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Rajkumar Nagulsamy

Rajkumar Nagulsamy

Dublin,Ireland

Summary

Experienced virtualization engineer committed to maintaining cutting edge technical skills and up-to-date industry knowledge.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification

Work History

Technology Operations Specialist

Bank Of America
05.2021 - 12.2022
  • Proficient knowledge in maintaining and upgrading ESXi physical server's within BOFA cloud infrastructure.
  • Conducted system performance analysis and capacity planning using analytical tools to inform decision-making for hardware upgrades and system expansion.
  • Skilled at resolving backup-related issues, including snapshot management and proxy-related issues.
  • Handled firmware upgrades for Dell IDRAC and HPE ILO using proxy server's. Performed VCenter upgrades and patching in production environments, including VCHA re-creation.
  • Skilled in working with backup-related issues like snapshot creation & deletion, file locks, backup failures with errors, and proxy-related issues.
  • Skilled in troubleshooting Dell Power Edge server's hardware-related issues like CPU, fan, DIMM, SD card, cables, system board replacement, SSD, & HDD replacements, coordinating with data center engineers on a day-to-day basis.
  • Hands-on experience in removing and re-creating disk groups All Flash & hybrid disks using SSH.
  • Manage and maintain multiple VMware vSphere HA/DRS cluster environments using best practices

Service Delivery Specialist

IBM India Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 02.2021
  • Played pivotal role in data center migration, and cloud integration, which led to measurable impact on cost reduction and improved scalability.
  • Experienced with VMware technologies, including ESXi, vSAN, NSX, and vRealize Suite.
  • Skilled with VEEAM Backup and Recovery. Took responsibility for end-to-end management of VEEAM environment, encompassing installation, configuration, and successful execution of data recovery processes for virtual machines and server's.
  • Install, configure, and upgrade SDDC environment on-premises and in IBM Cloud environments.
  • Hands-on experience in NSX-V upgrades in production environments.
  • Performing backups using VEEAM and Avamar backup solutions for the servers associated with a VMware virtual infrastructure.
  • Installing and upgrading VMware vSphere 6.0, which includes ESXi 6.5/6.7, vCenter Server 6.5/6.7, SRM, and VI Client.
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016, and 2019 for Active Directory.

Sr Systems Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 05.2019
  • Worked in VMware vCenter 6.0 with the embedded and external platform service controllers.
  • Worked in VMware Horizon multi-cloud desktop and app virtualization platform to deploy virtual machines.
  • Worked on deploying the Horizon client, the View Connection server, the View Composer server, and the Load Balancer.
  • Worked in full clone, linked clone, and instant clone technologies.

Education

Master of Science - Cloud Computing

National College of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
2024

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science And Engineering

Anna University
Coimbatore, India
2015

Skills

  • vSAN Administration
  • Virtualization implementation
  • VMware [ESXi,vCenter,NSX-V,vROps, and vRLi]
  • Backup Solution [Veeam, Avamar]
  • Windows/Linux Server Management
  • System backups and upgrades
  • IT security best practices
  • Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop environment support
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Enterprise technologies

Certification

  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV)
  • Azure Fundamentals
  • RHCSA Rapid Track (RH199) RedHat
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Timeline

Technology Operations Specialist

Bank Of America
05.2021 - 12.2022

Service Delivery Specialist

IBM India Pvt Ltd
05.2019 - 02.2021

Sr Systems Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 05.2019

Master of Science - Cloud Computing

National College of Ireland

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science And Engineering

Anna University
Rajkumar Nagulsamy