Self-motivated professional with 16 years of IT experience in Windows Server, VMWare and Azure platform. Proven skills in Data Center Build, Migration & Administration, Tools Implementation, Managed Hosting, Cloud Services, Project Delivery, Remote Infrastructure Service Support Delivery. Proven track record of troubleshooting technical issues for internal and external clients.
Hi, I’m
Prasanth V
Sodertalje
Summary
Overview
18
years of professional experience
1
Certificate
Work History
Lntinfotech LtdSodertalje
Lead Specialist- Cloud Infra Service
01.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Administering 2900 windows servers which includes setup, Design and Implementation of windows server OS 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 and 2022.
- Configure and Manage IIS and implement Load balancer solutions.
- Performed Shared IIS Configurations.
- Deploy, Configure and Manage Microsoft Cluster, SQL Always ON Cluster.
- Configure DFS, Active Directory User Permission, share folder access Management.
- Performed IP-DNS Mange through Infoblox.
- Manage and configure Virtual Machine in VMWare Environment- VCenter 7 which include compute and storage addition, data store creation, snapshots, Network configurations.
- Configure, Manage Backup solutions for servers through EMC Networker.
- Established strong hands on experience on Create, manage server patching and server deploy through SCCM.
- Vulnerability assessment and remediation on servers by utilizing Power BI Report and SCCM.
- Prepare, Plan and coordinate and execute Server life cycle management.
- Create monitoring rules for windows servers through SCOM and IBM Tivoli.
- Create scripts through PowerShell to Automate repetitive tasks.
- Authorized several script leveraging Power CLI and windows PowerShell to monitor VMWare Tools status of VM, Schedule snapshot creation and deletion, windows patch report, Server uptime, Remote software install, server inventory..etc.
- Based on OU and GPO, implemented PowerShell script to bulk import AD users.
- Follow ITIL for Incident, Change, Service Request and Problem Management.
- Resolve issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.
HCL Technologies Pte LtdChennai
Associate Consultant
06.2012 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Infrastructure management include Setup, Design & Implementations for operating systems and ESXi Host in different hardware like, HP , Dell, Cisco UCS, VxRail and Vertx.
- Data Center Administration include External Vendor coordination, DC Maintenance activity, Cabling, Racking, Labeling, Device health check.
- Performed Firmware upgrade on physical servers.
- VCenter Upgrade.
- Organized and supported Data Center Migration and Co-Locations.
- Created monthly forecast templates and resource management allocations for approved projects.
- Active Directory design and Implementation including Group Policy management, User Management, OU, Sites and Subnet addition.
- Implemented File Server, Print server migrations, Cloud Data Migration, Phase out of 2008, In-place upgrade, VCenter Upgrade, P2V, V2V.
- Configured DFS, DNS, Hyper-V, MS Cluster, SQL Always ON.
- VM Assessment for cloud readiness by using Azure Migrate.
- Backup and VSS error troubleshooting.
- Schedule, Co-ordinate with server owners and perform global deployment of windows patches to all Windows server through ivanti/HEAT (Lumention).
- Troubleshoot and fixed problems related to System Performance by using PerfMon, PAL, RAMMAP, ProcMon, WinDBG.
- Design and implement powershell script.
MphasiS Pvt. LtdChennai
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
09.2010 - 03.2012
Job overview
- Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability which involved windows OS of 2003,2008, Linux Servers, Esxi Host and VCenter server v4.1
- Managed Active directory, DNS, DHCP, RAID, Firmware upgrade, Server Deployments.
- Facilitated installation processes to deliver project requirements on time.
Nortech Infonet Pvt. LtdKochi
Service Engineer
07.2004 - 08.2010
Job overview
- As Proliant service Engineer to provide support on HP ML,DL and BL servers
- Managed over 300+ servers
- Configured iLO and Firmware Upgrade
- Worked on Wi-Fi Survey & Implementation
- Analyzed, troubleshot and diagnosed problems and provided prompt repair and solutions.
Education
Annamalai University
Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
University Overview
Polytechnic CollegeChelakkara, Kerala
from Computer Engineering
University Overview
Skills
- Windows Server 2008,2012,2019,2022
- VMWare vSphere 65, 7
- Active Directory
- Windows Powershell
- Azure
- MS Cluster, DNS, DFS
- IIS
- Nutanix
- SCCM
Certification
VMware Certified Professional v6.5
Microsoft Certified Solution Architecture(MCSA) -2012
Nutanix NCA 5.20
Languages
Malayalam
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Tamil
Advanced
C1
Hindi
Proficient
C2
Swedish
Beginner
A1
Additional Information
Additional Information
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married
Visa Status: Work Permit.
Timeline
Lead Specialist- Cloud Infra Service
Lntinfotech Ltd
01.2019 - Current
Associate Consultant
HCL Technologies Pte Ltd
06.2012 - 01.2019
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
MphasiS Pvt. Ltd
09.2010 - 03.2012
Service Engineer
Nortech Infonet Pvt. Ltd
07.2004 - 08.2010
Annamalai University
Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
Polytechnic College
from Computer Engineering
Projects
Projects
Server PhaseOut and IIS Migration
Jan 2021 - Present
As a project lead of server phaseout, Co-ordinating with Application and Database Owners to create a cutover plan to move all the applications, Website (IIS) and databases from server 2008 and server 2012 OS to OS 2019 and 2022.
Data Migration to Cloud - Box(cloud-based content management system)
Mar-2014 - Jan 2015
Successfully Planed, Co-ordinated with multiple application team to migrate all of their OLD data / Archive Data which was kept on On-prem File servers.Around 1.8 Petabyte space were able to clear from on prem servers thus by saving underlying storage space.
New AD environment setup and migration
Aug 2016 - Aug 2017
Successfully Planed, Co-ordinated and Implemented the AD environment setup and migration project. It was about to create a new domain and test it out, migrate the entire AD infra objects from old domain to this new domain. As part of this, around 18,000 user accounts were migrated to new domain.
Successfully completed the project which required lot of planning and testing as entire organization's domain were changed to the new domain. Legacy domain was decommissioned phase by phase after this migration
On-Prem Data center Co-Location- Data center migration
Jun 2016 - Mar 2017
Completed migration of the VMware, Windows Server environment from On-prem DC to Colo DC for various sites like Bangalore, Singapore and US-West zone. Initially AD server and environment was setup on the colo DC and tested for the connectivity. Post that planned for the cutover for moving all the devices and servers from on-prem to colo DC during the cutover time.
Challenges were faced after moving the devices like communication issues due to IP bindings on the application. But it sorted out and production was brought up within the downtime.
Moving to Colo DC helped in reducing the data center operation cost around 15%. It also reduced the annual downtime for the on-prem DC.
Domain and hardware migration of Windows Server and VMware Infrastructure
Dec 2013 - Dec 2013
Successfully migrated Windows and VMware environment for client who is one of the top 5 semiconductor company's Pennsylvania, USA site. It was completed within 22 hours of entire site production downtime.
Around 30 critical production VMs and 20 non-production VMs were migrated from old HP hardware to new cisco UCS M3 blade servers along with the domain migration of those servers.
Most of the servers had TB of data to be migrated from old to new hardware. Inspite of several challenges, able to complete the migration within the timeline and bring the production in 20 hours.
Projects
Projects
Server PhaseOut and IIS Migration
Jan 2021 - Present
As a project lead of server phaseout, Co-ordinating with Application and Database Owners to create a cutover plan to move all the applications, Website (IIS) and databases from server 2008 and server 2012 OS to OS 2019 and 2022.
Data Migration to Cloud - Box(cloud-based content management system)
Mar-2014 - Jan 2015
Successfully Planed, Co-ordinated with multiple application team to migrate all of their OLD data / Archive Data which was kept on On-prem File servers.Around 1.8 Petabyte space were able to clear from on prem servers thus by saving underlying storage space.
New AD environment setup and migration
Aug 2016 - Aug 2017
Successfully Planed, Co-ordinated and Implemented the AD environment setup and migration project. It was about to create a new domain and test it out, migrate the entire AD infra objects from old domain to this new domain. As part of this, around 18,000 user accounts were migrated to new domain.
Successfully completed the project which required lot of planning and testing as entire organization's domain were changed to the new domain. Legacy domain was decommissioned phase by phase after this migration
On-Prem Data center Co-Location- Data center migration
Jun 2016 - Mar 2017
Completed migration of the VMware, Windows Server environment from On-prem DC to Colo DC for various sites like Bangalore, Singapore and US-West zone. Initially AD server and environment was setup on the colo DC and tested for the connectivity. Post that planned for the cutover for moving all the devices and servers from on-prem to colo DC during the cutover time.
Challenges were faced after moving the devices like communication issues due to IP bindings on the application. But it sorted out and production was brought up within the downtime.
Moving to Colo DC helped in reducing the data center operation cost around 15%. It also reduced the annual downtime for the on-prem DC.
Domain and hardware migration of Windows Server and VMware Infrastructure
Dec 2013 - Dec 2013
Successfully migrated Windows and VMware environment for client who is one of the top 5 semiconductor company's Pennsylvania, USA site. It was completed within 22 hours of entire site production downtime.
Around 30 critical production VMs and 20 non-production VMs were migrated from old HP hardware to new cisco UCS M3 blade servers along with the domain migration of those servers.
Most of the servers had TB of data to be migrated from old to new hardware. Inspite of several challenges, able to complete the migration within the timeline and bring the production in 20 hours.
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