SUMMARY

• Seeking a position which will allow me to utilize and augment my 4 years of experience as a Netapp Administrator and Architect, and eleven years of experience as a UNIX Systems Administrator.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Netapp (FAS740, FAS860, GF940, FAS980, FAS270, FAS2050, FAS3020, FAS3050, FAS3140, FAS3070, FAS3170, FAS6040, FAS6070, V6080, TOE cards, DS14SCSI/ATA shelves), DataDomain, Sun (SPARC 1/1+/2/5/10/20, Ultra 1/2/5/10/60/80/e220/240/e280/e420, Netra 105/1145/1405 , A1000/5000, StorEdge Packs, SunPCI), Silicon Graphics (Onyx, Octane, O2, Indy, Indigo2), HP/Compaq/DEC (500/800/9000/ AU760), Intel based PC’s, Laptops (IBM, Dell, Sony), exposed to emc2 DMX3/4 Symmetrix, exposed to Cisco MDS95000 switches.

Software: Netapp DFM/Operations Manager, Netapp Performance Advisor, Netapp Perfstat/SIO/Snapmirror/MultiStore, Netapp Management Console; exposed to Cisco Fabric Manager, some VMWare, some VMWare Infrastructure Client, CVS, Legato (BudTool, Networker), Veritas (NetBackup, BackupExec, Volume Manager VxVM), Sun (CDE, OBP, RAID Manager, Disksuite, Custom Jumpstart), FlexLM (UNIX, Windows), RedHat RAID, Sendmail, AWK, SGI XLV facility, PTC (Pro/E, Pro/PDM), MS (Office, Outlook, Visio, Test), Norton Anitvirus, McAfee Anitvirus, putty, WRQ (ReflectionX). sh/csh, Azor Ferret, and Segue QA Partner scripting. Familiar with VisualBasic

Operating Systems: OnTap 6.4.x, 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, Sun Solaris 1.1.1/2.5x/2.6/2.8, Compaq Tru64 (DEC OSF/1), Linux (Slackware & Redhat), NetBSD 1.5, FreeBSD 4.6/6.x/7.x, IRIX 5.3/5.3xfs/ 6.2/6.3/6.4/6.5 +, DOS, Windows3.x, WindowsNT 4.0, Windows9x/ME/2K/XP, HPUX 11.

Protocols: NDMP, CIFS, iSCSI, SSH, TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, DNS (4.x, 8.x), AMD, POP3, SMB (SAMBA), DHCP, some HTTPD configuration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,  San Jose, CA 

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Subject Matter Export for confidential NAS to MVDC test group in SVL test center. Assisted in testing, data collection and analysis, and documentation of NAS aspect of project. Tested MultiStore, as well as NFS, behavior and performance. Assisted in the configuration, setup, and maintenance of NAS equipment in the test lab. Worked with Netapp SEs for procuring, installing, and configuring NAS equipment to meet test condition requirements. Worked with Cisco Networking, SAN storage, Database, Application, Systems, and Infrastructure teams to ensure all NAS configurations met or exceeded test requirements. Documented all processes used during testing. (Contract)

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Senior Netapp Administrator/Architect

Responsibilities:

• As Global Engineering Services’ primary Netapp Administator/Architect I specified, ordered, co - ordinated installation, configured, and maintained all Netapp equipment. Constantly monitored 18 clusters (appr. 850tb) install base with DFM, and was oncall for Netapp issues 24/7. Migrated data using SnapMirror and NDMPCopy to decommission old hardware and for load balancing. Created several scripts to monitor all systems globally. Setup 3 replication clusters globally to keep tools and company source code in sync across all theaters. Documented all processes and procedures creating standards for all theaters. Mentored junior admin to assist in Netapp Admin duties. Worked on VMs hosted on ESX clusters. Before working as the Primary Netapp Admin/Architect, I was a client and server-side UNIX admin setting up and maintaining Sun servers.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Phone/Desk-side Support Admin

Responsibilities:

• Support Administrator for RedHat 9, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Install and maintain RedHat 9 clients. Install software and updates to Windows clients. Phone & desk-side user support. Help manage DNS and user accounts. (Contract)

Confidential, Fremont, CA

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintained high availability servers, setup RH FTP server and added 12 additional RedHat 8.0/AS2.1 test servers to racks. Helped engineers setup test LANs, as well as serviced desktops as required. Directed/mentored junior Windows admin as needed. (3 week contract; filled in for vacationing Sys Admin)

 Confidential, San Jose, CA

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• UNIX Admin and Win9x/2k desktop support for startup Rhapsody Networks (ASIC/Software/Hardware/Test Engineers, Corporate Management/Sales/Marketing). Configure/maintain NIS/NFS, setup/maintain UNIX FlexLM servers, setup/maintain NetBSD software development machines (including NIS/AMD/NFS) and servers, setup/maintain jumpstart server, setup/maintain Sun clients/servers, administer user accounts, setup/maintain NetBackup server/clients (incl. NDMP), setup/maintain Networker server/clients (NDMP), maintain Backup Exec server/clients, setup/maintain NetApp F740, setup/maintain RH 7.x NFS RAID servers, setup/maintained FreeBSD 4.6 NFS RAID server, dual homed servers for faster backups. Capacity planning & specify hardware to be purchased, work with vendors for quotes/orders, organized docs, installation s/w, and licenses (UNIX), and documented UNIX sys admin processes. Work primarily with Solaris 2.8, desktops running Win2k and ReflextionX, and laptops. Assist Windows/Network Admin with setting up Windows machines, network, domain accounts, and VPN accounts for new hires. Also assist with Windows client issues. After acquisition by Brocade Communications, maintained my senior UNIX duties under new management.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• UNIX and Windows 98/NT support for startup company. Sole admin supporting 35+ users (Software/Test Engineers, Corporate Management/Sales/Marketing), configured and maintained NIS/NFS, maintained FlexLM servers, setup/maintained jumpstart server, setup/configured UPS for critical server, administer user accounts, setup/maintained Networker server/clients, setup RH 7.0 devel. workstations, dual homed lab servers, maintained printers/print servers, ordered/setup racks in lab, helped in company move strategy, helped in capacity planning and specified hardware to be purchased, organized docs, installation s/w, and licenses, and documented entire sys admin process for replacement SA. Worked primarily with Solaris 2.8, SunPCI running WinNT, and laptops running Win98. (Contract)

Confidential, Livermore, CA

UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• One of four System Administrators supporting over 250 UNIX and NT clients (Hardware Engineers/Designers). Was primary SA for SGI's running IRIX 6.x, DEC Alphas running OSF/1, e420 PDM Db servers using DiskSuite config'ed for RAID 0+1, maintaining secure FTP accounts, and BudTool library. Performed NIS/NFS & user account administration, server/workstation buildup & maintenance, disk sanitation per DOE specs, software & upgrade installation, patch installation, phone & desk-side customer support, documented SA processes, DOE CSP2317 & CSP2327 security forms signoff and record management, helped in capacity planning then created and tracked all group orders, created and tracked all maintenance calls to vendors. Was backup Tech. Lead. (Contract)

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

UNIX Warranty Support Admin

Responsibilities:

• UNIX technical phone support for all SGI platforms (Indigo and above) and peripherals, and all operating systems versions (5.3 and above). Also assisted (over the phone) with installation issues for operating systems, Netscape Browser, Netscape WebForce web server, and Legato Networker. Assisted customers with XLV, and RAID installation issues. (Contract)

Confidential  San Jose, CA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• UNIX Systems Administrator and Windows NT support for San Jose office (Hardware/Software/Test Engineers). Sole admin supporting 25+ users, configured and maintained NIS/NFS/DNS, administered user accounts, maintained printers/print servers, managed backups, helped in company move, specified hardware to be purchased, implemented and enforced policies and procedures, organized docs, installation s/w, and licenses. Worked primarily with Solaris 1.1.1, and desktops running WinNT. Created and maintained the Weitek web site, and maintained the proxy server.