SUMMARY:

• Over 18 years of experience in the Information Technology industry as Storage, VMware, Windows, UNIX & Linux Professional with hands - on (mostly web-based) IT experience.
• Have advanced experience in enterprise-level systems and Storage Area Network SAN design, implementation, integration and support.
• Expertise in Storage Area Network Management Administration Testing, Production & Development (24x7) environment, experienced in managing a team which provides support of Cisco and Brocade switches.
• Provide effective communication at all levels of management, peers and customers through clarity of expression and the ability to organize thoughts both written and oral.
• Possess advanced analytical & problem-solving skills, a committed team player, leader as well as an independent worker, able to work with minimum supervision and to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Storage: EMC2 ViPR SRM, Unity, XtremIO, VNX 5400, VNXe 3300, Nimble Storage CS260, Nexgen N5-100, Clariion CX4, CX300/500/700, AX4, Symmetrix DMX 800/1000, AX150i

Networking: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, VPN, FTP, WAN protocols iSCI, ISL, VLAN, FCIP, Brocade 200 Series SAN Switches, SilkWorm 4100b,5100, EMC7420 & 6520, Radware WSD-PRO & BigIP F5 3400,1500,6900 Load-balancers, Cisco MDS 9506 & 09.

OS / Products: Windows 7, 2003, 2008 & 2012; Solaris (10, 9, 8, 7, 2) Linux RedHat 2.4, 5,6

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, Va

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Backup and replication for COOP and Disaster Recovery
• Implemented AWS infrastructure
• Worked on EMC VNX, NetAPP, 3Par, EMC Data Domain, Nimble Storage
• Proficient knowledge across VMware, SAN/NAS storage, Windows/AD, RHEL

Confidential, Washington, DC & Arlington, Va

Storage Manager/Virtualization Operations

Responsibilities:

• Ensured VM operations for entire EIA using VMware vSphere 6.0
• Responsible for VM site to site replication using Veeam
• Implemented ViPR SRM, Unity and XtremIO
• Migrated entire EIA storage environment from Cisco MDS to Brocade with minimal downtime
• Designed, architected & implemented storage solution to significantly improve EIA VDI performance
• Migrated the storage of 200+ Physical and Virtual end hosts from Clariion CX4 to VNX 5400
• Implement and maintain Nimble Storage, Nexgen & VNXe NAS devices
• Researched and arranged demonstrations of new storage technology for possible company use.
• Migrated the storage of 100+ end hosts from Symmetrix DMX to Clariion CX4 to VNX5400
• Architect and designed Disaster Recovery site - Veeam VM Replication Admin.
• Managed and maintained all storage and Net Backup Recovery infrastructure.
• Managing storage team that monitors CX3,4, Netapp V3240 using EMC Control Center & NetIQ.
• Monitored and maintained virtualization environments with VMWare ESX 6.0, 5.0, 5.5, Vmware View for VDI, Vrealize/VCAC/VCloud
• Break/fix & Monitored TSA storage systems for entire United States airports

Confidential, Washington, DC

Senior Storage Area Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented EMC Recover Point & Mirrorview SAN replication.
• Administered and managed all EMC Clariion CX4, CX700 & AX4 SANs.
• Implemented, managed and zoned Silkworm and EMC Brocade switches.
• Installed, configured and maintained all BigIP F5 Load-balancers.
• Administered Standalone, Blades, VMWare, MS Windows 2003,2008 Servers

Confidential, Washington, DC

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provision Dell/EMC AX150i storage for web back-end.
• Integrate Google search appliances into existing intranet and dc.gov.
• Installed, configured and maintained BigIP F5 Load-balancers
• Scripted Sun Solaris UNIX commands to start up and shutdown systems daily.
• Implemented system wide security policies on Windows 2003 servers.
• Monitored and administered Red Hat Linux based appliance systems.

Confidential, Rochester, NY; Manassas, VA

Senior Systems Engineer (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Automate and script backup of EMC Symmetrix mirrored volumes using Navicli and command line.
• Lead a team of 2 to 5 in installation and configuration of new servers on to the Datacenter racks.
• Implement hardware such as Emulex & Q-Logic HBA and connect to storage.
• Adding new LUNs from EMC to the host systems.
• Install, configure and maintain Windows OS and updating patches.
• Perform Tape Library maintenance such as cycling and replacing the faulty media.
• Perform Daily System Checks by monitoring all Windows servers and report to logging system.

Confidential, Tarrytown, NY

Systems/Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded automation/scripting of proprietary installation package using Unix C shell scripting, Visual Basic, Perl, Vi, Pico, Sed & Awk.
• Administered and maintained quality assurance, analysis, production and Forte multi-tiered environments for clients internally and externally.
• Performed vulnerability assessments for communication between application, database and web server (n)-tier architecture.
• Developed and maintained on proprietary software system utilized by other system engineers on-site and in the field.
• Ensured scalability, partitioning, fail-over and load-balancing features of proprietary software.
• Worked with senior management to identify a reasonable, phased implementation process for projects.
• Consulted with clients to develop required use-cases, work-flows, system designs, configuration resources and test plans.

Confidential, Washington, DC

Information Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed databases and enhanced system performance.
• Provided desktop support to all staff levels by diagnosing and resolving hardware, software issues.
• Coordinated data processing work flow and system operations.
• Supervised several data entry personnel.
• Liaison with service providers and vendors for support.
• Assisted with technology planning.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Database Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintained data structures in a LAN-based relational database management system.
• Delivered highly targeted information products to end-users quickly and accurately.
• Served as technical point of for data exchanges.
• Developed, maintained and documented procedures to enable non-technical end-users to retrieve information on demand through a simple, point-and-click user interface.
• Maintained data consistency by conducting database searches for improperly entered records.
• Managed, maintained, and updated company’s intranet.
• Produced weekly national and international reports to executive staff.
• Help desk administrator for Windows 98 & NT 4.0.
• Communicated and supported potential and existing members via telephone, mail, e-mail and fax.
• Processed applications via Imis through MS Access backend.
• Maintained the ODBC stability between Imis and Access db.

Confidential

Help Desk Support

Responsibilities:

• Configured Windows, Unix, and Macintosh Computer Systems
• Provided user support to staff and students
• Automated daily desktop maintenance tasks