K Bhargav

About K Bhargav

VMware, Azure, Windows, and Active Diretory Administrator with over 9 years of successful experience in VMware and Windows Active Directory. Recognized consistently for performance excellence in WintelTechnologies and contributions to success in Wipro industry. Strengths in smart work and quick adaptation to technology.

Experience

1. Senior Esoc Engineer

   Pegasystems

   Mar 2023 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   9 years of Experience with VMware ESXi, ESX Servers, Windows, vCenter Server, Azure, and AWS.• Started working as an L3 Infrastructure support and DC Operations for Pega.• Migration of Windows Server 2012 workloads to the latest version of Windows OS as a part of the EOL Project.• Migration of CentOS Server workloads to the latest version of RHEL and Ubuntu OS as a part of the EOL Project.• Legacy ESXi models upgrade project, where all the old hardware was replaced with upgraded systems.• Worked on the PKI platform (AppViewX) and Certificate renewals.• Ensuring all the endpoints and servers are updated with the latest version of Threat Intelligence Sensors and Threat Detection Technology, i.e. CrowdStrike, Block64, SplunkUF, and Microsoft Defender.• Ensuring all the systems (Windows and Linux) are patched regularly across platforms (Amazon EC2, Azure VMs, VCenter and Physical Nodes) and 100% compliance.• Performed AD Cleanup Activity which safeguards the environment of any unwanted security risks.• Performed O365 Cleanup Activity where we reclaimed a huge chunk of unused licenses which in return had a positive impact on overall cost and license usage.• Worked on configuring Rubrik backups for the VMware Infrastructure.• Performed vulnerability remediations on the systems across the environment and provided a permanent fix through automation wherever possible.• Automated frequent jobs which had homogeneity, through PowerShell, Bash and VBS Scripting.• Tanium – Worked on partial automation of the patching activity through Tanium. Performed Application Deployments and Upgrades. Automated Reporting for Compliance Checks along with the Dashboards.• Bi-weekly connect with Tanium Vendor to explore the possibilities of automation and simplifying complex workflows.• Worked on Network and Load Balancing Technologies like Infoblox, F5, Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco Switches, Routers, MPLS, SDWAN and VeloCloud upgrade tasks along with BAU.

Education

• DAV Public School, Cuttack

  10th, Matriculation

  2013 — 2013

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Master of Technology - MTech, Systems Engineering

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

• Bhubanananda Odisha School of Engineering (Bose), Cuttack

  Engineer's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering