SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of Professional IT experience in areas related to Storage Engineering, Systems administration and Networks with expertise in EMC storage Arrays - DMX, VMAX, VPLEX, Clariion, VNX, Isilon and XtremIO; HP-3PAR, IBM-XIV, NetApp (7-Mode and C-Dot), Confidential, Pure Storage and AWS.
• Experience in providing disaster recovery solutions, data migration and data replication with various technologies like NetApp snapmirror, EMC RecoverPoint, Time Finder Clones, Snaps, SRDF, mirrorview and snapview.
• Experience with AWS Services like EC2, VPC, Route53, S3, Dynamo DB, ELB, RDS, Auto Scaling, Cloud Watch and Cloud Trail.
• Proficient in all aspects of VMware such as vMotion, Storage vMotion, Fault Tolerance, P2V, HA, DRS, DPM, I/O Control with MTU Parameters.
• Engineering and Operational support of EMC Storage Arrays - DMX, VMAX (10K,20K,40K, VMAX 3-100K,200K and 400K), Clariion, VNX (VNX1’s and VNX2’s), XtremIO (X1 and X2), Isilon (S-Series, X-Series, NL Series and A-series), Centera, ECS (EX 300) and VBlock (300, 500 and 700 series)
• Engineering and Operational support of NetApp Storage Arrays - NetApp FAS (2552,3140,3240,6250,6280,6290), NetApp AFF (AFF 700 and AFF 700s), E-Series (E5600), EF-Series (EF560).
• Storage administration and operational support of HP-3PAR, IBM-XIV, Violin Systems (7300, 7700, 7450 and 7650) and Pure Storage (M20, M50)
• Installation and Configuration of Cisco MDS Enterprise Directors (9513, 9509, 9506), Cisco Multilayer fabric switch (9124 and 9148) and Departmental Switches (9140/9120) using Cisco cli and Fabric Manager.
• Installation and Configuration of Brocade DCX, X6-4, 12K,24K,48K and departmental switches (4900/5100/5300 ) using brocade cli, webtools and DCFM.
• Migrated data from DMX to VMAX using VPLEX, SRDF and Open Replicator.
• Disaster recovery between sites using VPLEX Metro, SRDF, RecoverPoint and NetApp Snapmirror.
• Experience with SAN and NAS Operational Tasks on Operating Systems like Windows (2008, 2012R2), Linux (Red hat and Centos) and VMware ESXi.
• Planned and designed SAN and NAS for Windows, AIX, Linux and VMware environment.
• Experience with various monitoring and reporting tools like OCI (OnCommand Insight), Zenoss, Unisphere for VMAX/VNX, SolarWinds, VNX M&R, InsightIQ and ISI stats.
• Migrated data using Open Replicator, SRDF, VPLEX, FLI, NetApp Snapmirror, ecs-sync for Data Center Refresh and to migrate data from Cross Vendor Platforms.
• Engineering and Operations on multiple environments like DEV/SIT/UAT and PROD.
• Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions using CommVault.
• Worked on various projects like Data Center Migration, Data Center Decommission, Installing Storage Hardware, Installing SAN Switches and SAN Appliances.
• Created Stories, managed projects using Kanban and Jira, participated in PI planning.
• Resource Planning, Strategies development, Troubleshooting, Analysis, Vendor Management, Performance Reporting and Capacity Planning.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Storage Engineer

• Infrastructure Storage Engineer responsible for the Design, Deployment, Implementation of various Storage Solutions, Cloud Solutions, Backup and Disaster Recovery at Confidential .
• Performance Reporting and Capacity Planning of storage arrays that handle several mission critical application workloads.
• Responsible for the day-to-day operations and Engineering of EMC Symmetrix VMAX, Centera/ECS, XtremIO, VNX, Vplex, Isilon, Recover Point, NetApp FAS, NetApp Flex Pod, NetApp AFF 700s, NetApp E, EF Series and Commvault Backups.
• Provided continuous data protection, continuous remote replication and concurrent local and remote data protection solutions using EMC RecoverPoint. EMC SRDF to provide disaster recovery and to replicate data between sites.
• Created EMC Time Finder snaps, clones, NetApp Snap mirror snaps and clones for point-in-time recovery.
• Created CIFS shares (Windows), NFS Exports (Unix), Qtrees, set up quotas, permissions and export policies on NetApp.
• Created Storage Pools, Replication Groups, Namespace, users, Buckets on Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS), Used S3 browser to manage object Storage on ECS.
• Set up AWS Services like EC2, VPC, Route53, S3, Dynamo DB, ELB, RDS, Auto Scaling, Cloud Watch and Cloud Trail
• Created Users, Roles, Groups and Policies using AWS IAM.
• Configured Cloud Front Distribution, hosted Static Websites using S3. Enabled Versioning, Life Cycle Management, Cross Regional Replication on S3.
• Configured EC2 Instances to maintain high availability using ELB and Auto-Scaling.
• Experience with PowerShell modules to make API calls, working knowledge of Puppet and Containerization with Docker.
• Administration, Provisioning of Data Stores for VMware ESX Clusters running Windows, Linux in Production and DR Sites.
• Engineering of VBlock arrays (converged Infrastructure) involving Cisco UCS servers, SAN Switches, VMware ESXi, VMAX and VPLEX.
• Installed, Configured Isilon Cluster, Created Node Pools for S-series, X-series and NL-series using SmartPools.
• Created Users, Groups and Tree Quotas using SmartQuotas on Isilon, created SMB shares and NFS exports.
• Created Snapshots on Isilon using SnapshotIQ, created policies to replicate data asynchronously between two Isilon Clusters using SyncIQ.
• Drive Storage Strategies, disaster recovery, recommend industry best practices, proactive capacity planning, research new and emerging storage solutions.
• Work closely with our Data Center facilities team for projects like - Installing new Storage arrays, SAN Switches, Compute, Decommission Old Arrays and Storage related hardware.
• Designed, deployed and Implemented backup solutions using Commvault.
• Configured Media agents, Storage Policies, Deduplication databases, Disk libraries, Dash copies and IntelliSnap in Commvault.
• Change Management using Service Now, monitoring events, configuration and availability of devices using Zenoss.
• Participate in 24X7 on-call rotation to respond to Storage and Compute related storage issues.
• Worked with multiple vendors (EMC, NetApp, Cisco, Brocade etc.) to upgrade Storage and computer related hardware to the latest target code, installed supporting packages.
• Worked on various projects like Data Center Migration, Data Center Decommission, Installation of new hardware, negotiate costs with vendors and budgeting.
• Support the current and future Infrastructure at our Production, DR and regional data Centers.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Solutions Engineering Consultant

• Solutions Engineering Consultant for Confidential - worked closely with Engineering and Sales Teams.
• Worked on Violin 7300, 7700, 7450 and 7650 Flash Storage Platforms.
• Ran regression test cases like Longevity IO, Controller failover/failback, disabling FC Ports, Controller Reboot, controller power down, etc. with different LUN types -Thick, Thin and Dedup.
• Created POC's for various customers involving Windows, Linux and VMWare ESXi.
• Worked with the sales team to design, implement and test out various customer requirements.
• Ran performance tests with a combination of different block sizes, different IO types-Unique, random, Dedup and various percentages of read/write.
• Filed bugs after testing LUNs/Hosts with test case scenarios, worked with the platform team (OS) to resolve them.
• Performance Tests/Analysis using tools like VDbench, VIO and IOmeter
• Violin Array Performance comparison with Pure Storage and XtremIO based on IDC Standards.
• Installed, Configured Windows, Linux, and Cent OS on Physical Hosts and VMs.
• Design, Installation and Configuration of XtremIO for testing purposes.

Confidential, Elizabeth, NJ

Sr. Storage Consultant / Migration Specialist

• EMC Resident for Confidential - responsible for the configuration and implementation of VNX 5600’s and VPLEX (VS2) Metro set up between primary and secondary sites.
• Configured, Managed Cisco MDS 9148 SAN Switches at Production and DR Sites.
• Configured homogeneous and heterogeneous Storage Pools on VNX 5600 to support various applications like Oracle DB, logs and VMware.
• Created Extents, Devices, Virtual Volumes and Storage views on VPLEX.
• Created Distributed Devices (mirrored) between two sites on VPLEX Metro for high availability of critical applications.
• Configured Witness Server - that decides the winner (V active cluster) in case of site failure.
• Monitored events, Configuration and availability of devices using SolarWinds.
• Created Consistency Groups for distributed Storage, set up Detach Rule.
• Configured Isilon Clusters, Configuration and Administration of Isilon Arrays like X410s, S200s, NL400s and HD400.
• Configured Network Pools on Isilon, created SMB shares and NFS Exports. Monitored performance of Isilon clusters using InsightIQ and ISI stats.
• Used Isilon tools like SmartQuotas, SyncIQ and SnapshotIQ for administration of Isilon.
• Configured Port-Channels between Cisco MDS 9148and Cisco UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnects at both sites.
• Configured VM Hosts to Boot from SAN through VPLEX.
• Recommended EMC Best Practices, Provided Knowledge transfer and training.

Confidential

Sr. Storage Engineer

• Server Decommissions (Full and Partial) for hosts like Windows, AIX, Linux, HP-UX and Solaris.
• Responsible for reclamation of storage from EMC DMX, Clarion, VMAX (gen1, gen2), IBM SVC and NetApp (FAS 6290, 6280, 6250) Storage Arrays.
• Worked on Various tools like SYMCLI, Unisphere, MASTERS, Navisphere, and IBM SVC GUI for reclaiming storage.
• Performed necessary pre-checks like Host logins on the SAN Switch, Storage Array status, Capacity, number of LUNs to reclaimed, approval from server and app owners.
• Coordinated with server owners, Application Owners to check the Physical Status of LUNs, get downtime for their servers to reclaim storage
• Planned, Executed Storage Decommission requests in the Queue within the change window/ target date.
• Performed Zone Cleanups in CISCO MDS and Brocade, processed cable removal requests once the servers were decommissioned.
• Worked on expedited decommission requests in order to save costs.
• Documented the policies and procedures to support the Decommission Process.

Confidential, Springfield, MA

Sr. Storage Engineer

• Responsible for day-to-day operations of the Symmetrix VMAX environment.
• Performed migrations using SRDF, migrated data from DMX-4 to VMAX- 40 K
• Zoning in Brocade DCX using webtools and cli, Created Port Channels.
• Performed Health Check of the SAN Environment and switches using Brocade SAN Health Check.
• Provisioned Storage based on standardized procedures as advised by Solutions Architect, outlined by EMC’s best practice.
• Created thin pools, thin devices, data devices, Meta devices for virtual provisioning in VMAX using Symcli and SMC.
• Configuration and administration of NetApp Storage arrays (FAS 6290), created aggregates, volumes and qtrees.
• Disaster Recovery setup between two different sites, source-target using SRDF for higher availability.

Confidential, Ann Arbor, MI

Sr. Storage Consultant / Migration Specialist

• Symmetrix VMAX / SRDF Migration Specialist for Confidential .
• Symmetrix Migrations from DMX to VMAX 40K using SRDF - Synchronous, Asynchronous and Adaptive Copy.
• Responsible for migrating data from DMX’s located in Eagan, MN to VMAX 40K’s located in Dallas, TX and Sterling, VA. Data Centers.
• Configured Dynamic SRDF groups/parings by converting Static Standard devices to Dynamic devices using Solutions Enabler.
• Created different RDFG groups with specific RA’s for copying data between Source-R1 and Target-R2.
• Created thin pools, thin devices, data devices, Meta devices for virtual provisioning and Auto Provisioning in VMAX using Symcli.
• Created Port groups specific to different types of OS- Linux, Solaris, AIX and Windows on VMAX with specific flag settings.
• SAN Zoning in 9513 Cisco director class switches.
• For highly critical servers with very less down time, created clones of R2- target VMAX LUNs before the actual migration for testing purposes.
• Pro-Active Monitoring of SRDF links, to make sure that they were up and running.
• Periodic Health Checks and Performance Analysis on the Storage Environment.
• Participated in the design and operational execution of the Storage environment.
• Created FAST VP Policies in VMAX for better performance.
• Unisphere for vmax to check Performance, FA utilization, distributed the load equally among all the FA’s on VMAX.
• Instructed and Supported the Client on VMAX and SRDF through knowledge transfer and training.

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Sr. Storage Engineer

• Responsible for maintaining SAN/NAS environment consisting of Brocade- (4100/5300/48 K/DCX), Mcdata (DS - 24M2) SAN switches, VMAX, DMX, Clariion, IBM XIV, XP-24000, Hitachi AMS 500, NetApp (FAS 3140,3240,6280) Storage arrays.
• Provisioned Storage based on standardized procedures as advised by Solutions Architect, outlined by EMC’s best practice.
• Created thin pools, thin devices, data devices, Meta devices for virtual provisioning in VMAX using Symcli and SMC.
• Created Storage groups, Port groups, Initiator groups and masking views for allocating storage on V-MAX using Symcli.
• Implemented FAST Policies in VMAX for better performance.
• Performed Zoning, Device Mapping, and Device Masking in DMX under multiple host configurations.
• Symmetrix Performance Analyzer. ECC, Navisphere Analyzer for troubleshooting and performance analysis of VMAX and Clariion.
• Resolved OS (AIX/LINUX/WINDOWS and HP-UX) and Storage issues in production environment.
• Worked on file system creation, file system export for Windows and UNIX clients using Celerra CLI, Celerra manager and managed the file system quotas.
• Created file systems, exporting and mounting CIFS (Windows)/NFS shares and configuring network interfaces with IP addresses in Celerra.
• Provided proactive recommendations to the customer for improving Storage Operations and effective use of storage solutions.
• Execution of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Storage Engineer / Migration Specialist

• Responsible for encapsulation and migration of LUNs from DMX to VMAX with Enginuity code 5876 using VPLEX and Migration of VMAX Gen 1 to Gen 2s using VPLEX.
• Upgraded HBA firmware and HBA Drivers for all windows servers to latest versions, Installed Invista and upgraded Power path from older versions to 5.5 or 5.5 SP1 to support VPLEX Encapsulations.
• Created Source extents, devices and virtual volumes. Presented Virtual Volumes to the Host by creating a Storage View with Initiators, VPLEX FE Ports and Virtual Volumes.
• Once the Encapsulation is complete, brought up the servers and set-up the boot LUN for the HBA’s to boot from SAN.
• Created new thin devices / LUNs on the target VMAX and presented them to VPLEX, claimed those target volumes.
• Created target extents and devices, Performed Data mobility Migrations at Device Level.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Storage Consultant

• Design and configuration of3 PAR (V800) Arrays, migrated data from HP-EVA to 3PAR.
• Designed adaptive optimization profiles for various mission critical applications.
• Designed the controller node SAN Cabling for load sharing and redundancy.
• Set up alerts on System Reporter for proactive monitoring.
• Re-distribution of LUN’s across all four controller nodes of the 3PAR array.
• Implemented Zero Detect on all virtual volumes to save space.
• Set up OVO Monitoring and Call Home feature for 3PAR arrays.
• Configured, allocated storage on EMC DMX-4, DMX-3, V-MAX and Clariion.
• Performed Zoning, Device Mapping, and Device Masking under multiple host configurations and storage frames.
• Storage provisioning and administration of EMC Symmetrix and Clariion arrays using Symcli, Navisphere and ECC 6.0.
• Worked closely with EMC and HP Support Teams to resolve issues.
• Troubleshoot day to day performance issues, provided long-term resolution.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Storage Consultant

• Analysis of 3PAR array architecture in Catalyst Health Care’s Storage environment.
• Installed System Reporter tool to analyze the performance of HP 3PAR.
• Gave near term and long-term recommendations to improve the performance of 3PAR storage array and SAN environment.
• Performed migrations using Open Replicator from DMX-3 to VMAX
• Implemented Disaster Recovery using SRDF/S, SRDF/A for production systems and tested disaster recovery preparedness.
• Created Thin Pools, Thin devices, FAST Policies on Symmetrix VMAX.
• Created different performance Tiers for different disk technologies and RAID Types

Confidential, FL

Storage Engineer

• Training on various SAN and NAS Protocols, worked on in-house projects consisting of Brocade and Cisco switches connected to V-MAX/ DMX, Clariion, XP-24000 and 3PAR arrays.
• Configuration and allocation of storage on EMC DMX-4, DMX-3, V-MAX, and CX-4 960.
• Hands on experience in SAN Zoning, Device Mapping, and Device Masking under multiple host configurations and storage frames.
• Training on Cisco MDS 9513 enterprise Director using CLI and Fabric manager.
• Training on Installation and configuration of host HBA drivers and resolving issues related to SAN.
• Knowledge Acquisition to perform day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and capacity management as per EMC best practices.

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Installed and upgraded Windows Servers.
• Configuration and tuning of UNIX Server.
• Starting and shutdown of UNIX System.
• Checking disk space, removing unnecessary files, checking security database.
• Analyzed system logs and identified potential issues with computer systems
• Monitoring printer status and troubleshooting.
• Mounting CD-ROMs and other disks including hard-drives.
• Maintaining user accounts and privileges.
• Monitoring various devices and disks.
• Administering Volume groups, Logical Volumes and File systems.
• Supporting the hardware maintenance, add and replace the failed disks.
• Upgrading the memory and network interface cards.
• Trouble shooting of day to day UNIX and network issues.