Rahul Sharma

Experience

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  IGATE

  Oct 2010 - Nov 2013

  Senior System Engineer

  Experience in Storage, Virtualization and Disaster Recovery process.• Copy of the Production data to the DR site using Actifio PAS.• Creation of LUNs in IBM storage DS35K and presenting to VMware Infrastructure as a data store.• Failover of the VMs to the DR site as a part of BCP drill.• Restoration of the data from the Backup pool as well as DR pool.• Failback of the production data using Actifio PAS and VMware SRM.• Creation of LUNs in IBM SVC/IBM DS35K and mapping to the host as requested by Host team.• Expansion of LUNs and establishing Metro Mirror relationships.• Zoning of the new server with IBM SVC storage in Cisco and Brocade switch.Installation and configuration of EMC Clariion.• Configure and Manage Lun, Clone, snapshot.• Configure multipathing , EMC powerpath configuration• Monitoring and performance check.• Configure and Manage Aggregate, Volume, qtree.• Firmware management. • Configure and Manage NFS export and CIFS share.• Configure and Manage Lun and map to host.• Configure and Manage Snap mirror relationship.• Configure and Manage snap vault relationship. Show less

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  Accenture

  Nov 2013 - Nov 2014

  IT Analyst

  I was working as a Storage Administrator and was handling Hitachi VSP, Netapp 7, SAN Fabrics along with IBM XIV.• Configure RAID, LUN mapping and masking in Hitachi USPV and VSP• Configure and Manage Aggregate, Vserver, Volume, qtree in Netapp 7 mode.• Configuring Shadow Image and True copy in Hitachi Storage.• Migration of Servers from EMC Connectrix to Brocade SAN switch.• Array Migration using HLM AND External Methods.• Firmware management. • Configure and Manage NFS export and CIFS share.• Configure and Manage Lun and map to host.• Configure and Manage Snap mirror relationship.• Configure and Manage snap vault relationship.• SAN and Fiber Channel connectivity, multipathing.• Troubleshooting of storage products – SCSI and FC products. Issues such as replication issues, Upgrades, host issues related to NetApp and Hitachi, like host connectivity, LUN mapping, LUN masking. Creating Raid Groups, LUNs, Storage Groups. Channel connectivity. • Monitor Storage, Switch and I/O activity and performance Show less

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Dec 2014 - Jan 2016

  IT Analyst

  I am currently working as a Storage Administrator and handling IBM SVC, Netapp CDOT, and SAN Switches.• Creation of LUNs in IBM SVC and mapping to the host as requested by Host team.• Expansion of LUNs and establishing Metro Mirror relationships.• Zoning of the new server with IBM SVC storage in Cisco and Brocade switch.• Daily Health check of the Storage and SAN switch Boxes.• Follow up with Vendor in case of Hardware failures.• Configure and Manage Aggregate, Vserver, Volume, qtree of Netapp CDOT• Firmware management. • Configure and Manage NFS export and CIFS share.• Configure and Manage Lun and map to host.• Configure and Manage Snap mirror relationship.• Configure and Manage snap vault relationship.• Configure flexclone. • Configure and Manage On command unified manager. • Creation of implementation plan, testing plan, guide and assist system administrators.• Creation of Environment Request Form, Storage Request Form, Backup Request Form.• Identify all other requirements e.g. Change management, Users/groups permissions. Show less

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  Cognizant

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2020

  Senior Assosciate

  Azure Cloud Infrastructure-Azure IaaS, Azure site recovery, Storage Accounts, PowerShell Automation, ARM templates, Virtual Networking ,Active Directory Windows Server,Clustering , VMware ESXi , VCenter, Version control, GIT ,Container, Troubleshooting technical issues etc. Azure PAAS solutions like Data Factory, SQL DWH, Analysis services and Azure DevopsAzure Cloud Platform:• Leading azure cloud-based product developments in Building / Migration into cloud RFI/RFP contributions. • Worked with Data migration using Data Factory from Onpremise oracle database to Azure Blobs and DWH.• Creating workspaces and reports in Power Bi.• Restoring Database using Automatic restore pointsdesigning the best solution in cloud based on the customer needs.• Creating pipelines in azure Devops and Data Factory for copy movement from on premise to Azure Blobs and DWH.• Creating several documents for clients like BOM, HLD AND LLD.• Azure Virtual Network, VIP, DIP, PIP, Point to point VPN • Cross-premises connectivity concepts (Azure to other cloud connectivity) • Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Active Directory, Virtual Network Management , storage configuration, VM Endpoints and Load Balancer, • Backups. (All configurations done by from portal and JSON ARM template.)• Domain controller configuration, IIS configuration and implement with Azure load balancer. • Create VMs for domain controllers with High Availability under the Management subnet• Create SQL server 2016 Standard Edition VMs in Database subnet and configure SQL Always On. • Create a VM level backup for all VMs. • Creating p2s,s2s and express route connections from client onpremise to Azure Cloud.Scripting - Powershell, Shell Scripting, Azure Resource ManagerSoftware/Tools Known - SecureCRT , Putty, MS-Office , Microsoft VisioStorage Platform:  Netapp Storage CDOT and 7 mode, Snapvault backup, Snapmirror Backup, OS upgrade. Show less

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  Reliance Jio

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2024

  Manager - SME Azure Cloud
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  LTIMindtree

  Jul 2024 - now

  Associate Principal