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Amarnath Perla

Amarnath Perla

VDI Administrator with 4+ years of IT Experience

Summary

VMware/Omnissa Horizon VDI Engineer with over 4 years of experience in designing and managing virtual desktop infrastructures. Expertise in Horizon 8, including instant clones and app volumes, with a focus on performance optimization. Proven skills in incident management and collaboration to ensure reliable VDI services. Knowledgeable in Azure Virtual Desktop, including host pools and FSLogix management.

Overview

3
3
Languages
15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

VMware/Omnissa Horizon VDI Administrator

HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
Chennai
04.2022 - Current
  • Administered VMware/Omnissa Horizon 8 VDI environment supporting over 10,000 virtual desktops.
  • Provided L2 support for VMware Horizon environment, resolving issues for enterprise users efficiently.
  • Managed Horizon Connection Servers, Unified Access Gateways (UAG)
  • Maintained Stateful and Stateless desktop pools.
  • Managed user profiles and policies using Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM).
  • Supported remote access technologies including Blast, PCoIP and RDP.
  • Assisted in deployment, configuration and maintenance of virtual desktops.
  • Installed and upgraded VMware Horizon Agents and Clients.
  • Managed user entitlements using Active Directory security groups.
  • Troubleshot login issues, black screens, OneDrive, Outlook, and performance issues to ensure seamless user experience.
  • Monitored VDI infrastructure using VMware vCenter, Horizon Console and vRops.
  • Performed ESXi host maintenance and VM migrations using vMotion.
  • Worked with storage teams to resolve datastore performance issues.
  • Facilitated software deployment to VDI using SCCM package portal and manual installations, ensuring timely updates.
  • Applied Windows patches and code releases of master image to clones via Re-compose on both UAT and PROD
  • Participated in P2 calls with users and respective teams.
  • Handled L2 production incidents while meeting SLA targets.
  • Creating both Standard and Normal changes and getting approvals from CAB.
  • Created and managed virtual machines in VMware vSphere.
  • Worked on incident and change management using ServiceNow.
  • Conducted audits for incident and change management processes.
  • Participated in migration from Horizon 7 to Horizon 8.
  • Migrated users to new VDI environment.
  • Environment: VMware/Omnissa Horizon 8, ESXi 7.0, vCenter, UAG, App Volumes, DEM, Windows Server 2019, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, ServiceNow

Senior Engineer

Avineon
Hyderabad
09.2011 - 06.2016

Executed piping engineering for oil and gas projects utilizing software such as AutoCAD, PDMS, and Pelicon Forge.

Education

B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering

St.Anns College of Engg & Tech
Chirala
04-2010

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

ESC Govt.Polytechnic College
Nandyal
04-2007

SSC - Class X

Sai Ram Residential School
Narasaraopet
04-2004

Skills

  • VMware/Omnissa Horizon 7 and 8 administration
  • Dynamic environment management
  • Virtual desktop provisioning
  • Instant and Full clones
  • VMware vSphere and ESXi
  • VMware vCenter Server
  • VMware datastores management
  • vMotion and HA
  • Microsoft technologies expertise
  • Active Directory management
  • DNS and DHCP
  • Group Policy (GPO) administration
  • Windows Server 2016/2019/2022
  • Windows 10/11 support
  • VMware vRealize Operations (vROps)
  • Event Viewer analysis
  • ServiceNow utilization
  • Azure Virtual Desktop concepts
  • Host pool management
  • Session host configuration
  • FSLogix profile management
  • Azure AD/Entra ID integration

Accomplishments

  • Managed over 9,000+ VDI desktops in production.
  • Reduced incident resolution time by 30% through proactive monitoring.
  • Maintained 99.9% infrastructure availability while meeting SLA targets.

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Telugu
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1

DECLARATION:

I hereby declare that the information provided above is accurate and true to the best of my knowledge. 

Yours faithfully 

PERLA AMARNATH

Timeline

VMware/Omnissa Horizon VDI Administrator

HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
04.2022 - Current

Senior Engineer

Avineon
09.2011 - 06.2016

B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering

St.Anns College of Engg & Tech

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

ESC Govt.Polytechnic College

SSC - Class X

Sai Ram Residential School
Amarnath PerlaVDI Administrator with 4+ years of IT Experience