Pranav Raturi (CISSP)
Ghaziabad
Summary
Practical Associate Consultant with expertise in managing priorities to meet deadlines and realize high-quality outcomes. Committed to establishing credibility and developing relationships with associates and managers. Strong conceptual thinking skills and new concepts acquisition
Overview
8
8
Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Consultant
HCLTech, India
04.2016 - Current
- Implemented VMware/Hyper-V infrastructure on multiple sites within timeline and as per customer satisfaction.
- Led cross-functional teams to streamline project delivery processes, enhancing client satisfaction and operational efficiency.
- Developed and implemented strategic solutions to address complex client challenges, driving impactful business transformations.
- Migrated on Prem servers to Azure Cloud using Azure site recovery
- Created NSG, Load balancers, Firewalls, User defined routes, Azure Bastion, Storage Accounts, servers, Azure policies, via Azure resource manager for deployment in production.
- Used Azure Blueprints to automate the resource provisioning in Azure subscriptions
- Used Azure templates to deploy multiple VMs in cloud -Implemented and designed Hyper converged Nutanix platform for some sites and migrated VMs from different standard platforms to Nutanix
- Tuned the performance of Nutanix clusters via deduplication, compression on storage as required for the business
- Implemented and designed the Cisco UCS Hyperflex infra via Cisco Hyperflex installer from scratch on multiple sites
- Updated and upgraded both the Nutanix and Cisco UCS clusters to the latest and most available version of firmwares for stability.
- Migrated the workloads from Hyper-V and VMware hypervisors to Nutanix AHV Hypervisor using Nutanix move within provided timeline and no impact.
- Provisioned baselines for security hardening of the servers and appliances in multiple projects
- Used Role Based Access Controls to provide access to subjects on Vcenter, Prism Central and Azure resources.
- Implemented Disaster Recovery between multiple sites identifying the RPO and RTO compliance using VMware SRM, Nutanix LEAP/Metro Availability clusters
- Regular audit of usage of resources and accesses in cloud and On prem environment.
- Currently handling multiple projects of migration related to retiring the end of life hardware and OS.
- Implemented and configured Splunk Forwarder SIEM tool in the environment
- Manage the security policies and templates through GPO.
- Manage Incident Response matrix and communications.
- Manage and update the risk register for multiple environments.
- Actively working with security team on identifying and addressing vulnerabilities using Crowdstrike and Rapid 7 sensors.
- Configured VMware clusters with EVC to handle the CPU generation changes and adapt to one family of processors for HA
- Upgraded the firmware of Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco FI, VMware ESXi and Cisco UCS servers in one go via Cisco Hyperflex data platform and Cisco Intersight for seamless operations
- Upgraded Nutanix nodes, AOS and server firmware via Nutanix Lifecycle manager for improved
Professional 1: System Administrator
Computer Science Corporation, India
08.2015 - 04.2016
- Implemented and designed the VMware infrastructure and then migrated VM workloads from Hyper-V as per customer satisfaction, enhancing system efficiency.
- Implemented and managed Active Directory services and resolved issues related to user account lockout, VPN inaccessibility, and domain unavailability
- Worked on projects to upgrade the end of life OS (Windows Server 2003) to newer OS, improving system security and performance.
- Managed the VMware operations like upgrades and updates on Vmware ESXi 5.0 and 5.5
- Handled the patching of all Windows Servers via IBM Endpoint Manager
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services, India
06.2014 - 08.2015
- Migrated physical servers to VMware Infrastructure as per business requirements, optimizing resource utilization.
- Handled the patching and upgrade of VMware ESXi hosts via VMware Vsphere update Manager, ensuring system security and performance.
- Handled the deployment of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager in the environment, improving IT operations management.
- Used PStools and VBscripts to automate the day to day tasks and activities
- Managed backup compliance reports for the environment.
- Participated in audit calls for the environment.
Specialist
HCLTech, India
12.2010 - 06.2014
- Migrated the physical servers to Hyper-V as standalone and clusters to retire the old hardware, improving system performance and reliability.
- Created Hyper-V and SQL clusters from scratch to achieve high availability for critical workloads, ensuring business continuity.
- Managed Symantec Backup Exec to run backup schedules and restores for servers, ensuring data protection and recovery.
- Managed and provisioned Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012
- Managed and implemented System Center Virtual Machine manager for managing the Hyper-V virtual infrastructure from one pane.
- Created scheduled for patching and reboot of VMs based on the response from business.
- Performed parallel migrations and in place upgrade of servers based on business requirements
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Roorkee Institute of Technology
Roorkee, India05.2010
Skills
- Cloud: Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and AWS
- Virtualization: Broadcom VCF, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV
- Server Administration: Microsoft Windows/RHEL
- Hyperconverged Computing: Cisco Hyperflex, Nutanix AOS, VMware VSAN
- Project Management: Server migration, Platform upgrade, Lifecycle Management
- Security: CIS benchmark, Cloud security, Virtualization security, Identity and Access Management, CISSP certified
- Networking: Understanding of switch topologies, VLAN, MPLS and SDWAN
- Problem Solving: Handled critical issues in the environment and resolved the issues
Certification
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Jul'26
- Microsoft Azure Administrator, Microsoft
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, Microsoft
- ITIL V3 Foundation
- Microsoft Certified Professional (Windows Server 2008), Microsoft
- Google Associate Cloud Engineer, Google Inc Sep 2023
- Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Google Inc Nov 2023
- Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute Sep 2024
Timeline
Associate Consultant
HCLTech, India
04.2016 - Current
Professional 1: System Administrator
Computer Science Corporation, India
08.2015 - 04.2016
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services, India
06.2014 - 08.2015
Specialist
HCLTech, India
12.2010 - 06.2014
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Roorkee Institute of Technology