Akshay Walia
Serving Notice Period |Senior Cloud & VMware Specialist |VCF| Azure | vSAN | AVS | VMC on AWS | HCX | NSX | GCVE | VMware Expert I Azure devops | CI/CD Pipelines
- Role
- Senior Specialist at HCLTech
- Location
- West Delhi, DL, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akshay Walia
Results-driven IT Infrastructure Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on experience in…
Experience
Senior Specialist
Nov 2023 — Present · Noida, IN
Technical skillsVirtualization: VMware vSphere 6.5–8.0, vCenter, ESXi, NSX-T, vSAN, SRM, vMotion, VMware SDDCCloud Platforms: VMC on AWS, GCVE, Azure, AWS, GCP,GKEContainerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, GKEMigration: HCX, vMotion, Oracle DB to Cloud, On-prem to Cloud (GCP/AWS)Automation: Terraform (Basic), Ansible, Shell scriptingMonitoring & Tools: vROps, vRLI, Log Analytics, Azure MonitorDevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins, YAML pipelinesOS & Infra: Windows Server 2012–2022, Linux, AD, DNS, DHCP, DFS, Hyper-VDR & Backup: SRM, Recovery Plans, Test Failover, Runbook documentationClient: Leading Financial Services Provider (BFSI Domain)Designed and implemented enterprise virtualization solutions using VMware vSphere 8, NSX-T, and vSAN across hybrid cloud environments.Executed 16 migration waves for a leading US Bank, migrating VMs from on-premises datacenter to GCVE via HCX and to Azure leveraging Azure Migrate & Azure Monitor.Led migration strategy and execution for on-prem VMware to GCVE (Google Cloud VMware Engine) leveraging HCX and NSX technologies.Led migration strategy and execution for on-prem VMware to GCVE and GKE, leveraging HCX, NSX, and advanced Google Cloud networking designs.Developed runbooks and operational SOPs for post-migration VMware and Google Cloud foundation operations, ensuring secure and compliant cloud setupDeveloped runbooks and operational SOPs for post-migration VMware operations on GCVE and AWS.Collaborated with application, database, and network teams for secure migration of Oracle DB workloads hosted on vSAN clusters.Integrated vROps and vRLI for performance monitoring, logging, and capacity planning.Automated infrastructure deployments via Terraform and aligned project timelines with DevOps teams using CI/CD pipelines.Designed SRM-based DR strategies to meet RTO/RPO requirements in the cloud.
Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Master of Technology - MTech
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