Abhinav Bhandari
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Isha Paul
Extremely hardworking & helpful with a boatload of talent. It was a wonderful experience working with you!
LinkedIn User
I have had the privilege of working with Abhinav for two years in my tenure with Unisys.In these years, I have seen Abhinav growing both as a technical expert and a through professional. Abhinav is a calculated risk-taker and has an uncanny ability to troubleshoot any technical issues. As a pragmatic leader and a realist, he can grasp ideas in a holistic manner and still pay attention to minor details. Abhinav has a well-deserved reputation as someone who is diligent and personable – two qualities that define him completely. As someone who is a creative thinker and possesses a can-do attitude, Abhinav is a pleasure to work with. I recommend him highly for any technical position for any organization that chooses to take benefit from his diverse skills.
Isha Paul
Extremely hardworking & helpful with a boatload of talent. It was a wonderful experience working with you!
LinkedIn User
I have had the privilege of working with Abhinav for two years in my tenure with Unisys.In these years, I have seen Abhinav growing both as a technical expert and a through professional. Abhinav is a calculated risk-taker and has an uncanny ability to troubleshoot any technical issues. As a pragmatic leader and a realist, he can grasp ideas in a holistic manner and still pay attention to minor details. Abhinav has a well-deserved reputation as someone who is diligent and personable – two qualities that define him completely. As someone who is a creative thinker and possesses a can-do attitude, Abhinav is a pleasure to work with. I recommend him highly for any technical position for any organization that chooses to take benefit from his diverse skills.
Isha Paul
Extremely hardworking & helpful with a boatload of talent. It was a wonderful experience working with you!
LinkedIn User
I have had the privilege of working with Abhinav for two years in my tenure with Unisys.In these years, I have seen Abhinav growing both as a technical expert and a through professional. Abhinav is a calculated risk-taker and has an uncanny ability to troubleshoot any technical issues. As a pragmatic leader and a realist, he can grasp ideas in a holistic manner and still pay attention to minor details. Abhinav has a well-deserved reputation as someone who is diligent and personable – two qualities that define him completely. As someone who is a creative thinker and possesses a can-do attitude, Abhinav is a pleasure to work with. I recommend him highly for any technical position for any organization that chooses to take benefit from his diverse skills.
Isha Paul
Extremely hardworking & helpful with a boatload of talent. It was a wonderful experience working with you!
LinkedIn User
I have had the privilege of working with Abhinav for two years in my tenure with Unisys.In these years, I have seen Abhinav growing both as a technical expert and a through professional. Abhinav is a calculated risk-taker and has an uncanny ability to troubleshoot any technical issues. As a pragmatic leader and a realist, he can grasp ideas in a holistic manner and still pay attention to minor details. Abhinav has a well-deserved reputation as someone who is diligent and personable – two qualities that define him completely. As someone who is a creative thinker and possesses a can-do attitude, Abhinav is a pleasure to work with. I recommend him highly for any technical position for any organization that chooses to take benefit from his diverse skills.
Credentials
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Associate - Information Storage and Management Version 3.0
Dell EMCJul, 2018- Sep, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate - Windows Server 2012 R2
MicrosoftJul, 2018- Sep, 2024 -
Veritas Certified Engineer NetBackup
Veritas Technologies LLCMay, 2018- Sep, 2024 -
ITIL V3 Foundation
ITIL CertifiedOct, 2011- Sep, 2024 -
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)May, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Apr, 2023- Sep, 2024 -
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
HashiCorpJun, 2023- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Carbon60
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Sr. Architect
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Aug 2021 - Present
Working in the team of CTO to help achieve new heights in technological advancements and improve the existing infrastructure of the organization and transformation to the cloud. Managing geographically spread across the team. Vendor management, budget management, infrastructure compliance, and technology management. Working in the team of CTO to help achieve new heights in technological advancements and improve the existing infrastructure of the organization and transformation to the cloud. Managing geographically spread across the team. Vendor management, budget management, infrastructure compliance, and technology management.
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Bell
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Information Technology Architect
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Nov 2018 - Aug 2021
Storage and Backup prime in infrastruture management. Product analysis, design, implementation and architecting new Storage and Backup solutions in Bell. • Expertises in SAN, Cloud, Archival Platforms and Backup solutions. • Managing capacity, datacenter resources for billing and data capacity. • Working on optimization of existing solutions and performing Proof of Concept on new environments i.e. Hitachi Content Platform Cloud, Enterprise Vault Archival Solution for CIFS and… Show more Storage and Backup prime in infrastruture management. Product analysis, design, implementation and architecting new Storage and Backup solutions in Bell. • Expertises in SAN, Cloud, Archival Platforms and Backup solutions. • Managing capacity, datacenter resources for billing and data capacity. • Working on optimization of existing solutions and performing Proof of Concept on new environments i.e. Hitachi Content Platform Cloud, Enterprise Vault Archival Solution for CIFS and SharePoint, Hitachi NAS and integration of various tools and applications. • Configuration and management of Block Storage arrays i.e. G700, HUSVM and Object Storage Hitachi Content Platform using Cloud protocols. Strategizing configurations and implementation of NetBackup Appliances and peripheral devices including cloud solutions for backup storage. • Also includes deployment, management and operational tasks for Patch link Security Endpoint Patch management for Windows and Unix machines. Show less Storage and Backup prime in infrastruture management. Product analysis, design, implementation and architecting new Storage and Backup solutions in Bell. • Expertises in SAN, Cloud, Archival Platforms and Backup solutions. • Managing capacity, datacenter resources for billing and data capacity. • Working on optimization of existing solutions and performing Proof of Concept on new environments i.e. Hitachi Content Platform Cloud, Enterprise Vault Archival Solution for CIFS and… Show more Storage and Backup prime in infrastruture management. Product analysis, design, implementation and architecting new Storage and Backup solutions in Bell. • Expertises in SAN, Cloud, Archival Platforms and Backup solutions. • Managing capacity, datacenter resources for billing and data capacity. • Working on optimization of existing solutions and performing Proof of Concept on new environments i.e. Hitachi Content Platform Cloud, Enterprise Vault Archival Solution for CIFS and SharePoint, Hitachi NAS and integration of various tools and applications. • Configuration and management of Block Storage arrays i.e. G700, HUSVM and Object Storage Hitachi Content Platform using Cloud protocols. Strategizing configurations and implementation of NetBackup Appliances and peripheral devices including cloud solutions for backup storage. • Also includes deployment, management and operational tasks for Patch link Security Endpoint Patch management for Windows and Unix machines. Show less
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CGI
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Canada
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior System Engineer
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Mar 2017 - Aug 2018
• Managing Disaster and Recovery operations for Canada based telecom giant for CGI Group. • Job responsibilities include collaboration with global peers, stakeholders, account managers, vendor support to resolve technical issues in the most efficient way • Acted as technical lead, mentor, and role model for a team of engineers; reviewed solutions and articles; mentored the new hires • Maintained strong working knowledge of pre-release products and took ownership for product… Show more • Managing Disaster and Recovery operations for Canada based telecom giant for CGI Group. • Job responsibilities include collaboration with global peers, stakeholders, account managers, vendor support to resolve technical issues in the most efficient way • Acted as technical lead, mentor, and role model for a team of engineers; reviewed solutions and articles; mentored the new hires • Maintained strong working knowledge of pre-release products and took ownership for product improvement and upgrades in key product areas • Operated as a Subject Matter Expert in NETBACKUP, Veeam, HP Data Protector and Backup Exec • Headed the “Technical Hurdles” sessions with the Tier2 engineers to identify technical roadblocks and conduct triages and tech talks based on the topics identified • Core Administration tasks included configuration, monitoring and break-fix of issues related to storage, tape libraries, OS errors and all assortments of issues in backups and restores • Hands on experience in creating scripts for automation of tasks and optimized reports • Implemented Veeam environment from scratch for a local site backup with scripts • Carried out risk analysis of the storage capacity and also helped to analyze data growth and optimizing n/w bandwidth • Experienced in upgrade and migration from HP DataProtector to Veritas NetBackup. Show less • Managing Disaster and Recovery operations for Canada based telecom giant for CGI Group. • Job responsibilities include collaboration with global peers, stakeholders, account managers, vendor support to resolve technical issues in the most efficient way • Acted as technical lead, mentor, and role model for a team of engineers; reviewed solutions and articles; mentored the new hires • Maintained strong working knowledge of pre-release products and took ownership for product… Show more • Managing Disaster and Recovery operations for Canada based telecom giant for CGI Group. • Job responsibilities include collaboration with global peers, stakeholders, account managers, vendor support to resolve technical issues in the most efficient way • Acted as technical lead, mentor, and role model for a team of engineers; reviewed solutions and articles; mentored the new hires • Maintained strong working knowledge of pre-release products and took ownership for product improvement and upgrades in key product areas • Operated as a Subject Matter Expert in NETBACKUP, Veeam, HP Data Protector and Backup Exec • Headed the “Technical Hurdles” sessions with the Tier2 engineers to identify technical roadblocks and conduct triages and tech talks based on the topics identified • Core Administration tasks included configuration, monitoring and break-fix of issues related to storage, tape libraries, OS errors and all assortments of issues in backups and restores • Hands on experience in creating scripts for automation of tasks and optimized reports • Implemented Veeam environment from scratch for a local site backup with scripts • Carried out risk analysis of the storage capacity and also helped to analyze data growth and optimizing n/w bandwidth • Experienced in upgrade and migration from HP DataProtector to Veritas NetBackup. Show less
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Senior Specialist
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Sep 2015 - Mar 2017
• Involved in transitioning of IT client to HCL Technologies that includes creating working documents for teams, architecture diagrams, DR site management and transitioning sign-offs • Job profile includes managing (as a lead), consulting sales team and training backup teams to ensure that their day to day tasks are handled in a timely fashion as committed to the customer • In charge of delivering backup and storage solutions to the pre-sales team, imparting training and mentoring teams… Show more • Involved in transitioning of IT client to HCL Technologies that includes creating working documents for teams, architecture diagrams, DR site management and transitioning sign-offs • Job profile includes managing (as a lead), consulting sales team and training backup teams to ensure that their day to day tasks are handled in a timely fashion as committed to the customer • In charge of delivering backup and storage solutions to the pre-sales team, imparting training and mentoring teams on Backup and Storage technologies. • Presenting the client achievements and challenges faced in the backup environment on a monthly basis during the transition period • Provide solutions around NetBackup, Backup Exec, and Veeam. Also, managed two end-end transition projects from clients to HCL • Responsible for backup client servers, Storage groups, Tape Libraries & schedule settings according to the customer specifications • Creating SOP’s, manuals, client specific documents’, capacity planning, identifying critical updates and implementing changes in the environment • Implementation and Configurations on Tape Libraries, DataDomain and B6500 to work with Netbackup, HPDP, and Veeam • Creating / Modifying backup scripts for EMC Replication Manager, BCV jobs for AutoSys and helping in automation of the backup environment • Interaction with Vendors & Service providers for carrying out planned activities • Interacting with pre-sales team and customers via, face-to-face meetings, email, conference calls, and web-ex Show less • Involved in transitioning of IT client to HCL Technologies that includes creating working documents for teams, architecture diagrams, DR site management and transitioning sign-offs • Job profile includes managing (as a lead), consulting sales team and training backup teams to ensure that their day to day tasks are handled in a timely fashion as committed to the customer • In charge of delivering backup and storage solutions to the pre-sales team, imparting training and mentoring teams… Show more • Involved in transitioning of IT client to HCL Technologies that includes creating working documents for teams, architecture diagrams, DR site management and transitioning sign-offs • Job profile includes managing (as a lead), consulting sales team and training backup teams to ensure that their day to day tasks are handled in a timely fashion as committed to the customer • In charge of delivering backup and storage solutions to the pre-sales team, imparting training and mentoring teams on Backup and Storage technologies. • Presenting the client achievements and challenges faced in the backup environment on a monthly basis during the transition period • Provide solutions around NetBackup, Backup Exec, and Veeam. Also, managed two end-end transition projects from clients to HCL • Responsible for backup client servers, Storage groups, Tape Libraries & schedule settings according to the customer specifications • Creating SOP’s, manuals, client specific documents’, capacity planning, identifying critical updates and implementing changes in the environment • Implementation and Configurations on Tape Libraries, DataDomain and B6500 to work with Netbackup, HPDP, and Veeam • Creating / Modifying backup scripts for EMC Replication Manager, BCV jobs for AutoSys and helping in automation of the backup environment • Interaction with Vendors & Service providers for carrying out planned activities • Interacting with pre-sales team and customers via, face-to-face meetings, email, conference calls, and web-ex Show less
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Unisys
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Enterprise Specialist System Analyst
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Aug 2011 - Jul 2015
• Key roles are administration on Windows, Storage, N/W, Storage and NetBackup, Backup Exec • NetBackup 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 for monitoring Backup jobs, checking for failed jobs, Basic troubleshooting and reporting the same • Identifies and provides resolutions to an assortment of technical problems • Develop and implement resolutions to identified problems, and follows standard practices and procedures • Maintaining quality standards as per the company & clients policy • Providing… Show more • Key roles are administration on Windows, Storage, N/W, Storage and NetBackup, Backup Exec • NetBackup 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 for monitoring Backup jobs, checking for failed jobs, Basic troubleshooting and reporting the same • Identifies and provides resolutions to an assortment of technical problems • Develop and implement resolutions to identified problems, and follows standard practices and procedures • Maintaining quality standards as per the company & clients policy • Providing remote support on Vmware, Exchange, Active Directory, Enterprise Vault, N/W and storage technologies • Manage Backup clients group & schedule settings according to customer specifications • Remedy 6 tool and ITSM tools for reporting Incident management • Work on customer issue remotely via phone/email/chat • Troubleshooting the issue based on the error codes and related issues Show less • Key roles are administration on Windows, Storage, N/W, Storage and NetBackup, Backup Exec • NetBackup 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 for monitoring Backup jobs, checking for failed jobs, Basic troubleshooting and reporting the same • Identifies and provides resolutions to an assortment of technical problems • Develop and implement resolutions to identified problems, and follows standard practices and procedures • Maintaining quality standards as per the company & clients policy • Providing… Show more • Key roles are administration on Windows, Storage, N/W, Storage and NetBackup, Backup Exec • NetBackup 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 for monitoring Backup jobs, checking for failed jobs, Basic troubleshooting and reporting the same • Identifies and provides resolutions to an assortment of technical problems • Develop and implement resolutions to identified problems, and follows standard practices and procedures • Maintaining quality standards as per the company & clients policy • Providing remote support on Vmware, Exchange, Active Directory, Enterprise Vault, N/W and storage technologies • Manage Backup clients group & schedule settings according to customer specifications • Remedy 6 tool and ITSM tools for reporting Incident management • Work on customer issue remotely via phone/email/chat • Troubleshooting the issue based on the error codes and related issues Show less
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Education
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2013 - 2015
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Masters of Science, Data Analytics -
2007 - 2011
Maharishi Markanderswar University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering -
1994 - 2006
St. Stephen's School
High School, ICSE Broard
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