Summary
Overview
Experience Summary
Education
Work History
Timeline
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
In-Plant Training , Workshops and Seminars
Certification
SERVICE SUPPORT TOOLS
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Disclaimer
Hi, I’m

AKASH Vemula

Cloud Architect

Summary

In the rapidly advancing realm of cloud computing, I am driven to embark on a challenging career where I can leverage my proficiency in VMware technologies to propel the success of forward-thinking organizations. Committed to remaining abreast of industry trends, I am dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that fuel business expansion and elevate IT standards.

Overview

3
years of professional experience
1
year of post-secondary education
3
Certificates

Experience Summary

  • · Proficient in VMware vSphere(6.x & 7.x) , vCenter, and ESXi, with hands-on experience in installation, configuration, and management.
  • · Skilled in virtual machine provisioning, performance tuning, and troubleshooting to ensure optimal virtualization environments.
  • · Periodic Upgrade/Update of the patches on vSphere environment after testing it in the sandbox environment.
  • · ESXi patch management through VMware Life cycle Manager and CLI.
  • · Creating and configuring High Availability (HA) and Distributive Resource scheduler (DRS) clusters.
  • · Troubleshooting on ESXi, VM, Datastores, Vcenter and vSwitches.
  • · Maintaining the CMDB for the virtual servers.
  • · Root Cause & System Log Analysis and reporting.
  • · P2V and V2V conversions by using VMware Standalone Converter.
  • · Implemented disaster recovery solutions in vmware environment using Carbonite Tool and SITE RECOVERY MANAGER for multiple customers to ensure buisness continunity .
  • · Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify critical systems and data, ensuring their protection during disasters
  • · Ensured security compliance by implementing access controls, patches, and updates for VMware systems.
  • · Administrating Nutanix VMware ESXi/AHV Cluster.
  • · Profile management for HP, Dell, and Cisco UCS Blade and Rack mount Servers.
  • · Engage the Vendor support on the critical incidents and replacement of Faulty Hardware.
  • · Primary point of contact for the customer on recommended Technical and Process.
  • · Developed and documented standard operating procedures (SOPs) for VMware infrastructure management.
  • Worked on shell scripting constructs, such as loops, conditionals, functions, and variables
  • Automate manual tasks using PowerShell and PowerCLI
  • Created PowerCLI script to manage creation and deletion of 50+ weekly snapshots
  • Basic understanding about AWS services and cloud computing.
  • Hands on experience with EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, Cloud Watch, Storage Gateway,Autoscaling
  • Handling all L1 tasks of windows ,performing patching and hardening

Education

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

Master of Science from Data Science
08.2024 - Current

Velammal Institute Of Technology
Chennai

B.Tech - Information Technology
08.2016 - 2020.04

Work History

Sify Technologies
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

System Engineer
11.2020 - 07.2024

Job overview

  • Maintaining VM environment consists of 250+ ESXi hosts and more than 4000+ Virtual machines
  • Planning, Configuring, Maintenance and administration of VMware ESX server, VMware Virtual center, V-Motion, Storage VMotion, HA, Clustering and DRS
  • Created Clones and templates of virtual machines and deploying VMs through Templates
  • Worked on migrations P2V and V2V using VMware Converter.
  • Upgrading firmware version for hardware like Dell, HPE, Cisco on scheduled change request with downtime
  • Applying Patch, Upgrading ESXi versions using Update Manager
  • Upgraded vCenter & ESXi host from 6.7 to 7.0 update 3
  • Responsible for Installing, managing and troubleshooting ESXi Host and VM
  • VMware vSphere Replication has been implemented for VM sync DC to DR
  • Expert in Configuring DC-DR replication using third party tool like Carbonite.
  • Participating in Disaster Recovery (DRILL) activities
  • Proficiency in disaster recovery principles and best practices, including Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and overall recovery processes
  • Worked on shell scripting constructs, such as loops, conditionals, functions, and variables
  • Automate manual tasks using PowerShell and PowerCLI
  • Created PowerCLI script to manage creation and deletion of 50+ weekly snapshots
  • Basic understanding about AWS services and cloud computing.
  • Hands on experience with EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, Cloud Watch, Storage Gateway,Autoscaling
  • Good Knowledge on Cisco UCS Manager, UCS Central to build service profile and template
  • Handling all L1 tasks of windows ,performing patching and hardening
  • Follow policies and procedures for change, problem, and incident management.

Timeline

Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure 6

05-2025

University of New Haven

Master of Science from Data Science
08.2024 - Current

Nutanix Certified Associate 6

04-2024

System Engineer

Sify Technologies
11.2020 - Current

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

08-2020

Velammal Institute Of Technology

B.Tech - Information Technology
08.2016 - 2020.04

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Title: Emotion Recognition for Mentally Challenged People Using CNN Algorithm

Duration: July to Nov 2019

Team size: 3

Summary: The main objective of this project is to develop an advanced face recognition system that addresses the challenges posed by outdoor illumination, pose variation, low image quality, occlusion, and background changes in complex real-life scenes. The system aims to achieve accurate and robust face detection and recognition in diverse conditions, making it suitable for various applications in surveillance, security, and biometric systems. By leveraging cutting-edge computing and telecommunications technologies, the project seeks to establish face recognition as a preferred and widely accepted biometric technology, capable of working with legacy databases and international watch-lists, even without subjects' cooperation.

Title: Voice Controlled Car Using Arduino Based Voice Recognition System

Duration: Aug to Sept 2017

Team size: 3

Summary: The main objective of the system is to serve for the people who are physically challenged can control their cars and automobiles with their voice with the help of voice recognition system in a cost efficient manner.

In-Plant Training , Workshops and Seminars

IN-PLANT TRAINING

· I completed an inplant training at Kaashiv Infotech, Chennai, focusing on Ethical Hacking from 1st Aug'17 to 2nd Sep'17.

· From 1st Sept'20 to 20th Oct'20, I underwent inplant training at Network Geeks Pvt. Ltd., where I focused on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance my skills and knowledge.

WORKSHOPS

· “Ethical Hacking” workshop conducted by GtekTechmos Solutions Pvt Ltd on 25th July 2019.

· “Data Science and its Applications,” conducted by Velammal Institute of Technology, Chennai 10th Feb 2018.

· “Hack(an)droid Ethical Hacking” workshop conducted by Kaashiv Infotech, Chennai on 30 Dec 2017.

SEMINARS

· Attended Artificial Intelligence Summit in Chennai conducted by bigdatahandson on May 11th 2019.

· Attended Seminar on BIGDATA  ANALYTICS conducted by Anna University on  Dec 26th 2018.

Certification

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

SERVICE SUPPORT TOOLS

Service Now

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

VCSA 7.0, VMware Site Recovery Manager

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the above information furnished by me is true to the best of my Knowledge and belief.
AKASH VemulaCloud Architect