Parthibann  Pandurangan, Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Parthibann Pandurangan

Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

Armada Retail Concept | Rivafashion

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
17 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 3 Months

Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer at Armada Retail Concept | Rivafashion
  • Kuwait
  • My current job since May 2015

Key Result Areas:
Participating in the development and review of business and system requirements to obtain a thorough understanding of business needs
in order to deliver accurate solutions
Managing network architecture, SQL Database Application, Synology Backup Software; improving the performance and health of their
Riverbed solutions and rendering technical expertise to troubleshoot issues related to CISCO routers, switched and VoIP
Administering servers, desktop computers, printers, routers, switches, firewalls, phones, personal digital assistants, smartphones, software
deployment, security updates and patches.
Executing installation, configuration, troubleshooting and management of Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Remote access and Group
policies along with Antivirus Datacentre and Endpoint maintenance
Installing, analysing & managing LAN & Wi-Fi network; troubleshot LAN and WAN Optimization issues in ISP
Maintaining active directory, Exchange server, network monitors, network management tools and backup servers; monitored point to point
link to minimize network breakdown.
Managing Exchange 2013 in a large, on -premise Microsoft Exchange environments, Troubleshooting mail flows issues
Worked on deployment of Hybrid office 365 environment with upgraded Exchange 2013, performing Migrations from on-premise to the
cloud-based office 365 Environment and troubleshooting errors and problems
Managed and configuration Microsoft office 365 Azure directory. Used Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization and federation with
ADFS 3.0
Manage Microsoft Azure cloud and virtual machine, Performs server hardware/software installation and maintenance tasks for on-premise
Cloud infrastructure. These tasks range from standard in nature to complex
Mange Contabo cloud server and Rack space, Azure cloud environment
Performing server health check including disk space check and Anti-Virus Check and troubleshooting Problem, Change and Incident
management
Administering SAP and database; effectively managing the technical support process including ticket assigning, closing & transferring to
respective groups as incident management, using work order management tools like Track IT and V-Help
Identifying & monitoring monthly metrics & KPIs, ensuring adherence to operational standards and consistently applying them; developing
& monitoring escalation processes to ensure that SLAs are achieved
VMware:
Executing design, installation and configuration of IIS 7.0, VMware EXSi within vSphere 5.5 environments with Virtual Center management,
Lab Manager, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data
Installing and managing vcenter server and ESXi servers on DELL, HP and Cisco hardware; upgrading VMware Tools; executing migration
of ESXi host and VM’s across datacentres
Upgrading from vSphere 5.1, vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6.5; creating licenses and deploying vMA
Building, configuring and deploying VMs and templates, Virtual-to-virtual (V2V) and virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows 2003 &

Senior Network Administrator / VMware Administrator at Beidoun Trading Company W.L.L,
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • July 2013 to April 2015

Participating in the development and review of business and system requirements to obtain a thorough understanding of business needs in order to deliver accurate solutions
Managing network architecture, SQL Database Application, Synology Backup Software; improving the performance and health of their Riverbed solutions and rendering technical expertise to troubleshoot issues related to CISCO routers, switched and VoIP
Administering servers, desktop computers, printers, routers, switches, firewalls, phones, personal digital assistants, smartphones, software deployment, security updates and patches.
Executing installation, configuration, troubleshooting and management of Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Remote access and Group policies along with Antivirus Datacentre and Endpoint maintenance
Installing, analysing & managing LAN & Wi-Fi network; troubleshot LAN and WAN Optimization issues in ISP
Maintaining active directory, Exchange server, network monitors, network management tools and backup servers; monitored point to point link to minimize network breakdown.
Managing Exchange 2013 in a large, on -premise Microsoft Exchange environments, Troubleshooting mail flows issues
Worked on deployment of Hybrid office 365 environment with upgraded Exchange 2013, performing Migrations from on-premise to the cloud-based office 365 Environment and troubleshooting errors and problems
Managed and configuration Microsoft office 365 Azure directory. Used Azure AD Connect for directory synchronization and federation with ADFS 3.0
Manage Microsoft Azure cloud and virtual machine, Performs server hardware/software installation and maintenance tasks for on-premise Cloud infrastructure. These tasks range from standard in nature to complex
Mange Contabo cloud server and Rack space, Azure cloud environment
Performing server health check including disk space check and Anti-Virus Check and troubleshooting Problem, Change and Incident management
Administering SAP and database; effectively managing the technical support process including ticket assigning, closing & transferring to respective groups as incident management, using work order management tools like Track IT and V-Help
Identifying & monitoring monthly metrics & KPIs, ensuring adherence to operational standards and consistently applying them; developing & monitoring escalation processes to ensure that SLAs are achieved
Executing design, installation and configuration of IIS 7.0, VMware EXSi within vSphere 5.5 environments with Virtual Center management, Lab Manager, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion and VMware Data
Installing and managing vcenter server and ESXi servers on DELL, HP and Cisco hardware; upgrading VMware Tools; executing migration of ESXi host and VM’s across datacentres
Upgrading from vSphere 5.1, vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6.5; creating licenses and deploying vMA
Building, configuring and deploying VMs and templates, Virtual-to-virtual (V2V) and virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows 2003 & 2008, as well as Linux servers from VMware,
-SAN environments to ensure high availability and acceptable performance characteristics for VMware vSphere and SAN- backed applications.
Customizing layer 2 and layer 3 networking between VMware, networking components and storage of high availability and maximum performance
Monitoring configuration of Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010, 2013 configuring rules and alerts
Enabling Security policies for end users like USB Blocking, CD & DVD Blocking, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Blocking for Data theft Protection
Spearheading Policy Management for individual users, Group users and entire organization through Active Directory in windows 2003, 2008, and 2008 R2, 2012 and 2016

IT System Administrator at Sun Technology Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Puducherry
  • June 2012 to May 2013
IT Network Tech I at Prime Project International Pvt. Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2011 to May 2012
IT Systems Administrator at Sun Technology Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Puducherry
  • November 2010 to October 2011
IT Network Technician at Kellogg Brown Root (KBR)
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • April 2009 to March 2010
IT Network Administrator at Kalki Computers, India
  • India - Puducherry
  • November 2008 to March 2009
IT Network Support / Technical at Nexcom Info Solution
  • India - Puducherry
  • March 2007 to October 2008
IT Technical Support at M.K Solution
  • India - Puducherry
  • July 2006 to March 2007

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at IMTS
  • April 2017

Information Technology

Specialties & Skills

System Engineering
Network Engineering
Servers
Exchange Server
VMware ESX
NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
NETWORKING
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
ANTI VIRUS
CISCO ROUTERS

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

BT312-BarracudaWebSecurityGatewayCertifiedEngineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2018
BT300-BarracudaCertifiedEngineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2018
NSE 3 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
NSE 2 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
NSE 1 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2021
Valid Until:
January 2024
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA Routing and Switching) (Certificate)
Valid Until:
March 2023
MCSA: Windows Server 2016 - Certified 2019 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019

Hobbies

  • Learning