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Naresh Kumar

Cohesity Data Protect | Netbackup | Netbackup FLEX

India

13+ years of work experience

Norwin Technologies
Mar 20265 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Microland Limited
Jul 20241 yr 4 mosOct 2025

Remote

• Led architecture and operations for enterprise-wide backup environments protecting 2000+ clients and 5PB+ data, sustaining >99.9% SLA. • Deployed and managed Cohesity DataProtect clusters and Veritas NetBackup Flex Appliances, integrating them into a unified hybrid data-protection framework. • Designed flexible, scalable backup workflows enabling media server virtualization and dynamic workload balancing across Flex nodes. • Drove migration from legacy Windows/appliance setups to a consolidated Cohesity + NetBackup Flex domain with zero downtime. • Automated reporting and health-check processes via Helios and OpsCenter, reducing manual operations by ~40%. • Developed DR orchestration runbooks and conducted failover simulations that improved recovery time by ~30%. • Coordinated with storage and infrastructure teams to optimize NAS-based backup paths and network throughput. • Managed tape lifecycle and offsite archival processes; ensured regulatory documentation met audit standards. • Provided L3 troubleshooting and P1 incident resolution with zero data loss during recovery scenarios.
Microland Limited
Oct 20194 yrs 9 mosJun 2024

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Solely responsible for end-to-end backup operations, delivering robust solutions, and maintaining data availability. • Introduced automation with Python Scripts, significantly improving backup efficiency and reducing manual effort.
CGI
Jul 20163 yrs 4 mosOct 2019

India

Telecom Sector | Mar 2017 – Oct 2019 • Led and mentored a 13-member global backup operations team, maintaining >99% SLA compliance. • Developed enterprise-wide NetBackup strategies across datacenters to enhance resilience and availability. • Optimized storage utilization, increasing throughput and reducing backup windows by ~20%. • Executed disaster-recovery simulations validating end-to-end recovery processes. • Migrated clients from HPDP and Networker to NetBackup with 100% data integrity. Multi-Client Projects — Backup Administrator Jul 2016 – Mar 2017 • Provided L3 NetBackup administration and troubleshooting for multiple enterprise clients. • Implemented client migrations, retention policy tuning, and media management improvements. • Configured OpsCenter custom reports and ensured 100% SLA compliance for restore validations. • Supported SQL, Oracle, NDMP, and VMware backup environments and DR recovery operations.
HCL Technologies
Oct 20123 yrs 10 mosJul 2016

Chennai Area, India

• Managed enterprise-wide NetBackup operations for financial institutions, across Windows & Unix servers. • Migrated clients from BackupExec and HPDP to NetBackup, ensuring complete data consistency. • Designed and implemented tape lifecycle management to reduce storage overhead by 15%. • Coordinated with Iron Mountain for secure tape handling, offsite archiving, and DR drill execution. • Conducted OpsCenter-based audits and RCA for recurring backup failures.

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Education

Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology

Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology

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Headline

Cohesity Data Protect | Netbackup | Netbackup FLEX

About

Backup & Recovery Consultant with 13+ years of infrastructure and enterprise data protection experience spanning Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing and Telecom sectors. Proven expertise in Cohesity DataProtect, Veritas NetBackup (7.x–10.x), and NetBackup Flex Appliances, managing 500PB+ of data with >99.9% SLA compliance. Adept at architecting backup, DR, and storage solutions leveraging tape, NAS, and cloud integrations. Recognized for improving recovery times by ~30%, delivering zero-downtime migrations, and ensuring full audit and regulatory compliance. Skilled in automation, capacity planning, immutable backup strategies, and performance tuning across hybrid infrastructures.

Location

India

AI stack

ChatGPT

Work experience

Senior System Engineer at Norwin Technologies, Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Subject Matter Expert at Microland Limited, Jul 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos, Remote, • Led architecture and operations for enterprise-wide backup environments protecting 2000+ clients and 5PB+ data, sustaining >99.9% SLA. • Deployed and managed Cohesity DataProtect clusters and Veritas NetBackup Flex Appliances, integrating them into a unified hybrid data-protection framework. • Designed flexible, scalable backup workflows enabling media server virtualization and dynamic workload balancing across Flex nodes. • Drove migration from legacy Windows/appliance setups to a consolidated Cohesity + NetBackup Flex domain with zero downtime. • Automated reporting and health-check processes via Helios and OpsCenter, reducing manual operations by ~40%. • Developed DR orchestration runbooks and conducted failover simulations that improved recovery time by ~30%. • Coordinated with storage and infrastructure teams to optimize NAS-based backup paths and network throughput. • Managed tape lifecycle and offsite archival processes; ensured regulatory documentation met audit standards. • Provided L3 troubleshooting and P1 incident resolution with zero data loss during recovery scenarios.

Subject Matter Expert at Microland Limited, Oct 2019 - Jun 2024 · 4 yrs 9 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Solely responsible for end-to-end backup operations, delivering robust solutions, and maintaining data availability. • Introduced automation with Python Scripts, significantly improving backup efficiency and reducing manual effort.

Systems Engineer at CGI, Jul 2016 - Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos, India, Telecom Sector | Mar 2017 – Oct 2019 • Led and mentored a 13-member global backup operations team, maintaining >99% SLA compliance. • Developed enterprise-wide NetBackup strategies across datacenters to enhance resilience and availability. • Optimized storage utilization, increasing throughput and reducing backup windows by ~20%. • Executed disaster-recovery simulations validating end-to-end recovery processes. • Migrated clients from HPDP and Networker to NetBackup with 100% data integrity. Multi-Client Projects — Backup Administrator Jul 2016 – Mar 2017 • Provided L3 NetBackup administration and troubleshooting for multiple enterprise clients. • Implemented client migrations, retention policy tuning, and media management improvements. • Configured OpsCenter custom reports and ensured 100% SLA compliance for restore validations. • Supported SQL, Oracle, NDMP, and VMware backup environments and DR recovery operations.

Specialist at HCL Technologies, Oct 2012 - Jul 2016 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Chennai Area, India, • Managed enterprise-wide NetBackup operations for financial institutions, across Windows & Unix servers. • Migrated clients from BackupExec and HPDP to NetBackup, ensuring complete data consistency. • Designed and implemented tape lifecycle management to reduce storage overhead by 15%. • Coordinated with Iron Mountain for secure tape handling, offsite archiving, and DR drill execution. • Conducted OpsCenter-based audits and RCA for recurring backup failures.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology