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Experience

Over 13 Years

Education

Bachelor of Science

(Physics & Computer

Maintenance)

Extensive experience in Architecture, Design &

Implementation strategic Projects Management &

Data Center Migration & Storage Refresh Projects

Strategic Technology Roadmap Planning; targeting

assignments with a company of high repute

Core Competencies

Strategic IT Planning & IT Risk

Assessment

Project & Program Management

Data Protection Services

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

Infrastructure Management

Business Continuity Planning-ITIL

Incident /Change/ Problem Mgmt.

Budgeting & Cost Reduction

Service Delivery & Disaster Recovery

Solution & Technical Architecture

Team Management & Leadership

Career Timeline

Since Sep'15

Maybank Malaysia

SDN BHD, Kuala

Lumpur Malaysia

May'14 to Sep'15

Encora

Technologies SDN

BHD, Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Apr'13 - May'14

Colt Technologies

Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

Mar'11 - Apr'13

EMC Corporation

India Pvt. Ltd.,

Bengaluru

Aug'09 – Mar'11

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.,

Bengaluru

Mar'07- Aug'09

Wipro Technologies

India Pvt. Ltd.,

Bengaluru

Profile Summary

Versatile IT professional with over 13 years of rich experience in IT infra architecture, design & implementation experience with solid working experience with major projects such as data center migration and storage and backup refresh projects.

Proven track record in running product or solution evaluation with RFP and RFQs for (Storage, HCI, Object Storage, File Servers, Backup)

Acted as a Subject Matter Expertise to resolve the technical escalations; provided support to approx. 40 L2 Engineers

Spearheaded 3 major Customer data center operations project transitions, played a key role in the technical & process transitions

Gained hands-on experience with EMC storage migration Software, Open Replicator & Power Path Migration enabler & migrated around 300 Windows/Unix Clusters; participated in multiple POC Projects to give operational inputs for the new storage product lines

Specialized in end-to-end IT Infrastructure, application management; directed the business operations through executive level planning and analyzed delivery issues in a timely fashion

Created technical solution designs after performing IT infrastructure architectural assessments; developed work products like technical solution design documents, architectural overview diagrams, operational models and deployment models for IT infrastructure and application engagements

Managed complete project management activities, ensured timely deliveries as per defined quality standards; implemented project plans, risk assessments and contingency plans

Proven track record of establishing cordial relationships with stakeholders, technical teams & vendors for successfully executing concurrent projects

Hands-on experience in solution architecture & design, architecting & developing, designing solutions and driving product vision, strategy, roadmap & release plans with in-depth understanding Notable Accomplishments Across the Career

Received the:

o Outstanding Performer in 3 Years consecutive years o Award as IBMer of the Week

o Outstanding Performer of the Year in IBM

o Authored Primus Solutions for EMC Global Support o Silver Award of the Quarter at EMC India

Successfully transitioned for major Insurance (Travelers) & Healthcare

(Covidien) customers at EMC India along with Hartford Insurance Account for IBM

Leading the major project through strategic planning of Data Centre Migration for Maybank Malaysia

Experienced in Product/Solution qualifying through preparing RFPs & RFQs. Work Experience

Since Sep'15

Maybank Shared Services SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia as Assistant Vice President, Head - Data Protection Services Growth Path:

Sep'15 – Sep'17: Assistant Vice President, Lead – Cloud Infrastructure Services

Since Nov'17: Assistant Vice President, Head – Data Protection Services

Key Result Areas:

As Assistant Vice President, Head - Data Protection Services

Leading complete portfolio of projects including budgeting, planning, vendor selection and execution

Spearheading Data Protection Services team of 15 resources for technologies like Dell EMC Storage, VERITAS Netbackup, Veeam, Zerto, Recover Point, Vmware, Hyper Converge and Storage Solutions like Nutanix

& Cisco Hyper Flex.

Acting as a key contributor & decision-maker for bank’s disaster recovery, Business Continuity & Data Protection Services to ensure service uptime SLAs.

Extensive experience in writing business cases and IT budget spend justifications by managing CAPEX/OPEX over $USD 10mil Projects. Kiran Kumar

Sivapurapu

Technical Skills

Enterprise Storage:

EMC Storage Arrays, VMAX-3, PowerMAX & Unity

9/10

Pure Storage

8/10

SolidFire

5/10

Servers & Virtualization:

Cisco UCS, Nutanix HCI & Cisco Hypeflex HCI

9/10

Vmware ESXi Hypervisor

8/10

SAN Fabrics:

Cisco MDS Nexus OS

8/10

Brocade SAN

5/10

Automation Skills:

Perl Scripting & Automation

Data Protection Technologies:

EMC SRDF/S, SRDF/A

9.5/10

EMC Time Finder (Snapvx, Clones, Mirrors)

8.5/10

EMC Recover Point

8/10

Zerto Virtual Replication

8.5/10

Veeam Replication & Backup

7.5/10

Veritas Netbackup

6/10

Exagrid Appliances

6/10

EMC Datadomain

6/10

Academic Details

2006: Bachelor of Science (Physics &

Computer Maintenance) from Acharya

Nagarjuna University (AP)

Certifications

EMCSA in Symmetrix Solutions Specialist

ITIL V3 Foundation

Zerto Certified Professional

Preparing AWS Solution Architecture

Associate.

Personal Details

Lead the Maybank Data Protection Team to accomplish 100% data protection with near zero RPO & RTO’s; defining & authoring SOPs & Run books for Operations Teams

Providing the technology innovations, solution design & implementation for Data Protection Services; using solutions like Tapeless Backups, Near Zero RPO/RTO replication solutions

Coordinating with Vendors - Dell EMC, VERITAS, Veeam, Zerto, & IBM to derive appropriate solutions for bank’s Data Protection requirements As Assistant Vice President, Lead-Cloud Infrastructure Services

Spearheaded virtualization infrastructure business operations, VM deployments/ project executions & capacity planning; drove the Maybank Storage Infra projects

Participated as key member in complex project cut overs & Server Upgrades including the Enterprise General Ledger System with Oracle DB & App upgrade of 25TB

Appointed as member of Maybank Core Banking Infrastructure Team to provide technical assistance for applications like Retail Banking, Online Banking, Treasury, Trade Finance & Insurance

Drove the storage migrations of Tier-1 System like Online Banking, EGL, Treasury & RBS

Extensive experience in evaluating the solutions and vnedors

(EMC/Cisco/Zerto/Hitachi/Pure Storage) as per cost & operational efficiency for project delivery

Collaborated with Incident & Infra Teams for Unix/ VMware/ Network/ DBA/ Application & troubleshooting phenomenon of the Sev 1 & Sev 2 incidents Highlights:

Worked on the environment like Cisco UCS, Vmware ESXi 5.0/6.0 EMC VMAX, EMC VNX, EMC Recover Point, EMC VMAX3, EMC Unity, SRDF/S, SRDF/A, Mirror view/S, Mirroview/A, CISCO MDS Directors, CISCO UCS/ Nutanix/ Cisco Hyperflex /Veeam Backup / Zerto Replication Manager/ Vmware NSX

Led team to manage the Maybank Virtualization/Wintel Infra Structure

Implemented the Maybank Live DR consecutive years

Hands on experience in building converged, Hyper Converged Infra.

Automated storage & backup, switch capacity reports with Perl Scripting May'14 to Sep'15

Encora Technologies SDN BHD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Sr. Delivery Specialist (Client: EMC/Maybank)

Worked on environment like Cisco UCS, Vmware ESXi 5.0/6.0, EMC DMX, EMC VMAX, EMC VNX, EMC Recover Point, EMC SRDF/S, SRDF/A, Mirrorview/S, Mirroview/A & CISCO MDS Directors

Acted as team member of EMC Professional Services Malaysia to supports major customers like DHL/Maybank/CIMB/Maxis

Appointed as Resident Engineer in Maybank to assist customer daily operations including the incident & change management

Coordinated with EMC Solution Architects to implement the VMAX40K, VNX Unified Systems install & configurations

Generated weekly performance reports to evaluate the system utilization, performance & managed the 6 to 8 PB of Capacity

Led the migrations from DMX to VMAX-40, VNX to VMAX 40K for Customers like Maybank; assisted in the LIVE DR exercises of the Customers

Supervised the DWDM bandwidth upgrade & migrations

Developed the run books & documentation for the storage infrastructure like FAN In & out ratio for designing & planning

Interfaced with Vmware/Wintel Teams to understand the CISCO UCS/ESXI/Storage risks and worked to resolve the operational risks Previous Experience

Apr'13 - May'14

Colt Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru as Technical Lead Mar'11 - Apr'13

EMC Corporation India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

as Storage Operations Specialist II

Aug'09 – Mar'11

IBM India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru as System Operations Lead Specialist Mar'07- Aug'09

Wipro Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru as Project Engineer Date of Birth: 15th July 1986

Current Location: Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

Languages Known: English, Telugu &

Hindi

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