Rajique Sheikh

Experience

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  IBilt Technologies

  Sept 2006 - Sept 2007

  Software Engineering Trainee

  • Maintaining and managing database (SQL, MS ACCESS).• Generating reports using IBM Lotus Notes.• Maintaining existing applications.

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  IGX MANAGEMENT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

  Nov 2007 - Oct 2009

  System Engineer

  • Installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of ESX servers.• Developing and testing EMBEDDED programs on the ESX/ESXi platform.• Developing and testing the back scripts for backing up the existing system on the ESX/ESXi platform. Performance analysis and enhancement of application running on ESX/ESXi platform.

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  KPIT

  Oct 2009 - Mar 2011

  Senior Engineer

  • Worked for KPIT Cummins Private Limited, Bangalore, India.• Attending breakdown calls routed through ticket (Siebel) and providing resolution according to SLA.• Installation, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of ESX/ESXi servers and Virtual Center server.• Upgradation and patching of existing ESXi/vCenter environment.• Administrating, creating, deploying and managing virtual machines and templates. Migration of virtual machines using VMotion. Cloning virtual machines using a converter.• Management of virtual machine snapshots.• Creating and maintaining clusters for (HA) High Availability & (DRS) Distributed Resource Scheduling.• Creation of virtual switches, and port groups and setting up security policies for the virtual network.• Analyze & troubleshoot the problems related to SAN deployment for VMware infrastructure.• Resource allocation, swap management, memory allocation, CPU and memory reservations.• Resource monitoring using GUI and command line tools like “esxtop”. Show less

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  Sapient

  Mar 2011 - Sept 2018

  Senior Associate L2 Engineer (Virtualization)

  • Datacenter migrations and Storage node replacement.• Maintaining Datacenter, ESX/ESXi servers, and storage.• Scheduling the upgrade procedure for the ESX/ESXi server.• Maintain a highly productive performing virtualized environment for the end users. • Implementing disaster recovery system using NetApp Snapmirror and VMware SRM technology.• Scheduling backups and troubleshooting the technical issues related to VMware, and XEN.• Implemented PHD/Unitrends Virtual Backup technology for backing up the complete VMware and XEN inventory.• Implemented XEN desktop technology.• Implemented Oracle Virtualization environment for Oracle Linux, Database server and Oracle application products on a virtualized platform.• Evaluated and integrated the vCloud Director with an existing VMware environment.• Designed and implemented a portal that updates the backend database with the virtual server’s records and project details. • Implemented scripts to automate daily routine tasks.• Capacity planning and optimized usage of an existing resource of the current environment. • Testing new versions of virtualization software for achieving better performance output. Show less

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  Honeywell

  Sept 2018 - now

  Information Technology Manager

  • Leading INFRA/OS team on the technical front.• Troubleshoot performance issues related to virtualized workloads.• Accountable for INFRA/OS roadmaps w.r.t Enterprise Applications (SAP support matrix).• Working with Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Services platforms like Nutanix/VxRail/ScaleIO, and PowerMax to create the strategy/direction for SAP infrastructure.• Architecting the solutions for the projects involving the cross-platform migration from AIX to Linux.• Architecting the solutions for projects involving moving workloads between Private and Public cloud.• Database responsibilities include HANA, Oracle, SAP Sybase/ASE (Dynamic Tiering), SQL Server and other contemporary open-source databases.• Asset management, patch management, vulnerability management, resource management and Datacenter migration. Show less