Mohammad Safi Ahmed

Assistant Consultant VMware & Azure Administrator - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

(2022-04 - 2025-09)

Engage with multiple teams and contribute on key decisions.
Provide solutions to problems for their immediate team and across multiple teams.
Lead the development and execution of cloud migration strategies to meet project goals.
Facilitate communication between stakeholders to align migration objectives and timelines.
Mentor junior team members to support their growth and enhance team capabilities.
Administered VMware vCenter, ESXi, and vSphere 6.x / 7.x / 8.x environments — performing upgrades, patches, and L3 troubleshooting.
Led on-premises-to-Azure cloud migrations; managed Azure Subscriptions, Resource Groups, VMs, Disks, Auto Scaling, and Azure Backup.
Managed Azure Storage services: Blob, Files, Data Protection, Encryption, and bulk data transfers using AzCopy.
Monitored system performance, identified bottlenecks, and implemented optimizations to ensure high availability.
Enforced security and compliance of virtual environments in line with company policies and industry best practices.
Authored and maintained technical documentation for system configurations, procedures, and change records.
Collaborated with onsite senior architects to enhance system efficiency and reliability across hybrid infrastructure.
Managed Windows Server administration (2003–2022) and data centre operations to reduce costs and increase predictability.

Senior VMware & Systems Administrator (System Engineer) - Wipro Technologies

(2015-06 - 2022-04)

Provided L3 VMware administration support — managing and troubleshooting ESXi 5.1/5.5, vCenter 5.1/5.5 environments.
Executed large-scale infrastructure upgrade from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 across enterprise data centres.
Performed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) migrations and applied VMware best practices across virtual environments.
Managed SSL certificate renewal/replacement for ESXi hosts and vCenter servers.
Supported Azure cloud migration projects for on-premises enterprise applications.
Maintained HP ProLiant BL-series blade servers (BL495c G6, BL685c G7, BL465c G7/Gen8) and HP c7000 enclosures.

VMware Infrastructure Engineer (System Engineer) - Hibu India Pvt. Ltd

(2011-07 - 2015-06)

Key contributor in upgrading the entire US vSphere infrastructure from 4.x to 5.x — spanning 300+ hosts and 10,000+ VMs.
Coordinated upgrade of 500+ ESX hosts (hardware firmware + OS) for remote offices across the US.
Planned and executed a storage reclamation project recovering 30+ TB of EMC CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage.
Renewed SSL certificates for 100+ ESXi hosts; performed S-vMotion for high-performance SQL Server migrations.
Managed day-to-day VM operations: snapshots, cloning, vMotion, DRS, HA, new VM builds, performance tuning.
Generated daily/weekly/monthly performance reports for ESX servers and VMs (CPU, RAM, HDD utilisation).
Provided L3 VMware support to US clients; installed and configured HP c7000 enclosures (break-fix).

Computer Technician - Jarir Bookstore

(2005-10 - 2009-05)

Authorised service technician for OEM laptops and desktops (Toshiba, Dell, Acer, Fujitsu Siemens) — diagnosed, troubleshot, and repaired hardware/software issues for retail customers.

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