Pritam Saha

Working as an Infrastructure Solutions Architect for multiple leading Australian energy production and retail organizations. My tenure has been distinguished by several achievements, notably leading multiple high-impact initiatives. Some of my key accomplishments include:

• Data Centre Migration to Cloud: Led and executed a comprehensive program to migrate data centers to the cloud, optimizing infrastructure and enhancing scalability. Few notable solutions are:
• Data protection and archiving solution in Cloud using Commvault.
• Storage platform setup using NetApp CVO - Opex cost reduction by 25%.
• Re-platform Managed File Transfer solution Axway Secure Transport - enhanced file handling and throughput by 20%.
• Integrated DNS forwarder and NTP architecture using auto-scaling - improved operational efficiency and reduced opex cost by 50%.
• Operational Technology Modernization: Played a central role in revamping technology stacks within the Operational Technology Domain, bolstering performance and efficiency. Major contributions are:
• Establish Enterprise Data Platform for Operational Data Analysis.
• Automated SaaS based Treasury management solution.
• Cloud based Video Surveillance as a Service for remote asset monitoring - lowered Opex cost by 60%.
• Kepware connectivity solution along with IoT gateway - boosted operational efficiency.
• Integration of Sustainable Energy Products: Successfully integrated sustainable energy solutions into business operations, maintaining commitment to sustainability and reducing environmental impact. Notable contributions include:
• Automated HSE compliance management solution - eliminated human errors.
• Digitized, automated STC (Small-Scale Technology Certificate) allocation solution - minimized manual efforts of up to 50 hours per fortnight.

Served as a Technical Architect for several renowned Australian Utility organizations, making significant strides in my role. A selection of notable achievements is outlined below:

• Designed and deployed 14 NetApp All Flash Clusters to facilitate platform refresh.
• Implemented Unified Computing Infrastructure utilizing Cisco UCS - replaced more than 60 EOL IBM hardware.
• Deployed Pure Storage platform and migrated 400 TB of workload from Hitachi VSP within 3 months.
• Introduced Commvault complete Data protection platform to replace IBM TSM backup platform.
• Created HyperConverged Infrastructure solution using Cisco HyperFlex for Remote Offices - decreased hosting cost by 20%.
• Established automated infrastructure provisioning in the Azure Public Cloud through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) by leveraging Terraform - drastically brought down deployment time by 60%.
• Devised a comprehensive NetApp Data ONTAP solution and formulated a migration strategy for transitioning from Dell EMC Storage to ONTAP.
• Conducted an in-depth assessment and formulated a data consolidation and archiving strategy - shrank Storage footprint by 400 TB.
• Created Automated Patching solution using SUSE Manager - reducing manual patching efforts by 20 hours per month.

Worked for Australia and Canada based leading Utility providers.

• Successfully managed the migration of over 10 NetApp Data ONTAP clusters, ensuring a seamless transition.
• Led the migration of SAN connectivity, replacing end-of-life Brocade SAN switches with Cisco MDS.
• Spearheaded the deployment of a new Hyper-V platform, overseeing the seamless migration of 1000+ virtual machines from VMware.
• Established Microsoft Azure Public Cloud Tenancy and created express route connectivity implementation.
• Managed the deployment of Hadoop data analytics platform within the Azure Public Cloud environment, furthering data-driven insights and capabilities.

Infrastructure support for UK and Australia based Insurance and Utility providers.

• Maintain a substantial fleet of 1500+ AIX and RedHat Linux systems.
• Installed and configured Hitachi VSP Storage infrastructure, SAN environment to facilitate migration of 1.5 PB of SAN environment.
• Efficiently managed the migration of workloads, surpassing 2.5 Petabytes, from the IBM N-Series Storage platform to NetApp 7-Mode Storage systems, covering SAN and NAS workloads.
• Led a hardware upgrade initiative for the Tivoli Storage Manager backup infrastructure, mitigating end-of-life issues and fortifying backup data reliability.
• Successfully integrated LiteSpeed (Quest) backup solutions for critical SAP Databases, resulting in substantial performance improvements and shorten backup duration by 20%.