SUMMARY

• Highly accomplished solution architect, technical systems engineer, project manager, data scientist wif over twenty - five years of experience.
• Senior Enterprise Storage Engineer managing and implementing SAN and NAS using Confidential (Symmetric, VMAX, VNX, VPLEX, SRM, Unity, Recover Point, Replication Manager).
• Data Scientist managing and implementing Big Data Analytics solutions wif IBM Watson Studio, Python, Anaconda, Jupyter Notebooks, SQL, Rstudio, Power BI. Data protection wif Cohesity.
• Strong interpersonal skills, highly adapt at diplomatically facilitating discussions and negotiations wif stakeholders. Recognized project management skills for large-scale projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Project Management
• Budgeting & Planning
• System Solution Architectures
• Cost & Resource Estimates
• Change Control Management
• Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity

PROFESSION EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed Engineering, Troubleshooting, Administration of .high availability, multiple location Confidential SAN
• Clariion, VNX, Unity, Extreme IO, Celerra, RecoverPoint, Brocade, Cisco MDS
• Installed, Administered Cohesity in a Global Environment.
• Performed Engineering, Troubleshooting, Administration of high availability, multiple location Confidential SAN
• Developed AI/BI solutions for dynamic storage data.
• Designed Patentable Algorithm
• Designed teh End to End infrastructure AWS, UI, Storage Backend, Replication, Backup Solutions
• Designed, Implemented Data Mining POCs.
• Senior Storage Engineer for a global infrastructure.
• Performed administration of a high availability, multiple location Confidential SAN
• DMX3/4,VMAX, Clariion, VNX, Unity, Isilon, Centera, Celerra, NetApp, Cisco MDS

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible planning and implementing a data migration solution for a VPLEX environment.
• Teh solution contained encapsulation of heterogeneous storage, migration of multiprotocol production systems.
• Planning included system selection, POC development, migration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover planning, rollback planning and documentation.
• Responsible for designing, planning, and implementing a data migration solution for a VPLEX environment.
• Teh solution contained encapsulation of heterogeneous storage, migration of multiprotocol production systems.
• Planning included POC development, migration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover planning, rollback planning and documentation.
• Responsible for designing, planning, and implementing a data migration solution for a Celerra to Isilon environment.
• Teh solution contained migration of NFS, SMB, and multiprotocol production data.
• Planning included toolset selection, POC development, migration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover planning, rollback planning and documentation.
• Responsible for teh development, strategy, engineering, and administration for teh Health Care Information Technology Informatics, to include teh Electric Health Record, Infrastructure for teh entire health care organization.
• Worked at teh enterprise level wif system and enterprise management architects, application developers, and database and application administrators in determining disk storage allocation, backup and restore requirements, and redundancy needs.
• Evaluates new hardware and software management solutions.
• Make recommendations to management or teh client on adoptions and direction while working closely wif information assurance to evaluate and implement storage network security.
• Analyzes complex information data management and storage requirements, design, architect, document, test, configure and implement deployable solutions.
• Performs configuration and integration of SAN, NAT, fiber channel or other technologies to include integration of enhanced security of individual platforms, systems, or networks.
• Provides vulnerability/data integrity assessments by analysis and or design reviews, develop test scenarios, exercises and simulations and support testing and comparisons of new and enhanced software products.
• Provides work direction and guidance to other personnel.
• Lead teh SAN Engineering team responsible for teh development, strategy, and engineering, and administration for teh Infrastructure of teh organization.
• Worked at teh enterprise level to insure infrastructure mapped effectively to strategic initiatives workflow.

Confidential, DC

Manager of Storage and Business Continuity

Responsibilities:

• Lead teh SAN Engineering team responsible for teh development, strategy, and engineering, and administration for teh entire Infrastructure and Operations organization.
• Worked at teh enterprise level wif system and enterprise management architects, application developers, and database and application administrators in determining disk storage allocation, backup and restore requirements, and redundancy needs. Evaluates new hardware and software management solutions.
• Make recommendations to management or teh client on adoptions and direction while working closely wif information assurance to evaluate and implement storage network security.
• Analyzes complex information data management and storage requirements, design, architect, document, test, configure and implement deployable solutions.
• Performs configuration and integration of SAN, NAT, fiber channel or other technologies to include integration of enhanced security of individual platforms, systems, or networks. Provides vulnerability/data integrity assessments by analysis and or design reviews, develop test scenarios, exercises and simulations and support testing and comparisons of new and enhanced software products.
• Provides work direction and guidance to other personnel.
• Provide subject matter expertise wif Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning, and Hitachi In-System Replication
• Symmetric, VMAX, Clariion, Centera, Celerra, EDL
• Collaborate wif storage support teams
• Respond to daily Advanced Storage Administration issues and changes, including Disk space, Data backup and recovery, assisting wif local testing for disaster recovery, and monitoring storage infrastructure logs
• Maintain a working noledge of business continuity and disaster recovery plan, and provide support in teh event of an invocation or test
• Collaborate wif assigned Hitachi Data Systems storage engineers to manage teh implementation of all additional storage infrastructure and storage services
• Perform Storage allocation alignment wif established service levels
• Responsible for Policy definition and management

Confidential, Washington, DC

Architect/Project Manager/Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sr. SAN Engineer for 900TB Confidential environment including:
• Cisco 9500 and 9200 switches
• EDL library featuring Networker solutions. Backup hosts include Oracle 9i and SQL
• Supporting Windows, Solaris, and Linux hosts
• Designed and implemented high availability, multiple location Confidential SAN
• Symmetrix, Clariion, Centera, Celerra, EDL
• Designed and implemented RecoverPoint, EX/DX, Replication Manger solution
• Created policy and procedure documentation for disaster recovery and archiving
• Create and track performance metrics and plan system tuning using NaviAnalyzer and Storage Report
• Responsible for SAN management to include adding volumes, assigning ports, tracking errors, performing data allocation
• Align storage architecture wif business goals regarding system performance, disaster recovery, storage policies, and maintenance

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Chief Architect/Project Manager/Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sr. SAN Engineer for 600TB Confidential, Hitachi and Netapp environment including:
• Cisco 9500 and 9200, Brocade 3850 and 12000, Nishan, and McData switches
• StorageTek Tape library featuring VERITAS NetBackup solutions. Backup hosts include Oracle 9i and SQL
• Supporting Windows, Solaris, Linux, and VMware hosts
• Designed and implemented high availability, multiple location Confidential SAN
• Symmetrix, Clariion, Centera, Celerra, EDL
• Designed and implemented RecoverPoint and Replication Manger solution
• Created policy and procedure documentation for disaster recovery and archiving
• Create and track performance metrics and plan system tuning using NaviAnalyzer and Storage Report
• Responsible for SAN management to include adding volumes, assigning ports, tracking errors, performing data allocation
• Align storage architecture wif business goals regarding system performance, disaster recovery, storage policies, and maintenance
• Provide requirements analysis, recommendations and documentation for enterprise storage and backup needs for business groups throughout teh organization
• Create SAN SOP’s and change management procedures, oversee use and approve SAN change requests

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Storage Manager/Chief Architect/Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sr. SAN Engineer for 200TB Confidential and Hitachi environment including:
• Brocade 3850 and 12000, Nishan, and McData switches
• StorageTek Tape library featuring Veritas NetBackup solutions and Legato. Backup hosts include Oracle 9i and SQL
• Supporting Windows, Solaris, Linux, and VMware hosts
• Designed and implemented high availability, multiple location Confidential SAN
• Created policy and procedure documentation for disaster recovery and archiving
• Create and track performance metrics and plan system tuning using NaviAnalyzer
• Responsible for SAN management to include adding volumes, assigning ports, tracking errors, performing data allocation
• Prepare monthly reports used to predict storage requirements for management
• Align storage architecture wif business goals regarding system performance, disaster recovery, storage policies, and maintenance
• Provide requirements analysis, recommendations and documentation for enterprise storage and backup needs for business groups throughout teh organization
• Adhere to Service Level Agreements including Sarbanes Oxley and internal project SLA requirements
• Create automated scripts using Mirrorview for replication of data movement
• Create SAN SOP’s and change management procedures, oversee use and approve SAN change requests
• Provides cross-training and mentoring as necessary
• Designed and implemented LAN/WAN systems, E-Commerce and IBM Firewall solutions.
• Supported all aspects of LAN, Midsize systems and NOS and desktop OS services for client networks, equipment included:
• Managed team of ten LAN/WAN engineers.
• Responsible for budget, personnel management, equipment purchases, and contract negotiations for division