Mark Ramos Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

A subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, LTI is a multinational consulting corporation that recruited me to work with two Fortune 100 companies as a Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to work towards virtualization and cloud project. • VMware Architecture: Upgraded vCenter 6.x to 8.x, ESXi hosts, and designed resource pools, realigned VM’s based on utilization and priority and reduced host utilization by 60% which eliminated the request for additional hardware, saving approximately $350k. Developed a remediation plan for the VMware datacenter which included reassessing the host utilization, networking, and storage which increased performance by 70%. • On-Prem Cloud Design: Implemented and optimized vCloud Foundation 4.3, leveraging VMware technologies such as vSphere, NSX-T, vSAN 7.x, and vRealize Suite to design and deploy robust cloud infrastructures. • Team Lead: Proactively took team lead role in coordinating with other departments project work and management, providing project reports to senior management, and within our team, meetings to discuss progress and roadblocks. Confidential Client | 03-2022-Present• Virtualization Engineer: Lead multiple projects and coordinated with other teams in efforts to upgrade ESXi hosts and a P2V project with over 2,000 VM’s, implemented cost-saving measures that reduced OpEx by 27%, resulting in savings of $480k and decommissioned over 700 physical servers.• Hybrid Cloud Design: Increased compliance by 45% with upgrades for ESXi hosts across stretched clusters, linked mode vCenters, and security hardening with NSX configurations.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

A technology solutions provider headquartered in Bangalore contracted me to work with a Fortune 100 company to work on sequencing scripts and deploying various software packages into multiple cloud platforms. • Windows Server Engineer: Responsible for creating package sequencing scripts (in PowerShell) to be used for deploying software packages throughout production and development virtual enterprise environments.• Automation: Worked on various unattended install methods such as silent install and un-install using VBScript. Use of Application Re-Packaging using Wise Package Studio, AdminStudio tools. Experience in debugging tools like FileMon, RegMon and Install rite.

Hanover, Md, Us

Brought in to help lead a project of migrating several datacenters from the US to Asia and Europe.- Worked with multiple teams including server, telecom, network, storage, and logistics teams to coordinate migrations of virtual servers from several US datacenters to overseas datacenters.- Designed, tested, and performed mutliple migrations for various server types, ranging from SQL databases, fileservers, to application servers for DevOps. Maintained strict timelines, updates for management, and led multiple teams and reporting efforts to ensure quality and functionality of servers. - Worked with various tools including VMware SRM, stretch clustering, Pure Storage, Zerto, Veeam, and SDDC to manage server environment and manage servers into the "cloud" as we presented destination and landing zones (including AWS, Azure, and vSphere) as 'like-for-like' migrations.

Cleveland, Tennessee, Us

Recruited by the largest privately held elderly care company in the US to serve as a datacenter consultant within their virtualization environment, tasked with designing and deploying remediation and disaster recovery plans, while offering comprehensive guidance on enhancing the overall infrastructure.• Datacenter Design: designed a remediation plan to upgrade the VMware environment which included co-terming VMware licensing, redesign of distributed vswitches, cluster layout, networking and datastores. Redesigned the network port uplinks, vmnic’s, mounted datastores, content library and template management, and security hardening tasks.• Team Lead: Lead engineering team on projects to rebuild ESXi hosts, redesign the distributed vLANs, distributed uplinks, datastores with Pure Storage, and network configurations. Also shared continual updates with senior management, including hardware refresh for end of life and brought in several POC’s such as NetApp, Nutanix, Rubrik, Cohesity, and VxRail, while working towards bringing in a VMware engineer.

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Recruited by a national enterprise solutions provider and Fortune 200 company to join their hyperconverged post-sales delivery team. In this role, I collaborated closely with clients, facilitating deployments, engaging in client calls, and providing comprehensive handover support to ensure seamless implementation and client satisfaction.• Architecture: Sr. Hyperconverged Engineer responsible for providing Pre-Sales & Post-Sales solutions for multiple VMware 5.x implementations. Implemented vSAN, vROPS, SRM, VCF 2.x, and hyper-converged solutions including Nutanix, Azure, and AWS platforms. • Account Executive Engineer: Consulted multiple mid-sized and enterprise clients on ways to optimize their VMware environments. Client sizes ranged from 4 hosts and 40 VM's to over 200 hosts and 10,000 VM's in multiple countries. Delivery of completed SOW’s for client engagements. • Project Lead: Led and executed the migration of on-premises virtual machines (VMs) to Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. Developed and implemented migration strategies, including assessment, planning, and execution phases, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transition for business-critical workloads.• Technical Lead: Demonstrated proficiency in utilizing Azure migration tools and technologies to streamline migration processes and optimize resource utilization. Leveraged tools such as Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery (ASR), and Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) to assess, replicate, and migrate VMs, databases, and applications to Azure, adhering to best practices and compliance requirements.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, Us

A publicly traded logistics company headquartered in Tennessee hired me to work with on-prem virtual datacenter and design a SDDC. • Engineer & Design: Designed and implemented a VMware remediation plan resulting in a 50% reduction in hardware costs and a 30% increase in system performance. Upgraded environment to compliance standards with VMware hardening best practices, resulting in a 25% reduction in security incidents.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General