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ARUN NAYAK

ARUN NAYAK

Cloud Migration & Onboarding Manager
Dubai

Summary

Experienced Cloud Migration & Onboarding Manager with 16 years of experience leading enterprise and government cloud transformation projects. Specializes in VMware Cloud Director, Microsoft Azure, and multi-tenant infrastructure solutions. Skilled at aligning business requirements with technical functionalities to facilitate smooth migrations, onboarding processes, and governance protocols while minimizing operational disruptions.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Digital Advisory Manager

du
02.2024 - Current
  • Lead cloud migration and onboarding for enterprise and government entities.
  • Act as a single point of contact across the onboarding lifecycle.
  • Spearhead end-to-end cloud migration and onboarding engagements for government entities, aligning service offerings with national cloud governance frameworks, and security policies.
  • Evaluate the customer infrastructure and application landscape to determine readiness and suitability for cloud migration.
  • Serve as the primary technical consultant, addressing customer inquiries, clarifying architectural considerations, and presenting solution options.
  • Recommend appropriate services and solutions from the cloud portfolio based on each customer’s compliance, performance, and availability requirements.
  • Coordinate with architecture, provisioning, operations, and cybersecurity teams to streamline service activation and onboarding timelines.
  • Drive onboarding workshops and documentation to ensure stakeholder alignment, and smooth service adoption.
  • Maintain ownership across the onboarding lifecycle, ensuring SLA compliance, risk mitigation, and post-migration support readiness.

System Expert – Infrastructure & Cloud

Ericsson
06.2017 - 12.2023
  • Acted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cloud migration initiatives across regional enterprise projects.
  • Led technical solutioning and architectural design for migrations to Azure and Ericsson’s OpenStack-based cloud platform.
  • Collaborated with client stakeholders and internal teams to assess workloads, define migration strategies, and mitigate technical risks.
  • Managed end-to-end project lifecycle, including planning, resource coordination, and execution of large-scale infrastructure transformations.
  • Provided post-migration technical validation, optimization, and documentation to ensure long-term performance and compliance.

Unix Consultant

du
12.2015 - 06.2017
  • Delivered Linux/Unix infrastructure projects aligned with enterprise security standards.
  • Supported virtualization and internal IT resource planning.

System Manager

Afghan United Bank (AUB)
01.2011 - 10.2015
  • Led infrastructure and middleware services including Oracle RAC and Solaris.
  • Supported disaster recovery planning and core banking systems maintenance.

Education

MCA - Computer Science

Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management

B.Sc. - Information Technology

Utkal University

Skills

Azure

Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Technical Skills

Azure, VMware Cloud Director, OpenStack, Linux, Solaris, Windows Server, Oracle RAC, VMware, Hyper-V, Veritas NetBackup, HP DP, SAN, Sun Storage, Shell scripting, Cron jobs, Hardening, System Management, ITIL, SLA Management, Capacity Planning

Timeline

Digital Advisory Manager

du
02.2024 - Current

System Expert – Infrastructure & Cloud

Ericsson
06.2017 - 12.2023

Unix Consultant

du
12.2015 - 06.2017

System Manager

Afghan United Bank (AUB)
01.2011 - 10.2015

B.Sc. - Information Technology

Utkal University

MCA - Computer Science

Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management

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