PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over seventeen years of experience as a Senior SAN Engineer supporting IBM, EMC, NetApp, Cisco and Brocade storage arrays and solutions, supporting storage environments of over 4 Petabytes (PB’s).
• Experience with Ontap Versions 7.2,8.0, 8.1 and 8.2.
• Experience in looping and stacking of Shelves on NetApp Filer's.
• Over ten years of experience with IBM servers and blade technologies.
• Configured a 24 node IBM - p570 HPC Cluster and later upgraded it to a 32 node HPC Cluster.
• This included installing all the required programming languages, additional required libraries MPI, ESSL,Parallel Environment for AIX (POE, LAPI, PDB, HPCT), LoadLeveler, CSM and IBM GPS File system.
• Network/protocol troubleshooting (TCPIP, DNS, DHCP, and iSCSI,
• Eight years of AIX pSeries server support and administration experience.
• Six years of mid-level experience with Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and NetBackup.
• Thirteen years of overall server build, maintenance, administration, design and architecture.
• Knowledge of ITIL, PCI, HIPPA and other Healthcare related computing standards.
• Experience with Data Center design and maintenance.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Melbourne, FL

Storage / Unix Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design, assessment, implementation, and management of storage service technologies.
• Leverage knowledge of storage arrays, storage area network architecture and configuration, storage element creation and presentation, storage-related security, storage network configuration, and enterprise storage management.
• Conduct storage architecture analysis ranging across multiple technologies (NAS/SAN) and vendors (Brocade, NetApp).
• Manage Storage Virtualization technologies to include Hitachi VSP G series, Hitachi AMS 2100/2300/2500, Dell Compellent SC800’s, and NetApp Filers.
• Responsible for capacity management reports to management team.
• Assess existing architecture; identify issues, risks, and opportunities relating to current plan, recommending improvements as identified.
• Design, build, and implement flexible and scalable storage solution; documenting requirements, architecture, and schedule.
• Identify performance requirements and constraints.
• Participate in “on-call” support, scheduled weekend outages, and Disaster Recovery activities, as required.
• Administrate storage on Unix/Linux servers, configuring storage in Veritas and LVM.
• Administrate Unix/Linux Red Hat 5/6 Enterprise servers.
• Perform configuration and set-up of physical and virtual severs.
• Working knowledge of Hitachi Replication (HUR) DR concepts and deployment.
• Brocade 7800’s for DR replication.

Confidential, Waltham, Mass

Professional Services Engineer (remote)

Responsibilities:

• Leading the planning, installation an integration of Actifio solutions in physical, virtual or hybrid IT environments (VMware, Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, AIX, Solaris, Linux, VMS, Microsoft’s Hyper-V and other cloud gateways).
• Work with customers from the point of planning the installation (Purchase Order (PO) with customers from the point of planning the installation (Purchase Order (PO), Conditional PO, and Proof of Concept (POC) through to steady state.
• Deliver advanced professional services (product customization and integration, including upgrades, troubleshooting and other related profession engineering services) in the customer environment.
• Installation, administration, and support of IBM Storwize V3700 series and NetApp E2600 and E2700 series as well as IBM SVC controllers. Configured and managed storage systems with either Data OnTap 8.x in 7-mode or Santricity.
• Created Mdisk Pools, Vdisks and Volumes in San Volume Controller
• Conducted network deployment troubleshooting for TCPIP, DNS, DHCP,iSCSI and firewalls.
• Conducted WebEx’s with clients on a daily basis for network, storage, hardware and software issues.
• Install, configure, maintain, and support IBM Brocade SAN core switches and connectivity including zone management.
• Ensure the knowledge transfer on all aspects of the product to Actifio Partners and Clients
• Work closely with members of Support and Engineering team to quickly resolve any client issues and constantly drive customer satisfaction post-sales.
• Knowledge of archive design and concepts. Long term retension.
• Performed numerous datacenter deployments of IBM/Brocade/NetApp Storage Data Protection Solutions

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Senior Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installing, maintaining and supporting enterprise storage and backup/recovery environments.
• Administration of IBM (N-6040’s, N-6210’s, N-6240’s running OnTap v.8.1 7 Mode and 5 IBM XIV’S GEN1-4.
• Administration and support on Cisco MDS 9513 switch’s along with Cisco Fabric Manager and DCNM.
• Management of vfiler units on several NetApp Filers.
• Tracking storage usage, monitoring trends, and provides reports to management including growth projections for budget planning.
• Collaborates with technical teams in the design, implementation, troubleshooting, and regular testing of the organization's disaster recovery and business continuance solutions related to data storage.
• Works with others to install, configure, maintain, and support SAN core switches and connectivity including zone management and associated applications.
• Troubleshoots storage hardware and software-related technical problems serving as a point of escalation for complex issues.
• Conducted network troubleshooting for TCPIP, DNS, and DHCP, FTP, LDAP, and iSCSI.
• Responsible for managing components of the NAS and NFS environment. Plans upgrades, installations and migrations for storage and backup/recovery environments in collaboration with peers, customers, and vendors to meet business objectives. .
• Installation, configuration, and support of Cisco DCNM,
• Monitored all aspects of datacenter operations and support.

Confidential, Norcross, GA

Senior Systems / Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the administration of 11 different NetApp Filers (N-6070’s, V6210’s, FAS3240’s running OnTap v.8.02 7 Mode and N210 NetApp Release 8.1.2 Cluster-Mode), EMC VMAX-20’s located in Georgia, Omaha, and Canada utilizing SMC and Solutions Enabler v.7.04 consisting of over 3 PB’s of total storage.
• Management of vfiler units on several NetApp Filers.
• Experience in NetApp, Volume Snapmirror, Flex Clone, Deduplication, and Compression.
• Responsible for the administration of a variety of Brocade Switches (7800, 5300, 5100)
• Work with offshore AIX and DB2/SQL teams to handle day-to-day storage requirements.
• Provide documentation for storage best practices and system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks.
• Utilized Operations Manager for managing and monitoring filer, snap mirror and stats collection.
• Brocade Fabric zoning, storage provisioning from NetApp and EMC arrays to AIX/Solaris/Linux/Windows servers and managing disks and partitioning of disks.
• IBM VIO and NPIV configuration support for AIX servers run AIX 6.x and 7.x.
• Involved in troubleshooting issues like performance, permissions, space and hardware related issues.
• Provide 24x7 on call rotation storage infrastructure support services for corporate and enterprise production systems along with AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris platforms support services.
• Ensured compliance with audits, vendors and consulted with associates and vendors.
• Required to maintain both internal and external customer satisfaction at high level.
• Conducted POC for SAN Screen / OnCommand Insight v.6.x
• Provides guidance to junior members of the team.
• Key conduit between Omaha and Georgia Data Centers.
• Conducted network troubleshooting for TCPIP, DNS, DHCP,iSCSI, and firewalls across datacenters.
• Provide technical support across data centers in Georgia, Omaha, Boston, Germany, and Canada.

Confidential, FL

Senior Storage Administrator / Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the design, architecture, planning and future direction of the University, its hospitals, clinics and research community’s storage infrastructure consisting of over 1 PB of storage.
• Instrumental in spearheading and implementing the Universities first HPC environment for the Center of Computational Sciences and its research community.
• Participated in the implementation of the Confidential Hospitals Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system with EPIC.
• Provided EPIC training for physicians and nursing staff at various medical facilities.
• Attend EPIC training in Verona, Wisconsin.
• Provide storage solutions and strategies which determine when and where to use different types of storage solutions consisting of IBM DS4000’’s, EMC VMAX 20, NetApp V-series, and Dell Compellent subsystems in conjunction with IBM Tivoli Storage Management.
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of TSM Health and support.
• Installing and configuring TSM client and modification opt and sys files.
• Responsible for the administration of a variety of Cisco MDS Switches (9508/9509/9148 )
• Implemented and supported IBM’s parallel operating environment from the OS and software layer as well as from a Parallel Storage Area Network (SAN) with GPFS and CSM.
• Provided system administration of computational clusters running AIX and Linux.
• Thorough understanding of clustering concepts and technologies across a variety of operating systems, software, and hardware platforms.
• Perform Logical Partitioning and Dynamic Logical Partitioning of IBM pSeries Systems.
• Setup and configuration of AIX 5.1 - 7.x, NIM server, and P4, P5, P6, P7 hardware.
• HMC maintenance and upgrades from 6.x to 7.x.
• Monitored, maintained, and supported system stability and performance.
• Provided documentation for storage best practices and system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks.
• Technical lead for designing archiving solution for the University with Data Domain and depulication.
• Researched, designed, and built storage solutions that aligns with annual budget cost.
• Worked with vendors to develop storage road maps, which align with the Universities and customer demands.
• Monitored and performed all aspects of datacenter operations.

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Senior Systems Engineer (AIX / Storage)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the planning, installation, configuration, and administration of SPHERION’s 72 TB (SAN) and data storage systems (IBM F20 / 800 /DS8300, DS4300 /DS4800, EMC Symmetrics 8830, Celerra NAS and McData 6140 Directors and edge switches.
• Played key role in SAN infrastructure migration thereby achieving substantial cost saving.
• Planned and migrated entire SAN infrastructure from the McData 6040’s to 6140 Directors.
• Platforms included AIX, standard WINTEL2003 and Microsoft 2003 Clusters.
• Responsible for installation, integration, updates/fixes, migration, system administration of AIX systems for production and development systems.
• Performed ongoing administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, tuning, and backup/recovery on AIX servers. Verified daily the performance of the AIX servers and as well as ensuring that all micro-code and operating system patches were up to date to insuring reliability.
• Performed Logical Partitioning and dynamic Logical Partitioning of IBM pSeries Servers.
• Production rollouts, Patch Management and Change Control.
• Participated in p690 to p590 migration. VIOS configuration.
• Provided reports to support capacity planning, track disk usage by application, and file system, etc.
• Provided Storage strategies, which determine when and where to use different types of storage.
• Interfaced with storage vendors to assure all SAN hardware and firmware is up to current levels, including client devices that connect directly to the SAN.
• Provided 24x7 infrastructure support services for corporate and enterprise production systems (AIX and Microsoft platforms) along with storage infrastructure support services.
• Monitored and performed all aspects of datacenter operations.

Confidential, Boca Raton, FL

Senior Professional Services Engineer / Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed up to 10 services engineers spread across the east coast.
• IBM Netfinity / xSeries server presales, implementation and support.
• Microsoft Windows NT and W2K implementation and support.
• Linux implementation and support (Red Hat, Suse, Caldera, Turbo Linux)
• Principal SAN architect for Dalet Digital Media Systems.
• Microsoft Windows NT/W2K clustering (File & Print, SQL, Exchange, Web servers).
• Designed, implemented, and supported largest IBM Microsoft Clustered SAN for XM Satellite Radio.
• Designed, implemented, and supported National Public Radio’s SAN infrastructure.
• Provided clients with network troubleshooting for TCPIP, DNS, DHCP.
• Server Consolidation utilizing VMware.