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Sumit Bhatia

Sumit Bhatia

Houston,TX

Summary

  • Infrastructure solutions architect with a focus on addressing difficult business challenges and encouraging Green IT through intelligent hybrid cloud strategies, advanced automation alongside cost savings in IT operations to support the global oil and gas industry.
  • Over 15 years of experience in providing Solutions on Public and Private Cloud, Storage, Backup and Server Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V) Products & Applications.
  • Cloud service provider (CSP) and infrastructure solutioning for core business applications “in-country” deployment with Azure stack hub and Edge computing.
  • Reverse engineering with Terraform for automated import of infrastructure workloads.
  • Implemented Capacity management as a service (CMaaS) for automated and schedule right sizing of Cloud workloads.
  • Advocate different innovate approach for cost savings in IT infrastructure hosting.
  • Hands On experience with Python, PowerShell Scripting, automation. Working towards implementing Zero-Ops strategy in the organization.
  • Expert in Migration of Servers, Storage between Datacenters.
  • Strong understanding of the Data Protection (Back-up, Recovery, DR, Data Archival & Retention) and recovery implementation.
  • Reputed author with Oilman magazine. Writing book on "Reverse engineering with Terraform" with Apress Publications.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

HHO Solution Architect

SLB (Schlumberger)
09.2022 - Current
  • Solution, design and deploy Edge computing with "in-country" deployments of organization's core business applications that respect data residency constraints and same time ensure data security at globally recognized security standards.
  • Solutioning of entire infrastructure ecosystem around solution that includes Security, Monitoring, backup etc.

Capacity and Performance Solutions Lead

SLB (Schlumberger)
12.2018 - 09.2022
  • Implemented Automated capacity management in Cloud and OnPrem. Resulted in cumulative savings of $1 Million for organization.
  • Implemented automation on modern practices that supports Green IT by using ADO pipelines and Azure functions (Compute as a Service).
  • Reverse engineering and automated import of pre-existing VMs into Terraform.
  • Migration of workloads from different locations either to cloud or OnPrem using innovative approaches.
  • Designed and implemented automated ON/OFF of workloads in cloud using MS SharePoint.

Team Lead, Storage Practices

Xoriant, Client - Hitachi Vantara
02.2016 - 12.2018
  • Wrote white papers, Tech notes to be consumed by Sales team and Hitachi customers on Hitachi automation director (HAD), VMware and Hitachi storage integration.
  • Worked as functional manager and delivered new feature of Hyper-V backups with Hitachi Data Instance director (HDID)
  • Automated test cases to test HDID software. Approx. 80% of test cases were automated using Python.

Associate consultant, Team lead

Tata Consultancy Services - Client Aegis Media
10.2012 - 02.2016
  • Designing solutions and suggested High level diagram (HLD’s) and Low level diagram (LLD’s) layouts before implementation.
  • Datacenter consolidation, Transitioning infrastructure to NETAPP and NetBackup from 45 different small datacenter sites to unified 4 location globally.
  • Implementing Disaster Recover (DR) solutions.
  • Automation.

Onsite Coordinator

Tata Consultancy Services, Client - Aegis Media
02.2014 - 02.2015
  • Datacenter IT solution building from scratch. Right from installation of Infrastructure components, testing it and getting them production ready.
  • VM migration from different locations to newly built datacenter
    site.
  • Implemented Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.

Software and solutions engineer

NETAPP India Pvt. LTD
01.2011 - 10.2012
  • Work with pre-sales team, study solutions doc’s and worked in Eng. LAB for simulating customer environments using NetApp and other
    third-party solutions. Providing testing and performance results of solutions designed to pre-sales team.
  • Innovative solutions implemented involving infrastructure automation.


Software Engineer

Mphasis, Client - Hewlett Packard Company
11.2008 - 12.2010
  • Simulating customer environment with multiple different technologies (VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V, FCOE, FC, iSCSI) and tested SMP software.
  • Worked as QA team lead. Interaction with client, writing test plans, tracking, and presenting team progress.
  • Test case automation using batch scripting.

Education

MBA - Post Graduate Diploma in IT And Systems

NMIMS, Mumbai, India
11.2020

First class with 80%

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Telecommunication

GGSIPU, Delhi, India
10.2008

First class with 80%

Skills

  • Products and Tools worked : Azure stack hub, Azure DevOps, Azure functions, Terraform, Turbonomic, Hitachi portfolio
  • Virtualization: VMware, Hyper-V
  • Operating system : Windows 2K12/2K16/2K19, RHEL, SLES, ESXi, ONTAP
  • Cloud : Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Open Stack
  • Computer Languages: C, Python, Perl, PowerShell
  • Storage Products : NetApp, Dell, Hitachi, HPE, EMC Unity, Pure Storage
  • Backup Products : NetBackup, Commvault, Backup Exec, Hitachi Data Instance Director
  • Hardware : HPE & Dell servers, UCS and HPE blade chassis and Fabric interconnect
  • Software defined storage : CEPH, Object storage
  • SDLC methodology : CI/CD, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall

Accomplishments

  • PbS Bronze award Cloud Nine - Hosting Reimagined - Team member by Schlumberger in 2021.
  • “Awesome Award” Schlumberger, Q1 2021 for successfully completing Terraform and VMware
    POC.
  • Rewarded with the Certificate of Excellence from Mphasis clients (i.e., Hewlett Packard).
  • Member of Training committee, to train Fresh interns. Rewarded with Appreciation certificates
    regarding the same from the management.
  • Awarded with Certificate of Excellence from CTO of AEGIS Media Organization and ISU head North.

Affiliations

  • How to control costs in the Cloud. A publication with Oilman magazine:

https://oilmanmagazine.com/article/how-to-control-costs-in-the-cloud-2/


  • Terraform and IT infrastructure automation. A publication with Oilman magazine:

https://oilmanmagazine.com/terraform-and-it-infrastructure-automation/


Certification

  • Microsoft certified: Azure stack hub Operator Associate
  • Microsoft certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • Agilitics PTE. LTD. certified: Architecting with Google cloud platform
  • NMIMS Global certified: Post graduate diploma in Business Management (Information Technology and Systems)

Timeline

HHO Solution Architect - SLB (Schlumberger)
09.2022 - Current
Capacity and Performance Solutions Lead - SLB (Schlumberger)
12.2018 - 09.2022
Team Lead, Storage Practices - Xoriant, Client - Hitachi Vantara
02.2016 - 12.2018
Onsite Coordinator - Tata Consultancy Services, Client - Aegis Media
02.2014 - 02.2015
Associate consultant, Team lead - Tata Consultancy Services - Client Aegis Media
10.2012 - 02.2016
Software and solutions engineer - NETAPP India Pvt. LTD
01.2011 - 10.2012
Software Engineer - Mphasis, Client - Hewlett Packard Company
11.2008 - 12.2010
NMIMS - MBA, Post Graduate Diploma in IT And Systems
GGSIPU - Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & Telecommunication

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