Dynamic Site Reliability Engineer with extensive experience at Kyndryl Solutions, excelling in VMware vSphere and Azure cloud solutions. Proven track record in leading teams through complex technical challenges, driving successful project deliveries, and implementing automation with Ansible. Adept at fostering collaboration and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Kyndryl Solutions Pvt Ltd / IBM India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
11.2015 - Current
Currently working as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE and Technical Lead), as part of the job role leading the team in technical issues and Manoj Incidents, analysing user requirements, designing and implementing solutions and delivery of projects.
Working on Problem Records for blameless root cause analysis.
Implementation of virtualization solutions in VMware/ Azure / GCP.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and support managed services based on client requirements.
Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations
Upgrade Firmware, ESX and vCenter.
Managing VMWare ESX servers and vCenter
ESXi host patching and firmware upgrades of hosts.
Involved in projects, migration of vRealize automation from 7.x to 8.x and NSX-T.
Handling MS Cluster Related issues and Windows server Patch Management.
IT Incident, Issues, Changes and Service improvement management as per ITIL Standards.
Principal Systems Engineer
Tesco HSC
Bangalore
02.2014 - 11.2015
Worked on Windows 2003 and 2008 Server Builds Physical and Virtual Servers, Pre-and Post-Build activities
Configured RAID volumes on Dell and HP Servers
Configuration and Troubleshooting File & Prints, DHCP Scopes Migrations
Worked on NIC, RAID, HBA, ILO, Hard Disk Drive and different other hardware driver and firmware upgrades
Configure and troubleshooting of MS Clusters
ESXi Host upgradation
System Operations Lead Specialist
IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
02.2011 - 02.2014
As part of the Hardware refresh project 200+ servers are refreshed from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008, which involves below
Build Physical and Virtual Servers with OS Windows 2008 R2
Configured RAID volumes on Dell, IBM and HP Servers
Configuration and Troubleshooting File & Prints, DHCP Scopes Migrations
Additional Domain Controllers promotions and user profile migration, Modifying the GPO's and Logon scripts
Worked on NIC, RAID, HBA, RSA/ILO, Hard Disk Drive and different other hardware driver and firmware upgrades
Worked on Hard disk drive expansions of both Direct and SVC attached storage using IBM Server RAID Manager, HP Array Configuration Utility
Network and Systems Engineer
PointCross .Com Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
04.2005 - 02.2011
Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server Administration
Handling installations, configurations, and troubleshooting of workstations, servers, stand-alone servers in multi-domain environments
Installation, and configuration of DNS, DHCP, WWW, FTP, SMTP and IIS servers.
Managing Group Policies, Configuring Websites, email clients
Installation and configuration of automated backup systems.
Performing Operating system, and antivirus updates.
Monitoring of all Event Logs, subsystems and metrics gathering / analysis
Work with Developers, IT, and other operations teams
Education
B.Sc IT -
University of Mysore
Mysore, Karnataka, India
01.2024
Diploma - Civil Engineering
V.K.R & V.N.B Polytechnic
Gudivada, A.P, India
01.1997
Skills
VMware vSphere DCV
Windows server management
VMware Aria automation
Active Directory
VMware NSX
PowerShell scripting
vROPS operations management
Azure cloud solutions
vRLI log analysis
GCP cloud services
vRNI network insights
AWS cloud platforms
VMware HCX integration
Ansible automation tools
VMware converter utility
WSUS updates management
Dell, HP, Lenovo hardware
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate - AZ-104
Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies - AZ-305
Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate – AZ-700
VMWare Certified Professional (DCV-VCP) 5.0 & 7.0
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer
Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Architect Professional
Languages
English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Synopsis
Competent IT professional offering around 18+ years of system administration experience with proficiency in designing, implementing, and administering large and small networks across multiple platforms Windows 2008 to Windows 2019 Server, VMware vSphere 5.X to 8.X and Azure, AWS and GCP cloud.
Windows, VMWare, Azure and GCP Cloud Administrator for a Global Client providing support to users who are located in different regions of APAC, EMEA &NA.
Creating and Managing Virtual Machines in VMware, Azure and GCP, setting up communication with the help of Endpoints and VM Migrations.
Setup Azure Virtual Networks such as Azure vNets, NSGs, Site to Site , Point to Site connectivity and VNet to Vnet peering
Hands on experience in creating VMs, Blob Storage, File Storage in Azure cloud
Have knowledge on Azure Template, Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup
Configure diagnostics, monitoring and analytics
Designing, configuring, and maintaining Active Directory Services on Windows Domain Controllers.
Implementing Group Policies and System Policies.
Hands on experience in assisting infrastructure architects in resolving technical challenges
Ability to lead highly technical discussions and able to reach technical decisions quickly collaborating with key stakeholders
Implemented the concepts of Distributed File system.
Worked on different versions of VMware vSphere starting from version 5.X to 8.X.
Installing and configuring vCenter server, ESXi hosts, configuring standard and distributed switches, port groups, VLAN IDs and upgrading latest patches.
VM creation, VM Installation, VM Cloning, vMotion and Storage vMotion, vHardware Add and vHardware Upgrade.
Managing datastores, Clusters, HA, HA policy, DRS and Affinity rules.
Worked on VMware vSphere upgrade projects include ESXi host upgrade, vCenter upgrade, VMFS volume upgrade, vDS upgrade and VM version upgrade.
Monitor and manage vReliaze operations manager and vRealize Automation appliance.
Monitor and manager NSX Manager appliance and Controller Cluster.
ITIL Management experience in service changes, incidents, issues, and services improvement management
Currently associated with Kyndryl Solutions PVT LTD., BANGALORE, as Site Reliability Engineer
Automation Lead at Kyndryl Solutions Pvt. Ltd, IBM India Pvt. Ltd, Client: Airtel IndiaAutomation Lead at Kyndryl Solutions Pvt. Ltd, IBM India Pvt. Ltd, Client: Airtel India
Lead II – Infrastructure Specialist at Kyndryl Solutions Pvt Limited (IBM India Pvt Ltd)Lead II – Infrastructure Specialist at Kyndryl Solutions Pvt Limited (IBM India Pvt Ltd)