Kambam Chanukya

With 14+ years of leadership experience as an Enterprise IT Architect and Migration Specialist, I offer expertise in cloud technology and strong interpersonal and leadership skills. My extensive experience includes designing and deploying cloud solutions for clients of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. As a certified AVS Solutions Architect and VMware Certified professional, I have a proven track record of optimizing cloud environments for high availability, security, and cost-effectiveness. I excel at understanding complex technical concepts and translating them into practical, actionable strategies.

Onsite Exposure with great client engagement skills for Datacenter Consolidation/ Migration Planning and Implementation/ Workload Migrations/Application server Migrations.

• Awarded with Badge Problem Solver for Architecting AVS and HCX Migrations in 2024
• Received Shooting Star Award for the year 2023 on AVS Technical deliverable’s
• Acquired appreciation and Certification of Excellence from Infosys for my contribution and hard work for 2000+ Workload migrations (2021)
• Had A great reward/achievement on performing Technical Architect role (Planning/Designing/Implementation) for VMware workloads migration and DC consolidation using DT and Azure Migrate
• Acquired appreciation and Award of Excellence from Infosys for my contribution and hard work during Petya attack Recovery (2017-18)
• Acquired Star performer award from Hewlett Packard (Supporting for collaboration technologies VMware, Windows, Backup) for the year 2013-14

Key Skills:

· AVS Deployment and Planning.

· Preparation of Azure Landing zone deployment for AVS.

· Azure VMware Solution Design and Implementation

· Consolidating Datacenter’s for Migration.

· HCX Migrations (Bulk/RAV/VMotion)

· Workload Migrations through tools (Azure Migrate/Carbonite/HCX)

· Creating wave plan for Apps/DB and Infra servers

· Design and Implement Workload migrations across different datacenters.

· Application and Database discussions with respective server owners to analyze and prepare for Application workload migrations.

· Good exposure at direct client interaction for migration discussions.

· Azure Migrate Discovery and Assessment. Experience in customer-facing Cloud migration, service discovery, assessment, planning, execution

SDDC deployment (Azure VMware Solution- AVS):

· AVS Proposal based on rvtools inventory data.

· Performing AVS Assessment through Azure migrate appliance.

· External Storage Solutions for AVS

· AVS Landing zone Preparation.

· Azure VMware Solution Deployment.

· ExpressRoute Global reach configuration from On-Prem to AVS.

· Inbound/Outbound Internet establishment using AVS internet connectivity Methods.

· NSX-T Segments deployment and NAT Rules implementation.

· Application Load balancer implementation using NSX-T for AVS workloads.

· HCX Cloud Manager deployment

· HCX Connector deployment and Configuration.

· Site Pairing, Compute/Network profile deployment.

· Service Mesh configuration.

· L2 Network Extension from On-Prem to AVS using HCX.

· Leverage the Azure services for workloads Security solutions, Backup and Monitoring solutions.

HCX:

· Performing POC successfully by configuring HCX.

· Explaining VMware HCX Licensing features based on customer infrastructure.

· HCX Solution design and Implementation.

· HCX Cloud Manager deployment

· HCX Connector Deployment and configuration

· HCX Network profiles and Compute profile creations

· Service Mesh Deployment

· Configuring HCX Site Pairing

· HCX Layer2 Extension for retain IP strategy

· HCX-IX, HCX-NE deployment and validations.

· Validation of HCX appliances health through CCLI.

· Performed Replication and Migration using Bulk and HCX RAV Methods.

· Creating Runbooks for Migrations and tracking the progress allover project level.

Microsoft Azure:

· Planning the Migration project based on requirement.

· Azure Migtrate Appliance deployment and configuration.

· Performing Azure Migrate Discovery and Assessment through appliance.

· Generate Assessment Report and share the analysis with customer.

· Create Assessment groups and generate dependency mapping report through Azure Migrate Appliance.

· Preparing 6R strategy for Migration and create waveplan.

Roles & Rersponsibilities:

• Azure VMware Solution landing zone deployment through Accelerator.
• Deploying the solutions using IaaC using bicep, github repos.
• Hands-on skills on configuring & troubleshooting AVS / Azure cloud technologies
• Design and Implement migration considerations of AVS/Azure Network stack includes vWAN, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway etc.,
• Architecting the Governance and Compliance for new Projects.
• Azure NetApp Files integration with AVS as external storage solution.
• Conducted thorough assessments of on-premises infrastructure, workloads, and applications for AVS migration readiness.
• Analysed dependencies, performance bottlenecks, and security requirements to develop tailored migration plans.
• Defined comprehensive migration strategies aligned with business objectives, focusing on cost optimization, scalability, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to establish migration priorities, timelines, and success criteria.
• Architected scalable and resilient solutions on AVS, leveraging native services and best practices.
• Designed migration approaches, including lift-and-shift, re-platforming, re-factoring, and hybrid cloud models.
• Consulted with internal stakeholders to propose architectural solutions for on-premise to cloud migration and cloud spend optimization.
• Demonstrated strong understanding of network, security, and cloud design principles, including multi-zone/cluster setup, resiliency, and disaster recovery design.
• Participated in technical discussions and reviews of technical solutions, leveraging experience in IT infrastructure, network, storage, and multicloud environments.
• Implemented Azure Landing Zone, including networking, hybrid integration, cloud governance, CI/CD, automation, and cloud security.
• Designed and architected Azure-based solutions, ensuring alignment with industry best practices, compliance, and security requirements.
• Developed cloud migration strategies and roadmaps for transitioning on-premises applications to Azure.
• Collaborated with development and operations teams to implement CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes.

• Run VMware workloads on AVS(Azure VMware Solution
• VMware Certified Professional Datacenter Virtualization 2022 (VCP-DCV2022)
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional Datacenter Virtualization Design 2022 (VCAP-DCV2022)
• HCX with vRealize Network Insight(vRNI): Building Application Migration Waves
• Certified Carbonite Availability & Migration Advanced Technical
• Certified Carbonite Availability & Migration Support Engineer
• Certified Carbonite Migrate Expert v8.4
• AWS certified technical Accredited Partner
• Azure Certified - Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

• VMWare Data Center Virtualization
• VMWare HCX on AVS(Azure VMware Solution)
• AVS Deployment and Configuration
• HCX Deployment and Configurations
• Microsoft Azure
• Carbonite Availability and Migrate
• VMware Cloud on AWS