Asmit M. Pawar

• Oversee project and team management
• Manage service delivery and operations
• Coordinate infrastructure transitions onsite
• Lead the offshore infrastructure team
• Provide support for Azure, and on-premise infrastructure including Nutanix and VMware

· Implemented and maintained Nutanix clusters, ensuring high availability and scalability.

· Administered and optimized Nutanix AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor) and VMware ESXi environments.

· Managed virtual machine deployments, migrations, and resource allocation across Nutanix and VMware platforms.

· Configured and monitored Nutanix storage and compute resources, ensuring optimal performance.

· Integrated Nutanix infrastructure with VMware for seamless hybrid cloud operations.

· Conducted performance tuning and capacity planning for Nutanix and VMware environments.

· Provided technical support and troubleshooting for Nutanix and VMware infrastructure issues.

· Implemented data protection and disaster recovery solutions using Nutanix snapshots and VMware vSphere Replication.

· Developed and maintained technical documentation and diagrams for Nutanix and VMware infrastructures.

· Led infrastructure transition projects, including server consolidations and migrations.

· Performed regular updates and patch management for Nutanix and VMware environments.

· Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth operation and integration of infrastructure services.

Projects Accomplished

• Successfully migrated over 300 QA, UAT, and Production servers from the Colorado Datacenter to West Sacramento using Nutanix Leap for Calcas Project.
• Consolidated 100 Windows and Linux virtual servers from AHV to ESXi, optimizing the utilization of scattered hardware resources for F&G Project.

Role and responsibility,

• Provide L3 support in administration and configuration on virtualization and storage infrastructure
• Plan, design, Implement and maintain compute & storage infrastructure across the Persistent sites.

Nutanix Infrastructure:

• Monitored, installed, configured, troubleshot, and maintained Nutanix infrastructure.
• Managed 80 nodes distributed across 14 clusters.
• Configured and monitored Nutanix protection domains for VM replication from DC to DR site.
• Performed AOS and AHV upgrades.
• Installed AOS using Foundation and configured AHV and ESXi nodes for cluster integration.
• Migrated 3000 VMs from 3-tier to Nutanix infrastructure using vMotion and Move tool.

VMware:

• Installed, configured, and upgraded VMware ESXi 7.0, 6.7, 6.5, 6.0 servers.
• Created distributed and standard switches, and port groups.
• Configured High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).
• Prepared OS templates, deployed virtual servers using templates, and cloned virtual servers.
• Provided and maintained user access in vCenter Server, and maintained vCenter Server.
• Deployed and configured multiple OVA/OVF files as per project requirements.
• Troubleshot virtual machine and ESXi performance issues.

Storage:

• Managed Hitachi HUS series and NetApp AF220, 400 storage arrays across all 12 Persistent systems locations.
• Performed RG and pool creation, LUN masking, host group, and zoning configuration.
• Upgraded code and firmware for Hitachi and NetApp storage arrays and Brocade switches.
• Designed and implemented storage connectivity with fabric and compute.
• Conducted Brocade and MDS switch backups.
• Monitored storage and generated storage reports.
• Troubleshot storage issues and performance problems.

Azure:

• Created subscriptions.
• Managed virtual machines and bastion hosts.
• Established VPN tunnels.
• Created VNETs and performed VNet peering.
• Managed IAM access.
• Configured Network Security Groups (NSG).

Projects Accomplished:

• NetApp SAN Deployment and Migration of VM Workload from Hitachi:

Core member of a team that planned, designed, and implemented NetApp SAN deployments at three locations.

Migrated approximately 200 application VMs from legacy storage to NetApp storage.

• Nutanix Cluster Deployment and VM Migration from 3-Tier to Nutanix:

Member of a team that planned, designed, and deployed Nutanix clusters at five locations.

Migrated approximately 3000 VMs to Nutanix infrastructure.

Integrated Nutanix CAM with our private cloud for self-service VM provisioning.

Configured protection domains to replicate VMs from primary to DR.

Projects Accomplished:

NetApp SAN Deployment and Migration of VM Workload from Hitachi:

• Core member of a team that planned, designed, and implemented NetApp SAN deployments at three locations.
• Migrated approximately 200 application VMs from legacy storage to NetApp storage.

Nutanix Cluster Deployment and VM Migration from 3-Tier to Nutanix:

• Member of a team that planned, designed, and deployed Nutanix clusters at five locations.
• Migrated approximately 3000 VMs to Nutanix infrastructure.
• Collaborated with vendors and internal teams to integrate Nutanix Calm with our Freebird private cloud, enabling self-service VM provisioning.
• Configured protection domains to replicate VMs from primary to DR.

• Managed Hitachi VSP series and HP EVA & 3par storage infrastructure in a production environment for UK Subsee 7 and Germany-based Teliphonica clients
• Provided support for storage infrastructure builds and migrations
• Managed storage environment consisting of Hitachi storage VSP G700
• Handled Brocade SAN switches management
• Worked on Hitachi storage replications (HUR)
• Performed zoning configuration changes on Brocade switch
• Created host groups and LDEV mappings
• Managed change processes
• Provided 24/7 support for German-based clients
• Managed storage environment consisting of HP3PAR, EVA, EMC storage, and Brocade switches
• Conducted storage provisioning and volume management
• Performed zoning configuration changes on Brocade and McDATA switches
• Monitored alerts from storage and SAN switches
• Conducted monthly health checks and prepared capacity reports for arrays
• Worked on change and incident management using ServiceNow

• Implemented HP C700 chassis and HUS130 storage, along with Brocade switches
• Migrated over 500 virtual machines using VMware Converter, vMotion, and storage vMotion
• Configured and managed Hitachi storage replication using Horcom and Universal Replicator with VMware Site Recovery Manager
• Implemented Cisco UCS and Hitachi HM700 storage with Cisco MDS 9148 series switches
• Configured port channels on Cisco MDS and UCS
• Created policies, templates, and service profiles on Cisco UCS
• Migrated over 200 corporate virtual machines from HP LHN to HM700 storage systems
• Utilized VMware Site Recovery Manager with Hitachi Horcom for disaster recovery
• Installed, configured, and upgraded VMware ESX 5.0, 5.5 Host Servers
• Set up LDAP on Hitachi Command Director
• Set up Hitachi Tuning Manager and Replication Manager
• Created zoning and host groups on Brocade and MDS switches and storage
• Expanded storage pools and enabled DT
• Upgraded storage code as per GA and RGA by storage vendors
• Created virtual machines, deployed OVAs, and configured standard switches and port groups
• Troubleshot HP C700 and Cisco UCS compute platforms
• Configured and troubleshot Linux and Ubuntu OS
• Consolidated servers in datacenters
• Managed datacenter services such as power, cooling, rack space, and networking

• Monitored RHEL 4 and RHEL 5 servers
• Worked on DHCP services on RHEL 5 servers
• Created and deleted FTP accounts on RHEL servers
• Installed and uninstalled RPM packages
• Managed incidents and provided support
• Migrated physical to virtual (P2V) RHEL hosts to VMware

• Racked and stacked DELL rack mount servers and prepared test infrastructure
• Installed and configured ESX 4.0, including port group creation
• Managed ESX servers using vCenter Server
• Managed over 1500 test virtual machines
• Created and deleted VMs of various operating systems (Windows and Linux)
• Troubleshot network and VNC issues on RHEL virtual machines
• Added HDDs and created LVMs on Linux operating systems
• Installed and uninstalled RPM packages using YUM and RPM
• Troubleshot virtual machine issues
• Performed hot and cold migrations using VMware Converter for V2V and P2V conversions

• Assembled over 4000 HP Compaq dc5800 desktop systems
• Deployed Windows XP on over 4000 desktops using WDS server
• Troubleshot hardware problems of desktop systems
• Installed various software and printers on desktop systems
• Troubleshot desktop application connectivity issues
• Configured Outlook, created PST files, and resolved related problems
• Managed the inventory of desktop systems as per cubicle and floor number