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DINESH BABU S

DINESH BABU S

Chennai

Summary

With over 17 years of IT Infrastructure experience, I currently lead the UNIX Delivery SME team, driving operational excellence and championing technical innovation. My focus includes designing and implementing infrastructure solutions for front-door initiatives and leading teams through complex projects.I bring proven expertise in collaborating with Solution Architects and Governance teams to consolidate requirements and ensure alignment with service-level expectations. My leadership spans RHEL and AIX server builds, cluster configuration, storage migrations, disaster recovery preparations, and system upgrades.As an Infrastructure Manager, I’m skilled in developing automated procedures to enhance operational efficiency and proactively mitigate technical challenges. I’m passionate about continuous learning and dedicated to delivering strategic, scalable solutions.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Infrastructure Manager

Wipro Ltd
Chennai
11.2016 - Current
  • Led UNIX delivery infrastructure teams to enhance project outcomes.
  • Developed IT solutions aligned with business and customer needs.
  • Designed Unix system layouts through collaboration with customers.
  • Analyzed project requirements, addressing deviations and anti-patterns in infrastructure.
  • Managed delivery of Linux servers while ensuring optimal performance.
  • Configured VCS and GPFS setups on Linux servers for improved functionality.
  • Oversaw patching and firmware upgrades for Linux and AIX servers.
  • Executed VRM replacements and managed AIX frames and VIO upgrades.

Subject Matter Expert

Computer Sciences Corporation India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
07.2013 - 11.2016
  • Streamlined VSCSI and NPIV disk mapping as per client requirements.
  • Built production environment for Zurich EMEA region.
  • Performed storage migration for Zurich EMEA region from onsite (Spain).
  • Migrated DMX storage to VMAX for over 200 AIX servers.
  • Configured NIM server, clients, and resources for network installation of AIX.
  • Deployed TI reporting tool on all UNIX servers in our environment.
  • Performed server build and remediation tasks in CHP environment.
  • Applied OpenSSL patch on all HMCs to protect systems from security breaches.
  • Applied efix on our BIG app servers to resolve swap space issues.
  • Ensured department compliance with Change Management policies, Sarbanes-Oxley, and PCI requirements.
  • Performed OS upgrades from AIX 5.3 to 6.1 and 6.1 to 7.1.
  • Performed server build remediation tasks on AIX.

System Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Chennai
10.2007 - 07.2013
  • Provide 24/7 support for AIX 5L-based servers in the environment.
  • Troubleshoot day-to-day issues via tickets generated by the Remedy tool.
  • Manage Logical Volume Management (LVM) in AIX.
  • Configure and maintain TCP/IP networks.
  • Manage filesystems, including creating, expanding, and shrinking filesystems based on requests.
  • Perform regular system backups using mksysb.
  • Add or remove paging space and create paging space at runtime.
  • Monitor performance using vmstat, iostat, and topas.
  • Work with NFS, including creating NFS shares, mount points, and resolving NFS-related issues.
  • Install OS patches and update maintenance levels.
  • Schedule jobs using crontabs.

Education

Diploma - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Central Polytechnic College

Skills

  • Infra team management
  • RHEL 7, RHEL 8
  • Gen 9 and 10 HP hardware
  • VCS management
  • Chef orchestration
  • Blade Center chassis
  • IBM Power system
  • AIX 61, 71, and 72
  • IBM VIOs
  • Power HA
  • Hardware management console

Certification

  • Virtualization Technical Support for AIX and Linux
  • Enterprise Technical Support for AIX and Linux -v2
  • IBM Certified System Administrator AIX
  • ITIL V3 Foundation

Accomplishments

  • Lead and manage the infra teams for multiple businesses in larger banking projects
  • Lead and manage Infra-Design on over 200 projects
  • Build 400 plus Linux servers for the business in an aggressive timeline
  • Built over 200 AIX servers (VIO and LPAR) in our environment
  • Have received many best performances awards.

Timeline

Infrastructure Manager

Wipro Ltd
11.2016 - Current

Subject Matter Expert

Computer Sciences Corporation India Pvt Ltd
07.2013 - 11.2016

System Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services Limited
10.2007 - 07.2013

Diploma - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Central Polytechnic College

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