Sr. Solutions Architect Resume

SUMMARY:

With over 22 years of extensive hands - on experience with the design, configuration, implementation, management, and trouble-shooting of Confidential storage arrays consisting of Confidential (DMX / VMAX/VMAX3/VMAXAFA) and Confidential (CX/VNX).
Mange and support Brocade Silkworm/DCX, Confidential, and Confidential MDS fibre-channel switches.
Perform data migrations using several storage and host based technologies to include SRDF, open replicator, and SAN Copy.
Host based migration tools PPME and host based mirroring on Solaris, Linux, Windows, AIX, HP-UX, and ESX (VMWare) servers running Confidential Powerpath.

SKILLS:

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: DMX, VMAX, VMAX3/AFA,, CX and VNX Block

Languages & Development Tools: KSH

Operating Systems, Utilities & Virtualization Tools: Windows, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, VMWare

EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Technical lead for large bank on huge migration project across multiple countries.
Migrated over 50 VMAX2 arrays to 21 VMAX AFA.
Manage team of storage resources.
Present reports and presentations to VP’s
Perform performance analysis and provide SRM reports as needed.
Write documentation and configuration guides.
Perform technology review on 2000 servers of different OS. AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and VMWare.
Performs SRDF performance analysis to reduce the number of SRDF ports on FCIP blades.
Setup Timefinder and SRDF replication
Write scripts to automate migration process enabling us to raise the server migration counts.
Document migration process and procedures.
Provided best practiced in implementing VMAX arrays.
Trained SAN team on new VMAX features as well as symcli, unisphere, and SRDF.
Provided design documentation.
Perform array and hostbased migrations using open replicator, SRDF, SAN Copy, PPME and host based mirroring.
Perform DR test
Produced documentation for Engineering team
Knowledge based transfer
Concurrent SRDF/A design and documentation
Work with oracle DB.

Sr. Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Technical lead for large government contractor performing data migrations of over 30 DMX arrays to new VMAX technology.
Wrote shell scripts to automate the long manual process.
Created architecture and documentation for engineering solutions.

Sr. Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Designed two new new Confidential VMAX storage arrays with 300 TB of storage for migration.
Migrated 200 TB of storage running on HP-UX, AUX, Linux, Windows and VMWare.

Sr. Storage Engineer/Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Perform design and implementation of Confidential DMX, Confidential and Celerra arrays.
Built and configured Confidential switches.
Put together design documentation.
Held weekly meetings with Directors to go over current status of all projects.
Built SRDF/S and Mirror View replication for DR purposes.

Sr. Storage Engineer/Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Migrated thousands of servers from Confidential to Confidential .
Used TDMF and open replicator to migrate 2.5 petabytes of data from old DMX to new DMX.
Wrote KSH scripts.

Principle Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Storage and UNIX Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Perform design and implementation of Confidential DMX, Confidential and Celerra arrays.
SRDF/AR implementation
Build HP-UX, AIX, and Linux servers
Perform data migration of Confidential, DMX, Confidential, IBM Shark, and HP XP arrays.
Build Confidential and Brocade switches
Build presentations for director and CIO.
Assist manager in managing budgets.
Work with Oracle, Sybase, and DB2 DBA’s

UNIX/Windows Admin

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Built various different UNIX and Windows servers for Marine Corps deployments.
Deployed with the 24 Marine Expeditionary UNIT for 6 months supporting the Marine Corps IT.
Managed exchange servers.
Ran cables.
Installed and managed several workstations.
Configured and manage 3270 mainframe systems.
Configured and managed networks.
Ran cables.