Prashant Pandey
FARIDABAD
Summary
Experienced Virtual Cloud Network Consultant with 13 years in architecting and optimizing SDDC solutions. Expertise in designing scalable and secure infrastructures, currently serving as VMware Cloud Foundation Architect. Focused on delivering comprehensive solutions, including design, deployment, upgrades, migrations, and health checks.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Consultant
HCL Tech
Noida
06.2025 - Current
- Responsible for end-to-end SDDC solution implementations for enterprise customers as Broadcom partner, ensuring seamless integration and customer satisfaction.
- Modernized data centers by decommissioning outdated facilities, optimizing resource allocation and enhancing operational capabilities.
- Facilitated workload migrations through HCX, streamlining processes and improving overall operational performance.
Client Services Consultant
VMware by Broadcom
07.2022 - Current
- Architect, develop and deploy customer solutions based on current hands-on knowledge of the VMware product line, majorly focused on VMware NSX and VCF.
- Led VMCD to VCF migrations for multiple customers, adapting to product line changes and facilitating workload migrations via HCX.
- NSX-T Multisite / Federation design & deployment – Worked on Federation design & deployment for 2 physical locations, requirement was to leverage stretched networking and single management plane via GM, deployed Tier-0 in Active-Active state along with All Primary routing options for physical sites.
- NSX-T Security only deployment to achieve Micro Segmentation - Worked on design & deployment to achieve zero trust in a brownfield environment with help of VMware Aria Network Operations, previously known as vRealize Network Insight.
- VCF Upgrades - Completed multiple upgrade projects for VCF and standalone NSX.
- Working in professional services team leading end to end SDDC solution implementations for enterprise customers.
- Established project timelines and managed delivery to ensure alignment with schedules and Scope of Work.
- Work with VCF and NSX API Calls for the operations which have limitations with UI.
- Beta testing for VCF 9.0 – Working on beta version of latest VCF 9.0 as part of pilot project, to check on additional functionalities and use cases.
- VRF-Lite Deployment – Worked on VRF lite configuration deployment for one of the customers, use case was to achieve logical separation among different tenants but overall throughput requirement was lesser than an edge node.
- NSX Migrations– Worked on different migration approaches of NSX like in-place & lift & Shifts.
Tech Lead
Tech Mahindra
02.2021 - 07.2022
- Developed strategy and migration plan from NSX-v to NSX-T across different data centers to enhance infrastructure capabilities.
- Acted as NSX expert, managing multiple NSX environments for DTAC to achieve optimal performance and reliability.
- Established proactive NSX monitoring for environment, enabling early detection of issues and improving incident response.
- Prepared NSX LLDs on MS-Visio and other discovery documents for all DCs to improve management and troubleshooting.
- DTAC is one of the biggest telecom customers for Tech Mahindra, based out of Thailand, having headquarters and multiple data centers in Bangkok, Thailand.
SME VMware NSX
IBM
10.2016 - 02.2021
Associate Consultant
Computer Sciences Corporations
02.2015 - 09.2016
IT Consultant
Ernst & Young
04.2013 - 02.2015
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
MDU
Rohtak12.2012
Skills
- VMware NSX
- VMware Cloud Foundation
- Micro Segmentation
- DFW
- IP Networking
- VMware HCX
- Aria Operations of Networks
- VSphere
- VSAN
- API Client - Postman
Certification
• VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 - Architect
• VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Admin
• VMware Certified Implementation Expert-Network Virtualization
• VMware NSX Data Center Security
• VExpert NSX
• VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 – Admin
• VMware Certified Implementation Expert-Network Virtualization
• VMware NSX Data Center Security
• VExpert NSX
Timeline
Senior Consultant
HCL Tech
06.2025 - Current
Client Services Consultant
VMware by Broadcom
07.2022 - Current
Tech Lead
Tech Mahindra
02.2021 - 07.2022
SME VMware NSX
IBM
10.2016 - 02.2021
Associate Consultant
Computer Sciences Corporations
02.2015 - 09.2016
IT Consultant
Ernst & Young
04.2013 - 02.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
MDU