JAGANATHAN LOGANATHAN
Manchester,CT
Summary
Dynamic IT professional with over 16 years of experience in the IT services industry, specializing in technical consulting for Broadcom VMware virtualization products and data center maintenance. Proven ability to centralize virtualization support and delivery, ensuring optimal service availability and performance. Expertise in designing, deploying, administering, and maintaining enterprise infrastructure across virtualization and Windows platforms, along with comprehensive knowledge of VCF deployment, CVE patching for SDDC Manager, and disaster recovery strategies. Strong organizational and multitasking skills, complemented by excellent interpersonal abilities, enhance client interactions and foster collaborative environments. Dedicated Technical Consultant adept at cultivating long-term partnerships with lucrative clients. Knowledgeable in server hardware and components configurations. Successful career history comprising more than 10 years.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Consultant
Standard Chartered GBS
01.2017 - 01.2026
- Managing Virtualization Support for SCB (IT Operations -Technology Services). Globally on Broadcom VMware virtualization administration of ESXi server's / Applications services; Datacenter maintenance and Broadcom VCF Administration.
- Centralize virtualization support & delivery and ensure high level service availability and performance is maintained across 30 countries.
- Experience in Designing, Deploying, Administration, Maintaining and Supporting Enterprise Virtualization platform/Infrastructure.
- Manage and maintaining the physical hardware and virtual environment / infrastructure of SCB Enterprise Virtual Infrastructure of vCenters, ESXi hosts Virtual servers, vCloud Director.
- Expertise in VCF deploy, manage and CVE patching for SDDC Manager / VCSA /ESXI Servers.
- Expertise in VxRail deploy, manage, administration and CVE patching.
- Expertise in vSAN cluster deployment, manage, administration, CVE patching, disk group administration.
- Develop detailed architectural diagrams for new virtualization infrastructure and procedure documents WRT business/application requirement.
- Storage policy creation & Encryption.
- Facilitated knowledge transfer among team members by leading training sessions on new tools, techniques, or industry best practices relevant to the role of Technical Consultant.
- Evaluated emerging technologies for potential implementation in clients'' businesses, staying current with industry trends and best practices for optimal recommendations.
- Gathering and publishing System Performance Metrics.
- Pure Storage Administration, ISCI/FC Zoning, Storage Host Group Creation.
- Managing user accounts, permissions, and access controls.
- Pure Storage VVOL creation, SAN LUN creation and allocation, Storage Policy Creation.
- Specialized in VMware ESXi, and VSphere environments with vCenter Management, VMware VUM, VMware Convertor, VRealize Automation.
- Expertise in Configure, build, implement, and administer ESXi Servers including CVE patches and updates, and assist in resolving associated system outages and other changes, incidents & S@R.
- Excellent experience and knowledge with designing, installing and implementing VMware ESXi server, VMware virtual center, setting up V-Motion, HA, DRS, and related VMware products such VUM, Lifecycle, VMware converter and other products for virtualization.
- Expertise in VM infra DC migration, documented the architecture and all P2V/V2V procedures, prepared guidelines for other teams working with the platform/application team for the P2V/V2V migration.
- Expertise in IT DR-Disaster Recovery Failover carried over in the Virtual infra.
- As part of DC migration lead from virtualization front for P2V/V2V performed P2V(Physical to Virtual) Migration Physical servers & V2V(Virtual to Virtual) migration VM servers.
- SPOC for Virtual farm storage migration different model storage array, THICK-THIN migration project.
- SPOC of ESXi servers commissioning & building infra end to end till GO-LIVE.
- Use VMware update manager / lifecycle management to create / edit baselines & baseline.
- Perform platform CVE / Software upgrades and failover testing for VM Servers.
- Perform upgrades to operating systems and layered software as necessary.
- Performing backups, troubleshooting and problem resolution for servers associated with a VMware virtual infrastructure.
- Manage and Maintain the ESXi / vCenter Security Roles & permission using powercli script.
- Maintain, upgrade, and implement improvements to the VMWare ESXi infrastructure.
- Schedule and perform VMware installations, patching and upgrades and maintain them in accordance with established business SLA and procedures.
- Working as an individual contributor for the project and part of steady state BAU operations teams.
- Creating Audit reports for external audit requests and publishing to management.
- Reduced downtime and improved productivity by providing timely technical support to clients, addressing their concerns and solving problems quickly.
- Optimized resource allocation, significantly reducing project completion times and increasing client/Business satisfaction.
Technical Specialist
WIPRO Info-Tech Limited
03.2012 - 01.2017
- TECHNICAL SPECIALIST - Handled multiple roles, provided remote support to various countries - India, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, China. Server Administration and application services for the SCB Banking in Design, Development & Implementation, Administration Servers and Datacenter under SCB Technology Services.
- Client: STANDARD CHARTERED GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICE Pvt Ltd – Chennai, INDIA
- Technical Skills: vSphere vSphere 6.x, 5.x & 4.x | VCenter 6.x, 5.x & 4.x | SRM 8.x, 6.x & 5.x | VSphere Update Manager 6.x & 5.x | VRealize Automation 7.3 | VCloud Director 5.5 | VMware Standalone Convertor 6.x,5.x | OS Red Hat Linux EL 7.x-5.x, Windows 2K3, 2K8, 2K12 | BMC Remedy 8.1 | DELL PowerEdge Series | Powercli | EMC VMAC, Clarion, Brocade
- Responsibilities:
- · Manage and Administrate 24/7 of Data Centers & VM/Physical servers.
- · First point escalation for all technical and process issues
- · Key person during the new project implementation and rollout.
- · Effort estimation/reviews on need basis for new projects
- · SPOC for all VMWARE related implementation and new project.
- · Publish weekly & monthly reports.
- · Create, Review and Approve Change Request
- · Responsible for preparing RCA document for Severity 1 & Severity 2 issues.
- Virtualization Administration
- · Deployment of ESXi OS / VCSA
- · Installation, Configuring and Managing Virtualization Infrastructure of VMware Products.
- · Patch management and Upgrading ESXi host in VMware environment using VUM & Standalone ESXi servers. Configuring and managing HA, DRS, SDRS and FT.
- · Configuring standard virtual switches and Distributed virtual switches
- · Configuring and managing virtual network (Vswitch, vlan Tagging, vm port groups, Vmkernel port) Configuring and managing datastore and raw device mapping.
- · Virtual environment capacity planning and provisioning.
- · P2V and V2V using VMware convertor.
- · Guest O/S installation Windows/LINUX, setting up of VM priorities, Cloning, Creating Templates and Snapshots. Creating and deploying VM from Templates
- · ESXi Datastore and hardware utilization and other report through Powercli scripts.
- · Configuring and Managing MSCS in Virtual Environments
- · Planning, designing & implementing Virtualization project according to requirement.
- · Monitoring system and network environment of VMware using performance data and alert in vCenter & using RV Tools.
- Linux Server Administration
- · Deploying RHEL OS 4.x – 7.x
- · Configuring and managing LVM such as vgcreate, vgextend, vgreduce, vgrename vgexport, vgimport. SAN configuration of EMC powerpath, Mutipath and HDLM.
- · Configuring and managing user's QUOTA.
- · User Creation, administration and profile management
- · Experience in assigning sudoers as required by the users.
- · Configuration of SSH and Telnet service for remote login.
- · Increase and decrease Paging Space.
- · Configuring Kick start and PXE BOOT Server.
- · Linux RPM's Install / Query / Update / Remove.
- · Installing and configuring YUM server.
- · Configuring DHCP / SAMBA / VSFTP / APACHE server.
- · Configuring and administering NFS for share the data between Linux networks.
- · Monitoring System performance, Disk, Network usage.
- SAN Administration
- · Storage Administrator
- · Installing and troubleshooting Raid Manager Software
- · CLARIION Management Utilities – Unisphere Manager
- · Administration of SAN EMC-CX40-C, CX310, CX320, CX4240, NAS480 & EMC-VNX 5300 Administration of Hitachi AMS 500
- · Configured new VMAX that includes zoning, creating masking views for Management servers and Unisphere cluster Provisioned storage to Windows, ESX server, LINUX by claiming backend storage LUNs, creating extends, devices, Virtual volumes and finally adding them to Storage view
- · Implemented Virtual Provisioning with Thin Pools providing oversubscription for applications with similar performance requirements from VMAX to hosts
- · Troubleshooting hardware related problems in EMC storage
- · Creating LUN's with various RAID combinations according to client requirement
- · Creating and expanding Meta LUN and migrating LUNs
- · Firmware upgrade and Flare upgrading based on requirement
- · Configuring system and network services as per the user requests
- Datacenter Administration
- · Data Center Power Maintenance Administration
- · Server Mounting/Racking
- · Server SAN/Network/FC cable patching
- · Physical Datacenter Migration
FMS Engineer
NEBULA Computer PVT Ltd
07.2010 - 03.2012
- Handled multiple roles, provided remote support to various countries - India, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, China. Server Administration and application services for the SCB Banking in Design, Development & Implementation, Administration Servers and Datacenter under SCB Technology Services.
- · Manage and Administrate 24/7 of Data Centers & VM/Physical servers.
- · First point escalation for all technical and process issues
- · Key person during the new project implementation and rollout.
- · Effort estimation/reviews on need basis for new projects
- · SPOC for all VMWARE related implementation and new project.
- · Publish weekly & monthly reports.
- · Create, Review and Approve Change Request
- · Responsible for preparing RCA document for Severity 1 & Severity 2 issues.
- Provided technical support to clients, resolving issues promptly and ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Enhanced overall system performance with thorough analysis of data and implementation of corrective actions.
- Managed budgets for multiple projects simultaneously while prioritizing tasks according to urgency and resource allocation constraints.
Linux Administrator
NACE Solutions PVT Ltd
05.2009 - 12.2009
- Installing Redhat, Fedora Linux & Other Linux flavors.
- Installing Windows 9x/2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7.
- Developed organization-wide administration policies to encourage continuity across multiple systems and facilities.
- Configuring and managing SAMBA Server's, FTP, NFS, APACHE web server, YUM server Creation and Maintenance of the Linux File system.
- Configuration of SSH and Telnet service for remote login.
- User and Group administration.
- Performing basic troubleshooting, performance, memory and process management.
- Install, update, query and manage RPM software packages.
- LVM administration Create, extend and rename.
- Remote Installation using Kickstart Image.
- Checking the Host & User Policy to access the applications.
- Created and serviced administrator and user accounts on Linux-based systems, managing 150 deployments.
- Supported virtualization platforms, enabling efficient resource utilization within the IT infrastructure.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Anna University
Chennai, India06.2008
Diploma - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
DOTE
CHENNAI INDIA06-2004
Skills
- Proficient in Broadcom VCF versions 5x and 9
- vSphere environment optimization
- VCenter 9x and 6x management
- VMware VSAN expertise
- VxRail administration
- VMware disaster recovery
- Proficient in SRM 8x
- vSphere patching expertise
- Product lifecycle management
- Experience with VRealize Automation
- Project management
- Cloud migration expertise
- VMware Converter 6x expertise
- RHEL system administration
- Windows server upgrade
- BMC Remedy expertise
- ServiceNow expertise
- DELL PowerEdge expertise
- DELL vSAN expertise
- VxRail management
- IBM X Series server Administration
- PowerCLI scripting
- Experienced in Python programming
- SUSE administration
- Currency management
- Experience with Ubuntu environments
- Experience with Pure Storage technology
- Change management
- IT infrastructure planning
- Performance analysis
- Technical guidance
- Enterprise architecture
- Presentation development
- Virtualization technologies
- Technical consulting
Certification
- VMware Certified Professional -VMware Cloud Foundation(VCF9) Administrator
- SAA-C01 Amazon Web Service - Solutions Architect - Associate
- VMware Certified Professional7 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) V7
- VMware Certified Professional6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) V6
- RHCE- REDHAT CERTIFIED ENGINEER - (805009499737899)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Personal Information
- Work Permit: H4 EAD
- Visa Status: H4 EAD
Visa
H4 EAD
Timeline
Technical Consultant
Standard Chartered GBS
01.2017 - 01.2026
Technical Specialist
WIPRO Info-Tech Limited
03.2012 - 01.2017
FMS Engineer
NEBULA Computer PVT Ltd
07.2010 - 03.2012
Linux Administrator
NACE Solutions PVT Ltd
05.2009 - 12.2009
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Anna University
Diploma - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
DOTE