MOHAMMAD ISLAHUDDIN

• Working on Cloud Infrastructure and Security transformations projects across Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud environment on Azure, AWS, OCI, GCP, VMware SDDC, and VMware Cloud.
• Lead Cloud and Datacenter architectural design, develop comprehensive Cloud Migration strategies to meet client requirements ensuring, Cloud Security, Scalability, High Availability, Disaster Recovery (DR), Cost Optimization and Compliance.
• Implement BCDR, Backup solution across multiple cloud, including Landing Zone, IAM, Security, using Azure Site Recovery, AWS Elastic DR, OCI Data Guard, GoldenGate, on Azure, AWS, OCI, and GCP.
• Configured auto-scaling and load balancing to achieve high availability for critical applications using Application Gateway, API Gateway, ELB, Traffic Manager, Load Balancer, WAF, VM Scale Sets.
• Skilled in cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, and GCP, with hands-on experience in application and database migrations, Lift & Shift strategies, implementing primary and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.
• Proficient in IaaS, PaaS, and cloud security, with expertise in services such as AKS, EKS, GKE, IAM, Azure Entra ID, Microsoft 365/O365, VMware Cloud on AWS, AVS, GCVE.
• Proficient in OCI migration services, including application and database migrations, Lift & Shift, Zero Downtime Migration (ZDM), DR solutions, including IaaS, PaaS, and security offerings, skilled in OKE, Cloud Guard, Data Guard, GoldenGate, E-Business Suite (EBS), Oracle Database, Exadata, OCI Cloud@Customer, OCVS and DRCC.
• Worked on VMware Private Cloud, VCF, VMware SDDC (vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T), VMware Aria (vRealize Suite), vCloud Director, Horizon VDI, VMware HCX, VMware Cloud on AWS, AVS, OCVS, GCVE.
• Expertise on containerization, microservices, serverless platforms, including Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, OKE), Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, ARM Templates, Cloud Formation, GitHub.

• Worked as Cloud Security Architect on Cloud Infrastructure and Security projects, for various lines of business by providing subject matter expertise to the new cloud platforms and emerging cloud technologies across Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud environment.
• Design and implement secure, cloud architectures within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), focusing on infrastructure and security domains.
• Conducted cloud security assessments, audits to identify vulnerabilities and risks within customer OCI cloud tenant.
• Provide strategic direction for migration of cloud workloads, infrastructure, business units, for information security risks, identify the potential threats and exposures.
• Engaged on technical architectures, design specifications and implementation plans, documents, architecture diagrams, solution designs for OCI cloud deployment and migration initiatives.

• Worked closely with Business units, Sales, Product management to Design, Deploy, Migrate, Applications on Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud across Azure, AWS, OCI, GCP, VMware Cloud and VMware SDDC.
• Lead architectural design and deployment for complex cloud projects, ensuring minimum downtime for application migration, security, scalability, high availability, disaster recovery and cost-efficiency.
• Developed comprehensive Cloud Migration strategies, readiness Assessments tailored to meet client requirements, ensuring scalability, security, performance, and compliance.
• Worked on local commercial Zaintech Cloud across multiple countries (UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan), to establish Zaintech Cloud Services like IaaS, BaaS, DRaaS, DBaaS for end customer to migrate on prem Datacenter to Zaintech cloud and provide local cloud services.
• Worked on VMware Private Cloud, VCF, VMware SDDC (vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T), VMware Aria (vRealize Suite), vCloud Director, Horizon VDI, VMware HCX, VMware Cloud on AWS, AVS, OCVS, GCVE.
• Expertise on containerization, microservices, serverless platforms, including Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, OKE), Infrastructure as a Code (IaC).

• Worked as Cloud Architect for Application Deployment, Migration on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) IaaS & PaaS platform, OCI Cloud Security, Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE), Oracle Database, OCI Exadata, OCI Compute & Exadata Cloud@Customer, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS), Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer (DRCC).
• Design, Deploy, Migrate application and database on OCI, Cloud Migration and Optimization on OCI, OCI Security with Cloud Guard, VSS, Threat Intelligence, setting up new Services and Applications on OCI.
• Proficient on Oracle Data Guard, GoldenGate for Oracle Database and E-Business Suite (EBS) application Migration and OCI DR solution.
• Steered Cloud Deployment, Datacenter Transformation and Migration projects to Migrate servers, applications, and database to OCI, OCVS, using Oracle Data Guard, Rackware, and VMware HCX migration tools.
• Expertise on OCI solution OCVS to Design, Deploy, Migrate using VMware VCF, VMware SDDC (vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T), and VMware HCX.

• Worked as Cloud Security Architect across Cloud Infrastructure and Security, to implement robust security measures and architectures, across customer Microsoft Security solutions and Azure environment.
• Own all aspects of cloud security product definition including vendor integration, platform integration and monitoring for cloud platforms across Azure, and Microsoft Security.
• Worked on IAM, SSO/SAML roles, policies, Bastian service, Azure AD, Sentinal, Defender, including Azure VNET, Express Route, LB, WAF, Application Gateway, DDoS, NSG, and Network Firewall.
• Implemented robust security measures across Cloud architectures, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.

• Worked in the design, implementation, and migration activities spanning VMware SDDC, VMware Cloud, and Public Cloud, including VMware Private Cloud, VCF, Azure, AWS, OCI to setup Cloud Infrastructure and Security, with robust Primary and DR solutions.
• Proficient on VMware SDDC solution (vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T), vRealize suite, BCDR, VCF, vCD, Horizon VDI, VMware HCX, VMware Cloud on AWS, AVS, OCVS, Storage HPE 3Par, DellEMC and Backup solution Veeam, Commvault, Dell, HPE and Cisco UCS hardware.
• VMware and Nutanix migration from on-premise to HCI solution, using Nutanix HCI, VMware vSAN, on Dell VxRail, HPE Proliant, Cisco UCS.
• Worked on Cloud, Datacenter Migration, Lift and Shift, on VMware, Hyper-V solution, using VMware Converter, Carbonite, VMware HCX.
• Expertise on Container platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, VMware Tanzu, AKS, and EKS.

• Responsible for implementation and support across on-premise Datacenter, VMware, and Cloud platform by maintaining system security, performance, and data integrity.
• Worked on maintaining security patches, antivirus updates, backups, monitoring, routine server maintenance, Firmware upgrades and compliance related activities.
• Data Centre Consolidation & Migration P2V, V2V on Hyper-V and vSphere environment using PlateSpin and VMware Converter.
• Worked on design and implementation of VMware solution on vSphere, vCenter, SRM, vROPS, vSphere Replication, Storage and Backup Solution.
• Worked across SQL Server 2012 Clustering on Windows Server 2012 on two node cluster.
• Worked to coordinate with vendors like (VMware/Microsoft/HPE/Dell/Cisco) for compliance Quarterly/BI-Annually/Annually Hardware & Software Maintenance activities.
• Worked as SME for escalations related to VMware SDDC platform, Enterprise Applications and Datacenter solutions for multiple projects.

• Worked as Technical Support Engineer in VMware under payroll of Magna Infotech Bangalore.
• Design and implement VMware SDDC solution for high availability and disaster recovery on vSphere 5.x 6.x, vCenter, SRM, vROPS, vSphere Replication, Storage based Replication, Backup solution.
• Experience with VMware ESXi deployments on Cisco UCS servers, HPE Proliant servers, Dell PowerEdge servers, on vSphere 5.x, 6.x environments.
• Datacenter migration P2V and V2V using VMware Converter and other Enterprise Solutions.
• Coordinate with vendors (Microsoft/HPE/Dell/Cisco) on existing issues and helping clients with troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Installation, Configuration, and Troubleshooting of ESXi & vCenter servers using PowerCLI and SSH.
• Report Complex issues/ bugs to Engineering team to replicate the issues and get hotfixes.
• Worked as single point of contact for Clients, OEM vendors, and development teams for VMware SDDC solution including vSphere, SRM, Replication and Backup.

• Enterprise Support to HP’s client, using IT Operation services and support levels L1 and L2, including full Incident, Problem and Vender Management.
• Enterprise user support - monitoring and troubleshooting system performance, server & network and resolve issues related to networking, servers, applications, and infrastructure.
• Support VMware vSphere and Citrix VDI environment using Backup solution.
• Worked on user account creation through IBM Tivoli Manager, Windows AD and Exchange.
• Worked on LAN, Operating System (OS) and other Network related issues.
• Worked on technical issues related to VPN (IpSec & SSL), IP network infrastructure.
• Provided support on systems including Software, Servers (Windows/Linux), Asset Management, System Security and Compliance.