Saswati P.

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in infrastructure engineering.
Expertise in VMware and cloud operations.
Proficient in enterprise storage technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with extensive experience in virtualization and enterprise storage solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

VmwareCloud ComputingEnterprise Storage

Other Skills

Vulnerability ManagementClient AdministrationVMware vCenterVMware ESXiPowerShellAPI IntegrationvSANHCXInfrastructure Monitoringv2v migrationData CentersVMware vSphereCompute virtualizationStorage virtualizationSAN

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With over 10 years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer and Systems Administrator, my primary focus lies in the design, deployment, installation, configuration, and administration of VMware vSphere, ESXi, VMware vCenter, NSX-T , GCP, GCVE and VSAN architecture. I possess extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in various storage technologies- SAN (ISCSI), NAS (NFS) & vSAN. I am an enterprise cloud operations professional proficient in supporting and troubleshooting infrastructure issues related to storage, compute, and network in VMware estates.

Experience

7 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Maersk

Infrastructure Engineer

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Design, deployment and configuration of HCX components from vcenter to GCVE ( Google Cloud VMware Engine)
Planned and conducted v2v migration using hcx.
Conduct successful Proof of Concepts (POCs).
Configure open-source Observability Telemetry tool for Infrastructure Monitoring.
Collaborate with various technical vendors, including VMware and IBM, for software/hardware or technical queries as needed.
Design, Plan and execute operations on VMware platform to ensure environment security and compliance.
Automation: Develop PowerShell Scripts to automate day-to-day manual tasks.
Performed API integration by integrating various tools with Vmware Platforms.
Create standard Operation Process (SOP) for various guidelines and change processes.
Designed and implemented vSAN hosting platform for applications.
Deployed Disconnected platforms, establishing environments with no domain connections.
Deployed vCenter Server Appliance 7
Deploy and configure HA-DRS clusters mapped to external storage (VMFS, NFS).
Have a good understanding of the concepts and workings of standard switches and distributed virtual switches, and configure them in the environment.
Migrate workloads from vSwitch to DVS.
Troubleshoot any configuration issues within the virtual infrastructure - Compute/Storage/Network.
Performed lifecycle management of the Vmware estate: ESXi host,vCenter.
Develop runbooks and action plans on production environment following the Maersk standard Change Process.
Responsible for Capacity Planning, Cost and Platform Optimizations.
Developed Cost model using consumption-based and Allocation-based depending on business requirement.
Deployed open-source virtualization technology in the environment to carry out a PoC on KVM virtualization.
Create Runbooks, HLDs, Technical Presentations for Projects, procedures, operations.

Vulnerability ManagementClient AdministrationVMware vCenterVMware ESXiPowerShellAPI Integration+5

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Enterprise Systems Engineer

May 2019 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Menlo Park, California, United States

Work with the technology team to architect VMware virtual systems that effectively reflect system capacity and other technology parameters.
Design, Build, and support virtualized logical systems.
Design, build and support VSAN environment.
Determine and implement tools for system performance measurement and management.
Work with teams to resolve operational and performance issues.
Configure and maintain hardware and software associated with an enterprise wide implementation of Compute and Storage virtualization technology.
Develop technical solutions drawn from business needs; security compliance and growth in regard to replication and disaster preparedness.
Engineer and maintain virtualized network infrastructure, and troubleshoot network issues within the Compute environment.
Administer and support multi-location, multi-cluster virtual environments.
Develop methodologies and practices to manage and plan SAN and VSAN storage and system capacity based on projected growth to ensure that performance remains at acceptable levels.
Maintain and upgrade server technologies and software versions of the host infrastructure servers to the latest production levels keeping compliant with security requirements and standards.
Formulate conclusions about the state of the virtualized system and storage environment using various reporting tools and communicate the same to staff and customers.
Develop configuration and procedural documentation as necessary.

Data CentersVMware vSphereVSANCompute virtualizationStorage virtualizationVMware

Hewlett packard enterprise

Technical Solution Consultant

Apr 2016 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Configured and supported multiple HPE enterprise storages, backup products and Brocade DCX Backbone directors and switches.
Verified and implemented the detailed technical solution to the problem and operations.
Planned and implemented best practices for Enterprise Storage solutions.
Performed performance analysis and identified bottlenecks in case of congestion by analyzing support logs (Brocade).
Well-versed in analyzing storage logs, Server logs( Active Health System logs and ADU report ) to provide a root cause and solutions.
Troubleshoot and provided solutions for Data Unavailability/inaccessibility in Enterprise systems and Storage, virtualization.
Hands-on experience in installation and configuration, SAN storage, Servers (Proliant DLs).
Proficient in technical knowledge to design an Enterprise SAN environment across several technologies like Servers, Storage and Network.
In-depth understanding of SAN storage solutions and system capacity management.
Recommended and implemented proactive measures to ensure adequate storage capacity is available.
Designed and configured storage pools(SAS/SATA) on SAN.
Created vdisk (RAID 1, 3, 5, 6, 10,50) and provisioned ISCSI datastore and network shares to virtual compute end users (ESXi/Windows/Linux).
Provided solutions for Server-Storage/ Backup connectivity issues.
Created zoning which is part of virtual storage provisoning to establish server mappings on SAN storage.
Configured and administered local and remote storage replication process from cradle to grave.
Worked closely with HPE SAN Engineering team for deep fault analysis.
Collaborated with VMware Technical support and internal teams to develop technical documentation and reports
Developed procedural documentation and workarounds for various issues.

Client AdministrationData CentersEnterprise StorageSANPerformance analysis

Wipro

Project Engineer

Sep 2014 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Created solutions for SAN/NAS Storage issues.
Configured and supported EMC SAN architecture integrated with VMware environment, globally.
Designed and configured storage pool of block storage out of heterogeneous, Homogeneous (SAS/NLSAS/SSD) drives.
Worked with teams to create solutions for disaster recovery management.
Configured and administered storage replications from the outset.
Identified and resolved issues related to performance , replication , Block/file level storage, VMware environment,OS(SUSE-Linux) and hardware issues.
Worked closely with EMC SAN and VMWare engineering team and assisted support engineers as a Subject Matter Expert.
Implemented storage solutions by provisioning ESXi hosts in vCenter for VMware vSphere solutions.
Created and provisioned ISCSI storage,Network (CIFS/NFS) shares to Windows/LINUX servers by implementing necessary tools.
Configured and administered Microsoft ISCSI initiator tool for block storage provisioning to end user.
Configured VMware vCenter ISCSI initiator to provision ESXi hosts.
Troubleshoot SAN/VMware/network issues within the storage and compute environment.
Proficient in analyzing storage core dumps, vmsupport logs to determine the root cause.
Worked closely with Network Engineering team to troubleshoot deep dive network issues within SAN environment.
Analyzed packet drops using wireshark and network trace logs.
Configured EMC CAVA- Anti Virus on Windows hosts..
Performed firmware upgrades, re-imaged OS on EMC SAN controllers as necessary.
Configured LDAP authentication for management client on EMC SAN storage.
Provisioned snapshot as a datastore to the hosts when required
Handled escalated service requests worked on high severities.
Collaborated with VMware Technical support and internal teams to provide solutions best suited for the environment.