PRAKHAR SHARMA

Manage and monitor VDI environments using VMware Horizon and vCenter across multiple domains. Support persistent and non-persistent virtual desktops, resolve login, performance, and connectivity issues, and perform Azure-to-on-premises VM migrations.

Designed and deployed a hybrid Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environment using Terraform integrated with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines. Built multi-stage YAML pipelines, provisioned Azure infrastructure as code, and implemented hybrid identity architecture.

Monitored enterprise infrastructure and applications using Splunk, SolarWinds, Microsoft SCOM, and VMware Horizon dashboards. Performed log analysis, alert validation, and trend monitoring to proactively identify and minimize incident impact.

Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140) certification from Microsoft, valid from July 2024 to July 2027.

Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700) certification from Microsoft, valid from August 2026 to August 2027.

Introduction to Linux (LFS101) certification from Linux Foundation, completed in February 2026.

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification from Microsoft, completed in December 2022.

Bachelor of Technology degree from HMR Institute of Technology and Management, New Delhi, from 2016 to 2020.

Completed Cloud Computing Solutions Architect (AWS) training covering EC2, S3, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, IAM & MFA in January 2019.

Higher Secondary (Class XII) from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sainik Vihar, New Delhi, completed in 2016.

Completed the Design and Implement Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400) learning path.

Completed a ChatGPT & AI Tools Workshop with a Microsoft Certified Trainer.

Completed Machine Learning training in July 2017.

Completed Programming Techniques using C & C++ training in March 2017.