TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Experienced Storage and Systems Administrator
• Linux, Windows, Vmware,, AWS, Azure
• Red Hat, Ubuntu, Suse, AIX, HP: UX, W2k, Hadoop, VXFS
• Confidential Vmax, VNX, XIO, Data Domain, Netapp FAS V3100, V3200, HP 3par
• Avamar, Networker, Netbackup, Backup Exec, TSM, Veem
• HP Proliant, HP C7000, Cisco UCS, Cisco MDS, Dell, IBM, Intel, Super Micro, Asus, Brocade
• Fiber Cable Plant Design, ITIL, Change Management, Capacity Planning, Converged Infrastructure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Storage Lead

Responsibilities:

• Installed and supported multiple Confidential and HP mid range systems, (VNX, 3Par)
• Responsible for Avamar backup and DR, design, implementation and operations
• Implemented multiple Avamar Grids, maintained policies, schedules and archives
• Deployed Data Domain with Cloud Tiering integrated with Avamar and Networker
• Domain Admin and VMware ESXi administrator
• Performed Vmware VDI administration and capacity planning.
• Performed Platform, Cloud and Data Center Migrations
• Performed Red Hat Linux, patching, upgrades, security audits
• Performed Samba, SMB configuration, LDAP integration
• Deployed Customized Devops Code, maintained enterprise GIT repo
• Administered Veritas Volume Manager, (VXVM), migrated to Docker
• Scripted Cache database snapshots and backups
• Designed and implemented Rhel GPFS File System
• Wrote Shell, Perl Puppet and API Scripts for Avamar, Nagios, Recover Point, XIO
• Administered Cisco and Brocade SAN switches, Fabrics
• Managed Storage/Backup Team

Confidential

Consultant /Vendor

Responsibilities:

• Provided consulting/support for non classified engineering lab for r&d group, (ie.Phantom Works)
• Implemented and supported Hadoop Clusters, Hbase, Hive for Border Security GIS imaging initiative.
• Developed automation tasks and scripting in support of 3D ISR BDA initiative
• Maintained OS's, Domains, LDAP, patches, hardware and physical infrastructure
• Installed and maintained proprietary Boeing Datamaster AISR imagery database.
• Designed Converged Infrastructure systems for experimental air frames in support of FLIR upgrade initiative.
• Built GPU based AI learning systems and neural networks in support of DARPA image recognition and target acquisition challenge.

Confidential

Storage Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed storage performance analysis, remediation and capacity planning for insurance healthcare application which resulted in a significant hardware refresh.

Confidential

Sr. Storage Administrator/ SME

Responsibilities:

• Implemented storage of clinical application (EPIC) rollout across 43 hospitals and clinics.
• Designed and built out storage and fiber infrastructure for three, new, enterprise data centers in Washington and Alaska.
• Installed, managed, migrated approximately 2PB of multi vendor ( Confidential Vmax, VNX,
• Data Domain, Netapp FAS, IBM DS8000) storage from Oregon to Washington.
• Planned, executed, implemented storage and data center migrations using IBM SVC,
• Open Replicator, SAN Copy, SRDF, FCIP.
• Implemented VMAX virtual provisioning, SRDF, FAST, SPA, Avamar.
• Performed upgrades, Migration, Expansions for Netapp V3100/V3200 systems in Alaska.

Confidential

Storage Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As backfill for CE on long term medical leave, I implemented Confidential products for Confidential and their business partner.
• Created engineering documents and implementation plans for disk and tape capacity add at all four AT&T national data centers.
• Implemented ESRS Secure Gateway and expanded Confidential Control Center infrastructure.
• Installed Confidential Data Domain VTL Libraries for Netbackup, Backup Exec, Commvault and TSM.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Storage Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assumed responsibility for and drove to completion a SAN remediation project.
• Responsible for storage migrations using IBM SVC from IBM DS4800 and IBM DS6800.
• Implemented and provisioned Vmware ESXi 3.5
• Performed migrations to new data center.

Confidential, Issaquah, WA

Sr. UNIX Administrator / Sr. Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered HP - UX and Solaris running on HP-XP, EVA and Hitachi Storage.
• Administered Veritas Netbackup, Veritas Cluster, VXFS and Confidential Clariion.
• Responsible for storage administration, including replication, provisioning, zoning, NAS,
• Backup/Recovery (NetBackup NDMP) and performance analysis.
• Managed 1.5PB of Confidential storage, DMX3000, CLARiiON CX700, Centera.
• Scripted HP Replication and DR failover using Perl and Bourne Shell.

Confidential, Portland, OR

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed storage provisioning on Confidential DMX and Confidential CLARiiON CX.
• Administered HP-UX and Solaris Systems.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Migrated enterprise data center.
• Performed host based migrations from IBM ESS storage to new data center.
• Wrote detailed work plans for Windows and Unix, then implemented.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Wrote and implemented TimeFinder scripts, using Perl, for Novell Groupwise backup with NetBackup.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Storage Engineer, Replication Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented UNIX shell scripts on HP-UX 11i Superdome Cluster and HP 7400/8400s and Sun E4500 for maintenance of BCVs, SRDF and SAR cycle. Provided support for
• DR and migration of data center as well as installation and configuration of SDMM.

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Storage Administrator, Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led business continuance project to replicate UDB / DB2 and MS/SQL Server data for pen systems DR initiative, using Hitachi TrueCopy on 9980v disk arrays, with CNT
• Ultranet, Brocade, Cisco and McDATA Switches
• Supported and administered SAN consisting of Hitachi, Confidential Symmetric, CLARiiON and StorageWorks disk, McDATA directors, 6064 with EFC Manager, StorageTek STK
• PowderHorn 9310 and L180 tape libraries connected to HP-UX, AIX, Solaris and
• NT/W2K servers with Tivoli TSM
• Installed and supported SAN solutions including ECC 5.1, ESN Manager, Connectrix
• Manager and Storability Global Storage Manager

Confidential, Olympia, WA

San Architect/Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designed, installed & support Storage Area Network, (SAN) using Brocade Fibre
• Channel switches, connecting HP9000, HP-UX, Sun E10k, Solaris, Hitachi 9960 and HPXP256 disk arrays, Qualstar libraries, Legato, Celestra, Veritas Cluster Server,
• NetBackup, MC Serviceguard, OpenView Network Node Manager

Confidential, Tacoma, WA

Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administered HP-UX servers, migrated data centers. Administered & supported HP-UX,
• AIX, Solaris & Windows. Developed and implemented Disaster Recovery & Business
• Continuance programs, UNIX security standards. Performed Y2K updates, security patches and OS upgrades. Remotely supported 400+ UNIX servers, 1000+ NT Servers and 24,000 OpenView managed nodes.