PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 7+ years of experience in Information Technology (IT) field including SAN/NAS Storage administration and Backup administration.
• Experience in IT industry wif EMC Storage which includes Administrating, Maintaining and Troubleshooting of EMC Storage Arrays VNX 7500/5700 Symmetrix V - MAX, V-MAX-3, DMX-4, DMX-3, DMX-2, CLARiiON CX-3, CX-4 Series, and Net App FAS3020, FAS3040, FAS3050, FAS3140, FAS 6070.
• Experience in implementing, administering and maintaining NetApp FAS6000, FAS3000 & FAS2000 series.
• Experienced in Administrating EMC CLARiiON Storage Environments using Unisphere Analyzer, Unisphere Manager, Navisphere Analyzer, Navisphere Manager, PowerPath, SnapView Clone/Snapshot, MirrorView, SnapSure and SANCopy.
• Well versed using GUI management tools like Symmetric Management Console (SMC), EMC IONIX ControlCenter (ECC), Unisphere and Navisphere.
• Well versed in using command line interface Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI) and NavisecCLI.
• Experience working in Open Systems.
• Experience in Implementing Migration solutions using Open Replicator, SANCopy and Host level migrations like Mirroring.
• Experience in Implementing Local Replication using Time Open Migrator, PPME and LVM Finder/clone/snap and SnapView.
• Excelled in Implementing Remote Replications SRDF and MirrorView for Bulk data.
• Experience wif NetApp Aggregate, Volume, QTree and quota Management, NFS, and CIFS Shares creation.
• Experience in Administration of Storage to Multiprotocol Environments like CIFS and NFS in NetApp SAN/NAS environment.
• Data center Migration support for USP, VSP, VMAX and 3PAR attached hosts.
• Storage attached hosts migration from 3PAR, HDS VSP to VMAX and VSP Migration support
• Experience wif NetApp Data ONTAP upgrade, Shelves upgrade support, Flex Vol setup and Administration support.
• Experience in implementing NetApp Snapsuite solutions like Snapshots, SnapMirror, and SnapVault, SnapRestore for backup, migration and disaster recovery.
• Netapp hardware setup, initial configuration, secures admin configurations, clustering setup.
• Experience in storage provisioning from HP 3PAR, HDS VSP and EMC VMAX.
• Experience on Mcdata and Brocade switch Zoning Changes.
• Fabric manager and connectrix Manager Support for zoning works, Performance support.
• Experience in configuring VSANs on Cisco MDS using Cisco CLI and Device Manager.
• Experience wif Configuration and Management of file storage wif VNX-5500/5700, NS 480/ NS40G/80G series using Unisphere Manager, Celerra Manager and Celerra/VNX CLI.
• Hands on experience in administering both CIFS and NFS in Celerra/VNX/ Isilon environments.
• Experience in implementing FAST VP on VMAX10K/20K/40K and FAST in VNX 5500/5700.
• Performed administrative tasks like claiming of storage volumes, creation of extents, devices, virtual volumes, storage views in Vplex.
• Installed and configured PowerPath for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux and Windows Operating Systems to support load balancing and failover features.
• Experience in installing and configuring SRX Firewalls.
• Experience in troubleshooting various SAN related host connectivity issues.
• Experience in evaluating and architecting SAN policies and procedures to help customers improve their existing SAN infrastructure.
• Hands on expertise in troubleshooting day to day SAN/Storage and host related issues quickly.
• Provided On Call Support & day-to-day troubleshooting SAN related issues.
• Experience in security infrastructure, troubleshooting problems wif firewalls and VPN.
• Good communication skills and capable of handling multiple projects simultaneously wif good mentoring skills.
• Professional team player wif communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated, willing to learn, adapt to new technologies and third party products.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• VMAX 10K/20K/40K
• DMX-3/4VPLEX-VS2
• VNX5500/5700/7500
• CLARiiON CX500/700, CX-3/4, NS-480, NS-40G/80G
• VNXe3100/3300
• Isilon S/X/NL series
• Backup and Accelerator nodes
• FAS2040, FAS2240, FAS3040, FAS3140, FAS3170, FAS3210, FAS3240, FAS3270, FAS6080, FAS6210, FAS6240, FAS6280
• V-SERIES FILER'S
• N3150, N3220, N3240, N3700, N6040, N6070, N6250, N7600
• HP 3PAR® T400, S800 and T800 Storage Systems
• HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning HP3PAR Virtual Copy
• HP 3PAR Remote Copy
• Virtual Copy and Backup Management via GUI and CLI
• 3PAR Recovery Manager
• 3PAR VIRTUAL COPY SNAPSHOTS
• 3PAR Synchronous long distance Remote copy
• Data ONTAP 6.0/7.3
• Enguinity wif (SYMCLI) Version V6.5.2.0
• Solaris 9/10, AIX
• Windows 2008/2003/2000
• Brocade FabricOS 5.0 and 6.0
• Cisco Fiber Switch OS MDS-9500/9100 Series
• Switch zoning tools.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Birmingham, MI

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities

• Configured and implemented the new VMAX in the environment and migrated the data from DMX to VMAX.
• Created DG, Pairs, added R1-R2 and establish relationships wif SRDF.
• Configured and managed the SRDF sessions for DR and migration purposes on a VMAX.
• Managed and configured Fiber Channel Switches such as Brocade and McData in the environment.
• Configured and Allocated storage from the CLARiiON cx3-40as per the requirement.
• Recommend best practices for EMC Vmax and Cisco MDS switches.
• Analyze the environment and recommend the best practices.
• Involved in designing and creating disk groups, pools, TDEVS, TDATS, thick devices on a VMAX.
• Managed local copy wif Time-finder Snap and Clone on a VMAX.
• Configuring and allocating NFS and CIFS shares to UNIX and windows clients accordingly.
• NAS Netapps Filers quota Management, near store Administration, NFS exports, Data migration administration and Ontap Upgrades on FAS3000 & FAS6000 series.
• Network Appliance Data ONTAP running on NetApp FAS6000 in fail over configuration.
• Creating File systems, CIFS shares and NFS Exports.
• NAS Administration, NetApp filers’ installation, on tap upgrades, snap mirror and quota, Qtrees Administration.
• Provisioned storage based on standardized procedure and participated in the execution of the business continuance.
• Created Storage trending reports on storage arrays and presenting it to the customer.
• Work wif application owners to develop business continuity and DR procedures leveraging Vmware.
• Assist in the development of the DR run-book scripts for recovery in the event of an outage.

Environment: NetApp FAS 3000/6000, EMC DMX 4, VMAX-3, CX4-480, Navisphere Manager, NaviCLI, ECC, Symcli, Connectrix Manager, SnapView, MirrorView, SanCopy, TimeFinder, SRDF, Cisco MDS 9509 Series, Cisco 9505 and 9506, QLogic and Emulex HBAs, McData 3232

Confidential, Lowell, IL

Sr. Storage Administrator

Responsibilities

• Managed NetApp FAS 6240/6140, FAS 3070/3170/3270, FAS 3220/3250, FAS 2020/2040 series filers.
• SME for NETAPP storage technology.
• Configuring, commissioning new NETAPP boxes (FAS3000 & FAS6000 series) & Decommissioning old boxes.
• Preparing work instructions (WI) and various project documentations for support team.
• Giving valuable suggestions and solutions for various ongoing tasks.
• Provisioning NAS (CIFS & NFS) via Multistores. Performing CIFS setup and presenting the NFS datastores to ESXi hosts for VI environment.
• Deploying and Establishing Snapmirror Setup, Performing Migration Activity and DR Test.
• Reviewing and re-design of storage deployment guides.
• Liaison wif Primary Netapp Storage Architects for upcoming technology improvements activities.
• Upgrading DATA ONTAP (Disruptive & Non - Disruptive Mode), Motherboard, BIOS, Disks and Shelves Firmware.
• Troubleshooting and Maintenance of NetApp Filers FAS-3000 & 6000 series. Netapp Capacity Management.
• Working wif vendors for getting quotes.
• Involved in migrations from NetApp to NetApp including planning, Installation and data migrations.
• Performed the SnapMirror - VSM and QSM and assisted customer in SyncMirror.
• Worked wif the clients in creating the customized backup schedules specific to the clients data protection needs by implementing SnapMirror, Snapshot and backup using SnapRestore.
• Proficiency in maintaining Aggregates, Volumes, FlexVols and FlexClones, Qtrees and Quotas in NetApp FAS 6080/6040 using Filerview.
• Proficient in using the GUI 7MTT for the 7-mode to CDOT migration.
• Provided support to troubleshoot the CIFS, NFS issues on NetApp Filers.
• Experienced wif Netapp management console, operations manager and load balancing algorithms.
• Configured different types of RAID Groups.
• Performed various duties which included supporting the Enterprise storage arrays, storage provisioning, maintenance and diagnosis.
• Supported the storage which included SYMMETRIX, VMAX.
• Worked on Administration of VPLEX VS2 Hardware and Recoverpoint 4.0 GEN5 Hardware.
• Configured and allocated storage on EMC Symmetrix VMAX 40k,20K,10K, DMX-4, using SYMCLI, Unisphere for VMAX.
• Actively Participated in Tech Refresh Projects and performed Array based, Host Based storage migrations using Open Replicator Hot-Pull, San Copy, SRDF-DM, Open Migrator and Powerpath Migrations Enabler.
• Exposure to the configuration of the quotas, snapshots and remote copy (DR facilities), user mapping of NetApp file level.
• Provisioned storage to VPLEX Backend from Heterogeneous Storage Arrays.
• Performed VPLEX Data Mobility Migrations by Encapsulating Hosts on to VPLEX.

Environment: Netapp FAS 3200\6200 series, CLARiiON CX-4, VMAX 40k/20k/10k, VPLEX VS2, Recover Point, Snapmirror, SnapRestore, SymCLI, Navisphere, Unisphere, NaviCLI, Cisco MDS switches.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities

• Allocated and Provisioned storage from several VMAX, DMX-3, DMX-4, CX3-80, CX4-480 to Windows, Solaris, HP-UNIX and AIX servers.
• Experienced wif Virtual Provisioning technology to allocate storage from for VMAX and DMX-4 Arrays using SymCLI, SMC 7.0.
• Implemented Zoning on Brocade 48k, DCX, 5100, 5300, Cisco MDS 9513 switches using ECC.
• Hands on experience in EMC CLARiiON Administration by using Navisphere Manager and NaviCLI.
• Migrated data from old storage frames like DMX-2000s to new array DMX-3 using LVM/open Migrator and open Replicator depending on the customer requirement.
• Actively involved in performing day to day operational tasks like storage provisioning and monitoring the health of SAN.
• Involved in migrating SAN environment from Brocade 24k Director to Cisco MDS 9509 and MDS 9513 Directors (interoperability mode).
• Experience in installation, configuration and maintenance of ECC 6.0 infrastructure and expert in installing and upgrading of agents for different entities (SAN, Masking, Database and File systems etc).
• Hands on experience in creating Zones and zone sets between different fabrics (to make the SAN migration smooth).
• Identify underutilized resources (FA ports and host based assets) using Storage scope reporting and proactively resolved the capacity allocation issues.
• Performed daily activities and checks on the NetApp FAS3020, FAS3040 and FAS3070 Filers.
• Resolved issues if any in the filers.
• Created Volumes, Luns from console
• Administered Luns and snapshots using Snapdrive.
• Restored luns in case of any corruption using lun clone.
• Configured snapmirror
• Data movement from filer to filer using SnapMirror (planning)
• Used DFM to collect Reports.
• Prepared Capacity report on monthly basis.

Environment: EMC VMAX, DMX-3/4, DMX2000 and CLARiiON CX3-80, CX4-480, Net App FAS3020, FAS3040, FAS3070, Cisco MDS 9509 and 9513 Directors, Brocade 48k and 5100 and 5300. AIX (5.2/5.3), HP-UX (11.11/11.23), Win 2K/2K3, Solaris 8/9/10, SYMCLI6.x/7.x, SMC 7.0, ECC 6.0, NAVICLI, Navisphere Manager, Time Finder/BCV, Clones, SRDF/S, Open Migrator and Open replicator, NetApp FilerView / CLI

Confidential

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities

• Worked wif EMC and Brocade Engineers for break fixes, firmware and microcode upgrades.
• Worked on Performance Manager, Storage Scope to generate reports of CX Arrays and created Snaps on Exchange Server for DBA as needed.
• Responsible for network backup integrity and recovery coordination along wif Disaster Recovery planning.
• Managed SAN using SAN Manager and taking care of Thin Provisioning.
• Trouble-shooting SAN problems and taking care of Fabric Manager.
• Played an active role in carrying out various migrations involving CLARiiON/DMX.
• Involved in setup of NetApp filer in the environment.
• Migrated data from Emc CLARiiON to NetApp storage filers using AIX lvm and veritas volume manager on UNIX side.
• Migrated data from Emc Celerra to netapp storage on windows using Robocopy.
• Migrated luns from CLARiiON to Netapp filers and worked wif different teams to co-ordinate the outage and upgrade firmware on the servers.
• Create change requests for the migration and create documentation supporting changes in the environment.
• Configured and maintained ECC Designed and implemented Storage solutions using EMC products to achieve optimum performance.
• Data growth analysis and storage resource forecasting also comes under my responsibilities.

Environment: EMC CLARiiON/Symmetrix, Navisphere, NaviCLI, Networker, SnapView, MirrorView, Powerpath, BCV, SRDF, Zoning, TimeFinder, McData switches/directors, Brocade Directors, EMC control center, Emulex, Qlogic HBA, Microsoft Windows, Linux, AIX servers.

Confidential

Storage Administrator

Responsibilities

• Managingstorageincludingstorageprovisioning, performance tuning, adding volumes, assigning ports, data movement, maintenance of severs & troubleshooting problems in environment.
• Implemented, administered and maintainedEMCCLARiiONCX 700/500systems.
• Worked wifEMCsoftware tools like SymCLI, Control Centre, TimeFinder, SRDF, PowerPath and Navisphere Manager.
• Create RAID Groups, Bind LUNs, and Create Storage Groups usingNavisphere Manager.
• Allocation and De-allocation ofstoragetoLinuxandWindowshosts fromEMCCLARiiONCX 700/500andDMX-3arrays.
• Took the snapshots using theSnapViewfunctionality of EMC CLARiiON.
• Played an active role in carrying out various data migrations involving EMC CLARiiON and DMX arrays usingSANCopyandSRDF.
• Configuration and administration ofEMCPowerPathsoftware for redundant path failover and recovery.
• Planning and configuration of automated backups and restores usingVERITASNetbackup 6.5.
• Installed TimeFinder and configuredEMCDMX-3disk groups for BCV operations.
• Configured and administered Fiber Channel Switches (BrocadeandMcData) and performed zoning using Connectrix Manager

Environment: EMC DMX-3, EMC CLARiiON CX 700/500 and VERITAS NetBackup 6.5, Brocade and McData switches, Connectrix Manager, SymCLI, EMC Control Centre (ECC), TimeFinder, SRDF, SAN Copy, SnapView, Mirror View and Navisphere Manager, Windows 2k/2k3, AIX.