OBJECTIVE:

To work as EMC SAN Systems Engineer to help design, implement and manage an organization storage infrastructure with local and remote teams and business units to meet multi - platform storage needs, back-up of critical data resources, monitor, manage storage availability and data protection. Mentor Storage Administrators to support the storage components and general system administration tasks.

SUMMARY:

• EMC SAN Management and Systems Specialist with proficiency in administration, monitoring and troubleshooting of the SAN environment using SAN management solutions.
• Over 9 years of experience in SAN administration and System Administration.
• Certified as EMC Information Storage Associate (EMCISA), Isilon, ScaleIO, VMAX, cloud infrastructure, A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+.
• Strong experience on Multi-tier Enterprise EMC Storage systems installation, migration, virtualization, management, monitoring, performance analysis & reporting.
• Excellent experience in configuring and troubleshooting EMC CLARiiON/VNX, XtremIO and V-Max storage arrays.
• Strong experience in SAN data migration and replications solutions includes Recover Point, Open Migrator, PPME and Clariion SAN Copy.
• Strong experience with management tools includes Clariion Navisphere Manager / Unisphere / Analyzer / Event Manager, SymCLI and Unisphere for Vmax.
• Strong experience in disaster recovery administration using EMC TimeFinder family (Snapshot, Clone and BCV), Remote replication techniques (RecoverPoint, MirrorView and SAN Copy).
• Strong experience in Zoning using Web Tools for Brocade switches and Fabric Manager/Device Manager for Cisco MDS switches.
• Excellent experience in configuring and managing EMC PowerPath solution for path failover, load-balancing, path management and automatic I/O failure detections across Vmware/AIX/Linux and Windows environments.
• Strong experience of FCA liasing and Zoning, includes Migration/Expansion of multilayer switches; Cisco MDS 9506, 9513 McData M4700 & Brocade 12000/4100.
• Working experience of system administration of Windows (2003, 2008 & 2012) and Linux (RHEL 7, Ubuntu).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively, supported by a high commitment to achieve corporate goals.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: EMC Navisphere Manager/Unisphere, EMC Control Center, EMC Symmetrix SymCLI, EMC PowerPath, EMC Connectrix Manager, MDS Fabric & Device Manager, Brocade Webtools, Symmetrix VMAX Time Finder (BCV’s, Clones, Snapshots), Clariion SnapView Snapshots/ SnapView Clones, Open Migrator, Clariion SAN Copy, Navisphere Analyzer/Event Monitor, Emulex HBAnywhere, Qlogic SANsurfer.

Hardware: VMAX, XtremIO, RecoverPoint, Isilon, DataDomain, Avamar, Clariion CX 4, VNX, Cisco MDS 9500 Series, FC HBA (Emulex/QLogic)

Operating Environment: Windows 2003/2008/2012 , Linux (RHEL 7/Ubuntu)

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Wilmington, NC

Responsibilities:

• Manage XtremIO, VMAX, Clariion, VNX as primary block storage systems
• Worked with McKesson and Epic in implementing and optimizing storage for required systems
• Setup, monitor and maintain replication via RecoverPoint
• Configure and maintain file and object storage on Celerra, Isilon and Centera
• Migrated file storage from Centera and Celerra to Isilon
• Maintain ~1500 VM + ~50 physical backup environment via Networker, DataDomain and Avamar
• Setup, monitor and configure Cisco MDS switches (dual fabrics)
• Created and executed change controls via proper planning.
• Available on-call via rotating schedule.

Systems Analyst

Confidential, Plainsboro, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Setup and maintenance of EMC VMAX.
• Installation of EMC SMC, SE and SPA to help manage the VMAX.
• Zoned using Cisco MDS 9506 and Fabric Manager.
• Migrated Windows servers using EMC Open Migrator.
• Day to day maintenance and storage provisioning from EMC VMAX and Clariion CX 4 960.

Systems Analyst / Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Storage provisioning for Windows & Solaris host in SAN environment from EMC CLARiiON CX 3.40 storage Arrays with Fibre channel drives for production, using EMC Navisphere manager
• Administrated and managed a SAN environment of 300 TB consisting of Clariion CX 3.40/700/600 , Cisco MDS 9506 director and Brocade 4100 switch using SYMCLI, EMC Control Center, Navisphere Manager, Fabric/Device Manager.
• Migrated data from Symmetrix 8830 to newer/replacement DMX 3000. Decommissioned older Symmetrix to improve performance and capacity management.
• Performed point-in-time BCV mirror copies of data to hosts for backup and performance tests by using TimeFinder solutions.
• Created Zones and Zonesets on Cisco MDS 9506 switches using Fabric/Device Manager, duties also include FC cabling/de-cabling and routine maintenance (upgrades). Created zones and Zone Configurations on Brocade 4100 using Web Tools.
• Worked on LUN Masking, Mapping & Zoning and appropriate RAID Levels to protect data.
• Provisioned and Decommissioned SAN storage from DMX 3000 and Clariion CX 3.40/700 for Windows/Solaris hosts using Solution Enabler CLI and Navisphere manager/NaviCLI.
• Discovered (by deploying respective agents) storage arrays and switches. Configured alerts, data collection policies to proactively monitor and manage the entire storage infrastructure using EMC Control center.
• Created zones and activated zone sets using CLI & Fabric/device manager on Cisco 9506.
• Maintained regular backups via Veritas Backup Exec.
• Tailored Navisphere Event Monitoring templates and configured automatic storage event notifications to users in the case of an event trigger actuated by a chance or a failure on the EMC CLARiiON

Environment: CLARiiON CX 3.40, Symmetrix DMX 3000, Cisco 9506, Brocade 4100, Windows 2003 and RHEL servers

Storage Systems Analyst / Network Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported City of Confidential ’s Network and server maintenance for Confidential, Shaw Conference Centre and Confidential Research Park.
• Resolution of day to day network issues.
• Firewall setup and management / maintenance.
• Managed and maintained in-house developed apps on Windows server. iSCSI setup and resource allocation to ESXi server.
• Troubleshooting and performance tweaking of network for optimal performance of SAN
• New user account setup and O/S image roll-out.
• Active Directory management of users and resources.
• Monitor corporate wide systems for non-compliant software.
• Part of backup team responsible for SAN backup and recovery.
• Log and follow procedure on monitoring network traffic for policy violations.

Environment:

• Windows server 2000, 2003
• VMware server, ESXi 3.5
• Watchguard (Firebox x peak) and Linux firewalls
• HP Proliant DL 360 and 380 with iLO
• NAS server based on open source tools
• Linux (Ubuntu, Mandriva) + iSCSI Enterprise Target

Systems Analyst / Network Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed corporate network, including system security and user profile setup and maintenance
• Allocated disk quotas to users according to firms’ policy
• NAS server built from scratch to support NFS and CIFS using Linux O/S
• Maintaining all corporate PCs, printers, hardware and software. Supporting and maintaining E-Mail system.
• Monitoring systems performance and maintenance
• Firewall setup and maintenance (upgrades, patches)
• New user setup and machine / O/S roll-out via Kickstart (for test env)
• Setup and regular maintenance of Active Directory
• Complete on-site and off-site backup
• Troubleshoot storage issues when needed
• Proactively monitor logs to minimize / eliminate downtime
• Log and follow procedure on monitoring network traffic for policy violations
• Communicate with staff regarding new / updated usage policy

Environment:

• RHEL
• Windows server 2003
• Custom applications for the firm

Technical Support Rep

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical support to USA Customers on maintenance and operation of Confidential products
• System problems determined, provided resolutions, maintained standardized policies and procedures.
• Awarded “Excellent Customer Service”

Technical Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Systems Technician to over 450 Oil and Gas Engineers in office
• Maintained servers, network connections and installations, troubleshooting and Configuration of network equipment and servers.
• Monitored a subset of servers for performance and maintenance issues
• Responsible for archiving a subset of server data
• Configured the e-mail servers to make the email capabilities of the server operational at peak performance at all times

Environment:

• Solaris and Windows 2000/2003
• Cisco 1900, 2900 and 3500 series Switches