Nikolay Novakov

Administered multi-site VMware vSphere 8 with integrated VCF and vSAN clusters in production and DR. Designed and maintained 10+ VMware SRM recovery plans; led quarterly DR tests with zero downtime. Managed IBM FlashSystem, Dell servers, and VEEAM Backup for fast SQL restores from multi-tier storage including hardened and tape archives. Ensured CIS Benchmark and ISO 27001 compliance via vRealize Operations. Deployed vIDM, Aria Automation, and NSX-T 4.2 PoCs with Edge Clusters, Tier-1 Gateways, ATP, and DFW.

Designed, deployed, and managed private cloud solutions for both company and clients. Led operational activities, troubleshooting, and project execution. Transformed functional requirements into technical solutions. - Deploy, update, configure and manage VEEAM Backup and Restore, vLCM, vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations, vIDM, VMware vCloud Director (vCD), VMware Horizon, vSAN Storage and vSAN Witness Appliances, VMware VCF, NSX-T multi-node cluster, NSX Edge Clusters, NSX Manager

Administration and support of the VMware environment as well as administrative activities in the areas of Microsoft, Linux, Backup and Storage - Backup and Recovery monitoring and troubleshooting (Veeam) - Error analysis NDMP Backup (VEEAM) - Error analysis Exchange backups via VEEAM - Upgrade ESXi hosts and vSphere - Configured and maintained APC PowerChute - Collaborated on storage-related troubleshooting (NetApp)

Monitoring and analysis of multi-region Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) VMware environment with more than 25 Virtual Center Servers, over 600 ESXi hosts and over 25000 virtual machines. - Prepared architecture-level environment documentation - Performed environment monitoring and upgrades - Implemented VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics - Analyzed environment along with using Skyline Health reports for issue resolution

Managed virtual server infrastructure for DXC Technology and their customers. - VMware SME for DXC Bulgaria - Plan / Design / Deploy / Implement / Operation / Optimization / Maintenance of the vSphere infrastructure solutions, following the ITIL procedures, processes, standards and best practices - VMware Security configuration and system hardening in compliance with the VMware, DXC and Industry standards - Set up / maintain HP/IBM/DELL hardware, Blades and Enclosures - Hardware Monitoring - Clustering