SUMMARY:

• Strong analytical and problem - solving ability
• Test Planning, Test case generation, Methodical & systematic testing, and troubleshooting skills, SAN/NAS Trouble shooting, Test AutomationAnalysis
• Performance Tuning: Storage Arrays, Video Processor Hardware, Network Bandwidth maximization, Latency reduction, writing performance reports
• Monitoring performance, availability, and data integrity
• Developing monitoring scripts, backups, and automation.
• Capacity planning, performance tuning, migration, and testing
• Writing Defect reports, tracking status for fix verifications, etc.
• Excellent written, presentation, and cross-functional communication skills
• Excellent writing and presentation skills
• Strong Collaborative skills
• Strong ability in working, in parallel, on multiple projects
• Highly Motivated
• High level of creativity

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware:

Architectures: Intel IA64, Intel & AMD X64, IA32, Xserve G5 with quad - core 64-bit Intel Xeon, Virtualization supported system BIOS(EMT)

Storage Arrays : Apple XRAID, SGI Storage Products, InfortrendF16F- R/S2021, Hitachi HNAS 3000/4000 series, AMS 2500/2300, USP-V, USPVM, R800, R500, R450, HUS-VM, HM700, 9900, 9900V, DF700, DF700M(4G) DF- 600, 9500V,Tagmastore USP, IBM ESS800, EMC CX4-240, CS4-480, VNX8000, VNX5400, VNX5100, CLARiiON 3600, 4700 Symmetrix, Dell 660F

Hyper-Converge Platforms : C/sco HyperFlex HX240C, Hitachi Unified Compute Platform HC

FC HBA: QLogic 246X, 23XX, Emulex LP10XXX, LP9XXX, LSI 449290 2-Gig

Confidential (GigE): QLogic 4010C, 4050C, Intel Pro/1000MF,MT,XF,XT

FC Switch: Brocade 4600, 3200, 3800, 3900, 6400, 200e ;

QLogic SANBox1, 2 ; McDATA 6140, 4500 ; Cisco MDS 92161, 9509, 9140 :

FC Analyzer: Finisar - 2/4Gb Analyzer

Software:

Cloud: Highly Scaled multi-tenancy Cloud, and hybrid Cloud infrastructure ecosystems, Cloud Scalability and Elasticity Strategies, NSX kernel embedded, vCNS vShield Manager, vShield App, vShield Endpoint, vShield Data Security, vShield Edge , Confidential vCloud Air, Confidential vCloud Suite, Confidential vRealize Suite(Unified Cloud Management for hybrid Cloud - vRO|vRA{6.x, 7.x} - (Implementation Creating Blueprints, Workflows, Integration of workflows for achieving a fully automated provisioning of virtualized assets based on SLAs, and other superseding business policies), Universal Computing Platform(UCP), Big Data Analytics, OpenStack Cloud- Computing(IaaS deployments), RESTful API for Architectural representation, vCloud Director, vCloud(Multi- instance implementation), Cloud Performance Tuning, Strategic SSD\HDD Tiered Storage Allocations, SLA defined Resource & Performance Allocation

OS: Confidential ESXi6.x/5.x/4.x, Site Recovery Manager, Hyper-V, Xen, Android, Windows 2016, Windows 2012, Windows 2008, Windows 8.1/7.0, Windows 2003 (Hyper-V, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web Server{IIS}) Editions SP2/R2 on IA32, IA64 ,x 64, Solaris 8,9, Red Hat Linux 7.x, 4.x, Apple OS X, UNIX, HNAS OS 8.X/11.X

File Systems: VMFS, NTFS, NFS, VxFS, SGI CXFS, StoreNext SNFS, Apple Xsan,

Issue Tracking Systems: JIRA, Bugzilla, StarTeam, HP Quality Center

Automation Tools: SilkTest, WinRunner, Quick Test Pro(QTP)

Applications: Hitachi Hitachi Command Director (HCmD), Hitachi Command Suite (HCS), HTnM, HDvM, HTsM, RA, RAE, HDLM 7.01, HDS SAN Command (DMP, MPIO) ;SilkTest,

Confidential: vRealize for Hybrid Cloud vRO|vRA, vCloud Director, vCloud (Multi-instance Confidential Cloud), vSphere, vCenter/Operations Manager, vCNS, NSX, vApp, SRM, vCOPS, vSAN, HA, DRS, vCloud(Networking and Security), Work Station 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, Confidential Configuration Manager, Automated SLA policy configurations for I/O and resource requirements, creating blueprints, workflows, automation, reservations etc.

Confidential : Software Foundation for Windows 4.x, 5.x, NetBackUp(NBU7.0. 6.5.x, 5.1, MP2), BackUp Exec(BE2010, 10.1), Confidential Volume Manager 4.3, and VxFS, Confidential Cluster Server(VCS),

Microsoft: MS Exchange, SQL Server, MSCS, HP OpenView Network Node Manager

Storage Protocols: SAS, SCSI, Fibre Channel, Confidential, FCoE

Others : EMC NaviSphere - CLARiiON RAID management, IBM Rational Robot, QLogic SANSurfer, SAN Navigator, Brocade Fabric Manager, MySQL, Oracle Database 11g, 10g

Performance Tools: IOmeter, IOMonkey, SimCity 2.x( Confidential in-house tool for measuring HD Video Performance)

Scripting: Perl, Java, bash, C-shell, DOS batch files, Jython, Python - API calls, tkl

Protocols: Fibre Channel, SCSI, Confidential, TCP/IP, SNMP, ftp

Debugging Tools: Wireshark, Skippy Trace level debugger, VisualStudio

Languages: C++, Java, Visual Basic, Assembly(x86, X64)

Networking:

Protocols : TCP/IP, HTTP, IPv4, IPv6, IPSec, IPX, LDAP, SNMP, SMTP, Telnet, SSH

Networking Tools : Wireshark, Sniffer® Pro, and NetXray®

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Principal Cloud Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Cloud framework IaaS, SDS, PaaS, SaaS, XaaS architecture, deployment and support. Big Data Analytics - End-to-end performance analysis, including caching, latencies, bottleneck identification analysis etc.
• Creating Self-Service Portals for various Business Units.
• Implementing vSAN
• Planning, defining, implementing Scalability, Migration, and Automation workflow/rules for scaling out existing Data Centers.

Confidential

Principal Cloud Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Cloud framework IaaS, PaaS, SaaS architectures, deployment and support.
• End-to-end performance analysis, including caching, latencies, bottleneck identification analysis etc.
• Planning, defining, implementing Scalability, Pre-Migration analysis and scoping, Cloud Migration (Compute, networking, and storage asset virtualization), and Automation workflow/rules for scaling out existing Data Centers.
• Application update automation rules, assessing data utilization trends against existing SLAs, assessing current hardware\firmware versions for support and compatibility to appropriate HCL and SCL OEM documentations, upgrading from vCenter\vSphere 5.x to vCenter\vSphere 6.x.
• Preparing list of hardware\software that are commutable for contextual migration, and upgrading goals.
• Deployment includes various Confidential Centric, and OpenStack (to a lesser extent). Mostly involving: Confidential vCloud Suite, vSphere 6.x/5.x, vCenter 6.x/5.x server and client, ESXi6.x/5.x, vRealize(vCAC): vRO|vRA{6.x, 7.x} - (Implementation: Creating Blueprints, Workflows, Integration of workflows for achieving a fully automated provisioning of virtualized assets based on SLAs, and other superseding business policies
• Provision for allowing for Managerial override), vCNS, NSX, vSAN SDS, vCOPs, vApp, Containers, Database migration. Automation operations using Confidential API, both Microsoft PowerShell, and Confidential PowerCLI were used in various aspects of the design. Perl scripts to automate verification, and usability testing, prior to going live.
• Performed OEM VIB device driver upgrades related to Confidential, SAN Storage, RAID Controllers. Reconfigured vMotion, Storage-vMotion, High

Confidential, General Silicon Valley

Responsibilities:

• More than 6 years overall of experience with SRMExcellent experience with vCloud Suite, Site Recovery Manager 5.1 along with ESXi 5.1 and vCenter/vSphere 5.1
• Deployed servers using Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates for Cisco UCS
• Installed and Configured SRM 5.1 in Primary and Secondary sites
• Managing a DR site comprising of almost 6000VMs
• Replication done using Hitachi Universal Replicator
• Hitachi SRA 2.1 and Hitachi VSP Array used on both Primary and Secondary sites
• Performed scheduled Disaster Recovery drills
• Created master Protection and Recovery plans, this decides the boot-up priority of the VMs during the recovery process
• Implemented IP customization for all the recovery VMs

Confidential

Senior QA Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed QA Integration tests on all major HDS Management Software
• Provided support for customer issues escalated by GSC
• Opened and tracked defect in JIRA, replicated customer issues, liaison with Development/PM for solutions, worked with TechOps in creating customer environment
• Communicated and coordinated detailed QA/GSDC/ITDM environment requirements to TechOps, Infrastructure, Networking teams. Negotiate scheduling of deliverables, tracked software licenses for renewal, obtained cost estimates for project assets, etc.
• Facilitate design and implementation of QA Sandbox, responsible for availability of VMs used by QA and Development, assisted TechOps in optimizing Confidential virtual infrastructure, organized presentations by Confidential to showcase relevant product benefits; developed, in conjunction with TechOps, processes for automating VM provisioning based on SLAs, and creation of VM templates(OS: Windows 2012, 2008, Hyper-V, Redhat and other UNIX flavors) that met the defined requirements, incorporating Corporate policies, and management override mechanisms. Worked with Confidential vCenter, vSphere, vCOPs, ESXi5.x, ESXi6.x.

Storage implemented: Hitachi HNAS 3000/4000 series, AMS 2500/2300, USP-V, USP VM, R800, R500, R450, HUS-VM, HM700, 9900, 9900V, DF700, DF700M(4G) DF-600, 9500V,Tagmastore USP

Confidential

Principal Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Deploying various Enterprise configurations of high speed Virtualized Computing Environments involving: Confidential vCloud Suite, vSphere 5.x/4.x, vCenter 5.x/4.x server and client, ESXi5.x/4. x, vCAC, vCNS, vSAN, vCOPs, Virtual Infrastructure 4.0, Automation operations using VM ware API, used Perl scripts to automate testing, deployed Confidential, SAN Storage, VMotion, Storage-vMotion, High Availability, Fault Tolerance, Data Recovery, DRS,
• Hot Add, Virtual ESX 5.0/4.0 server creation on EVT supported 64 bit platforms for maximizing server usage. Scalability measurements for X64 virtual machines, VMFS optimization, managing private/public clouds in secured/high-speed transaction environment, Confidential vSphere SDK for .NET, and the Confidential vCenter Update Manager - PowerShell Library. Storage, and hosts remediation & migration. Big Data Analytics, OpenStack Cloud-Computing (laaS deployments), RESTful API for Architectural representation.
• Cloud Migration of key Business Units' assets with permitted Tiering levels, and access to appropriate resources tightly bounded to defined capacity, and performance levels. Allowance for Managerial override for provisioning requests that exceeds SLA requirements.

Storage implemented: EMC CX4-240, CS4-480, VNX8000, VNX5400, VNX5100, CLARiiON 3600, 4700 Symmetrix

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Senior QA Automation Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Working on Virtualized Computing Environments involving: Confidential vSphere, vCenter 4.0 server and client, ESX4.0, ESXi4.0, Confidential Work station, Virtual Infrastructure 4.0, Automation test scripts using Silk Test, tested Confidential, Storage, VMotion, Storage-vMotion, High Availability, Fault Tolerance, Data Recovery, DRS, Hot Add, Virtual ESX 4.0 server creation on EVT supported 64 bit platforms for maximizing server usage. CIM Smash, Health monitoring, BATS for build acceptance testing. Scalability measurements for virtual machines, VMFS, managing internal/external clouds in a computing environment

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Senior Video Performance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Confidential 's flagship product ExaMax 9000 designed for multiuser simultaneous Film editing, defined and implemented tuning parameters Test Plans, Test cases etc. Accelerated Bandwidth Optimization for Confidential (HD) Confidential video, and broadcast video production SANs. Optimizations include HBA, File System (FS), cache (read-ahead, write through), storage stripe/chunk size definitions & cache settings.
• Write test plan, and test cases for new features such as HA failover, cache coherency preservation during power failure.
• File System used include SGI CXFS, StoreNext SNFS, Apple Xsan.
• Implement port fencing for CXFS. Interfaced with marketing & Product Development to define and test customers' SAN topology prior to sending Engineers for onsite deployment. Research, and evaluate the risk vs. benefits in implementing new FS software upgrade, determine most efficient/non-disruptive migration path.
• Configure metadata server for optimal performance, which include GigE IEEE 802.3ad Port Trucking and Dynamic Link Aggregation, Adaptive Load Balancing, Fault Tolerance, Static Link Aggregation.
• Researched Academic Papers on but not limited to the following: reducing latency, increasing cache performance, identifying bottleneck overlaps and boundary interfaces.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Senior SAN/Interoperability Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include HBA-Switch-Storage Array SAN interoperability qualification. SA N qualification includes combinations of various HBA models & drivers, fibre channel/ Confidential switches models & firmware, and a number of Hitachi Enterprise and Midrange market storage arrays, including RAID series: TagmaStore USP, 9900V, 9900, 9500V, and the DF series: DF800, DF700, DF600.
• Host platforms include Windows 2003 SP1/R2, Linux, and Solaris 8, 9. Also tested Confidential ESX server 2.52 with Windows 2003 and Redhat 2.1 UP5 guestOSes
• Majority of the test requirements include but are not limited to the following: Installing OS/Update on local or SANBoot disk, installing necessary driver versions, configuration HBA firmware/BIOS for point-point fabric topology, performing switch firmware upgrade/downgrade while running IO (HA failover test), performing microcode exchange on storage array controllers while running IO (HA failover test). Configuring DMP, and MPIO as part of HBA High Availability requirements.
• Prepared detailed Support Test Reports for HDS customers, created new test and modified existing test cases to maximize coverage thoroughness; created test cases for new implementations such as Confidential .
• Created test scripts for the purpose of automating the mounting of volumes, running IO, changing switch firmware via ftp etc.
• Wrote White Papers, How-To Guides, and made contribution to the groups Best Practices Guide.
• Also made contribution towards the design concept of an automated patch panel for reducing the time required to perform SAN devices interconnect, especially in high density SAN requirements.
• Finisar Fibre channel trace analyzer was used for obtaining traces associated with Fibre channel errors.

Confidential, Mountain View, CA

Senior Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include testing Software Foundation for Windows (SFW) 4.3, Server and Administrative components - used for online storage configuration and administration.
• Perform Disaster Recovery (DR) scenarios across widely spaced sites using VVR.
• Configuring MPIO, or DMP for use with various OEM drivers and storage arrays.
• Performing data collection to derive formula for determining VxCache unpaged memory allocation based on forecasts for large volume resynchronizations.
• Performing tests on MSCS multi-node clustered environment, which utilizes Confidential based resources such as Volume Manage r Disk group resource.
• Writing and using automation test scripts various components of test cases.
• Testing SFW Server components such as Fast File Resynchronization (FFR) for restoring files, snapshots, databases, etc., VxSnap with multiple databases of varying sizes and volume types in various dynamic conditions such as during AutoGrow, during Fail­over; issuing of simultaneous VxSnap commands on the same volume, VxSnap point-in- time and point-of-failure recovery test scenarios, verifying VxCache basic functionality and error handling capability, persistent VxCache configuration across clustered servers ranging from a 1-1 to non-congruent policy configurations.
• Integration tests with Confidential NetBackup ( Confidential ) server, including backup of VxCache enabled volumes, database backup/restore using Confidential agents - (Off host backup).
• Provide recommendations for ease in VPI GUI navigation, warning messages to alert users of irreversible actions such as the accidental rebooting of all N nodes of a cluster, identifying areas of the VPI where timeouts should be implemented, identifying conflicts caused by dll resources left behind after uninstall.
• Recommend the detection of secondary or incomplete installs to prevent corrupted installations.
• Recommend that install/uninstall reports are both printable & clipboard transferable.
• Recommend several VPI GUI functions that would be applied in future releases.
• Identify inconsistencies with actual product and Admin Manual usabilitydescriptions.