SUMMARY

• An information technology professional with extensive experience integrating EMC, Hitachi, Emulex, Qlogic Storage Products in Solaris, Linux and Windows environments to meet customer’s Business Requirements.
• Works well in software development environments and where Oracle Products are deployed. E.g.: Oracle Databases 9, 10, 11g, Oracle Grid, Business Intelligence, Web Logic which use Apache and Java front end interfaces.
• Strong Expertise in LUN provisioning/de - provisioning, multi-pathing and OS Kernel Tuning.
• Specific expertise in LUN identification from the array back to the host for use in RAC Clusters, Sun Clusters, Veritas Clusters, and Linux/Solaris LVM based files systems.
• Blade Technologies include HP BL600c and Sun Blades.
• Very seasoned in managing EMC Storage & Brocade Switch upgrades as well as EMC, Brocade, Oracle and Symantec, Hitachi Professional Services Vendor Management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, GA

Responsibilities:

• Supported EMC Clarions and EMC Centeras in a replicated environment from Georgia to New York. Replication Technologies included MirrorView AS, as well as Automated Replication internal to the Centera Product line.
• Maintained Storage Groups, Consistency Groups as well as snapshots. Upgraded, Zoned and Documented Brocade Fabric SAN Switches, DS-4900, MD-4700,DS-5300, DS7800. Used Regularly, Brocade San Health & NetHealth to diagnose SAN FC & IP Networks.
• Maintained (6) Netbackup 6.5 Media Servers as well strategically used the GUI Console using to troubleshoot Library Faults using dssu Technology as well as managing a share 10 tape LT03 SL-500 Library. Tivoli Maximo, Jira and Wiki Ticketing competencies.

Confidential, GA

Responsibilities:

• Managed 200 Red Hat/Oracle Linux Servers in an Oracle RAC /Hitachi HP Blade Environment in the Financial Services Industry. Storage includes Hitachi USP, USPVM Storage Arrays supporting 12 Oracle RAC Clusters.
• Supported a Red Hat MultiMaster Bi-Directional LDAP architecture in 3 different Data Centers.
• Wrote korn shell / bash shell scripts to load RPMs, Query HBA Cards and perform time synchronization across Linux Servers.
• Used Network Troubleshooting commands to test Evaluation conducted on HP 6.3 Storeall/HP IBRIX 9300 HPC clustered Filesystems for use in RAC Clusters.

Confidential, CT

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded Hitachi NCS 55 Array Firmware to allocate VMware Luns, using Device Manger and Storage Navigator .Upgraded Brocade SW FW and HBA Firmware to accommodate Hitachi Firmware upgrades. Installed TripWire and presented to Management features and functionality.
• Allocated LUNS and de-allocated LUNS. Performed Zoning for Solaris, Windows and Redhat 5.0 Linux. Installed Solaris 9 and Solaris10, 9x86 via Jumpstart & PXE boot.
• Upgraded Sun SPS6.2 Provisioning Software & Vertias VM SFS 4.2. & Disksuite 4.0. Supported Oracle Grid Rollouts.
• Documents a Request for Proposal evaluation of NetApp 3000 Filer for Lifecare vs.
• EMC hardware. During this evaluation we were formally trained in NetApp Snap Restore procedures using DataOnTap for Oracle RAC .

Confidential, CT

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Dictaphone’s Storage Administrator in an EMC Symmetrix, Hitachi AMS500, and HP-UX 11.X NT 2003 environment.
• Performed a Migration of 7 Terabytes of Data from an EMC to a Hitachi HDS environment Hitachi’s shadow copy synchronization was performed nightly from Production to Development Servers.
• Hitachi’s Storage Navigator was staged from scratch setting up and distributing LUNS to HP-UX Servers and NT Servers via Brocade Switches.
• Zones were updated and to reflect new Hitachi LUNS and EMC LUNS were removed.
• Worked with EMC symcli command line, Volume Logix ESN Manager and EMC Control Center. Also created SW depots on HP-UX, Fixed Sendmail, Troubling Network interfaces and Gateways.

Confidential, CT

Responsibilities:

• Maintained reports using Sun’s Management Center on the SAP environment which included Oracle Database Servers, Oracle Application Servers and Interface Servers for SAP BW and R3 environments. Worked Unix/SAN performance Tools Orca, MRTG, Hitachi GraphTracks and Storage Navigator.
• Business Continuity tests performed monthly using VXFS @ VFVM, McData 6064,4500, 3016 SAN Switches are used between the Hitachi and Qlogic HBA’s

Confidential, CT

Responsibilities:

• Managed a Multi-Terabyte Internet search environment; one of Thompson Scientifics Intellectual Property Business’s. Platforms included Red Hat Linux, and Sun Solaris 2.8 O.S. Acted as Senior Unix/Linux Administrator and Vendor Storage Architecture Performed Technical work on TripWire, SSL Verisign Cert Management/ Installation, SSH installs, Unix Password Aging.
• Completed Stress Test performance Testing on Hitachi Freedom 9900.

Senior Technical Analyst,

Confidential, CT

Responsibilities:

• The Operational Procedure manual included Diagnostic Procedures, Installation and configuration of agents, as well as a problem escalation process and change control notification forms. FAQ's were created for Bayer's Pharmanet Web sites for the Bayer Customer Service Center.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Managed documentation effort for Operational Procedures for reconstruction of Sparc Enterprise Class Servers: 5500 & Sunfire V880 Class, including T3 partner Pair Storage Arrays. Recovery of all CBOT Trading floor data used Veritas VXFS, VXVM and Netbackup.
• Delivered nine individual Process and Procedure Manuals all which were submitted to quality assurance panel for review as well as technical panel for approval.
• As a result the Netbackup Hot/Cold switch over test process used the Operational Procedures manuals created.

Confidential, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and contributed to SAN Architectures, presentations, and white papers on SAN & NAS Architectures and Designs. These designs included EMC, Hitachi Freedom 9900, Dell, Compaq, and XioTech. Pre and Post SAN Engineering support was conducted on a daily basis for clients such as StorageWay Confidential, Bosie Cascade, R.R. Donnelly as well as presentations in Storage Resource Management. Sprint's Internet Data Centers were supported by our SAN Designs using VXFS, VCS, VXVM & Veritas Netbackup Recovery Architecture team. SAN Assessments, Business Strategies, & Design & Architectures were written for multi-Storage Node Environments.
• Co-Managed for 1 year the largest data migration effort in the history of Confidential. Performed Vendor Management of HP-UX, ADIC, Baydel, and SUN on site service personnel. Worked indirectly on Micro Code Updates for Fiber Channel upgrades for EMC Symmetrix Platforms. Intimately maintained a 24 X 7 X 365 Cisco HSM system during the migration of critical data. Performed NetApp Qtree updates at Cisco in San Hose for Windows Services from a NetApp Appliance for Software Development..
• As Confidential Security Marketing Analyst, designed Six Seminars - based on a 6 piece security model. Seminars were on Security Policy Development, Authentication via Single Sign-On, Intrusion Detection & Network Scanning, Assurance via High Availability products such as event monitoring, Web Server Security and a Network Integrity & Confidentiality seminar based on encryption.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• For LTV Steel in Ohio l documented detailed design plan to migrate ORACLE SAP Production instances from one EMC 3700 to a new EMC 3700. Worked with EMC Symmetrix Engineers on Director Configuration and BCV,Logical Volume Split Layouts. Configured HP-UX Service Guard H.A. options such as Active/Standby, Active/Active, SRDF, Hyper Volume Extension. Worked with EMC Control C, Repositories, Stores, and Agents for monitoring Arrays, Switches and Hosts.
• As senior AIX & HP-UX Administrator for North American Shared Service Center for Joseph E. Seagram & Son, performed procedures for Hp Openview GlancePlus, PerfMeter and DR procedures on HP-UX 10/11 running ORACLE based

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• PeopleSoft & Oracle Financial Data Warehouses. Wrote menu driven Unix scripts to re-create Logical Volumes using VXVM & VXFS commands within Scripts. Direct experience with SMIT, InfoExplorer, HP-UX Clustering via Service Guard, Patch Management. Control-M & Direct Connect. Enterprise Wide Transfer & Control Software on AIX 4.X Servers.
• As Disaster Recovery Planning Specialist for William M. Mercer Inc, performed Disaster Recovery Procedures for HP-UX Platforms as well as performance Analysis using Hp OpenView. Installed HP-UX O.S. 9.05, - 10.01 and 10.10 on series 700/800 workstations and series E,G,H and K Series 200 & 400 fileservers. Designed and evaluated a backup & recovery procedure for the company’s HP-UX environment.
• Served as AIX/Sybase Administrator for Information Resources Inc. Worked to implement a distributed Oracle database on Solaris using an A I. Engine (Prolog). Directly responsible for 30 - 60 Gig array configurations using a VXVM & VXFS for new arrays. Tested Oracle database recovery as well and Unix backup & recovery methodologies. Supported database admins and AIX staff for RS/6000 Software and hardware error logging & reporting. Installed Sybase databases for production and development on AIX Servers.
• Key player in an NT Server & Solaris Integration Project for Abbott Laboratories. Advised on Windows 3.1 LAN Manager integration with TCP/IP for the Scientists in the Optical Lab. Helped Manage and backup Abbotts Unix environment in 3 different Data Center Locations in Abbott Park.
• Led Sybase/Teradata Application Integration Project for Baxter Pharmaceutical Installed Sybase gateway ( MDI Gateway ) on Confidential OS2 platform to allow Novell users to access Teredata Database. Supported and Managed NCR Unix application Specialists from CSC Confidential in development of Sales Product. Administered Unix queued jobs for Computer Science Confidential Application development specialists.
• Key player in Solaris Sybase Netware Integration Project for Common Wealth Edison. Worked with a team of three individuals to roll out a Client Sever application to Remote sites. These sites included nuclear plants, Fossil Fuel plants as well as different departments with in Common Wealth Edison. The site has 166 Novell Servers of which 80 were application servers. Attended Sybase Replication Server Class at Comed.