Sai Prasad CH
Bengaluru
Summary
Technical Lead with extensive experience at Tata Consultancy Services, specializing in VMware ESXi and vCenter management. Demonstrated success in optimizing hyper-converged infrastructure and improving data center operations. Strong analytical skills and effective team leadership drive successful deployments and ensure high availability in virtual environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical lead
Tata Consultancy Services
Amsterdam
07.2022 - Current
- Managed day-to-day operations of physical and virtual data center infrastructure.
- Organized server room infrastructure, including rack setup and installation of servers and storage systems.
- Deployed new VMware clusters in data center and branch office environments to enhance scalability.
- Oversaw Dell EMC VxRail hyper-converged infrastructure clusters to optimize virtualized workloads.
- Executed installation, configuration, and upgrades of VxRail appliances with VMware vCenter integration.
- Monitored VxRail systems using VxRail Manager to ensure uptime and performance optimization.
- Integrated VxRail with VMware technologies including vSphere, vSAN, and software-defined data center.
Technical specialist
Tata Consultancy Services
Bengaluru
01.2019 - 07.2022
- Work involves installing, configuring, and managing virtual infrastructure, Virtual center and ESX servers with latest vSphere 7.x and 8.x versions.
- Deploying and Managing ESXi Hosts in HP/Dell Hardware and VxRail Nodes
- Creating and managing virtual machines and installing VM Tools into VM’s.
- Creating templates from VM’s deploys VM’s from templates and allocates resources.
- Monitoring of Virtual Machine’s & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk and Network Utilization).
- Converting P2V and V2V using VMware Standalone Converter.
- Creating duplicate Virtual Machine’s using cloning technology (Hot & Cold).
- Migration of Virtual Machines using VMotion and Storage VMotion.
- Creating Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Dynamic Resource Scheduling(DRS).
- Creation of Virtual Switches, Ports and Port groups and setting up Security Policies for Virtual Networks.
- Installing and Managing ESXi Servers and vCenter Servers in Remote Offices.
- Moving VM’s from one data store to another data store using Storage VMotion.
- Performing Root Cause Analysis for all critical incidents.
- Review incidents and service requests randomly, analyze and provide inputs for improvement in quality.
- Monitoring and reporting daily, weekly, and monthly server status.
- Scheduling backups and restoring backups as on required.
- Installing, Troubleshooting and Backup process (using Microsoft DPM Backup).
- Assigning rights and privileges to users to access files and folders.
- Installing Windows Server roles and features based on application requirement.
- Performing HPE ProLiant Server firmware updates and BIOS updates.
- Performing Dell PowerEdge Server firmware updates through Lifecycle Management.
- Creating and maintaining detailed documentation of the data center’s layout, systems, and processes.
- Creating foundational PowerShell/vSphere CLI scripts for specific tasks.
ITO Svc Delivery Consultant
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
Bengaluru
09.2014 - 12.2018
- Create and manage VM templates for standardized deployments; provision new virtual machines from templates and allocate compute resources accordingly.
- Monitor the performance and health of Virtual Machines and ESXi hosts, focusing on CPU, memory, disk, and network utilization.
- Clone virtual machines using both hot (online) and cold (offline) cloning techniques to create duplicates or backups.
- Perform live migrations of virtual machines using vMotion, and relocate storage using Storage vMotion to minimize downtime and balance workloads.
- Configure and manage clusters for High Availability (HA) and Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS) to ensure workload optimization and service continuity.
- Create and configure virtual switches, port groups, and implement security policies to manage and secure virtual network traffic.
- Install and administer ESXi hosts and vCenter Servers across both local and remote office environments.
- Perform physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversions using VMware Standalone Converter to facilitate migration and consolidation.
- Generate and analyze daily, weekly, and monthly reports on server and infrastructure status to ensure proactive monitoring and maintenance.
- Develop basic PowerShell and vSphere CLI scripts to automate routine tasks and improve operational efficiency.
- Schedule and manage VM backups, and perform restores as needed to support business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
Senior Engineer
Network Solutions an IBM Company
Bengaluru
08.2010 - 08.2014
- Assign and manage user permissions and access rights to files and folders in accordance with organizational policies.
- Install and configure Windows Server roles and features based on specific application or service requirements.
- Perform installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of Windows Server 2016/2019 environments.
- Create and manage Active Directory (AD) users and groups, ensuring proper organizational unit (OU) structure and group policies.
- Handle user account administration in Active Directory, including creation, deletion, and modification of user profiles.
- Maintain and update daily operational checklists, ensuring timely reporting to management.
- Monitor and report on server health and performance through daily, weekly, and monthly status checks.
- Schedule and manage backup operations, including restoration of data as required for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Education
MCA - Computer Applications
Madras University
Chennai07.2009
B.Sc. - Computers
S.V. University
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh09.2005
Skills
- vSphere administration
- VMware ESXi and vCenter
- VMware Converter and HA
- Distributed switches management
- Dell VxRail and PowerScale
- Synology NAS administration
- Virtual desktop infrastructure
- Windows Server management
- Firmware updates in Dell/IBM and HPE hardware
- Hyper-converged infrastructure
- Data center operations
Certification
- VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)
- 2V0-21.20 Professional VMware vSphere 7.x
- ITIL V3 Foundation
- Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
- · AWS Certified Solutions Architect(SAA-C03)
Personal Deatils
Timeline
Technical lead
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2022 - Current
Technical specialist
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2019 - 07.2022
ITO Svc Delivery Consultant
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
09.2014 - 12.2018
Senior Engineer
Network Solutions an IBM Company
08.2010 - 08.2014
MCA - Computer Applications
Madras University
B.Sc. - Computers
S.V. University
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