Nikolay Novakov

Administration, configuration and support of the VMware environment, VEEAM backup, restore and replication, VMware SRM and IBM FlashSystem Storage. Responsibilities: • Management, updating, and configuration of the entire company's multi-site VMware environment. • Configure and manage VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - DR preparation and execution. • Security and vulnerability management. Assessing risks and implementation. • Monitoring, configuration, and updating of VEEAM Backup and Restore.

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