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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Accomplishments
Certification
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Additional Information
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Balaji Durai

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Balaji Durai

Summary

Savvy Workplace Technology Architect offering more than 11 years of experience in Virtualization Technologies like Azure, Citrix, Vmware and Microsoft,

Proficient experience in Citrix , Azure Virtual desktop,Cloud Migration( private and public cloud). Applies technical expertise and diagnostic abilities toward solving problems and maintaining usability and performance. Versed in large project handling , Vendor management, Budget and KPI adherence

Overview

14
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

SchwarzIT KG

Virtual WorkPlace Services Architect
05.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Virtual Work place services- Platforms Architect for LIDL\Kaufland\Production(MEG)
  • Enabling of Modern Technologies in To Workplace Solutions
  • Accomplished Delivery of 40K AVD#s using Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop ( Azure automation , Functions, Monitoring and Image provision )
  • Citrix Cloud - Architecture and deployment ( Performed on-prem to citrix cloud migration)
  • Microsoft, Azure - Fslogix, Windows11, Intune, AAD,Policies
  • Zero Trust - Citrix SPAGateway,Secure Internet , Azure App-proxy, Gateway and LB
  • Leading Team of experts for fulfillment of Project tasks
  • Project Management - Agile, Scrum , SLA-KPI, Vendor Management

Tata Consultancy services Limited

Virtualization Architect
07.2012 - 03.2019

Job overview

Was Deputed to Various Clients and projects

• Migration Lead
o Olympus Europa SE
• VDI Migration Engineer
o Marks and Spencer’s PLC
• Infrastructure Support
o Petco Animal Supplies Inc USA

Petco Animal Supplies Inc USA

Infrastructure Support

Job overview

  • Worked with Various retail and Manufacturing clients and leveraged clients to use latest technologies with providing base to use modern solutions
  • Perfomed cloud migration, Datacenter migration , Citrix , Vsphere and all operational components to meed ITIL Framework ( Monitoring, Logging,
  • Security), Auditing KPI and SLA Frame work
  • Tasks involved Analysis, pre-requirements fulfilling, planning ,
  • Architecture,Designing, HLD, LLD, Design Diagrams, Move group creations,
  • Migrations, Hyper care and Operations Handover
  • Technologies – Citrix , Citrix VDI, ADC,Windows Server Systems , AD, GP,
  • Failover clusters, RDSH,APPv,File servers, Splunk,Zscaler,AV and PVS

HCL Technologies Limited

SR.Systems Analyst
03.2010 - 07.2012

Micron Technology, INC

Infrastructure Support

Job overview

  • Virtualization support for the manufacturing client maintaining SLA and KPI
  • Technologies – Citrix, Vsphere,Windows, AD,DNS,DHCP,Networking,GP.

Technosoft Global Services

Systems Engineer
01.2009 - 03.2010

Education

Bharathiar University
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu , India

MCA from Computer Application
2008

Bharathiar University
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
2005

Skills

  • Citrix Cloud , Netscaler, SPA , Gateway
  • AVD , Azure Daas PaaS
  • Azure Automation , Functions, Storage
  • Azure Virtual desktop
  • Azure AD
  • Intune
  • Citrix ZeroTrust
  • DevOps
  • Cloud Migration
  • Scripting and Automation
  • Data Production
  • On-prem to cloud Migration
  • Project Management ( Agile, Scrum)
  • Excellent Interpersonal & Communication Skills
  • Good Presentation Skills
  • Independent project handling

Accomplishments

  • Budgeting the company's product consumption revenue by modern alternate and cost effective solution

Certification

MCP VCP CCA CCV ITIL CSM AZ-104 AZ-140 AZ-300

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Intermediate (B1)

Additional Information

Nationality: Indian

Visa Status: Permanent Resident

Notice Period: 3 Months


Timeline

Virtual WorkPlace Services Architect

SchwarzIT KG
05.2019 - Current

Virtualization Architect

Tata Consultancy services Limited
07.2012 - 03.2019

SR.Systems Analyst

HCL Technologies Limited
03.2010 - 07.2012

Systems Engineer

Technosoft Global Services
01.2009 - 03.2010

Bharathiar University

MCA from Computer Application

Bharathiar University

Bachelor of Science from Computer Science

Infrastructure Support

Petco Animal Supplies Inc USA

Infrastructure Support

Micron Technology, INC
Balaji Durai