Nandagopalan V
System Enginner
Thrissur
Summary
Proactive Systems Engineer transitioning to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) with expertise in Python automation, AWS cloud architecture, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and enterprise infrastructure. Proven track record in automating storage operations and AWS resources, reducing manual effort by 40%+, while maintaining 99.9% uptime in high-availability environments.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Systems Engineer
Sify Technologies Limited
07.2023 - 09.2025
- Storage & NAS/SAN Management (L1/L2): Performed BAU operations including share/quota/access creation, volume/LUN management (FCP/CIFS/NFS), isgroup/volume resize/move/clone, snapshot/SnapMirror/SnapVault/SnapCenter config, NFS exports/CIFS shares, and DR replication across NetApp FAS/AFF/ASA/E-Series (ONTAP 9.3–9.12.P3, OCUM/AIQUM), Dell EMC (PowerMax/Unisphere, Unity/PowerStore/PowerVault), Hitachi (E/G-Series/HUSVM, Ops Center/Hi-Track), HPE (3PAR/MSA/Primera/SSMC), IBM (A9000R/V7K/V5K/Nimble), and Cloudian object storage; managed Brocade/Cisco switches (zoning/ISL trunking/upgrades/port mgmt).
- Monitoring, Health Checks & Incident Response: Conducted daily health/performance checks on arrays/switches/SAN devices via ServiceNow, PowerBI/Grafana, generated weekly/monthly capacity reports, handled 24x7 on-call P1/P2 incidents/problem mgmt with vendor coordination (hardware/software failures, disk/HBA/path/zones), automated tickets, and maintained documentation/config reports.
- Advanced Operations & Migrations: Executed volume/host migrations (host-based/storage-based, pool-to-pool), LUN expansion/masking/SG/IG/PG creation, ONTAP upgrades, Rcopy, host group mgmt, and troubleshooting (zoning/path/disk failures, HBA replacement) using tools like Hitachi Ops Center Admin, HPE SSMC, Dell Unisphere, and NetApp CLI.
- Key achivements: Designed and implemented a Python-based module to analyze NetApp/Dell EMC storage health metrics, reducing log review time from 3 hours to 15 minutes per incident.
Education
B.E. - Computer Science and Engineering
Sri Sairam Institute of Technology
Chennai01.2023
12th Grade - Computer Science
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Perambalur01.2019
Skills
Automation & Scripting: Python (Boto3 SDK), PowerShell, Shell Scripting, Git, ServiceNow
Cloud & Virtualization: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, CloudFormation), Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger
Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Systems Engineer
Sify Technologies Limited
07.2023 - 09.2025
12th Grade - Computer Science
Kendriya Vidyalaya
B.E. - Computer Science and Engineering
Sri Sairam Institute of Technology