Arunchandran Chandrasekharan
Summary
I’m a Computer Science Engineering graduate with 18+ years of prolific career in IT industry. I’ve extensively worked on designing, implementing and managing AWS Public Cloud, Private Cloud – VMware vSphere, Dell EMC Storage systems, EMC NetWorker, Avamar Backup systems, Veritas NetBackup, and VCE vBlock solutions with best practices and security built-in. . I started my career as a Unix Administrator after my college, changed to Storage Administration after 2 years and I worked my way up as a Implementation Expert, Subject Matter Expert, Technical Lead in Systems, Storage, Data Protection and as Public Cloud Engineer, primarily in Healthcare, Telecom, Banking, and Manufacturing Sectors. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr Systems Engineer – Storage, Data Protection, and Public Cloud
Inovalon Inc
07.2017 - Current
- Cloud adoption, setting cloud solution standards, automation of AWS account provisioning, migration of on-prem/cloud applications to AWS, owner of AWS backup environment, worked on infrastructure development and operations using various AWS services, worked on AWS accounts networking and security, designed and implemented autoscaling, designed and implemented application delivery services, implemented AWS cloud monitoring, assessed existing environments for security and cost optimization, designed and implemented AWS image builder pipelines, implemented policies for compliance, contributed to internal public cloud document repository
Storage Engineer
Data Aixsys Inc
11.2015 - 06.2019
- End to end support of storage devices, worked on scripting projects, disaster recovery configuration/management/DR tests, array refresh/consolidation/transformation projects, micro code/OS upgrade projects, DR site reconfiguration/testing project, outage handling and problem management, Isilon network setup and performance management, service improvement initiatives, storage capacity reports, retiring virtual and physical servers, performance fine-tuning and optimization, multi-vendor support
Storage Technical Lead
Wipro Technologies
06.2014 - 10.2015
- End to end management of customer's large complex storage infrastructure, management of backup infrastructure, responsible for design, installation, upgrades, system and performance monitoring, experienced in capacity planning and performance tuning, managed 100+ nodes, prepared and maintained system maintenance technical documents, transitioned storage tower and backup tower operations, involved in large storage migration, data center consolidation project, backup infra migration, storage technology refresh, backup reporting and capacity planning, performance tuning, configured management tools, ticket management, team management
Storage Team and Migration Project Tech Lead
Wipro Technologies
01.2011 - 06.2014
- Configuration of new data centers, engaged in migration projects, replicated NAS file systems, used replication and migration technologies, coordinated migration with various teams, conducted performance optimization and tuning, end to end management of storage devices and infrastructure, leading global team, managed data centers and storage, acquired knowledge transition, designing, deploying and managing storage in virtualized server environment, service improvement initiatives, automated storage capacity reports, retiring virtual and physical servers, ensured code levels, configured management tools, backup management, ticketing, SLA management, team management
Storage Administrator
Wipro Technologies
09.2007 - 12.2010
- Storage provisioning, storage capacity planning and migration, analyzed grabs and performance, failover/failback test, accountable for administration and maintenance, documented procedures and reports, SAN GET WELL project, 24x7 on-call support
UNIX Administrator
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
03.2005 - 08.2007
- OS level support for Linux and Solaris servers, user ID creation and account management, storage allocation and reclamations, managing NFS and CIFS, worked on Veritas products and different hardware, break fix management and patch updates, new server builds, coordination with infra-DC teams, backup and recovery configuration
Storage, Backup and Data Protection Technical Lead
Inovalon Inc
- End to end management of customer's storage infrastructure, end to end management of backup and data protection infrastructure, responsible for design, installation, upgrades, and performance monitoring, responsible for capacity and performance management, designed and implemented backup and DR solutions, consolidated and migrated workloads and storage, worked on disaster recovery and migration projects
Education
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
01.2008
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Cochin University
01.2004
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Dell EMC Proven Professional
Technology Competency
AWS, Python and PowerShell, Microsoft Windows and CentOS Linux, VMware vSphere, Dell EMC PMAX, VMAX, VPLEX, Unity, Isilon, XtremIO, Brocade & Cisco, Dell EMC RecoverPoint, SRDF, Powerpath/ME, Cisco UCS and VCE, AWS Backup, Dell EMC Data domain, Avamar, NetWorker Veritas NetBackup, BackupExec, Commvault
Timeline
Sr Systems Engineer – Storage, Data Protection, and Public Cloud
Inovalon Inc
07.2017 - Current
Storage Engineer
Data Aixsys Inc
11.2015 - 06.2019
Storage Technical Lead
Wipro Technologies
06.2014 - 10.2015
Storage Team and Migration Project Tech Lead
Wipro Technologies
01.2011 - 06.2014
Storage Administrator
Wipro Technologies
09.2007 - 12.2010
UNIX Administrator
Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd
03.2005 - 08.2007
Storage, Backup and Data Protection Technical Lead
Inovalon Inc
Post Graduate Diploma - Business Administration
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Cochin University
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Dell EMC Proven Professional