Aniket Bhardwaj
Storage Consultant
Gurgaon
Summary
Driven Senior Consultant with 12 years' experience in the Storage domain consulting field. Adept in collaborative problem solving, risk management and creative solutions. Passionate about bringing changes in businesses. Proficient in conducting primary and secondary research. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Service Delivery Engineer
Zen & Art Infotek Private Limited
NOIDA
7 2024 - Current
- Working for NSDL client BKC Mumbai and taking care of storage, switches, and servers solely in Data center
- Performing health check of storage devices, switches, and servers and sending reports to client
- Performing allocation work when required by client in PMAX
- Troubleshooting in switch when getting alert and trying to fix
- Performing Drill activities like failover, failback, split when needed
- Monitoring Dell servers and fixing issues if anything is down
- Daily visit to Data center for checking HC of all devices
- Doing upgradation activities in storage devices, switches, and servers
- Cisco and Brocade Fiber Channel SAN switches including code upgrades, SAN zoning.
- Developed comprehensive documentation for troubleshooting procedures, reducing downtime during incident resolution
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
MUMBAI
01.2023 - 05.2024
- Hands-on experience on EMC Storage- EMC Powermax, Isilon, Unity, Hitachi SAN & NAS- Storage, Brocade and Cisco switches
- Troubleshooting skills for both NAS SAN Good knowledge of Implementation configuration and migration techniques
- Knowledge and performing on setup manage DR solution Need to have knowledge of File storage powermax, Unity, ISILON
- Allocation on Hitachi storage, creation of smb, cifs as per client need
- Knowledge of Brocade Cisco SAN Switch Operations using ITIL Framework Incident Management Problem Management Performance Management Configuration Management and Capacity Management
- Be specific point of contact for external and internal communications
- Coordinating storage tower cross-delivery country location Standard run operation
- Work on incident problem change SR alignment with client doing health checks for systems Identify automation opportunities align parameter changes Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards
- Good communication presentation reporting and leadership skills
- Problem-solving and conflict resolution ability
- SRDF setup in powermax according to client need synchronous and asynchronous
- DC to DR drill activities for recovery of data using SRDF by fail back and failover process in EMC PMAX, UNITY, ISILON.
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
PUNE
12.2021 - 01.2023
- Managing the current storage environment like Data Migrations, storage software, Fiber Switches, and SAN
- Coordinating with system's administrators, developers, and application developers to optimize storage and determine storage requirements
- Installing storage as well as technical issues of new storage
- Monitoring existing storage environment like capacity planning, fiber switches usage, Storage availability, and Disk usage
- Identifying share of different service tiers and storage
- Providing input to requirements from vendor proposals
- Creating RAID group/storage pool, binding luns, creating meta luns, and registering host as per requirement
- Configuring zoning policies in SAN environment (hardware zoning / software zoning)
- Reclaim process in Infinidat, vmax, powermax storages devices
- Cable cleaning, sfp replacement, cable replacement process in Infinidat, vmax, powermax storages devices, and Cisco switches to maintain healthy environment
- Weekly meeting with international client on-site manager about weekly status of all activity.
Specialist-E2
HCL Technology
LUCKNOW
04.2020 - 12.2021
- Health check of all storage devices in environment and present it to client and top management of HCL Tech on daily basis
- Total no of devices have ISILON-15, UNITY-15, VNX-15, Brocade Switch-37
- Create new share in Isilon, Unity, Vnx as per share owner's need
- Expand existing share in Isilon, Unity, Vnx as per share owner's need
- Send daily email notification to share owner for Smart quota violation
- Give user-level permission in Isilon to GAM team as per request
- Firmware update and Software update of all devices with support of Dell Emc
- Monitoring all devices 24x7 environments
- Switch backup and cleanup activity, XMS backup, and VNX report backup every day
- Making weekly and monthly SLA report and submit it to client
- Making monthly storage capacity report of all devices submit it to client
- Managing current storage environment like Data Migrations, storage software, Fiber Switches, and SAN
- Do Zoning as per client need
- Worked on Commvault backup tool six month.
Storage Administrator
Storage Tech
NOIDA
03.2017 - 03.2020
- Managing current storage environment like Data Migrations, storage software, Fiber Switches, and SAN
- Coordinating with system's administrators, developers, and application developers to optimize storage and determine storage requirements
- Installing storage as well as technical issues of new storage
- Monitoring existing storage environment like capacity planning, fiber switches usage, Storage availability, and Disk usage
- Identifying share of different service tiers and storage
- Providing input to requirements from vendor proposals
- Creating RAID group/storage pool, binding luns, creating meta luns, and registering host as per requirement
- Configuring zoning policies in SAN environment (hardware zoning / software zoning)
- Masking of luns and implementing
- Good knowledge of storage procedures and documentation.
EMC Storage Engineer
RELIANCE JIO SMSL MUMBAI
Navi Mumbai
07.2015 - 03.2017
- Removed and replaced malfunctioning components to correct hardware problems
- Monitored systems in operation and input commands to troubleshoot
- Configured hardware, devices, and software to set up workstations for employees
- Explained technical information in clear terms to non-technical individuals to promote better understanding
- Analyzing and evaluating software and IT systems
- Answering incoming IT questions from clients and staff in person, over phone, or remotely
- Performing system installations, upgrades, and maintenance procedures to prevent service outages.
ENGINEER
HFCL MUMBAI
Navi Mumbai
06.2012 - 06.2015
- Removed and replaced malfunctioning components to correct hardware problems
- Monitored systems in operation and input commands to troubleshoot
- Configured hardware, devices, and software to set up workstations for employees
- Explained technical information in clear terms to non-technical individuals to promote better understanding.
- Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration
Education
BACHELORS OF ENGINEERING CSE -
REWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
REWA 01.2007 - 04.2011
HIGHER SECONDARY -
FROMMANS MEMORIAL SCHOOL
REWA 01.2006 - 04.2007
HIGH SCHOOL -
FROMMANS MEMORIAL SCHOOL
REWA 01.2003 - 04.2004
Skills
knowledge in all Dell EMC storages, Infinidat storage, Hitachi storage systems environments
Jobdescriptions
STORAGE ADMIN, - Administration and Management of EMC UNITY, POWERMAX, INFINIDAT, Hitachi - Storage provisioning on EMC VNX, UNITY, VMAX, POWERMAX, INFINIDAT - Administration of SAN Fabric switches Brocade, Cisco - Working in Data center and supporting to install server and connection of server to switch till storage. - Adhering to SLAs defined by the business/client - Reporting to the Track Lead / Team Lead for technical and operational activities - Handling tickets/ Incidents - Performing root cause analysis for severity 1 issues - Planning and Implementing Change Requests - Suggesting, Planning/Testing of new technologies and design changes as and when applicable - Applying patches/upgrades to maintain security level - Supporting in Data center for Dell server issues. - Solely work and handled entire environment including storage and server part.
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Late Praveen Bhardwaj
- Mother's Name: Dr. Neelima Bhardwaj
- Date of Birth: 10/23/88
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
01.2023 - 05.2024
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2021 - 01.2023
Specialist-E2
HCL Technology
04.2020 - 12.2021
Storage Administrator
Storage Tech
03.2017 - 03.2020
EMC Storage Engineer
RELIANCE JIO SMSL MUMBAI
07.2015 - 03.2017
ENGINEER
HFCL MUMBAI
06.2012 - 06.2015
BACHELORS OF ENGINEERING CSE -
REWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
01.2007 - 04.2011
HIGHER SECONDARY -
FROMMANS MEMORIAL SCHOOL
01.2006 - 04.2007
HIGH SCHOOL -
FROMMANS MEMORIAL SCHOOL
01.2003 - 04.2004
Senior Service Delivery Engineer
Zen & Art Infotek Private Limited
7 2024 - Current
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