Professional Traits:Collaborated with the Senior Management in order to provide strategic direction on new technology initiatives andensuring operational resilience in line with the core organizational goals Significant exposure to various IT Management aspects including Technology Evaluation, IT Budgeting,Strategic Initiatives, Decision Making, IT Change Management, Vendor Management, etc. A facilitative manager working in coordination with senior management and cross business functional headsto achieve business goals Successfully developed the IT roadmap aligned with business goals and executed the same effectively Excels in developing & motivating highly focused teams that successfully exceed company objectives Logical thinker and strong communicator noted for transforming IT organizations with support toGlobal/ Enterprise –wide infrastructure Trusted IT Senior Executive recognized as a pivotal leaderArea of expertise: Extensive experience in Solution Architect, Application Management, Service consolidation, SystemIntegration, Change Management, Incident Management and Program Management for enterpriseIT projects for Enterprise Storage/ Backup/ IaaS. Ensuring System Availability, Uptime, Performance Management, Data protection & DR/BCP New technology evaluation & create Road map for integration of new technologies Adopt and implementation of right technology to deliver operational resilience of technology services to fulfill the need of customers Experience in developing strategy, creating project plan and implement for best practices andoperational resilience and disaster recovery for Cloud & on premise applications & infrastructure Accountable for mitigation of security vulnerabilities and risks related to OS, DBunder Cyber and Information Security management and maintaining compliance level Practicing agile methodology and skilled in developing processes that facilitate continual progress People Management

HDFC Bank Projects set up comprises of total 120+ storages which includes Hitachi (VSPG4k, VSPG15k, HUS VM),HNAS, EMC VNX , IBM V7k , NetApp FAS, Oracle ZFS, IBM Tap libraries & 100+ BrocadeswitchesRole & Responsibilities: Managing HDFC Bank's SAN and Storage Projects Technology Evaluation: Preparing Comparisons, Evaluating new SAN Systems, Meeting vendors andpublishing results for benefit of the Organization. Fine-tuning of storage to enhance performance wrt Q-depth parameters, multipath software, Storageconfigurations etc Allocating projects, preparing plan of action, reviewing progress of team member, providing reports and implementing assessments and recommendations for project deliverables. Preparing storage performance reports from Hitachi tuning manager , NetApp ONTAP and take remedial action wherever required. Follow-ups for RCA for failures with technology partners & take remedial action to avoid repeated failure. Vendor Team Management: Manage Multiple Vendor Team's Firmware Up gradation of SAN storages, engineered system & Fiber channel brocade SAN Switches. Managing mission critical systems and delivery of services with service level agreements (SLA) Planning and Execution of Datacenter Migrations Patch Management: Responsible for Storage & OS security patching of all the PCIDSS and Internet facingservers in AIX and Wintel domain and ensuring all the servers are patched to the latest level as per thepatches released by IBM & Microsoft. Manage Change, Problem, Capacity and Incident in SAN Storage & fabric as per ITIL Guidelines Participate in internal and external audits,manage IT Assets & budgets Documentation skillsresolution tracking documentation Providing training to support team to improve their performance Conducting review meeting with vendors on monthly & quarterly basis Attending user escalation & to ensure closer of the issue Managing and scheduling daily activities to be performed by the server teams

Working on Commercial Metals global Company project:Projects set up comprises of total 30+ storages which includes Hitachi Storages (VSPG4k), HP Storages (HP3PAR,HPXP), EMC VNX ,EMC VMAX,HP Tap libraries, Avamar Backup & 25+ Brocade/Cisco fabric switches.Role & Responsibilities: Storage Provisioning (Allocation, Reclamation & Expansion) in Hitachi VSP, EMC VNX, VMAX & HP3PAR Capacity up-gradation of HP,Hitachi, EMC Storages. Firmware up-gradation of storage devices & Brocade fabric switch. Installing and upgrading Hitachi command suit, Unisphere for EMC storage & HP3PAR management console Strictly adhere Storage securities to avoid vulnerabilities and maintain compliance. Pro-active monitoring & auto alert for fabric path using BNA monitoring Managing zones on Brocade & Cisco Switches. Create and manage CIFS shares on NAS system. Configure & monitor storage replication and trouble shoot in case of any issues Create and Manage backup Schedule and Retention Policy for Avamar Backup, Configuring Drives on EMCAvamar Troubleshooting of backup and recovery related issues Manage CMDB – Configuration management database for inventory

I was working with multiple clients as below,1.State Bank of India 2.Welspun Industries 3.Dena Bank4.Bank of Baroda5.Bank of IndiaProjects set up comprises of total 110+ storages, which includes HP EVA 8000, EVA 5000 , HP P6500 , HP3PAR 7450, EMC VNX , VMAX with HP Tap libraries VLS 6636, VLS 6100, Store Once D2D, MSL 8096, MSL 6060, MSL 4048 &HP Data protector with 75+ SAN Switches.Role & Responsibilities: Successfully shouldering responsibilities related to Storage configuration, implementation and managingongoing operations of several servers at one time through a Storage Area Network (SAN). Hands-on experience performing Lun creation, Storage allocation on and brocade SAN switch zoning. Firmware Up gradation in Fiber channel Switches and Storages. Taking care of alerts, Troubleshoot storage performance issue & provide resolution. Storage rack installation, hardware replacement, Switch mounting & data center cabling. Storage migrations using local & remote replications. Preparing storage performance reports from EVA perf, EVADT, SSSU utility and take remedial actionwherever required. Managing & tracking all failures of Storage infrastructures & capacity management. Administration, maintenance and upgrade of storage management tools (HP Command view EVA, HitachiStorage navigator, Hitachi command suit, EMC unispare). Up-gradation of multipath software for AIX, Windows, Solaris. Implementing high availability of data to all applications. Path management using BNA monitoring tool for all storage & server infra. Change, Incidence & Problem management follows as per the ITIL Process & Take the approval From CAB(Customer Approval Board) & TAB (Technical Approval Board). Configuring Drives on HP tape Library, HP Store Once D2D, HP DP. Maintaining & implementing entire Backup System of HP DP by initiating backup schedules, restoration.