Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
System Familiarity
Projects Handled
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Abhilash Thanikkal V

Abhilash Thanikkal V

Kunnamkulam

Summary

Dynamic IT professional with extensive experience at DP World, excelling in cloud infrastructure management and IT security best practices. Proven track record in enhancing system reliability and capacity while ensuring regulatory compliance. Strong communication skills and adept in incident management, driving successful outcomes in high-pressure environments.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure

ESAF Small Finance Bank
Thrissur
03.2023 - Current
  • Support to the data centre operations & IT systems
  • Allocation, planning and implementation of cloud infrastructure for UAT, SIT and Production environment.
  • Responsible for patching and fixing flaws.
  • Manage applications running in Cloud environment.
  • Ensuring regulatory compliances are implemented.
  • Ensuring IT systems have sufficient capacity, reliability & security to support the BAU operations.

Senior Executive - Information Technology

DP World - Hindustan Ports Private Limited
Mumbai
04.2018 - 03.2023
  • Provide timely support to the data centre operations & IT systems
  • Ensure technology is accessible and equipped with current Hardware and Software
  • Monitor and maintain technology to ensure maximum performance and high availability
  • Maintenance of all Active and Passive Equipment of DC & DR
  • Configuration management, Regular Monitoring of Servers and Storages
  • Documentation, Incident Management & Inventory Control.

Senior Executive - Information Technology

DP World - India Gateway Terminal Private Limited
Cochin
02.2006 - 03.2018
  • Accountable for Data, Voice and wireless communication of company. Defining Security requirements.
  • Management of Domain and Exchange Server, Antivirus & File Server and backup devices.
  • Managing Data Centre Protection equipments- VESDA, FM 200 and Water leakage detection system
  • Managing VMware Exsi hosts and V Center appliance.
  • Managing HPE Synergy, HP c7000, HP 380 and 420 servers, 6350 EVA and Tape Library.
  • Managing Veeam and Data Protector.
  • Managing Access control systems,Rosslare, and Remsdaq.
  • Managing surveillance system PTZ cameras, NVR systems, Motorola handsets and base stations.

Network Engineer

Magnum Networks Support
Mumbai
04.2005 - 01.2006
  • Network Engineering support to Citibank N.A., Mumbai.
  • Monitoring Cisco 2651 and 2621 Routers, 2950, 4006, 4506 Switches.
  • Management of Nortel Passport 7440/7480 switches.
  • Managing 21 Voice leased lines and 4 Data leased lines on '24x7 support basis'
  • Co - ordination with the Telecommunication service providers.

Customer Care Executive

DSM Soft
Chennai
08.2003 - 03.2005
  • Managing customer issues related to Telecommunication quickly and efficiently.
  • Investigated and resolved customer inquiries and complaints in a timely and empathetic manner.

Programmer - Trainee

D'Well Informatics and Services Pvt Ltd
Ernakulam
07.2002 - 12.2002
  • Wrote and implemented scripts to enhance user experience

Education

Advanced Certificate - Operations Management

Indian Institute of Management
Kozhikode

Master of Science - Applied Science - Computer Technology

Adhiyamaan College of Engineering
Hosur

Bachelor of Science - Electronics

B P C College
Piravom

Skills

  • LAN
  • WAN
  • Cloud expertise
  • Change management
  • Data backup and recovery systems
  • Incident Management
  • Server and Storage Administration
  • Risk mitigation and management
  • System and Network Administration
  • IT security best practices
  • CMDB and Network monitoring
  • Result Oriented
  • Siemens Voice systems
  • Strong communication skills
  • Cisco Router and Switches
  • Networking Leadership
  • ISO 27001, 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001
  • Capex and Opex budgeting
  • Vendor Management
  • Surveillance system management
  • Project cost planning
  • Firewall Administration
  • Datacentre Management

Certification

  • Completed CEH V9 training course
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • Completed CISM training
  • CCNA, VSkill Certified Network Security Professional and Router Support Professional
  • ITIL V3 Foundation Certified
  • Internal Auditor for IMS certification (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001) awarded by Kerala State Productivity Council
  • Internal Auditor for IMS ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007, ISO 27001:2013 and PAS 99 awarded by British Standards Institute

System Familiarity

  • Windows server OS and Linux OS, Office365 Coreview management
  • AWS and Oracle Cloud Environment
  • IT Infra in Banking
  • Tenable.sc and Tenable.io management
  • Nagiosxi and Nagios Network Analyser Management
  • Cisco Umbrella and Checkpoint ATP Management
  • HP 3PAR Storage Administration
  • Windows Active Directory and Exchange Server Management
  • Data Protector backup system, Veeam backup, and HP Ultrium Autoloader with Tape Library system
  • Management of HPE Synergy Enclosure, HP 6350 EVA, Blade servers, management of Disks and storage level replication
  • SapphireIMS management system
  • End User Management of Symantec DLP and Splunk Universal Forwarder
  • VMWare 6.7.0, 6.0.0 and VCenter appliance
  • Configuration of Cisco routers, Cisco Switches, HP Switches, Fortigate 100 D, Sonicwal firewalls
  • Configuration of Nortel Passport switches, Avaya Definity S8700 switch, and Siemens hipath 3750 switch
  • Data Center Management, FM 200 system
  • Surveillance System Management - Identity and Access Management, CCTV administration

Projects Handled

  • Commissioned IT infrastructure in AWS Infrastructure for Decimal, Esthenos, Hotfoot, Corporate website, DAM servers, Compliance application, Board meeting applications etc.
  • Total hardware revamping of Hardware infrastructure with HPE Synergy system with Synergy servers in Oracle Linux environment and VMWare 6.7.0, HPE 3PAR storages, Veeam Backup system etc.
  • Supervised IT project works in the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal
  • Total revamping of Hardware using c7000 blade enclosure with HP 420b blade servers, Virtual servers in VM environment VMware 6.0.0, 6350 EVAs, HP SAN switches, HP Autoloaders etc.
  • Total configuration and Project implementation of Nagiosxi and Nagios Network Analyser in the organization
  • Supported Checkpoint ATP installation across the organization
  • Supported SapphireIMS installation across the organization
  • Supported Cisco Umbrella installation across the organization
  • Supported Symantec DLP installation across the organization
  • Supported Splunk Universal Forwarder across the organization
  • Migration from Rajeev Gandhi Container Terminal to the new terminal DP World, Cochin
  • Commissioning of new access control system at DP World, Cochin
  • Commissioning of network for Customs at DP World Cochin
  • Commissioned Disaster Recovery site and made network setup for new Gate Operations
  • Migration From Exchange server 2016 to O365
  • Implementation of ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification at DP World Cochin
  • Commissioned RFID based tracking system for Vehicles and Port users at DP World, Cochin

Timeline

Senior Manager - IT Infrastructure

ESAF Small Finance Bank
03.2023 - Current

Senior Executive - Information Technology

DP World - Hindustan Ports Private Limited
04.2018 - 03.2023

Senior Executive - Information Technology

DP World - India Gateway Terminal Private Limited
02.2006 - 03.2018

Network Engineer

Magnum Networks Support
04.2005 - 01.2006

Customer Care Executive

DSM Soft
08.2003 - 03.2005

Programmer - Trainee

D'Well Informatics and Services Pvt Ltd
07.2002 - 12.2002

Advanced Certificate - Operations Management

Indian Institute of Management

Master of Science - Applied Science - Computer Technology

Adhiyamaan College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science - Electronics

B P C College
Abhilash Thanikkal V