Balachandran Balakrishnan, Senior SME Virtualization

Balachandran Balakrishnan

Senior SME Virtualization

Microland

Location
India
Education
Master's degree, Computer Aplication
Experience
19 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months

Senior SME Virtualization at Microland
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since November 2020

Subject Matter Expert. Handling transitions and infrastructure assessment of new customers in addition to client infra support.

Senior Principal Infrastructure Engineer at Mphasis Limited
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2017 to January 2020

Technical Lead. US based client. Infrastructure consists of
Windows servers 2008/2012/2016, DNS, DHCP, failover clusters, AV server, ESXi servers
5.5/6.5/6.7, HA & DRS and AWS instances. Participating project implementation in
addition to handling escalations, incident management, problem management, vendor
engagement, peer review changes and present them in CAB. Backup/restore of VMs
using NetApp VSC. Hardware - HP C 7000 Blade Center, Dell EMC VxRail and CISCO
UCS.

Systems Administrator at Betsol Software
  • India
  • October 2014 to May 2016

Team Lead/L3 Support. US based client. Infrastructure consists of
Windows servers 2008 R2/2012, AD, DNS, DHCP, failover clusters, AV server, ESXi
servers 5.1/5.5, HA and DRS. Handling escalations, patch management, incident
management, problem management, vendor engagement, peer review changes and
present them in CAB. Backup/restore of VMs using Veeam Backup. Monitoring the virtual
environment. Hardware - Dell PowerEdge and IBM HS22/23 Blade Centre. Also
supported local IT infrastructure, peripherals, office equipment.

Technical Lead at ACS
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2012 to September 2014

Supported a US based client with datacenters located in US and Europe. Infrastructure consists of Windows servers 2003/2008/2012, AD, DNS, DHCP, failover clusters, AV server, ESXi servers 4.1/5, HA and DRS. Was giving L3 level support for 1600 servers (physical and virtual), handling escalations. Backup/restore of VMs using Vranger. Also handled patch management, Problem management and vendor engagement. Hardware - HP ProLiant and IBM HS22 blade center.

IT Systems Engineer at CGI
  • India - Bengaluru
  • June 2009 to January 2012

US based financial client. Infrastructure consists of Windows servers 2000/2003/2008, AD, DNS, DHCP, failover clusters, AV server, ESXi servers 3.5/4.1, HA and DRS. L2/L3 support engineer for Windows servers 2003/2008 and patch management. L2 Support for VMware ESXi servers. Hardware - HP ProLiant and Dell PowerEdge

Operations Lead Specialist at IBM
  • India - Bengaluru
  • August 2008 to May 2009

US based financial client. Infrastructure consists of Windows servers 2000/2003, AD, DNS, DHCP, clusters and ESXi servers 3.5. L2 support for Windows servers 2000/2003. L1 support for VMware ESX servers. Hardware IBM and HP.

Systems Administrator at Indian Air Force
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2004 to July 2008

L2 Support for Windows Server 2000/2003, Desktops, IT peripherals, Office Equipment, Installation & configuration of Network printers, LAN and Desktop. Also provided support for training and HW procurement. Hardware - Dell, HP and HCL.

Education

Master's degree, Computer Aplication
  • at Sikkim Manipal University
  • October 2012

courses: MCA (Master of Computer Application)

High school or equivalent, Matriculation
  • at DB High School
  • March 2006

Specialties & Skills

Active Directory
Physical
Sociology
Server Hardware
DELL COMPUTERS
HP Server Hardware
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
Active Directory

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

AWS (Training)
Training Institute:
Linux Academy
Date Attended:
January 2020
Duration:
50 hours
ITIL V4 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2020
VCP550 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
MCSE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2008