VMware NSX component issues• Create a monitoring and operational plan for VMware NSX• Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks and Load Balancer• Troubleshoot physical & logical networking issues• Configure and deploy VMware NSX distributed router appliances to establish east-west connectivity• Configure and deploy VMware NSX Edge services gateway appliances to establish north-south connectivity• Integrating Open Stack Network components (Nova & Neutron) with NSX• Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic• Troubleshoot VMware NSX Edge services - OSPF, BGP• Configure VMware NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic• Configure Service Composer policies & identity-aware firewall From April 2015 to June 2016 (1 year 3 months) Hyderabad Area, IndiaVMware Solutions Architect @ IBM India Private Limited • Assess the business and application requirements of the current environment• Design a storage solution to use vSphere in an enterprise• Understand and apply a framework to a design• Analyze design choices and best-practice recommendations• Design and deploy the core management infrastructure for an enterprise• Design a network to use vSphere in an enterprise & Understand and apply a framework to a design.• Design and deploy the virtual data center for an enterprise• Identify design goals, requirements, constraints, and risks• Identify useful information for making design decisions• Design and deploy virtual machines to run applications in a vSphere infrastructure• Incorporate management and monitoring features in the design• Design and deploy security, management, and recoverability features for an enterprise From August 2014 to April 2015 (9 months) Hyderabad Area, IndiaTech. Lead VMware/Windows @ Xcel Energy • Looking after VMware infrastructure supporting ESX 3.5, ESXi 4 & ESXi 5.x environments• Looking after VMware vCOPS for capacity management• Handling &configuring the standard &distributed vSwitches and VLANs• Reviewing the ESX logs to diagnose the root cause for an assigned issue• Liaising with Hardware & Storage Team on VMware case assistance• Working on performance issues in production servers and Project Tracking Ticket System• Actively involved in server consolidation &capacity planning• Overseeing V2V & P2V Migration using Plate Spin Tool• Working on different ESX Builds Types like Host Profiles, VLAN Tagging, Link Aggregation &CNA Cards• Establishing virtual center management &ESX host up-gradation tasks• Developing the Virtual Machines and fine tuning the VM’s in VI Environment• Creating Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Servers• Looking after virtual and physical environments• Executing all operations related to VMware HA & DRS• Actively involved in SAN migration• Looking after VC server management and ESX server support• Handling Vcenter server management &new server deployment• Upgrading the Vcenter Servers & Hypervisors• Developing &managing Windows cluster environment• Looking after security hardening things in virtual infrastructure• Resolving various issues related to virtual infrastructure environment• Handling performance monitoring and fine tuning the Virtual Machines• Implementation of Automation using VMware PowerCli• Leading & coaching a team of 15 members• Managing the technical documentation and creating SOP documents accordingly• Looking after Knowledge Ticketing Tool like Remedy &ISM Tools• Overseeing IBM Service Activation &Deactivation Process (SA&D) From December 2010 to August 2014 (3 years 9 months) Hyderabad Area, IndiaSystems Engineer @ Carlson Wagonlit Travel Responsibilities : Infrastructure supportEnvironment : Windows NT, 2000 & 2003, VMware & Citrix.Carlson companies are a global leader in the Marketing, Travel, and Hospitality industries. Carlson was ranked among the largest privately held corporations in From May 2006 to October 2008 (2 years 6 months) Hyderabad Area, IndiaWindows System Administrator @ Maples ESM Technologies (MapOptis) • Handling Active Directory and Veritas Netbackup Support• Installation and Configuration of Monitoring• Implemented Symantec Ghost• Managing Windows Update Services• Analyzed Dell hardware events using Dell Open Manage ITassist• Looked after Users & Groups in Active Directory• Involved in installation &configuration of storage and managed disks using RAID levels• Engaged in Hardware & Software RAID Management From December 2005 to May 2006 (6 months) Chennai Area, India