Vice President
Vaishali Anand
Goldman Sachs
Bengaluru
1
Language
18
years of professional experience
Technology leader with 15+ years of experience in data center operations, server maintenance, and network support. Proven expertise in capacity planning and problem resolution. Track record of partnering with senior stakeholders to drive corrective action plans and process improvements.
Work History
Vice President
12 Years 6 Months- Assisted cross-functional teams during complex transaction execution, keeping workflow on track and issues resolved quickly.
- Supported corrective action plans for structural, organizational, and departmental issues.
- Improved data center operations and efficiency through new process strategies.
- Kept senior leaders and clients informed with timely updates and clear follow-up, strengthening project alignment and stakeholder confidence.
- Built stakeholder relationships by attending meetings and responding quickly to questions and information requests.
- Worked with stakeholders across departments to gather requirements.
- Created project metrics to track system build-out progress.
- Led hiring and training sessions for new staff to support team performance.
- Maintained server, network, and storage systems across production environments.
- Reviewed capacity requirements for power, cooling, rack space, and hardware.
- Tested new applications and services before production deployment.
- Managed team and day-to-day datacenter operations.
- Led cross-functional project plans for enterprise initiatives.
- Analyzed customer feedback data to guide product feature and design decisions.
- Developed comprehensive project plans covering scope, schedule, and resource allocation.
- Identified project dependencies and coordinated activities to avoid delays.
- Facilitated status meetings and leadership updates.
- Implemented clear communication protocols between internal teams working on different project areas.
Network Engineer
2 Years 10 Months- Documented rack layouts and cabling routes, streamlining maintenance tasks.
- Installed and maintained servers, storage arrays, and network hardware.
- Supported data center infrastructure operations for enterprise server and network environments.
- Worked with team members to carry out changes that improved service reliability in organization data centers.
- Recommended best practices, enhancing efficiency of existing IT infrastructure in data center.
- Assessed emerging technologies to enhance efficiency within data center environment. for possible use within organization data centers.
- Responded quickly to customer incidents involving outages or service degradation issues.
Data Center Specialist
1 Year 1 Month- Monitored data center systems for Kennametal manufacturing operations.
- Managed server access requests and user permissions.
- Coordinated backup checks for critical business data.
- Logged incidents in support tickets and tracked resolutions.
- Maintained equipment inventory and asset records.
- Supported power, cooling, and rack space inspections.
- Ensured accuracy of system configurations through automated testing tools.
- Maintained inventory of hardware components within the data center.
Associate Engineer
1 Year 3 Months- Monitored system alerts and escalated critical issues to senior teams promptly.
- Monitored system alerts and routed critical incidents to senior support teams.
- Fixed hardware, software, and network issues using standard support tools.
- Restored hardware, software, and network services using standard support tools.
- Supported customers with technical issues across software and hardware.
- Delivered customer technical support for software and hardware issues.
- Recorded ticket updates and resolutions in service-management systems to ensure accurate tracking of incidents.
- Collaborated with Microland teams during maintenance windows and outage events to maintain service continuity.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science
Skills
Data center operations
Infrastructure planning
Network troubleshooting
Server maintenance
Organizational strategy
Operational excellence
Stakeholder management
Decision making
Problem solving
Documentation and reporting
Project management
Languages
English
C2
Proficient
Timeline
Vice President
Goldman Sachs
05.2014 - CurrentRead More
Network Engineer
Collabera Tech Pvt Ltd (Client - Goldman Sachs)
07.2011 - 05.2014Read More
Data Center Specialist
Kennametal Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 07.2011Read More
Associate Engineer
Microland Ltd
03.2009 - 06.2010Read More
Vishveshwariah Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering from Information Science
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