Ks Dinesh

Backup and data protection engineer with around 10 years of experience in Commvault, Cohesity and Rubrik. Most recently a Senior Specialist – Design & Implementation Engineer (Rubrik) at LTM, designing and deploying on-prem clusters, cloud clusters (CCES) and Cloud Native Protection (CNP), and successfully migrating a Commvault environment to Rubrik. Hands-on with Microsoft Azure and AWS Certified Solutions Architect.

Senior Specialist, Design & Implementation Engineer (Rubrik) - LTM (LTIMindtree)

(2025-08 - 2026-09)

• Designed and implemented Rubrik on-prem clusters and cloud clusters (CCES) for enterprise data protection.
• Implemented Rubrik Cloud Native Protection (CNP) for cloud workloads.
• Onboarded and protected VM, SQL, Active Directory and Windows Fileset workloads using SLA Domains for retention, frequency and archival.
• Performed Azure tasks supporting Rubrik deployments: virtual machines, NSG rules, storage accounts and resource groups.
• Recovered VMs, SQL databases, AD and Windows Fileset data, including validation of restored data.
• Configured VAST storage on Rubrik as a backup/archival target.
• Expanded on-prem and cloud cluster nodes to add capacity and scale the environment.
• Successfully migrated Commvault to Rubrik and received appreciation for it.
• Created cloud native and data center archive locations for long-term retention.
• Handled restores, validation and troubleshooting, coordinating with Rubrik support where required.

Lead 1 Engineer, Rubrik Backup Engineer - UST Global - Chennai

(2023-12 - 2025-08)

• Deployed, configured and administered Rubrik clusters and managed protection of VM, SQL, AD and Windows Fileset workloads.
• Created and tuned SLA Domains, monitored daily backup jobs and resolved failures.
• Performed file-level, VM-level and application restores per user requests and incidents.
• Created reports on backup status, SLA compliance and capacity for stakeholders.
• Supported DR readiness and capacity monitoring; followed ITIL for incident, problem and change handling.
• Supported the existing Commvault environment during the transition to Rubrik: monitored jobs in CommCell Console and Command Center, analysed failures and performed restores (file system, VM, MS SQL, Oracle).
• Administered CommServe, MediaAgents, storage policies, schedule policies and deduplication databases (DDB); applied service packs, hotfixes and agent updates under change management.
• Mapped Commvault storage policies, retention and subclient configuration to Rubrik SLA Domains to plan workload migration; maintained legacy backup copies until retention expiry.
• Raised and tracked Commvault support cases with the vendor; generated Commvault and Rubrik reports; documented runbooks and procedures for knowledge transfer.

IT Analyst, Commvault and Cohesity Backup Administration - TCS - Chennai

(2021-06 - 2023-12)

• Administered Commvault (v10/v11): CommServe, MediaAgents, storage and deduplication policies, index cache and backup policies.
• Migrated backups from Networker to Commvault; executed service pack upgrades in production.
• Configured File System, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, SAP for Oracle, Exchange, NDMP and VMware agents; Oracle RAC and MSSQL AG clients.
• Configured RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes backups from Cloud Command Center; AWS S3 and Glacier for primary and secondary copies.
• Administered Cohesity clusters: daily job review, failure resolution, file/VM/full-system restores, and node, capacity and performance monitoring.
• Managed Cohesity cloud tiering and archival (AWS S3, Glacier); created and modified protection jobs and policies; registered new sources.
• Validated integrity of restored data; tracked storage consumption to forecast capacity needs; produced daily and weekly reports.
• Led DR drills for critical applications and databases; contributed to infrastructure migration to AWS.

IT Analyst, Commvault Backup Administration - Wipro Technologies

(2020-11 - 2021-06)

• Managed Commvault backup and restore operations, policies, MediaAgents and tape/disk libraries.
• Monitored daily jobs from CommCell Console, analysed failed and partially completed jobs, and re-ran or corrected them within SLA.
• Created and modified storage policies, schedule policies, subclients and retention settings.
• Performed file system, VM, MS SQL and Oracle restores, including out-of-place and cross-client restores, and verified data integrity.
• Administered CommServe, MediaAgents and DDB; managed tape library operations and agent installs/upgrades.
• Handled incident, service request and change tickets per ITIL and SLAs; raised Commvault support cases and performed root cause analysis.
• Supported DR restore tests; prepared daily, weekly and monthly backup reports and maintained SOPs.

IT Analyst, Commvault Backup Administration (US-based client) - HCL Technologies - Chennai

(2016-12 - 2020-11)

• Managed backup infrastructure using Commvault Simpana 9.0 / 10.0 and provided L2 support 24x7x365 via BMC Remedy.
• Configured CommServe, MediaAgents, clients, database data agents and libraries; added new clients and installed MediaAgents.
• Monitored daily backups, managed tape changes and offsite handling, and resolved tape library and drive issues.
• Restored user data from tape, including outside retention periods; ran monthly DR restores for mission-critical servers.
• Troubleshot backup failures within SLA; supported Incident, Problem, Service Request and Change processes; provided Windows Server support.
• Managed backup servers (drive capacity, services, patches, daily checks) and backup job policies per client needs.

B.Tech - Information Technology - Bhajarang Engineering College, Chennai

HSC - Montford Matriculation Hr Sec School

SSLC - Montford Matriculation Hr Sec School