Senior IT Consultant

Summary

Senior IT consultant and virtualization engineer with 20+ years of expertise in cloud computing, enterprise IT strategy, and virtualization. Proven track record of successfully managing multiple multimillion-dollar projects with significant annual cost savings, 99.99% uptime, and leading cross-functional teams of 30+ professionals. Architected and executed disaster recovery

(DR) frameworks, risk mitigation strategies, and large-scale data center consolidations. Adept at modernizing hybrid cloud environments, driving enterprise-wide automation, and optimizing IT governance to meet business and compliance objectives. Experience

Dell Technologies Remote

IT Consultant 07/2017 - Present

Led global cloud and virtualization initiatives, optimizing VMware and hybrid cloud environments for scalability, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.

Designed and executed large-scale disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity strategies, ensuring 99.9% uptime and surpassing customer SLA needs.

Drove multi-million-dollar data center consolidations, spearheading cloud migrations that generated $1M+ in annual savings and improved IT resource efficiency.

Optimized enterprise workloads, deploying SAP HANA applications in Virtualization cloud to support high availability and enhance performance

Vulnerability remediation, based on audit scans, reduced vulnerabilities in VMware ESX, Cisco UCS, Atos Bullion, and Dell servers, ensuring compliance.

Standardized IT risk management and Automation, streamlining access, security, and automation, improving operational efficiency by ~40%.

Implemented enterprise-wide monitoring solutions (Grafana and Splunk) to enable real-time performance insights and proactive issue resolution.

Optimized cloud capacity management, ensuring cost-efficient utilization of cloud and virtualized resources across multiple environments.

Led and directed cross-functional teams of 30+ professionals, overseeing global IT operations, business continuity planning, and infrastructure modernization.

Worldbank - Vmware DC, Washington

Windows Administrator 10/2008 - 07/2017

Led large-scale VMware & Windows infrastructure modernization, optimizing 500+ virtual machines across enterprise-wide systems to enhance scalability and efficiency.

Orchestrated system upgrades, modernizing the World Bank’s IT infrastructure and improving performance, security, and reliability.

Integrated hybrid cloud solutions, supporting seamless workload optimization and multi-cloud deployments to drive innovation and efficiency

Developed and executed DR frameworks, ensuring continuous business operations with minimal downtime. Implemented advanced storage tiering and failover strategies, strengthening high-availability infrastructure for critical financial and business-critical applications.

Led enterprise-wide DR tests, validating 99.9% uptime and disaster resilience across data centers. Automated 50% of system maintenance workflows using Solarwinds patch managemnet software, increasing operational efficiency and reducing manual administrative workload. Strengthened IT governance policies, ensuring enterprise-wide regulatory compliance following ITIL change management compliance standards.

Directed infrastructure transformation projects, collaborating with IT architects, networking teams, and cloud engineers to ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions.

Standardized IT infrastructure processes, reducing operational bottlenecks and enhancing enterprise-wide system efficiency. Kinchit Khetarpal

Vienna, VA 703-***-****

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Whirlpool Corp MI, Kalamazoo

Citrix-Vmware Administrator 01/2008 - 10/2008

Spearheaded a major Citrix infrastructure upgrade from Enterprise 4.5 to Platinum Edition, unlocking advanced scalability, security, and performance enhancements.

Optimized VMware workloads, leveraging vSphere and ESXi to improve system reliability and application delivery. Implemented secure application isolation within Citrix environments, reducing security risks and enhancing workload efficiency.

Skills

Cloud Computing & Virtualization: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Azure, AWS (Design, Deploy, Operate), Hybrid Cloud Management

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: High Availability (HA), Failover Planning, ITIL Frameworks, Risk Management, Business Continuity Planning

Enterprise Architecture & IT Strategy: Data Center Migration, Capacity Planning, Technical Solutions, Infrastructure Modernization

Security & Compliance: Information Security, IT Governance, Regulatory Compliance (ITIL) Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Splunk and Grafana Leadership & Vendor Management: Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Vendor Relations, Strategic Planning, IT Strategy Certificates

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified Scrum Master

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) – Datacenter Virtualization Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA)

ITIL Certified (IT Infrastructure Library 3.0)

Education

Bharti Vidya Peeth New Delhi

Masters in Computer Systems 08/2001

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