SUMMARY

• Around 8 years of expertise in administrating and troubleshooting enterprise storage networks including experience in Hitachi and HP, EMC, Dell, Net - app storage Arrays.
• Ability to Handle around 10PB of data across several data centers.
• Extensive hands-on experience with maintaining and troubleshooting Hitachi storage arrays such as HUS VM, VSP,VSP-G1000,USP-V,USP-VM and HUS150,HNAS,AMS 2500/2300,HNAS,HCP.
• Extensive hands-on experience with maintaining and troubleshooting EMC storage arrays such as VMAX-20K, Xtreme-IO,VPLEX, VNX-5700, Clarrion series.
• Hands on experience in maintaining Netapp FAS 6240,3270,3250,2240 filers.
• Hands on Experience In managing Dell-compellent SC8000,SC 40 arrays.
• SAN Switch administration using CLI, Brocade Web tools and Cisco Fabric manager and Cisco Device Manager.
• Experience with creating VSAN using GUI and CLI on CISCO SAN Switches.
• Troubleshooting Brocade 48000 director, DCX -8510 class fiber channel switches, Cisco director fiber channel switches.
• Expertise in HP storage arrays such as HP XP 24000, XP12000 and XP 1024,P9500,3-PAR.
• Experience in Installing HCS Software.
• Experience in Configuring performance reports in HTNM.
• Experience in Configuring and Troubleshooting Hitachi command director.
• Expertise on Hitachi Universal Volume Manager (UVM) and virtualized HDS & Non-HDS arrays behind VSP.
• Performed Data Migrations from EMC Clariion to Hitachi USP V using HTSM.
• Experience in Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning on VSP, USP V, USP VM and AMS 2500/2300.
• Experience with Hitachi Device Manager, Storage navigator, SNM and SNM2.
• Expertise in administering VMAX-20K using UNISPHERE and Symcli.
• Expertise in administering Clarrion arrays using Navisphere.
• Experience in configuring EMC FAST policy on Storage tiers.
• Hands on Experience in configuring Time finder Mirror, SNAP sessions on VMAX.
• Experience in creating checkpoints and check point schedule for SNAPSHOTS on VNX.
• Involved in daily tasks like Storage provisioning and SAN monitoring.
• Expertise on Hitachi Replication technologies like True Copy and Shadow Image.
• Configured and Managed Hitachi Universal Replicator.
• Working Knowledge of VMware V-Sphere 4.1,5.1,5.5.
• Working knowledge of Veritas volume manager.
• Excellent customer management/resolution, problem solving and debugging skills with good verbal/written communications and presentation skills.
• Problem solving, task prioritization, communication and organization skills.
• Able to work in a deadline environment. Can work efficiently in a team and also on individual tasks.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Array: HUS VM, Hitachi VSP, Hitachi USP VM, Hitachi USP V, Hitachi USP 1100, Hitachi 9980, 9970v HUS 150, Hitachi AMS 2500, AMS 2300 & AMS 2100, AMS 1000, HNAS. HP P9500,XP24000, HP XP12000, HP XP1024. Net app: FAS 6240,3270,3250,2240. EMC VMAX-20K, VNX,Isilon,VPLEX,XTreme-I/O. EMC Clarrion: CX4-480, CX3-80, CX 700 and CX500. Dell Compellent: SC8000,SC040. Dell Fluid FS.

SAN Switches: Cisco MDS 9513, 9509, 9506, 9124, 9148 and Brocade 48000, 5100, 5300,8510

Storage Management Software: Hitachi Command Suite 7, Hitachi Storage Navigator 2, Hitachi Storage Navigator, Hitachi SNM, SNM 2, Hitachi Universal Volume Manager, Hitachi Universal Replicator, Hitachi Tiered storage manager (HTSM), HTNM, HCMD, Brocade CLI, Brocade Fabric Manager, Brocade web tools, Cisco CLI, Cisco Fabric Manager, Cisco Device Manager, Unisphere, Navisphere, EMC Time finder products, System manager 2.0, On command core package 5.2,On Command Unified Manager 6.1, Filer View, Dell-Enterprise manager, Storage center.

Protocols: TCP/IP, LAN, WAN and Fiber Channel

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 8/9/10, IBM AIX 5.1/5.2/5.3, Windows 2k/2k3/2k8/XPHP-UX 10.x/11.x, UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Anaheim CA

Sr.Storage Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for 10PB of storage covering seven datacenters in different states in South-west.
• Involved in planning, Design, Implementation of Storage Infrastructure.
• Deployed and configured EMC XTreme IO(ALL Flash array) with multi brick for enterprise VDI Environment.
• Managed and administered Hitachi VSP,AMS 2300,2500 models.
• Managed and administered EMC VMAX 20K, VNX, Isilon,Xtreme-IO,CX-700,CX-700,CX4-240,CX3-80,CX4-480.
• Managed storage virtualization EMC VPLEX platform with the XtremIO for storage.
• Managed and administered Dell-Compellent (SC-8000,SC40) storage arrays.
• Administration of Brocade DCX-8510,M5424 FC switches.
• Storage provisioning on Hitachi VSP using storage navigator.
• Virtualized AMS and dell storage arrays behind VSP using Hitachi-UVM.
• Performed LUN migration between the tiers using Hitachi tiered storage manager.
• Performed Shadow Image in Hitachi VSP for backup copies.
• Configured performance reports in HTNM.
• Configured CCI server and HORCM Instances for Local Replication.
• Storage provisioning on VMAX-20K using UNISPHERE and SYMCLI.
• Performed LUN Expansions on VMAX-20K for striped and Meta configurations.
• Configured FAST-Policy on VMAX-20K for auto-teiring.
• Responsible for setting up Time finder Mirror copies for ISB’s.
• Responsible for setting up Time finder SNAP sessions for IDR’S.
• Involved In planning phase of VMAX expansion.
• Experience in taking Heat Map reports for performance analysis.
• Responsible for creating Replay profiles on Compellent.
• Responsible for creating Storage profiles for data progression on Compellent.
• Responsible for configuring and setting up Remote Instant replay between compellent arrays.
• Created CIFS shares on HNAS and VNX.
• Created check points and check point schedules for SNAPSHOTS on VNX.
• Resolved performance Issues on HNAS.
• Responsible for configuring SAN backup’s using Brocade Network advisor.
• Involved and resolved performance issues on Hitachi-VSP, EMC-20K.
• Working Knowledge of VMware, Veritas Volume manager.

Confidential, San Antonio TX

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administered Hitachi VSP, HUS-VM storage frames.
• Managed and administered HUS150, AMS 2500 frames.
• Configured and managed CISCO 9513.
• Managed Environment fabric using DCNM.
• Performed zoning Using CLI and Web tools.
• Performed storage provisioning on Hitachi VSP and HUS VM using Storage navigator 2.
• Performed storage provisioning on AMS and HUS150 using Storage navigator Modular2.
• Configured and Managed Hitachi Dynamic Tiered Pools.
• Experience in creating Shares on HNAS.
• Virtualized AMS 2500 to Hitachi VSP Using Universal Volume Manager.
• Configured and administered Hitachi Universal replicator.
• Configured and administered True Copy.
• Experience in taking backup copies using shadow Image.
• Configured CCI server and HORCM Instances for Asynchronous, Synchronous and Local Replication.
• Installed and Configured HCS Software.
• Experience in Configuring performance reports in HTNM.
• Experience in Installing and Troubleshooting HCMD.
• Working Knowledge of Hitachi NAS.
• Working Knowledge of VMware.
• Experience in working change control for Production and Non production maintenance.
• Involved in documentation of the Storage information and fabric connections in the Environment.

Confidential, Wilmington DE

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administered Hitachi VSP storage frames.
• Managed and administered AMS 2500, 2300 frames.
• Configured and Managed Brocade DCX-8510 switches.
• Performed tasks like zoning on brocade using CLI and web tools.
• Performed storage provisioning on Hitachi VSP using Storage navigator 2.
• Performed Storage allocations on AMS using Storage Navigator Modular 2.
• Configured and managed Hitachi Dynamic Tiered pools.
• Configured and managed HDP Pools.
• Virtualized IBM, EMC Arrays to Hitachi VSP using Universal Volume manager.
• Configured and administered Hitachi Universal replicator.
• Configuration of the CCI server for the HORCM files.
• Created a Hitachi based script for syncing and splitting HUR every 12 hours.
• Installed and configured Hitachi Command suite.
• Migrated data within the VSP frame using Hitachi tiered storage manager.
• Performed cloning within the frame using Shadow Image.
• Managed the environment fabric using Brocade network advisor.
• Experience In creating shares on FAS 6240,3270,3250,2240 filers.
• Experience in creating/Exporting volumes on Net app filers.
• Extensive Hands on experience in implementing SNAP mirror on Netapp filers.
• Created and Implemented vfilers on Netapp filers.
• Worked with SNAP Shot technology on netapp filers.
• Used On command core package for monitoring and alerting on netapp filers
• Coordinated in trouble shooting performance Issues with server team.
• Involved in cabling from Storage array to switch during Build phase.
• Involved in Installation of Hitachi Dynamic Link manager software 7.2.
• Executed test cases in build phase.
• Involved in capacity planning and technical review of hardware and software.
• Involved in documentation of the Storage information and fabric connections in the Environment.

Confidential, Redmond WA

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administrated Hitachi VSP, USP V and USP 1100 models.
• Managed and administrated Hitachi AMS 2100 & AMS 2500 storage Arrays.
• Managed and administrated HP XP24000 Arrays.
• Configured Zoning using Device Manager, Fabric Manager and Cisco CLI.
• Managed Cisco SAN switches, performed various tasks like creating VSAN, Zones, Zone set using GUI and CLI.
• Performed storage provisioning on Hitachi VSP using Storage Navigator 2.
• Worked on Hitachi Device Manager to Perform Storage Provisioning on Hitachi USP.
• Worked on Hitachi Command Suite 7.1 using VSP storage array.
• Configured Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Pools and V-VOL on Hitachi USP-V & Hitachi VSP storage arrays.
• Configured Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Pools on AMS 2500 and AMS2100.
• Configured and Managed Hitachi Dynamic Tiering on Hitachi VSP arrays.
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Shadow Image.
• Configured and Managed Hitachi Universal Replicator.
• Configuration of the CCI server for the HORCM files.
• Virtualized Hitachi AMS & EMC Clariion to Hitachi USP-V array using Hitachi universal volume manager.
• Migrated data from EMC & HP array to Hitachi USP V storage array using Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager.
• Set up the user accounts on the HDS storage arrays.
• Involved in problem analysis, capacity planning and technical review of hardware and software.
• Monitored the health of SAN components, set up alarms and created the logs.

Confidential, Raritan NJ

SAN Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administrated Hitachi USP 1100, 9980v, 9970 models.
• Managed and administrated Hitachi AMS 1000 & AMS 500.
• Install and configure Brocade San Switches at both Primary & DR site
• Administration and Configuration of Brocade Director switches using Brocade Web Tools.
• Administration and Configuration of Brocade Director switches using Brocade CLI
• Establishing SAN Security using Zoning & Masking.
• Storage Provisioning using Hitachi Storage Navigator
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi Shadow Image
• Configure Shadow Image using Storage Navigator
• Configure Shadow Image using Hitachi HORCM & CCI.
• Installation and configuration of Hitachi True Copy (sync)
• Configuration of the CCI server for the HORCM files
• Creating LUSE & assigning LDEVS through storage navigator
• Following change control procedures for disk assignment, space allocation, LUN expansion.
• Provided Support and administer assistance within the SAN environments. Performed the basic trouble shooting techniques and problem resolution to identify the HBA or driver software problems on Aix, Windows platforms.

Confidential, Omaha NE

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed and administrated Hitachi USP VM, USP 1100, 9980.
• Administration and configuration of Hitachi AMS 1000 & AMS 2500 storage array.
• Installed and configured Cisco and Brocade SAN switches using CLI and Brocade web tools.
• Configured Zoning for SAN security purposes.
• Installed and configured Hitachi Device Manager.
• Configured Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning on Hitachi modular arrays.
• Monitored DP Pool capacity, set alarm and expanded the capacity when needed by adding more LDEVs.
• Performed storage provisioning tasks using Storage Navigator and created LUSE volumes for storage expansion.
• Virtualized HDS AMS and EMC arrays on USP using Universal Volume Manager.
• Configured Hitachi Shadow Image using Storage Navigator for local replication.
• Configured CCI servers for HORCM files and used them to implement Shadow Image.
• Configuration and installation of Hitachi True Copy for remote replication at DR site.
• Involved in the SAN switch migration from McData switch to Brocade SAN switch.
• Used HP XP documentation tools to create reports.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Advanced systems integration and customer site installation, maintenance, and administration of new software systems
• Performed on-site setup, maintenance, and optimization of customers existing DOS, Windows, Unix, NetWare, and OS based systems
• In house Unix server administration, Internet connectivity and server management, end-user support, documentation, and training staff on product usage