This document contains a resume for Vijay R. Pardhi. It summarizes his professional experience working in disaster recovery and business continuity planning roles over the past 8 years, primarily for HDFC Bank through Cognizant Technologies. It details his responsibilities monitoring applications, conducting drills, ensuring compliance, and reducing recovery time objectives. It also lists his technical skills and training in operating systems like AIX, Linux, and Windows.

1. Vijay R. Pardhi
C-404, Royal Castle Society, Behind Rosewood Hotel,
Opp. Royal Court Society, Thergaon, Pune - 411033
Phone: +91 8087383931, 09503872171 Email:
vijay.r.pardhi@gmail.com
 Aspire to pursue challenging assignments to utilize my skills and abilities with a growth
oriented organization while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.
 Completed RHCE Global Certification.
 Currently working with Wipro Technologies as Senior Administrator and BCP
Coordinator from Oct, 2015
 40 months of experience as BCP IT Disaster Recovery Coordinator in HDFC (Client
to Cognizant India Pvt. Ltd) on Platforms IBM AIX, Linux and Windows.
 40 months of experience as Technical Lead with Cognizant Technologies India
Pvt. Ltd. from Jun 2012 to Oct 2015.
 6 months experience working with Genie CMS Pvt. Ltd. from Dec 2011 to May
2012.
 7 months experience working on client side for I-Source Info systems Pvt. Ltd. in
Persistent Systems Ltd. from Jan 2011 to July 2011.
 DISASTER RECOVERY TEST/BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING-RISK
MANAGEMENT
 Responsible for planning, designing and co-ordination for Disaster recovery and
regular DR Drill Operations for all DR Scoped applications.
 Implementation of IT Disaster recovery model of BCP for critical implementations in
bank, including various business units like core banking (Retail & WBO), Treasury,
Custody etc.
 Conducting meetings for Disaster recovery drill plan.
 Comprehensive exposure on Incident, Problem and Change management skills.
 Implementation of Sanovi DRM tool, a full DRM solution with respect to 24*7 data
replication between production & disaster site and monitoring of same.
 Performing planned, unplanned and emergency Disaster recovery Drill operations for
all DR Scoped applications manually or with Sanovi DRM Tool.
 Work closely with Production Support, Infrastructure, Database, Storage, Server,

2. Security, Vendor and Technology solution team to design/change solution to reduce
SLA (RTO, RPO), implement DR, increase the uptime of Standby application,
communicate the change in strategy, and also plan Site level disaster solution and
implement as designed.
 Problem management for all DR scoped in applications related to replication & Drill
incidents.
 Replication lag & Drill related incident analysis to arrive at a best resolution to keep
RPO near zero and have zero drill related incident and achieve RTO.
 Ensure IT Disaster Recovery (IT DRP) Plan is current, followed by self and team to
comply with internal and external (RBI) requirement
 Analyze planned & unplanned outage of supported applications and reduce downtime
to increase uptime for customer part of Availability Management.
 Attended & presented SMG DR Future plans to Banks Higher management in IT DR
Steering Committee. Provided required responses, validate and send/share required
reports to board, RBI, Internal & external auditors
 Ensure IT Policies & Procedures are followed while managing and maintaining
Change, Release, Procurement/Vendor Process. Report on-site during emergency or
disaster to switch over application from production site to DR site.
 Ensure DR Support team deliverables are met and 100% in compliance. Also DR
Operations and compliance specific documents are current.
 Good Understanding of Replication Strategies and various infrastructure technologies
like Windows, AIX, Linux, DNS, Net scalar, Network and Replication Methodologies
like Oracle Data guard, SQL Mirroring, HUR(Hitachi Universal Replicator).
 Understanding business processes/requirements & translating them in technical
specifications
 Strong analytic & observation skills with good written, oral and interpersonal
communication skills, with good networking among peers.
 Analyzing and identifying technology which causing incident or issue during disaster
recovery exercise or during Replication Monitoring.
 Conducting Data Center Drill exercise & Conducting Failover/fallback during real time
disaster.
 Develop and give overview presentations internally and provide training to ensure
continued awareness
 Monitoring the replication status of 55 DR Scoped Applications which includes both

3. Database and Application replication.
 Reporting and documenting replication status, Incidents, RPO Analysis, Audit
documents, Drill calendar and Drill Exercise.
 Finding the Root Cause for replication incident and Drill exercise incident by
coordinating with respective technology vendor.
 Incident management for Sanovi tool & Understanding Overall function of Bank in IT
domain.
 Participated in Audit ISO-27001, ISO-22301.
 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Operating Systems : - IBM AIX, WINDOWS, Linux.
 Installation of IBM AIX, Logical Volume Management (LVM), Technology level (TL)
Updates, System Backups using "mksysb".
 User Management:- Creating, maintaining, and removing users and groups.
 System Administration and performance monitoring.
 File system management:- Creation, Deletion, File Systems Changes – Grow and
Shrink.
 Disk Storage Management:- Logical and Physical Volume Configuration and
maintenance, Mirroring, Paging spaces.
 Configuration and Administration of VIOs, Dual VIOs, LPAR, Dynamic Resource
Allocation (DLPAR), Virtual Resource Allocation to LPARs and IO Devices Mapping.
 OS Installation on LPARs using CD, Media Library and NIM (Network
Installation Manager).
 Installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 6.
 Working knowledge of Linux commands and Managing LVM.
 Knowledge of creating and working on FTP Server, Web Server, Samba Server, NFS
server.
 HCL CDC ON JOB TRAINING (July 2010– Dec 2010)
 Microsoft Windows XP:
 Windows XP Installation (Attend, Unattend, Sysprep, Remote
Installation).
 Knowledge of Boot Process, File systems, Basic & Dynamic disks,
Workgroup & Domains.

4.  Windows Server 2003
 Installation & Implementation of Active Directory.
 Installation & Implementation of DNS, DHCP & Backup
knowledge
 Networking - CISCO:
 IP Addressing and Sub-netting.
 Knowledge of Routing Techniques, OSI Model, TCP/IP protocol
suite.
 Knowledge of Dynamic Routing Protocols (RIP V1&V2, IGRP, EIGRP,
OSPF).
 PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
 Cognizant Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
 Primary Roles: - Monitoring, BCP / Disaster Recovery (DR) Coordinator, Incident
Management, Change management, Problem Management.
 Project Description:
HDFC AVM is a project acquired by Cognizant India Pvt. Ltd. For managing HDFC Bank’s
IT DR (Disaster Recovery) Planning and providing support by monitoring, RPO and RTO
deviations, regular DR drills, providing L1 and L2 support for all issues on IBM AIX,
Linux and Windows OS Systems affecting DR servers and suggesting new solutions
for applications.
HDFC Bank Uses Sanovi (Panaces) DRM Tool for monitoring and for IT Disaster
Recovery Management. Panaces Sanovi DRM Recovery Monitor provides
monitoring, reporting, and policy-driven actions for real-time DR readiness
validation.
Sanovi Drill Manager is a module that provides workflow automation of Failover,
Fallback, Switchover, and Switchback DR drill. It is also used for aligning DR
infrastructure with Recovery Time (RTO) and Recovery Point objectives (RPO) .
Sanovi DRM file replication offers a file-based replication capability that packs in
powerful abilities. Sanovi File Replication is a host-based file replication technology
that works over IP networks.
 Responsibilities:

5. Working Onsite and managing a team of 5 members who are working offshore in
regular shifts and monitoring the applications through Sanovi DRM.
Monitoring, Planning, Implementation and active participation in more than 60
DR scoped Application testing.
Sanovi DRM is a handy tool for mock drills (wrt switch over - switch back & fail over -
fall back), to maintain the RPO & RTO as per SLA signed with business. Also takes
care of real time disaster scenario for seamless fail over & fall back.
Implementation of IT Disaster Recovery model as a part of BCP operations for
various mission critical applications for the client HDFC Bank. This includes various
business units like Core Banking (Retail & WBO), Treasury, Custody Ops, Retail Assets,
etc.
Ensure IT Policies & Procedures are followed while managing and maintaining
Change, Release, Procurement/Vendor Process. Report on-site during
emergency or disaster to switch over application from production site to DR site.
Perform regular MOCK Drills, Planned, unplanned and Emergency DR Drill’s
exercises to test the readiness of DR Site in Real Time Disaster.
Attend & present in IT DR Steering Committee or SMG Meetings as needed. Provide
response, validate and send/share required reports to board, RBI, Internal &
external auditors
Ensure DR Support team deliverables are met and 100% in compliance. Also make sure
DR Operations & Compliance specific documents are current
Documenting the incidents and Publishing DR testing Plan, DR testing
reports, DR readiness and achievements to higher managements and group
heads.
Recommendations to make best use of available technologies to minimize the RPO &
RTO as much possible. Performing mock drills, as per the RBI’s mandate
A comprehensive exposure on Service Delivery, Capacity, Performance,
Incident, Problem, Change and Release management.
RBI Audit & updated documentation pertaining to BCP like run books (switchover
- switchback & failover – fallback), POA's, emergency contact list, and call tree
notifications, etc.

6. More than 20 instances, we have managed to do a recovery of production applications
in crisis including a DC crisis incidents in which recovered 8 applications together
within agreed RTO
Full Datacenter Drill for more than 30 production applications in one go, under an
important RBI’s recommendation.
HDFC Bank's BCP operations have been awarded with BS 25999 certification & BCI
award for “Best Continuity of the Year”.
Working as L2 Support for identifying the issues related to Operating Systems,
DR Scoped Applications, Databases and Sanovi DRM tool. Resolving the
issues and suggesting new solutions to minimize the risks.
 Genie CMS Pvt. Ltd.
 Primary Role:- Technical Support
 Project Description:
RDR (Repeat Dispatch Rate) is a project which is held at Genie CMS Pvt. Ltd. to support
Dell Customer Care Executives to provide the Dell Customers the perfect solution so that
they don’t have to call more than once for the same problem.
 Responsibilities:
Analyzing the solutions provide by Dell Customer Care Executives and check whether
they should provide the correct solutions to the users so that they don’t have to call for
more than once in a week for the same problem.
 Persistent Systems Ltd.
 Primary Role:- Desktop Support
 Project Description:
Software Compliance is newly introduced in Persistent Systems Limited, which governs
and audits applications provided for specific projects development.
 Responsibilities:
Communicating with Project Managers and users for unlicensed applications and installers
found on user’s machines.
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 Project Description:
BMC remedy and Marimba client installation for every machine in Persistent Systems
Limited is mandatory, this software analyses the correct location of the system and the

7. number of software currently installed on the system and also provides information of
hardware & software inventory.
 Responsibilities:
Understanding and communicating with Project Managers and VP’s for defect tracking and
resolving issues.
 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
 2010 MCA from BVIMIT, Belapur, Mumbai University
 2006 B.Sc. Computer Science from G.S College Khamgaon, Amravati University
 2003 HSC from Shri. A. K. National High school Khamgaon, Maharashtra State
Board
 2001 SSC from Shri. A. K. National High school Khamgaon, Maharashtra State
Board
 EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
 Attended interaction program “Campus to Corporate”.
 Participated as Cricketer at university for three years at graduate level.
 Participated as a Singer in Youth Festival held at Yavatmal and Amravati at graduate
level.
 Participated as a Cricket Player in Amateur Cricket Association District Buldhana.
 Participated as student of Science Welfare held at G.S. College, Khamgaon.
 PERSONAL INFORMATION
 NAME :- Vijay Rameshwar Pardhi
 Date of Birth :- 16
th
May, 1985
 Gender :- Male
 Languages :- Hindi, English Marathi.
 Passport Number :- K6772807 Valid Till :- 2022