Nithyanandan S
Bangalore
Summary
Seasoned IT Architect with a proven track record at Merck KGaA, specializing in Windows, Citrix, and VMWare management. Expert in cloud services and infrastructure, with a flair for leading and mentoring teams towards operational excellence. Skilled in remote management and group policy administration, I excel in strategic planning and disaster recovery, ensuring robust system reliability and continuity.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Architect
Merck KGaA
09.2018 - Current
- Windows, Citrix, & VMWare Management
- Insourcing all the platforms Windows, VMware and Citrix Server Infrastructure from external to inhouse support
- Manage and maintain all the device, to make sure they run perfectly find and available all the time
- Have hands on responsibility in managing Cloud Services, Infrastructure Team, and qualified owner (GxP)
- My responsibilities include hiring, managing the engineering team which in turn comes to run projects, operations, and patching
- Participated in Major infrastructure design decision/Solutioning calls for Windows and Citrix cloud from compute team for organization level initiative of move to cloud
- Supervise and train a team of twelve employees, fostering a positive and productive work environment
- Assist in managing daily operations, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures
- Responsible for building team from hiring to training and smooth onboarding
- Mentoring team members and helped in bridging knowledge gaps in team
- As a qualified Owner for GxP systems Played a key role in planning and documenting the execution steps for a Datacenter move/migration project
- Create the disaster recovery (DR) strategy and plans on how the devices needs to place for business continuity
- Participated as part of architect team to evaluate and implement Stack Storm as server orchestration tool
- Worked on creating the strategy for automation of user management process and offer SNOW as service
- Attended regular solutioning calls from Windows/Citrix/Cloud side
- Created design documents and technical documents for team
- Involved in harmonizing the environment after new acquisition by the organization
- Took over the project transition from different company for insourcing of IT services
- Conducted trainings and session to handover projects to operations teams
Technical Services Specialist
IBM India
06.2015 - 09.2018
- Citrix, Wintel & VMWare Administrator
Senior Systems Engineer
Siemens India Health Care
02.2013 - 06.2015
- Company Overview: Now under Cerner
- Wintel, Citrix & VMWare Administrator
- Now under Cerner
System Operations Lead Specialist
IBM India
05.2010 - 02.2013
- Windows, Citrix, & VMWare Administrator
Associate Systems Engineer
Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd.
08.2008 - 05.2010
- Windows Administrator
Education
B.E - Information Science and Technology
VTU
Skills
- Infrastructure Architect Solution Expert In designing and Installing/Configuring Citrix 65, 715, 1912, 2203 and 2402 Troubleshooting citrix Farm level related issues, keeping Citrix farms stable by taking several pro-active measures
- Installing and configuration of Netscaler SDX, MPX and VPX Devices
- Remote Management (Through Remote Desktop) of Windows 2000, Windows servers 2003,2008,2012,2019 and 2022
Certification
- MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS EXPERT MCSE
- VMware Certified Professional VCP
- Certified Citrix Administrator (CCA)
- Netscaler Certified
- MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (MCP) on 70-341(Exchange Server 2013)
- ITIL Foundation certificate in IT service management – 2017
Timeline
IT Architect
Merck KGaA
09.2018 - Current
Technical Services Specialist
IBM India
06.2015 - 09.2018
Senior Systems Engineer
Siemens India Health Care
02.2013 - 06.2015
System Operations Lead Specialist
IBM India
05.2010 - 02.2013
Associate Systems Engineer
Intelligroup Asia Pvt Ltd.
08.2008 - 05.2010
B.E - Information Science and Technology
VTU
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