Infrastructure Project Manager in storage, virtualization and Cloud with over 16+ years of experience in the infrastructure domain. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
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VINOD VENUGOPALAN
Infrastructure Project Manager
BENGALURU
Summary
Overview
18
years of professional experience
6
Certificates
Work History
Wipro Limited
Technical Consultant- Projects
06.2021 - Current
Job overview
- In charge of end-to-end delivery of Transition and Transformation projects such as Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Storage infrastructure and Virtualization Projects
- Handled On-Prem infrastructure to Cloud transformation and migration projects
- Facilitating that projects conform to established criteria and stage gate procedure by following WIPRO project management methodology
- Managing project cost optimisation with resource allocation, reduce cost overruns, and ensuring that projects are delivered within the approved budget
- Consistently develop project methodologies, templates, best practices, etc
- Based on lessons learned from previous projects
- Daily job effort direction and monitoring, resource requirements assessment, quality review, and appropriate escalation of functional, quality, and timetable concerns
- Developed and maintained spreadsheets to track project progress, enabling accurate reporting of Transition project status
- Implemented project life-cycle management processes to ensure project requirements were documented and tracked throughout the project
- Identify Risks, document them in Risk Registers and implement appropriate Risk Responses
- To Analyze Customer requirements, and engage sales and account teams to explore new potential sales opportunities
- Engaging Key stakeholders for technical escalation calls.
DELLEMC
Senior Engineer Solutions Architecture
12.2017 - 05.2021
Job overview
- ISILON Solution Designing and Implementation
- Engage with POC projects and Product evaluation for custom engagements
- Data Collection for designing and creating design for new cluster install
- Migration planning and strategies
- VXRAIL Design and Implementation VSAN Stretched cluster configuration
- Manage large-scale Data Center consolidation and migration projects over multiple sites and phases, Greenfield and Brownfield installations and expansions, EOL technology refresh and decommission, graceful shutdown and power-ups, physical moves etc
- Responsible for end-to-end delivery of various complex projects/ programs for Storage Infrastructure Systems like EMC XtremIO, VNX, Isilon, PowerMax, Unity and Recover Point.
ATOS India Pvt Ltd
Senior Consultant
03.2016 - 07.2017
Job overview
- Account management for infrastructure landscape
- Storage Deployments for VMAX/VMAX3 ,VNX,RP and VPLEX
- Including Host integration and fabric switch administration CISCO Performance Analysis and Health checks for VMAX /VMAX3
- Migration done using NDM from VMAX 20k to VMAX3,migration skills include SRDF Day to day operations for infrastructure.
Securelink Middle East
Disaster Recovery Consultant
06.2015 - 01.2016
Job overview
- Consulting in the domain of IT DR Management and Recovery Solutions for Heterogeneous Networks. SANOVI Certified IT Recovery Professional
Job responsibility is to set up meetings with customers to understand current
Infrastructure and identify the scope of the product.
Explain the product with a Technical presentation about SANOVI DRM. Prepare bill of material and Proceed with POC.
EMC2
Associate Delivery Specialist 2
01.2012 - 06.2015
Job overview
- VMAX 3/ VMAX, VNX and Isilon - Host Integration, Implementation Solutions and Administration
- Isilon Solution Designing and Implementation
- Configuring and managing Isilon replication using Sync-IQ
- Performance analysis of the VMAX/VMAX3 and The array is fine-tuned.
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
Technical Analyst
03.2011 - 01.2012
Job overview
- Worked as Technical Analyst for the global Storage support team
- Exposure to Sun Mid-range storage boxes including in-depth back-end troubleshooting and Administration through CAM application and SANCTRICITY.
Wipro Limited
Project Engineer
08.2008 - 02.2011
Job overview
- The job basically includes troubleshooting the errors generated from all the Symmetrix boxes globally
- Excellent Symmetrix diagnosing and troubleshooting skills which include: Debugging error codes generated by Symmetrix and resolving the issue precisely.
Aditya Birla Minacs (Transworks Information Services)
Sr. Technical Support Engineer
01.2006 - 06.2007
Job overview
- Installation, configuring and troubleshooting of Macintosh operating system
- Providing Technical support for US customers of apple which includes the operating system.
Education
Carmel Polytechnic CollegeAlleppy, Kerala
Diploma In Electrical Engineering from Electrical Engineering
06.1999 - 4 2002
University Overview
Skills
Multitasking Skillsundefined
Certification
Microsoft Certified Solution Architect - AZ 104 and AZ 305
Timeline
Technical Consultant- Projects
Wipro Limited
06.2021 - Current
Senior Engineer Solutions Architecture
DELLEMC
12.2017 - 05.2021
Senior Consultant
ATOS India Pvt Ltd
03.2016 - 07.2017
Disaster Recovery Consultant
Securelink Middle East
06.2015 - 01.2016
Associate Delivery Specialist 2
EMC2
01.2012 - 06.2015
Technical Analyst
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
03.2011 - 01.2012
Project Engineer
Wipro Limited
08.2008 - 02.2011
Sr. Technical Support Engineer
Aditya Birla Minacs (Transworks Information Services)
01.2006 - 06.2007
Carmel Polytechnic College
Diploma In Electrical Engineering from Electrical Engineering
06.1999 - 4 2002
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