Janardhanan Perumalsamy

Employer: Cognizant technology Solutions Us corp – New Jersey USA June 2014 to Till Date

Client: Agero – Medford Boston, MA USA Dec 2017 – Till date

Project: Cloud Migration and Operations support.

Title: Senior Wintel/Cloud Migration Specialist.

• End to end Analysis, Planning and executing Datacenter Migration Scope servers from One Datacenter to another datacenter/Cloud for Physical and Virtual servers Migration.
• Administrating AWS and Azure platform services - create, delete, update aws services as per requests from Stake Holders .
• Giving support to Dev team in case any optimization/troubleshooting if any issues in Cloud and on-perm Infrastructure.
• Automated User Provisioning and De-provision user Accounts using Azure Identity management,Powershell .
• Create and manage Aws Storage Gateway for Tape Library and Manage Virtual tape library and Rotation.
• Creating Encrypted AWS AMI and updating Monthly and Prepare for Iteration.
• Creating Automation scripts for Ec2 Instance creation/Deletion, Add/Remove EC2 servers to Existing Load balancer or Creating New Load Balancer using AWS CLI and AWS SSM.
• Providing L2/L3 Support for Windows/VMware/Cloud technologies.
• Maintain DHCP/DNS and IPAM Infrastructure.
• Providing Exchange support for 0365 Migrated users and On-Perm Exchange 2010 Environment.
• Build 2012/2016 Windows Clusters services and Maintain cluster.
• Maintain Esxi/VDI Infrastructure, also support Monthly patching to maintain Compliance.
• Closely Involved on Table top discussion on migrating Servers to Cloud environment.

Client: Capital one Bank – Richmond, Virginia USA – June 2014 – Dec 2017

Project: Datacenter Migration & Consolidation

Title: Senior Wintel Migration Specialist

• End to end Analysis, Planning and executing Datacenter Migration Scope servers from One Datacenter to another datacenter using Plate spin Migration tool for Physical servers Migration.
• Migrated 500+ servers around 300 Servers Physical to Physical using Plate Spin tool.
• Data center move - Server Team Technical Lead for datacenter move coordinated detailed inventory of current equipment. Planned consolidation and/or decommissioning of server hardware. Worked with IT teams and application owners to create detailed datacenter step shutdown and startup plan. Coordinated with other teams and vendors.
• Document, plan, design, implement, support, maintain and monitor all aspects of Microsoft-based environment, including Windows Server running Active Directory, Exchange, SQL server, SharePoint, file/print services, etc.
• Creating New Cluster Environment using Seed-n-swing method Migrating Current roles to new Physical servers.
• Work directly with Application owners and Managers to determine hardware and networking requirements. Use information to plan, design and document solution consisting of Cisco UCS or HP Enclosures, Blades and ESX host configuration.
• Worked on all major Migration techniques P2P, P2V, V2V using Plate spin, VMware convertor and Storage Migration techniques.
• Planning and Upgrading 600+ Windows 2003 servers to Windows 2012 with Minimal Down time using Seed-n-swing cutover methodology.
• Part of Active team within three month of time Migrated 1000+ Servers from One datacenter to another datacenter in North America Region also continued Decommission effort till Successful go Dark.
• Actively Working on Automating Day to Day Activities through PowerShell Scripting tools.
• Also mentoring team on Continuous Service improvements and Automation.
• Periodic Update on process and technical documentation and sharing to team.
• Closely Involved on Table top discussion on migrating Servers to Cloud environment
• Delivered exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions.

Employer: Wipro Technologies., Bangalore, India June 2010 to June 2014

Client3: Catholic Health Initiatives, Chattanooga, TN

Project: Windows server refresh project.

Title: Senior System Administrator

• Architecture, design, install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within VI3, Vsphere 4 and Vsphere 5 environments with Virtual Center management , DRS, HA, VMotion, VCenter Operations Manager, and VMware View desktop virtualization infrastructure (VDI).
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012 as well as Linux servers from VMware, Hyper-V, Xen and legacy hardware.
• Creation, Management and Configuration of Virtual Machines, Clone and Templates.
• Monitored and Maintained VMware Environment which included ESX 5.0 Servers, Clusters and Virtual Machines.
• Implemented VMware High Availability (HA) and DRS enabled Clusters for critical application environment.
• Installed and Managed Virtual Center Server and Infrastructure Client
• Migrated Physical machine to Virtual and Vice versa using P2V converter
• Experienced in design, setup and configuring of Fiber HBA for Storage Area Network
• Responsible for setting up/building Windows Servers and Virtual Machine Window Instances
• Responsible for installation and administration of all Intel based servers running Windows 2000/2003 Server ,including appropriate backup and recovery procedures, software updates and service packs
• Participated in Change and Problem management
• Worked in the production environment for applications support and handling.
• OS hardening configuration of windows servers.
• Involved in Server Refresh / Datacenter Consolidation Activity.
• Installation of ESXi 4.1, 5.0 and Addition of ESX host to the existing Cluster
• Managing VMware guest operating systems through VMware Vsphere Client 5.0
• Installation and configuration of DHCP, DNS, DFS and Print Servers.
• Vendor Coordination for the requirements, technical evaluation, delivery follow-ups and issues related to Hardware.
• Worked on Ticketing systems like Remedy 6.0 & 7.0, HPSM and CA
• Analyze training requirements and provide necessary training to the team.
• ITIL process for change management.

Client2: Capital one, Richmond, VA

Project: Windows7 Migration

Title: Senior System Administrator

• Deploying, Configuring and administering SMS 2003/SCCM 2007 Servers.
• Experience in Packaging and delivering software, software updates, patches, hot fixes using SMS 2003/SCCM 2007.
• Operating System Deployment comprises Image capturing using Image-X, Creating Task Sequence in MDT Work bench on SCCM Server 2007, Updating Task sequences to Distribution Points.
• Coordinating with all Application owners and testers Once Application Compatible to Windows 7 Package will be created and Added to Task sequence.
• Coordinating Test Environment for Operating system deployment, Packaging and Software Distribution.
• Coordinating with SAN team for creating of LUN, once Created we will add the LUN to Windows Server.
• Installing and configuring HP blade servers and HP C3000 and C7000 enclosures.
• Configuring OA (Onboard Administrator), ILO.
• Performing Firmware upgrade for OA, ILO, Blade servers and VC (Virtual connect).

Client1: Kellogg’s, Chicago IL

Project: Wintel Level3 Support

Title: Senior System Administrator

• As per Infrastructure design install, configure VMware ESX, ESXi, within VI3, Vsphere 4 and Vsphere 5 environments with Virtual Center management , DRS, HA, VMotion, VCenter Operations Manager, and VMware View desktop virtualization infrastructure (VDI).
• Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008.
• Addition, Management and Configuration of Virtual Machines, Clone and Templates.
• Monitored and Maintained VMware Environment which included ESX 4.1Servers, Clusters and Virtual Machines.
• Implemented VMware High Availability (HA) and DRS enabled Clusters for critical application environment.
• Migrated Physical machine to Virtual and Vice versa using P2V converter
• Experienced in design, setup and configuring of Fiber HBA for Storage Area Network
• Planned the consolidation and migration of Windows and Linux Servers.
• Installation of ESXi 4.1, 5.0 and Addition of ESX host to the existing Cluster
• Managing VMware guest operating systems through VMware vSphere Client 5.0
• Troubleshooting Guest VM issues ( Mostly OS related / VMtools upgrade)
• Installation and configuration of DHCP, DNS, DFS and Print Servers.