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Affiliations
Certification
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Pandurang Chavan

Pandurang Chavan

pune

Summary

With a proven track record at LTIMindtree, I excel in cloud and infrastructure services, demonstrating advanced communication and expert problem-solving skills. My achievements include significant enhancements in Windows server administration and VMWare technology, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. I am known for my ability to lead and improve team technical capabilities, directly contributing to project successes.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Specialist- Cloud and Infra Services

LTIMindtree
06.2023 - 11.2024
  • Worked on a US-based project to offer daily administration, provisioning, and troubleshooting help for Windows servers running Windows 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2019 operating systems
  • Performing activities on Windows Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO, VMware, MS Azure Cloud, Hyper V, MS Cluster, Antivirus software
  • Working on VMware technology like VMotion/Migration, SVMotion, upgrade VM server components (adding & increasing-decreasing Memory, CPU, Disk, Disk Space, NICs etc) VM Snapshot management, troubleshoot any issues, errors occurred with VMs on VCenter & ESX servers, upgrade VMware tools
  • Performing drive expansion, deletion, Datastore addition on Virtual servers in VMware infrastructure
  • Working on Hyper V host & client servers, troubleshooting issues as occurs
  • Performing Windows Domain Controller & DHCP role migrations
  • Managing & Applying Windows Group Policies & fix issues as occurred
  • Monitoring & maintaining the CPU, Memory & Disk utilization using inbuilt utility
  • Analysing Server performance, Application crash, Service failure issues
  • Analysing BSOD dumps, process dumps, OS & hardware errors on Windows servers
  • Remote Management of Servers via RDP, UCS, ILO, iDRAC, VMware Web, Remote console
  • Providing support on issues with third party applications running on Windows Servers
  • Providing support, guidance to L1-L2 Techs within Team to analyse Windows issues & to solve their technical & process related queries

Platform Service Windows Engineer

Affluent
10.2022 - 05.2023
  • Providing KT sessions to new Team members
  • Providing support during scheduled MS patching activities with Batch Patch Management for Windows Servers
  • Attending client calls to investigate issues & to resolve queries as arrives
  • Create MS Support case & work with MSFT to investigate the issues related with Windows Server OS
  • Creation of KB’s Articles, Process documents, KT videos for team members

Platform Service Windows Engineer

WEIR Minerals
09.2019 - 07.2022
  • Worked as wintel administrative support VMWare ESXi, Windows Server
  • P2V, & V2V migration, Data Centre Relocation
  • Plan and implementation of Physical server maintenance and up gradation
  • Windows OS up gradation like DHCP, domain controllers, application and license servers

Wintel VM ware Administrator

Impact InfoTech
03.2018 - 08.2019
  • Providing support for Windows and VMware and work on the problems and changes management
  • Working experience on Windows Server Administration Configuration & Maintenance of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP
  • Worked with project transition team, gather infrastructure devices information
  • Working experience on VMWare ESXi, Vmotion, snapshots, cloning, affinity rule
  • P2V and V2V migration using VMware converter tools
  • Implement and working on WSUS Windows server patching

Wintel Administrator

SA Technologies
02.2017 - 11.2017
  • Monitoring and handling incidents, tasks, and Changes in Service-Now ticketing tool and Resolving the Tickets, Tasks & Changes within the SLA Matrix
  • Export & Import OVF Template
  • Taking snapshot
  • Working knowledge of remote tools such as RDP, ILO IDRAC
  • Working in VMware ESXi 5.5 and on VCenter server
  • Server build and decommission of VM and Physical servers
  • Server hardware health check-up through monitoring tool like Nagios, Dell open manager

Windows Admin

Excel IT Services
11.2015 - 02.2017
  • Physical server installation, Rack mounting, blade servers
  • Install Active directory
  • DNS, DHCP roles and configuration
  • Create User accounts, Groups, OU and give access as per policy
  • Configured Group policy

Service Engineer

AVOSEC (India) Pvt. Ltd.
09.2012 - 11.2015
  • Worked as service engineer and support clients worked on server build process, Mount Server in Rack, Crimping, punching on patch panel for 4Userver rack
  • Install and configuration RAID on IBM system X, HP ProLiant DL145 and dell Servers

Service desk Engineer (TIM-CSD)

Openview Technologies.
10.2008 - 09.2012
  • Provide technical support to ends users as service desk Engineer
  • Installation, Configuration, Troubleshooting of Windows OS, applications and software’s

Education

Graduation -

BA in Hindi
01.2011

Diploma in Hardware & Networking - MCSA, CCNA, RHCE

CMS institute Pune
01.2008

Diploma In E &TC -

MSBTE Bored Mumbai
01.2002

Skills

  • VMware vSphere administration
  • VMware esxi administration
  • System installation and configuration
  • System installations
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Documentation management
  • Team collaboration
  • Customer relations

Personal Information

Title: IT Professional: Windows & VMware, AD & Azure Cloud Administrator

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge & belief.

Certifications And Education

  • Diploma In E &TC, MSBTE Board Mumbai, 02/2002
  • Diploma in Hardware & Networking, CMS Institute Pune, MCSA, CCNA, RHCE, 01/2008
  • Graduation, BA, 05/2011
  • ITIL Foundation Certified
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
  • AWS Partner: Accreditation Technical
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Administration Skills

  • Managed Azure AD objects, including users, groups, licenses, and administrative units.
  • Managed Azure tenants, subscriptions, and resource groups with RBAC.
  • Deployed and managed Azure VMs, VMSS (Windows/Linux), Availability Sets, and Zones.
  • Configured networking, backups, and disaster recovery solutions for VMs.
  • Secured and monitored Azure VMs using built-in services and troubleshooting techniques.
  • Designed and implemented storage solutions using Azure Storage Accounts, Blobs, and File Sync.
  • Deployed and managed load balancers, application gateways, and private IP addressing for VNets.
  • Implemented advanced security with Azure Firewall, NSGs, and ASGs, ensuring private access to services.
  • Migrated VMs, apps, and databases from on-premises Hyper-V and VMware to Azure.
  • Monitored Azure resources using metrics, logs, and alerts via Azure Monitor and Application Insights.
  • Managing operations related to Microsoft Windows 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy management, Terminal Servers, system administration tasks, review logs, MS Cluster failover & troubleshooting.
  • Working on VMware tasks as V-Motion/Migration, SV-Motion, upgrade VM server components, VM Snapshot management, troubleshoot any issue on VM & ESX servers, upgrade VMware tools.
  • Proficient in implementation of VMware Infrastructure, VMware vSphere 6.5, 6.7 Virtual Center Management Server, VMware High Availability (HA), VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) and VMware Migrations on the enterprise environment.
  • Managing Dell and HP physical rack and blade servers using IDRAC, ILO.

Affiliations

  • Fitness and health well-being.
  • Yoga and meditation.

Certification

  • Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate.
  • AWS Partner: Accreditation Technical.
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals.
  • ITIL® Foundation Certified.

Languages

Marathi
First Language
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
English
Intermediate (B1)
B1

Timeline

Specialist- Cloud and Infra Services

LTIMindtree
06.2023 - 11.2024

Platform Service Windows Engineer

Affluent
10.2022 - 05.2023

Platform Service Windows Engineer

WEIR Minerals
09.2019 - 07.2022

Wintel VM ware Administrator

Impact InfoTech
03.2018 - 08.2019

Wintel Administrator

SA Technologies
02.2017 - 11.2017

Windows Admin

Excel IT Services
11.2015 - 02.2017

Service Engineer

AVOSEC (India) Pvt. Ltd.
09.2012 - 11.2015

Service desk Engineer (TIM-CSD)

Openview Technologies.
10.2008 - 09.2012

Graduation -

BA in Hindi

Diploma in Hardware & Networking - MCSA, CCNA, RHCE

CMS institute Pune

Diploma In E &TC -

MSBTE Bored Mumbai
Pandurang Chavan