Sujan Pilli

Experience

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  NCR Corporation

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Customer Engineer

  Accomplishments:Provided 24/7 technical support for State Bank of Indore MICR Cheque processing Center.Worked as a field engineer for CiscoWorked as a field engineer for TeradataManaged a team of 10 engineers across Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.Worked as an SME for NCR UNIX across World Wide Customer Services.Worked as member of Global Technical Architecture Team for UNIX operations.Planned, designed and implemented new MICR centers.Managed LSI (NCR) Storage 6285 and NCR World-Mark Servers.Provided remote Support and Administration for Reliance retail petroleum outlets.Managed file systems using Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM).Administered NCR UNIX MP-RAS across Pan-India.Maintained High speed Reader Sorters used for Capturing images of Cheques.Provided Support for Item Processing Control Software (IPCS), Proof of Deliver (POD).Configured and maintained LifeKeeper FRS for server redundancy.Migrated Hardware from NCR Worldmark servers to Dell 6850 Servers.Installed and provided support for NCR UNIX for Teradata customers.Backed-up and restored critical data from Tapes. Show less

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  Oracle

  Jan 2006 - Jun 2008

  Senior System Administrator

  Accomplishments:Administered Solaris/Linux/NAS/SAN environment for Oracle On demand and Oracle internal systems at Oracle’s state of the art data center hosting world’s largest Red Hat Linux installation and NetApp NAS storage installations, located in the Austin, Texas, USA.Mentored DBAs and System administrators for maintenance activities.Worked as a member of Global IT Linux Engineering team for deploying Linux solutions fixes.Remotely provisioned Linux and Solaris servers.Upgraded OS and Kernels for Linux (RedHat, SUSE, Oracle Enterprise Linux)Migrated OS from RHAS 2.1 and RHEL3 to RHEL 4, OEL 4.Migrated Linux from 32-Bit to 64-Bit (SUSE, RHEL4).Migrated and upgraded hardware from Dell 2650/2850 to dell 1950 and X4100 (Single RU).Provided other maintenance tasks including BIOS upgrades, disk replacements, hardware swaps, RAC conversions, IP subnet moves.Migrated Oracle databases from Netapp DATA Ontap6.5.4 to DATA ONTAP 7.0.1.Built host OS and virtual servers (Guest OS) using Xen.Migrated physical servers to virtual servers.Migrated database and applications from physical servers to virtual servers (P2V Migration).Trained new hires on Oracle Data Center setup and maintenance procedures. Show less

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  Ellucian

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2009

  Specialist UNIX systems

  Ellucian Formerly Sungard Higher Education Acted as a SPOC (offshore) for SunGard Higher Education Data Center.Worked as a Technical Architect (UNIX and Storage) for new implementations.Designed and implemented Test, Development and Production environment for Banner Application.Provided guidance on Data Center standardization and consolidation.Designed and implemented Samba solution with Active Directory authentication.Designed and implemented Kick-start server setup for entire data center.Designed and Implemented Red Hat Network Satellite (RHN) for patch management.Designed Monitoring setup using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.Designed Oracle 10g high availability database solution using NETAPP NAS and Oracle 10g Real Application Clusters on LINUX.Migrated servers to SUNGARD Availability Services Data Centers.Hardened Linux and Solaris servers.Managed VMware infrastructure running on ESX server.Implemented RSA SecurID for all UNIX/Linux servers.Implemented NETAPP NAS storage systems.Prepared storage for database upgrades from 9i to 10g.Upgraded OS form Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5. Show less

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  Colt Technology Services

  Aug 2009 - Apr 2012

  Senior Technical Lead-Network Engineering

  Accomplishments:Worked as a Subject Matter Expert for UNIX/Linux Engineering.Designed and implemented solutions considering architecture, performance, integrity, security and availability planning requirements.Worked as a Technical Architect for Platform, Storage and Application for new implementations.Evaluated and recommended hardware/Applications for specific product and business requirements.Conducted Technology Platform Selection and System Prototyping.Worked with developers and testers for Feature / System / Integration / User Acceptance Testing & Auditing.Worked on Key Projects like IPv6, Cloud Computing Network, Ldap Migration.Provided High-level support to Operations team and vendor management.Worked as a Liaison to handover implemented solutions to Service Delivery & Operations.Designed and implemented Carrier grade DNS Servers running on Nominum DNS/ANS/CNS.Designed solutions for new projects based on Sun one LDAP Servers.Designed solutions for new DSL projects based on Radiator RADIUS software.Provided Technical project management for new projects initiated by engineering.Designed and implemented Linux solution for telecom platforms and migrate applications running on Solaris to Linux.Designed and Implemented Virtual hosting platform based on VMware for OSS/BSS ApplicationsWorked on POC for cloud offering on VMware VCloud and OpenStack. Show less

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  DXC Technology

  May 2012 - Jan 2014

  Solution Architect

  Accomplishments:Worked as a Discipline Lead Architect for Databases, Middleware, Collaboration and Tools for a Swiss Financial majorDesigned information technology infrastructure solutions to meet client’s business and (or) technical requirements following CSC’s standard processes and architecture methodologiesDeveloped Reference Architectures for new infrastructure solutions along with CSC’s market solutions team leveraging new technologies reducing time by 15%Worked with CxO level executives from client side and with on-site lead architects to develop technology plans and account directions on need basisNegotiated with vendors on pricing for various contracts resulting to savings of 10-20%Engaged CSC’s various lines of services (LoS) and center of excellences (CoE) throughout the architecture design phase and lead the development of the technical solution till deliveryHandled multiple infrastructure technologies based on project requirements as part of the architecture designDocumented architecture designs to various levels of detail using the prescribed templates and standardsWorked with Big Data and Cyber security and Cloud incubators for solution prototypingDesigned solutions based on converged platforms from Cisco, Hitachi, Oracle/SUN, IBMTechnical Architect for Lotus Notes to office365 MigrationExecuted Azure POCs for application migration Show less

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  Oracle

  Feb 2014 - Mar 2016

  Principal sa: Oracle Cloud

  Accomplishments:Worked as a Solution Architect for Oracle Cloud Services (Private and Public cloud)Worked on POCs with customers for implementing Oracle Products on Azure and AWSDesigned and implemented infrastructure using AZURE – Virtual Machines, Storage, load balancer for hosting Oracle Applications as part of competitive analysisDesigned and implemented Oracle Applications on OpenStack using Nova, Cinder, Swift, and Neutron for hosting internal customersSME for escalation and fixing OS upgrades issues for 25000+ Linux serversOn boarding new Technologies and integrating with Oracle Private and Public CloudsSaved 30% of NAS storage space by implementing compression across containersReduced Storage rebalancing efforts by 50% with the implementation of storage virtualizationOptimized existing Data Center design saving 15% of datacenter space Show less

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  Cognizant

  Jun 2016 - Sept 2021

  Senior Manager / Senior Cloud Architect - Microsoft Business Group

  Responsibilities:Currently working as a Lead Azure Architect for a retail major based in CaliforniaDriving Azure cloud migration for data center exit FY 2022Conduct Cloud Suitability Assessment to determine the suitability of migrating applications to Microsoft Azure cloudLeverage Cloud Adoption Framework for driving customers cloud adoption journeyDetermine cloud migration strategy based on 6R methodologyDesign high-level cloud reference architecture for Microsoft Azure cloudRecommend a migration plan with migration waves based on move groupsDevelop cost estimates for hosting in cloud and high-level effort estimates for cloud migration initiativeManage onshore and offshore delivery teams for meeting customer timelinesMange Client expectations in terms of project progress, status and advisor for cloud architectureAccomplishments:Led Cloud Migration for a Healthcare Services major to Azure IaaSLed Cloud Migration for a BFSI major on Azure PaaS and SaaSLed Cloud Migration for Cognizant Trizetto Healthcare products on AzurePre-Sales Architect for multi-million dollar Cloud Migration dealsDeveloped Healthcare Platform as a Service offering on AzureDeveloped Fully Managed Services for Cognizant Trizetto Healthcare Products on Azure Show less

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  Delphix

  Sept 2021 - now

  Solution Architect/ Technical Account Manager