SUMMARY:

Sr. Systems / Storage Engineer with 30 years of experience in storage and performance management with emphasis on SAN, NAS, CAS for critical data and business enterprise applications and systems.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• 18 years of experience in Windows and Linux systems administration. Proficient using MS Office
• Manage a variety of DASD farms ranging in size of terabytes and petabytes
• Subject Matter Expert on enterprise storage solutions IBM, Confidential, HDS, NetApp for SAN / /NAS, silos and virtual tape library storage(VTL)
• Subject Matter Expert in design, best practices for disaster recovery, business continuance, backup and archival solutions via Tivoli Storage Manager(TSM), Networker, NetBackup, Commvault
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and extensive background in technical writing and documentation to provide layman explanations of complex technical concepts
• 25 years in storage management life cycle to standardize, centralize, and simplify data for tiered computing solutions

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: UNIX, Solaris, Linux, Red Hat, Windows, HP - UX, AIX, z/OS

Storage: Confidential Symmetrix VMAX, VNX, DMX, Atmos, Clariion, Celerra, IBM Shark, XIV, IFS, v7000, SAN Volume Controller (SVC), VTL, Data Domain, HDS USP / VSP, STK Silos, NetApp, SGI, Quantum StorNext, Veritas NetBackup

Network: Confidential, Brocade DCX, Cisco MDS / Nexus, McData fibre channel switch

Server: VMware ESXi, Citrix XEN, MicroSoft, Exchange, Domino, EXT3, NFS, IBM GPFS, SGI XFS/CXFS, LUSTRE, Windows NTFS/CIFS

Software:

Scripting: SAS, REXX, vi, Perl, Bash

Database: DB2, Oracle, IMS, CICS, MSSqL, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft

Storage Specific:

Confidential: Ionix Control Center, ViPR SRM, Unisphere for VMAX / VNX, RecoverPoint, TimeFinder, SRDF, SymCli, Networker, Navicli

IBM: Copy Services, PPRC, XRC, TSM, TPC, FlashCopy, Metro Mirror

HDS: Hi-Command, Shadow Image, True Copy, Storage Analytics

NetApp: Snapshot, SnapMirror, SnapVault

Protocols: CIFS, NFS, FCP, iSCSI, FCoE, LVM, XFS, ZFS, Ext4.

EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Storage Engineer

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure architectural design, build, documentation, configuration design, integration, and installation of storage systems for complex, large scale compute environments for Raytheon program Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System known as GPS OCX. Systems and software engineering to the design of storage systems utilizing automation and virtualization technologies, COTS infrastructure software products, installs of operating systems, virtualization environments, network services, and enterprise management solutions. Support for Confidential VNX, Unisphere, Cisco switch technology, NetBackup, HDS, SGI.
• Specialist engineering responsible for system problem and anomaly resolution support, data trending and performance analysis, engineering subsystems, maintains a baseline of operational products and provides operations and training materials.

Sr. Storage Engineer

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure architectural and design of network storage solution and manage, configure, monitor performance of enterprise storage systems for Confidential program with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency( Confidential ).
• Best practices implementing backup and archival solutions using CommVault Simpana. Support for NetApp filers, NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT) and Brocade DCX, NetApp OnCommand Unified Suite of tools to monitor the systems, analyze performance, and perform normal storage tasks.

Information Technology Manager

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

Responsibilities:

• Led and manage IT Computer Services for client servers, Windows Active Directory, data and voice communication networks and vpn, surveillance security systems, backup and recovery, license management.
• Training tasks and responsibilities include development, maintenance and upgrades to operational training materials, and system simulator products. Training tasks may include providing classroom lecture and system simulator training.
• Hire and manage PC Technicians and help desk personnel

Sr. Storage Engineer

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure architectural design, build, documentation, configuration design, integration, and installation of storage systems for complex, large scale compute environments for SPAWAR Information Technology Center.
• Manage Confidential VMAX 20K, VNX 5700/7500, NetApp 3220/3210 storage arrays, Cisco MDS, Brocade DCX, Confidential RecoverPoint, NetApp SnapMirror, Confidential Unisphere, NetApp System Manager, Cisco Fabric Manager

Sr. Storage Engineer

Confidential, Dearborn, MI

Responsibilities:

• Provision, install, configure storage management architecture for Confidential Company to support enterprise storage infrastructure IBM XIV, SVC, v7000, IFS, Confidential CX4, Cisco MDS. Migrate option use Flash Copy, Metro Mirror.
• Specialist engineering responsible for system problem and anomaly resolution support, data trending and performance analysis, engineering subsystems, maintains a baseline of operational products.

Solution Architect

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

Responsibilities:

• Support engineer for client Confidential perform all provisioning for storage on VMAX, migrations using Open Replicator, SRDF, FAST Suite, RecoverPoint, VPLEX, SymCli, ViPR SRM and ECC
• Architecture design, manage VMAX, Confidential Prosphere, Watch4Net, ViPR SRM in performance and data protection, FAST VP and Timefinder, Cisco MDS. Wrote scripts for Cloud object storage ViPRsync, Centera / Atmos migration, VMAX, VMware ESXi.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential, Chantilly, VA / New Orleans, LA

Responsibilities:

• Storage management life cycle of enterprise infrastructure in design, build, install, manage IBM SVC, XIV, v7000, DS8K, Confidential DMX, VMAX SAN / NAS storage solution, RecoverPoint (RPA), NetApp FAS, Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC) suite, Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), Cisco MDS 9000 and Nexus 5000.
• Migration and provision for virtualization utilizing VMware, PowerPath, support in operating environment Wintel, Linux Red Hat, UNIX, Citrix XenServer and leverage storage protocols CIFS, NFS, FCP, iSCSI, FCoE, LVM.
• Training tasks and responsibilities include development, maintenance and upgrades to operational training materials, and system simulator products. Training tasks include providing classroom lecture and system simulator training.