SUMMARY

• A technology leader with 7+ years of Strong experience in Storage (SAN/NAS/Converged Storages) and Backup Analysis, Migrations, Planning, Solutions, Implementations, Maintenance and Administration.
• I bring an innovative and pragmatic approach to analysing complex business needs, enabling me to conceptualize, design and implement cutting edge solutions based on teh latest virtualization, storage, and cloud technologies..
• 7 years extensive experience in NetApp storage Management and Administration
• Experience in implementing new NetApp Filers both FAS and AFF.
• Experience in Migrations from 7 Mode to C mode using 7MTT, SecureCopy, VMotion and Rsync
• Hands on experience working on NetApp SAN, NAS and IBM N - Series Technologies.
• Hands on Experience with NetApp Filers FAS2040, FAS2240, FAS3140, FAS3020, FAS3040, FAS3210, FAS3240, FAS3270, FAS6080, FAS6210, FAS6280, FAS8020,FAS8080 and V-Series Filer's
• Experience in Aggregate, SVM, Volume, Qtree and LUN management.
• Experience in implementing and administration Flexpod and E Series.
• Operation Management: Managed Data center Consist of Hitachi, EMC & NetApp Storage, Symantec, IBM Storage and Backup technologies, Brocade and Cisco Devices.
• Perform Analysis, Planning, Designing and Implementation of Storage & Backup Solutions.
• Extensive hands-on experience with maintaining and troubleshooting EMC storage arrays such as EMC VMAX2, VMAX3, VNX, Clarrion CX-4 and CX-3 Storage arrays
• Enterprise Storage Design and Implementation: Data Centre Transformation, Data Centre Green field project implementation, Consolidation, Data Centre Migration and Cloud Implementations.
• Data Centre Design & Build: Storage & Backup Installation, configuration and Troubleshooting.
• Virtual environment build installation and configuration and troubleshooting.
• Data Management: Backup and Recovery, VTL, De-Duplication, NAS and SAN Technologies.
• Experience in NetApp Filers quota Management, CIFS shares, NFS exports, Data migrations
• Upgraded Ontap, from - 7.3.4P6 to 8.0.2P4, 8.0.1 to 8.0.3P2, 8.0.2.P5 to 8.1.1, 8.1.1 to 8.1.2P1 and 8.2 to 8.3.
• Experience in troubleshooting teh performance issues on teh filers by collecting Core Dump and Perfstats
• Experience in adding NetApp DS4243, DS2246, ESH4 and ESH2 module Shelves to Increase Storage Space on NetApp Filer's
• Experience in troubleshooting Level 3 issues on teh NetApp filers in SAN and NAS environments
• Experience in Troubleshooting Storage and Server Related Issues
• Experience with different data management and monitoring tools such as Operations manager, provisioning manager, protection manager and Oncommand Core/Host
• Experience in NetApp Snap Drive, Snap Manager for SQL, Snap Manager for Oracle, Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure, Volume Snapmirror, Qtree Snapmirror, Flex Clone, Deduplication, Compression, Oncommand Balance, storage planning, data management, disaster recovery planning best practices and testing.
• Experience with Ontap Versions both 7 Mode and C Mode
• Experience in Managing Cisco, Brocade and Mcdata Switches

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Storage Hardware: FAS2040, FAS2240, FAS3040, FAS3140, FAS3170, FAS3210, FAS3240, FAS3270, FAS6080, FAS6210, FAS6240, FAS6280, V-SERIES FILER'S, N3240, N3700, N6040, N6070, N6250, N7600,FAS/AFF8020, FAS/AFF8080 and Flexpod, VMAX2,VMAX3, Xtremio.

OS Platforms: Data ONTAP, Microsoft Windows operating systems, Linux (Red Hat), Solaris, VMware ESX, AIX.

Networking: Cisco switches, Brocade switches, Mcdata Switches, TCP/IP, ISDN, LAN/WAN, Transport Protocols, Mobile IP, PSTN, DSL, VPNs, Ethernet, BGP.

NetApp Monitoring and Management tools: OCUM, Snap Mirror, Sync Mirror, Snap Vault, Open System Snap Vault (OSSV), Snap Drive, Snap Lock, Snap Restore, Snap Manager for Exchange (SME), Snap Manager for SQL(SMSQL), Snap Manger for Virtual Infrastructure, Snap Manager For Oracle (SMO), Operations Manager(Data Fabric Manager(DFM), Oncommand Performance Manager(OCPM), Oncommand Insight (OCI), Oncommand Core and Host Package, Flex Clone, Oncommand Balance, RAID Concepts, LDAP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed storage allocation on VMAX arrays and assigned FAST policies for teh Storage Groups using Solution Enabler.
• Creating Business Continuality Volumes (BCV's) for teh LUNs on VMAX for redundancy.
• Created and mapped gatekeepers to hosts for SYMCLI.
• Configured and monitored all cDOT and 7-mode clusters. cDOT & 7 Mode Environments were brought up to teh required levels and configuration for migration from all 7 Mode controllers
• Created and configured CIFS Shares, NFS Mounts, Quotas, Groups and Permissions on NetApp NAS.
• Created and configured Policies CMode filers.
• Experience on installation and upgrading of teh Data Fabric Manager and Operations Manager to monitor and manage teh filers.
• Managed ONTAP Upgrade activities both Clustered filers and non-clustered filers in production environments.
• Installed FAS8020 Filers
• Monitoring and Administration of FAS8020.
• Architect, deploy, configure, and train administration skills for teh Hitachi Block, File and Content product line with expertise specifically in VSP, HUS, HNAS and HCP.
• Architect, deploy, configure, and train administration skills for SAN management with Brocade and Cisco SAN products.
• Practical hands-on systems administration, expert in Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Command Suite, Hitachi Tuning Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
• Managing Hitachi Dynamic provisioning pools
• Experience with engineer, deploy and administer HP-3PAR arrays, performance analysis, migrations, replication, etc.
• Very good understanding of concepts and architecture, capacity reporting/planning.
• Virtualizations of AMS 1000, AMS 2500 and USP storage frames behind teh USPV and VSP using Universal Volume Manager
• Used OCI for performance troubleshooting
• Performed migrations between pools using Tiered Storage Manager and Volume Migrator.
• Implemented remote migrations using True Copy and Hitachi Universal replicator.
• Performed In-system level replications using Shadow Image and Copy On Write Snapshot.
• Evaluating teh performance of teh storage frames using Tuning Manager, Performance Manager
• Provide compelling technical collateral by synthesizing complex concepts into customer, field and channel-centric materials.
• Develop technical focused collateral for best practice guides, demos, whitepapers, design guides and application notes for Storage.
• Configuring and administering of Snap Drive, Snap Protect, Snap Manager tools for Exchange, Hyper-V, SQL, Oracle and Share point databases
• Configuring and administering of config advisor, Insight, LatX, Auto support, Perfstat tools.
• Configuring teh setup in lab and create/execute various design scenarios/performance analysis to shape out teh best practices for teh given product.

Confidential

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and Monitoring of NetApp storage by Configuring Aggregates, SVM, volume, Qtree and snapshots using Filer View and Oncommand System manager.
• Configured and monitored all cDOT and 7-mode clusters. cDOT & 7 Mode Environments were brought up to teh required levels and configuration for migration from all 7 Mode controllers
• Created and configured CIFS Shares, NFS Mounts, Quotas, Groups and Permissions on NetApp NAS.
• Created and configured Policies CMode filers.
• Experience on installation and upgrading of teh Data Fabric Manager and Operations Manager to monitor and manage teh filers.
• Managed ONTAP Upgrade activities both Clustered filers and non-clustered filers in production environments.
• Installed FAS8020 Filers
• Monitoring and Administration of FAS8020.
• Architect, deploy, configure, and train administration skills for teh Hitachi Block, File and Content product line with expertise specifically in VSP, HUS, HNAS and HCP.
• Architect, deploy, configure, and train administration skills for SAN management with Brocade and Cisco SAN products.
• Practical hands-on systems administration, expert in Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Command Suite, Hitachi Tuning Manager and Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning
• Managing Hitachi Dynamic provisioning pools
• Experience with engineer, deploy and administer HP-3PAR arrays, performance analysis, migrations, replication, etc.
• Very good understanding of concepts and architecture, capacity reporting/planning.
• Virtualizations of AMS 1000, AMS 2500 and USP storage frames behind teh USPV and VSP using Universal Volume Manager
• Used OCI for performance troubleshooting
• Performed migrations between pools using Tiered Storage Manager and Volume Migrator.
• Implemented remote migrations using True Copy and Hitachi Universal replicator.
• Performed In-system level replications using Shadow Image and Copy On Write Snapshot.
• Evaluating teh performance of teh storage frames using Tuning Manager, Performance Manager
• Provide compelling technical collateral by synthesizing complex concepts into customer, field and channel-centric materials.
• Develop technical focused collateral for best practice guides, demos, whitepapers, design guides and application notes for Storage.
• Configuring and administering of Snap Drive, Snap Protect, Snap Manager tools for Exchange, Hyper-V, SQL, Oracle and Share point databases
• Configuring and administering of config advisor, Insight, LatX, Auto support, Perfstat tools.
• Configuring teh setup in lab and create/execute various design scenarios/performance analysis to shape out teh best practices for teh given product.
• Performed complete documentation of all systems, including SAD, SOP and Quality gate documents.

Confidential

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation, Configuration and Administration of NetApp FAS2000, FAS3000 and FAS6000 Series Filers
• Created Aggregates, Volume, Qtrees, Vlans, Virtual Interfaces, Igroups, VFiler's, CIFS Shares and NFS Exports. cDOT & 7 Mode Environments were brought up to teh required levels and configuration for migration from all 7 Mode controllers
• Created Volume and Qtree Snapmirror Relationships as a part of Disaster Recovery Planning.
• Configured and monitored all cDOT and 7-mode clusters.
• Recovered Lost Storage Data using Snap Restore, Flex Clone, Snapmirror and Snap Vault
• Assisted teh team in various projects like Patriot Office Upgrade 8.0,Verint I360 and Wausau Upgrade.
• Added DS4243 Shelves to New or Existing Loop to Increase Storage Space
• Configured DSM MPIO 3.4,3.5 and 4.0 in teh Environment for Load Balancing
• Upgraded Shelf, Disk, RLM (Remote Lan Module), SP (Service Processor), BMC (Base Board Management Controller) Firmware Non-Disruptively.
• Installed, Configured and Administered Oncommand Balance to run Virtual Score card /Server Reports.
• Upgraded BIOS firmware, NVMEM Firmware and Mother Board Firmware on teh NetApp filers
• Upgraded Ontap, from - 7.3.4P6 to 8.0.2P4, 8.0.1 to 8.0.3P2, 8.0.2.P5 to 8.1.1 and 8.1.1 to 8.1.2P1
• Migrated from 7 mode to C mode and CMode Administration
• Created Volume and Qtree Level Permissions Based on Customer Request
• Managed Filers Using Oncommand System Manager, Filer View, Command Line Interface and Provisioning Manager
• Installed, Configured and Administered Snap drive, Snap Manager for Oracle, Snap Manger For SQL and Snap Manager For Virtual Infrastructure for Backup and Recovery
• Configured NDMP for Snap Vault and Tape Backup
• Created VSan, Zones, and Zone sets on Cisco Switches
• Performed host-based migrations from IBM to NetApp filers using Image Mode Copy, Robocopy and Rsync Technologies
• Administered Cisco and Brocade switches Monitoring and Administration of FAS3240/FAS3270 Filers
• Configuring and Troubleshooting FAS3200 Series NetApp Filers
• Created aggregates/volumes/qtrees in a NetApp environment
• Managed protection manager, provisioning manager and operations manager for automation monitoring and reporting purposes
• Troubleshooting issues in teh environment by working with teh NetApp Customer support
• Provisioned Storage for VMware.
• Used OCI for performance troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting issues encountered with virtual storage console.
• Installed Snap Manager For Exchange
• Installed Single Mail Box Recovery
• Troubleshooting Issues Encountered with SMBR and SME.
• Troubleshooting Issue with CIFS and NFS Performance
• Troubleshooting Issue With Upgrade of Disk Firmware
• Upgraded Data ONTAP Version From 8.0.2 to 8.0.2P1
• Upgraded Data ONTAP Version From 7.3.4P3 to 8.0.2P2
• Used Data Fabric Manager and other tools to ensure system stability and monitoring
• Implemented Snap Vault Technology in to teh environment for disk to disk Backup
• Implemented Snap Mirror Technology to Migrate Data to DR Location
• Provided Point in Time images of Volumes and Qtrees using Snapshot Technology

Confidential

Storage Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• NET APPS filers FAS 6080, FAS 3070, FAS 2050 and FAS 270 Installation and support
• LUN mapping/creation on NetApp devices, F/C Switch Configuration management.
• Monitoring and Replication Strategies (Snapshot, SnapMirror).
• Administration of Hitachi AMS 2500, USP-V, VSP and HUS storage arrays by using Hitachi command suite7, Storage Navigator, Storage Navigator Modular2, Solution Enabler (SYMCLI) and SMC.
• Managing Hitachi Dynamic provisioning pools
• Virtualizations of AMS 1000, AMS 2500 and USP storage frames behind teh USPV and VSP using Universal Volume Manager
• Data migration from DMX3000 to DMX-3 and data migration from CX600 to DMX-3
• Executing prep work for host analysis and working with support matrix
• Manage SAN & NAS capacity and performance using appropriate reporting & monitoring tools
• Cisco 13 Director installation and configuration
• Experience with Cisco fabric manager, Brocade zoning, storage allocation
• Experience in creating zones and zone sets and fabric configuration
• Supervise network monitoring standards, security, disaster/recovery, resource utilization and stability.
• Work Flow ticketing systems, Change management, Performance manager and Break fix issues follow up and support.
• NAS Administration, NetApp filer installation, on tap upgrades, SnapMirror and quota, qtrees Administration.
• NET APPS filers FAS 3050, FAS 3070, FAS 2050 and FAS 940 Installation and support
• LUN mapping/creation on NetApp devices, F/C Switch Configuration management.
• Monitoring and Replication Strategies (Snapshot, SnapMirror).
• Manage SAN & NAS capacity and performance using appropriate reporting & monitoring tools
• IBM Shark and IBM FastT (DS4500) Installation and support.
• Flash Copy, Snapshot and SnapMirror Installation and support
• Work Flow ticketing systems, Change management, Performance manager and Break fix issues follow up and support
• Experience with Connectrix Manager and data Fabric manager, Zoning, LUN allocation, Storage allocation to storage groups.
• 24/7 Support and On-call Support.
• RCA preparation and meeting SLA for RCA submission.