Vivek Sharma

Experience

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  Team Computers

  Dec 2004 - Feb 2005

  Trainee

  Trainee

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  SN Informatics Pvt.Ltd.

  Feb 2005 - May 2006

  Hardware Engineer (Server Administrtor)

  Hardware Engineer March 2005 – May-2006Responsible for network and system administration as well as support for both hardware and Server Services related problems.Managing Win2K domain.Administering the Active Directory.Implementing and supporting DNS, IIS, and DHCPManaging SQL Server 2000.Installing, Configuring and Managing Routing and VPN services.Installing, Configuring and Managing Exchange Server 2003Implementing security through Group Policy, Domain Controller and domain security policies. Show less

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  MindTree Ltd.

  Jun 2006 - Jul 2009

  Server Administraor L3

  Joined as Member of Mindtree IT server team, shown consistent performance and took lead postion for Storage /Backup Environment. Managed different Storage Vendors & Backup software from industry.Deployed at MindTree Ltd as WinTel Server Administrator Primarily worked on Administration & Management of Storage Systems like DMX-3, EMC Clariion CX3-80 and HP EVA3K. Responsible to manage all escalation related to Storage Frames including hardware problems, Services management, and vendor management.Installation & Configuration of Win2k, Win2k3 Server on IBM Blade Center H21 & HP Blade Chassis C7000 populated with C460, 680 Blades. Sun X series Chassis populated with x6450 Blades.Installation and management of Blade Server in SAN Boot environment keeping NSPOF configuration to have redundancy.Maintaining CLONE Copy of O/S Lun for all Servers and responsible to Sync and Fracture themtime-to-time using batch script. Responsible for backup & Restoration of 80 Servers using Netbackup & Networker backup solution. Show less

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  IBM

  Jul 2009 - Oct 2010

  Lead Specialist Storage

  Prominent member of 15 engineers team for supporting Canada base client. Responsible to manage and provision on various EMC DMX, Clariion Frames and Brocade switches.Administration and Management on DMX Frames DMX-3 & DMX-4, which includes creation of Meta devices, mapping and masking.Maintaining SLA and providing better and secure solution to customer.Administration of multiple Clariion Frames like Cx3-80 and CX700Responsible to manage and secure BCV’s while minimizing RPO/RTO by deploying Timdefinder and its extended operations. Basic Knowledge on SRDF,Open replicator and its mode, enhancing knowledge on it.Exposure on management tool like navisphere manager, navicli and symcli. Show less

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  NetApp

  Oct 2010 - May 2016

  I am a Technical Partner Manager in NetApp, a Fortune 500 company in the Data Storage and Management industry. I am a part of the Asia-Pacific team and I lead the partner program strategy and enablement efforts for Channels and Pathways in India. I work with some of the top Value Added Resellers, Distributors, Regional and Global Systems Integrators as well as Cloud Service partners, and also assist in building a strong ecosystem of partners and alliances to support our customers. The role requires me conduct trainings, presentations, events and seminars for partner engineers. Show less Technical Expertise:•Solution Consultation, Designing & Deployment to meet client’s Business Requirements•Strong technical expertise and knowledge on Data Storage Solutions specializing in Netapp.•Business Continuity Solutions, Server Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Backup & Recovery Methodologies, Snap and Clone technologies, Archival Solutions, Unified Storage Solutions, etc.•End to end deployment of Netapp controllers as SAN and NAS solution. •Deployment expertise on Netapp V series controllers while using EMC /HP as backend controller. (Virtualizing other storages)•Expert in Deploying NetApp snapshots technology ossv/snapvault/snapmirror•Project Management to ensure effective implementation.•Knowledge on administration of other storage vendors like EMC and HP. •Worked on Industry top most backup solution including Networker, Netbackup, HPDataprotector and Backupexec. •Expertise in deploying Brocade and Cisco switches, including Brocade encryption switches along with key manager. •Additional technologies employed include VSC plug-in for VMware, Backing up VM restoring, rapid clone utility. •Expertise in On-Commond Unified manager complete suite including System Manager, & Operations Manager for administration and monitoring and reporting functions. •On Command Balance and On-Command Insight for end-to-end inventory view, reporting and growth and capacity utilization. Customer & Partner Relationship:•Customer Relationship management.•Engagement with partner and drive them to technical expertization on Netapp technology. •Periodically client engagement and deliver audit on storage efficiency and provide suggestions and gain their confidence. Sales:•Pre sales engagement witch customer on Storage requirement and developing solution to caterthem.•Proof of concept to make customer aware on product and its manageability and get confident on product. Show less

  • Technical Partner Manager

    Mar 2014 - May 2016

  • Professional Service Consultant

    Apr 2011 - Feb 2014

  • Professional Service Engineer

    Oct 2010 - May 2011
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  VMware

  May 2016 - Oct 2023

  I was part of the North Core SE team delivering value to my customers by providing trusted consulting and adding value to their business, with the aim to accelerate their success with VMware.

  • Senior Sales Specialist Cloud Management

    Nov 2021 - Oct 2023

  • Staff Solution Engineer

    Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Senior System Engineer

    Jul 2018 - May 2021

  • Partner System Engineer

    May 2016 - Jun 2018
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  Broadcom

  Oct 2023 - now

  Account Director

  West & South State Government Account Director.