Overview
Certifications & Awards
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE Datacenter # 49562)
VMware Certified Professional – Cloud (v1.5)
VMware Certified Professional on vSphere – DCA
MCTS – Windows Server 2008 Virtualization (Hyper-V)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA)
Team Spot Award and Ten on Ten – Mindtree Ltd – March 2014
Best Employee of the Month – VMware India – September and November – 2012
Technical Expertise – VMware
1. VMware NSX
2. VMware vCloud Director
3. VMware ESXi and VMs
4. vShield Manager
5. VMware Converter
6. VMware Update Manager
7. PlateSpin Migrate tool
Technical Expertise – Networking
8. Cisco Nexus 7000 / 5000 / 2000 series
9. Cisco MDS 9000 SAN switch and Cisco Unified Computing System
10. EMC VCE vBlock Deployment and Implementation
11. Routing protocol: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS
12. Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, Inter vLAN Routing, MPLS, LDP, RSVP
13. Firewall: Sound knowledge on Fort iGate 110C, 800 and Cisco ASA 5520
Work Experience
Current Work Experience
Delivery Specialist / Solutions Architect
June’2015 -Present
Design and Deploy Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC) which involves multiple VMware products like vRA, vCO, NSX and vSphere
Co-ordinate and manage large-scale data center migration over multiple sites.
Perform infrastructure discovery and application dependency analysis.
Determine business requirements, identify migration strategies, negotiate schedules and provide on-going coordination
Involvement in the design, planning and execution of migration plan to migrate/decommission infrastructure without disruption to business groups
Conduct reviews, capacity planning, event scheduling, implementation planning and execution, post implementation planning and execution
Drive meetings with SMEs from all areas of the business including: Architects and Leads to seek input from and review migration methodology, resource requirements, timeline and constraints
Track and report on all infrastructure scheduled for migration
Host weekly status meetings with senior management, business and technology teams
Coordinate closely with Engineers, Network and Storage teams to ensure successful execution of migrations on time with zero defects
Consultant / Team Lead
Feb’ 12 – June’ 15
Solutions on Datacenter Migration and Consolidation
New Datacenter and Build
Create design documents on various projects
Customer RFP preparation and submission
Create technical documents and SOP’s on multiple VMware products
Designing and Implementing Routing protocols
Project Responsibilities:
VMware Activities:
To support End-2-End VMware delivery for multiple customers.
Design and build new VMware sites for customer.
Private cloud deployment using the VMware vCloud Director.
Plan and move the Virtual Machines from DC to Cloud.
Worked on Large scale DC migration projects.
Plan and Design the cross vendor storage migration.
Plan, design and implement the multiple vSphere upgrade projects on various versions.
Standardization of VMware environment with best practices.
Plan, design and implement the server consolidation projects.
Troubleshoot issues with the ESX(i) servers or vCenter server.
Troubleshoot performance problems on Virtual Machines.
Network Activities:
Experienced in remotely managing large enterprises WAN of different clients all over the globe.
Diverting traffic via secondary link when primary is down/configuring for Auto failover of links
Analyzing the unequal bandwidth branches and highlighting for alternate feasibility for link redundancy.
Supporting IDEA MPLS Backbone network on Protocols like TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP, STP.
Coordinating with helpdesk and onsite Network Engineers for meet Targeted SLA achievement of Client.
Resolve the problems to ensure a timely resolution. Maintain Network availability, Capacity and Quality of service to meet SLA targets through proactively monitoring & management and evaluating network performance.
Coordinating with the vendors for link failure cases.
Preparing Daily, Weekly and Monthly repeated failure reports for the network device uptime.
Preparing KPI, Health check-up, Jitter-Latency, Environmental temperature/CPU & memory reports of all Routers & switches from C.A technologies E-Health Tool.
Performed Inventory of all Network Devices as and when customer needed.
Technical Support Engineer
June’10 – Dec’11
Deployed for VMware India on Contract payroll of Concentrix
Project Roles & Responsibilities:
SPOC Activities:
Weekly process status meetings with the Project leads and managers discussing on the ongoing issues faced by the team.
To prepare RCA’s.
Daily client meeting on Server build and decommission progress.
Working on VMware project related tasks.
Providing process related and VMware training to the new Engineers.
Creating and maintaining the Daily progress report on team performance.
To pilot running of any upcoming processes and provide feedback.
ESX activities:
Deploy and Configure ESX Server 3.0/3.5.
Worked on a project to deploy 300 ESX servers across the globe.
Troubleshooting ESX related issues.
Configuring VMware clustering with HA and DRS.
Configuring networking activities on ESX host.
Managing user permissions.
Configuring storage using HP Smart start.
ESX Upgrade activities.
Upgrading ESX boxes from 3.0 to 3.5 using update manager or Rebuild.
V2V migration through VMware Convertor.
Helping team with VM related issues.
Deploy and Configure of Virtual Machines with x32 and x64 bit W2K3/W2K8 OS
Systems and Network Administrator
Feb’09 – June’10
Fortune Information Technology
Configuring and troubleshooting Layer 2 and 3 Switches with VLANs, VTP, and STP.
Troubleshooting Link down, High Latency, Packet drops and Routing issues.
Performing back-ups on all Network elements remotely from the MSOC as per the predefined schedule in case of any Planned Event.
Finding root cause analysis of faults and furnishing the same to the customer.
Installing and Managing VMware vSphere 4 on test environment or testing.
Managing Virtual Machines and Installing guest operating systems and VMware Tools.
Managing VMware ESXi 3.5 and upgrading them using Host Upgrade Utility
Monitoring threshold on vSphere Datastores and host CPU and Memory
Creating a Virtual Machine, Cloning activities and maintaining snapshots
Managing migration using vMotion and Storage vMotion.
Configuring access controls, alarms and resource pools.
Trainer / Administrator
Dec’06 – Jan’09
Technical trainer on Basic Networking, Windows Server 2003 and Cisco routers and switches
End to End training on Microsoft Certified System engineer on Windows Server 2003 and Cisco Certified Network Associate to fresher’s and corporates
Designing and Implementing Basic Network topologies and practical demonstration of concepts and related troubleshooting
Troubleshoot hardware, software and Operating system related issues
Keeping Antivirus definitions up to date
To support IT network and install/deploy new hardware and software’s on the systems
Creating and checking for Active directory users and objects updates.
Installing and updating hardware/software Outlook setup.
Keeping the supported software, hardware and operating systems up to date. Troubleshooting Hardware, Operating system and Network related issues.
Install Desktops and Laptops with the software applications.
Manage backups, archival and restoration of data whenever required.
Respond to service calls from the helpdesk.
Checking for software updates, patching and hot fixes.
Education & Qualifications
Purusing Master of Business Administration (MBA)
C.V Raman University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
Periyar University, Salem (India)
Regular Class XII – Pre-university Board
Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore
Class X – Karnataka State Board
The New Cambridge High School, Bangalore
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 16th October 1988
Address: Bangalore – 560040
Marital status: Married
Interests: Music, Dancing and good at playing Volleyball and my team at school have won State level championship in Oct, 2004
Visa: Business Visa (B1), U.S.A – valid through 22nd May 2024
Place: Bangalore, Karnataka, India Bharath Kumar Jain