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KEDAR WANI

Edison,NJ

Summary

With over 16 years of experience in the IT industry, I have a strong background in server and desktop virtualization. Throughout my career, I have gained extensive expertise in VMware/Omnissa End User Computing (EUC), VMware/Broadcom Server Virtualization, cloud computing, storage, network, and Microsoft technologies. My focus has always been on designing, implementing, configuring, and managing various virtualization technologies and products for commercial clients. I consistently adhere to best practices to ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of compute, network, and storage resources while achieving dense virtualization ratios and meeting SLAs.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr VMWare VDI Engineer

Warner Bros Discovery [WarnerMedia/Time Warner]
05.2018 - 12.2024
  • Designed, configured, and managed multiple large virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) using VMWare/Omnissa Horizon View 8.x, 7.x, 6.x supporting more than 5k virtual desktops (VDI Machines) and more than 10k users.
  • Configuration and management of Horizon on Azure Cloud (HoAC) with Universal Console and WorkspaceOne.
  • Cloud VDI management using Omnissa/VMware FirstGen and NextGen consoles.
  • Performed installation, configuration, troubleshooting and break-fix of connection servers, Unified Access Gateway (UAGs), persistent and non-persistent/Instant clone VDI pools, Win11, Win10 and Win7 virtual desktops (VDIs), golden images and templates, user profile management, application virtualization.
  • Actively involved in Integration of on-prem and cloud VDI environment so that user can access all resources from one pane of glass and use single URL to login to multiple VDI environments.
  • Actively participated in consolidation of multiple Active Directory domain to single domain to migrate users and VDI machines from different domains to single domain.
  • Performed various consolidations of multiple Horizon View Pods including migration of persistent VDI machines and non-persistent VDI pools.
  • Worked on extensive consolidation and clean up in the virtual environment to reduce the VDI Pool count from 380 to 30 VDI Pools.
  • Actively involved in various Horizon View upgrades including 7.x to 8.x, 6.x to 7.x to keep the virtual desktop infrastructure up to date.
  • Performed vCenter 5.5 to 6.5 upgrade and migrated VDI machines from old vCenter to new vCenters
  • Performed Win7 to Win10 and Win10 to Win11 migrations for persistent and non-persistent virtual desktop (VDI) machines.
  • Configuration and management of user profiles using Ivanti App Sense User Workspace Manager (UWM) including user personalization and profile/data management using Management console and Environment management console.
  • Group policy configuration and management for VDI machines and end users.
  • Organization Unit (OU) management for VDI infrastructure and VDI machines.
  • Automated various VMware administrative tasks using vSphere PowerCLI, Hv.Helper and Powershell.
  • Managed agentless security of virtual desktops using NSX Manger and Trend Micro Deep Security appliance.
  • Virtual environment monitoring and performance tuning using Control Up RealTime DX and Remote DX as well as vRealize Operations Manager.
  • Worked on migration of the two-factor authentication process for user authentication from RSA(Radius) to Okta (SAML).
  • Coordinated with different teams for virtual desktop monthly patching using SCCM and Intune.
  • Worked on storage migration of VDI machines for migrating VDI machines from different storage array.
  • Coached and knowledge transfer about Virtual desktop infrastructure administration and management to other team members and Level1/2 team members.
  • Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
  • Wrote, reviewed and edited technical document in accordance with template requirements.
  • Service and change request ticket management using ServiceNow.

Sr. VMware SME

Royal Bank of Scotland
01.2018 - 04.2018


  • Configuration and management of large virtual infrastructure with ESXi 6.x and 5.x including 12 vCenter Servers, 120+ ESXi hosts and 4000+ virtual machines that spread across Virtual server infrastructure (VSI) and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
  • Performed VMware administration related tasks including but not limited to installation, configuration, management and troubleshooting of vCenter server and its components, ESXi hosts, virtual machines, VM templates, standard and distributed switch management, environment clean up, data store decommissioning and space reclaim.
  • Actively involved in storage array migration from HPE 3PAR 7450 to HPE 3PAR 9050.
  • Solely worked on migrating more than 2500 virtual machines using power shell scripting and VMware storage vMotion to new array.
  • Created new data stores and decommissioned old data stores as part of array migration project using power shell scripting.
  • Performed VMWare SRM migration to new array corresponding to storage array migration from HPE 3PAR 7450 to HPE 3PAR 9050, which involved upgrading HPE SRA to newer version (HPE SRA from 6.0 to 6.5), configuration of array managers, inventory mapping, placeholder data store, protection groups and recovery plans.
  • Automated various VMware administrative tasks using Powershell and vSphere PowerCLI.
  • Performed Disaster Recovery tests in preparation of DR scenario using VMware Site recovery Manager (SRM)
  • Performance tuning, bottlenecks check out, system reports and dashboards, resource forecasting for VMware environment using vRealize Operations Manager (VROPS).
  • Coordinated with product vendors to troubleshoot and resolve the issues.
  • Coached and knowledge transfer about VMware infrastructure and administration other team members.
  • Worked on Service Now for as a ticketing system for change management requests and incident management.

Sr. VMWare Solutions Architect / Sr. VMware Engineer

Guggenheim Partners LLC
11.2012 - 12.2017
  • Designed, configured and managed multiple VMware environments with vSphere 6.x and 5.x including 2000+ Virtual Machines and 200+ ESXi hosts.
  • Performed VMware administration related tasks including but not limited to installation, configuration and management of vCenter server and its components, ESXi hosts, ESXi cluster, HA/DRS configuration, virtual machines, VM templates, standard and distributed switch management, environment clean up, data store decommissioning and space reclaim.
  • Identified and performed automation of VMware administrative tasks using Powershell and vSphere PowerCLI.
  • Automated ESXi host deployments using scripted install (http protocol) to save about 45 minutes for each ESXi deployment.
  • Performed ESXi install and configuration using manual as well as scripted installs for more than 200 ESXi hosts in the environment.
  • Performed troubleshooting of issues and performance tuning of the environment using various monitoring tools like VMware Log Insight, vRealize Operations Manager, Runecast, Foglight.
  • Commonly dealt with slow guest OS performances, stale snapshots with backups, ESXi host hardware issues, ESXi host failures, virtual machine failures, restoring servers from backup.
  • VMware cluster consolidation using Turbonomics monitoring tool to save the cost for the organization
  • Installation, configuration and management of NSX components like NSX manager, NSX Controllers, Distributed Logical routers, Edge gateway, distributed firewall.
  • Experience with installation, configuration and management of vRealize Automation components, working with blue prints, reservations.
  • Performed multiple version upgrades of different VMware environments including 6.0 to 6.0 U2, 5.5 to 6.0, 5.5 U2 to 5.5 U3, 5.0 U2 to 5.5 U2, 5.0 to 5.0 U2.
  • Extensive experience with Disaster recovery management using VMware Site Recovery manager (SRM) configuring array managers, inventory mapping, placeholder data store, protection groups and recovery plans.
  • Performed numerous Disaster Recovery tests in preparation of DR scenario.
  • Worked on VMWare SRM array manager migration from EMC to HP SRA.
  • VMware vCloud Director 5.5 setup configuration with Provider/Organization vDCs, catalogs, vApps
  • Installation and configuration of VMware Syslog and Dump Collector for ESXi host monitoring for performance issues and Purple Screen of Death (PSOD) conditions.
  • Experience with installation and configuration of VMware update manager, managing its baselines and Baseline Groups.
  • Upgraded multiple ESXi hosts and virtual machine using VMware update manager to achieve 100% compliant level with the baselines.
  • Consolidation of multiple data Replication for replication management of VMs for Disaster Recovery scenario. migrations using VMware standalone convertor, migrating 500+ servers during the process.
  • Experience with VMware vSphere Replication for replication management of VMs for Disaster Recovery scenario.
  • Actively participated in DELL EMC VMAX to HPE 3PAR storage migration including ESXi host boot LUN migration and VM migrations using storage vMotion.
  • VMware Cluster re-design to accommodate 1:1 VM to data store relationship.
  • Experience with DELL EMC PowerPathVE installation for ESXi hosts and PowerPathVE license management.
  • Experience with Nutanix Prism Central.
  • Experience with DELL EMC VNX storage management using Unisphere management tool.
  • Cisco blades’ configuration and management using Cisco UCS manager and Cisco standalone servers using CIMC.
  • Performed various firmware upgrades on Cisco blades and Cisco standalone servers.
  • Coordinated with product vendors to troubleshoot and resolve the issues.
  • Worked on process documentation using wiki.
  • Coached and knowledge transfer about VMware infrastructure and administration other team members.

Technical Analyst – Cloud Administrator

State Farm Insurance Companies
04.2011 - 11.2012
  • Worked with the virtual infrastructure with more than 15k VMs and more than 1k ESX hosts.
  • Excellent support for private cloud computing tools like Platform ISF and DELL VIS Self Service Creator.
  • Performed the market research for cloud computing tools to recommend new cloud computing tool for the organization.
  • Worked with the concepts of Platform as a service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to build the cloud environment.
  • Acted as Cloud Administrator to support Cloud tools with activities like add/delete users to the tool, troubleshoot the problems to make the environment available for maximum up time, create the reports for the tools.
  • Performed the installations and upgrades to Cloud Computing tools.
  • Created and migrated new templates to make them available for provisioning to all vCenter environments
  • Successfully migrated VMs from Platform ISF to DELL VIS Creator cloud management tool.
  • Supported the UAT i.e User Access Test to evaluate and build new products and requests.
  • Provisioned the Windows as well as Linux servers using the cloud computing tool according to the requirements.
  • Created Change Records, Problem Records using HP service manager.

Assistant System Analyst

C-Edge Technologies Ltd
06.2008 - 12.2008
  • Excellent coordination with vendors for faster implementation and maintenance of ATM (Automated Teller Machine) switch.
  • Efficiently performed debit card production to increase number of customers in the system.
  • Efficiently analyzed system monitoring reports to compute system performance.

Technical Associate

Financial Software and Systems Ltd
09.2006 - 06.2008
  • Designed and maintained macros to enhance the automation process of the system.
  • Monitored servers and analyzed declined ATM transactions for better performance of the system.
  • Performed UAT i.e User Access Test to evaluate and build new products and requests.
  • Acted as a System Administrator to create, delete as well as modify the access of the end users for the system.
  • Coordinated and coached the team members while working as a shift leader, to organize the workload efficiently within a team.
  • Analyzed Management Information System (MIS) reports to compute the system performance.

Education

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
12.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication

Mumbai University
06.2006

Skills

  • VMware/Broadcom vCenter Server Management
  • VMware/Broadcom ESX/ESXi Hypervisor Configuration Expertise
  • VMware vSphere Suite Configuration and management
  • Expertise in HA/DRS Clustering
  • Disaster Recovery Management using VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
  • Windows Server Administration
  • Active Directory Administration
  • Group Policy management
  • Windows and hypervisor patch management
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Expertise in Windows PowerShell Scripting
  • VMware PowerCLI and HvHelper Experience
  • Omnissa/VMware Horizon View expertise
  • Virtual Desktop (VDI) Management
  • Persistent and non-persistent VDI pool expertise
  • Horizon on Azure Cloud Management
  • Universal Broker and Workspace One Administration Skills
  • VMware App Volumes Management
  • User profile management with Ivanti AppSense UWM
  • Virtual Network and Storage Administration
  • Windows and Linux Operating System
  • VMware NSX Proficiency
  • P2V (Physical to Virtual) Migration Expertise
  • Data Center Migration Proficiency
  • Public and Private Cloud Environment Management
  • Cloud Migration Expertise
  • Cisco UCS and CIMC management
  • Nutanix Prism Management
  • DELL EMC Unisphere Management
  • Data Center Migration Proficiency
  • Cloud Migration Expertise
  • VMware NSX Proficiency
  • Private Cloud Administration (IaaS)
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  • SaaS Implementation Experience
  • Trend Micro Deep Security Management
  • Sentinel One Security Management
  • Performance Optimization
  • TCP/IP Networking Knowledge
  • HP Non-Stop Kernel Management
  • Base-24 ATM Operations
  • Incident and Change Management in ServiceNow
  • Agile Scrum Methodology
  • JIRA Issue Tracking
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Critical thinking
  • Training and mentoring
  • Project planning
  • Performance tuning
  • Technical architecture
  • Interpersonal and written communication

Certification

  • VMware Certified Professional - Desktop Management 2023
  • VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2022
  • VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2019
  • VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV)
  • VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)
  • VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
  • VMware Certified Associate - Cloud (VCA- Cloud)
  • VMware Certified Associate - Workforce Mobility (VCA- WM)
  • Microsoft Certified - Azure Fundamentals
  • ControlUp Certified - Advanced Administrator
  • ControlUp Certified - Administrator

Timeline

Sr VMWare VDI Engineer

Warner Bros Discovery [WarnerMedia/Time Warner]
05.2018 - 12.2024

Sr. VMware SME

Royal Bank of Scotland
01.2018 - 04.2018

Sr. VMWare Solutions Architect / Sr. VMware Engineer

Guggenheim Partners LLC
11.2012 - 12.2017

Technical Analyst – Cloud Administrator

State Farm Insurance Companies
04.2011 - 11.2012

Assistant System Analyst

C-Edge Technologies Ltd
06.2008 - 12.2008

Technical Associate

Financial Software and Systems Ltd
09.2006 - 06.2008

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication

Mumbai University

Master of Science - Electrical Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology

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