Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Key Result Areas
Technical Profile Summary
Major Assignments
Passport Expiry
Disclaimer
Personal Information
Timeline
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Sabeesh Chandran

Thrissur

Summary

Experienced in end-to-end implementation, administration, and support for VMware SDDC products including vSphere 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x, NSX 6.x, vSAN 6.x, Vrealize suite & VCF, as well as disaster recovery products such as SRM 8.x, vSphere Replication 8.x, and Veeam Backup infrastructure. Proficient in market-leading converged infrastructure product (DELL EMC VBlock, VxBlock) and hyper-converged infrastructure products (VxRail, VxRack SDDC) along with Dell Powerflex for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Skilled in managing technical escalation, RCM/SSM upgrade consultation, and product health check assessments for premium customers. Proven track record of mentoring new joiners and delivering technical knowledge transferring sessions.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solution Architect

Dell EMC
08.2021 - Current

Lead Consultant

Wipro Technologies
12.2018 - 08.2021

VBLOCK Administrator

Dell EMC
07.2015 - 12.2018

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
01.2012 - 07.2015

Support Engineer (L3)

HCL Info Systems Ltd
12.2006 - 12.2011

Hardware Support

Active Computers
03.2004 - 11.2006

Education

3 Year Diploma - Computer Engineering

Govt Polytechnic Kunnamkulam
01.2002

Skills

  • Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
  • VxBlock, Vxrail, VxRack & Powerflex
  • VMware NSX-T
  • VMWare VSAN
  • VMware cloud foundation (VCF 351)
  • VMware SRM 81 with VSphere Replication
  • Server workload migrations to SDDC/Cloud platforms

Certification

  • VMware Certified Implementation Expert 6 – Network Virtualization - VCIX -NV
  • VMWARE Certified ADVANCED Professional 6 (Network Virtualization)- VCAP-NV6
  • VMWARE Certified ADVANCED Professional 6 (Data Center Virtualization Deployment)-VCAP-DCV6
  • VMWARE Certified Professional: vSphere: VCP 510, VCP 550 & VCP6 DCV.
  • VMware Certified professional: VCP NSX
  • VCE Certified Converged Infrastructure Associate

Key Result Areas

  • TECHNICAL VMware SDDC Products, Cloud platforms, HCI&CI Products Implementation, administration and troubleshooting of VMware SDDC products, Disaster recovery solutions and Backup infrastructure, Managing and administering public cloud tenants
  • Implement and Provide core technical Consultation for various VMware SDDC infrastructures Dell EMC CI&HCI products.
  • Provide support and manage technical escalations, create build related documents for the end customers.
  • Live troubleshooting on customer environment over the WebEx sessions and log-based investigations.
  • Assess and manage the security vulnerabilities, Provide RCA based on customer requests, acting as an escalation point for immediate resolution.
  • Conduct technical & process trainings for new joiners, work as a technical Mentor for the team.

Technical Profile Summary

Technical and solution architecture leadership in the fields of IT infrastructure and security to promote and allow company agility and growth. Leveraged experience in IT security, ZeroTrust, Kubernetes, OpenStack, public cloud, IaC, and DevSecOps technologies for developing an effective and efficient application development methodology in a live environment. Outstanding performance in implementing extensive FOSS adoption initiatives that emphasize technological change and communicating with leadership groups to assess technological obstacles. Extensive knowledge of IT infrastructure architecture design, deployment, setup, administration, and technical support utilizing Kubernetes, IaC, DevOps, and VMware vSphere. Worked on several projects, including the design, implementation, and migration of cloud infrastructure and virtualization.

Major Assignments


  • Build, configure, administer & troubleshoot VMware based software designed datacenters, supporting complex multi-vendor and geographically separated environments; maintaining connectivity and availability of Virtualization infrastructure for the users around the globe. Key Result Areas
  • Plan and migrate critical on-premise server workload to cloud platforms with minimal or no service interruption.
  • Design, Configure and troubleshoot embedded and dedicated Vcenter/PSC environments, fully fledged vSphere clusters with vSphere HA, DRS, vMotion/SvMotion/SDRS and FT. Configuring and managing RDMs, Creating and troubleshooting FC-SAN/iSCSI/NFS Data stores.
  • Install, configure and test SRM with vSphere Replication for the customers to protect from the site level disasters.
  • Hands on experience in configuring and troubleshooting NSX environments with VXLAN, load balancer, NSX firewall etc. 
  • Design and implement VMware VSAN environment and VSAN stretched clusters. Performance troubleshooting

Passport Expiry

01/15/27

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that all the information provided is true to the best of my knowledge.

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: P6427705
  • Father's Name: E.V. Chandran
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

Solution Architect

Dell EMC
08.2021 - Current

Lead Consultant

Wipro Technologies
12.2018 - 08.2021

VBLOCK Administrator

Dell EMC
07.2015 - 12.2018

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
01.2012 - 07.2015

Support Engineer (L3)

HCL Info Systems Ltd
12.2006 - 12.2011

Hardware Support

Active Computers
03.2004 - 11.2006

3 Year Diploma - Computer Engineering

Govt Polytechnic Kunnamkulam
Sabeesh Chandran