SUMMARY

• Senior Enterprise Storage Consultant - with a demonstrated history of success in hardware and software storage design, configuration, integration, support, and administration.
• Complete knowledge of SAN and NAS protocols, operating systems, applications, server/workstation/system integration, and data conversion/migration. Efficient, competent, and conscientious - able to manage simultaneous projects within schedule and budget.
• Successful in rapidly analyzing and resolving multidimensional technical issues to maximize data security, system availability, and business continuity.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: HP N, K, L, D Class Servers - Nortel Op Tera Switches - NetApp Storage Appliances Brocade 4100 & c-Class Switches - HP EVA Storage - Cisco ONS15xxx Switches - Sun Class E Servers Cisco 9000 FC Switches - Sun Ultra-class Servers

Software/Operating Systems/Languages: UNIX/AIX - UNIX-HP-UX Windows 98/XP/Vista/7 - UNIX-Sun Solaris - Oracle10 - SQL Plus - NetApp OnTap7.x/8 OnCommand Suite - SnapMirror - SnapVault - SMSAP - Virtual Storage Console for VM VSphere

Networking: NIS - DNS - DHCP – SNMP – SMTP – FTP – TFTP – HTTP – FCP – CIFS – ISCSI - NFS FCoE – Brocade - Cisco FC Switches - Synchronous Mirrored Clusters

Data Security: Veritas/Symantec 5X software – Veritas NetBackup - HP storage solutions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Lead Storage Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed OnCommand Insight environment along with implementation and utilization of OnCommand Suite products
• SAN Administration of storage arrays on an enterprise level within a multiple site environment
• NAS Administration of storage arrays on an enterprise level within a multiple site environment including production, test and development
• Collaborated with technical architects, project managers and solution delivery directors on a daily basis
• Designed and implemented VSC backup and recovery procedures for VSphere VMDK s
• Troubleshooting on various file, backup, high availability applications servers
• Manage backup data protection and data life - cycle efficiency.
• Project work in a SME capacity implementing, upgrading and maintaining entire NAS environment
• Troubleshoot complex performance issues along with array spindle performance.
• Provision and management of NSeries and Fas6xxx Storage arrays along with the creation of procedural and operational documentation
• Configure and administer Recovery Point Objectives at different levels for enterprise mission critical applications.
• Perform data replication, both local and extended distance using SnapMirror,SnapVault

Confidential

Senior Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect using OnCommand Insight 6.3.2 formerly SanScreen/Onaro.
• Setup and configure new hosts and arrays according to best practice guidelines.
• Deliver NetApp and IBM N - Series Ontap 7.x to 8.x storage migration.
• Design and implement storage and server automation via scripting.
• Performed extensive research and troubleshooting on storage dependent Unix and Windows systems.
• Administer NAS and SAN connectivity from storage array to Unix and Linux server clusters.
• Install, Configure, and Manage C-Mode in Lab Environment.
• Subject Matter Expert for Netapp, N-Series, and VMware.
• Troubleshooting on various file, backup, high availability applications servers.
• Support SAN and NAS environment - IBM, HP, Brocade, McData, Cisco.
• Configure and manage OnCommand Insight (OCI) formerly SANscreen or Onaro.
• Manage petabytes of data across numerous of arrays and frames.
• Created standard operating procedures for disaster recovery events and testing in multiple locations.
• Performance tuning of Storage arrays and other operating systems for best performance.
• Data integrity, space management, and system performance analysis. Produce standard operating procedures on various customer technologies.

Confidential

Senior Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assigned as Netapp Storage Engineer to provide remote Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) support services
• Provide Multi level technical support for diagnosing, reproducing, and resolving software and hardware issues such as NFS, the UNIX remote file sharing protocol; CIFS remote file sharing protocol. Perform configuration on NetApp Filers Including management of NFS, CIFS, LUN Management (iSCSI & FCP).
• Maintain storage capacity as needed to existing systems. Allocate shares/storage to new servers as needed. Maintain reports on disk utilization, availability and growth patterns. Maintain 24/7 availability to facilitate uninterrupted data functionality.