N.

MURALI KRISHNA

Mob: +919652323789 ~Email:krissh.nimmagadda@gmail.com

Experience of 10 years in IT Operations and having a releavent

experience of 9 years as a Linux/VMware Administrator.
Handled number of virtualization projects and migration projects. I worked as
data center administrator, where I handled 2800 Virtual servers and 650
Physical servers. As a VMware certified Virtualization professional and with my
past experience in virtualization and wintel, I was successful in demonstrating
the advantages with these technologies.
Domain: Network Operations Center

Expertise In
IT Infrastructure
Development

VMware
Administration

Linux Administration

Data Centre
Operations

Systems
Administration
Cloud Computing
RSA

Routing/ Remote
Access
Operating System
Installation/
Maintenance

Synopsis
Customer-focused IT professional with experience in leading and
contributing to projects, implementing technical solutions to
enhance end-user productivity
Adept in handling branded Servers like Dell, IBM, HP,UCS,DDA
Current, enterprise-class experience designing and implementing
highly available infrastructure solutions using VMware vSphere4
& 5(ESX,VirtualCenter/vCenter, VMotion, HA, DRS,
Converter/PowerConvert)
Recognized as a problem solver and troubleshooter for problems
concerning applications, servers, systems and network.
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 Highly successful in building relationships with upper-level

decision makers, seizing control of critical problem areas, and
delivering on customer commitments
Handled tickets on Remedy ticketing system and Kayako
ticketing system
Maintaining and Monitoring The Host Monitor tool for
complete servers in the company.
Currently associated with IBM India , Hyderabad, India as a
Technical Services Specialist

Core Competencies

Monitoring software like Solar Winds, and NetEnrich VPMG

Design, implementation, and documentation of VMware
vSphere 5, vCloud Director 1.5, Cisco UCS systems,
IBM Smart cloud Orchestrator
Hands on Experience on managing Dell servers
Hands on experience on IBM Softlayer
Hands on experience on HPSA and HPOO tools
Install & configure VMware vSphere suite of products
Conduct and Manage P2V migrations
Administration of VMware Infrastructure solutions
Administer, maintain and troubleshoot multiple Storage Area
Networks (SAN),
Network Attached Storage (NAS) and
Openfiler connected to VMWare
Provide support in performance monitoring, back-ups,
reporting,
problem
identification,
management,
and
resolution
Installs new software releases, system upgrades, evaluates
and installs patches, and resolves software related problems.
Current, enterprise-class experience designing and
implementing highly available infrastructure solutions using
VMware vSphere 4 (ESX, Virtual Center/vCenter, VMotion, HA,
DRS, Converter/PowerConvert)
Experience designing and implementing shared storage
(fibre channel) solutions in order to utilize VMwares VMotion,
HA, and DRS
Working knowledge of networking protocols and components
including TCP/IP, DNS, NFS
Experience with automated system builds and configuration
management tools
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Experience working with enterprise SAN's (EMC, NetApp or

others)
In depth understanding of configuration and administrating
Apache, BIND DNS and My SQL, Tomcat on Server, kernel
compilation, Firewall

Certifications
RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) & VCP ( VMware certified
Professional)
ITIL Certified (Foundation)

Professional Experience
Technical Services Specialist , Feb 2013 to till date
IBM INDIA ,
HYDERABAD, INDIA

Resolving client escalations, and adhering to deadlines

Resolving/Updating the issues through Remedy Ticketing tool
following ITIL process.
Worked on IBM,Dell, HP and UCS environments
Application service deployment and maintenance (LAMP)
Deployed Host monitoring tool in Linux servers.
Design, Install and Manage VMware ESX Server Clusters
Configuration of DRS, HA, vMotion / SvMotion and VSphere
Performance tuning for Virtual Machines and VMware ESX
Cluster throughput.
Experience in SAN Storage
Member of Virtualization Specialist Group (VMware) for
enterprise clients in architecting, documenting and
implementing advanced/optimized virtualized environment
and Linux technologies.
Deployed large number of ESX hosts
Scripted deployment of ESX hosts.
Upgraded large number of ESX hosts
Deployed and Upgraded vCenter server

Projects Handled
Client : Telstra
Role : Technical Services Specialist
Responsibilties :
Responsible for the support of Telstra (ANZ), base Data
centers on 24x 7 basis
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Support using BMC Remedy and Support central ticketing

system to get Alarm /Alerts & task perform day to day
System Admin activities
Supporting the client with proper ITIL process including
Incident,change,problem management.
Primarily work on Escalations at various levels and
maintain maximum adherence to the stipulated Service
Level Agreements
Working on Linux based flavours and focal for Telstra
Cyber security
SPOC
for
Telstra
200
VMware
ESX
servers(Managing/maintaining)

Client : Trend Micro Systems

Role : Senior Linux Administrator
Responsibilities:
Large number of Linux servers deployment
Maintenance of 1200 Linux servers
Configuring Honeypot for spam filtering
DNS Administration
PostFix Mail server maintenance.
Linux kernel upgrade
Problem Management on repeated issues
Application service deployment and maintenance
(LAMP)
Client : Internap
Role : Senior Linux Administrator
Responsibilities:
Large number of Linux servers deployment
Maintenance of 500 Linux servers
PXE boot deployment for Linux Servers.
Strong exposure on DELL servers
Worked on Core Linux environment
Problem Management on repeated issues
vCloud Director :
Deployment and Managing vCloud environment.
Integrating current Vshpere environment to
vCloud
Evaluate and design a multitenant environment
to address both private and
public cloud
customer needs
Managing Network pools
Troubleshooting vShield Issues
Adding extra capacity (provider VDCs) to vCloud
director
Client

: LSGC
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Role : Senior Engineer (Virtualization Team)

Responsibilities:
Managed 3 Datacenters with 12 ESX hosts
ESX Deployment
Virtual
Infrastructure
deployment
and
troubleshooting
Health check and resource monitoring
Created Templates for various application servers
Client : NSDC
Role : Senior Engineer (VM Problem Management Team)
Responsibilities:
Managed 4 Datacenters with 18 ESX hosts
Scripted ESX Deployment
Virtual Infrastructure troubleshooting
VI Patching
Log analysis
Client : Savvis
Role : Senior Cloud Infrastructure Team
Responsibilities:
Established 8 Datacenters with 400 ESX hosts
Configured Clusters with DRS, HA, vMotion
Deployed Nexus 1000v
Experience with SAN Storage
Log Analysis
Scripted deployment of ESX Host
Worked on HP DL360 G6 Servers and UCS
Blade Servers
PXE boot deployment for Linux and Windows
VMs
Support for production issues
Support for Lab feature tests
QA testing

Previous work Experience

Worked as a Senior Linux/VMware Administrator with
Netenrich Technologies, Hyderabad from Dec2008
Feb2013
Worked as a Linux Administrator with Primus
Telecommunications, Gurgaon from June-Nov 2008

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Worked as a System Administrator with ISNHT Solutions

Ltd(Indian School of Networking & Hardware
Technology), Hyderabad from Jan 2006 to May 2008.
Worked as a System Administrator with Gokaraju
Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology
(GRIET) Hyderabad from June 2004 to Oct 2005

Education

10th class 1996-1997

Intermediate-1997-1999
B.Sc (Computer Science)1999-2002 (Andhra University)
M. Sc (Computer Science), Andhra University (2002-2004)

Personal Particulars

Date of Birth: May 10 1982

Having a valid B1 Visa for 10 years.

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