An established leader offering chronicled success of over 18+ years in all aspects of IT Operations & Infrastructure Management; proven career in conceptualizing & implementing effective ideas/strategies which adds value to organization through inspiring leadership, rich experience & innovation excellence.
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Amit Sharma
Digital Transformation and IT Infrastructure expert. A leader in IT Operations management and project delivery
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Summary
Overview
17
years of professional experience
1
Language
36
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Vinayaka Mission Research Foundation
Deputy Director of IT
09.2023 - 05.2024
Job overview
- Managing the IT Infrastructure for 26 academic institutions and 3 Hospitals,
- Engaged in massive Digital Transformation of whole IT infrastructure consisting of Servers, Networks, Cybersecurity and Team structure revamp,
- Creating and publishing policies for IT and documentation, Setting the roadmap for achieving the strategic vision till 2030 and making IT play a part in achieving that goal,
- Setting up a new super specialty hospital in the Pondicherry campus and ensuring best-in-class IT infrastructure for that facility,
- Setting up Hospital Information Management System, Setting up a new ERP system to enable digitization of manual tasks hence making them faster and efficient, Administrating the Google Workspaces environment, AWS, LMS Moodle, etc.
Haldor Topsoe India Pvt. Ltd (Topsoe A/S)
Head of Global IT Operations
06.2021 - 05.2023
Job overview
- Spearheading 4 teams viz
- Servers, Network, Security and Digital Workplace (DWP), Conceptualizing, strategizing and creating strategy and vision for Global IT,
- Heading Steering Committees for various high importance projects,
- Designing the strategic approach for managing organizational change and support operations that fall within the domain of change management; evaluating the change impact and organizational readiness to limit potential risk,
- Spearheading the all aspects of IT services, including IT Infrastructure Management, New Technology Introduction, Data Center Disaster Recovery, Service Delivery, IT Service Management and People Management,
- Formulating operating budgets to ensure optimum utilization of available funds towards the accomplishment of overall corporate objectives,
- Defining and implementing security standards, IT policies, risk management, and operational best practices, Streamlining operation procedures and advising management to adopt modern techniques, which help organization to maintain flawless system,
- Performing efficient program management by monitoring / tracking projects with respect to time & cost over-runs and value realization to ensure timely execution of projects within the budget and primarily meeting the business needs / requirements,
- Maintaining the SAP Hana environment and enabling a smooth transition to SAP fiori.
O P Jindal Global University
Senior Manager - IT Service Department
06.2017 - 05.2021
Job overview
- Led the creation of fresh approaches to the university's IT infrastructure needs,
- Managing the Moodle LMS system, assessing and recommending alternatives, and utilizing AWS for mass mailing services,
- Oversaw a 22-person team that included a network team, an IT helpdesk team, an audi/video support team, and a server team,
- Managed Office 365 for more than 10,000 users and Google Gsuite for a few select departments,
- Prepared IT budgets and made IT purchases, including maintaining servers, networks, and audio/video equipment,
- Performed AWS server maintenance, including the creation of new, primarily Ubuntu and Windows-based servers, Fortigate firewall for network security,
- Front-led project planning and execution for forthcoming and ongoing projects like the state-of-the-art Delhi center project and the establishment and operationalization of the School of Architecture,
- Managed the 100 acres of WIFI infrastructure, which had 15,000 devices connected at any given moment, Contributed in managing and configuring: Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPmyadmin, LMS application viz
- Moodle involving database back-up, migration, upgrade, Aruba and Maipu WIFI set-up with 2000 Access points and 10 SSIDs, IBM bladecenter Chassis, Dell Poweredge Servers and Powervault Storage, Veeam Back-up, Vcenter, Amzetta SAN Storages, Windows 2016 Active Directory Environment with Radius Authentication on WIFI, Office 365 Azure Exchange Server.
Shiv Nadar University
Technical Specialist
05.2024
Job overview
Extramarks Education Pvt. Ltd.
Network Architect
08.2014
Job overview
Avalon Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Senior System Administrator
03.2010 - 05.2011
Job overview
Siemens Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.
System Administrator
04.2008 - 03.2010
Job overview
HBS Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Customer Support Engineer
12.2006 - 04.2008
Job overview
Allied Digital Services Ltd.
Customer Support Engineer
03.2006
Job overview
Education
Galgotia's College of Engineering & Technology
B.Tech. in Information Technology
University Overview
Skills
IT Infrastructure Management
Timeline
Deputy Director of IT
Vinayaka Mission Research Foundation
09.2023 - 05.2024
Head of Global IT Operations
Haldor Topsoe India Pvt. Ltd (Topsoe A/S)
06.2021 - 05.2023
Senior Manager - IT Service Department
O P Jindal Global University
06.2017 - 05.2021
Senior System Administrator
Avalon Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.
03.2010 - 05.2011
System Administrator
Siemens Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.
04.2008 - 03.2010
Customer Support Engineer
HBS Systems Pvt. Ltd.
12.2006 - 04.2008
Technical Specialist
Shiv Nadar University
05.2024
Network Architect
Extramarks Education Pvt. Ltd.
08.2014
Customer Support Engineer
Allied Digital Services Ltd.
03.2006
Galgotia's College of Engineering & Technology
B.Tech. in Information Technology
04.2006
Certifications Trainings
Certifications Trainings
- Certificate course in Public Sector Management from AIT extension, Thailand
- ITIL V4 Foundation training
- VCP Training by VMware
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 training from New Horizons, Lodi Road
- CCNA, MCSE training from SISL
- JNCIA training by Spectrum sponsored by Juniper
- A+ Certification conducted by Lenovo
- Quality Management System (QMS) training and certification from SISL
Children
Children
2Spouse
Spouse
HomemakerNotable Accomplishments
Notable Accomplishments
- Spearheaded large-scale project management ranging from INR 50 Crores including Cyber Security, Datacenter Refresh & Network Refresh on Offshore /Onshore Development Models, VMware Horizon setup, M365 transition from traditional setup etc.
- Engaged in Disaster Recovery as Customer Facing Delivery Manager through strategic measures.
- Coordinated multiple medium and small sized projects for General Group and Topsoe A/S
Personal Information
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 07/17/1981
- Marital Status: Married
Certifications Trainings
Certifications Trainings
- Certificate course in Public Sector Management from AIT extension, Thailand
- ITIL V4 Foundation training
- VCP Training by VMware
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 training from New Horizons, Lodi Road
- CCNA, MCSE training from SISL
- JNCIA training by Spectrum sponsored by Juniper
- A+ Certification conducted by Lenovo
- Quality Management System (QMS) training and certification from SISL
Children
Children
2Spouse
Spouse
HomemakerNotable Accomplishments
Notable Accomplishments
- Spearheaded large-scale project management ranging from INR 50 Crores including Cyber Security, Datacenter Refresh & Network Refresh on Offshore /Onshore Development Models, VMware Horizon setup, M365 transition from traditional setup etc.
- Engaged in Disaster Recovery as Customer Facing Delivery Manager through strategic measures.
- Coordinated multiple medium and small sized projects for General Group and Topsoe A/S
Personal Information
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 07/17/1981
- Marital Status: Married
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