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Sandesh P

Technical Solutions Consultant II
Bengaluru

Summary

Highly skilled and experienced Storage Consultant with over 6 years of expertise in designing, deploying, and managing storage solutions for enterprise environments. Extensive hands-on experience with HPE storage products including 3PAR, MSA, Primera, StoreOnce, Brocade Switch. Proven ability to optimize storage infrastructure, improve data availability, and enhance performance. Adept at troubleshooting, capacity planning, and delivering high-quality solutions to meet business needs.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Technical Solutions Consultant II

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2019 - Current
  • Designed and implemented storage solutions using HPE 3PAR, HPE Primera, and HPE MSA to meet customer requirements for high availability, scalability, and performance.
  • Implemented and managed HPE 3PAR storage systems, ensuring optimal performance and uptime in mission-critical applications.
  • Configured and maintained HPE MSA storage arrays, providing cost-effective solutions for small to medium-sized businesses.
  • Conducted regular health checks and firmware updates for HPE 3PAR, Primera, and MSA systems to maintain reliability and compatibility with new technologies.
  • Led the installation, configuration, and optimization of HPE StoreOnce backup systems for efficient data deduplication and disaster recovery strategies.
  • Troubleshoot storage switches (Brocade) port, powersupply issues and help customers on FOS upgrade of the switches.
  • Conducted thorough assessments of existing storage environments, identifying opportunities for cost-effective improvements and upgrades.
  • Provided ongoing support and troubleshooting for complex storage issues, ensuring minimal downtime and rapid issue resolution.
  • Performed data migrations from legacy storage systems to HPE 3PAR and HPE Primera, ensuring smooth transitions with minimal disruption to operations.
  • Collaborated with clients to define storage requirements, propose solutions, and deliver best-in-class implementation strategies.
  • Developed and maintained detailed technical documentation on storage configurations, best practices, and system updates.

3PAR OS Deployment Engineer

  • Led and executed non-disruptive upgrades (NDU) for HPE 3PAR Storage OS across multi-node systems, ensuring high availability and minimal downtime during upgrades.
  • Conducted pre- and post-upgrade health checks, ensuring system readiness and verifying system performance after the upgrade.
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to plan, schedule, and execute 3PAR OS upgrades with minimal impact to business operations.
  • Managed firmware updates and patching for controllers and drives as part of the OS upgrade process, ensuring compatibility with the latest 3PAR OS versions.
  • Resolved post-upgrade issues related to system configuration, performance, and data integrity, ensuring seamless system operation after the upgrade.
  • Created and maintained detailed upgrade documentation and knowledge-sharing materials, enabling efficient troubleshooting and future upgrades.

Level 1Technical Support Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and DXC Technologies
03.2016 - 10.2018

Project: Renault-Nissan

  • The key responsibilities are providing floor support and working on Open volume of the tickets.
  • Troubleshooting and supporting Nissan Business Applications and web related issues.
  • Assisting guidance with the accounts and password related issues.
  • Troubleshooting the basic internet, VPN and hardware related issues.
  • Basic troubleshooting on the Network Printers, scanners
  • Create tickets for incidents, service request with the valid documentation.
  • Support the Applications such as B2B, Mainframe.
  • Complete hands on Servicenow ticketing tool.

Education

SSLC -

Sai Shankar Residential School
04.2001 -

PCMC

Alva's PU College

BE - Computer Science & Engineering

Kalpataru Institute Of Technology
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Storage Systems: HPE 3PAR, HPE MSA, HPE Primera, HPE StoreOnce

  • Storage Networking: SAN (Fibre Channel, iSCSI), NAS

  • Backup Solutions: HPE StoreOnce, Veeam

  • Virtualization: VMware, Vsphere fundamentals

  • Operating Systems: Windows Server, Linux

  • Management Tools: HPE 3PAR StoreServ Management Console, vSphere,

  • Storage Switches: Brocade

  • Protocols: NFS, CIFS, SMB, iSCSI, FC, switching, routing, RAID

  • Cloud Solutions: Devops, Microsoft Azure -900

  • Technical Documentation & Reporting

Certification

Vmware Vsphere Fundamentals

Accomplishments

"Top Performer" for Q3-21, Q2-23

"HPE Experience Maker" for Q1-24, Q2-24.

Timeline

Technical Solutions Consultant II

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2019 - Current

Level 1Technical Support Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and DXC Technologies
03.2016 - 10.2018

SSLC -

Sai Shankar Residential School
04.2001 -

BE - Computer Science & Engineering

Kalpataru Institute Of Technology
04.2001 -

PCMC

Alva's PU College
Sandesh PTechnical Solutions Consultant II