SUMMARY:

• Experienced in the implementation and maintenance of storage arrays, server, software administration, coupled with technical and analytical skills gained from IT and telecommunications consulting. Experience in Windows and basic
• Unix/Linux server administration and engineering while providing SAN/LAN support. Skills include analyzing software systems, requirement analysis, design configuration and implementation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Transact SQL, HTML (knowledge)

Operating Systems: Windows, Solaris Unix (knowledge), RedHat Linux 6.2 (knowledge).

Software: ECC (EMC Control Center - SRDF), SMC, SymCLI, EMC Unisphere, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, HP Command View, Cisco Fabric Manager, Cisco Device Manager, Connectrix Manager 8.9.1, Brocade ECFM, HBAnywhere, SanSurfer, Netbackup 5.2, Citrix Metaframe, Systems Management Server (SMS), Microsoft Visio, NetApp Operations Manager, NetApp Oncommand Insight, Data Ontap, EMC PowerPath, EMC RecoverPoint.

Hardware: McData Switch ED-140M, McData ED-64M, McData DS24-M2, Cisco MDS 9513 Switch, Cisco MDS 9216 Switch, EMC VMAX, EMC VNX, EDL 700, Hitachi AMS 500/1000, Hitachi USP/USPV, HP EVA 4400, NetApp FAS, EMC Unity600, EMC Isilon, Adic Scalar 100 Tape Library, StorageTek SL20, Emulex HBA, Qlogic HBA, FCoE CNA.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the Storage Engineering team, responsible engineering a new storage solution in a Hybrid Cloud environment with storage on-premise and in the AWS Cloud.
• The planning and designs of new solutions utilize the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework Enterprise) process.
• Responsible for creating (conceptual, logical and physical) Visio drawings for future implementation of storage arrays.
• Responsible for briefing the Architecture and Engineering Board for approval of engineering designs.
• Member of the Tier 3 storage team responsible for deep dive troubleshooting to resolve storage related problems and tickets. Assisted in the migration plan and design of a complex OS upgrade to (Clustered Data Ontap) on a new NetApp 8000 storage array with Secure Multi-Tenancy.
• Perform provisioning of storage on EMC/NetApp storage arrays connected to Cisco 9K MDS switch environment.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for accessing the current operational storage environment by documenting configurations and rack elevations in Visio diagrams, performing analysis on current storage systems while recommending upgrades to systems to improve performance.
• Performed storage capacity planning to ensure multiple sites were able to sustain current storage environment until the replacement Cloud solution is in production.
• Designed and documented a storage cloud solution for new multi-media application hosted in the Amazon cloud.
• Created architectural drawings for storage in the Amazon Cloud utilizing redundant Availability Zones, EC2 instances, EBS storage, snapshots of data for disaster recovery, S3 storage in a multi-region environment. Documented hardware re-caps, vendor SLA’s at multiple locations to ensure equipment was installed and storage upgrades to sites were installed.

Sr. Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and maintaining over 22 PB of enterprise storage on numerous storage platforms Hitachi, EMC, and NetApp storage arrays.
• Configured and implemented new storage arrays supporting VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) environment.
• Implemented and created best practices of ISL’s, trunks, vsans on Cisco MDS switches to improve performance and throughput of data traversing the network.
• Provisioned storage on EMC VMAX, NetApp 3270, 3240 storage arrays, Hitachi USP, USP-V, HUS storage arrays. Performed replication of data between sites to maintain copy for DR.
• Engineered a new solution to move customers from old and outdated switch hardware to new hardware while maintaining an active production environment.

Sr. Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the implementation of a tiered-storage architecture solution for long term growth of data, utilizing new emerging technologies. Participated as a member of the storage team, making recommendations to virtualize storage to increase TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and improve customer current infrastructure.
• Responsible for optimizing data flow and improve performance by making RAID level recommendations. Responsible for configuring and maintaining storage arrays utilizing 10GB -FCOE network. Responsible for provisioning storage in a Windows/Unix/Linux environment utilizing EMC storage arrays- VMAX, DMX-3, VNX7500, VNX5500 arrays Netapp FAS6240, FAS6210, FAS3270 storage arrays while zoning to Cisco.
• Provisioned storage to VmWare ESX virtual servers in a clustered environment.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Attended meetings with upper level management and made recommendations to improve processes.
• Responsible for conducting research on numerous mission critical systems while documenting data flow.
• Created technical briefings of system hardware to train new contract personnel.
• Performed data mining and assisted management in board briefings with the customer to prove readiness of the transition of system hardware.

Sr. Implementation Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the customer with day-to-day infrastructure operations and troubleshooting, root cause analysis, documentation, and operations management.
• Responsible for provisioning storage in a Unix/Windows environment from the EMC product line Symmetrix, DMX -1000 and DMX -2000, CX-600/700.
• Performed daily management tasks using ECC to perform meta device configuration, sdr mapping, lun masking using vcmdb and using symcli. Maintained and performed zoning on Mcdata switches ED-140M, ED-64M, DS24-M2.
• Assisted in drive upgrade on DMX-1000, upgrading drives from 146GB to 300GB drives.
• Responsible for documenting a compatability matrix on all EMC equipment and making hardware recommendations to the customer.

Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided Clariion and Symmetrix storage provisioning to over 120+ servers in a high availability network environment.
• Implemented, administered and maintained EMC product line of Clariion and Symmetrix storage arrays, while providing end to end solutions for the customer, following EMC’s Best Practice. Performed daily storage management tasks on Clariion CX-600/700, CX 3-80 and Symmetrix DMX-3 storage arrays using Navisphere Manager and EMC Control Center (ECC).
• Tested and implemented FLARE upgrades of system software and replace faulty hardware components related to storage arrays while ensuring continuous data protection in a stable storage environment.
• Assisted in the implementation of a tiered-storage architecture solution for capacity planning and long term growth of data in the customer environment.

Storage/Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, analyzing, testing, documenting, and implementing end to end solutions for the customer.
• Provide consultation to the customer while briefing upper management of resolutions involved in server/network issues.
• Member of Storage Team, responsible for maintaining and assisting in the administration and engineering of EMC Clariion CX-700 Storage Area Network (SAN). Maintain and create zones, hosts, luns, storage groups and while troubleshooting SAN disk errors.
• Responsible for the server administration and engineering of Windows servers, while maintaining backups of 40+ servers. Upgrade and implement existing backup software while testing and designing an enterprise wide Disaster Recovery Plan.
• Perform server upgrades preparing for Active Directory migration from a Windows NT domain to an Active Directory domain.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on storage capacity planning for enterprise wide systems.

Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for troubleshooting servers and user applications, while providing customer support to end users.
• Perform server administration on MS Windows 2003 Server. Perform server administration on Unix servers, which consists of deleting files to increase disk space on the server.
• Responsible for building new user workstations and configuration, while installing Windows XP and additional software.
• Create new user accounts and grant permissions, using Active Directory.
• Perform analysis of current server and network configuration, while making recommendations to increase the stability by installing additional software to monitor the network.
• Make recommendations to automate current processes and current workflow by installing new software and installing new server hardware.

NT Systems Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed new software releases and software patches via Systems Management Server and resolved hardware/software related problems.
• Maintained data files and monitored system configuration to ensure data integrity on a daily basis.
• Proactively identified problems and developed solutions to increase system stability and minimize customer down time.
• Lead System Administrator, responsible for implementing server backups locally and internationally using ArcServe 2000 to ensure data was fully protected and could be restored to prevent a disaster recovery.