PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 8+ years of total experience in the IT field and hands on experience in Storage Area Networks, Extensive Professional experience in SAN Administration, System Administration, VMware Configuration & Administration, Desktop support and Customer/End user support
• Experience in administering and maintaining of storage systems such as EMC, HITACHI, NETAPP, Confidential and HP such as HP3AR V10800, V7400, VNX 8000 VNX 5500, VMAX, DMX 4/3/2 VPLEX and Clarion CX to CX4 series, HITACHI ASM, USP, VSP, HNAS 3080, Confidential - XIV, SVC.
• Experience in administration, troubleshooting and configuration of VMAX and DMX, Extreme IO.
• Excellent command over storage array administration, implementation and support with EMC Symmetrix (DMX, VMAX), CLARiiON, and Celerra arrays as well as HITACHI ARRAYS.
• Expertise with administration, configuration, troubleshooting of NETAPP storage systems.
• Expertise in Performance monitoring & tuning on EMC Storage products.
• Expertise in Administered VPLEX using UniSphere, VPLEX GUI/CLI and encapsulated LUNS to bring environment under VPLEX and performed migrations to move production data from DMX to VMAX/VNX using data mobility.
• Expertise in allocating block level storage from EMC VNX 8000, VNX 7500, VNX 5700, VMAX 10K/20K Unisphere.
• Expertise on implementing Recover Point CRR.
• Expertise on virtualization of storage environment behind the VPLEX.
• Excellent experience in managing & allocating storage from Confidential XIV, SVC, DS8100, DS5000.
• Expertise on Host based migrationPower Path migration enabler(PPME) implementation.
• Experience installing, configuring and administering Recover point using VNX splitters.
• Expertise in allocating storage to EMC Symmetrix arrays using EMC Control Center (ECC), SMC.
• Mid level experience with EMC backup Products DATADOMAIN, AVAMAR.
• Hands on experience with EMC, HITACHI, Confidential management tools like Uni sphere, Navi sphere, ECC, SMC, SnapView Snapshot/clone, SAN Copy, Solutions enabler CLI, SRDF, Time Finder, Hitachi device manager, Hi-command suite, Mirror View and Power Path.
• Experience in installing, configuring and administration of Confidential, Brocade and McDATA switches and fabric management.
• Expertise in implementing business continuity solutions using various migration and replication tools like Snap View Snapshot/Clone, SAN Copy, Mirror View, SRDF, Universal replicator and Remote Copy.
• Worked on integrating storage on SQL and ORACLE databases.
• Experience installing ECC, deploying master agent and pushing application agents.
• Expertise on setting up LDAP & AD server integrating with Storage products.
• Power Path installation and configuration on both Windows and UNIX platforms for failover and load balancing purposes.
• Good knowledge on Win 2K/Win 2K3networks, Active Directory and TCP/IP protocols.
• Expertise in DNS, DHCP, WINS and Active Directory configuration in Windows based server environments.
• Solid experience in identifying and analyzing technical issues and troubleshooting them.
• Worked on Remedy Tool Change management, request management and Incident tickets 24X7 Production support on call.
• Configuring Isilon nodes with Smart Connect and administering CIFS and NFS allocations.
• Monitoring the Performance of VMAX, VNX, Isilon and XtremIO on regular basis and configuring the thresholds and alarms.
• Excellent experience in working with storage area networks.
• Broad experience with storage protocols such as SCSI, Fiber Channel, and SAS.
• Strong experience in developing file systems and database storage systems.
• Exceptional proficiency with integrating and provisioning storage components including HBAs, DAS, FC, and FC SAN storage.
• Versatile team player with good communication and problem solving skills.
• Superior communication, analytical, organizational and presentation skills.

TECHNOLOGY:

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003 and UNIX (Solaris, Linux and AIX)

Networking: LAN, SAN and NAS Management using Confidential Switches and Directors over FC and IP.

Programming: C/C++, JAVA, Oracle 10g/11g, Assembly Language, Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access 2003.

Storage Hardware: SAN-Symmetrix DMX; VMAX; SAN-CLARiiON (FC: AX, CX); SAN-CLARiiON (IP); SAN-Centera (CAS); SAN-Brocade; EMC Isilon ;NAS-EMC Celerra Products (Celerra NS-480, Celerra NX4, Celerra FAST);VNX 5100/ VNX 5300/ VNX 5500/ VNX 5700/VMAX 7500, VPLEX VS2, Hitachi ASM, USP, VSP ARRAYS, Confidential XIV, V7000, SVC, DS8870.

Storage Software: EMC Control Center (ECC), OpenMigrator, EMC Recover Point, PowerPath/DMP, NETAPP, Navisphere, SymCLI, Solution Enabler, NaviCLI, Access Logix, Connectrix Manager, Fabric/Device Manager, Filer View, HDS Device Manager, HDS Storage Navigator, SnapMirror, SnapRestore, StorageScope, Work Load Analyzer, Celerra Manager, Navisphere Analyzer, Unisphere.

Virtualization Technologies: vSphere 4.x, ESX 4.x, ESXi 4.x, vCenter 4.x, VMware ThinApp, VMware View, vConverter, vUpdate Manager, VMotion.

Switches: Confidential MDS 9509, 9506, McDATA 3232, 6064 and Brocade 3200, 3250, 3800, 3850, 3900, 4100, 5120, 200E, 24000, 48000.

Business Continuance and Replication Software’s: UniSphere Manager for VMAX, VPLEX, RP, VPLEX, SMC, SYMCLI 6.x/7.x, EMC Access Logix, NaviSphere Manager/NAVICLI,SnapView, Mirror View, San Copy, Time Finder, SRDF, HDS True Copy, Open Replicator, Open Migrator.

Other Software: SharePoint, BEA Web logic, Apache Tomcat, JBOSS JIRA, AutoCAD, MATLAB, PSpice, Crystal Report, SSH, FTP and MS Project.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Sr. STORAGE ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Configured, Managed & monitored SAN storage infrastructure that comprised of HDS VSP, EMC VMAX40k, EMC VNX 8000, VNX7500, DMX, HP3PAR V10800, HP3PAR V7400 CX4-960 Arrays & Brocade director 48000 switches.
• Installed configured administrated Confidential SVC, V7000, DS8870
• Allocated storage from EMCVMAX, VNX 8000, VNX 7500using Unisphere to different hosts.
• Configured, monitored &performance tuning EMC Storage products.
• Performed storage performance optimization by implementing FAST on VNX, VMAX
• Allocated Storage from HITACHI VSP storage array using HI-Command suite.
• Implemented storage tiering by creating HDT, HDP pools in VSP using Command suite 7, 8.
• Replicated data from VSP prod to Dr using Hitachi Universal Replicator.
• Provision or expand the NETAPP volumes, delete snapshots on the volumes.
• Involved in the upgrade of the recover point from 3.5 to 4.1
• Installed & configured Brocade DCX switches, Confidential MDS Switches.
• Configuring Isilon nodes with SmartConnect and administering CIFS and NFS allocations.
• Monitoring the Performance of VMAX, VNX, Isilon and XtremIO on regular basis and configuring the thresholds and alarms.
• Configured CPG&virtual volumes provisioned to hosts from HP3PAR.
• Expertise in allocating file storage such as NFS, CIFS from NetApp.
• Configured Remote Copy, Virtual Copy for business continuity on HP3PAR.
• Created performance reports using SYSTEMREPORTER on HP3PAR
• Implemented Adaptive Optimization for Prod luns to gain more performance for HOT DATA
• Migrated luns across CPG using Dynamic Optimization on HP3PAR
• Implemented AD domains in Brocade for Mulitpule Zoneconfig in single director.
• Implemented ISL links between Fabrics to build large fabric.
• Configured Blade Chassis Switches & upgraded, primary mappings.
• Responsible in Configuring/Joining nodes in Isilon cluster, and involved in Configuring NFS, SMB shares on Isilon using Smart Connect.
• Implemented & administrated EMC VPLEX 2 node LOCAL.
• Implemented the SRDF replication technology to replicate the data from PROD to DR using ASYNCH.
• Expertise in administrating VNX8000, VNX7500, EMC VMAX 10K/20K/40K allocation using Unisphere.
• Used EMC Recover Point for data protection by creating the local copies and remote copies of the data using the utility and administered the environment.
• Configured initiator groups/storage groups/port groups and masking views on a VMAX.
• Configured & Implemented SRDF sessions for DR TEST and documented the procedure for the team members.
• Implemented Time Finder local replication tool used Time finder/clone, Time finder/snap shot.
• Implemented FAST VP technology to get better performance for databases & applications based on usage.
• Implemented FAST CACHE to improve the Performance & increase the IOPS.
• Documented the operational procedure on VMAX, DMX for solution enabler for allocation, reclaim & capacity planning.
• Participated in Flare code upgraded session done by EMC Services.
• Participated & prepared data center builds out plan & Storage for SQL & ORACLE DATA BASES.

Environment: comprised of EMC VMAX, VNX, CLARRION, DMX, HDS VSP, Confidential SVC, Confidential V7000, DS8870, EMC VPLEX, EMC RECOVERPOINT, HP3PAR V10800, V7400 BROCADE DIRECTORS.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr. Storage Ops Specialist

Environment: has huge number of data centers all over the US, infrastructure comprised of all types of EMC, HITACHI, NETAPP FAS2020, Confidential, BROCADE, MCDATA Storage products.

Responsibilities:

• Configured, managed and monitored a SAN storage infrastructure that comprised of EMC VNX5500, DMX-4, 8,300, VMAX & CLARiiON CX 4 and CX3, CX700, Celerra, Centera, HITACHI series arrays ASM, USP, VSP storage arrays, Confidential series arrays XIV & SVC, NETAPP SANSCREEN.
• Implemented ESRS Gateway in US, ASIAN PACIFIC Data center.
• Configured all EMCstorage Arrays Clarion, VMAX, DMX, Celerra, Centera, Brocade on ESRS Gateway, Supported Europe region data center.
• Allocated storage from VNX using UNISPHERE and NAVISECCLI.
• Documented the operational procedure on VNX using UNISPHERE.
• Allocated storage from a VMAX using SMC and solutions enablers.
• Allocated storage from a DMX using ECC and solutions enablers.
• Implemented Time Finder local replication tool used Time finder/clone, Time finder/snapshot Timefinder/mirror.
• Worked with NetApp customers for all oracle 10g and 11g migrations from Solaris to Linux Oracle VM.
• Created Tdats/Tdevs/thin pools for thin provisioning on a VMAX.
• Experience installing, configuring and administering Recover point using VNX splitters
• Implemented SMC instances installed & upgraded expertise on 7.2.1-7.3.2 versions.
• Configured initiator groups/storage groups/port groups and masking views on a VMAX.
• Managed and configured SRDF Asnyc for Disaster recovery in the environment.
• Configured SRDF sessions for DR TEST and documented the procedure for the team members.
• Documented the operational procedure on VMAX, DMX for solution enabler for allocation, reclaim&capacity planning.
• Configured and managed McDATA and Brocade fabric environment.
• Configured BROCADE Fabrics on Connectrix Manager 9.7.2, 9.6.2, 9.7.3, 9.7.4 version, & on Connectrix Manager Data Center Edition 10.4.3, 10.4.5 version.
• Allocated Storage from CLARiiON series using EMC Navisphere Manager and NaviSecCLI.
• Managed and configured Mirror View for Disaster recovery in the environment.
• Allocated Storage from Hitachi USP, ASM storage arrays using HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER, HITACHI STORAGENAVIGATOR.
• Allocated Storage from HITACHI VSP storage array using HI-Command suite.
• Allocated storage from Confidential Arrays XIV using XIV management tools.
• Created pools in Confidential XIV Arrays, DS 8100, DS 5000 series allocated to svc.
• Allocated storage from Confidential Array SVC (San Volume Controller) using management tools, virtualized storage behind SVC, created virtual devices at svc level presented to host.
• To Tune Performance, we migrate the data across different storage pools within SVC.
• Created Alerts in EMC Control Center (ECC) and troubleshoot issues as the alerts are raised.
• Configured DMX using SMC and Solutions enabler and allocated storage.
• Fixed security compliance issues & SNMP settings on SAN products.
• Managed EMC Connectrix fiber channel directors in support of redundant storage network topology.
• Installed, configured and updated HBA driver (Q logic) and firmware on Windows and Solaris environment.
• Deployed respective agents, discovered arrays/switches, configured alerts.Installed Navisphere agents and discovered CLARiiON using assisted discovery.
• Installed VERITAS DMP to in corporate load balancing and path failover on Solaris and Windows, Linux, Unix Hosts.
• Troubleshooting SAN issues such as low performance, Connectivity issues, and Multipathing configuration. Identified, resolved problems with HBA drivers, and cabling.
• Documented the environment and procedures for daily operations

Environment: EMC VMAX, DMX-4, 300,1000,800, & CLARiiON CX 4-960/4-480/3-80 , 7 Storage arrays, VNX 5700, HITACHI USP, VSP, ASM ARRAYS, Confidential XIV, DS8100, DS5000, SVC Navisphere Manager, ECC, SMC, McDATA M4700 & Brocade 48000 Directors, Connectrix Manager, Brocade WebTools, EMC Control Center (ECC), and Performance manager, VPLEX, EMC PowerPath, Solaris, AIX and Windows 2008/2003 servers, VMware VSphere, Hitachi Device Manager, Hi-command suite, SVC manager, XIV GUI, NETAPP SANSCREEN.

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured, managed and monitored a SAN storage infrastructure that comprised of EMC DMX 4 and CLARiiON CX 4 and cx3 series arrays storage arrays,
• Configured and managed McDATA and Brocade fabric environment
• Allocated Storage from CLARiiON using EMC Navisphere Manager and NaviCLI
• Created Alerts in EMC Control Center (ECC) and troubleshoot issues as the alerts are raised
• Configured DMX using SMC and Solutions enabler and allocated storage.
• Allocated storage from a VMAX using SMC and solutions enablers.
• Created Tdats/Tdevs/thin pools for thin provisioning on a VMAX.
• Configured initiator groups/storage groups/port groups and masking views on a VMAX
• Managed and configured SRDF for Disaster recovery in the environment
• Configured and managed SRDF sessions and documented the procedure for the team members
• Managed EMC Connectrix fiber channel directors in support of redundant storage network topology.
• Installed, configured and updated HBA driver and firmware on Windows and Solaris environment.
• Performance monitoring of SAN environment, includes EMC CLARiiON DMX and Hitachi arrays.
• Deployed respective agents, discovered arrays/switches, configured alerts. Installed Navisphere agents and discovered CLARiiON using assisted discovery.
• Installed EMC Power Path to in corporate load balancing and path failover on Solaris and Windows Hosts.
• Migrated data from old CX array to new cx 4 series arrays using SAN Copy
• Co-ordinated the outage with the customer and worked with the team members to migrate data using SAN Copy
• Troubleshooting SAN issues such as low performance, Connectivity issues, and Multipathing configuration. Identified, resolved problems with HBAdrivers, and cabling.
• Documented the environment and procedures for daily operations.
• Zoned storage array & server usingCISCO FABRIC MANAGER.
• Experience configuring Confidential switches & VSAN configuration.

Environment: EMC DMX 4, VMAX & CLARiiON CX 4-960/4-480/3-80 Storage arrays, Navisphere Manager, Confidential FABRIC MANAGER, EMC Control Center (ECC), and Performance manager, EMC Power Path, Solaris, AIX and Windows 2008/2003 servers, VMware VSphere

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installing, supporting and maintaining a network comprised of 75 workstations.
• Supporting the environment including performing upgrades, configuring systems, monitoring, troubleshooting, and providing proactive solutions to problems
• Document and publish installation, configuration, operational and troubleshooting procedures for use by support personnel.
• Administered, monitored&maintained Windows 2003servers; Installing voice and data cabling;
• Troubleshooting LAN connectivity issues, analyzing and resolving faults; monitoring network security along with virus protection support.
• Troubleshooting, installing and maintaining peripherals including operating systems, corporateapplications, network connections and network printers.
• Monitored usage, power, systems alarms, network alerts, and server administration.
• Managed all system backups and creating as well as maintaining company website.
• Work with other departments within the organization to meet companywide goals.