R.S.

VELAYUTHAM

Mobile : 9008518328 Email : [email protected]

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I have over 19 years of functional experience across Virtualization Environment,
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). Leadership experience in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Management, Service Desk Management, IT Project Management, Infrastructure Support and
Team Management. Currently, I work with TCS as an Associate Consultant in HCI Environment.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

 Total of 19 years of significant experience in the IT industry

 Managing a Team of 30 members. Responsible for End-to-End Operations.
 Facilitate Daily scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo and Sprint retro meetings.
 Coaching the team on Agile principles and processes.
 Track and remove internal and external impediments for the scrum team.
 Facilitate and plan for Go-Live activities.
 Strong domain knowledge and experience in infrastructure life cycle activities, server
provisioning, migrations and virtualization etc.
 Hands on experience in creating Nutanix VMs and Hyper Converged Infrastructure.
 Implemented Nutanix Infrastructure into Citrix as per recommendations.
 Implemented GPOs for Nutanix VDIs with One drive and Citrix UPM as per the business
requirement.
 Administering and engineering Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure environments.
 Implementation of Nutanix Nodes installation and configuration with AOS and AHV,
VMware ESXi.
 Hands on experience in Prism Central and Prism Element.
 Configure cluster management using best practices. This includes HA, VM Overrides,
Affinity Rules and failover.
 Cluster configuration from Foundation or command lines
 Prism Central custom dashboard creation and reporting.
 Online Cluster expansion. LCM Upgrade (AOS, AHV, ESXi, File Server)
 Firmware upgradation from Life cycle management or manually using Nutanix
Phoenix Process.
 Licensing Nutanix software’s. Uploading Virtual Disk and ISO Images.
 Nutanix Database Services (ERA) Installation and configuration, multicluster.
Database administration
 Monitor and manage capacity, configuring alert on Prism Element for high CPU and
Memory utilization.
 Involved in management of Citrix Infrastructure Solutions, design & implementation
of Citrix XenDesktop environment.
 Hands on experience in XenDesktop 5.6, 7.6,7.15LTSR and PVS 7.6 and 7.15LTSR.
  Involved in PVS migration from 7.6 to 7.13 to 7.15 LTSR.
 Owned and performed the XenDesktop upgrade from 7.15 LTSR to 1912 LTSR
 Knowledge on VMware vSphere ESX\ESXi
 Hands on experience in MCS Technology, creating the catalogs and adding the VDIs in
catalog and removing the VDI’s from catalog.
 Hands on experience in creating the VDisk and updating the VDisk in PVS.
 Expertise in Windows Roaming profiles and Citrix UPM configuration.
 Hands on experience of Implementing MS Teams Optimization in Citrix XenDesktop
 Hands on experience in provisioning Virtual Machines using templates in VMware
vSphere6.0
 Hands on experience in assigning the VDI’s for end users and troubleshooting the VDI’s.
Involved in Storage migration from One Datacentre to another.
 Experience in Managing Citrix licenses using Citrix License server.
 In Depth knowledge on Windows 10/7 Optimization to reduce the logon time.
 In Depth Knowledge on Windows files and registry keys, Active setup, Run keys and
Task scheduler.
 Adhering to business and operation process system as per ITIL framework. (Incident
Management, Change Management, Problem Management and Capacity
Management)
 Skill Enhancement, domain and functional training exercise with additional knowledge
forums for grooming the Team members and managing optimum resource utilization.

SKILL SET:

Skill Products/Versions

Virtualization Nutanix NCP 5.5/5.20, Prism Element and Central, Nutanix ERA(NDB),
VMware ESXi 5/5.5/6.0

Citrix Citrix XenDesktop 5.6/7.6/7.15/1912 LTSR, Citrix PVS 7.6/7.15/1912

LTSR, NetScaler 12.x

Citrix Features Citrix CQI, Skype HDX Optimization Pack for Citrix, EDT, MS Teams
Optimization

Operating System Windows Server 2003/2008/2012, Windows XP/7/8 & Windows 10 up

to 1909 version

Windows Services Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, VPN

Other Apps Office on Prem and O365, Service Now, Slack, JIRA

Certifications & Trainings

 Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)
 Nutanix Certified Professional (NCP 5.5)
 Nutanix Certified Professional – Multi Cloud Infrastructure (NCP-MCI 5.20)
 Nutanix Core Services (NCS) trained.
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES (TCS)
DESIGNATION Associate Consultant
TEAM Nutanix Platform Delivery
PERIOD Apr 2021 till date

Job Profile:
 Administering and engineering Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure
environments.
 Monitor and manage capacity, configuring alert on Prism Element for high CPU and
Memory utilization.
 Configure cluster management using best practices. This includes HA, VM Overrides,
Affinity Rules and failover.
 Identify missing/correct components and provide appropriate sizing and licensing
recommendations.
 Validate and deploy clusters in a one-node, two-node, storage only or RF2/RF3.
 Review release notes, field and security advisories for Nutanix and integrated
technologies.
 Locate, maintain and document software to include BIOS, Firmware, Installation
ISOs, etc.
 Identify, develop and configure backups, snapshots.
 Develop, test and document Disaster Recovery and Failover of services.
 Determine workload types and develop migration strategies using hot migrations,
cold migrations or third-party options.
 Installation and Configuration of Nutanix ERA. Multicluster Enabling.
 Manage and migrate Nutanix Volumes and have knowledge of Volume Groups.
 Perform health assessments, perform diagnostics and make recommendations.

MICROLAND LTD
DESIGNATION Associate Manager - Technology
TEAM Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Service desk
PERIOD Oct 2015 to Apr 2021

Job Profile:
 Support on all kind of VDI Issues using Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix Provisioning Server and
VMware vSphere technology.
 Provide guidance, assistance, coordination and follow up on client questions
 Monitor and manage capacity by removing unused VDIs and working with the capacity
planning team to access and manage capacity.
 Involvement in projects and creating master images as per the requirements.
 Provisioning Virtual Desktops using MCS & PVS technology.
 Creating and managing vDisk images. Creating pooled desktops.
 Storage migration from One Datacentre to another.
 XenDesktop migration from 7.6 to 7.13 to 7.15LTSR also to 1912 LTSR
 Provision Virtual Machines using templates in VMware vSphere6.0 and Nutanix
 Responsible for the creation and maintenance of all Technical documents in accordance
with ITIL processes and procedure.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
DESIGNATION Senior Systems Engineer
TEAM Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Desktop Support
PERIOD Sep 2007 to Oct 2015

Job Profile:
 Support, administer and maintain Fidelity’s Virtual desktop instance infrastructure
using VMware and XenDesktop technology.
 Provide guidance, assistance, coordination and follow up on client questions,
resolves problems or malfunctions of Virtual Desktop Typically handles routine
problem calls and tickets.
 Monitor and manage capacity by removing unused VDIs and working with the
capacity planning team to access and manage capacity.
 Provide End to End support for VDI.
 Provision Virtual desktops as requested by monitoring and processing requests and
provisioning through.
 Coordinate new user access and system setup with various support groups.
 Knowledge on Citrix Provisioning Services.
 PVS machine builds terminations and capacity management.
 Part of VDI project (creating new VDI for customer (Administration and Troubleshooting).

SUTHERLAND GLOBAL SERVICES PVT LTD.

DESIGNATION Executive
PERIOD Oct 2005 to Sep2007

Job Profile:
 Troubleshooting for laptops and desktops.
 Responsible for updating knowledge base.
 Troubleshooting for CD / DVD issues
 Resolving all Internet and software problems in desktop and laptop.

SLASH SUPPORT INDIA PVT LTD.

DESIGNATION Support Engineer.
PERIOD Aug 2004 to Jun 2005

Job Profile:
 Knowledge in networking concepts.
 Managing LINKSYS products, which involve broadband routers, Wireless routers,
Wireless Access points etc.
 Configuring the Routers (wired and wireless) using Linksys routers
EDUCATION:
B.E. in Electronics and Communication with 77.04% 2000 - 2004
PSR Engineering College, Sivakasi, Madurai Kamaraj University.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Father’s Name: R.V. Sundaresan Location: Bengaluru