Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer

SANTOSH K KODHUMURI

Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer Windows VMware Azure/AWS Data Center & Server Platforms

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• IT infrastructure professional with 15+ years of experience spanning enterprise Windows systems, VMware virtualization, server hardware, cloud migration, data center engineering, infrastructure operations, and product/competitive engineering.

• Hands-on expertise with Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant/Synergy, Lenovo ThinkSystem, Supermicro, Cisco UCS, Windows Server, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Active Directory, PowerShell, Azure, AWS, Nutanix, storage, monitoring, patching, backup, and infrastructure security/hardening.

• Led end-to-end deployment and validation of 50+ CPU and GPU accelerated server platforms, including rack installation, firmware/BIOS configuration, OS provisioning, lifecycle management, telemetry, troubleshooting, and multi-vendor feature analysis.

• Experienced in translating complex infrastructure capabilities into customer facing technical content, competitive value propositions, sales enablement, product insights, and executive level presentations; authored 10+ third party competitive validation papers supporting Dell PowerEdge and GenAI/TCO claims.

• Strong background in enterprise operations, migrations, incident/change management, technical documentation, automation, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, QA, sales, storage, network, and application teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud & Hybrid: Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS, VMs, VNets, Storage, Web Apps), AWS (VPC, EC2, EBS/S3, IAM), Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS, on-premises-to-cloud migration

Virtualization: VMware ESX/ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, HA, DRS, vMotion/SvMotion, Update Manager, Hyper-V, AHV, P2V/V2V, VDI

Windows & Identity: Windows Server 2003-2016+, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, IIS, WINS, Failover Clustering, PowerShell, server hardening

Server Platforms: Dell PowerEdge Core & AI, HPE ProLiant/C7000/Synergy, Lenovo ThinkSystem, Supermicro CPU/GPU systems, Cisco UCS B-Series/Rack Servers

Management & Firmware: iDRAC, iLO, XCC, IPMI, BIOS/UEFI, Redfish API, Dell OpenManage Enterprise, HPE OneView/Compute Ops Management, Lenovo XClarity, Cisco UCS Manager/Central/Intersight, Supermicro management tools

Monitoring / ITSM: SCOM, SCCM, SolarWinds, Dynatrace, New Relic, ForeScout, IBM Director/Tivoli, ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, Maximo

Storage / Backup: NetApp, EMC, IBM/HPE storage, SAN/NAS/DAS, Veritas NetBackup/Backup Exec, IBM TSM, Veeam

Automation / AI: PowerShell, Python, Redfish API automation, Devin Desktop/CLI, Dell Automation Platform, Ask Dell

Product / Strategy: Competitive analysis & intelligence, product positioning, technical validation, market research, sales enablement, executive communication, customer presentations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dell Technologies Round Rock, TX

Sep 2018 - Aug 2026

Senior Advisor, Product Management

• Served as a principal contributor for Dell PowerEdge Core, AI, and OpenManage offerings, translating complex server lifecycle-management capabilities into customer-facing messaging, positioning, and competitive value propositions.

• Led hands-on competitive engineering initiatives across 50+ Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Supermicro, and Cisco platforms, planning workflows and validating deployment, firmware update, management, monitoring, and lifecycle capabilities.

• Performed server teardown/rebuild, rack installation, BIOS/UEFI and firmware configuration, Windows/ESXi deployment, system bring-up, troubleshooting, and validation across CPU- and GPU-accelerated infrastructure.

• Published 10+ third-party competitive validation papers with substantiated PowerEdge and GenAI/TCO claims, providing technical proof points for global campaigns, sales teams, and product-roadmap discussions.

• Evaluated enterprise server management and AIOps platforms including Dell OpenManage Enterprise, HPE Compute Ops Management, Cisco Intersight, and Supermicro tools, focusing on telemetry, firmware compliance, lifecycle workflows, and failure-domain isolation.

• Conducted analysis of rack-scale AI/HPC management, Redfish/BMC out-of-band protocols, high-density GPU architectures, air- versus liquid-cooled nodes, and NVLink-based fabrics.

• Used Devin Desktop/CLI and Ask Dell to develop AI agents/skills and automate repetitive competitive-engineering and validation workflows.

• Built and hardened Windows Server 2012/2012 R2/2016 and ESXi hosts; supported DHCP, DNS, Active Directory, SNMP, TCP/IP, Windows configuration, security standards, and PowerShell scripting.

• Engineered migrations from on-premises Nutanix to AWS and deployed Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), integrating VPC, EC2, EBS/S3, and IAM for secure hybrid-cloud operations.

• Supported P2V, V2V, and cloud migrations; managed VMware/VDI and cloud environments; and assisted teams moving services from on-premises infrastructure to Azure.

HRSA Rockville, MD

Jul 2018 - Sep 2018

Senior Systems Engineer

• Supported virtual infrastructure, server operations, backup/restore, Windows patch management, NetApp storage, and enterprise monitoring/security tools.

• Documented standards, policies, procedures, technical implementation plans, and recommendations for infrastructure improvements.

• Upgraded ESXi workloads from Gen8 to Gen9 hardware and supported Veritas NetBackup, LTO tape, Symantec Endpoint Protection, WhatsUp Gold, SolarWinds Orion, and ForeScout.

American Airlines Irving, TX

Mar 2017 - Jun 2018

Infrastructure Engineer

• Designed, configured, and troubleshot Windows, Linux, VMware, physical/virtual server, firewall, DMZ, load-balancer, and server-farm infrastructure.

• Administered HPE blade environments with OneView; performed infrastructure performance analysis and automated monitoring/alerting using SolarWinds, Dynatrace, and New Relic.

• Managed WSUS patching, physical/virtual server deployments, VMware-to-Hyper-V migrations, and legacy Windows Server upgrades with minimal downtime.

• Implemented SharePoint 2016 MinRole with SQL Server 2016 on Windows Server 2016 in development/stage environments and supported Boeing 787/A350 maintenance application infrastructure.

• Designed and managed Group Policy solutions, replication with DoubleTake Availability, Nimble storage allocations, technical documentation, and production application support.

Synchrony Financial Dallas, TX

Jun 2014 - Dec 2016

Senior Systems Engineer

• Designed and supported VMware virtualization and built HP/Cisco server infrastructure, including HPE C7000 and Cisco UCS 5100 chassis, service profiles, pools, policies, firmware, and remote management.

• Built, configured, and hardened Windows/ESXi servers; implemented vSphere 6.0 development environments and produced production runbooks.

• Provisioned physical and virtual servers using WDS/MDT, templates and cloning; configured RAID, Windows failover clusters, patching, and HP Server Automation packages.

• Supported Exchange and Office 365 migrations, P2V/V2V and VMware-to-Hyper-V migrations, and host/array-based data migrations across NetApp, EMC, and HPE storage.

• Executed production changes through formal change-management processes and maintained installation, configuration, incident, and operational documentation.

Ricoh Americas Corporation Lawrenceville, GA

Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

Senior Systems Engineer

• Validated Windows Server 2012 compatibility for enterprise applications, implemented Windows Server 2012 environments, and updated installation/configuration procedures.

• Assisted vCenter/vSphere 5.5 upgrades, P2V/V2V migrations, server builds/rebuilds, SCOM monitoring, Dell PowerVault alerting, and Active Directory migration test environments.

American Airlines Fort Worth, TX

Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

Windows Virtualization Systems Engineer

• Engineered and administered a multi-site, multi-domain environment of 600+ application, SQL, terminal, and domain-controller servers running Windows Server 2003/2008/2012.

• Developed Windows Server 2012 standards, server build/runbook documentation, templates, cloning and deployment processes, and enterprise SCOM 2012 monitoring.

• Installed and managed SCCM 2012, vCenter/ESXi, HA/DRS, vMotion, Update Manager, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and P2V/V2V migrations.

IBM Global Services Hopewell Junction, NY

Sep 2008 - Oct 2012

System Administrator

• Supported 1,000+ Windows servers and approximately 3,500 users across IBM, HP, blade, and VMware platforms in a multi-domain Active Directory environment.

• Built Windows Server 2003/2008 systems, configured RAID, applied security/compliance patches, administered Active Directory and trusts, and supported Microsoft/Veritas clustering.

• Monitored infrastructure with MOM/IBM Director, supported IIS/FTP/SSL, terminal services, VMware ESX/vSphere, DRS/HA/vMotion, P2V/V2V migrations, and change/incident/problem management.

• Participated in data-center consolidation by converting physical servers to virtual infrastructure, reducing rack/power usage and improving maintenance flexibility and management.

EDUCATION

• Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering - New York Institute of Technology, New York

• Bachelor of Engineering - JNTU Hyderabad

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Post-Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2026

• MCITP: Server Administrator - Windows Server 2008

• VCP - VMware Certified Professional, vSphere 4.0

• Microsoft Specialist: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center

• Microsoft Certified Professional

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