Sandeep Dontamsetty

• • Disaster Recovery Leadership: Lead DR planning and execution for mission critical backup infrastructure supporting 12,000+ clients; achieved 99.9% recovery success rate with zero unplanned downtime

• • Enterprise Storage Management: Administer InfoScale High Availability clustered environment managing 3 master servers and 12 media servers; implemented intelligent storage tiering reducing operational costs by 35%

• • Cloud Backup Integration: Architected and deployed hybrid cloud backup solutions integrating on-premises SAN/NAS with cloud storage; reduced backup windows by 40% through optimized data flows

• • Advanced Troubleshooting: Provide Level-3 support for enterprise NetBackup implementations; resolved critical backup/restore failures affecting 500+ clients with average 2-hour MTTR

• • Media & Capacity Management: Managed end-to-end media management operations; optimized disk consumption across heterogeneous environments, preventing storage bottlenecks

• • Business Continuity: Active participant in Service Restoration Team (SRT); executed successful disaster recovery simulations quarterly with 100% recovery validation

• • Infrastructure Operations: Coordinated with data center teams and equipment vendors on SAN/NAS hardware issues; maintained 99.95% storage infrastructure availability

• • Rubrik: Worked and validated on Rubrik POC and testing, SLA Domains, RTO & RPO, implementing Storage Optimization to AWS S3, Azure Blob for long term retention, Role Based Access, MFA, Malware Scan, Rubrik CloudOn etc.

• • Appliance Deployment & Configuration: Managed end-to-end Flex Appliance and NetBackup Appliance implementations; configured 50+ BYO (Bring Your Own) appliances with zero deployment failures

• • NetBackup Assessment & Optimization: Conducted NetBackup Assessment Tool (NBAT) analysis for 25+ customer accounts; identified optimization opportunities yielding 30% performance improvements

• • Advanced Infrastructure: Designed and deployed NetBackup environments with SAN/NAS integration; implemented storage tiering and backup policies for complex heterogeneous infrastructure

• • Data Center Operations: Performed catalog migrations, merges, domain splits, and master server reconfigurations with zero data loss in production environments

• • Disaster Recovery Architecture: Developed DR strategies for 15+ enterprise accounts; implemented redirect restore procedures for Oracle and multi-domain environments

• • Enterprise Account Management: Managed production backup infrastructure supporting 4 master servers, 20 media servers, 20,000+ client nodes with mixed workloads (file systems, VMware, databases, NAS)

• • Disaster Recovery Implementation: Designed and tested comprehensive DR procedures; established RTO/RPO targets aligned with business requirements; executed quarterly DR drills with 100% success rate

• • SAN/NAS Management: Administered SAN fabric connectivity and NAS storage integration; optimized storage performance across NetBackup infrastructure; reduced restore times by 35%

• • Backup Policy Configuration: Created and maintained 200+ backup policies covering file system, VMware, Flash Backup (Pure Storage), and NDMP workloads; achieved 99.8% policy success rate

• • Client Lifecycle Management: Managed 500+ client additions, decommissions, and migrations with zero data loss; coordinated with infrastructure teams for seamless onboarding

• • Vaulting & Tape Management: Troubleshot complex vaulting issues; managed tape library operations including tape lifecycle, retention policies, and media expiration

• • Level-2 Support: Provided technical support for 1,000+ backup-related incidents; achieved 95% first-contact resolution rate

• • Capacity Planning: Performed disk utilization analysis; implemented proactive capacity management preventing 15+ potential storage outage scenarios