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Sathish Kumar

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Application Support Engineer

Orion Innovations [KPMG]
Chennai
07.2019 - Current
  • Provisioned and managed Windows Server VMs across both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments, supporting a multi-cloud deployment model.
  • Led the setup and deployment of .NET/SQL-based applications using Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, managing over 100 environments hosted across on-premises Azure VMs and AKS.
  • Created and managed Kubernetes namespaces to logically separate environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod) within AKS clusters.
  • Administered AKS clusters by managing pods, secrets, namespaces, ingress certificates, config maps, and handling persistent volume (PV) backups and restores using Velero and native snapshot tools.
  • Performed AKS troubleshooting, controlled pod auto-scaling, secret rotation via Azure Key Vault integration, and managed cert renewals for ingress controllers.
  • Maintained resource quotas and limit ranges within each namespace to ensure fair usage and avoid resource contention in the AKS Cluster.
  • Scaled AKS node pools (manual/auto-scaling) based on application load and performance requirements.
  • Collaborated with the DevOps team to enhance release automation and application resiliency through scripting and environment tuning.
  • Led IaaS to PaaS migration efforts, involving Azure App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, and API permission management through SPNs.
  • Administered Windows Infrastructure Services including Active Directory, DNS, IIS, WSUS, Failover Clustering, and Certificate Services.
  • Provisioned and managed Windows Server VMs using both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, supporting dev/test/QA/stage/production environments.
  • Performed routine VMware vSphere administration tasks, including VM provisioning, snapshot management, template creation, VM migration (vMotion), and performance monitoring.
  • Conducted Hyper-V/ESXi host management, resource allocation (CPU/Memory), and capacity monitoring.
  • Managed and maintained Azure SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle 11g/12c environments.
  • Led the end-to-end incident management process for application, infrastructure, and database-related issues, ensuring timely resolution within defined SLAs, and effective communication with stakeholders.
  • Directed incident management activities (P1–P3), with root cause analysis (RCA), SLA tracking, and vendor escalation through ITIL practices.

System Engineer

UST Global [VMware Inc.]
Coimbatore
01.2018 - 06.2019
  • Responsible for managing and monitoring multi-tier physical and virtual environments.
  • Designed and implemented Microsoft Active Directory.
  • Created Linux, Windows, and various virtual machines as per the business requirements.
  • Installed and configured the maintenance of Windows Servers with Active Directory infrastructure, DNS, and DHCP.
  • Configured HA, DRS clusters, and configured FT based on business requirements.
  • Migrated physical servers to virtual servers using VMware Converter (P2V converters).
  • Performed snapshots, cloning, cold migrations, and hot migrations.

Database Administrator

Inspirisys Solutions Limited [formerly Accel frontline limited]]
Chennai
12.2014 - 12.2017
  • Responsible for the management of Windows servers, VMware infrastructure, and database administration.
  • Provided L1-L2 level support to Windows, VMware and Oracle database operations.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Thirumalai Engineering College
Kancheepuram, TN
04-2014

HSC -

SRK BHEL Higher Secondary School
Ranipet, TN
04-2010

SSLC -

Vedhathri Maharashi Hr Sec School
Thiruthani, TN
03-2008

Skills

  • Azure VMs and VNets
  • Azure App Services
  • Azure Load Balancer and AAG
  • Azure Key Vault
  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Service Principals, Managed Identities
  • AKS Cluster Provisioning
  • Azure Node Pool Management
  • Namespaces, Pods, Deployments, Services
  • Config Maps, Secrets, and Volumes (PVC, PV)
  • Ingress Controllers (NGINX, App Gateway)
  • Azure CICD Pipeline Deployments
  • VMware & Azure Hyper-V Management
  • GPO & WSUS Management
  • VMware HA, FT, VMotion, P2V
  • MS SQL & Oracle Database Administration
  • Infra Monitoring & Tools Management
  • VM backup and restore operation

Summary

I’m an experienced IT professional with a strong background in multiple technologies, including VMware & Windows infrastructure, and Azure-based deployments I specialize in provisioning, application deployment using CI/CD, and IaaS to PaaS migrations, with hands-on exposure to SQL/Oracle DBs, and incident management

Certification

  • VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
  • Microsoft Certified: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400)

Tools

HelpNow, Kayako, ServiceNow, ManageEngine, Zenoss, Log Insight, ThousandEyes, PRTG, DynaTrace, WSP

Personal Information

Nationality: Indian

Marital status: Married

Address for Communication : Indra Nagar, Sholinghur, Ranipet Dist, TN - 631102.

Timeline

Sr. Application Support Engineer

Orion Innovations [KPMG]
07.2019 - Current

System Engineer

UST Global [VMware Inc.]
01.2018 - 06.2019

Database Administrator

Inspirisys Solutions Limited [formerly Accel frontline limited]]
12.2014 - 12.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Thirumalai Engineering College

HSC -

SRK BHEL Higher Secondary School

SSLC -

Vedhathri Maharashi Hr Sec School

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