As an Operations Manager with over 14 years of experience, I am responsible for overseeing and optimizing the day-to-day operations to ensure the smooth and efficient functioning of the organization. My role encompasses strategic planning, process improvement, team leadership, and performance management.Having extensive experience and knowledge in Operational Strategy and Planning, Process Improvement, Team Leadership and Development, Project Management, Resource Management, Quality Control and Compliance, and Communication and Reporting.

Develop and implement IT infrastructure strategies that align with organizational goals.Plan and oversee the deployment of new infrastructure projects and technology upgrades.Conduct capacity planning to ensure the infrastructure can support future growth.Streamline IT operations to enhance efficiency and reduce downtime.Implement best practices and standard operating procedures for infrastructure management.Utilize automation and monitoring tools to improve system performance and reliability.Lead a team of IT professionals, providing guidance, mentoring, and performance evaluations.Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture.Identify and address skill gaps, promoting continuous learning and development.

 Managing Client and Internal VMware & Windows Infrastructure and supporting L2 teams. Managing Virtualization Environment using VMware Esxi 6.0 Virtual Center. Managing VMware vRealize Automation cloud computing Configuring vCenter as endpoint on vRA. ESXi Host Upgrade and Patches installation through Update Manger Installing and Configuring ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.5 & ESXi 6.0. Installing and configuring vCenter Server vSphere 5.0 & vSphere 5.5 with all components. Creating and Configuring Standard and Distributed Virtual Switches. Configuring HA (High Availability) and DRS (Distributed Resource Scheduling). Involved in many VM CPU, Memory, HDD and NIC Reprovision requests. Performed many VMware builds from Templates and handles many VMware repurpose requests. Performed new server builds and Rebuilds of Windows 2008 and 2012 Servers as per Client standard.

VMware and Windows Adminsitrator at Wipro Technologies.Project : Electronics Arts Subject matter expert for VMware Infra team and technical contact for client end Performed project transition with Tech Mahindra client’s previous vendor. Managing 10+ vCenter server and its associated ESXi hosts, storage, Network and 3000+ VMs Managing VMware automation vRA setup and its configurations. Configuring vCenter as endpoint on vRA. Configuring vRA operations Provisioning group, Blueprint, Reservation creations. Executing vRA inventory collections to add new cluster and it upgraded configuration on vRA. Configuring Cluster with HA & DRS and setting up affinity rules for VM. Migrating VMs between host, Cluster and migrations host to new vCenter Performed 300+ ESXi migration to another vCenter Upgrading patches for ESXi Using update manager & Host update utility. Creating and Configuring Standard and Distributed Virtual Switches. Migrating portgroup from standard vSwitch to dvSwitch. Presenting weekly tasks and operations details with Client Involved in many VM CPU, Memory, HDD and NIC Reprovision requests. Configuring VM guest customization on vCenter Performed many VMware builds from Templates and handles many VMware repurpose requests. Migrating Physical servers to Virtual servers using VMware convertor (P2V). Recovering VM from snapshot and external backup. Performed new server builds and Rebuilds of Windows 2008 and 2012 Servers as per Client standard. Deploying Virtual Machines from the Templates and managing snapshots and clones. Coordinating with VMware and HP vendor for product and hardware issues Creating plan of action for performing change request as per the requirements. Remotely managing the HP Servers through ILO and Dell Servers through DRAC. Implementing the changes in the servers as per the IT Change Management Procedure.

System Engineer - VMware cloud computing operations Datacenter maintenance and monitoring devices on Nagios. Network cabling, patching and provisioning network device. Assembling physical server, OS installation and mounting on Rack. Configuring Firewall inbound and outbound policy Installing ESXi, Windows and Linux OS on Physical server. Adding ESXi host on vCenter Cluster. Creating VM, snapshots and VM clone3. Managing 4 vCenter server and its associated ESXi hosts, storage, Network and VMs. Managing Vyata firewall and HA proxy firewall. Coordinating with ISP for link failure Performing VM, OS level troubleshooting. Coordinating with VMware and HP vendor for product and hardware issues