• Product management of VMWare Cloud ESX hosts, clusters, and Virtual centers (Compute) – Owned by ‘Platform Engineering Services (PES)’ which is around 8500 cloud hosts and 2300 internal applications globally. BUS APP virtual space (cloud) provisioning, Capacity management, Digital identity management, New Apps onboarding.• Lifecycle management of ESX ‘End of Life’ and related activities such as migration and integration of EOL hosts and applications from the legacy data center to modern cloud data center (L-Dell) environment and decommission EOL farms/hosts and data centers. Capacity upgrades, Cyber/Firmware and other security certifications, load balancing, and onboarding of applications to newer farms. Liaison with application owners and business stakeholders to promote these migrations to a newer cloud environment.• Cross-product interlock of solutions and resources to manage deliverables with other PES (Platform Engineering Services) products teams and COEs (Center of Excellence). Vendor SLA’s and KPI’s. Issue/ Risk log follow-ups.• Kenna scores related security (Network, Cyber & Firewall) vulnerability remediation, Fraud detection resolutions, activities for the reliability of data centers. Detection of thread and vulnerability management of Static (SAST) / Dynamic (DAST) / Interactive (IAST) / Run Time Application Self-protection (RASP) / Software Composition Analysis (SCA).• Ownership of Platform Engineering global ESXi Patching & Bios update on L-Dell & L-EMC vCentre’, clusters, and ESX hosts.• Reporting of projects, cost burning, managing contracts and SOWs, Platform Engineering global ESXI EOL/EOS activities including migration to newer farms and decommissioning of existing EOL/EOS virtual and physical hosts.• Driving change management activities such as workflow audits, CAB approvals, and Steering committee stakeholders’ participation to manage the change management lifecycle.

 Led Foundational Infrastructure (Cloud Data Center) build, virtual space allocations, cost structure, funding, forecasting, application intake, and onboarding.  Managed programs and projects for HPE foundational infrastructure, including cloud hosting services and container as a service. Demand to utilization perspective planning. Implemented Servers Rack & Stack, Cabling, Switch installations and configurations, Firewall and Router set-up, OS build, Server configurations, monitoring set-up, Capacity management. Configure clusters, new ports and validate, Assign DRAC and Static IP & DNS entries. Network cutovers, Security scans and remediations. Oversaw projects in Legacy Application Migration, Data Center, Networking, Enterprise Architecture, BI tool installation, Processes, Cybersecurity. Key Responsibilities and Deliverables: Handled project interlock, cost estimation, Cost tracking, heat maps, charter creation, resource allocation, vendor management, Process implementation, milestone mapping, Reporting, and Management consultation.

 Led Enterprise Utility team to migrate infrastructure from AMEX to the new travel platform AEGBT Managed IT initiatives, including GDHA framework and Tivoli tool install projects Interlock various teams and stakeholders for planning, implementation, testing, and cut-over Data warehouse, App analytics reports. Developed project charter processes and tracked progress

 Led a global platform upgrade project from Windows XP to Windows 7 from concept to release. Application Lifecycle Maintenance: Maintained 39 applications under REL (Real Estate Lending) Core origination, overseeing access, end-of-life (EOL), and end-of-vendor support (EOV) considerations. Coordination and Reporting: Represented the REL team with the Citi Systems Inventory team, ensuring backup, system shutdown, failure, and recovery plans were maintained. Managed project charter, impact analysis, and application change requirements. Coordinated with multiple teams for testing, deployment, and post-implementation support. Maintained various metrics, documentation, operational reporting, and analytical reporting.