Ajay Varma
Manager - IT Infrastructure (Windows/vmWare/cloud)
37 years old
Mumbai (400615) India
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
SUMMARY:
- 13 + years of extensive experience in the IT industry, Technology Operations, Managing IT across the Enterprise with vast experience ranging from System and Network Infrastructure, Service Delivery Management, Strategy Planning, IT Infrastructure Services, IT Consulting, and Vendor Management & Negotiation.
- Handling roles & responsibilities such as Domain Consultant,System Administration and offering services on various facets for Information technology clients such as Deployment, Infrastructure Management.
- Results oriented professional, recognized for taking on major initiatives, and adapting to rapidly changing environment and resolving mission-critical issues to ensure bottom-line success.
- Domain Expertise and Consulting experience on multiple industry verticals like Banking, Finance, Insurance, Media & IT Services.
- Hands on experience in managing Windows Server Environment, Virtualized Infrastructure on VMware platforms.
- Achievements in managing large strategic IT initiatives involving re-engineering of business processes, operations and enterprise applications, data centre re-engineering.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, interpersonal skills, identification and negotiation for Business and Technology requirements.
- Committed to efficient and accurate management of information systems in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Proven ability to translate Business needs into technology requirements that supports the company's Business objectives, and to successfully manage all phases of IT Projects from needs analysis and requirements definition to vendor, implementation, and training.
- IT Infrastructure Management
- Infrastructure Sizing
- Strategic Planning
- Budget Development & Analysis
- Training and Staff Development
- Project & Program Management
- Group Policy
- ITIL
- Datacenter
- Windows Server, Active Directory, MS-Exchange (MCSA Certified)
- VMware Infrastructure, VMware ESX, Virtualization (VCP Certified)
- Project Lead
- Service Delivery
- Ability to create plans to achieve specific results
- Take ownership for achieving objectives
- Motivator and strategist
- Know how and when to get into details to solve issues: Situational Leader
- Direct others to achieve objectives
- Problem solver
- Able to achieve results while strengthening capabilities of the team
- Provide Leadership/Oversight to other project managers to ensure quality delivery
- Can create delivery strategies to ensure quality delivery of multiple projects
- IT Service Management
- Team management / Team Leadership
- Strong listening skills
- Strong facilitation and consensus building skills
- Ability to establish and maintain an environment of change and improvement
- Ability to build and maintain support and buy-in at all levels
- Synthesize disparate pieces of information and communicate recommendations in non-technical terms.
- Ability to see the big picture and communicate its value
- Ability to build trust and show empathy with developers and IT staff
- Communicate effectively with IT management (line and exec)
- Demonstrate confidence in outcome of project
- Process focused
