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Praveenkumar R

Manager- Infrastructure & Cloud Support
Chennai
Praveenkumar R

Summary

18+ years with diverse experience in AWS, AZURE, VMware, DevOps, Continuous Monitoring, IVR platform, Operational Application-Production support & Lean Process Management. ITIL V3 foundation certified. Onsite experience working from client’s premises. Worked as an Onsite platform operations coordinator between Client & Off-shore team. Primarily engaged in gathering requirements for 24/7 support based on ITIL Methodologies, training offshore staff on various SOPs. Provide monthly performance metrics to the Senior Management as well as to clients. Act as a Liaison between Client Services Managers and Platform Operations team. In depth understanding of customer service operations, Business to Business support, self-motivated, with ability to work in an unstructured environment with little direction. A committed team player, with proven ability to exceed goals, share best practices and drive continuous process improvements. Has a high degree of commitment and can be relied upon to complete assigned task, Proactive and energetic to work in mission-critical and start up environment. Managing and operation of infrastructure in AWS and On-Premise clouds. Managed and monitored customer instances/servers for uptime and reliability Participated in product engineering meetings to ensure product features and patches comply with cloud deployment standards. Manage a global team of full-time employees, managed services, and vendor partnerships Handle escalated issues and work closely with the operations team to resolve issues. Validate problem descriptions and perform detailed problem diagnosis. Supporting Shift Leads in management / coordination of shift work where necessary Provide solution guidance to the team by inculcating leading practices in the recommended designs, patterns, leading practices, solution architecture, performance & design considerations. Manage all aspects of a highly technical team operating a large-scale Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service and Cloud as a Service. Reviewing and managing technical requirements and business functional requirements for establishing new cloud messaging platforms (Slack). Weekly and Monthly report on all projects tasks and hours report to internal and external stakeholders for accounting purposes DevOps tools management and automation – Gitlab CE, Jenkins, Dockers and Nexus. Continuous Monitoring tools Nagios, Datadog Talented Manager with expert team leadership, planning, and organizational skills built during successful career. Smoothly equip employees to independently handle daily functions and meet customer needs. Diligent trainer and mentor with exceptional management abilities and results-driven approach.

Overview

18
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
1
Certification

Work History

Karya Technologies Private Limited
Chennai

Infrastructure & Cloud Support Manager
6 2021 - Current

Job overview

  • Managed merger/integration project, collaborating with various teams such as End user technology, Server (Compute) platforms, Networking, Cloud, Datacenter and applications technologies
  • Interfaced with senior management, technical teams, and operations, running Technical Projects around unified communications
  • Facilitated project meetings, tracking and publishing action plans, and reporting on risks and issues
  • Hands-on experience reporting schedule statuses to multiple stakeholders, including C-suite
  • Managing cross-functional teams of up to 14 members
  • Skilled in project planning, execution, team leadership and project support
  • 24/7 support round-the-clock availability.

Spectromax Technologies Private Limited
Chennai

Infrastructure & Dev-Ops Manager
02.2017 - 06.2021

Job overview

  • Managed ERP and migration projects for clients
  • Collaborated closely with stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables, and success criteria, ensuring alignment with business goals
  • Developed comprehensive project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, and risk management strategies
  • Managed project budgets and conducted regular status meetings
  • Worked closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructures
  • Identified and resolved project issues, risks, and roadblocks
  • Fostered strong relationships with cloud service providers and vendors
  • Mentored and guided team members
  • Assisted in vulnerability management activities and conducted security assessments and audits.

Sensiple Software Solutions
Chennai

IT Operations Support
11.2009 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Managed IT operations projects and coordinated with clients (West corporation)
  • Handled scheduling, incident management, change order management, and event management
  • Managed projects and provided training to team members
  • Monitored production platforms and servers
  • Deployed applications and performed troubleshooting
  • Managed SharePoint and reviewed applications for support
  • Implemented continuous improvement processes.

HCL Technologies Ltd
Chennai

Senior Technical Support Officer
09.2006 - 11.2009

Job overview

  • Provided technical troubleshooting and support for various issues related to wireless configuration, broadband connectivity, email and email client configurations, Windows and browser support
  • Handled escalation calls and managed knowledge and content
  • Implemented process improvements to improve customer satisfaction
  • Exceeded set metrics targets and milestones
  • Troubleshot LAN, WAN, and security software issues
  • Worked as part of a specialist desk team to deliver excellent customer service on escalated issues
  • Provided technical troubleshooting and support for various issues related to wireless configuration, broadband connectivity, email and email client configurations, Windows and browser support
  • Handled escalation calls and managed knowledge and content
  • Implemented process improvements to improve customer satisfaction
  • Exceeded set metrics targets and milestones

Education

Valliammai Engineering College
Chennai, India

B.E Computer Science from Computer Science
06.2002 - 06.2006

Sir M Venkata Subba Rao - Matriculation School
Chennai

12th STD from Computer Science
06.2001 - 06.2002

Sir M Venkata Subba Rao - Matriculation School
Chennai

10 STD
06.1999 - 06.2000

Skills

Cybersecurity support

Accomplishments

  • Identified as Onsite coordinator to manage the projects associated with IT Operations project from USA (Omaha, Nebraska)
  • Based on the performance and effective client coordination, identified as an Off shore lead to manage the project associated with IT operations from Off-Shore (Chennai)
  • Implemented Continuous Improvement process and succeeded in deploying applications with 100% success rate.
  • Worked in ITIL & ITSM tool implementation for internal organization.
  • Provided effective ISP support to the customers & Rewarded with appreciation letters from clients consistently based on the performance.
  • Certified as consistent performer for achieving the targets across the production floor.
  • Identified as a process trainer to train the Client & off- shore members.
  • Received appreciations from clients consistently for handling various critical deployments and delivering that on time without errors.
  • Consistent appreciation from client (ASA solutions) for providing a quality & top-notch service in application support during the tenure.
  • Received long service award & certificate from sensiple software solutions for providing a reliable and quality support for 5+ Years with the organization.
  • Functioned as a delivery manager for Migrating Cross Platform Infrastructure from On-Premise to AWS Cloud with Secure Architecture.
  • Established Private Cloud using VMware Technologies and Migrated the current system from AWS to Private Cloud as per customer requirement.

Personal Qualifications

Bachelor of Computer Science engineering, 2006.

Visadetails - Visatype

B1 US VISA

Totalworkexperience

18+ years

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: S2161617
  • Date of Birth: 08/21/84

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Tamil
Advanced (C1)

Certification

ITIL V3 foundation

Timeline

Infrastructure & Dev-Ops Manager

Spectromax Technologies Private Limited
02.2017 - 06.2021

ITIL V3 foundation

08-2016

IT Operations Support

Sensiple Software Solutions
11.2009 - 01.2017

Senior Technical Support Officer

HCL Technologies Ltd
09.2006 - 11.2009

Valliammai Engineering College

B.E Computer Science from Computer Science
06.2002 - 06.2006

Sir M Venkata Subba Rao - Matriculation School

12th STD from Computer Science
06.2001 - 06.2002

Sir M Venkata Subba Rao - Matriculation School

10 STD
06.1999 - 06.2000

Infrastructure & Cloud Support Manager

Karya Technologies Private Limited
6 2021 - Current
Praveenkumar RManager- Infrastructure & Cloud Support