Dynamic Solution Architect with extensive experience at NTT Data , specializing in hybrid cloud solutions and disaster recovery. Proven track record in cost optimization and system integration, leveraging skills in cloud architecture and technical documentation to drive successful migrations and enhance business continuity. Passionate about delivering innovative IT strategies that meet client needs.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solution Architect – Hybrid Cloud
NTT Global Data Centres and Cloud Infrastructure
01.2023 - Current
Provides primarily pre-sales technical support for the development and implementation of complex products, applications, and solutions.
Respond to RFPs/RFIs with partners and OEMs to support client requirements.
Experience in infrastructure projects from discovery, analysis, design, and defense mechanisms.
Strong experience in solution design, implementing, and maintaining all cloud infrastructure and services within a managed service environment.
Extensive experience in pre-sales, driving documented success plans, proof of concept, adoption and expansion, implementing use cases, and becoming a trusted consultant to assist existing and new customers in the hybrid cloud storage and backup solution and transformation journey.
Prepare a presentation for clients, solution architecting, and deliverables with SOWs.
Engage with the team and understand clients' business challenges, translate them into IT solutions, and articulate them into NTT's solution value proposition.
Complete presales activity, which includes responding to RFPs, RFIs, requirements gathering, solution presentation, solution architecture, proposal, and Bill of Material preparation.
Competition analysis, demonstrating the technology and products if required, preparing the scope of work, and interacting with project teams, providing guidance and technical inputs.
Deep hands-on experience leading the development and deployment of business software, with current hands-on technology, compute, storage, and virtualization experience in architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability, and high availability on AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Managed Services proposition, i.e., OS, DB, and Managed EDR.
DR site solution, along with DRaaS tools and native replication methodology for databases.
Data Center Colocation, Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Multi-Cloud.
Deep understanding of IaaS, PaaS, microservices architecture, including services such as Data Lake, Snowball, ETL tools, etc.
Propose solutions for databases: SAP HANA, Oracle, MySQL, and MSSQL.
Propose solutions on storage technologies, i.e.,
SAN, NAS, Object storage.
Includes networking components in the BoQ, i.e.
Internet, VPN, P2P, MPLS, Data Center Interconnect, PE routers, SFP, and handoff types of termination on firewalls.
Solution-building capabilities on CI/CD pipelines, Docker, containers, and Kubernetes.
Solution Architect – OnPrem and Cloud
HCL Technologies
01.2018 - 12.2022
Worked as a Cloud solution architect, doing solution design, migrations, lift and shift, and pricing for Azure Cloud.
Provide expert pre-sales technical assistance, and product education.
Analyze prospect requirements and establish parameters to ensure the client receives the right solution, in conjunction with the sales representative.
Solution architecture designs on Azure.
Cloud discovery and assessment for customers using best-of-breed tools (Cloud Escape), Azure Migrate, etc.
Cloud Consulting for Customers.
Cloud migrations and implementations using the tools ASR, File Sync, Azure Migrate, and Commvault.
Optimizations in cloud environments in terms of cost, networking, etc.
Azure network solution based on Traffic Manager, Load Balancer, routing, NSG, etc.
Evaluating cloud providers for the offering.
Designing the cloud solution for application migration.
Worked on Azure, MS SQL, Cosmos DB, and MySQL migration.
Data analytics using Azure services.
Provide consulting services for strategic IT solutions, including designing end-to-end IT infrastructure, and application solutions.
Data analytics using big data, data lake, and ETL tools.
Support customer and partner projects as a subject matter expert in specific architecture solutions during pre-sales and implementation.
Senior Technical Consultant
Fujitsu
01.2015 - 01.2018
Design a data protection solution for various customers.
Develop and document backup procedures and disaster recovery plans.
Ensure the security and integrity of backup systems and stored data.
Develop comprehensive backup and recovery strategies.
Design backup solutions that meet business requirements and compliance standards.
Integration of devices with external monitoring tools, like Moonsoft, etc.
Automation of various processes, like ticket creation in SNOW, restoration, and basic troubleshooting.
Automation of SAN switch configuration backup on a remote FTP server.
Implementing the script to bring out the automation in the billing report for data size for multiple customers.
Automating the task of clearing the SLP backlog using a shell script.
Automation of tape drive management and monitoring.
Automation of scratch tape monitoring and alert automation to figure out available slots and available scratch in the library in the absence of a reporting tool.
Automation of the calculation of daily backups and backlog, present available space, and duplication status.
Automating the backup operations via a script.
Creating and implementing a script as per the requirement or problem.
Automating the complete backup environment health check, with alert notification on any major issues that occur.
Senior Specialist
Sungard
09.2013 - 01.2015
Develop and implement a disaster recovery and business continuity management framework and methodology.
• Conduct DR drills and define RPO and RTO.
Perform risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities that could impact business operations.
Develop and maintain business continuity plans (BCP) and disaster recovery plans (DRP) that address the identified risks, and ensure operational resilience.
Senior Analyst
HCL Technologies LTD.
08.2010 - 09.2013
Implementation and design of Commvault solutions in the client environment.
Configuration of storage units (Tape Library, Disk Library, Cloud Storage Library).
Configuration of the Cloud library on Azure Container and AWS cloud bucket.
Configuration of VM backups (ESXi, vCenter, Nutanix, Hyper-V, Azure Instances, AWS Instances, Google Cloud Instances).
Configuring Intellisnap backup for VM backups on Azure, AWS, and VMware.
Configuring LiveSync, performing VirtualizeMe, and restoring VMs using Live Recovery.
Migration of a physical server to the cloud using Commvault.
Migration of AWS VMs to Azure VMs using Commvault.
Detecting Mdisk, creating Mdisk group, Vdisk, Host, and Vdisk to host mapping in SVC.
Experience in storage provisioning to multi-vendor operating systems, which include.
Configuring zoning and host registration.
Education
Bachelor of Technology -
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
07.2010
12th CBSE -
Army Public School
03.2005
10th CBSE -
Army Public School
03.2003
Skills
Solution architecture
Cloud solutions
Disaster recovery
Data analytics
System integration
Cost optimization
Business continuity
Technical documentation
IT strategy development
Security and compliance
Systems design
Application modernization
Certification
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Azure Administrator
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Google Associate Cloud Engineer
Cisco-Black Belt AI Fundamental
AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
Nutanix certified Sales Representative (NCSR L3)
Languages
English
Hindi
Trainings And Seminars
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Cisco AI
Google Cloud Certificate
Nutanix Bootcamp
VMware vSphere 6.5
VMware vSAN
Netapp
Commvault
Personal Information
Visa: US B1
Date of Birth: 08/09/87
Timeline
Solution Architect – Hybrid Cloud
NTT Global Data Centres and Cloud Infrastructure
01.2023 - Current
Solution Architect – OnPrem and Cloud
HCL Technologies
01.2018 - 12.2022
Senior Technical Consultant
Fujitsu
01.2015 - 01.2018
Senior Specialist
Sungard
09.2013 - 01.2015
Senior Analyst
HCL Technologies LTD.
08.2010 - 09.2013
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Azure Administrator
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Google Associate Cloud Engineer
Cisco-Black Belt AI Fundamental
AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
Nutanix certified Sales Representative (NCSR L3)
Bachelor of Technology -
Uttar Pradesh Technical University
12th CBSE -
Army Public School
10th CBSE -
Army Public School
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