Mahendran Srinivasan

Experience

1. Private Cloud Engineering Expert

   HCLTech

   Oct 2015 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Technical Lead – Private Cloud & Virtualization Engineering• Lead a team of 14 engineers in the end-to-end management of a global virtualized infrastructure spanning VMware vSphere 6.x/7.x/8.x, Nutanix AOS, and Hitachi UCP environments.• Serve as the primary technical authority for infrastructure upgrades, platform engineering, patching lifecycle, and hyper-converged deployments.• Oversee weekly capacity reviews using Aria Operations, analyzing trends in CPU, memory, and storage utilization to drive efficiency.• Provide right-sizing recommendations for existing workloads and infrastructure sizing plans for new projects, based on performance data and forecasted demand.• Drive capacity planning and forecasting initiatives in collaboration with application, storage, and business teams.• Architect and implement HA, DRS, and vMotion strategies across both Converged and Hyper-Converged platforms to ensure uptime and workload mobility.• Manage vulnerability remediation using Qualys and LCM, ensuring timely patching of ESXi hosts and VMs.• Deliver Nutanix infrastructure rollouts and upgrades via Foundation VM, Prism Central, and LCM—including containers and volume group configurations.• Own incident escalations, perform deep-dive root cause analysis, and coordinate with OEM vendors (VMware, Nutanix, Hitachi, Lenovo).• Represent the VMware team in global CAB meetings, presenting risk assessments and mitigation strategies for infrastructure changes.• Author and maintain Architecture Handbook Blue Print, SOPs, runbooks, and internal KBs to streamline operations and accelerate issue resolution.• Lead SLA governance, audit reporting, and compliance tracking through ServiceNow and internal dashboards.• Manage team rosters, performance reviews, and mentorship programs, fostering continuous improvement and skill development.

Education

• University of Madras

  Master's degree

  2018 — 2020

• Hindustan University

  PG Diploma

  2017 — 2018

• Seva Ashram School

  B.Sc in Vivekananda Degree College

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Active Directory
• Dns
• Vmware Esx
• Dhcp
• Windows Server
• IT Service Management
• Xp
• Troubleshooting
• Iis
• Servers
• Vmware
• Cisco Technologies
• Data Center
• Operating Systems
• Hardware
• Networking
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Linux
• Cluster