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Sreeharsha Pendyala

Infrastructure Project Manager
Hyderabad

Summary


Resourceful Project Manager with 18+ years of expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Leads procurement of resources including equipment and supplies. Monitors projects by adhering to production schedule and budget, managing production team, identifying problems and providing targeted solutions. Knowledgeable in accounting principles, bookkeeping, budget, and financial management.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Project Manager

DXC Technology India Pvt Ltd
05.2018 - Current
  • This is a staff augmentation project in which DXC workforce act as Project Managers and coordinates the migrations of the applications/servers across all platforms from old storage arrays to new storage arrays of Dell, Netapp & Pure.
  • Identifying and gathering the information about the arrays that are due for EOL
  • Discovering the list of applications/servers present on the old arrays
  • Gathering the requirements and coordinating the installations of the new target arrays
  • Establishing the communication with the application contacts
  • Explaining the procedure of the migration based on the platform
  • Conducting the meetings to buy in the platform, storage and other counterparts resources
  • Preparing the project plan using Microsoft project tool
  • End to end change management
  • Risk and impact analysis
  • Resource planning, allocation, and engagement
  • Problem Solving Ability
  • Coordination and communication to all the involved parties
  • Managing Budget approved for a given project.
  • End to End migration of On Prem Servers to Cloud (Azure)
  • Hardware and Software Upgrade Coordination
  • Operating Systems, Application upgrades and Migrations
  • Open Systems (RHEL, AIX), Wintel servers migrations/upgrades
  • Meeting hard deadlines by convincing and negotiating various groups involved
  • Cloud Infrastructure Project Management
  • Regularly reporting the status of the migrations to senior management
  • Tackling the unforeseen issues with effective communication and quick solutions
  • Handling Compliance related issues
  • Acted as Scrum Master for several Infra Migration Projects
  • Well versed with Project Methodologies like Waterfall, Agile etc
  • Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
  • Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.

Storage Consultant

Hitachi Data Systems (On the Payroll of HGH Technologies)
04.2016 - 05.2018
  • This project involves management of storage infrastructure of multiple clients of HDS. The typical nature of work is managing the entire storage operations like Provisioning, storage allocation & de-allocation, Zoning, Configuration, performance issues etc.
  • Managing the storage environment which includes USP-V, VSP G1000, AMS, HUS & HNAS
  • Managing the Brocade fabric, activities involved Zoning, daily health checks, monitoring, trouble shoot port issues
  • Monitoring, reporting and fixing any issues with daily operations like drives failures, FRU replacements etc.
  • Complete Inventory management for complete storage environment like rack, connectivity info
  • Identifying the bottle necks and fixing the performance issues using Tuning Manager
  • Coordinating with Vendors for replacement of any storage related activities by raising DC access
  • Daily operations include Storage allocations & De-allocations using Hitachi Arrays USP-V, VSP, AMS, HNAS
  • Creating/removing zones on Brocade fabric
  • Expanding Thin Volumes, Pools
  • Daily HW health checks for all the clients

Technical Lead - Storage

EMC Malaysia (On the Payroll of Encora Technologies)
05.2015 - 03.2016
  • This project involves management of Maybank SAN environment, a reputed bank in Malaysia. The typical nature of work is managing the entire storage operations like Provisioning, storage allocation & deallocation, Zoning, Configuration, performance issues etc.
  • Managing the storage environment which includes Clariion VNX, CX, Symmetrix VMAX and DMX
  • Managing the Cisco fabric involves Cisco switches like 9148, 9140, 9509 & 9513 models
  • Monitoring, reporting and fixing any issues with daily operations like drives failures, FRU replacements etc.
  • Complete Inventory management for complete storage environment like rack, connectivity info
  • Troubleshooting performance issues based on the data collected from Unisphere
  • Identifying the bottle necks and take the necessary steps to mitigate the performance issues
  • Storage level solutioning for upcoming Infra Project proposals
  • Coordinating with Vendors for replacement of any storage related activities
  • Allocating, de-allocating the storage as and when needed
  • Migrating the hosts using storage level replication technologies
  • Daily operations include Storage allocations & De-allocations using CX, VNX, DMX, VMAX
  • Creating/removing zones on Cisco fabric
  • Enabling/disabling storage level replication using SRDF, Mirrorview/Synch & Asynch
  • Monitoring the arrays, switches for any alerts, issues, hardware failures

Storage Administrator

JPMorgan Chase India Services Ltd & EMC Corporation Ltd
03.2011 - 05.2015
  • This project involves management of JPMorgan Chase SAN environment. This environment includes Hitachi Arrays, EMC DMX & V-max boxes, Clarion Boxes, switches (Brocade, McData & Cisco) and IBM XIV boxes. The nature of work is Host Provisioning, storage allocation & de-allocation, Zoning, Configuration and Change management activities.
  • Strong knowledge of SAN Storage Infrastructure and components
  • Strong experience on Storage Administration, Provisioning, configuration and troubleshooting of storage subsystems of HDS VSP, AMS 2500, EMC Symmetrix - VMAX / DMX, VNX and CLARiiON
  • Experience with HDS VSP / USP-V / AMS2000 and Storage Navigator, HiCommand Suite
  • Experience in implementing Business Continuity Solutions using HDS True Copy, Universal Replicator (HUR), Copy-On-Write and Shadow Image, EMC SRDF and TimeFinder
  • Hands on experience on HiCommand Device Manager, Tuning Manager and Tiered Storage Manager
  • Storage Virtualization and External Storage using HDS UVM and migration using HTSM
  • Good experience in administration of Brocade and Cisco Switches and fabric management.
  • Good exposure in UNIX Platforms as it relates to disk allocations, managing LUN's and HBA Configurations.
  • Experienced in configuring and managing HDS HDLM and EMC PowerPath for path failover, load balancing, path management and automatic I/O failure detection

Storage Administrator

TATA Consultancy Services
08.2010 - 03.2011
  • The scope of the project is to provide Storage Support and analysis for one of the esteemed clients of TCS by providing remote support. The major responsibility includes Managing and Administering Clients' Storage Infrastructure located in US by providing support in L2 and L3 Category. The nature of work is Host Provisioning, storage allocation, backup & Recovery events, Zoning, Configuration and Change management activities on EMC Storage arrays like DMX, CX and Celerra.
  • Provide day to day operational activities for Storage which includes planning, implementation, configuration and administering EMC Storage Arrays like DMX, Clariion and Celerra
  • Checking alerts on the above mentioned storage systems
  • Collecting Monthly and weekly backup (client defined).
  • Mapping/Unmapping LUNs/Meta to specific Directors and Ports as per requirements using SYMMCLI.
  • Allocation/de-allocation of space to Hosts from storage arrays like DMX, CX and Celerra in SAN environment.
  • Performing Business Continuity process, Server migrations using Recoverpoint and SRDF
  • Creating Zones, Aliases, checking configurations of the switches like Brocade, Cisco.
  • Providing Switch support for SAN Technology in production and non-production servers.
  • Analyze and troubleshoot the issues which are coming in the course of execution of tasks/tickets.
  • If still the issue is not solved, raise a case with Storage Vendors and follow up the same.
  • Raise Incident and Change records for the issues and problem in the existing infrastructure and trouble shoot accordingly

Shift Lead

Wipro Technologies
03.2007 - 08.2010
  • Maintenance and Remote administration of EMC Clariion CX Series storage Arrays, Clariion Replication Concepts in SAN (Snap View, Mirror view, SAN Copy, Power path). Technical Consultancy and support to EMC clients for SAN storage Boxes manufactured by EMC. Dial in remotely to the monitoring stations for individual storage box and investigate the errors reported by the array.
  • Shift Lead participates in taking escalation calls from the internal Storage Support Engineers and Field assistance to CEs.
  • Collect and analyze information and develop solutions for issues that affect the product support process quality and share them across with the team. Provide RCA for all the technical escalations from the Customer, CE and Management.
  • Generate and submit weekly and monthly reports about the overall technical solutions handled by the team through audits.
  • Need to manage a team consists of 20 members in shift, has complete Control over the Engineer's Performance and Behavior towards the work. Conduct trainings and technical discussions through group activities.
  • Get updated with the latest technical information which contributes to product support process and analyze avenues for growth in the process technically.
  • Quality Audits (Live & Offline) done on the cases worked by Engineers & provide necessary feedbacks and Conduct Knowledge transition sessions to the team.
  • Providing Level 1 and Level 2 Remote Support for EMC CLARiiON Storage Products which include CX series, CX3 series, CX4 Series (Only Dial home), AX series, FC series and EDL models. Take ownership of the service request and resolve the issue for the customers.

Solution Support Specialist

Wipro Technologies
03.2007 - 12.2007
  • PSSC is the single point of contact for all technical queries of EMC Sales personnel across the globe related to Pre sales.
  • Clarify the technical queries of EMC sales personnel using the Knowledge base available in EMC internal websites like Power link, eRoom.etc.
  • PSSC requires knowledge on all hardware and software products provided by EMC.
  • Evaluate the end customer's storage environment's interoperability using EMC Elab Navigator tool.
  • Answer technical queries related to Installation, maintenance, licensing & Packaging and support of all EMC products.
  • PSSC also deals with queries related important aspect of pre sales i.e. Packaging and licensing of EMC software products.
  • Assist the sales personnel with the queries related to HW & SW configuration of third party switches supported by EMC like Brocade, McData and Cisco.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Andhra Vidyalaya College of Arts And Science
Hyderabad, India

Certificate Program In Project Management - Project Management

Indian Institute of Management
Indore, India

MBA -

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Hyderabad, India
05.2001 -

Skills

Project management

Project planning

Project planning and development

Project tracking

Risk management

Schedule management

Team collaboration

Project scheduling

Strategic planning

Certification

AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals, 2022

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: N0838680
  • Father's Name: Late. Maniprakash Pendyala
  • Date of Birth: 11/17/86
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-02)

05-2025
AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals, 2022
08-2023

Project Manager

DXC Technology India Pvt Ltd
05.2018 - Current

Storage Consultant

Hitachi Data Systems (On the Payroll of HGH Technologies)
04.2016 - 05.2018

Technical Lead - Storage

EMC Malaysia (On the Payroll of Encora Technologies)
05.2015 - 03.2016

Storage Administrator

JPMorgan Chase India Services Ltd & EMC Corporation Ltd
03.2011 - 05.2015

Storage Administrator

TATA Consultancy Services
08.2010 - 03.2011

Solution Support Specialist

Wipro Technologies
03.2007 - 12.2007

Shift Lead

Wipro Technologies
03.2007 - 08.2010

MBA -

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science -

Andhra Vidyalaya College of Arts And Science

Certificate Program In Project Management - Project Management

Indian Institute of Management

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