Objectives

• As a Storage Area Networks technician / engineer, with over 19 years of practical working experience.
• I bring with me a background of experiences both in the support and deploying of san and network solutions from diverse projects. It is also a combination of experience in Project Management, Server Provisioning, Process Assessment, Process Automation, Technology Trainer ing and Troubleshooting on these technologies that I wish to bring to your company.

Relevant Hardware and Software Experience:

• Cisco Routers Windows 2k / 2k3 / Ent Server Cisco Fiber Channel Switches
• Fibre Channel / SCSI CISCO Load Balancers Fibre / Fiber Channel technology
• PIX Firewalls F5 BIG IP Direct Attached Storage
• SAN Hardware Trainer Tivoli Storage Manager Brocade 5000 / 3400 / 2800 Switches
• SATA / SCSI Disk / Fiber Disk EMC CX and FC series Windows XP / 2000 Advance Server
• McData SAN Switches Emulex FC Hubs SAN Storage Trainer
• Navisphere Software Power Edge series servers Windows 2008 Server R2
• Windows SBS 2003 Active Directory Dell Equalogic
• PowerPath Dell NAS Devices VMWare Server / Workstation
• StorageTek NetApp IBM High Availability 4k / 5k / 8k
• 32 / 64 bit versions XP/VISTA Windows Enterprise Server Cloud Computing Q/A
• Dell Compellent EMC Clariion NFS / CIFS / DNS

Professional Experience:

Confidential

Systems Engineer:

Performs system's analysis and diagnostics. Develops and conducts tests to ensure systems meet documented user requirements. Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system problems. Provides system/equipment/specialized training and technical guidance. . Test and install new build on the Linux/Unix and Virtual platforms Provide and maintain sever build and hardware/software metric Provide Tier 3 support and troubleshooting to O M group May serve as a technical team or task lead. Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned. Manage multiple projects/tasks that interfaces with other IT disciplines Participates in special projects as required.

Confidential

Systems Engineer:

Software Validation Engineer:

Responsible for setup, configuration of Dell DAS/NAS/SAN storage systems in the lab environment. Responsible for system level validation of 3rd party software applications / Solutions on Dell storage products. Responsible for coordinating/communicating with Dell Partners on test results/issues Storage experience with DAS/SAN/NAS including deployment, configuration, management of Dell or other storage vendors. Storage and network protocol level knowledge iSCSI, FC, TCP, NFS, CIFS Validation test documentation and white paper development experience. Familiarity with the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems and some exposure to the virtualized environment. Be comfortable working in a lab environment, racking and stacking the server and storage hardware. Ability to work independently Good communication skills

Confidential

Short-term Project 1

• Short term assignment working to complete a small SAN/NAS migration.
• Performance updates of current san and backup infrastructure to latest revisions as per OEM.
• Network administration skills, excellent knowledge in hardware equipment, and basic database knowledge
• Manages and administrates an enterprise level backup and recovery suite
• Define backup restore schedules, and implements infrastructure maintenances

Short-term Project 2

• Work assisting clients in support of their IBM SAN solutions
• Required strong background in SAN and NAS support
• Understanding of AIX, Windows, Linux operating systems. Primary support in Windows.
• Strong understanding of network infrastructures and Enterprise infrastructures needed.

Short-term Project 3

• Basic knowledge and understanding of troubleshooting, testing, and performance tuning in SAN platforms
• Basic knowledge of SAN best practices for current VMware, AIX, Windows, and Linux operation systems, Files systems, SQL Server, Oracle, and Exchange
• Experience with server operating systems AIX, Windows, and Linux
• Strong background/knowledge of Fibre Channel SAN concepts and technologies

Confidential

Storage Test Engineer Contractor

• Hands-on lab work installing / deploying and testing the storage systems.
• Address service issues as well as supporting other engineering groups in-house.
• Design test beds, or setup customer configurations to execute complex test plans mimicking real world customer environment.
• Experience working with Windows Storage Server 2008 and 2008 R2, NAS.
• Writing scripts for automation testing and solution deployment.
• Configurations on SAN and RAID storage equipment.
• Support and configuration of devices using DNS/CIFS/NFS on NAS and VMWare Products.

Confidential

Solution Architect Planning and providing guidance on basic technical infrastructure solutions Provide technical planning and guidance on software solutions for advanced infrastructure processes Selection of hardware, software, OS packages to be utilized in Solutions Hardware and OS procurement Tools Stack for OS Backup tools, management and monitoring tools supported on the project Storage and Network support Planning and Operations Support Deployment within datacenter

Transition to production operations in data center Disaster Recovery Planning Infrastructure Performance management

Confidential

I. Test Storage Analyst

• IBM High Availability product testing and support.
• IBM FAST T SAN and High Availability storage device configuration testing.
• Cisco 3900 series switches and Cisco 2900 series router configuration and setups.
• Skills in vi for editing/manipulating files.
• Minimal Unix, Linux, Solaris administration and support
• SAN Fabric creation, maintenance, and administration

II. Enterprise Storage Administrator

• Schedule and administer Netbackup 5.1.MP4, TeraData, FastT, iScaler
• Documentation of all backup systems and processes
• Lead for NetBackup Migration from 5.1 to 6.0
• Support and administration of Cisco SAN Switches.
• Tape Library support of ADIC Scalar i2000
• Minimum support of AIX, Unix environments as related to storage support.

III. Systems Administrator

• Network administration and hardware support.
• Server and network hardware installations and configurations Small Business support and installations
• Backup Server support, Printer and Desktop support for local and remote customer's via Webx or RDP.
• Monitor weekly jobs on client backup systems.

Confidential

Storage Analyst / Systems Storage Support Technician

• Dell / EMC Storage Area Network devices configuration and support McData / Brocade SAN Switch device configuration and support Advanced server, tbu hardware knowledge including Veritas, ARCServe, COMMVault, and SCSI, RAID, and I/O topology OS support of MS Server Operating systems, including but not limited to 2003, 2000, and Enterprise Server. DNS/WINS/DHCP, firewall solutions, network load balancing, and san fabric troubleshooting. II. Systems Test Technician Product testing for Dell on their new and presently shipping products. Working with Dell engineers to execute test efforts for defect resolution. Assist development in reproducing and debugging defects on Dell Advanced Defect resolution testing and then identifying issues requiring the use of 3rd party software SILK, Load Runner Running test plans and test cases for new and emerging hardware and hardware configurations.
• Testing processes for web applications, test automation and writing automation scripts.

Confidential

• Administrator support of hosted Web servers in Web domains, clustered configurations, sans.
• Repair or replace downed storage and server hardware as required.
• Basic Unix Administration of server hardware of software.
• Software and OS upgrades and installations.