Srinivas Sunkeswarapu

Operational expertise with 16+ years of experience in Heterogeneous environments managing Network, F5, Plao Alto, WAF, DNS, SharePoint, SCOM and Messaging environments. Offer proficiency in ITIL practices, Meeting SLAs, Proactive approach, Infrastructure / Cloud health, technical support, Team satisfaction, and constant improvements.

• CCNP Certified
• ITIL V3 certified
• Yellow belt certified
• F5 Training on LTM, GTM, APM and WAF

• Highest Employee Net Promoter Score among IT managers
• 50000 savings on operational expenses

• Define and drive the implementation of network, messaging, DC, designs, standards, and the strategic roadmap for the overall architecture of the enterprise
• Work with Senior Leadership to define the network vision and strategy through collaboration with technical and business partners across the enterprise
• Provide thought leadership for architecture, engineering, deployment, and operations of network infrastructure technologies and platforms across all business segments
• Partner closely with other teams and project managers to ensure the highest level of quality and positive outcomes for projects and other initiatives
• Provide leadership and direction to the Network Infrastructure team
• Mentor, train, coach, and support team members
• Proactive Monitoring & Alerting of key components, to avoid downtime even before it occurs
• Maintaining 99.5% SLA for SRs and Break-fix requests
• Managing teams with diverse members across different regions and expertise
• Daily Operational SCRUMs, weekly Project update meetings, Monthly capacity planning meetings and MBR meetings
• Vendor management
• Experienced in doing the capacity & Design planning for infrastructure and giving recommendation depending upon H/W requirements
• Significant role in long-term planning, project status reporting, yearly budgeting, and implementing change control processes
• Overseeing and reporting weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual metrics
• Identifying Trends and to assess opportunities to Improvise
• Collaboration with vendors for code execution, installations, and support
• Establish and maintain credible, professional relationships with clients, internal business lines, and external vendors
• Stay up to date on industry regulations, trends, and technology
• Analysing training needs/requirements
• Networking
• Firewalls- Palo Alto, ASA and Checkpoint
• Routing-BGP, OSPF, VRF, VRF leaking and EIGRP
• Switching- HSRP, VRRP, and Data Centre TOR
• Wireless- Aruba controller base
• SD-WAN, Riverbed, ClearPass
• F5-LTM, WAF, APM and GTM
• Cloud
• Hybrid cloud administration, familiar with technologies associated with Computing, Storage, Networks, Applications, Security Tools, Monitoring, and Cloud Infrastructure
• Experience in supporting Cloud based Hosted solutions
• Cloud Architecture assessment, App discovery & Dependency mapping, Grouping and transition plan (AWS, Azure, GCP), App tiering (Platinum, Gold, Silver)
• Windows Skills
• Installation, Configuration, and Troubleshooting of Windows Servers
• Configuration & Troubleshooting Active Directory, DHCP, DNS
• Other Skills
• Hardware Installation/configuration
• SolarWinds Monitoring, IP reservations
• Ticketing tools like CA Unicenter, ServiceNow, and Salesforce
• Patch Management using ITCM, and SCCM products

• 10th from SSC board
• Special Diploma in Electronics and Communication from GIOE-Hyd
• B.Sc-IT

• Title: Senior Manager - IT
• Date of Birth: 08/14/86
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married