SUMMARY:

A results driven and team oriented Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity IT Professional with 24 years’ experience in developing, implementing, testing and maintaining DR programs for government municipalities and large global organizations. Career diversity and related work experience has enabled professional development, understanding core business competencies, working knowledge of DR testing (true and simulated disasters events) in a myriad industry sectors such as: Finance, Banking, Insurance, Call Center operations, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Data Storage, Energy, Fabrication, Entertainment, Engineering, Aerospace, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics. These experiences are also coupled with solid organizational skills, meticulous work ethics, exceptional problem solving, analytical skills and proficiency in multiple application suites.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, HP - UX, AIX, SCO, MP-RAS, Windows 95/98/2000/2003/ XP/Vista/2008/, Windows NT server Confidential Data Domain 5x - 6x

Software: Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Confidential 3.2 - 5.0, Symantec Confidential 6.0 - 7.6, Veritas Confidential DLO, Veritas HA Cluster Server, Veritas Backup Exec, Tivoli Storage Manage 5.4 - 7.1, Cristie BMR, Disk Suite, Exceed, Lotus Notes, ADSM, DD Boost 2.3, Confidential Networker 7x- 9x, Confidential Avamar 6x - 7x, Confidential DPA, Alexandria, Avamar, Mistro, Patrol, HACMP, MC-Service Guard, Exchange Mail, Microsoft Office 97 - 365, Bocada, Peregrine, Remedy

Hardware: Sun 240, 280, 450, 6800, E10K, E15K, Tadpole Laptop, Confidential -Clarion, Confidential -VTL, Confidential -DD990 & DD890, T3 Storage Arrays, A5200 Storage Arrays, D1000 Storage Arrays, HP 3000MPE, HP9000, Confidential RS6000, Confidential PC’s, Confidential Laptops, Quantum Tape Drives, Quantum L3500, StorageTek L180/L700/SL500, Quantum super loaders and Confidential 3584/3494 Tape libraries, Confidential Virtual Tape Library - DL6000, Confidential Blade center

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Business Continuity/Storage Systems Consultant

Confidential, Windsor Mills, MD

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating data migration with client leadership and technical staff across multiple disciplines such as storage operations, virtualization, networking, operating systems, and databases. Preparation for testing events through development, review and QA of test plans and documentation with infrastructure teams.
• Utilizing multiple backup applications and architectures such as Confidential, Confidential, Networker and Avamar.
• Developed detailed high availability and disaster recovery architectures for applications and systems for an organization with multiple data centers and diverse technology platforms. Installed and configure multiple Avamar 7.1 grids both single node and rain configurations integrated with multiple Data Domains.
• Responsible for Data Domain configuration and clone replication. Performed scripting modification using Python for changes in automation.
• Architected Disaster recovery infrastructure utilizing backups of filesystems and databases via Networker 7 and 9, Avamar 7.3 and direct to Data Domains 6x.
• Well versed in architected and configuration of VTLs, CDLs, EDLs, Data Domain, and Tape Libraries.

Disaster Recovery/Storage Systems Consultant

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Worked in tandem with management in accessing new software tools, hardware and strategies for Backup and Recovery, DR encryption and VPN security on networks that have existing (RSA and AES) encryptions.
• Preparation for testing events through development, review and QA of test plans and documentation with infrastructure teams.
• Implementation and modification of Python scripts for backup automation.
• Develop detailed high availability and disaster recovery architectures for applications and systems for an organization with multiple data centers worldwide and diverse technology platforms such as Confidential, Networker 7 and 9, Avamar, Data Domain, NetApp, Multiple versions of Unix, Linux and Windows.
• Provided implementation leadership within a team of Confidential professionals for migration of both data and hardware.
• Planed and implemented Disaster Recovery tests for both Confidential, Networker and Avamar remotely for United States, Asia and European Union.

Avamar Disaster Recovery/Systems Consultant

Confidential, Moo rsville, NC

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configure multiple Avamar 7.1 grids both single node and rain configurations integrated with multiple Data Domains.
• Responsible for Data Domain configuration and clone replication.
• Collaborated with automation team for development and implementation of Python scripts.
• Architected Disaster recovery infrastructure utilizing backups of filesystems and databases via Avamar 7.3 and direct to Data Domains 6x.
• Well versed in architected and configuration of VTLs, CDLs, EDLs, Data Domain, and Tape Libraries.

Disaster Recovery/Systems Migrations Consultant

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating data migration with client leadership and technical staff across multiple disciplines such as storage operations, virtualization, networking, operating systems, and databases.
• Preparation for testing events through development, review and QA of test plans and documentation with infrastructure teams.
• Develop detailed high availability and disaster recovery architectures for applications and systems for an organization with multiple data centers and diverse technology platforms.
• Provided implementation leadership within a team of Confidential professionals for migration of both data and hardware.
• Transitioning from Confidential and Avamar to Confidential Backup recovery/Disaster recovery technology solution as well as repurposing Confidential Data Domain.

Disaster Recovery/Systems Consultant

Confidential, Columbia, MO

Responsibilities:

• Implementing backup and recovery solutions utilizing Tivoli Storage Manager.
• Installation of Confidential 7.1, server code including schedules, storage pools, management classes, Confidential databases and Confidential server options file.
• Experience backing up SQL and Exchange databases using Confidential . Implementation and configuration of Confidential for Confidential .
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of backups, also responsible for Confidential upgrades from 6.5 to 7.1 also patching.
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of backups in multiple Confidential server environments.

Disaster Recovery/Systems Consultant

Confidential, TN

Responsibilities:

• Implementing backup and recovery solutions utilizing Tivoli Storage Manager.
• Installation of Confidential 7.1, server code including schedules, storage pools, management classes, Confidential databases and Confidential server options file.
• Experience backing up SQL and Exchange databases using Confidential .
• Implementation and configuration of Confidential for Confidential .
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of backups, also responsible for Confidential upgrades from 6.5 to 7.1 also patching.
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of backups in multiple Confidential server environments.

Disaster Recovery/Systems Migrations Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinating data migration with client leadership and technical staff across multiple disciplines such as storage operations, virtualization, networking, operating systems, and databases.
• Preparation for testing events through development, review and QA of test plans and documentation with infrastructure teams.
• Develop detailed high availability and disaster recovery architectures for applications and systems for an organization with multiple data centers and diverse technology platforms.
• Provided implementation leadership within a team of Capgemini and Confidential professionals for migration of both data and hardware.
• Transitioning from Confidential to Confidential Backup recovery/Disaster recovery technology solution.
• Combining multiple technologies to work together such as Confidential and Data Domain.

ITO Service Delivery Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide Disaster Recovery consulting services for multiple private and public sector end-clients.
• Create DR Test Plans; detailing schematics of the production and recovery environments.
• Implemented processes and procedures for communicating drill status to senior management.
• Participate in client DR drills, facilitating the role as Storage Disaster Recovery Coordinator, supporting client data recovery, for heterogeneous environments.
• Ensure that recovery procedures were developed and exercised for all DR drills.
• Member of interview panel for screening new hires.
• Coordinate and schedule on shore & off shore personnel to support DR testing.
• Manage the tape repository and media list to be shipped to HP recovery data centers.
• Review and execute DR procedure and process for exercises.
• Validate pre-drill check lists complete. Verify process, update recovery scripts, capture data, and conduct lessons learned; after drill.
• Support the creation of recovery process documents for diverse platforms and environments.
• Document L1/L2/L3 & Technical Recovery Procedure (TRP) for existing and future operations.
• Provide pre-drill knowledge transfer with off-shore resources on all process and procedures.
• Validate the backup history to ensure data restoration, supporting Data Protector, Confidential, NAS, NetWorker, Avamar & Confidential .

Disaster Recovery/Systems Consultant

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Create processes and objectives in order to meet Contracted Service Level (CSL) obligations. To ensure BC/DR related contractual compliance and service level assurance of customer is met.
• To steer assigned project manager(s) working on BC/DR projects on deliverables, methods and processes in order to achieve desired service continuity assurance levels.
• Architecting and implementing backup and recovery and disaster recovery solutions including but not limited to Backup and Recovery thru SAN storage, system builds via AIX, Windows and Confidential Data Domain. Installed and configured Confidential DD Boost on DD990 & DD890.
• Performed migration of Confidential server environment to Confidential Networker server nodes in a disk based environment with duplication to offsite tape based and cloud based solution. Performed data recovery in large scale enterprise storage environment measured in petabytes, for Networker and Confidential application installs, upgrades and server patching.
• Worked in conjunction with DBA’s on configuration and modification of Rman for Oracle backups.
• System trouble shooting of preexisting issues both onsite and remote sites. Projection of system growth according to business requirements.
• Training IT staff on new software configurations and implementations. Architected Confidential 5.5 legacy archival recovery environment for client Adecco.
• Consolidate 8 server archival environments into a 3 server archival recovery environment.

Disaster Recovery/Systems Engineer

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• To coordinate and execute all BC/DR related assurance deliverables in line with customer ITSCM processes and objectives in order to meet Contracted Service Level (CSL) obligations for global customer accounts and to ensure BC/DR related contractual compliance and service level assurance to customer is met.
• To steer assigned project manager(s) working on BC/DR projects on deliverables, methods and processes in order to achieve desired service continuity assurance levels.
• Architecting and implementing backup and recovery and disaster recovery solutions including but not limited to Backup and Recovery thru SAN storage, system builds, Solaris, AIX and Windows.
• Performed data recovery in large scale enterprise storage environment measured in petabytes, OS and software installs, creation of shell scripts, system trouble shooting of preexisting issues both onsite and via phone.
• Projection of system growth according to business requirements.
• Involved in training both IT staff and customers on new software implementations.
• Work with both sales and customer to provide optimal solutions for environments.
• Managed multiple projects as related to overall customer requirements.
• Architecting and implementing backup and recovery solutions utilizing Tivoli Storage Manager.
• Installation and support of Confidential 5.5 and 6.4, server code including schedules, storage pools, management classes, Confidential databases and Confidential server options file.
• Experience backing up SQL and Exchange databases using Confidential . Manage team for day to day monitoring of backups, also responsible for Confidential upgrades from 5.5 and 6.4 also patching.
• Providing training to first and second level engineers in all aspects of data protection monitoring, with tools such as, Confidential, IPmon, etc.
• Performed all aspects of trouble shooting on Confidential failures providing all documentation and information on hot fixes and packages for both UNIX and windows environment. Installed and managed patches, updates and packages for both Confidential and Confidential software on Unix, Linux and Windows platforms.
• Responsible for configuration of Rman for Oracle’s integration into Symantec Confidential 7.1 schedules using Symantec Confidential 7.1 for Oracle add on.
• Responsible for verifying and maintaining software licenses. Communicate with internal and external customers via phone also using Remedy ticketing systems.

Disaster Recovery Specialist

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Implementing backup and recovery solutions utilizing Tivoli Storage Manager.
• Installation of Confidential 5.3, 5.4 5.5 and 6.1, server code including schedules, storage pools, management classes, Confidential databases and Confidential server options file.
• Experience backing up SQL and Exchange databases using Confidential .
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of backups, also responsible for Confidential upgrades from 5.3 to 5.5 and 6.1 also patching.
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of backups in multiple Confidential server environments.
• Providing training to first and second level engineers in all aspects of data protection monitoring.
• Daily incidents performance tracking handled via MAC ticketing system.

TSM Disaster Recovery Specialist

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of Confidential 5.4, 5.5 and 6.0, server code including schedules, storage pools, management classes, Confidential databases and Confidential server options file. Experience backing up Oracle, SQL and Exchange databases using Confidential .
• Responsible for day to day monitoring of backups in dual environment via Confidential ’s Avamar 6.1 with Bocada monitoring both UNIX, Windows and VM-windows nodes.
• Installation and configuration of Avamar grids, Avamar for Exchange, Avamar for SQL and reporting tools, also responsible for Confidential upgrades from 5.4 to 5.5 and 6.1 also patching.
• Providing training to first and second level engineers in all aspects of data protection monitoring. Daily incidents performance tracking handled via Remedy ticketing system.
• Ensured compliance with Annual security assessments.
• Regular monitoring of the organization's systems and network security configuration.
• Appropriate use of data and the organization's other resources, assisted in implementing a formal employee security awareness training program, including education on the policy itself. Set in place a security incident-response plan that is invoked if a breach occurs in DR