Data Protection/Backup/Disaster Recovery Summary

• IT Professional with over 10 years experience in Data Protection/Backup and Recovery Systems.
• Worked well both collaboratively and independently on multiple projects in fast-paced environments. Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem solving skills.
• Consolidated NetBackup domains, upgrades, created deployment packages for the backup solutions for various operating systems and staged thousands of new policies to cater different backup requirements globally.
• Implemented Disk-Based Puredisk backup, Staging, Cloning NDMP Backup for Networker 7.3
• Managed teams for data backup and disaster recovery for medium size corporations.
• Implemented Disaster Recovery Plan DRP managing test plan to meet RTO and RPO objectives.
• Developed and implemented processes and risk controls for backup, onsite/offsite storage, tape inventory management and tape rotations.
• Worked with LOB to execute the data protection technology proof of concepts and guide technology community to select right tools.
• Supported DD Boost configurations and installed OST plug-in on Media Servers.
• Manage all systems, backup, restore and replication through Avamar
• Maintained SLP to automate optimized duplications backlogs and troubleshoot failed CDL/EDL VTL issues along with vendors.
• Experience also includes user management, UNIX administration, configuring DHCP, WINS and DNS servers, implementing patch management process, setting up and configuring - NT and UNIX servers and workstations.
• Trained operations staffs on backup, DRP recovery processes, data classification and protection.
• Capable of acting as business liaison, translating business needs to Technical requirements and providing point of contact to business during high impact incidents
• Technical skills
• Operating Systems :
• Solaris, Red-Hat LINUX, HP-UNIX, AIX, SGI IRIX, Network Appliance, Windows Server 2003
• SAN/Software :
• DataDomain, FalconStor VTL/SIR, NetBackup,Networker,Avamar, Veritas Command Central/OpsCenter Analytics, Websphere,Tivoli TSM , VM/FS
• Databases:
• Oracle 9.0, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Informix, DB2, Domino, Lotus Notes

Experience

Confidential

Sr. Implementation Engineer

• Complete support of the Overall Netbackup with FT, SSO, and NDMP , VTL FalconStor, EMC DD , SIR FalconStor Deduplication Technology and IBM/STK Tape Library environment.
• DD OS Upgrades troubleshooting, performance analysis and pro-active monitoring
• Preventive Maintenance - Complete end to end analysis of NetBackup NBU environment, health checks, configuration management, CLI scripting with backup/restore utilities
• Manage day-to-day backup integration with DD and Avamar integration with DD
• Pro-active assessment of the current Development IT infrastructure and make improvements.
• Perform TSM administrative processes-expiration, migration and reclamation.
• Configuring devices into VPlex view and assign to VMs as virtual hard disk
• Manage TSM application validation to ensure backup schedules and policies are met.
• Coordinate and resolve issues related to TSM servers and application maintenance activities.
• Restarting clone jobs and troubleshooting the failed backups in Networker GUI/command line
• Handling Media management troubleshooting errors during Backup / Restore.
• Support TSM client life cycle process install,decommission,migrations/upgrades

Confidential

NetBackup Storage Engineer

• Configured OST with DataDomain in NBU Red Hat Linux/Windows environment
• Upgraded NBU domains from 6.5.6 to NBU 7.1. Load estimation and capacity planning
• Zoning fabric of EDL ports/drives to backup servers
• Consolidated 7 NBU domains to 4 NBU domains and created As-Built documentation.
• Responsible for the Engineer, Design Build phase of IT infrastructure service delivery solutions. For e.g. Backup Solutions, Scheduling Solutions, etc.
• Created deployment packages for the backup solutions for various operating systems.
• Provided data analysis for creation of new backup environments, capacity additions and technology refresh to the existing environments.
• Staged thousands of new policies utilizing Puredisk to cater different backup requirements globally and deployed thousands of backup host across multiple data centers.
• Created backup policies using Autosys add,remove clients and schedule client's backup.
• Provide consultancy to project teams of Domino, DB2 and Informix

Confidential

Netbackup Engineer

• Administered backup software to map tape drives over ISCSI and FT.
• Worked on dedupe, capacity issues on CDL VTL status.
• Performed NBU catalog backup and automated the process through shell scripts. Worked on analyzing data and on data retention to identify the CDL VTL solution.
• Review of existing configuration to create the new one that would map to the new policy and adding new storage units SLPs , volume pools, schedule names, retention standards, etc.
• Maintained the NBU and TSM environment and managed backup operations of 250 TB data.
• Performed new software release installations and upgrades.
• Maintained data files and monitored system configurations to ensure data integrity.
• Worked with NBU backup/restore utilities and CLI scripting
• Resolved remedy tickets

Confidential

Unix/Linux Administrator

• Developed procedures for data protection backup/recovery and on-off site tape storage rotations and inventory.
• Managed the staff to ensure compliance with SLA Agreements and DRP program.
• Installed and configured IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business product users and assigned the access rights.
• Coordinated schedules and provided support to a team of technicians in Solaris 9 migration.
• Worked on performance tuning, daily monitoring and troubleshooting of TSM Backup on AIX.
• L2-L3 Backup and restore administration in Symantec Netbackup environment with 3 Master Servers UNIX , 40 Media Servers UNIX , and 2500 Clients All Unix / Windows .
• Administered TSM server to monitor and manage enterprise data management processes.
• Monitored TSM server processes, errors to ensure overall performance and stability.
• Wrote and maintained scripts for automated backup, and the notification of errors.
• Installed and administered Oracle Reliaty/Veritas Netbackup/TSM in a mixed system environment Sun Solaris 2.8, SunOS 4.1.x, SGI IRIX 6.5, RedHat Linux 7.x, Windows XP/2000/ME/98 .

Confidential

Sr. Unix Administrator

• Deployed NFS/NIS environment for applications distribution and auto home on SGI IRIX.
• Troubleshoot VMware ESX server related issues, maintained virtual server environment, and created/deleted virtual servers
• Installed, configured and maintained Network Appliance Filer Server F720/F810/FAS250 .
• Provided daily maintenance-SUN E6500, E4500,T3 partner pair,EMC Clarion, SGI and AIX
• Implementation/testing of vaulting system,cleaning/monitor devices, volume pools for NBU
• Performed standard system administration tasks and it includes patching, upgrades, troubleshooting and problem resolution.
• Assumed full ownership of support requests, from initiation through resolution and follow-up, while updating service activity tracking system, resulting in service delivery improvement
• Configured DDNS/DHCP server and Solaris Jumpstart server.

Confidential

UNIX Administrator/Transition Lead

• Documented, deployed, and automated standard operating procedures.
• Implemented monitoring, backup, NIS, and disaster recovery in infrastructure environments

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Served as expert in setting up and configuring NT Servers and Workstations.
• Resolved software / hardware network problems and OS patch update and installation.
• Installed and configured UNIX workstations in the network Sun 2.6/2.7 Sun Ultra 10 450

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Setup and installed Windows 2000 Professional, File, and Print Server.
• Planned, purchased, installed, maintained a Windows 2000/Citrix thin client system, and replaced existing dumb terminals.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

• Worked with users to identify and resolve all system issues.
• Identified system enhancement opportunities and upgraded systems with new releases.