SUMMARY

A highly skilled and accomplished Information Technology professional with over 7 years of experience in cutting edge Technologies. Extensive background under heterogeneous environments such as LINUX, UNIX, Windows Operating Systems, system monitoring and performance tuning. Also a Systems Engineer providing enterprise backup environment to ensure availability and recoverability of corporate electronic data with emphasis on Disaster Recovery. A proven leader with the ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines. Excellent communication and cross platform problem solving skills. Recognized for innovative thinking ability and creative solutions. Eager to contribute outstanding technical skills and a strong commitment to achieving your company’s goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential 2005 – Present
Sr. Storage Administrator.

• Successful planning and backup strategy of the companies\' corporate infrastructure which consisted of several Terabytes of mission critical data.
• Installation, Configuration & Management of Veritas Netbackup (starting from 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, 6.5) 7.0, responsible for Backup/Restoration.
• Test and implement new releases or maintenance fix patch for Veritas Netbackup software
• Develop and maintain proper monitoring and reporting of utilization of the backup environment, including performance tuning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and throughput analysis; media handling.
• Introduced Linux as a low cost alternative to convention systems resulting in cost savings.
• Strong knowledge of Veritas Advanced Client, Backup to Disk (B2D) and VTL’s.
• Supported DBA\'s with linking of Oracle software to Netbackup\'s Media Manager library for direct to VTL or Tape Library backups.
• Introduced Disk based backups (NAS technology – EMC data domain) for better performance and cross- site replication.
• Participated in vendor negotiations
• Responsible designing remote site replication for Disaster Recovery (DR) of Entertainment Publications
• Created backup status reports for all the other teams and management.
• Daily troubleshooting and support of a SUN\'s L180 Tape Library LTO tape library.
• Resolve issues related to backup integrity
• Resolve any O/S, hardware, or network based issues that may impact optimal performance of backup.
• Resolve issues including backup hardware components software and media issues; providing research and best practices for backup/archive and storage architecture.
• Manage software maintenance levels and hardware firmware levels and perform upgrades when necessary.
• Create or maintain necessary documentation and procedures in support of the backup infrastructure.
• Perform planning and participate in activities that are necessary to support disaster recovery.
• Plan and develop the methodology by open discussion for improving our existing infrastructure and helping the team members to implement the same in smooth and efficient timed fashion.
• Wrote shell scripts for automation of backups and restorations.
• Train users in applications and UNIX fundamentals
• Installation, configuration & upgrade of Linux, Solaris and HP-UX Operating System.
• Installation of patches and other software packages using RPM and YUM in Linux.
• Creating metric reports for management.
• Provide solutions for maintaining production operations.
• Hardening the servers to prevent unauthorized access.
• Configured auto mounts / maps for the user accounts.
• Trouble shooting hardware/Software problems as & when they occur.
• Maintenance and upgrade essential hardware, System Patches and software.
• Management of the disk space, creating and managing user accounts.
• Management of security for servers at system and user level.
• Attend task plan reviews and put task plans in place for any kind of OS changes
• Monitor performance and resource utilization of key systems and provide ongoing trend analysis for forecasting future resource requirements.
• Write shell scripts to monitor system processes and gather information.
• Write and debug shell scripts for automating routine procedures, e.g. for monitoring various activities generating reports, notifying on emails, moving logs etc.

Confidential, MI 2004-2005

• Managed a tight budget and interacted with vendors to procure hardware and software solutions to meet business needs.
• Installation & Configuration of Storage Devices like SN6000, ACSLS.
• Participated in disaster recovery Site.
• Installation, Configuration & Management of Veritas Netbackup 5.0, responsible for Backup/Restoration.
• Management of security for servers and workstations at system and user level.
• Manage and deliver daily system status report to upper management.
• Installation, Administration and trouble shooting of Operating Systems such as Solaris, AIX, HP-UX as per the client’s requirement on Enterprise Servers.
• Installation / Back out of Recommended Patches as required on the SUN Systems.
• Worked in 24/7 Production Environment and Development, user & security administration.
• Installed, configured and maintained D1000 storage arrays using Veritas Volume manager Ver 3.0.4.
• Hardening the servers to prevent unauthorized access.
• Configured auto mounts / maps for the user accounts.
• Trouble shooting hardware/Software problems as & when they occur.
• Write shell script to configure and install netbackup client software on all new clients in the Chrysler network.
• Troubleshooting of network related problems over TCP/IP.
• Manage and deliver a backup plan for organization website project.
• Manage and deliver daily system status report to upper management.
• Work with minimal direction, yet also able to work in team environment.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science, Computer Engineering, 
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

ITIL CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL
HP-UX for experienced UNIX system administrators 
Red Hat Linux System Administration