Pravin Utekar

Experience

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  Continuum LLC (Zenith Monitoring Services Private Limited)

  Nov 2010 - Apr 2013

  Continuum Managed Services

  • Creating Test Environment using VMware Infrastructure.• Creating, Managing Virtual Machines using templates.• Performance monitoring VM’S & ESXi Servers using virtual center.• Enabling VMware features like VMotion, SVMotion, High Availability (HA), Resource Scheduling (DRS).Worked on P2V, V2V migration project. • Used VMware VCenter converter.• Provided lab support to test and development team by using VMware features Snapshots, Cloning.• Installing and adding new ESXi serves to data center.• Creating VM using templates.• Knowledge on Update to manager.• Installing different flavors of windows servers.• Having knowledge of workstation, VMplayer and oracle virtual box.• IT Infrastructure Monitoring.• Microsoft Server, Linux Server and VMWare Infrastructure Monitoring. • Manual Testing of the Components. • Bug reporting. • Issue Handling. • Research on the Monitoring products. • Documenting features of the products.• Creating comparison charts. • Assigning the defect to the developer.• Knowledge on Windows Server and Citrix Event monitoring.• Implementing various products and test its features.• Installing Linux operating system (Ubuntu,RedHat,CentOs,Fedora).• Creating Virtual and physical operating system in testing environment.• Monitoring services, application and port data.• Monitoring performance of the servers. Show less

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  Zenith Infotech

  Nov 2010 - May 2012

  Software Engineer
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  EClerx Services Limited

  Apr 2013 - Oct 2014

  VMWare and Storage Administrator

   Administration/Maintenance of VMware vSphere 4 & 5 Administration/Maintenance of ESX4.0 & ESXi5.1 Provisioning of ISCSI & FC Storage on VM & ESXi Host by using netapp filer Provisioning of storage on windows server by using netapp filer and netapp on command  ESX and ESXi host hardening. VM Deployment /VM Modification (upgrade and degrade of resource) VMware networking on vSphere Datacenter (Configure ESX NIC as per require VLAN) Troubleshooting and managing the Datastore issues. Configure storage I/O and fix issues with Storage I/O on host Troubleshooting and Managing Alarm on vSphere Configuration of ALUA on initiator group Configuration of Volume and LUN on netapp filer Configuration and mapping LUN on ESX host and Windows Configuration of CIFS, snapshot and de dupe on Volume  Administration/Maintenance of Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory infrastructure  Administration/Maintenance of SharePoint 2007 and 2010 Managing and Maintenance Security group policies over more than single Domain. Installation and configuration Blade Servers (Dell), Dell Power Edge Servers  Installation of Dell servers and Manage server by using iDRAC Installation and configuration of Windows server 2003 and windows server 2008 Troubleshooting Server issue hardware /software Troubleshooting of Problem Ticket. Show less

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  Continuum Managed Solutions.

  Oct 2014 - Sept 2015

  Virtualization & Server Expert at Continuum Managed Solutions.

  • Managed & execute VMware, Hyper-v related project remotely.• Working in NOC team to handle day to day technical issues in virtualization platform. Mainly in VMWare ESXi host, Microsoft Hyper-v.• P2V’ed virtual servers using VMware Converter in Vmware ESXi host environment. Also use disk2vhd tool while performing p2v migration activity in Microsoft hyper-v host environment.• Install & upgrade vcenter server, ESXi host & Hyper-v host.• Support & provide information on VMware monitoring for improvement.• Applied VMware technologies such as VMware DRS, HA, Virtual Center and vMotion to help maintain an optimal performing virtual environment.• Providing support to the ESX server environment and troubleshooting any performance issues and making sure the servers have enough to run VM installed on them and their apps.• Monitoring of Client Virtualization infrastructure. Show less

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  Softenger India Pvt Ltd. ( United Bank Of Switzerland (UBS) )

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  Virtualization and Cloud Administrator

  • Managing and Monitoring Virtual Infrastructure Hosted on VMWare.• Providing support to Wintel and Citrix team for any VMware related projects.• Performing daily infra health checks for monitoring data.• Fulfilling virtual machine requirement of the Wintel and Citrix team.• Working on power cli script for managing VMWare infrastructure.• Guide procuring team for procuring Servers for the Virtualizations.• Checking hardware alerts of servers log call with Vendors for any breakdown or part fail.• Installing ESXI host remotely. • Performing physical to Virtual Migration of the servers.• Working on the VCenter Alerts and handle day to day technical issues in virtualization platform• Working on the Space reclaims activities.• Worked on the VMWare View desktop deplyoment and management. Show less

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  Capgemini

  Aug 2016 - Aug 2018

  Virtulization and Cloud Administrator

  Cloud Responsibilities • Managing AWS cloud Infrastructure services of Adtalem University.• Providing Support to Multiple team working on respective technologies in Adtalem.• Working on AWS services including but not limited to AMIs, Route53, VPC, EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, SQS, Cloud Watch, RDS, IAM.• Working on AWS provisioning of systems, Identity and Access Management, implementation of Security Groups, Backups, Restore and Disaster Recovery.• Automation and configuration management using scripts.• Managing infrastructure as a service function of AWS cloud.• Manageing client patching schedules deploy patches during planned maintenance windows, track remediation of prioritized vulnerabilities and unpatched systems. Build scripts/tools to automate deployments• System health monitoring and optimizing performance (CloudWatch, Nagios)• Networking including DNS, load balancing, firewalls and routing.Virtualization Responsibilities • Managing and Monitoring on-prem Virtual Infrastructure Hosted on VMWare.• Providing support to various team across the Adtalem IT infrastructure.• Fulfilling virtual machine requirement for Production, Developement & Test purpose.• Managing VCE VBlock and Cisco hardware on which Virtualinfra is hosted.• Working on power cli script for managing VMWare infrastructure.• Resolving Citrix issue related to user and server performance.• Managing upgrade and patches on Virtual infrastructure.• Working on the VCenter Alerts and handle day to day technical issues in virtualization platform.Other Responsibities• Providing support on O365 team for basic user issues.• Looking after SCCM and SCOM for Windows patching and Monitoring.• Providing support to end user for basic AD Issues.Tools Worked on..• Turbonomics (Smart managemnt of Virtual and Cloud Infrastructure)Responsibilities with Weyerhaeuser Show less

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  SITA

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2022

  Technical Specialist

  • Implement Datacenter infrastructure as per the DFS (Detailed functional Specification) document.• Looking after the Implementation of VMWare infrastructure, Backup infrastructure,• Capacity planning for various systems in the Airport.• Installation of AV on client and server also AV policy creation as per the package requirement• SCOM configuration for various systems.• Architecture diagram creation.• Managing Vendors for implementation activities.• Managing Datacenter cabling and labeling activities.• Requirement gathering from the package owners for Backup, SCOM, SCCM, AV policies.• Creating IR reports for the implemented hardware and software infrastructure.• Making sure all the test cases passed successfully in FAT and SAT.• Supporting on site engineer for different issues.• Working with different vendors for integration of the Airport Systems.• Support and deployment for the airport system such as AMIS. AMS, BMS, PLB, CPMS, CUPSS, CUSS, DMS, CBS, IIB, CMS, MHW, PAS, PSIM, SACS, SCADA, VDGS, VOIP, WDN• Providing support to package owners regarding server deployment, software installation, network, and server configurationsTechnology Working On: VMWare vCenter, vRrealize , AWS Environment, Huawei Storage, LENOVO Hardware, IBM Tape Library, Veeam Backup Software, Symantec Antivirus, Microsoft Servers, Linux RHEL and CentOS, SCCM, SCOM, IVANTI Patch management, . Show less

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  NICE

  Feb 2022 - now

  Infrastructure Specialist System Engineer