Mahesh Kumar has over 8 years of experience in IT with a focus on virtualization, Windows administration, and storage configuration. He is a VMware Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with experience managing VMware ESXi and vCenter environments, Windows servers, Active Directory, and HP storage arrays. Currently he works as a Technical Lead at Cognizant Technologies Solutions managing their virtual infrastructure, storage environment, and Windows servers.

1. MAHESH KUMAR A
# 41 SELVARAJ NAGAR, Periyar SALAI, URAPAKKAM, CHENNAI – 603202
Mobile: +91 9176015744; Email: .mailbox.maheshbpt@gmail.com
Profile at a Glance
 Having 8+ years of experience in IT industry
 Good understanding of Virtualization, Windows & UCS Environment
 Determination & dedication to achieve goals
 Good Knowledge about Process management
Technical Certification
 Completed Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) Member ID:9608796
 Completed VMware Certified Professional (VCP ESXI 5.5 ID : VCP103059)
Key Result areas
VMware Configuration
VMware ESX / ESXI Server 4.1, 5.0 5.1 & 5.5 , VMware Vcenter Server 4.1,5,
5.1, 5.5 Cluster HA & DRS, FT, Storage Vmotion
H/W Configuration Experience with Managing HP, IBM, DELL and Cisco UCS Blade enclosures
Incident Management Tool HPSM (HP Service Manager) & BMC Remedy Mid-Tier 7.6
Storage & Blade Server
Configuration HP Storage EVA4400 & HP Blade BL465 G7 System C3000 Enclosure,
Security Applications MacAfee EPO 4.0, 4.5, 4.6 Server & SEPM 11.0
Windows Server Operating
Systems & Configuration Windows Server 2000 /2003 / 2008 & AD, DNS , DHCP & DHCP Migration,
Professional Experience
Employer - 5 Cognizant Technologies Solutions, Chennai.
Project BFS – Banking Domain
Designation Technical Lead
Period September 8th
2014 to Till Date
Roles & Responsibility: VMware Administration
 Managed Virtualization Environment using VMware ESX / ESXi and Virtual Center
 Rebuild and Maintain VMware ESX / ESXi Host and vCenter upgrade
 Performed ESXi hosts Migration from 4.1 VC to 5.1 VC.
 Performed EOL ESX/ESXI H/W Refresh and Storage Refresh Project
 Troubleshooting Issues related to ESX host, vCenter and virtual machines
 Creating and Managing VMware cluster with HA and DRS
 Patch upgrade on ESX/ ESXi hosts
 Host profile creation according to standard and compliance check on all host in the cluster
 Validation of newly build host and vCenters before moving into production

2.  Good Knowledge in managing Cisco UCS environment
 Disk space increase using VMware converter and migrating of virtual server using VMware Converter
 Worked on migration Projects like moving the host from legacy environments to newly commissioned
clusters in new virtual centers
 Creating templates from VM's and deploy VM's from templates and allocate resources.
 Creation & Troubleshooting of Virtual Network (Std switch / VDS)
 Performed Snapshots, Cloning, Cold Migrations and Hot Migrations
 Working on Migration concepts like vmotion and storage vmotion
 Performance monitoring and tuning for ESX Servers, Virtual Center Server and VMs
 Configured Resource Pool, VMotion, Alerts, Alarms
 Upgrade virtual machine hardware and deploying virtual VMware appliances
 Root Cause & System Log Analysis and Troubleshooting problems
 Use HPSM (HP Service Manager) to manage changes and incidents in environments
 Work closely with Storage and Network teams to ensure highest level of dependability across
UCSVMware infrastructure
 Experience with Managing HP, IBM, DELL and Cisco UCS Blade enclosures.
 Coordinating with datacenter engineers and external vendors to work on hardware alerts to provide
timely service and issue remediation
Roles & Responsibility: Storage Administration
 Installed & Configured HP Storage EVA 4400
 Configured Boot LUN for ESXI host & Data LUN for VMs
Roles & Responsibility: Windows Administration
 Administering Windows 2003 and 2008 Server Environment
 Installing and configuring Windows Servers based on client requirements as per standard build process
 Active Directory users, Groups and OU management
 Creating Group Policy Object and linking to OU
 Troubleshooting Active Directory Replication problems.
 Updating servers with latest service packs and hot fixes
 Implementation and Administration of DNS and DHCP
 Analyze and resolve problems associated with server hardware and related equipment.
 Coordinating with onsite team for hardware failure / replacement.
 Take over all ownership of all user call logged and ensuring resolution of calls within SLA
Employer - 4 HCL Technologies, Chennai.
Project HCL GIT DCOPS & GIT VMWare, Boeing, Disney, UBS & VISA
Designation Senior Specialist
Period October 2010 to Sep’ 2014
Employer - 3 Carnation Auto India
Designation Sr.Executive-IT
Period April 2009 to Oct ’ 2010
Employer - 2 Zee Industries LTD, Chengalpattu.
Designation System Administrator
Period September’08 to Apr’ 2009
Employer - 1 Accel Frontline LTD ,Chennai
Designation Associate Engineer
Period December ‘05 – Sep ’2008

3. Education & Qualification
 Diploma in Electronics & communication, Bharat Polytechnic-2004
 Date of Birth: 02nd July 1984
 Passport Status: Yes