Senior Storage Engineer

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• Senior Storage Engineer assigned to PPL. I hold NERC-CIP clearance
• Responsible for all backup, recovery, and Disaster/Recovery tests using TSM 500TB
• Responsible for engineering version upgrades for TSM both physical backups and Virtual Environment on WINDOWS and LINUX servers.
• Perform daily monitoring and remediation of missed and failed backups.
• Engineer and configure new TSM clients, servers, and cluster-servers on WINDOWS.
• Installation and planning of EMC AVAMAR backup and recovery software.
• Maintain I.B.M. PROTECTIER Virtual Library.
• Work and resolve all SERVICE NOW change requests, incidents, and work orders.

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• Senior Storage Engineer assigned to the Department of Homeland Security I hold S.S.B.I. Top Secret Security Clearance- expires June 30, 2015
• Responsible for all backup, recovery, and Disaster/Recovery tests using TSM as well as NetBackup.
• Responsible for engineering version upgrades for TSM and NetBackup on WINDOWS and AIX All P-series servers.
• Perform all daily functions for Iron Mountain tape ejects and retrievals.
• Engineer and configure new TSM and NetBackup clients both on the GUI side as well as Linux, Sun, and AIX.
• Installation and configuration of SUN KMA Encryption software.
• Maintain StorageTek SL8500 Tape Library ACSLS as well as I.B.M. 3584 library.
• Work and resolve all Remedy Ticket change requests, incidents, and work orders.
• Make recommendations and train the N.O.C. as well as the Service Desk for reporting all severity one issues for on-call Backup and Recovery Team. In addition, I am on-call on rotating system. I've instituted a secondary on-call system to be used while primary on-call is working a severity one issue.

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• Senior Storage Engineer assigned to the Whirlpool Corporation account located in Benton Harbor, Michigan. All duties and responsibilities are, for all intensive purposes, exactly the same as when I was with the Whirlpool Corporation as an employee.
• Added responsibilities include audits according to the Sarbanes-Oxley act, and monitoring and assigning Incident Tickets, Service Request, and Change Requests using the I.B.M. Maximo tool.
• All TSM responsibilities remain the same as the below Whirlpool description.

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• Senior TSM Analyst for Whirlpool Corporation at Corporate Headquarters. Provide TSM support for nodes registered on the Administrative Center and Kalamazoo data centers.
• Resolve all miss/failed/poorly performing TSM client scheduled backups recording when issues occur, why they occur, and what was done to permanently resolve the issues.
• Adding new TSM clients and decommissioning obsolete clients as requested and recording decommissioned clients.
• Perform all TSM client restores as requested and recording all restores.
• Perform a quarterly audit of TSM clients to ensure they are all being backed up.
• Perform TSM-related client capacity and performance management activities. Also ensure and/or coordinate TSM client release levels.
• Ensure that all TSM administrative schedules at both the Ad Center and in Kalamazoo are completed in a timely fashion.
• Perform regular administrative activities as requested. Ensuring regular communication with Whirlpool management and peers.
• Ensure that servers with TSM clients running on them are accessible and security requirements are met and maintained.
• Perform with the entire team annual Disaster/Recovery test at new Kalamazoo Data Center.

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• Senior TSM Architect Consultant for I.B.M. for their customer, I.N.G. Financial Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Migrating all TSM clients NT, Sun Solaris, UNIX, AIX, and Windows XP from Minneapolis, MN location to Boulder, Colorado.
• Performing fine tuning, scheduling conflicts, tape library issues both StorageTEK and I.B.M. 3494 libraries both in Minnesota and Colorado.
• Migrating all TSM Clients from multiple AIX servers and SUN servers to one centrally located system in Boulder, Colorado.
• Lead coordinator for quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley audits.
• Responsible for daily backups and restores for customers. Troubleshoot and resolve all missed and failed backups.
• Took over managerial duties, responsibilities, and decisions during manager's absence. Ran all meetings, recommended hiring personnel, coordinated projects.

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Consultant

• Contracted at C.U.N.A. Mutual Madison, Wisconsin performing fine tuning and cleanups on Tivoli Storage Manager as well as I.B.M. 3494 Tape Library and OS/2 Database i.e., synchronizing data between the library and mainframe .
• Performing installations and upgrades to Tivoli Storage Management at various customer sites.
• Responsible for upgrading various client systems on Open Systems/Large Enterprise System utilizing AIX, HP UNIX, and Sun Solaris platforms which also included adding devices, adding TCP/IP addresses, security issues, and upgrading and maintaining Tivoli Storage Management as well as upgrading and maintaining I.B.M. 3494 Tape Libraries. Worked with SAN Administrators as well as EMC Administrators to add disk and disk space using UNIX.

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Systems Programmer

• Transferred my employment from New Age Technologies to Kindred HealthCare.
• Installation and configuration clients, management classes, policy domains, all option files, data policies, and retention values of over 700 TSM Servers and clients version 5.2.2 and 500 TDP clients R/3 SAP, Domino, SQL and Oracle .
• Maintenance of AIX 4.3.3 Servers ESS Shark, RS 6000, SP and daily troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution.
• Daily backup review and root cause analysis on AIX 4.3.3 , Windows, NT 4.0, and Sun Solaris clients.
• Periodical upgrades on I.B.M. 3494 Tape Library from 3590 to 3590E drives, review of Microcodes, synchronizing OS/2 Database with connectivity to mainframes as well as complete inventory to synchronize OS/2 Database to TSM Database.
• Planning and documentation of Disaster/Recovery offsite facility.

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Consultant- Senior Systems Analyst/Administrator

• Contracted as Senior ADSM Administrator. Installing, configuring, and supporting clients with NT 4.0, AIX, and ADSM/TSM Tivoli Storage Management 5.1.5 and 5.2.2 at Kindred HealthCare.
• Work with EMC Administrator helping with configuration using AIX.
• Responsible for infrastructure and architecture of systems prior to installation and implementation.
• Forming two new departments Documentation and Tape Library Management.

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Contractor-Programming/Systems Administration

• Contracted for I.B.M. as AIX/UNIX Administrator and ADSM ADSM was the very first versions of what is now called TSM Backup and Recovery Administrator/Team Leader. Installed, configured, and support clients with AIX and ADSM V.2 and V.3
• Contracted for VENCOR as AIX/UNIX Administrator. Built database tables utilizing AXON. Installed and configured new hardware and software including Ventouch , Vendev , HP jet direct cards, modems, and routers. Troubleshoot problems for end users.
• Contracted for AKZO-NOBEL Chemical Corp. as alpha and beta tester. Calculated and tested mathematical equations for the production of chemical goods and services. Troubleshoot problems for end users.
• Contracted for Naval Ordinance Base as an analyst. Aided in the backup and storage of systems and data due to the downsizing of the Base.

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Adjunct Professor of Mathematics

• Worked in Weekend College Division teaching developmental mathematics classes every other Saturday.
• Worked as full-time professor temporarily while filling in for a tenured professor on sabbatical from 1/1995 to 5/1995 8/1997 to 5/1998.
• Teach all levels of mathematics.
• Responsible for all aspects of class instructions, assignments and testing.
• Academic advisor to student body.

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Client Support Analyst/Systems Administrator

• Maintained and upgraded Microsoft NT 3.51 and NT 4.0 network.
• Maintained and upgraded IBM RS6000 utilizing AIX operating system.
• Responsible for all aspects of AIX Administration including adding new devices, personnel, security issues, and adding TCP/IP addresses to all connected devices.
• Assisted with support and installation of AUDIX telephone system.
• Responsible for requisitioning and purchasing of all computer and telephone supplies, as well as maintenance agreements and contracts.

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Music Consultant

• Produced, composed, arranged and conducted music for various projects and groups including synthesizer and piano arrangements for rock/pop bands.

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Graduate Assistant in Department of Mathematics

• Graded, taught, and tutored undergraduates in mathematics, physics, economics, and computer science majors.
• Assisted professors with office hours and grading of undergraduate students.

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Systems Analyst/Operations Warehouse Manager/Computer Operator

• Installed and managed Intel V/386 XENIX operating system with MAS90 accounting and point of sale programs.
• Managed and maintained IBM 5362 system with all corresponding accounting, point of sale, and inventory control programs prior to Intel installation.
• Act as liaison between computer programmers, accounting personnel, and management.
• Met deadlines and produced monthly reports.
• Managed warehouse personnel and inventory control.