Anil Kumar

Seasoned VMware Administrator with 7 years of experience designing, deploying, and optimizing virtual infrastructures across enterprise and pharma and telco domains. Proven track record reducing TCO, improving VM density and performance, and driving migrations to hybrid-cloud architectures while mentoring cross-functional teams.

Lead Virtualization Engineer at SAI LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED (2023-10 – 2025-03)

• Architected and led deployment of vSphere 7/8 clusters across 5 data centers supporting 12,029+ VMs, improving VM density by 32% and reducing hardware footprint by 18%.
• Implemented ThoughtData's Enterprise360 micro-segmentation across critical workloads, decreasing lateral movement risk and streamlining security compliance for GDPR, FDA, GMP Audit and Operational audits.
• Introduced automated lifecycle management using vRealize Suite andManageEngine Patch Manager Plus, cutting patch and upgrade windows by 60% and reducing manual change failures to <1%.
• Mentored a team of 6 engineers, established runbooks and best practices, and led technical training that improved on-call incident resolution time by 45%.

Senior Virtualization Engineer at GLAND PHARMA LIMITED (2022-01 – 2023-10)

• Delivered end-to-end virtualization and network virtualization solutions for large enterprise clients, migrating more than 7 PB of data and 4,000 VMs to modernized vSphere/Hyper-V estates.
• Collaborated with network teamsto integrate Cisco ACI with VMware environments, improving network policy enforcement and reducing troubleshooting time by 30%.
• Led performance tuning initiatives (storage I/O, CPU scheduling, NUMA) that increased application throughput by up to 40% for key financial workloads.
• Authored capacity planning models and ROI analyses used to justify multi-year infrastructure refreshes valued at ₹1M.

Senior Executive at KARVY INNOTECH LIMITED (2018-04 – 2022-01)

Implemented Hyper-V and VMware consolidation projectsfor SMB and enterprise customers, achieving average server consolidation ratios of 6:1.

• Installed and maintained Windows Server 2008 and 2012 on Dell and HPE hardware, ensuring high availability and optimal performance
• Configured and administered VMware ESXi 6.x in data center environments, setting up High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) clusters for efficient resource utilization.
• Managed and maintained virtual machines (VMs), including deployment, performance tuning, and routine maintenance.
• Implemented and managed patch updates for Windows servers and workstations using WSUS (Windows Server Update Services)
• Provided 24x7 support escalation for virtualization-related incidents and created monitoring dashboards using vRealize Operations, improving SLA adherence to 99.9%.

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering – Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (2007 – 2013)