Lalit Krishnani
Etihad Airways
Bengaluru
1
Certification
11
years of professional experience
Experienced IT professional with 10.5+ years in Virtualization/Cloud, infrastructure management, and automation. Skilled in vCenter upgrades, ESXi deployments, workload migrations, VMware Aria Automation, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware HCX. Hands-on with converged and hyperconverged infrastructure including Dell PowerFlex, VxBlock, VxRail, HP, and Nutanix. Proven ability to deliver optimized data center solutions and build strong client relationships.
Work History
3 Years
09.2023 - Current
3 Years
Lead Engineer
Wipro | Bengaluru
09.2023 - Current
4 Months
05.2026 - Current
4 Months
VCF / ARIA Lead
Etihad Airways | Bengaluru, India
05.2026 - Current
- Designed and implemented automation workflows, blueprints, catalog items, and day‑2 operational automation for provisioning, monitoring, remediation, and lifecycle management.
- Built dashboards, configured alerts, and developed reporting solutions to drive performance optimization across enterprise systems.
- Partnered closely with DevOps, Cloud, Security, and Infrastructure teams to align automation initiatives with organizational goals.
- Executed VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) lifecycle management activities, including upgrades from VCF 5.2 to 9.0, patching, certificate management, and password rotation.
- Authored operational documentation to support governance, compliance, and knowledge transfer across teams.
8 Months
08.2025 - 04.2026
8 Months
VMware Consultant
MunichRe
08.2025 - 04.2026
- Worked as a VMware Subject Matter Expert (SME), managing enterprise virtualization and hybrid cloud environments.
- Led VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) upgrades on VxRail, coordinating with Dell Technologies support teams and internal stakeholders for seamless execution.
- Utilized VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Operations for automation, monitoring, and performance optimization tasks.
- Executed Disaster Recovery (DR) operations using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), including failover and failback activities.
- Managed Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG), handling end-to-end configuration, monitoring, and support integration.
- Performed patching, upgrades, and migrations across legacy infrastructure, VxRail, and Azure VMware Solution (AVS) environments.
- Planned, managed, and executed infrastructure changes through ServiceNow, ensuring compliance with change management processes.
- Managed certificate lifecycle, including enrollment and renewal for vRealize Operations (vROps) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) components.
4 Months
04.2025 - 08.2025
4 Months
Specialist Engineering Infrastructure Engineer
HSBC
04.2025 - 08.2025
- Automated VM provisioning and decommissioning using Ansible integrated with vRealize Automation (vRA).
- Migrated legacy VRO workflows to lightweight Ansible-based automation with improved modularity.
- Designed and implemented day-2 operations (snapshot, resize) using Ansible playbooks and role-based access controls.
- Integrated ITSP portal with backend automation for seamless self-service VM lifecycle management.
- Utilized HashiCorp Vault to securely inject user input parameters and secrets into automation workflows.
9 Months
06.2024 - 03.2025
9 Months
Virtualization Engineer
HSBC
06.2024 - 03.2025
- Executed large-scale VMware HCX migrations using RAV, Bulk, and vMotion.
- Strategically plan and execute migration waves, optimizing tools and handling complex dependencies for seamless workload transitions.
- Performed vCenter upgrades and migrations using PowerShell and JSON with minimal downtime.
- Ensured smooth transitions with pre-checks, validations, and
rollback planning. - Installed ESXi on Dell PowerEdge servers, migrated workloads from HP Gen9, and monitored environments using Grafana and VMware Aria Operations.
- Built Jenkins pipelines integrated with GitHub for automated
deployments. - Used Splunk to monitor ESXi installation and configuration status.
- Maintained PowerShell scripts for virtualization and automation
tasks
9 Months
09.2023 - 06.2024
9 Months
Escalation Lead
Broadcom | Remote
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Led and managed the team, handling escalations and setting customer expectations.
- Provided technical assistance to team members and actively resolved VMware environment issues.
- Proactively learned and researched using AI and search tools for effective problem‑solving.
- Diagnosed and resolved complex problems through in‑depth root cause analysis (RCA).
- Troubleshot and supported VMware HCX workload migrations, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless VM transitions.
- Addressed issues such as host unresponsiveness, disconnections, hangs, and reboots.
- Expertly resolved concerns related to certificates, vMotion, snapshots, cloning, files, templates, vCenter, VCF, upgrades, and VMs.
2 Years 7 Months
01.2021 - 08.2023
2 Years 7 Months
Senior Engineer
Dell EMC | Bengaluru
01.2021 - 08.2023
- Actively worked in a Virtualization environment, upgrading VxBlock and Dell PowerFlex with Microsoft Azure Virtual Environment as per customer needs, including PowerFlex Manager, Gateway, Presentation Server, CloudLink, Controller, Production vCenter, Compute nodes, Storage nodes, Controller nodes, VDS, ESXi Server with vSAN.
- Experienced in configuration of ESXi and vCenter.
- Upgraded firmware of ESXi in Cisco C‑Series, B‑Series servers, and Dell iDRAC.
- Deployed and configured vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA).
- Configured vMotion, HA, DRS, and FT for high availability and workload balancing.
- Integrated VMware HCX to enable seamless workload mobility across hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- Upgraded vSphere environment using Lifecycle Manager and command line/SSH.
- Created Clusters for optimized resource management and scalability.
3 Years
01.2018 - 01.2021
3 Years
Senior Analyst
Dell EMC | Bengaluru
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Performed VM server builds & rebuilds by deploying new VMs from templates and cloning existing VMs, adhering to change management processes.
- Created and managed resource pools, adding VMs into pools for optimized resource allocation.
- Deployed virtual servers using templates and executed cloning of virtual servers.
- Conducted cold migrations and hot migrations of VMs to ensure seamless transitions.
- Migrated VMs between LUNs using Storage vMotion.
- Created and managed virtual machines, installing VMware Tools for enhanced functionality.
- Built Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS) to ensure resilience and performance balance.
2 Years
01.2016 - 01.2018
2 Years
Analyst
Dell EMC | Bengaluru
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Skilled in identifying, planning, executing, and troubleshooting the migration of vCenter infrastructure to the latest versions.
- Managed VMs using VMware vCenter and administered VMware clusters.
- Performed removal and reconnection of ESXi hosts to clusters for optimized operations.
- Executed snapshots and cloning of VMs to support backup and replication needs.
- Troubleshot issues related to ESXi hosts, ensuring stability and performance.
- Resolved PSOD (Purple Screen of Death), ESXi, and vCenter issues with effective root‑cause analysis.
Education
BE
Oriental College of Technology | Bhopal | 06-2015
Skills
VMware vSphere
VCenter
ESXi
VCF Operations HCX
VMware Aria/VCF Automation
Ansible
Grafana
VMware Aria/VCF Operations
Certification
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP 7.0)
- Information and Storage Management Certified
- VCE Certified Converged Infrastructure Associate
Timeline
VCF / ARIA Lead
Etihad Airways
05.2026 - CurrentRead more
VMware Consultant
MunichRe
08.2025 - 04.2026Read more
Specialist Engineering Infrastructure Engineer
HSBC
04.2025 - 08.2025Read more
Virtualization Engineer
HSBC
06.2024 - 03.2025Read more
Escalation Lead
Broadcom
09.2023 - 06.2024Read more
Lead Engineer
Wipro
09.2023 - CurrentRead more
Senior Engineer
Dell EMC
01.2021 - 08.2023Read more
Senior Analyst
Dell EMC
01.2018 - 01.2021Read more
Analyst
Dell EMC
01.2016 - 01.2018Read more
Oriental College of Technology - BE,
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