Suresh Annareddi

Managed and supported large-scale Nutanix HCI environments across Data Center (DC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) locations ensuring high availability and operational stability.
Performed hardware lifecycle management including coordination with vendors for replacement of Nodes, SATA DOMs, RAID Controllers, HDDs, and Memory components.
Executed cluster lifecycle operations including Firmware, AOS, AHV, and ESXi upgrades with minimal downtime using enterprise change processes.
Led workload migration projects from VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V platforms to Nutanix AHV clusters.
Provided L3/L4 infrastructure troubleshooting for virtualization, storage, compute, and performance issues in production environments.
Deployed, administered, and troubleshot Nutanix Files including monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
Designed and deployed new Nutanix clusters aligned with project architecture and enterprise infrastructure standards.
Managed cluster decommissioning and infrastructure transformation projects including hardware retirement and workload relocation.
Created and managed Nutanix Volume Groups to provide block storage for legacy systems and specialized workloads.
Utilized Prism Central for centralized monitoring, analytics, health checks, and monthly capacity & utilization reporting.
Implemented Protection Domains and backup policies to ensure protection of business-critical workloads.
Participated in DC-DR drill operations, executing failover and failback testing to validate business continuity readiness.
Configured advanced networking including bond modes (Active-Backup, Balance-SLB) for redundancy and performance optimization.
Administered VMware vCenter and ESXi environments, including cluster management, patching, and lifecycle operations.
Managed Microsoft Hyper-V and SCVMM environments, including host deployment, VM lifecycle management, and virtualization operations.
Performed Windows and Linux server administration including installation, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
Worked with AWS Cloud services including EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, and IAM for hybrid infrastructure and cloud workload deployments.
Delivered end-to-end project execution, including planning, design, implementation, migration coordination, and stakeholder communication.
Ensured adherence to enterprise operational standards, change management, and ITIL-based infrastructure practices.

• Delivered senior infrastructure support for large enterprise customers across multiple industries.
• Supported VMware, Nutanix HCI, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP environments.
• Performed infrastructure monitoring, capacity planning, and performance optimization.
• Led incident, problem, and change management aligned with ITIL practices.
• Executed P2V / V2V migrations, infrastructure upgrades, and technology refresh projects. Designed and tested DR and BCP solutions for critical systems.
• Coordinated with vendors and service providers for infrastructure support.
• Authored and maintained technical and operational documentation.
Managed two accounts across India with 25-member teams, overseeing Incident, Problem, Request, and
Change Management while ensuring SLA compliance.
Maintained high-quality standards with error rates below 0.5% and updated SOPs on SharePoint.
Led escalations, L2 issue resolution, and user access provisioning via Remedy/SNOW tools and Active
Directory.
Administered Symantec VIP, Checkpoint, Adobe, Qlik; handled SCCM deployments, cloud drive
configurations, and AWS provisioning/decommissioning.
Delivered critical projects including AWS Migration, SSO Implementation, GCP, O365/EMS/ATP, ISO Audits,
PAN India OS Migration, Salesforce, JIRA ITIL, RPA, and global infrastructure setups.

Accounts Managed: Prione & Cloudtail
(Amazon), ASG, Synergy, Wester Power, United
Energy, Clough (Australia Groups), AON-Hewitt.

• Provided on‑site infrastructure support for Bombardier.
• Supported Windows patch management, backup operations, and system performance monitoring.
• Assisted in virtualization initiatives and infrastructure upgrades.

• Accounts Managed: Bombardier (On Site)