Shashank Shekhar

Experience

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  Mphasis

  Jul 2010 - Apr 2014

  Associate Infrastructure Engineer

  Project: Oil & Gas Industry IT Services [EMEA-AMER]• Provided L1/L2 support for Windows server administration• Troubleshoot HP/Dell hardware issues using HP system management homepage tool, DRAC, ILO• Remotely administered and troubleshoot 2003/2008/2008R2 server's issues and managed local/domain user accounts & groups• Administered active directory, DNS, and DHCP services• Managed shared file and folders sharing/security access permission• Exposed to ITIL features while managing event and incident management• Validated the issues through tools such as CMDB, Opsware, etc. Show less

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Apr 2014 - Apr 2021

  IT Analyst

  Project: UK Car Rental [EMEA-APAC]• Managed the client IT infrastructure performing VMware and Windows L2/L3 administration and management• Configured and managed SCCM environment for Windows OS patching & apps deployment to customer desktops through SCCM 2012• Coordinated SOX & PCI audit activities to ensure meeting organization IT security compliance goals• Implemented and managed Active Directory, DNS, DHCP & FTP/SFTP• Automated several operational & health checks activities by creating PowerShell scripts & implementing them• Engaged in infrastructure security management suing McAfee EPO, deploying agents on servers, VSE/Move installation, policy management & generated AV report for Audit purpose• Migrated virtual and physical servers to VMware environment using VMware converter (P2V and V2V)• Planned and supervised technology implementations and upgrades; worked with end-users to determine requirements• Managed, configured, and troubleshoot Cisco UCS Environment; firmware upgrade of its physical components (UCS manager, Fabric Interconnect, Blades, etc.• Assessed, planned, and migrated critical applications hosted in on-premises vSphere VMs to AWS cloud• Assigned roles and permission to users, created EC2 for developers• Implemented CloudWatch & SNS for PROD team to enhance logging Show less

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  Dell Technologies

  Apr 2021 - now

  Senior Engineer

  • Extensively working on customer's IT infra environment built on VCF on VxRail.• Installing and routine upgrades of VMware Infrastructure components (SDDC Manager, vCenter Server Appliance, NSX-T, vRealize Network Insight, vRealize Log Insight, Operation Manager, vRealize Lifecycle Manager, VxRail manager, etc) built on VCF.• Working on an upgrade project of VCF 4.1.1 to 4.2.1 & VCF 4.2.1 to 4.3.1• Handling project activities to deploy new NSX-T virtual network infrastructure as per customer requirement• Creating VRF & VLANs on Dell EMC Network Switches.• Creating Network Switch Interface, VLANs and configuration.• Developing NSX-T Edge nodes, Edge Clusters, T0/T1 Gateways & Segments.• Implementation of new SAN Dell Powermax storage in the environment for Citrix and application workloads.• Deploying Unisphere VM for Powermax, Powermax Plugin Installation.• Provisioning Storage from Powermax SAN and configuring array-based replication on SRDF volumes. Show less