Description

I'm a VMware Infrastructure Specialist with 20+ years in IT and 13+ years focused on enterprise-grade VMware solutions.

I help businesses design, optimize, and secure modern and legacy infrastructures using vSphere, vCenter, SRM, vSAN, NSX-T, and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) — across complex multi-site production and DR environments.

Known for stabilizing legacy and modern infrastructure, aligning with security standards, and enabling future-ready platforms with minimal disruption.

My experience includes:

- Designed and tested 10+ successful SRM recovery plans (100% success rate)

- Deployed NSX-T PoCs with Edge Clusters, Tier-1 Routing, DFW & ATP

- Automated environments using PowerCLI, vRA, vROps (CIS), and vIDM

- Monitoring & optimizing large VMware environment (25+ vCenters / 600+ hosts); reduced hardware/license costs

- Managed backup with Veeam (SQL, tape, hardened), IBM FlashSystem, NetApp

I'm based in the EU, fluent in English, and available for remote or hybrid projects.

I bring deep technical ownership, documentation discipline, and a proven ability to stabilize and modernize infrastructure.

Feel free to reach out to discuss your VMware project needs — I'm open to freelance, contract, or part-time engagements across the EU.

Industry field of expertise

Languages

Bulgarian
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Basic

Workplace preferences

Remote only

Primarily works remotely

DZI Bulgaria (KBC Group)
Senior System Administrator – VMware
February 2024 - Today (2 years and 4 months)
Bulgaria
• Administer and support a multi-site VMware vSphere 8 infrastructure with integrated VCF and vSAN clusters across production and DR environments
• Fortified disaster recovery readiness by designing and maintaining 10+ custom VMware SRM recovery plans; successfully executed quarterly DR test exercises with zero downtime
• Optimized data protection for critical applications by managing IBM FlashSystem and Dell servers alongside VEEAM Backup & Replication; ensured rapid application-level restores (SQL) from multi-tier storage including hardened and tape archives
• Enforced security compliance using CIS Benchmarks and ISO 27001, leveraging vRealize Operations (vROps) for infrastructure analytics and compliance monitoring
• Deployed and validated VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) and Aria Automation (vRA) in lab environments, driving proof-of-concept success and guiding platform adoption decisions
• Deployed NSX-T 4.2 multi-node clusters as PoC, including Edge Clusters, Tier-1 Gateways, Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), and Distributed Firewall (DFW)
• Collaborated with internal IT teams and vendors to enhance infrastructure stability; led root cause analysis efforts and authored detailed technical documentation for troubleshooting and knowledge sharing
VMware vCenter Server VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) VMware ESXi VMware vSphere VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
Poinart Consulting
VMware Consultant
June 2011 - April 2021 (9 years and 10 months)
Bad Salzuflen, NW, Germany
• Implemented and configured VMware NSX-T clusters, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and VMware Cloud Director (VCD), enhancing multi-cloud infrastructure capabilities
• Supported containerized environments by managing vSphere with Kubernetes, Tanzu Kubernetes Operations, and VMware Integrated OpenStack deployments
• Delivered full-cycle design and deployment of vSphere environments (6.5–8.0), including vSAN clusters (FC, iSCSI, NFS) and VMware Horizon for internal and client use
• Managed vRA, vROps, and vIDM for automation and monitoring
• Developed comprehensive and structured runbooks and documentation, improving operational transparency and reducing incident resolution time
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) VMware vSAN VMware vSphere / vCenter / SRM VMware vSphere VMware vCenter
Aerospace Group (under NDA)
IT Consultant VMware
AVIATION AND AEROSPACE
September 2021 - December 2021 (3 months)
• Led environment-wide monitoring and performance optimization initiatives across 25+ vCenters and 600+ ESXi hosts, resulting in 15% reduction in hardware and licensing expenses
• Performed environment-wide monitoring, analysis, upgrades, and optimizations, which led to a measurable reduction in hardware and licensing costs
• Delivered architecture-level documentation and integrated VMware Skyline Health, enhancing proactive infrastructure health monitoring
• Integrated RabbitMQ, Prometheus, and Grafana for container and service-level observability
VMware vCenter Server VMware ESXi VMware vSphere / vCenter / SRM VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)