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Sridhar Kovvela

Hyderabad,TG

Summary

Adept at spearheading virtualization projects, I enhanced IT efficiency by implementing VMware solutions at Broadridge Financial Solutions, showcasing my expertise in VMware ESXi and Windows Server administration. My leadership in migrating 350 VMs and developing a disaster recovery plan highlights my strategic planning ability and technical proficiency, complemented by strong teamwork and problem-solving skills.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Member Technical

Broadridge Financial Solutions Pvt Ltd
11.2022 - Current
  • Designed and implemented virtualization solutions based on VMware technologies to consolidate servers, reduce hardware costs, and improve IT efficiency.
  • Conducted performance analysis and optimization of VMware environments to ensure optimal resource utilization and responsiveness.
  • Developed and maintained automation scripts and workflows using VMware PowerCLI, Powershell, to streamline administrative tasks.
  • Implemented and maintained VMware High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and Fault Tolerance (FT) features to ensure high availability and reliability of virtualized environments.
  • Monitored system performance, capacity, and health using VMware AIRA Operations and other monitoring tools.
  • Develop and maintain appropriate system level documentation to ensure all documentation remains current
  • Configurion and management of 50+ vCenters and over 1500+ ESXi hosts across all sites in 4 regions.
  • Involved in VCF deployment for multiple sites .
  • Working on Hardware refresh by following Life cycle management (LCM) process for lease end devices across multiple sites.
  • Migrated 350 VMs across DCs using zerto and VMware SRM and vsphere replication tools.
  • Worked on vulnerability remediation on esxi servers.
  • Designed and executed a comprehensive disaster recovery plan utilizing VMware Site Recovery Manager and zerto, achieving a 15-minute RTO and 5-minute RPO for critical business services across three geographically dispersed data centers.
  • Led a cross-functional team of 5 engineers in developing a custom VMware Tanzu-based containerization strategy, enabling seamless migration of 10+ legacy applications to a cloud-native architecture
  • Experience in deploying VCF and SDDC for lifecycle management of Virtual infrastructure
  • Customizing VM resources as per the business requirement by taking downtime and change request.
  • Configuring Affinity and anti-affinity rules for windows failover clusters, oracle DB servers and NLBS.
  • Planning and co-ordination with respective site contacts and BUs for scheduled power outages and major upgrade and downtimes
  • Involved in On Call rotation for supporting production strictly maintaining SLA's.
  • Worked on BMC remedy ticketing tool and Jira for raising Incidents and Change requests.
  • Working with Vendor on priority issues.
  • Worked on hardware issues on models like HPE Synergy .Cisco UCS, HP dl360 380 and Dell.

Assistant Consultant.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
07.2021 - 11.2022
  • Worked as SME for VMware and windows.
  • Supported to 58 vCenters and 380 ESXi hosts across all sites in 4 regions.
  • Worked on Hardware refresh by following through Life cycle management (LCM) process for leased end devices for multiple sites across the Globe.
  • Installing and configuring new ESXi servers as a part of server refresh activities.
  • Configured vSwitches, port groups, VMkernel ports , and datastores
  • Adding resources to the VM’s as per the business requirement by taking downtime and change request.
  • Created Clusters for High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource Scheduling (DRS)
  • Configured Affinity and anti-affinity rules for windows failover clusters, oracle DB servers and NLBS.
  • Co-ordinate with third party vendor and respective site contact for racking the new hardware such as Bladecenter, storage and UPS devices.
  • Planning and co-ordination with respective site contacts on scheduled power outages.
  • De-commission of old hardware devices and working on return process to leaser.
  • Having knowledge on PowerShell scripts and implemented some scripts in environment as part of process improvements.
  • Having good experience on hardware issues and supporting to models like ThinkSystem ST550, SD530, D2(Bladecenter), SR650, SR850…
  • Integrated Lenovo XCC with ServiceNow ticketing tool for hardware alerts monitoring.
  • Administration, configuration and maintenance of Lenovo storage devices.
  • Having good knowledge and experience on storage iSCSI devices for Lenovo model hardware.
  • Performing firmware upgrades for hardware and storage devices.
  • Working on vCenter upgrades and new installation for new sites.
  • Creating DNS records as per requests from application teams.
  • Providing support to team members on technical issues.
  • Involved in On Call rotation for supporting production strictly maintaining SLA's.

Information Management Specialist.

Conduent Business Services India LLP
07.2019 - 07.2021
  • Provided technical support for Conduent Global VMware operations and Windows servers.
  • Joined Bridge calls for P1/P2 incidents during on call Schedule.
  • Installation and configuration of windows server 2008, including overall administration like Active directory user management, (Creating / Modifying / deleting User accounts in various domains on request).
  • Configuring & Maintaining Windows Servers 2008, 2012 & 2016.
  • Managing Virtualization Environment using VM Ware ESXi , VMWare VSphere ,Virtual Centre.
  • Migration of Virtual Machines using V-Motion.
  • Customized VM resources as per the business requirements within the Scheduled maintenance window.
  • Created documentation for Server Builds, Application Installations, Mapping the drives and Issues, which occur during software upgrades.
  • Created new VMware virtual machines to meet the specifications provided by the Client.
  • Respond to all the production technical issue via Email , “Service Now” ticketing tool
  • Worked on Service Now ticketing tool for raising Incidents and Change requests.
  • Monitoring System Performance of Virtual memory, System events, Swapping, Disk utilization, & CPU utilization.
  • Processes administration and management like monitoring, start/stop/kill various processes/sub process.
  • Reboot for high uptime servers (Planning / Health check before and after activity)
  • Find out RCA for the unexpected reboot or failed servers.
  • Scheduled activity support during off business hours and weekends.
  • Coordinating with BU’s for patching schedules.
  • Follow the process as per the ITIL Change Management, Service Management, incident Management.
  • Raising cases with vendor for Hardware replacements and vendor Management.
  • Preparing weekly performance and inventory reports.

Deputy Manager.

Reliance Jio Infocom Limited
10.2015 - 06.2019
  • rovide 24*7 Support to Production and Windows Machines .
  • Installing and configuring Microsoft Server & Client Operating Systems (Server 2008, 2003 XP, Vista, Windows 7 & Windows 8 ).
  • Managing Virtualization Environment using VMWare VSphere, Virtual Centre.
  • Creating and Managing Virtual Machines, Creating duplicate Virtual Machines using cloning technology (hot & cold).
  • Migration of Virtual Machines using V-Motion.
  • Management of snapshots as per dev requirement.
  • Worked on HPSM ticketing tool for raising Incident TT’s and PE’s.
  • Monitoring System Performance of Virtual memory, System events, Swapping, Disk utilization, & CPU utilization.
  • Installing and administering windows Production servers in 24x7 environments.
  • Reboot for high uptime servers (Planning / Health check before and after activity)
  • Scheduled activity support during off business hours and weekends.
  • Training to new joiners according to project requirement.
  • Raising cases with vendor for hardware replacements and OS related issues.
  • Preparing weekly performance and inventory reports.
  • Scheduled activity support during off business hours and weekends.
  • Involved in virtualization project for 5G readiness with the support of VMware.

Systems Engineer

IGATE IMS
03.2011 - 10.2015
  • Provide 24*7 Support to Production and non-Production servers and Windows machines.
  • Significant experience on Microsoft Server & Client Operating Systems (Server 2008, 2003 XP, Windows 7 & Windows 8 )
  • User Onboarding and AD users and group Management.
  • Worked on Manage engine service desk plus 9.1 ticketing tool (Zoho Corporation) .
  • Consistently manage all Support Requests to a timely and successful completion.
  • Experience in maintaining and supporting various Software products
  • Installed and managed Print server and File server.
  • Taking daily print report of all printers using print management plus tool.
  • Providing WIFI connectivity to vendor Laptops through web authentication.
  • Troubleshooting LAN cable issues and laying CAT 6 cables and termination.
  • Installing & Maintaining IT Equipment in Offshore RIG’S & Plat forms.

Education

Master of Science - Electronics

Andhra University
Andhra Pradesh
04-2008

Bachelor of Science - Electronics

P R Govt Degree College
Kakinada, India
04-2005

Skills

  • Excellent knowledge of VMware vMotion, Storage vMotion, High Availability, DRS and Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vSphere Replication , Zeto and HCX , VMware Tanzu and Kubernetes
  • Good knowledge of Virtual infrastructure systems maintenance procedures
  • Experience in HPE Synergy OneView Administration
  • Experience in VMware (ESXi) and vCenter lifecycle management
  • Experience in administration of Windows Server 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016
  • Good knowledge in HP, Dell ,Lenovo server hardware
  • Good knowledge in storage (array controllers, RAID types, logical volume management,SAN)

Certification

  • Microsoft certified technology specialist (Active directory configuring 70-640)

Certification number : D626-4632

  • VMware Certified Professional VCP(DCV)

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)

Timeline

Senior Member Technical

Broadridge Financial Solutions Pvt Ltd
11.2022 - Current

Assistant Consultant.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
07.2021 - 11.2022

Information Management Specialist.

Conduent Business Services India LLP
07.2019 - 07.2021

Deputy Manager.

Reliance Jio Infocom Limited
10.2015 - 06.2019

Systems Engineer

IGATE IMS
03.2011 - 10.2015

Master of Science - Electronics

Andhra University

Bachelor of Science - Electronics

P R Govt Degree College

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