SUMMARY

• 7+ Years of experience in Enterprise SAN/NAS Storage Administration with Confidential, Net App and HP/Hitachi/3PAR Storage arrays.
• Plan and design of Confidential SAN technologies and provisioning of Luns on the Symmetrix VMAX 10K,20K, Clarion, VNX, Celerra and Symmetrix DMX series platform using SMC, Navisphere, Unisphere and SYMCLI/solutions enabler respectively.
• Confidential Disaster Recovery DR site replication and migration tools like SRDF Async/Sync/Adaptive copy mode, Open replicator Push/Pull methods, Confidential time finder clone/BCV/snap and SANCOPY/ Confidential recover point.
• Perform VLUN migrations for the mission critical applications requirements.
• Successfully planned and accomplished the Data center migrations projects.
• Storage provisioning on all flash storage arrays such as pure storage and Confidential XtremIO.
• Participate in the Disaster recovery test for the storage infrastructure and data availability.
• Participate for the array code upgrade, capacity upgrades and switch upgrade activities for Confidential VMAX, VNX arrays.
• End to end design of the complex migrations for the data centers and replications solutions such as Confidential SRDF/Time finder and Open replicator with performance considerations.
• Utilized Cisco MDS 9222i for all the zoning work for the SRDF communication.
• Experience with the design of SAN environment with a peta bytes of data.
• Capacity planning and forecasting for the storage arrays to best utilize it across the data center for high availability.
• Performance analysis using Symmetrix performance analyzer/Unisphere for Confidential VMAX and Confidential VNX storage platforms.
• Hands on experience on Confidential FAST VP/Time finder/Mirror view and Confidential Recover point appliance (RPA) for storage replications/migrations across multiple data center locations.
• VMware storage replications using VMware site recovery manager.
• NetApp and Confidential Isilon NAS and SAN (block and file) technologies and creating NFS/CIFS shares on the NAS and provisioning Luns using ISCSI and Fc
• Excellent understanding of all SAN/NAS protocols such as FCP.iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, https, TCP/IP
• Experience with Backup and Recovery using Confidential Data Domain disk and IBM tape backup and Veritas NetBackup.
• Day to day storage operations on NetApp storage using OnCommand System Manager and NetApp Data Ontap CLI.
• Storage provisioning on different Hitachi enterprise storage platforms such as AMS, USP, USPV and VSP.
• Configure local and remote replications for Hitachi storage such as TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replicator.
• Storage provisioning on HP P9500, 3PAR and HP XP 24K/Hitachi/IBM/SVC/XIV arrays using GUI and CLI.
• Plan and design of Remote replications (DR project) using continuous access journals (CAJ) and business copy (BC) on P9500 arrays/HP XP 24K arrays.
• Good understanding of Confidential Vblock, XtremIO and Confidential VPLEX technologies.
• Zoning and administration of SAN switches (Brocade DCX /Cisco MDS /McData), Migrations of SAN switches across the platforms.
• Design and implementation of Data migration of the P9500 and HP XP arrays using business copy (BC) and host based tools like PowerPath migration enabler host copy.
• Working experience with different server operating systems such as Sun Solaris, HP UNIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, AIX, windows 2000/2003/2008/2012 and VMware ESX/ESXI/ VMware vSphere / VMware VMotion environment.
• Working experience with the mission critical databases such as MS SQL, Sybase, Oracle, SAP.
• Worked as a Systems administrator with extensive experience with UNIX/Linux installation (RedHat), administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning.
• Experience with Veritas volume manager and Veritas cluster services on Sun Solaris platforms.
• Installation of multipath software’s such as Confidential PowerPath Migration and windows MPIO software for high availability and redundancy.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Management: Confidential Solutions Enabler, ECC and components, SYMMETRIX management console, SYMMETRIX performance analyzer, Confidential NAVISPHERE Management Suite (San Copy), UNISPHERE for VNX, Data On Tap Filer View, NetApp on - command systems manager, CONNECTRIX Manager, DCFM, Cisco fabric manager, Cisco device manager, 3PAR Inform management console, CELERRA Manager, Recover point GUI.

Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise LINUX 5.0, Solaris 10, Solaris 9, HP-UX 10.x/11.x, Windows 2000, Windows XP/7/8, VMware ESX/ESXi.

Software utilities: Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM), HP Logical Volume Manager (LVM), Hitachi Storage Navigator, Universal volume manager, Volume migration utility

Network & Storage Protocols: ISCSI, FCP, TCP/IP, FTP, NFS, NIS, DNS, SSH, HTTP, DHCP, SMB, CIFS, FCoE

Server Virtualization: Solaris 10 Zones and Containers

Applications & Servers: Solaris Jumpstart, HP Ignite UX

Ticket Management System: Remedy, HP Open view

Programming / Scripting: UNIX Bourne Shell

Hardware Technology (Storage, Server, Network): Confidential SYMMETRIX DMX 4, 3, Confidential VMAX 10K, 20K, Confidential CELERRA, Confidential VNX 5300, Confidential Clarion (CX, CX3, CX 4 Series), NetApp FAS 2020/3020, HP XP 24K and P9000, Hitachi AMS, 3PAR T400 series storage array models, IBM SVC/XIV. Brocade DCX 8510 and 6520 directors and Cisco director 9516/9222i class switches, Emulex, QLogic HBA’s, Emulex/HP CNAs. Sun Ultra Enterprise Sun Fire 6800/4800/280 R/220R/ V880, T5-4 Intel X86 and AMD x64 based high end & lower end servers and PC's form Dell, IBM, HP and SUN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

Sr. Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented the data center migrations with SRDF and Recover point based array migration solutions.
• Multi-site data migration successfully accomplished using Confidential SRDF concurrent and cascade mode of migration.
• Confidential Unisphere and Symmetrix performance analyzer for performance monitoring and tuning of different server OS platforms like sun Solaris and Linux.
• Storage provisioning on all flash storage arrays such as pure storage and Confidential XtremIO.
• Participate in the disaster recovery test for the storage infrastructure and data availability.
• Create a FAST VP policy and associate required storage groups to the FAST VP policy as per the client’s performance requirements.
• Data replication from primary to secondary site using SRDF and group naming service (GNS) for SRDF device groups.
• Day to day storage allocations on DMX-4, VMAX, and VNX/CLARiiON storage arrays on different server platforms new and existing builds.
• Storage provisioning on different Hitachi enterprise storage platforms such as AMS, USP, USPV and VSP.
• Configure local and remote replications for Hitachi storage such as TrueCopy and universal replicator.
• Day to day administration of the Storage Area Networks environment includes Confidential Symmetrix DMX-4, VMAX, Confidential CLARiiON/VNX/Celerra and zoning on Brocade/Cisco SAN switches.
• Zoning and administration of SAN switches Brocade DCXs 8510/6520 and Cisco MDS 9222i/9509.
• Install and configure the new storage arrays and build from scratch in the data centers.
• Disaster recovery planning and execution for various server platforms such as Sun Solaris/Linux and VMware ESX/ESXi.
• Planning, design and implementation of Storage migration project using Confidential SRDF Sync/Async/adaptive copy modes
• CLARiiON to VMAX host based storage migration using PowerPath migration enabler (PPME)
• Work in a 24*7*365 critical storage environment.

Confidential, Tulsa, OK

Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Day to day administration of the Storage Area Networks environment includes HP P9500, HP 3PAR, HP EVA, HP XP and Confidential Symmetrix DMX-4, VMAX, Confidential CLARiiON/VNX/Celerra and Brocades SAN switches.
• Host based migrations across different storage platforms (HP P9500/3PAR/XP 24K).
• Planning and design of Data migration of the P9500 and HP XP arrays using business copy (BC) and host based tools.
• Data replication using SRDF A/ACP/S between primary and secondary data centers.
• Storage provisioning on HP P9500/3PAR/XP 24K storage arrays using GUI.
• Remote replications (DR project) using continuous access journals (CAJ) and business copy (BC) on P9500/HP XP 24K arrays.
• Day to day zoning activities on the Brocade and Cisco SAN directors for the Storage Area Networks SAN migration
• Used storage allocation tools like ECC, Symmetrix management console, Solutions enabler, Unisphere.
• Performed CLARiiON to VNX data migration using Confidential SANCOPY.
• Manage SRDF operations using SRDF Async/Sync/Adaptive copy modes.

Confidential

Sr. Implementation specialist

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Open replicator for Data migration of DMX 4 to VMax array.
• Data migration of Symmetrix DMX to DMX using SRDF Adaptive copy and synchronous mode
• Implemented VNX 5300 block storage using Unisphere as per design workbook by Solutions Architect.
• Knowledge transfer to the Client on Data migration from CX3 to VNX using SANcopy.
• Implementation of FAST/ FAST VP on VMax storage array using Symmetrix management console.
• Performed the Cisco port channel configuration and added ports to the existing port channel configuration for adding more bandwidth to the existing DR infrastructure.
• Host based migration of the host using power path migration enabler host copy
• Installed SANcopy migration enabler on CX series platform.

Confidential

Sr. SAN storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Day to day Storage provisioning of the Storage Area Networks environment includes Confidential Symmetrix DMX-4, Confidential CLARiiON (CX 3-80, CX 3 -40c, CX 3-40f, CX 4-240, CX 4-480, CX 4-960) and McData and Brocades Network switches.
• Allocated, managed, and deployed LUNS from the Confidential CLARiiON storage to servers using Confidential Navisphere Manager and Confidential DMX/VMAX Storage Arrays using Symmetrix Management Console
• Day to day zoning activities on the Brocade/McData switches for the Storage Area Networks SAN migration
• Plan and Perform the SAN switches migration from McData network switches to Brocade switches
• Managed NetApp file/Block storage using Data on tap CLI/Filer view and worked on snap mirror replications.
• Perform the Storage administration tasks using Confidential Control Center, Confidential Connectrix Manager and web tools.
• Performance analysis on the DMX-4 storage using Symmetrix performance analyzer.
• Planned and implemented High availability & Disaster Recovery of SAN Storage
• Installed Confidential PowerPath and HBA drivers/ firmware on Emulex HBA’s using HBA anywhere
• Implemented DR test using SRDF/A, Time finder and successfully finished DR test.
• Provision storage based on standardized procedure for DR and participated in the execution of the Business continuance.
• Documented the standard operating procedure for timely completion of DR test in the storage environment.
• Handling of service desk tickets and completes the storage provisioning requests given by SA's.
• Knowledge transfer to other staff members on Confidential VMAX storage arrays and SMC
• Installed Symmetrix Management console, Solutions enabler and Confidential control center in the storage environment

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

UNIX Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• A member of the Infrastructure group that is responsible for planning, design, installation, configuration and daily support of all brand new systems and storage in the environment and ongoing support for additional hardware or storage requests.
• Created Raid Groups, Storage Groups and Bind Luns on CLARiiON CX series of Confidential storage arrays
• Storage Allocation from Confidential Symmetrix DMX to UNIX hosts through SYMCLI
• Created Aggregates, Flex Volumes, qtree on NetApp File Servers using Data On tap CLI and Filer View
• Configured Luns using ISCSI and FC on the SAN