
Varun Chauhan
Veritas NetBackup | Dell EMC Avamar | Dell EMC NetWorker | Dell EMC Data Domain | Enterprise Backup Specialist | Backup Lead | Support Operations | Presales & Professional Services
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Pune, Maharashtra, India
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
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About me
Intro
I am an enterprise backup and storage professional with 13+ years of experience delivering and supporting large-scale data protection environments. My expertise spans Veritas NetBackup, Dell EMC Avamar, NetWorker, and Data Domain, supporting mission-critical workloads for global enterprises. Over the last 6 years, I’ve led and managed backup operations teams, handling high-severity escalations, SLA management, platform stability, and customer communication. I am known for taking end-to-end ownership, remaining calm under pressure, and driving issues to resolution. In addition to technical leadership, I actively support presales and professional services engagements, including solution design discussions, feasibility analysis, and customer advisory. 🔹 Core strengths: Backup Operations, Escalation Management, Team Leadership, Customer Solutioning 🔹 Open to roles in: Data Protection Lead, Technical Support Leadership, Professional Services, Presales
Work experience
Arctera.io
Dec 2024 - Dec 2025
1 year 1 month
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Principal Technical Consultant
May 2025 - Dec 2025
8 months
Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Operate as part of the Support Enablement function, focused on improving the effectiveness and consistency of Technical Support teams rather than owning a formal escalation queue. • Enable L2/L3 Technical Support engineers through structured SOPs, runbooks, hands-on labs, and troubleshooting guides aligned to real customer support scenarios. • Partner with Support Managers and Support leadership to identify skill gaps, onboarding challenges, and recurring issue patterns impacting SLA and CSAT. • Develop technical product proficiency to work with new enterprise software - become a subject matter expert, and create real-world, hands-on lab exercises to support course lessons. • Analyze support case trends and feedback to recommend enablement and process improvements that reduce operational friction. • Provide managerial-level assistance on customer escalations when issues relate to support execution, communication, or service experience, coordinating with escalation teams as needed. • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure support readiness for new features and releases.
Senior Technical Consultant
Dec 2024 - May 2025
6 months
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Senior Technical Consultant
Veritas Technologies LLC
Apr 2022 - Dec 2024
2 years 9 months
Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Worked within the Support Enablement function to strengthen the capability of global Technical Support teams. • Provided expert support to external customers and internal support teams, effectively resolving issues related to new product features. • Test new features and create SOPs that support teams can use to understand and explore new product features. • Supported Support Managers by designing enablement programs focused on real-world customer issues, operational workflows, and troubleshooting depth. • Converted complex product behaviors and field issues into standardized SOPs, knowledge articles, and lab-based learning assets for support engineers. • Acted as a support advisor during complex customer situations where management-level technical or communication guidance was required. • Partnered closely with Product Management and Engineering to ensure support teams were prepared for new feature introductions and changes. • Contributed to certification and internal readiness programs to maintain consistent support quality across regions.
Deputy Manager - (Associate Lead Infrastructure Management Operations)
Vodafone
Oct 2018 - May 2022
3 years 8 months
Pune Area, India
• Led a team of backup administrators providing L3 support for a large, global enterprise environment (Vodafone Spain). • Owned day-to-day support operations, including queue management, escalations, and SLA adherence. • Acted as the final technical escalation point for critical backup and recovery incidents. • Coordinated with global stakeholders and adjacent teams to ensure seamless issue resolution and change execution. • Drove incident, problem, and change management processes to reduce repeat incidents. • Mentored and trained team members, improving technical depth and operational maturity. • Involved in the Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes to alleviate hardware and software deficiencies within the customer infrastructure. • Planned and performed NetBackup upgrades, upgraded from 7.7.3 to 8.1.2 which includes clustered Windows Server and Linux physical servers. • Planned and performed SAP HANA integration and deployed it successfully. • Deployed and optimized Oracle, SQL and BCV Backups with NetBackup using scripts and Intelligent policies.
Backup Operations Specialist
Veritas Technologies LLC
Sep 2016 - Oct 2018
2 years 2 months
Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Delivered L3 technical support for Veritas NetBackup customers across enterprise environments. • Handled complex, high-severity customer escalations requiring deep technical analysis and judgment. • Consistently achieved high customer satisfaction scores and top-performer recognition. • Authored internal knowledge base articles to improve support efficiency and knowledge reuse. • Conducted root cause analysis and partnered with engineering teams for long-term fixes. • Advice and help customer through process of integration of new NetBackup platforms in their environment: setup of alerts/monitoring, reporting, tech documents updates, etc. • Involved in the Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes to alleviate hardware and software deficiencies within the customer infrastructure. (ServiceNow MBsnow) • Managing complete Work with Global Team and to interact with the other teams to coordinate and complete the entire task. • Proactively alert customer and manager of potential problems based upon strong working knowledge of software and hardware compatibility within the customer's environment. • Work with Veriats Field Engineers and Support Engineers to troubleshoot hardware and product related issue and to work for part replacement and upgrade. • Helping the Team members to resolve their cases to maintain a good team spirit.
Storage and Backup Administrator
Magna Infotech - A Quess Company
Apr 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 7 months
Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Provided operational support for enterprise backup and storage environments within Accenture’s Infrastructure Shared Services model, ensuring stability and availability of customer systems. • Performed continuous monitoring, troubleshooting, and administration of backup platforms, following defined support processes and SLAs. • Supported customer onboarding and platform integrations for EMC Avamar and DPA, including alerting configuration, monitoring setup, reporting, and runbook updates. • Worked closely with cross-functional infrastructure teams to recommend corrective actions and service improvements. • Actively participated in Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes, contributing to root cause analysis and preventive actions to reduce recurring issues. • Maintained clear documentation and operational procedures to support consistent service delivery.
System Engineer Analyst
Accenture
Jan 2013 - Mar 2015
2 years 3 months
• Supported enterprise infrastructure environments through requirement analysis, solution validation, and technical support activities. • Assisted presales and delivery teams by providing technical inputs and solution recommendations aligned with customer requirements. • Coordinated with global teams and channel partners to resolve product-related queries and operational challenges. • Contributed to training and onboarding of new team members, ensuring adherence to standard processes and support best practices.
Summer Trainee
Stunner IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
2 months
30 Days summer Training at Stunner IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Noida spanning from 21st June to 20th July 2011 in J2SE Technology. Worked on various task given to me in the proper guidance of my mentor.
Education
Regional College For Education Research & Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan Technical University)
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science & Engineering
Grade: 65.43 - Percentage 0 (worst) to 100 (Best)
Activities and societies: # Participated as a Volunteer in National Level Workshop on "Latex: The Language of Scientific Dissertation/ ThesisWriting". # Participated in the Workshop conducted by HCL CDC, Jaipur on "Career Opputunities in Information Technology". # Strong Participation in Many Inter College Compititions, Events & Tech Fests
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Senior School Certificate Examination, Science & Maths
Grade: 65
Activities and societies: #1.# Captain & State Player Of School KHO-KHO Team (Leaded the Team as a Captain upto the Regional Level) #2.# Petrol Leader in Scout & Guides (more than 50 scout & guides in a Petrol) #3.# Participated in Green Olympiad #4.# House Captain (Tagore House) (Managed various events every week) #5.3 Strong Participation in various Inter & Intra School Competition #6.# Strong Participation in Science Exibitions & Adventure Camps (Like Mountaineering & Parasailing)
• District level winner of Kho-Kho in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan National level sports meet. • Regional level participation certificate in Kho-Kho. • Certificate of National Adventure Foundation for Para-Sailing. • Certificate of “Rajya Puraskar” in Scouting • Certificate of Adventure & Allied Sports of Tracking & Mountaineering from Himachal Pradesh Govt.
Licenses & certifications
Intro to Service Management with ITIL® 4
Issued: Jan 2026
Generative AI Overview for Project Managers
Issued: Jan 2026
Portfolio

Multi-Phase NetBackup Infrastructure Modernization & Version Upgrade (v7.7.3 to v10.2)

Migrating NetBackup from Standalone RHEL-Based Environment to Flex Appliance
