1. Core Competencies
Parihar_amit@rediffmail.com Amit Singh Parihar Mobile +919582682882
Seek assignments in Presales and Consulting solutions utilizing Cloud and Datacenter technologies.
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
 Executive with strong technical, analytical, solution architect and Presales skills; with background in Cloud
,Virtualization solutions Architecture & Deployment practice, Performance Analysis. A MS Azure,
VMware Cloud (vRA) Certified , VMware Certified Professional (VCP) vSphere™ and MCSA with
about 10 years of experience.
 Core competencies in Solution Architect, Presales, Infrastructure management, Datacenter
transformations, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtualization services, IT Service Management
 Heading Pre-sales support for Cloud and Datacentres deals, RFI/RFP’s response, Solution Design &
Costing, Customer briefings, Due-diligence, Transition & Transformation planning
 Competency development, GTM strategies, New Service offering creation, product reengineering
 International experience and Client Interfacing skills having successfully managed projects for overseas
customers in verticals such as Fashion Brands, Defence, Communication.
 Possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills with proven abilities in training &
development, customer relationship management and planning.
Functional Technical
Presales/Solution Consultant Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud Solutions and Datacenter and
Automation SolutionsBusiness Development Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)
Competency Development Software Defined Networking and Security Services (SDN)
Go-to-Market strategies Cloud Strategies (Public/Private/Hybrid)
Pre-sales activities Data Center Transformations
Solution proposals Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud / Datacenter Solutions
Quality Mgmt. & Audits Tech Refresh
Delivery Operations Service Management ,Enterprise Monitoring
People Management Cloud Strategies (Public/Private/Hybrid)

2. WORK EXPERIENCE
Orange Business Services Designation: Presales/Solution Consultant
August, 2011
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY
 Specialized in Datacenter Consolidation / Migration & Planning / BCP-DR
Designing Server / Storage / Backup / Cloud / Hosting Solutions
Business Proposal Writing & Technical Solution Documentation
Delivering Customer Solution Presentations & Bid defense
Preparing Bill of Material (BOM) & Price Modelling
Inventory Analysis, Due-Diligence workshops & Datacenter Audit
Global Clientele Exposure
 Work as an Presales/Solution Consultant to deliver Solutions, business requirement gathering,
architecting, designing and implementation of DataCenter, Secure Public/Private Cloud .
 Technical Pre-sales, Presentation of Solution, proposal writing, large bid response, Training & team
building, Partner enablement.
 Creation of Solution Architecture Designs (HLDs/LLDs), Build conceptual, logical and physical
architectures for Hardware sizing and Database/application virtualization, Conducting POC(Proof of
concept)and Pilot Deployment.
Computer Sciences Corporation Designation: VMware/Cloud Specialist
July, 2010 till July, 2011
PROJECT CARGILL JULY 10, JULY 11
Overview- Cargill engages in the manufacture of Food Ingredients, Beverage Ingredients.
Role and Responsibility
Cloud- Rapid Deployment POC – Involved build of vCloud Director cells, vCD database, vCenter
Chargeback server, database, vShield Manager and integration of chargeback with vCD as well as
integration of Chargeback and vCD with vCenter servers and managed hosts and other objects.
DRS using SRM- Implementation of Site Recovery Manager to provide DR solution.
Automation ofMorning Checks for Virtual environment- Morning checks of a huge virtual estate
comprising of more than 200 ESX hosts, 10 Virtual Center Servers and 500 Virtual servers, 600
VHD/VDIs automated using Powershell scripting.
Decommissioning ofLegacy virtual infrastructure This involved analysis of resources utilization
and requirement for the running Virtual machines and thereafter deployment of new ESX clusters
in the latest environment to host them. On completion of migration legacy VMs and ESXhosts were
decommissioned and their hardware was put to use in other Datacenters.

3. HCL COMNET LTD. Designation: Specialist
June, 2006 till June, 2010
PROJECT JOHNSON & JOHNSON DC (BIS-GEN2) JANUARY 08, JUNE 10
Overview- Johnson & Johnson engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various
products in the health care field worldwide.
Bis-Gen2 is a part of Johnson & Johnson DC project with HCL, comprising global VMware ESXserver build,
deployment and Operations.
Role and Responsibility
Providing Level-3 support to the team for build, deployment, administration and maintenance of
VMware ESX server 3.0.2/3.5.0.
Creation and management of Datastores.
Migrate Virtual machine using Vmotion and Cold migration.
Troubleshooting host networking issues extensively using SSH client or putty.
Troubleshooting hardware issues on HP ProLiant DL380 G5 and HP ProLiant DL385 G2 servers
running ESXserver 3.0.2/3.5.0.
Installation, configuration,and implementation of ADS on Windows server 2003.
PROJECT PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK JULY, 07-DEC, 07
Overview- Punjab National Bank is a premier financial bank and one of India’s leading public sector bank.
Role and Responsibility
Build and Administration of Physical and Virtual Windows/Linux/ESXServers.
Monitoring the Virtual environmentthrough Virtual Center Server.
Provide routine server reboots and managing the print tasks on Print servers.
Patching of Windows and Linux Servers.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
M.B.A (Distance Learning, Symbiosis).
B.Tech (Bachelor ofTechnology) – Computer Science and Engineering.
EXAMINATION SUBJECTS PERCENTAGE Board University
Class XII PCM With Computer
Science
68.4%
(2001)
C.B.S.E P.C.V.N , Kanpur
Class X ALL 79.4%
(1999)
C.B.S.E P.C.V.N , Kanpur