SUMMARY:

• Over 9+ years of expertise in administrating and troubleshooting enterprise storage networks including experience in Network Attached Storage (NAS) & Storage Area Networks (SAN).
• Expertise in Cisco Director switches including MDS 9 500 and 91 00 series, and Brocade DCX & 4800.
• Experience in managing and configuring various file systems through network using NAS, SAN methodologies and installed RAID devices and identifying and analyzing technical issues and trouble shooting them.
• Installation, Configuration and implementation of NetApp FAS - series and V-series filers.
• Upgraded Data OnTAP from older version 7.3 to 8.0 on NetApp filers using both 7MTT and snapmirror.
• Experience in Firmware Upgrade and Zoning on Switches and Storage Technologies like iSCSI, FC, RAID and Storage Virtualization.
• Expertise in allocating storage from NetApp NAS FAS 2000 series, FAS 3000 using NFS, CIFS and iSCSI.
• Working experience on Cisco 9513, 9 509 and 95 06 switches.
• Experience in Replication technologies like SRDF, VPLEX, Recover point, SAN Copy, Secure Copy and Continuous Access.
• Hands on NetApp Snap Drive, Snap Manager for SQL, Snap Manager for Oracle, Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure, FlexPod Automation, Volume Snapmirror, Qtree Snapmirror, Flex Clone, Deduplication, Compression, data management, disaster recovery planning.
• Managing hybrid environment involving HDS VSP, Hitachi NAS along with EMC storage products.
• Automation of Backup procedures for various appliances like IBM SVC, Brocade SAN switches)
• Working experience on Clariion (CX600, CX700CX 4- 120/240/480/960, CX3-40/CX3-80), VPLEX, VNX (5500, 5700, 7500).
• Server Virtualization: VmWare ESX Servers, ESXi 4.0.1, ESX 3.5, VCenter, VSphere, VMotion, VConverter, HA, DRS, Power CLI.
• Expertise with Snapshots, FlexClones, SnapMirror, Snapvault and NetApp management tools like FilerView, NetApp system Manager, Operations Manager.
• Used Snap Manager for simplifying Oracle database management to backup, recover, restore, cloning features and integrate space-efficient copies and clones of oracle databases.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Storage Array Sun Fire: v440/v445/280R/v480/v880/v890 Servers

NetApp: FAS6000, FAS3000, FAS2000, V6000, V3000, V2000, FlexPod.

Networking: Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, 9506, 9124, 9148 and Brocade 300, 4800, 5100, 5300

Storage Management Software: EMC Software Product Suite, Unisphere, networker, Navisphere Manager, Navisphere AnalyzerNetApp: FilerView, NetApp CLI, NetApp System Manager, NetApp Operations Manager, Data Fabric Manager, SnapDriveOperating Systems: Sun Solaris 8/9/10, IBM AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3. UNIX Administration, Red Hat Linux (RHEL4), Windows 2000 server, Windows XP/NT, Windows Vista, VMware.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Peoria IL

Migrations Lead

Responsibilities:

• As part of migration team NAS/SAN, I was involved with 5PB of data moving data to the new data center in Dallas, TX from Various Confidential DC’s.
• Senior member for the implementation of the new project, responsible for installation, configuration, migration and go-live process of new filers. (Netapp Clusters 8.2.3, 8.3.1, VPLEX Metro, XTREMIO, VNX 5700, Recover point
• As a Netapp engineer provided support on ONTAP upgrades from 7-mode to cluster mode (8.2.3, 8.3.1). Responsible for creating peer relationships, vservers, volumes, qtrees, moving data successfully to the new controllers using snapmirror and 7MTT.
• Involved in the installation of new controllers FAS 6000, 3000 series and configure end-to-end environment according to the IT solution requirements with guaranteed performance optimization.
• Worked with FlexPod installation in new data center embedded with Cisco nexus 9300 switches, Cisco UCS Mini servers and FAS 2500 storage all mounted in a 24U rack for fast deployment.
• Hands on improvising Storage automation process like provision, clone, migrate storage for databases or file systems, setup new virtualization environment, storage cloning, centralized SnampManager.
• Analyze and resolve common virtual machine snapshot issues.
• Organize meetings with various developers (VMware, DBA’s, SharePoint, .net, Java) to create storage solutions, proposals to move their data with no production issues.
• Handled emergency issues when team needed, Node fail over, access issues, Backups fail over, missing snapshots, exceeding threshold limits, troubleshoot performance issues.
• Configured new VPLEX Local, Metro in the Remote data center with XtremIO, VMAX-20k as a backend. Hands on migrating Production data to the remote site using recover point.
• As a part of migrations installed and configured Cisco directors, 4900, 5200, 5300 switches. Designed Core-Edge topology for new Cisco Fabrics to ensure high availability and redundancy.
• Hands on configuration of SAN Switches and EMC storage as part of VBlock with Vmax-20k Storage provisioning.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Storage engineer

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities for this project are to decommission some of the old Clarrion CX120, CX240 storage boxes, migrations from Clarrion to VNX, VNX to isilon simultaneously to XtremeIO and day-to-day operations.
• Day to day to operations include Storage allocation depending open the Server admin requests, trouble shooting performance issue and backup operations.
• Involved in migrations from Clarrion to VNX using SAN copy, VNX Unified storage box to Isilon (NAS) using Isi Vol Copy, VNX to XtremeIO (Block) using host migrations.
• Administered and upgraded existing Networker environment with Data domains 4 200 and 45 00.
• Implemented data Domain Boost within Networker to minimize the existing Bandwidth. Handled data and email archives using EMC SourceOne.
• Zoning with existing brocade switches brocade 300, 4800 and refreshed zones related to decommissioned servers and storage boxes.
• Responsible for day-to-day storage allocations to EMC VNX, Clarrion and XtremeIO. Backing windows, Linux, VMware servers depending on admin requests.
• Involved in Racking and cabling new storage material - VNX, isilon, XtremeIO and Brocade switches
• Handled host backups, networker/Data Domain severe capacity issues, operational flow in multiple data centers.
• Responsible for the network connectivity issues which includes Fabric switches, routers, firewalls, storage and backup/restore.
• Installed and added new switches in the Fabric and Maintained Load balancing.

Confidential, Detroit, MI/IND

SAN/NAS Operations Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage SAN in Heterogeneous environment, which includes EMC (VMAX, VNX, Clarrion and Vplex), Confidential (XP12000, EVA) and IBM (ESS and DS series).
• Designing and implementation of Core-Edge switch SAN environment on Cisco MDS 9506 and Brocade 48000, 5100, 5300.
• Day-to-Day storage allocation and rectifying alerts on Vmax-10k, VNX and Vplex arrays either by using Symcli or Unisphere.
• As a Team active member as well an individual contributor took major role in Cluster mode migrations and Oncommand Manager, Automation policies (WFA) upgrades.
• Allocating storage from NetApp NAS FAS 2000 series, FAS 3000 using NFS, CIFS and iSCSI laying out Time finder/SRDF strategy for production business critical and non-critical systems for the existing arrays in the environment.
• Implement NFS, CIFS and Security on filers across enterprise, implanting DFS path, security groups.
• Hands on New FlexPod operations validating with proper hypervisors, applications and software’s including VMware vSphere, VMware View, Netapp SnapProtect, Cisco Nexus Datacenter switches.
• Experience in NetApp Snap Drive, Snap Manager for SQL, Snap Manager for Oracle, Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure, Volume Snapmirror, Qtree Snapmirror, Flex Clone, Deduplication, Compression, Oncommand Balance, storage planning, data management, disaster recovery planning.
• Troubleshoot storage iSCSI, NFS, VMware vSphere VMFS, and VMware Virtual SAN connectivity problems.
• Involved in the migration process from one VMAX to other using SRDF and SAN copy technology.
• Hands on collecting Grabs on various Servers (Esxi, UNIX, and Solaris) and upload them to EMC Lab Advisor to retrieve effective heat sync reports.
• Creating and maintaining Luns in all the IBM series Boxes, Creating RAID group and allocating according to the requirement. Worked on Replication between enterprise boxes, XIV, V7000 and SVC.
• Hands on migrating Hitachi 7700 luns to New Hitachi box 9960.

Confidential, Thousand Oaks, CA

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and implement NetApp NAS technology by configuring CIFS and NFS shares on NetApp FAS 3100/3200/6000/6200 series filers
• Support information systems, information lifecycle management & protection and LDAP in accessing CIFS, NFS file share permissions and taking action on the setting of appropriate permissions
• Created RAID Groups, Aggregates, volumes (Traditional, FlexVol, FlexClone), Qtrees and Quotas using NetApp OnCommand System Manager and CLI
• Provisioning storage on NetApp filers, creating CIFS shares and NFS volumes and exporting to UNIX, Oracle Database server LINUX, WINDOWS, SQL Database servers and VMware servers on daily basis.
• As a Sr Storage engineer am also responsible for EMC DMX, VMAX, VNX, Vplex developing a Tier Storage Solution along with thin provisioning to compliment the business model.
• Documenting Existing Infrastructure for transition to new technology, Conducting PoC's with Oracle and SQL DBAs and Conducting BC/DR testing of Architected Solutions and documenting the playbook.
• Filers and assigned resources using NetApp OnCommand System Manager and CLI.
• Experience in creating Export-policies, Snapshot-policies, Quota policies and qtrees in the volumes on CDoT filers
• Implemented application level Disaster Recovery test, for testing level of data integrity on DR site.
• Implemented solution to eliminate duplicate SCCM GUID's thus creating client stability and integrity.
• Mitigated and repaired misconfigured SCCM site settings (i.e: Application host file/IIS/Distribution point issues, Hardware inventory and Software inventory misconfigurations and elimination of unused SCCM site roles).
• Upgraded the NetApp Filers from Data ONTAP 7.3 to ONTAP 8.1.1 P1 as a part of volume migrations
• Performed storage tech refresh migration from FAS 30 20 to FAS 31 70 and FAS 3 140 to FAS 60 80 by establishing VSM/QSM SnapMirror.
• Implemented SnapMirror as DR solution between filers and Snap Vault as backup solution.
• Configured Network Appliance SnapVault software for regular backup data stored on NetApp or any other storage platform to Network Appliance enterprise storage and NearStore systems, providing a centralized disk-based backup solution for heterogeneous storage environments.

Confidential, Bartlesville, Oklahoma

NAS/SAN Operations Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead Resident Storage VMAX architect at EMC (IT) responsible for design and implementation of EMC's Corporate Data Centers.
• Responsible for the Architecture VMAX 40K Implementation Replication Solution Cascaded SRDF/Star consisting of mission critical applications along with migrating applications to the Durham NC Data Center.
• Installation, configuration, and deployment of SCCM 2007 and SCCM 2012 for imaging and deployment of applications and Operating Systems across enterprise environments.
• Design and document Software Metering configuration for SCCM 2012 implementation.
• Design and document Asset Intelligence, Software Inventory, and Hardware Inventory configuration for SCCM 2012 implementation.
• Day to day Storage allocation and management of LUNS from the EMC CLARiiON storage to servers using EMC Navisphere Manager and EMC Symmetrix Storage Arrays using ECC.
• Responsible for DR planning performance monitoring and reporting including capacity planning for VMAX 20k, VNX and DMX. Setup & Manage Multiprotocol environment as needed by client.
• Expertise in data migrations between V-filers and filers using SnapMirror.
• Expertise in creating aggregates, Volumes and Qtree and export them using NFS and CIFS shares.
• Managing NFS / CIFS / IP SAN Volume, Qtree.
• Implemented SnapMirror as DR solution between filers and Snap Vault as backup solution.
• Creating CIFS shares and managing the permissions of the CIFS Shares and Managing NFS Exports.
• Upgrade disk shelf firmware upgrades on the NetApp Filers FAS6080.
• Worked on VMware ESX Servers and provided NFS volumes and LUNs to ESX Servers.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Brocade 48000, 3900 using Brocade web tools and CLI.
• Installed and configured Business Copy for local replication and Continuous Access for remote replication on Confidential XP arrays.
• Setup volumes and aggregates, with Snap Mirror and snapshots.
• Setup iSCSI and iSATA drives into arrays.
• Create DFS servers, namespaces, targets and links routing all users to data also Worked with Active Directory.
• Decision making on quota policies for different shares, edit quota files
• Performed day to day tasks of creating and allocating LUN to the host servers. Created LUNS for storage expansion and allocated them to Windows and LINUX hosts.
• Responsible for Zoning, Masking and Mapping host to the storage array and troubleshooting any connectivity issues.
• Responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of hardware, firmware and software upgrades of arrays, switches and Host Bus Adapters.
• Performed volume migration for improving system performance.
• Involved with planning as to choose the right RAID level for high performance and high availability.

Confidential

UNIX System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installed, maintained, and upgraded UNIX, Linux, and Informix Dynamic Server.
• Planned and implemented hardware upgrades, performed growth analysis and capacity planning.
• Maintained 24x7 operations, responsible for data replication, disaster recovery with numerous utilities to provide backup, importing/exporting data (Perl, Shell, C, and ESQL-C).
• Install, maintain, monitor and upgrade Red Hat Linux
• Manage SAN, VMware ESX clusters
• Perform growth analysis and capacity planning, plan and implement hardware upgrades.
• Troubleshooting FTP, NFS, NIS, related issues.
• Obtain performance statistics using Performance Manager (ECC) and NetApp Operations
• Manager.
• Responsible for enterprise data backup (Netback up).
• Hands on experience in Navisphere Manager, NaviCLI and Fabric Manager.
• Support legacy RADIUS infrastructure.
• Perform application administration (Apache, MySQL, and Tomcat).