Esrar Alam
Bangaluru
Summary
Dynamic Infra Tech Specialist with a proven track record at Cognizant Technologies Services, excelling in VMware vSphere virtualization and Azure Stack HCI. Successfully migrated and upgraded Windows servers, and upgraded vCenter infrastructure, showcasing strong problem-solving skills, and a commitment to excellence in project delivery.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Infra Tech Specialist
Cognizant Technologies Services
Bangalore
11.2021 - Current
- Client: Sanofi Aventis Group.
- Working as a project team for various ongoing deployments and upgrades of infrastructure.
- Worked on designing and implementing four nodes of the Azure HCI Stack at the customer's premises.
- Architected and deployed Azure Stack HCI clusters with Storage Space Direct (S2D) and SDN for high availability and performance.
- Integrated Azure services like Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, and Azure Site Recovery for hybrid cloud management.
- Designed and implemented best security practices, including RBAC, BitLocker, and PKI for secure authentication.
- Working on multiple projects for the lifecycle management of hardware (VxRail) deployment, migration, and decommissioning of vSphere vCenter infrastructure.
- Working on projects such as vCenter and ESXi hosts' upgrade from 6.7 to 7.
- Worked on and completed approximately 100 Windows-based servers' migration from XIO storage to NetApp storage.
- Worked on and completed the project of domain movement from Sanofi to Euro-Api as part of a separate entity of the client.
- Worked on obsolete protocols remediation, such as SMBv1, TLS 1.0/1.1, and NTLM, as part of the Cyber Security Initiative.
- Providing support to the Dell team for VxRail ESXi node deployment.
- Completed the VM migration from legacy VMware and ESXi infrastructure to VxRail infrastructure using the VEEAM Backup and Replication tool.
- Working on the plan and implementation of the data center movement (lift and shift).
- VM creation, configuring, managing, and decommissioning.
- Working on physical servers' deployment, RAID configuration, etc.
- Configuration and management of MS Failover Clusters on Windows servers.
- Configuration and management of Windows Server roles, such as RDS.
- Involving and providing support for end-to-end configuration of Windows servers, working with the respective Applications Team, vendors, etc.
Senior Windows Admin
ASM Technologies Ltd
08.2019 - 11.2021
- Client: Applied Materials, Ltd.
- Worked as a project team for Windows Server 2008 migration.
- Coordinating with various application teams and coordinating for Windows OS migration to the latest Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019.
- Completed approximately. 1,000 server migrations to the latest OS from 2008 R2, based on application compatibility.
- Managing and working on vCenter 6.0 and 6.5 deployed at multiple data centers across the globe.
- VM creation, configuring, managing, and decommissioning
- Extending drive size, adding memory, and CPU on VMs.
- Troubleshooting VM, snapshot issues, and ESXi hosts.
- Install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot all versions of Windows operating systems.
- Configuration and management of Windows Server roles.
Senior Specialist
HCL Technologies
10.2017 - 08.2019
- Client: Servier Monde.
- Day-to-day administration of almost 4,000 Microsoft Windows-based systems, including VMs and physical servers.
- Managing and working on vCenter 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 deployed at six datacenters.
- VM creation, configuring, managing, and decommissioning
- Installation and configuration of ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 hosts.
- VM cloning, template management, and snapshot management.
- Troubleshooting VM, snapshot issues, and ESXi hosts.
- Maintaining data stores and storage clusters.
- Windows performance analysis and reporting.
- Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Windows Servers.
- Creating and configuring RAID on physical servers.
- Configuration and management of Windows Server roles.
- Server checklist for the health and services across the location's backbone servers.
Server Administrator
Wipro Technologies
02.2015 - 10.2017
- Client: Wipro BPO.
- Day-to-day administration of Microsoft Windows servers.
- Installation and Administration of Windows Servers 2008/2012.
- Creating and configuring RAID on servers.
- Implementation, creation, and modification of group policy.
- Creation of OUs, groups, delegation strategies, and OU structure.
- VM creation, configuration, and decommissioning.
- Extending drive size, adding memory, and CPU on VMs.
- Data backup and management with the help of Symantec NetBackup 7.5.
- Administration of Recipient Management on Exchange Server 2010.
- Maintain server hardware inventory and AMC renewal as per the scheduled activity.
Server Administrator
Vayam InfoSolutions Pvt Ltd
01.2012 - 12.2014
- Installation and Administration of Windows Servers 2008/2012.
- Creating and configuring RAID on servers.
- Implementation, creation, and modification of group policy.
- Creation of OUs, groups, delegation strategies, and OU structure.
- VM creation, configuration, and decommissioning
- Extending drive size, adding memory, and CPU on VMs.
- Data backup and management with the help of Symantec NetBackup 7.5.
- Creating and managing user accounts, sharing folders, and doing disk space management, as well as managing the rights quota of folders, and assigning them to folders.
Desktop Engineer L1
Renovision Automation Services Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 09.2011
- Installing, configuring software, and troubleshooting hardware peripherals on XP platforms.
- Creation and maintenance of users' home drives on servers.
- Attending to problems reported by customers through emails and through Remedy tickets.
Education
BA -
Calcutta University
01.2008
12th -
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
01.2005
10th -
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
01.2003
Skills
- HP and Dell Server Hardware
- Data backup
- VMware vSphere Virtualization
- Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022
- VMware ESXi 5x, 6x, 7x
- VMware vSphere 5x, 6x, 7x
- RACK servers
- Blade servers, HP C7000
- Veeam tool
- Azure vCenter (AVS)
- VMware HCX
- ITIL processes
- Azure Stack HCI
- Infrastructure design
- Security best practices
- Hybrid cloud management
- Documentation practices
Technical Qualifications
- Microsoft Certified Professional, Windows Server 2012
- Diploma in A+ (Hardware), N+ (Networking) and MSCA-2003 from the IIHT
- Attended training on VMware vSphere 6.0
- Training on ITIL v3 from the HCL Tech
- Attended training from VMware on VMware HCX
Certification
- VMware vSphere 7.0 Certified; VCP-2021
- Received certification on Azure Associate AZ104
Personal Information
- Passport Number: W3632743
- Father's Name: Mohammad Yaqub
- Date of Birth: 05/18/88
Disclaimer
I do hereby declare that the above given particulars are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Infra Tech Specialist
Cognizant Technologies Services
11.2021 - Current
Senior Windows Admin
ASM Technologies Ltd
08.2019 - 11.2021
Senior Specialist
HCL Technologies
10.2017 - 08.2019
Server Administrator
Wipro Technologies
02.2015 - 10.2017
Server Administrator
Vayam InfoSolutions Pvt Ltd
01.2012 - 12.2014
Desktop Engineer L1
Renovision Automation Services Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 09.2011
BA -
Calcutta University
12th -
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
10th -
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education