Omkar Prasad Kharwar Email & Phone Number

Beverly Hills, California, Us

Us

Responsible for planning, designing, managing, upgrading all VMware ESXi hosts across the infrastructure. Work directly with the business, IT associates, and outside various vendors to effectively choose, plan, deploy and maintain system changes. Administer, optimize and support IT systems, Windows servers, hardware and equipment including VMware, Checkpoint, Kaspersky, EMC, Network, Active Directory, and custom applications• Manage end to end delivery of IT project/activity rollouts, prepares the plan for scheduled maintenance activity following best practices recommended by vendors• Work on day to day operations activities and issues with Nutanix (VMware) and AWS servers, storage (EMC), firewalls, network, and backup devices• Perform patch updates, device upgrades and resolves technical issues also acts as subject matter experts on various production issues• Manage corporate policies, procedures and ensures compliance is carried out across all IT infrastructure devices including firewalls(Checkpoint)• Access and evaluate information management planning, design and solution implementation, to leverage and adopt new and emerging technologies for operations optimization• Establish, track and maintain multiple project/activity schedules in order to provide weekly status reports to senior management

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

• Managed over 200+ VMware ESXi hosts, 2000+ Virtual Servers (2003, 2008 R2 and 2012) Windows and Linux globally• Configured VMware clusters, VMFS, VLAN’s, P2V, vMotion and data stores for projects/VMs that were being on boarded to VMware environment, Deployment of VM’s from OVF/OVA templates• Designed, built, installed, and tested Windows, Linux and VMware servers based on requirements from design and architecture or established standards• Planned and executed data center migration from one location to another with minimum impact to business and downtime• Worked with partners during change control activities to ensure smooth migrations and implementations, including performing change tasks• Configured proactive alerts on vCenter and vCenter operations manager for proactive monitoring of all critical application and database servers• Troubleshoot Citrix XenServer, XenApp and XenDesktop also provided daily, weekly and monthly health reports on existing Citrix Farm and suggested upgrades of servers or licenses• Performed patch management for each quarter for windows servers, Citrix production, ESXi hosts and test servers following proper approval of clients through change management

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

• Installed, configured, managed, implemented and troubleshoot File, Print, AD, DHCP, DNS, SCCM and domain controllers across various sites and datacenters• Administered Windows 2003/2008 R2/2012 servers globally also did inventory management of existing server environment and gather server utilization statistics such as CPU, disk usage and alerts• Configured and troubleshot of ILO’s, onboard administrators for servers globally• Administered Windows terminal server, group policy management, active directory environment, access privileges, and security groups as directed by development, application and audit team• Ensured timely and effective delivery of hardware upgrades, patch upgrades and new configurations• Implemented LDAP network sign-on for several business units allowing for windows sign-on to VMS lab servers and maintained security for the system• Provided technical and procedural direction to the company for the actual implementation of the network servers used, as well as interface with internal users, development personnel and other technical staff• Built and maintained the servers required for development work, internal testing, customer testing and production environments. Maintain file version consistency across all development servers, Maintained access privileges and account groups as directed by development team• Collaborated with operations, QA and third party data centers to provide technical direction on network topologies, server configurations, hardware/software deployments, firewall configurations and other administrative tasks related to the staging and maintenance of company development, testing and production servers• Designed, implemented and maintained a consistent backup and disaster recovery plan• Coordinated with Lead Data Managers to ensure the adherence of standard UAT and Validation practices and procedures

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

• Attended client meetings and assisted with the determination of project requirements, assisted PM in the drafting and issuance of project proposals, RFP’s, tenders, budgets, cash flows and preliminary schedules• Prepared project organization and communication charts, chair site meetings and distribute minutes to all project team members• Tracked the progress and quality of work being performed by design disciplines/trades, used project scheduling and control tools to monitor projects plans, work hours, budgets and expenditures• Effectively and accurately communicated relevant project information to the client and project team also ensured clients’ needs are met in a timely and cost-effective manner• Reviewed field inspection reports from Consultants throughout the lifecycle of the project, Issued Contracts, Letters of Intent, Purchase Orders, etc• Maintained Contract Execution Tracking log, assisted the PM in the review of Contractor quotations to ensure that only fair and reasonable pricing is recommended for approval.• Tracked & managed contemplated change notices and change orders in the database, prepared substantial completion certificates and ensure all required project closeout documents are obtained• Communicated ideas for improving company processes with a positive and constructive attitude, and for developing this attitude in others• Kept the Project Manager (PM) and others informed about project status and issues that may impact client relations, prepared project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends• Maintained safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures, rules, and regulations• Maintained project data base by writing computer programs, entering and backing up data