Vinod T Sonta

• Led procurement of high-performance systems (Mac Studio, workstations), managing end-to-end vendor coordination, cost optimization, and timely delivery aligned with project requirements
• Managed software license lifecycle, ensuring compliance, cost control, and uninterrupted access to business-critical applications
• Administered Microsoft 365 (Office 365) environment, including user provisioning, license management, security policies, and issue resolution
• Managed and supported production servers for CGI/VFX workflows, ensuring high availability and smooth rendering operations
• Played a key role in TPN (Trusted Partner Network) compliance implementation, strengthening security standards for media and entertainment infrastructure
• Handled data management across NAS and AWS Cloud, ensuring secure storage, efficient access, and reliable backup for large media assets
• Administered Active Directory, including user management, group policies, access control, and domain security
• Provided end-user support for desktops and laptops, minimizing downtime and improving user productivity
• Managed and monitored network infrastructure (LAN/WAN, firewall, VPN), ensuring stable connectivity and quick resolution of network issues
• Led employee onboarding and offboarding processes, including account setup, access provisioning, asset allocation, and secure deactivation
• Delivered IT support for corporate and production events, ensuring seamless technical execution and network availability

• Troubleshot and resolved complex system and application issues, resulting in improved user experience

• Monitored system performance, identified potential issues, and implemented corrective action to prevent outages

• Installed, configured, and maintained software applications, resulting in improved system productivity and efficiency

• Performed system performance tuning to optimize system resources and reduce latency by X%

● Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services); research event-log

warnings and errors; and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly

● Monitor data-center health using existing management tools, and

respond to hardware issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed

● Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers,

phones, security updates; support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments

● Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify

root cause, and provide technical support when needed

● Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including

backups.

Perform server administration tasks (ex: user/group, security permissions, group policies, print services); research event-log

warnings and errors; and monitor resources to ensure that systems architecture components work together seamlessly

● Monitor data-center health using existing management tools, and

respond to hardware issues as they arise; help build, test, and maintain new servers when needed

● Maintain internal infrastructure requirements, including laptop and desktop computers, servers, routers, switches, firewalls, printers,

phones, security updates; support internet, intranet, LANs, WANs, and network segments

● Assist the help desk and other teams with troubleshooting to identify

root cause, and provide technical support when needed

● Perform routine and scheduled audits of all systems, including

backups.

Client - BNP Paribas

• Responsible for all daily IT operations.
• Looking after continuous service delivery level improvement
• Handling the NDS (RBI Software) system and the Software and doing trouble shooting for the same
• Handling Market data software such as NDS/RTGS and CCIL application etc.
• Installation configuration and troubleshooting of NDS/RTGS and CCIL application
• EOD/BOD NDS Application
• Installation & Maintenance of HP Desktop Models & Laptop models under Windows 10 environment
• Installing & monitoring McAfee Antivirus
• Configuring and troubleshooting of MS Outlook

After Studios

Managing and maintenance of Domain and Servers.

Creating user, Group, Home profiles in Active Directory.

Installing and configured the Server OS and RAID.

Installation & Maintenance of HP Desktop Models and Dell Optimex

& Laptop models under windows XP, Windows 2007 and Windows 10 environment.

● Monitoring and managing SAN of ISILON.

● Troubleshooting various Application (Autodesk, Adobe, Foundry,

etc.) & required application for Media Industries.
● Basic Troubleshooting in Linux & MACOS.

Client - RBS Bank

• Managing and maintenance of file server, print server, Application server.
• Creating user, Group, Home profiles in Active Directory.
• Planning and implementation of Veritas NetBackup, Veritas9.1, Veritas 10.0, 12.5 & & TSM Tivoli Backup and there backup policies.
• Planning and execution of MS patches through SMS server.
• Installing and configured the Server OS and RAID.
• Maintenance of Veritas 5.3 and Northern Disk quota
• Providing access to user of printer, share folder.
• Monitoring and managing SAN of HP, Hitachi, and IBM
• Installation of printer in Print Server in cluster environment
• Installing & monitoring Symantec Antivirus Server 10.1.4
• Generating report of Threat attack, old Definition from Symantec Antivirus server
• Supporting various Application server (Safe boot, Finacle, NEFT,RTGS, WMS) Knowledge of Handling Day-End activities like ABH (After Banking Hours), EOD (End of Day), BOD (Beginning of the Day) and handing over the branches for the day.
• Conducting periodic walk through in datacenter for Wintel systems health check

Client - ABN AMRO Bank

• COE is an RBS Standard Consistence Office Environment running under MS Windows XP clients and Windows 2003 Servers. Assisted testing and implementation of Project COE, a Customize version of Windows XP Professional, user rights security. Access to Active Directory user & Computer Structure (ADS) for Asia.

● Handling Server's backup & restoration through NT Backup, Veritas

ver. 9.0 and Symantec Backup 12.5 exe.

● Handling the NDS (RBI Software) server and the Software and doing

the trouble shooting for the same

● Handling Market data software such as NDS/RTGS and CCIL

application etc.

● Installation configuration and troubleshooting of NDS/RTGS and

CCIL application.

● EOD/BOD NDS Application.

● Availability Management –Disk space/Archive log space. Taking the

appropriate action, after discussing with respective team.

● Successful implantation of Consistence Office Environment &

Banking applications testing under Windows XP client platform.

Client - ABN AMRO Bank

• Installation & Maintenance of HP Desktop Models dc7600, dx6100, dx6120 and Dell model Optimex under windows XP environment
• IBM laptop T40, T60, R51 under windows XP environment
• MS OFFICE troubleshooting
• Lotus notes (ver6.5) and MS Outlook installation, configuration and client base troubleshooting
• Co-ordination with the different vendor
• Escalation of problems to the respective Teams.