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• Customer Collaboration and Platform Utilization: Embedded with customers to empower them to maximize the Nutanix platform’s extensive capabilities. Guided project teams on best practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD workflows, driving team autonomy and enhancing their self-service ecosystems.• Blueprints and Runbook Design: Developed and maintained custom blueprints and runbooks to automate the provisioning of virtual servers and applications, simplifying complex deployments and reducing errors.• Self-Service Blueprint for P2V Migrations: Architected a Self-Service blueprint that streamlined physical-to-virtual (P2V) migrations for standalone servers and shared-disk clusters, addressing critical requirements like custom disk configurations. This solution saved thousands of hours in manual VM configuration, significantly reducing errors and labor costs.• Python Migration Tool Development: Engineered a scalable eScript migration tool to streamline the upgrade of task scripts from Python 2 to Python 3 within Calm/Self-Service blueprints, applications, and runbooks. This tool significantly reduced migration effort, ensuring thorough and complete script updates while offering flexibility for custom task modifications. The solution enabled seamless upgrades, preserving automation integrity and enhancing future maintainability across customer environments.

Provide IT Strategy and Support for the company as it transitions from a full service insurance carrier, through rehabilitation, to post-acquisition.

• Architect and drive technology initiatives to transform company operations and realize efficiencies while enhancing customer products and services.• Establish robust operating platforms to support diverse long-term growth including server virtualization, middleware, and desktop virtualization.• Responsible for management of the IT department including supervision of staff, the development and implementation of cutting-edge infrastructure strategies in support of company objectives.• Engage with vendors to bring in value-added services to further the company’s mission