Suresh Chidambaram
SRE Solution Architect
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Solution Architect/Manager, 20+ Years of versatile experience in various Technologies & Management with a proven track record of success in IT Services, including Architecture, Design, and Infrastructure Operations. Demonstrated ability to develop strategy, plan, implement and deliver IT Services based on business requirements. Strong leadership skills and proven ability in building and managing high-performance teams. My career experience has afforded this expertise with a unique combination of technical proficiency and hands-on project leadership from concept to design through integration, providing forward support, and positioning for next-generation capabilities. Passionate about implementing technology, solutions, and programs that improve, streamline, simplify, cost optimization, direct customer benefit and restructure for competitiveness, strength, significance, and impact.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SRE Product Owner & Sr, Solution Lead
T-Systems ICT India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
09.2019 - Current
- Leading Site Reliability Engineering teams responsible for handling use cases with different service-line & customer units, Release operations, Capacity and performance management,
- Implementing SRE principles & SAFe framework with different service-line & Customer units
- Steering Agile Cross-Unit line-up (SAFe Scrum Master & Product Owner)
- Use Case management (E2E) with Efficiency saving (FTE)
- Setting up foundations of CMO to FMO model
- UC - Automation / Process Simplification / Quality / Cost Optimization / Throughput
- Creating detailed infra design (HLD & LLD) with different projects
- Working team to collaborate & Architecting, Service Delivery, and Operations to Integrate new solutions
- Automation and tooling to help scale and support infrastructure.
- Build and lead a world-class global site reliability operations team and providing end-to-end support & implementation
- Worked closely with other business analysts, development teams, and infrastructure specialists to deliver high-availability solutions for mission-critical applications
- Maintained strict budgetary control on business-critical projects and worked with project teams.
- Significantly improved resource utilization, lowering service cost, and performed capacity/planning
- Streamlined release and production reediness processes and simplified service architecture, reducing toil
- Part of Cloud Migration Framework to finalizing a roadmap
- Consulting for provisioning, operating and maintaining systems running on HCI & VMware/ESX based on-premise cloud environment.
- Part of FCI (Future Cloud Infrastructure) team to build private cloud for T-SYSTEMS
Senior Consultant & Solution Architect
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
03.2013 - 06.2019
- CoE Leader (Center of Excellence)
- Managing complete Nutanix Environment (AOS, Prism, Prism Central, Virtualization)
- Worked with Dell and Nutanix for support issues
- Primarily working with Emerging technologies (Cloud, Hyper-Converged, Composable Infra, Platespin, HOS, Docker, Container, VxRail, VMware 6.5, Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Implemented Hyper-converged PoC with HPE HC380, Lenovo Nutanix, and DELL with vSAN
- Worked as a Project Manager to Implement PoC for HPE Synergy 12K (Composable Infrastructure Platform)
- Implemented HPE OneView 3.x
- Implemented POC for HPE OneView 3.x and integrated with VMware vCenter and Hyper-V
- Implemented Platespin migration PoC
- Progress to implement PoC for DELL EMC with VxRail
- Involved TCO discussion to finalize HC
- Implemented CoE LAB transformation and implemented (LAB Physical & Logical architecture)
- Initiated service improvement plan to remediate CoE LAB infrastructure
- Working as a LAB manager and managing capacity planning and new procurement
- Working to implement Azure stack in our LAB
- Delivered training for Emerging Technologies (HC, vSphere 6.5, OneView 3.x, AWS)
- Managed virtualization platform (VMware/HCI)
Senior Virtualization Engineer
Thomson Reuters, DCO
Bengaluru
09.2009 - 11.2012
- Configuring and building ESX Servers (3.x & 4.x)
- Managing 500+ ESX servers with 9 Datacenters
- Installing Maintaining VC MS cluster & Microsoft Cluster with SQL 2005
- Enabling and configuring VMware features (HA, DRS, FT, Host profile & Resource pool, etc.)
- P2V Migration (Physical to Virtual) and V2V Migration (Virtual to Virtual)
- Applying patches on ESX Servers & Guest OS using update manager
- Upgrading firmware for OA, Flex, and ESX Servers
- Strong knowledge of VMotion, DRS, HA, FT, V2V, P2V technology, and configuring Virtual Switches
- Implemented and configured vSAN
- Upgrade vCenter & ESXi hosts from 4.x to 5.x
- Implemented vCenter Heartbeat tool for vCenter high availability
- Creating new DBs in Microsoft SQL server for our vCenter server database
- Configuring C7000 chassis and BL 490c G6 blades
- Centralized management of HP servers using VCEM server.
Project Leader
Wipro Technologies
Bangalore
11.2005 - 08.2009
- Configuring and building ESX Servers & Managing Microsoft AD, DNS
- Installing Maintaining VCMS cluster & Microsoft Cluster with SQL 2005
- Implementing ESX upgrade from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 to 3.5 Enabling and configuring VMware features (HA, DRS & Resource pool, etc.)
- P2V Migration (Physical to Virtual) and V2V Migration (Virtual to Virtual)
- Applying patches on ESX Servers (VMware Patches) & Guest OS (Microsoft Patches)
- Upgrading BIOS and firmware on ESX Servers
- Generating performance report on Guest OS and ESX Servers
- Generating Backup Report and Antivirus reports on daily basis
- Strong knowledge on VMotion, DRS, HA, V2V, P2V technology and configuring Virtual Switches
- Day to day troubleshooting on VMware Farm & Guest OS’s
- Using Remedy (BMC) to monitor ticketing system and creating change requests
- Process to implementing VCB (VMware Consolidated Backup)
- Working with Vendor to solve Hardware related issues
- Working on SLA systems (Maintaining 15 SLA’s)
- Project Management Activities: -
- Managing 8 Members team from Off-Shore & On-Site
- Involved project planning, costing, and finalizing service agreement
- Managed & Executed Hyperconverged PoC and finalized TCO with vendor
- Involved on-Site team to finalize the service agreement
- Worked on few RFP’s with Pre-Sale team (Virtualization, HCI, Synergy)
- Scheduling Weekly meeting with my team & Wipro Management (Weekly Status Review)
- Scheduling & Preparing Monthly Review with Client & Wipro (Monthly SDR & SLA)
Customer Support Engineer
Wipro Infotech/Ocwen, SYSMANTECH
06.2000 - 10.2005
Education
Master of Business Administration - International Business
Annamalai University
Bengaluru, KA2009
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Annamalai University
Bengaluru, KA2007
Diploma - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Anna University
Chennai, TN2000
Skills
Strategic Planning
SRE Principles
SAFe Framework
Cloud/HCI/Virtualization
Team Leadership
Organizational Skills
Outsourcing
Global IT Operations
Cloud Computing
IT Architecture
Data Center consolidation
Disaster Recovery
Certification
- SRE (Site Reliability engineering)
- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
- AWS Certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional)
- ITIL v4
- NPP 4.5 & 5.0 (Nutanix Platform Professional)
- PRINCE2 (Foundation Certificate in Project Management)
- NPSR (Nutanix Sales Academy Certificate)
- Azure Training completed (5 Days)
- Completed HPE HC380 training (Hyper Converged)
- VCP (VMware Certified Professional). Certified by VMWARE (3.5 & 4.0 & 5.x)
- MCSA (Microsoft Certified System Administrator) Certified By MICROSOFT.
- CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), Certified by CISCO.
- Leadership workshop & Soft-skill trainings
Timeline
SRE Product Owner & Sr, Solution Lead
T-Systems ICT India Pvt Ltd
09.2019 - Current
Senior Consultant & Solution Architect
Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
03.2013 - 06.2019
Senior Virtualization Engineer
Thomson Reuters, DCO
09.2009 - 11.2012
Project Leader
Wipro Technologies
11.2005 - 08.2009
Customer Support Engineer
Wipro Infotech/Ocwen, SYSMANTECH
06.2000 - 10.2005
Master of Business Administration - International Business
Annamalai University
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Annamalai University
Diploma - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Anna University
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