SUMMARY:

• Results oriented, innovative IT manager, engineer and infrastructure architect with extensive experience within highly competitive markets. Analytical strategist skilled in conceptualizing and transforming corporate visions into workable realities. Clear communicator continually focused on building relationships and promoting collaboration across business lines to drive positive change
• Easily able to communicate technical concepts to non - technical staff and clients. Skillfully able to manage and launch revolutionary new systems and conduct in-depth analysis into business needs and technological trends. A leader of top performing teams, consistently completing complex projects on-time and under-budget, and continually exceeding goals and objectives. Areas of Expertise include:

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Storage Hardware: Netapp FAS 7\Cluster Mode, EMC CLARiiON\VNX, Symmetrix DMX\VMAX, Cisco MDS, Brocade switches and directors, RecoverPoint Appliances, Data Domain, FlexPod, vBlock, Nutanix, Pure Storage

Software: DataFabric Manager, OnCommand Suite, vFilers, Unisphere, NaviManager, NaviCli, RecoverPoint, SMC, Solution Enabler, Access Logix, SAN Copy, TimeFinder, SRDF, SnapMirrior, SnapTools, SnapLock, ECC, Symmetrix Optimizer, Snap View\Mirror View, Data Ontap 7x, FOS

Virtualization: Vmware ESX\ESXi 3.x\4.x\5.x, vCenter, Orchestration, vCAC, SRM, Vmware View, Citrix XenServer, Citrix XenApp

Cloud Technologies: Amazon AWS, OpenStack, RackSpace, Ontap Cloud version

IT Controls: BS7799, ISO 9001, BCP, DRP, and FMEA

Server Equipment: Cisco UCS, Dell 610\710\810, HP Proliant DL 380\580 G3\G4\G5\G6, ML 110, DL 585 with Smart array 5 support, HP Blade 585

Network Equipment: Cisco routers, Cat\Nexus Switches, F5 & A10 Load Balancers

Backup Solutions: Veritas Netback and Exec, BrightStor ARCserve, Legato

Network Scripts: Perl, Python and Shell Scripts

Other: Security Suite (Nessus, Auditor, Snort, Nmap, Metasploit Framework)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Storage Architect | Infrastructure Lead

Responsibilities:

• Efficiently consolidated different workloads from 32 Netapp filers to 18 across four Data Centers, resulting in huge cost savings in rack space and power without compromising security, scale and performance
• Lead project to setup new production Disaster Recovery Site and build it from scratch up. This was combination of storage persistent in house and compute was set as hybrid (Amazon AWS + in house hosted)
• Team was struggling with high hardware failure rate for IBM compute hardware and IBM support for timely help and resolution to issues. Introduced Cisco UCS in environment as compute alternate to IBM.
• Introduced and implemented OnCommand Insight monitoring tool for heterogeneous storage platforms.
• Designed, architect and implemented production Data Center move from One colo to another
• Managing and mentoring a team of 4 senior infrastructure engineers

Environment: Netapp 32 Arrays (7mode) 2 Arrays (Cluster Mode), Pure Storage, Cisco UCS, Snapmirror, SnapTools, Snaplock, Bocade switches, VMware ESX\ESXi 5.x, SRM, MS Exchange 2010, MS Active Directory Services, SQL 2008\2012, Windows 2003\2008\2012, Redhat Linux.

Lead Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and created Virtual Tiers, FAST-VP policies for VMAX according to EMC best practices.
• Designed and implemented FAST-VP technology for multiple applications improving response time.
• Installed, configured, and implemented of Cisco SANTap solution for multiple Recover- point clusters.
• Designed, implemented, and documented remote replication (JVOLS for recover-point), DR storage layout (Clariion), and tested failover to DR site successfully.
• Created initiator, port, and storage groups and masking views for auto-provisioning using solutions enabler and SMC.
• Created zones and other various configurations on Cisco switches using FM and DM.
• Planned, designed, and implemented enterprise solution involving VMware, Netapp and EMC Technologies
• Designed and implemented huge Vmware farm with geo locations and nearly 100 ESX hosts and thousands of VMs.
• Designed and implemented migration from vSphere 4.x to vSphere 5.x.

Environment: Netapp FAS Series, EMC VMAX, Cisco MDS switches, EMC Clariion, Data Domain, Veritas Netbackup, VMware ESX\ESXi 4.x\5.x, SRM, MS Exchange 2007\2010, MS Active Directory Services, Windows 2003/2008, Redhat Linux.

Confidential

Senior System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Wrote VMware strategy document and designed and administrated environment which grew to over 25 ESX hosts and 750 Virtual machines production environment. Designed performance monitoring processes and improved disaster recovery processes to utilize virtualization benefits. Instrumental in setting best practice process and procedures. Utilized PowerCli and PowerShell scripting to maximize administrative efforts. Administered and managed four Netapp FAS 3040 and four FAS 3020 with capacity of nearly 250 TB NAS storage. Configured and managed vFilers and managed in heterogeneous and very complex domain environment. Setup replication between primary and DR site to prevent data loss. Managed heterogeneous environment consisted of EMC DMX 4000\VMAX SE, EMC CX 600\ CX3 - 80s SAN. Set up and managed huge Brocade SAN fabric. Efficient in both CLI and GUI tools. Managed Acopia file level virtualization hardware solution for data tiering.

Environment: VMware ESX\i, Citrix, MS Exchange, MS Active Directory Services, EMC CLARiiON, Symmetrix DMX\VMAX, Netapp FAS 3020\3040 filer

Confidential

Sr. System/Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed Linux/Sun Server. Handled backup management via Veritas Exec and NetBackup software using NetApp NAS as storage medium. EMC Symmetrix DMX 3 and Clariion CX 500: Netapp FAS series filers. Responsible for backup management via Veritas Exec and NetBackup software using NetApp NAS as storage medium.

Environment: Citrix MetaFrame, MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, EMC Symmetrix DMX 3, Brocade FC switches, Netapp FAS, EMC Clariion CX 500, Veritas Netbackup 6.0, Navisphere, SnapMirror, Storagetek Tape Library, Vmware, Snort, Nessus, IT security controls.