Praveen Bugalaia

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Dec 2005 - Jul 2010

  • Worked on Active Directory, Exchange server, SCCM, Remote Desktop, Desktop deployments, Server Virtualization/ VDI/ Citrix• Server Administration – Installing/Configuring different flavours of Windows servers, managing Active Directory service, monitoring servers, installing printers, installing web based applications, Patch Management, Antivirus server management, PCs troubleshooting and fixing OS and applications issues.• VMware Administration - Installing, Configuring & Trouble shooting of VMware ESXi Server, managing more than 50 ESXi servers and around 500 VMs, Performance monitoring VM’S & ESXi Servers using virtual center, Creating, Managing Virtual Machines using templates• Network Design & Implementation – Network infrastructure design, VLAN Management – creation, adding ports to VLAN etc., WAN link optimization/solution design based on business requirements.• Application development – PLSQL, VB.net, Java, HTML, ASP.net & Shell scripting etc. Show less

  • Team Leader - IT Operations

    May 2008 - Jul 2010

  • Assistant System Engineer

    Dec 2005 - Apr 2008
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  Infosys

  Jul 2010 - Oct 2011

  Technology Transition Lead

  Leading Technology implementation for all new clients of Infosys in North India Region(Jaipur and Gurgaon). Collaborate with Client’s IT team to understand their IT Infrastructure requirement, capture all KPIs to ensure conformance to them and implement best possible solution in the constrained environment. This includes Network setup (MPLS/VPN), IT Infrastructure setup (including Active Directory, Anti Virus Server, Patch update Server, Client Computing Devices, ODC setup, IVR solution, server room setup, access control environment etc. and thenstabilize IT Operations before handing over to IT Operations. Show less

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  GE Aviation

  Oct 2011 - Mar 2015

  Project Manager - IT Infrastructure Projects

  Project Manager, managing IT Infrastructure projects for different GE businesses. Some of the big wins include Network Re-architecture of a global technology center, On-boarding GE suppliers on secure third party network connection and implement secure email(TLS) for them. While executingthese projects, I collaborate with global teams to bring their expertise to evaluate different alternatives in order to implement best technology solution. I also worked with different IT serviceproviders/suppliers of GE and done their IT Risk assessment to improve their IT security, governance and compliance standards. Show less

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  GE Power & Water

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2016

  Project Manager IT Infrastructure Projects

  Worked with GE suppliers to migrate them to Secure Third party network and secure email over TLS.Performance improvement of Enterprise PLM application (world’s biggest Enovia PLM implementation) to manage performance improvement across global locations through live monitoring using Splunk.Spearheaded hardware obsolescence projects for cost optimization and legacy footprint reduction.Enterprise application migration to AWS cloud including P-V and V-V server migrations. Led security projects including Spunk implementation for enterprise applications security.Managed and completed Network re-architecutre project of Technology center (TTC), a GE acquisition.DLP – Digital guardian solution rollout for monitoring, logging and recording against DLP.Conducted IT Risk Assessment, ISO 27001(ISMS) Audits for suppliers/vendors and involved in BCP/DR planning Show less

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  Wipro

  Jun 2016 - Feb 2018

  Project Manager & Team Manager

  • Led datacenter migration and consolidation projects to optimize IT operations and cost reduction.• Refresh/Upgrade Cisco corporate firewalls/routers/switches supporting all remote network access (VPN) and network infrastructure. • Managed implementation of large scale VMware setup at multiple datacenter locations. • Collaborate with cyber-security team to conduct risk assessment and internal security audits.• Managed implementation of network monitoring system leveraging existing tools in order to maintain and track the global MPLS network’s important metrics. • Devise strategy for enterprise application migration/hosting to public, private or hybrid cloud infrastructure• Optimize server footprints by identifying and removing legacy IT infrastructure no longer used by business Show less

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  GyanSys Inc.

  Apr 2018 - Aug 2021

  IT Infrastructure Technical Project/Program Manager

  Managing/managed Projects including Software Defined Wide Area Network (using VeloCloud solution), Software Defined Data Center (Deploying VMware VCF solution), NSX, Enterprise Veeam implementation, Cisco ISE 2.x, IT Integrations of Merger/acquisitions , vSphere Implementation, Network and server infrastructure deployment at all global sites and implementation of Multiple Security Projects.

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  Amazon

  Aug 2021 - now

  • Sr. Technical Program Manager

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Technical Program Manager

    Aug 2021 - Sept 2022