Shameem Mubassir Abdulla

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Technical Architect/ Infrastructure Solution Manager

Executive Summary

A dynamic professional with over 13.5 years of rich experience in Technical Architecture and extensive knowledge of Data Center Architecture and Project Management. Currently associated with HCL Great Britain Limited as a Lead Solution Architect -Storage & Backup. Leading a midsized group of Architects and SMEs of SAN, NAS, and Backup Specialties, in providing Storage Implementation, Engineering and Architectural support for large enterprise clients of HCL, globally. Possesses strong competencies in Designing, Implementing and Managing Infrastructure solutions involving EMC SAN Arrays Symmetrix-VMAX, Clariion, Hitachi VSP , Netapp, other data center technologies including VM Ware, Hyper-V, and Eucalyptus Cloud Platforms apart from Various UNIX Platforms and Windows Other Competencies include IBM DS Series and X-IV, Netapp filers Cisco & Brocade SANs, Configuring and Managing SYMCLI and ECC Storage Scope, Performance manager, Netapp DFM. Etc, EMC Time Finder Products and SRDF, CNT-Edge FCIP DR products, VERITAS & HP.UX-LVM, Powerpath, Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, Process Design and Re-engineering. Abilities in recommending disaster recovery strategies and options, and assist with the implementation of recovery solutions, coordinate business continuity plan exercises. Resourceful in effectuating pre-planned strategies after reviewing & design the architecture for accomplishment of performance milestones. Deft at designing Storage and Backup Solutions for: Semiconductor , Telecom, Automobile and Manufacturing Domains, ERP applications including SAP, QAD, as well as various custom developed Enterprise apps, Various Engineering applications including CAD, CAE, PDMs, MSSQL and Oracle Data Base environments. Expertise in managing the overall system operations with key focus on streamlining the working SLAs & SOPs for enhanced operational effectiveness. Deftness in server virtualization as well as managing large data centers and service delivery operations over a large user base with comprehensive knowledge of setting up and maintaining disaster recovery center operations. Proficiency in recommending systems / procedures for change management in IT System operations entailing mapping business processes and studying workflow to design solutions, ensuring business functionality adherence & enhancing competitive advantage; Interacting with clients for requirement gathering, system study & analysis. Drafting functional requirements for computer systems using models and diagrams to represent the processes and functions involved. Working out the new system's requirements & specifications and test strategies. Adept in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, custom designing solutions, troubleshooting for complex information systems management by following ITIL processes. A proactive Team Leader with abilities in devising effective strategies geared towards enhancing business, evaluating client requirements, designing custom solutions for common IT problems in coordination with Client, Project Managers, Technical Managers, Subcontractor, Engineers & Architects. Storage Migration Service Delivery Management Recoveries & Back Ups Incident Management Storage Management Network Systems Administration

Key Skills Technical Planning & Consulting Data Center Management Scope Management Testing & Validations Resource Optimization Gaps Analysis Networking Organisational Details Since Feb 12 Jun 08 Jan 12 HCL Great Britain Limited, Watford, UK HCL Comnet, Chennai Lead Infrastructure Architect Domain Lead for Storage & Backup Technological Upgrades Client Relationship Management Performance Management Reporting & Documentation Project Management

Deliverables: Provides Technical Leadership to a geo-spread group of Architects and SMEs of Storage and Backup Specialties, providing Storage management, Engineering and Architectural support for some of the large enterprise storage environments, globally. Developing and Deploying Storage and Backup Solutions for very large Data Center Transformation engagements Helping sales and pre-sales team as well as the business management in creating, reviewing and articulating storage and backup solutions for various large sized engagements. Key Highlights Handled design and implementation of several World Class DC transformation projects for various HCL customers

including Fortune 50 clients. Instrumental in designing and re-engineering service processes with close coherence with the technology solutions / implementations. Various clients facing responsibilities as part of pre-sales, architecture, project and escalations management roles. Devised many whitepapers on various storage and backup technology area. Extended support to various business domains including manufacturing, Semiconductor, Engineering, Telecom and Finance.

Preceding Assignments July 06- Jun 08 : Storage Lead at EDS (Electronic Data Systems), Chennai. Aug 05-Jul 06 : Storage Administrator, GE Capital International Services, Hyderabad. Jun 99- Jul 05 : Customer Engineer, HCL Infosystems Ltd, Hyderabad. Scholastics 2005 1999 BS in Information Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Diploma in Computer Engineering from Model Polytechnic, Vadakara. Secured distinction.

Certifications

EMC Technology Architect, Symmetrix Business Continuity Specialist Version 5.0 (EMCTA). Presently Pursuing PMP [Project Management Professional] Certification. Cisco Certified Network Associate. (Cisco ID-CSC010746261-Expired already).

Technical Know How Well versed with Storage, backup and Enterprise Hosting platforms involving most of the major technologies like EMC, HDS, IBM, Netapp, IBM TSM, Netbackup, HP Data Protector. Operating Environments includes AIX, Solaris, HP-UX and RH Linux as well as Windows Servers, VM Ware and Hyper-V and Internet Applications. Projects Handled Title: Designation: Duration: Data Center Transformation for a UK based Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical firm Lead Solution Architect- Storage and Backup March 2012 Current

Deliverables: Driving a Team of Architects and Consultants from HCL and Other Suppliers in developing a comprehensive end state Design, documentation and roll out of the Storage and Backup Solution. Program Involved building of three Enterprise Data Centers located at Philadelphia, Stockholm and Singapore and Migrating Data and systems from old DCs. Consolidated of about 80 Storage Arrays hosting of about 4200 TBs of data on to about 12 Storage Devices across three Data Centers. Technologies Involved are Hitachi VSP, HDS UVM, HUR, Netapp, HP Storage Essentials and HP Data Protector Mentor and Lead the Implementation team in deploying, validating and testing the Designed Solution. Develop long term strategies for capacity management and streamlining of capex and procurement processes in Liaison with various customer and supplier side stake holders. Develop and / or review comprehensive design and deployment guides and whitepapers Achieved a very good exposure to IS processes and compliance requirements associated to Pharmaceutical Sector. Title: Netapp Filer Migrations for a UK based Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical firm Designation: Lead Solution Architect- Storage and Backup Duration: December 2012 Current Architect and Lead the Data Migration of entire data center worth of Netapp filer environment to new DCs for two Locations-USA and Sweden. A very high risk and business critical project executed with 2 months worth of planning and mock drills. Data from Filer environment of an entire DC was migrated over a single weekend down time window. Involved close partnership with the PMO, Business Stake holder and Technical Stake Holder in driving the project to success. Achieved 100 % success rate with Zero Business Impacts or failures in spite of the Highly acclaimed project among the client, employer and the technology supplier itself for it high risk nature and zero defect results.

Title: Data Center Transformation for worlds largest Technology Reseller Designation: SAN and BC Consultant Duration: May 2011 September 2011 Deliverables: As a Business Continuity Architect in Designing and Implementing the Business Continuance Solution for Backup Recovery and QA refresh of the Enterprise SAP Landscape Develop Design Documents, Scripts and Processes for the Backup and SAP refresh using EMC TimeFinder

Technologies on an enterprise environment comprising of EMC VMAX, Symantec Netbackup, Data Domain and IBM P Series Server. Direct and mentor the Implementation team in deploying, validating and testing the Designed Solution. Liaison with the PMO team in identifying and establishing the solution roll out methodologies, schedules and dependencies etc. Review the SAN performance associated to various pre- go lives SAP Load Tests, develop recommendations and performance refinement plans. Develop comprehensive design, deployment guides and whitepapers

Title: Storage Refresh and Data Migration for a Leading Semiconductor Manufacturer Designation: Project Lead Duration: May 2010 Dec 2010 Team Strength: 20 Deliverables: Working on Technical Refresh and consolidation of old Clariion and DMX arrays with EMC CX-4, VMAX and HDS AMS arrays. Direct the Technical Team through various phases including, data collection, due diligence, proof of concept and Implementation. Interfacing with the client PMO and Service Management team in identifying and establishing the technical, schedule and process Mile Stones as well as dependencies, associated to the data migration of each system /application category. Title: Enterprise Storage Management and Architecture support for various DCs Employer: HCL Comnet, Chennai Deliverables: Leading the Off-shore and On-shore technical teams providing support for the storage and backup environments of various clients across the globe, predominantly in semiconductor domain. Organizing and driving transition and support reviews with clients site and service owners. Ensure a consistent drive towards improving efficiency and profitability on a clients as well as a service provider perspective. Managing the Storage Support Delivery team and handle escalations on issues involving process , technology reengineering or re-design. Conducting capacity & performance utilization reviews on storage and associated systems on an ongoing basis. Identifying and driving the necessary re-engineering initiatives in co-ordination with client. Planning and architecting new storage builds in the environment. Title: Domain SME for Enterprise Storage Solutions Deliverables: Assisting the sales and pre-sales team in conceptualizing and optimizing right storage and backup solutions for new and existing engagements of HCL. Creating storage and backup solutions for new engagements involving storage consolidation, migration or other technology update requirements. Providing technology and staffing designs or re-designs for new environments being transitioned to the support.

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Chrysler Corporation October 2007- February 2008 , SAN & Data Center Management EDS, Chennai GE GIS SAN projects August 2005- July 2006 Genpact (Previously GE Capital International Services), Hyderabad Tech-Lead for the storage Management team from august 2005-July2006 Tata Teleservices Ltd. May 2004-July 2005 HCL Infosystems Ltd, Hyderabad Account Engineer for the Hyderabad site Disaster Recovery Implementation for TTSL (February 2005- July-2005). HCL Infosystems Ltd, Hyderabad. APVATnet April 2003- November 2004 HCL Infosystems Ltd, Hyderabad HCL Infinet Limited December 2001-May 2003 HCL Infosystems Ltd, Hyderabad Point Of Presence Engineer ITC Infobahn May 2002- August 2002 HCL Infosystems Ltd, Hyderabad.

Trainings Attended

VMWare Vsphere Administration EMC Invista Installation and Implementation at EMC, Delhi [June 2009]. EMC Solution Design Work Shop at EMC, Bangalore: Is a pre-requisite of EMCTA Certification. The sessions focus primarily on EMCs philosophy and approach to Solutions development and design and also involves rigorous work shop exercises on the same with simulation of real life examples [ September 2008 ]. On EMC Time Finder Solutions and SRDF and other remote Replication Solutions. On Connectrix MDS series Enterprise SAN switches [February 2007]. On EMC Technology Foundations at EMC Global Education Center Bangalore [ November 2006 ] Customer Engineer Training on EMC Symmetrix & DMX family of storage systems at EMC Global Training Center at Singapore [ June-2004 ] Project Management Program (PMP) Training at HCL, Chennai [December 2008]. ITIL Foundations Training [October 2008].

Personal Dossier Date of Birth: Permanent Address: Current Address: Marital Status: Nationality: Passport Number: Visa /Work Permits: 13th July 1980 Poyiledathil Meethal, Eravattoor (PO, Perambra (via), Calicut-673525, Kerala. 19 Newquay Drive Bramhall SK7 2HT Single Indian Will be pleased to furnish later if needed. US-B1 Business Visa valid till 2017/ UK Tier-1 Visa [Work Permit].