Mahabaleshwara shastry

Professional Summary Principal Cloud, Infrastructure & AI Architect with 15+ years of IT experience, including 10+ years in Cloud, Virtualization, and Private/Hybrid Cloud architectures. Proven expertise in Azure, AWS, Microsoft Private Cloud, HyperV, System Center, VMware, HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI), and AI-driven automation.
Recognized for designing scalable, secure, and resilient cloud platforms, leading complex enterprise deployments, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business-aligned solutions. Strong background in solution architecture, low-level design, documentation, and customer-facing consulting across global engagements. Experienced in applying AI/ML for predictive analytics, intelligent automation, and cloud optimization.
Specialized in Hybrid Cloud & Multi Cloud Integration, including seamless integration of Dell PowerFlex SDS (on prem) with Azure and AWS public cloud, enabling hybrid workloads, workload mobility, disaster recovery, and unified management across multi cloud environments.
Extensive experience in VMware vSphere/ESXi deployment, upgrades, and administration, including designing HA/DRS clusters, lifecycle management, and integrating VMware with PowerFlex Rack for enterprise-scale virtualization and storage optimization
Core Skills & Technologies
• Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, Azure Stack Hub, Azure Stack HCI, AWS
• Virtualization & HCI: HyperV (2012 → 2022), VMware vSphere/ESXi (5.x → 9.x), Dell PowerFlex, VxRack Flex, ScaleIO, Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
• Microsoft System Center: SCVMM, SCOM, SCSM, DPM, Orchestrator, Windows Azure Pack (WAP), SPF, SMA
• Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 / 2012 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022
• Architecture & Delivery: Solution Architecture & Design (HLD/LLD), Private & Hybrid Cloud Design, High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery (DR), Automation (PowerShell, Runbooks, AI-driven orchestration)
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: AI/ML integration for cloud optimization and predictive scaling, intelligent automation, NLP for IT service automation, AI-driven monitoring, anomaly detection, incident response, Generative AI for documentation and proposals
• Hybrid Cloud & Multi Cloud Integration: Integration of Dell PowerFlex SDS (on prem) with Azure and AWS public cloud, hybrid workload enablement, secure connectivity and replication, workload mobility, DR, unified management, performance optimization with cloud-native services
• VMware & ESXi Expertise: Deployment and administration of VMware vSphere/ESXi clusters, upgrades and patching, HA/DRS/vSAN cluster design, lifecycle management, VMware–PowerFlex integration, automation scripts, P2V/V2V migrations