Data Centre System & Network Engineer

CHARANJIT SINGH UPPAL

TOKYO, EDOGAWA KU, SEISHINCHO 1-1-3-204.

+81-908******* **************@*****.***

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PROFILE

An innovative Hands On, result oriented & Bilingual international Data Centre Rack Deployment expert in Managing complex projects which includes Structured Cabling within the Rack, Network, Servers & Power Devices; Work for different big Migration projects with focus on efficiency and performance optimization. I am detail oriented, proactive with strong troubleshooting & communications skills. Extensive experience in IT solutions (Hardware, OS configuring and troubleshooting of Servers, Switches & Routers, etc).

An accomplished professional with 30+ years of experience in sales & marketing, IT business development and key account management.

EXPERIENCE

SP SYSNET(Tokyo)

Delivery Lead : Network & Data Centre; July 2015– To Date

Providing customers with the best customer services possible.

Ensure verification (including field survey participation) of required core network and access (last mile) facilities to be used and customer premise requirements as reference in the network/solution design, pricing, and sales proposal to customers.

Worked for Big Migration projects. Installing/expanding infrastructure at the client premises, customer data center, and/or co-located data center environment.

Understanding of power feeds/redundancy, ATS, hot/cold aisles, rack build/installation, networking hardware (cabling, switches, servers), inventory management, and associated troubleshooting.

Experience in Hardware Replacement and Sparing (Routers, Switch, GBIC and module) Installation of NIC/FPGA cards, NIM, pvdm, RAM,HDDs/SSDs,etc.

Troubleshooting network installations & configurations, to include basic break/fix and/or decommissioning, as appropriate

Serving as lead and/or primary point of contact for client escalations and/or complex troubleshooting requirements.

Leading and influencing safety & security initiatives that raise the bar on a larger scale (influence across teams/regions, etc.)

Proactively identifying and implementing strategies that prevent support issues and/or further enhance the client experience.

Highly motivated with the ability to work independently or as an integral part of a team and Committed to highest levels of professional.

Leading efforts to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) and tools that improve operational efficiencies across the team

Actively mentoring and training other technicians, consistently fostering an environment in which all team members can excel.

Lead larger projects that require cross-functional alignment and support, including large-client installations, global-reaching.

Always ready to work outside of standard working hours, to include nights and/or weekends (on-call rotations and/or on demand escalations) in support of client scheduling and/or time-sensitive escalations.

Physical ability to push and/or pull heavy objects into position ( lift up to 30 kg easily) & participate in team lifts for more weight)

Engages other vendors (Dell, HP,Cisco,etc) for troubleshooting purposes.

Presently working in different Data Centres and Client locations in Japan.

Basic Qualifications

Having CCNA certification with 92% marks.

5+ years' experience working in a data centre operation in Japan & South Korea.

5+ years of experience with data centre equipment and rack build/installation & migration efforts.

2+ years of experience working with networking protocols/technologies (TCP/IP, Ethernet, L2)

WoW Ventures, Japan Nov 2014 to July 2015

Supporting System integrators on IT services as follows:

Racking, Stacking, structured cabling & patching of all types of Servers, Time Servers, Switches & Routers, etc

Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Cisco hardware including Nexus, 3800, 3600, 2800 & 2600 series Routers. Cisco Catalyst switches 2960, etc.

Upgraded Nexus OS 5.3 to 6.0(3).

Provides technical leadership for problem escalation and resolution.

Logistic & Warehousing of hardware material like Dell, HP, Cisco, Arista.

Director CHERRY CHING INTERNATIONAL, India; 2000– 2014,

The company is System Integrator selling IT services and Network hardware in Amritsar.

ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE, 1985 – 1997,

Established in 1943, it is one of the leading public sector banks in India.

Manager: Advances.

EDUCATION

1984 GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY, Amritsar

Graduate in Mathematics & Economics

LANGUAGES English, Japanese (Conversational)

Driving License Have Japanese Driving License.

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