Kulwant Soor P.Eng.
Highlands Ranch,CO
Summary
IT Professional with over 30 years of experience in managing IT infrastructure AIX, HP, Linux and storage driving technology innovation, and achieving operational excellence. Proven ability to scale infrastructure for hyper-growth companies, optimize processes for cost-efficiency, and deliver customer-centric solutions. Passionate about fostering high-performance teams and aligning technology with business strategy.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SPECIALIST ADVISOR
NTT Data Inc.
04.2011 - Current
- Designed and implemented various storage systems for high availability and mission critical applications and databases.
- Solid knowledge on various Linux platforms and IBM P Series to support 150000 plus employees.
- Led a $10M IT Infrastructure project that reduced downtime by 20%, enhancing customer trust and service availability.
- Architected DR (Disaster Recovery) to automate to meet Business SLA for NTTData Inc.
- Optimized infrastructure, resulting in 25% cost savings and increased operational scalability across 4+ global data centers.
- Collaborated with engineering, product, and business teams to deliver a 20% improvement in time-to-market for infrastructure deployments.
- Led with responsibility for planning, budgeting, execution, data centers design, and infrastructure.
- Subject matter knowledge and guidance to leading Technology Industries on systems and storage design, implementation, and Green IT.
Manager IT Consultant
Deloitte
02.2010 - 01.2011
- Implemented cloud migration strategy across a multi-cloud environment (AWS and Azure), achieving a 35% improvement in performance and $1M annual savings.
- Core knowledge and hands on experience of Ansible, Terraform and Python. Assisted team members to deploy storage and systems by automating the provisioning process.
- Defined and executed a 3-year IT roadmap, aligning technology investments with business growth, resulting in a 30% increase in revenue.
- Served as a project senior manager for analyzing and assessing the large Tier III level Data Centers.
- On-site evaluation of three data centers and their compliance with Tier III level for electrical, mechanical, and floor plans.
Manager IT Consultant
KPMG
02.2009 - 01.2010
- Designed and configured hardware virtualization and o/s virtualization using various technologies such as Zones/Containers, VMWare ESX, nPars, and vPars.
- Created AIX, Windows, and Linux security benchmark documents to mitigate security risks of the operating systems in coordination with the chief security officer.
Manager IT Consultant
BearingPoint/KPMG
02.2000 - 01.2009
- Led to manage the design, building, deployment, implementation, and integration of the data centers for various companies in U.S., and international companies in Brazil and Canada.
- Managed multimillion-dollar projects to build the infrastructure solution which covers Enterprise Architecture of AIX, HP-UX, Linux, SUN, and WINTEL servers, storage systems and infrastructure security.
- Designed and implemented the technical solutions, which cover AIX, HP-UX, Linux, SUN servers, and security for our clients to maintain the production and QA/DR (disaster recovery) sites at two data centers.
IT Senior Consultant
Government of NWT/ Canada
03.1993 - 08.1999
- Technical advisor, guidance, and support to the user base; this covered HP- MPE/iX (HP-3000), HP-UNIX (HP-9000), bridges, CISCO switches and routers, and PC and Mac Platforms in Headquarter and Regional data centers and in all government branch offices.
- Responsibilities included to create and maintain project work plans as a team. Provided operational and technical support for the GNWT’s applications.
- Wrote and maintained program codes in COBOL and Cognos PowerHouse to automate the operational functions.
- Analyzed and maintained the database running on HP-3000 of Motor Vehicle Information Systems. Wrote Ad-hoc reports using Cognos PowerHouse.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical
Concordia University
01.1992
Bachelor of Science - Physics and Mathematics
Concordia University
01.1989
Skills
- Scalable IT Infrastructure (Storage and Servers)
- Data Center Operations & Optimization
- Strategic IT Leadership
- Cloud Migration & Multi-Cloud Environments
- Cybersecurity & Compliance
- Vendor Relationship Management
Accomplishments
1. Automated storage provisioning for AIX and SUSE Linux systems
2. Enhanced and maintained our infrastructure running SAP and HANA environment in heterogeneous platforms and technologies for our critical and complex business systems. Minimized systems maintenance downtimes on monthly basis to apply security patches and efixes. Automated patching process using Ansible and Custom scripts.
3. Enhanced the deployment/provision of our AIX and SUSE Linux systems for BASIS and DBA teams. Automated provisioning of AIX and SUSE using IBM ToolKit and custom scripts.
4. Successfully completed DR test. Automated the DR process for infra so the DR process can be achieved within our RTO/PRO.
5. Patch management ensures our systems, storage and MDS switches and applications are kept up-to-date and run smoothly, supporting the system uptime and minimizing vulnerabilities. Stayed abreast of security vulnerabilities.
Certification
- Leadership Acceleration Program
- Introduction to Leadership Program
- IBM Multiple certifications
- Hewlett Packard Certified Professional
- SUN Certified Professional
- Professional Associate Certified Professional
- Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (Canada)
- AFCOM Denver 'Rocky Mountain' Region Data Center Discussion Group
Languages
English
Hindi
Timeline
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SPECIALIST ADVISOR
NTT Data Inc.
04.2011 - Current
Manager IT Consultant
Deloitte
02.2010 - 01.2011
Manager IT Consultant
KPMG
02.2009 - 01.2010
Manager IT Consultant
BearingPoint/KPMG
02.2000 - 01.2009
IT Senior Consultant
Government of NWT/ Canada
03.1993 - 08.1999
Bachelor of Science - Physics and Mathematics
Concordia University
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical
Concordia University