SUMMARY:

Over twenty years of experience with infrastructure and communications technologies. Strong knowledge of operations and management of heterogeneous networks. Experience managing and planning Data Center infrastructures, storage management and networking, enterprise\midrange\entry storage systems, storage area networks, network attached storage, blade systems, data center migrations, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, contingency of operations planning, converged infrastructures, virtual and cloud infrastructures. Background includes vast exposure to BROCADE, CISCO, DELL, EMC, IBM, HPE, HDS, NetApp, PureStorage, ORACLE\SUN, Emulex, QLogic, Veritas\Symantec, RedHat, Linux, Solaris, UNIX, Microsoft, VMware, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure. Competent mature individual with strong communications and presentation skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

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Solutions Architect

Providing guidance of the strategic direction and roadmaps related to taking client systems/applications/services to the Amazon GovCloud and Microsoft Azure Government Cloud environment. Develop guidelines for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) oriented development and implementations. Identification of Federal applications in the portfolio that are cloud - ready and represent the highest customer value migrating to AWS. Identify and develop new opportunities within the customer environment where they can continue to scale the cloud environment. Implement Proof of Concept (POC) on key infrastructure technologies. Knowledge of AWS and Azure platform and it services for Compute, Storage, Networking & Content Delivery, Databases, Monitoring & Management, Security & Identity \ Compliance. System health monitoring and optimizing performance (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SolarWinds, Nagios and Splunk). ITIL Knowledge - Incident, Change and Problem Management and tools (ServiceNow). Proven experience in solution development life cycle methods, tools and techniques, using Agile principles.

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Lead Storage Engineer

Providing technical expertise on design, installation, configuration, testing, documentation and maintenance of PureStorage FlashArray (FA-420, FA-450, FA-m70), EMC Symmetrix (VMAX3 200K, VMAX 20K, VMAX 10K), EMC VNX 7500 (Unified), EMC VPLEX VS2 Metro, EMC Data Domain (DD630, DD690, DD990, DD2200), EMC Connectrix ED-DCX8510-8B, NetApp (FAS2040, FAS2240, FAS3140, FAS6280), NetApp Decru Encryption Appliance, Lifetime Key Management Appliance, Brocade (300, 4900, 5300, 7600, 48000, DCX, Brocade Encryption), HP c7000 BladeSystems, HP Proliant DL500\300 Series and Oracle STK Modular Library System (SL8500, SL500).

Additional software in environment includes PureStorage Pure1, EMC Unisphere for VMAX, EMC Unisphere for VNX, EMC Unisphere for VPlex, EMC Data Domain System Manager (DD Boost, DD Encryption, DD Replicator), EMC PowerPath 5.9\6.0, EMC PowerPath/VE, EMC Solutions Enabler, EMC ESRS, EMC SRDF\SnapVX, EMC Data Protection Advisor, NetApp OnCommand System Manager, Brocade Web Tools, Brocade Network Advisor 12.4.3, Veritas NetBackup 7.7.3, HP Onboard Administrator, HP Virtual Connect, VMware vCenter 5.5\6.0, VMware ESXi 5.5\6.0, Zerto Virtual Replication for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server 2003\ 2008\2012, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x\6.x\7.x, Oracle Solaris 10.x\11.x, CyberArk and ServiceNow IT Service Management.

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Senior Storage and Data Protection Engineer

Providing technical expertise on design, installation, configuration and maintenance of HP EVA (P6500, 8000, 8100, 8400), EMC Isilon (NL400, S200), EMC Isilon IQ Backup Accelerator, QLogic InfiniBand 12200, DataDirect Networks Silicon Storage Appliance (SFA10K, S2A 9900), HP StorageWorks B-Series (SAN Director DC04, 4/256, 4/64, 4/32, 4/16, SN 8000B), HP StorageWorks MPR 06 Extension, StorageTek SL500, Oracle SUN Storagetek SL3000, HP c7000 BladeSystem, HP Proliant BLc 460\465 G6\G7\G8 Blades and HP Proliant DL585

Additional software in environment includes HP P6000 Command View v10.1.0 \ Command View, HP StorageWorks Continuous Access Replication, Isilon OneFS v7.0.1.8, Isilon Insight IQ v3.1.0, DDN Storage Fusion 10000, Brocade Web Tools, HP B-Series SAN Network Advisor v12.1.6, HP StorageWorks Data Center Fabric Manager v10.4.5, CommVault Simpana v10 R2, Symantec NetBackup 7.1.03, HP Site Scope, HP Storage Essentials, HP Systems Insight Manager, HP Onboard Administrator, HP Virtual Connect, VMware vCenter 5.0, VMware ESXi 5.0\4.0\3.5, Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server 2003\ 2008\2012, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x\5.x, CentOS, Apple Mac and ServiceNow - IT Service Management Suite.

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SAN / Storage / Virtualization Consultant

Provided technical expertise on design, installation, configuration and maintenance of EMC Symmetrix VMAX (20K,10K)\DMX (3,4,800), EMC VNX (5700, 5500, 5400, 5600)\Clariion (CX3,CX4), EMC Celerra,, EMC Data Domain (DD860, DD670, DD2500), EMC PowerPath, EMC Connectrix (MDS 9513, 9509, 9148, 9124), EMC Connectrix (DS-32M2, DS-24M2), NetApp FAS3200,, IBM XIV Storage System and IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), HP c7000 BladeSystems, HP Proliant BLc 460\465 G6\G7\G8 Blades and Quantum iScalar 6000\500 ETL.

Additional software in environment includes EMC Symmetix Management Console, EMC Unisphere \ Unisphere for VMAX, EMC Data Domain Enterprise Manager \ System Manager, NetApp Oncommand System Manager IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller, IBM XIV Storage Management GUI, Cisco Data Center Network Manager, NetApp OnCommand Insight (SANscreen), ServiceNow - IT Service Management Suite, HP Data Protector, HP Systems Insight Manager environment, Quantum Scalar i6000 Library Management Console, VMware vCenter 5.1\5.5 and Amazon Web Services - EC2, S3, etc.

Confidential

SAN & Storage Engineer / Solutions Architect

Provided technical expertise on installation, configuration and maintenance of Hitachi VSP, Hitachi Command Suite 7.x, Storage Navigator, Brocade DCX Directors and Brocade CLI utility. Provisioned fifty Microsoft Windows 2012 Servers, Microsoft MPIO, QLogic Sansurfer Management, MS SQL clusters and MS Sharepoint.

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SAN / Storage / Virtualization / Cloud Consultant

Provided technical expertise on design, installation, configuration and maintenance of Hitachi VSP, Hitachi Command Suite 7.x, Hitachi AMS\HUS, Hitachi NAS 3090 (BlueArc), NetApp FAS2200, NetApp OnCommand System Manager, Storage Navigator 2, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Brocade DCX Directors and 7800 Routers. Providing technical expertise on design, installation, configuration and maintenance of several HP BladeSystem c7000 with the following components; Onboard Administrator, Virtual Connect Manager, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, Insight Dynamics, Insight Control, Proliant BL465c G7 Server Blades, Emulex LPe1205-HP 8Gb FC HBA Mezzanies, Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Modules, Virtual Connect 8GB FC 20-Port Fibre Channel Modules, Proliant BL460c G6 Server Blades, HP 1/10Gb VC Ethernet Modules, HP 4GB Virtual Connect Fiber Channel Modules, QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA Mezzanies, and HP NC382m Dual-Port 1Gb Mezzanies. Providing technical expertise on design, installation, configuration and maintenance of VMware vSphere 5.x\4.x with the following components; ESXi Server 5.1\4.1, vCenter Server, vSphere Client, vSphere Web Client, vMA, HA, DRS, vMotion & Storage vMotion, Update Manager, vCloud Director, Single Sign On, vShield Manager, Configuration Manager, Infrastructure Navigator, Site Recovery Manager and Operations Manager.

Confidential

SAN / Storage / Virtualization Consultant

Provided technical expertise on design, installation, configuration and maintenance of two Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Univeral Storage Platform (USP) V Enterprise Class Arrays, Hitachi HiCommand Basic Operating System V Software Package, Device Manager, Tuning Manager, HiCommand Dynamic Link Manager Software, ShadowImage In-System Replication Software, Universal Replicator Software and Dynamic Provisioning, Brocade 48000 Director Class Switches, Brocade 7500 SAN Routers and HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (QLogic and Emulex) and several IBM SystemStorage 3584 Enterprise Tape Libraries. Additional components in environment consists of IBM zSeries Mainframes utilizing IBM z/OS, z/VM, Red Hat Linux for IBM zSeries, HP Proliant DL38x, DL58x servers utilizing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 \ 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Dell PowerEdge 2650, 2850, 2950, 6650, 6850, 6950 servers utilizing Microsoft Windows 2000 Standard & Advanced \ 2003 Standard & Enterprise Edition.

Provided technical expertise on design, installation, configuration and maintenance of multiple HP StorgeWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA 4000), HP Proliant DL380 Storage Server, HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array (MSA 1500cs), HP StorageWorks SAN Switches, HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (QLogic and Emulex), HP CommandView EVA, HP Replication Solution Manager, HP Business Copy EVA, HP Array Configuration Utility and VMware Infrastructure 3. Upgraded VMware ESX 2.5.2 to ESX 3.1.0 and VMware Virtual Center from version 1.0 to version 2.0.1. Created a VMware Infrastructure 3 test and development environment utilizing two HP Proliant DL740 Servers (Intel XEON quad processors). The production environment consists of HP Proliant DL740, DL58x, DL38x and Dell PowerEdge 2650, 2850, 2950, 6650, 6850, 6950 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 \ 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard\Enterprise Edition). Implementation and configuration of HP Systems Insight Manager v5.1 SP1 for Windows and HP Fabric Manager v5.2.0a. Providing daily support for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager v5.3 utilizing four HP Proliant DL585 Servers and HP StorageWorks MSL Tape Libraries using Ultrium 460 & 960 tape drives. Providing storage support for IBM Informix v8.0 utilizing six HP 9000 rp7400 servers running HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3.

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Enterprise Solutions Architect / Consultant

Provided technical expertise on the design, procurement, installation, configuration and maintenance of Dell/EMC CX-340 SAN Arrays, Brocade Silkworm 4100 Fibre Switches, Quantum i500 Tape Library Units, Dell PowerEdge 2950 and 6850 Servers, SUN Fire v40z, SUN Fire T1000/T2000, EMC Legato Networker 7.3, EMC Documentum, EMC Navisphere, EMC VisualSRM, EMC PowerPath, Oracle 10g RAC, SUN Solaris 10, Red Hat Linux Enterprise ES 4.0, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, MS Office Project 2007, Double-Take Software for Windows, VMware Infrastructure 3. Implementation of Dell OpenManage IT Assistant v8.0 and the activation of each Dell Server with a Dell Remote Access Controllers (DRAC) and each HP Proliant Server with an Integrated Lights Out card (iLO). Upgraded the Symantec Backup Exec version 10.0 to version 11. Upgraded VMware ESX 2.5.3 to ESX 3.1.0 and VMware Virtual Center from version 1.0 to version 2.0.1. Created a test and development environment for over thirty virtual machines utilizing four Dell PowerEdge 6850 Servers (Intel XEON quad processors). Provided daily operational support of the legacy systems, which consisted of Dell/EMC AX 100 Series SAN, Brocade Silkworm 3250 Fibre Switches, Overland Storage PowerLoader Tape Library units, Dell PowerEdge Servers, HP Proliant DL 0 Servers, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator, and HP Systems Symantec Backup Exec. 10, EMC Navisphere Express, Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 Server, VMware ESX Server 2.5.3, VMware Virtual Center 1.0 and Oracle 9i.

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SAN Manager \ EMC Resident

SAN Manager and EMC Resident while providing Enterprise Network Storage and Disaster Recovery expertise solutions for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Focusing on the following task: Storage Management - providing customization and management resources to administer all servers, connectivity devices, and storage devices on the Enterprise Storage Network, Process Improvements - recommend and support in implementing specific and detailed process improvements to the way they do business in the following areas configuration, change, incident and problem management, Documentation - support the development of or customization of the customer available documentation, environment layout and statistics to improve system management, EMC Best Practices - provide and implement EMC Best Practices to enhance this Enterprise level Data Center and Disaster Recovery - providing support on planning developing and implementing disaster recovery procedures. In addition utilizing a test lab with ESX and GSX virtualization software to conduct testing, documentation creation and software evaluation.

Software: Microsoft Windows 2000/2003, MS Clustering, Exchange 2000/2003, SQL 2000/2005, ORACLE 9i/10g, Solaris 9/10, Linux Red Hat Enterprise Server 3.0, EMC Control Center 5.1.2/5.2, PowerPath, Solutions Enabler, Workload Analyzer, StorageScope, TimeFinder Integration Module for Exchange and SQL, EMC Data Manager, EMC Legato Networker, VMware ESX and GSX Server, Emulex Configuration Tool, HBAnyware, Centera Viewer, Symmetrix Remote Data Facility, Replication Manager, Performance Manager, Connectrix Manager and Fabric Manager

Hardware: EMC Symmetrix 8830, DMX 2000/3000, Centera, Connectrix ED-64M/140M, EC-1200/1500 Cabinets, Brocade Silkworm 2400, CNT UltraNet Edge Storage Router, ADIC Scalar i2000, Emulex HBA’s, Cisco Catalyst 3550/4006/6509, Dell PowerEdge 650/1650/2550/2650/6650, IBM X Series 345 and SUN Fire v120/240/480

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Solutions Architect

Continuing to providing Enterprise Storage and Disaster Recovery Architectural solutions for Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Transportation (DOT). Providing knowledge and expertise in the design and implementation of Microsoft Windows server environments including: planning and documenting MS Windows server configurations, planning and implementing enhancement and upgrades to Enterprise Backup and Storage infrastructure, planning and documenting VERITAS, EMC, Network Appliance, DELL and StorageTek upgrade and migration strategies, evaluating and recommending migration and upgrade tools, developing disaster recovery strategies for the various environments, evaluating and recommending solutions for monitoring and maintaining SAN, NAS and DAS environments. Working in conjunction with EMC, VMware, SUN, IBM, Hewlett Packard\Compaq, NetApp, DELL, Microsoft, SEAGATE, VERITAS, Symantec, Adaptec, StorageTek, CrossRoads, Brocade, McData, QLogic, Emulex, NEXSAN, SANRAD, etc.

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Storage Engineer

Provided Enterprise Storage and Disaster Recovery Solutions for Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Provided knowledge and expertise in the design and implementation of VERITAS NetBackup and EMC Storage environments including: planning and documenting EMC configurations, planning and implementing enhancement and upgrades to the backup, disaster recovery and storage infrastructure, planning and documenting EMC, Dell and StorageTek upgrades and migration strategies, evaluating and recommending migration and upgrade tools, developing strategies for contingency planning, developing disaster recovery strategies for the Windows server environment, evaluating and recommending solutions for monitoring and maintaining SAN, NAS and DAS solutions in remote offices, monitoring windows servers and diagnosing and resolving problems in a timely manner. In addition continued to support the HP\Compaq Enterprise Network Storage Architecture solution which provided storage for Exchange, File and Print Services, and database functionality in a Windows 2000 server environment (Compaq StorageWorks MA8000 SAN - StorageWorks Mgmt. Appliance 1.0C WEBEM, Secure Path 3.1A, Modular Data Router, 16-Port Fibre Channel switches, MSL5026TL SDLT tape libraries, HGS80 Controllers Disk Array). Worked in conjunction with EMC, VMware, SUN, IBM, Hewlett Packard\Compaq, DELL, Microsoft, Seagate, VERITAS, Symantec, Adaptec, StorageTek, CrossRoads, Brocade, McData, QLogic, Emulex, NEXSAN, etc.

Solutions Engineer

Solutions Engineer for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) project. Contractor working in conjunction with UNISYS, IBM, SAIC, Dync. Corp and several other companies to implement a Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure for TSA and DHS. Provided knowledge and expertise in the design and implementation of Microsoft Windows server environments including: planning and documenting Windows server configurations, planning and implementing enhancement and upgrades to Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure, planning and documenting Windows operating system upgrade and migration strategies, evaluating and recommending migration and upgrade tools, developing strategies for Windows server consolidation, developing disaster recovery strategies for the Windows server environment, evaluating and recommending solutions for monitoring and maintaining Windows servers in remote offices, monitoring windows servers and diagnosing and resolving problems in a timely manner. In addition managing a test lab utilizing GSX virtualization software to conduct testing, documentation creation and software evaluation.