SUMMARY:

A US citizen with approximately twenty years of experience of System & Network integration, Enterprise Architecture, Solution/Infrastructure Architecture, Designing, Project Management, Infrastructure Technical Lead in IT industry with a strong customer service attitude, exceptional organizational ability and communication skills.

Skilled IT professional and a senior leader with the demonstrated ability to lead people in a complex and rapidly changing environment. Specifically developing a cohesive project team capable of meeting the short-term needs of the business while building toward the long-term requirements. Facilitate communication throughout the organization with superior written and verbal skills. Act as the change agent to drive continuous improvement in technology and process.

Experience in design and engineering of midrange hardware and operating system platforms. In-depth knowledge with software engineering disciplines of testing, certification, automation and build including disaster recovery. Extensive knowledge and experience working with UNIX technology and software certification process. Thorough understanding of the software product development and maintenance process. Experience in new data center setup and old data center relocation process. Solid understanding of technology components in the midrange software stack including middleware, messaging and database software including SAN infrastructure. Understanding of HP-UX, AIX and Solaris deployment including package management, native provisioning capability and patch maintenance processes. Skillful in virtualization and local/remote data center recovery techniques, standardization of products/processes.

Expertise includes server hardware, operating systems, security, application server environments, SAN, database engineering, batch scheduling, electronic data interchange, system monitoring and infrastructure strategies in a 24x7 operations environment.

TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS:

• Midrange Unix vendor platforms: HP, IBM and SUN
• Midrange Wintel vendor platforms: HP
• Operating Systems: HP-UX (11.0, 11i v1, v2 & v3), AIX (5.3, 6.1), Solaris (9 & 10), Windows NT and Novell Netware (2.2, 3.11, 3.12, 4.01, 4.1)
• Hardware Classes: HP-9000 series 700/800, RP7420/RP8400/RP8420, Superdome, C7000 Enclosures, RS6000, Power PC, HP Blades, SUN Blades, Sun Fire
• Clustering: MC/ServiceGuard (MC/SG), Continental Clusters, HACMP, Veritas Cluster (VCS)
• Volume Management: Logical Volume Manager (LVM), Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM), Solaris Volume Manager
• Programming Languages: PASCAL, COBOL, FORTRAN and Shell Scripting.
• Virtualization Technologies: nPar, vPar, LPAR, Dynamic LPAR, Power VM VIO, Solaris zones, Integrity Virtual Machines, VMware
• Workload Management: PRM, WLM, gWLM, iCAP, GiCAP & TiCAP
  Performance Tuning: Native OS utilities, Glance, Perfview, NMON
• Automation/Provisioning Tools: BladeLogic, Radia, Ignite-UX, NIM, JumpStart
• Disk Redundancy: Mirroring, RAID, EMC’s SRDF, IBM’s Remote mirroring
• Other Technologies: VSATS, RAID, TCP/IP, NFS, NIS, NIS+, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, SLIP, UUCP, Modems, Hubs, Switches, Routers, Peripherals (HP Printers, Plotters, Scanners, CD-ROMS, Disk Arrays) and Bridges), Multiple protocol routers (MPR+ Ver 2.0), Netware Connect (Ver 2.0), Netware lite (Ver 1.5), SCO-ODT/Open server, Unix-ware (Ver 1.1), Auto Port Aggregation (APA), Open SSH/Tectia, Power Broker, Disk arrays such as IBM’s shark, DS8000, DS6000, HP’s model 10/20 disk arrays, DMX, XP512 and XP1024, COTS products
• Security: Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA), Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), Security Readiness Review Scripts (SRRs)

EMPLOYMENT:

Confidential,(August 2010 Present)

Subject Matter Expert/Infrastructure Architect ITT
Hanover, MD

• Solve complex, inter-related problems at a strategic level
• Responsible for developing, maintaining and driving adoption of highly available HP Infrastructure solution in SAP environment.
• Responsible for developing and implementing data center functional strategy utilizing HP-UX Operating System and tools such Ignite-UX for imaging and backing OS, PRM for resources management, TSM for non-OS backups, MC/ServiceGuard for High Availability, Integrity Virtual machines for virtualization of HP-UX and VMware/VSphere for Windows.
• Responsible for developing disaster recovery strategy utilizing HP’s MC/ServiceGuard Continental Clusters.
• Responsible for developing and setting up infrastructure for patch management.

Confidential, (June 2010 August 2010)

Application Infrastructure Architect Freddie Mac
Reston, VA

• Responsible for developing, maintaining and driving adoption of Infrastructure solution architectures that align with business needs, but are common across the line of business, and leverage firm-wide shared services to their fullest extent.
• Interface with Development, Enterprise Architecture, Release Management, Security and IT Operations delivery groups to define requirements and designs for integrated environments and associated application infrastructure delivery stacks. End-to-End knowledge and understanding of current and proposed integrated environments. Recommending end-to-end technology design solutions and takes full accountability for the architecture of solutions.
• Identifying, recommending, and implementing emerging IT trends, developments, and improvements/solutions by either buying, building or reusing.
• Leading multiple technology groups to ensure that the application, integration, infrastructure, and security architectures are designed to meet evolving business requirements, standards for reliability, scalability and availability and align with the organization Technology Roadmap.
• Provide proactive leadership for the ongoing planning, configuration, contingency/backup mechanisms, and hardware to support new and existing products and services that require high availability and high performance.
• Provide 3rd level engineering support for any issues that need escalation to the Global Engineering or requires engaging the Vendor.
• Managing multiple assignments simultaneously, while working independently and with other designers and SME.
• Balance tactical and strategic needs
• Review and present solutions to Engineering board representing the Line of Business
• Identifying gaps in current standards/services and negotiating enterprise vs. project solutions and developing standard infrastructure architectures, frameworks, and development standards.
• Ensuring all deviations are identified and approved.
• Document related infrastructure strategies and capacity plans, system monitoring, backup and recovery processes.

Confidential, (July 2009 June 2010)

Principal Engineer/Architect US Navy (Department of Defense)
Norfolk, VA

• Evaluated and configured all aspects of IBM’s High Availability product (HACMP) for Navy’s ship maintenance project and reported back the current limitations to management. Also worked with vendor on key aspects/pricing.
• Based on findings during the NEMAIS reaccredidation process, evaluated high level requirements and developed authentication architecture that meets those requirements within the overall model. Identified common components and services that can be leveraged and developed an overall approach to migrate to NIS+ from NIS. Thorough research and testing allowed the customer to make a well informed decision to not implement NIS + due to technical short comings discovered.
• Created & Implemented migration strategy of Solaris 9 to Solaris 10.
• Played an instrumental role in the NEMAIS reaccredidation effort. Performed extensive research and developed SRR scan remediation scripts and processes to remediate the environment with the help of other team members.
• Assisted in the planning and successful upgrade of SSH.
• Automated the process of morning system health check which ensured that reports are rendered in time. The process was tested and ensures the integrity of information.
• Developed automation to install SUN Solaris servers in Navy’s NEMAIS environment.
• Evaluated LDAP for NEMAIS environment.
• Maintained the integrity and security of the multiple UNIX servers and systems to serve over 30,000 users in Navy maintenance activities worldwide.
• Managed problem ticket & service request queues, responding to Tivoli monitoring alerts, executed change controls, routine & preventative maintenance, performance tuning, emergency troubleshooting & incident support over 200 IBM AIX, Sun Solaris and Linux operating systems, IBM RS/6000, Sun Enterprise and Intel-based servers with NIS.
• Application software supporting includes SAP R/3, Oracle, Documentum, Tivoli Monitoring, Jetforms and ERP.
• Provides monthly status reports of completed and ongoing activities to Management.
• Review and update documentation with equipment inventory for tracking purposes.
• Work closely with the Operations, Applications and Infrastructure Teams to maintain a stable environment and developed project plans and updating project statuses.
• Implement security patches and upgrades according to architecture and security guidelines with constant vigilance to improve security posture under mandated DoD’s strict guidelines.
• Managing problem ticket & service request queues, responding to monitoring alerts, execution of change controls, routine & preventative maintenance, performance tuning, and emergency troubleshooting & incident support and a very high level of system and service availability and uptime without sacrificing security or usability by required ATO.
• Maintained DNS and NFS consisted of 2 DS8000, DS6000 and F20 with 2105 SAN Directors Switches.

Confidential, Technology Sector (September 2002 June 2009)

• Responsible for the Operating Systems Services team which delivers UNIX base platforms for the bank. Key functions include engineering and support services to provide hardware/software roadmaps, certification, high availability clustering, workload management, configuration management while meeting project and availability requirements.
• Direct and participate in the change coordination and execution of all operating system changes; hardware and software installation and configuration planning; problem resolution and root cause identification.
• Managed and worked on migration from HP-UX 9.x to 10.x, migration from 10.x to 11.0, migration from 11.0 to 11.11 (11i) for approximately 600+ servers.
• Managed and worked on migration from HP-UX to AIX for approximately 100+ servers.
• Designed and implemented server consolidation from all different classes of HP to L & N class and from L & N class to RP7420/RP8400/RP8420 class servers.
• Managed and directed various project teams for data migration projects.
• Design setup and implementation of clusters using MC/Service Guard for local failovers and continental failovers for remote failovers.
• Lead the data center migration project for approximately 400 servers from Delaware data centers to Richmond and Texas data center with minimal downtime.
• Designed and implemented Disaster recovery strategies.
• Designed and implemented recovery of operating systems over the network.
• Managing MC/ServiceGuard Infrastructure for NFS, LAN and Token ring failovers
• Implemented APA solution for network redundancy.
• Provide oversight and management of product roadmaps for Hardware (HP) and Operating system platforms.
• Provide oversight and lifecycle management of standard software.
• Primary liaison to client community (Platform support, Operations); responsible for client communication plans.
• Provide technology leadership and governance through participation in Center of Excellence (CoE) workgroups and Architecture Review Board (ARB) infrastructure forums
• Vendor management relationship; Participation in customer advisory boards.
• Planning and implementation of patch management strategies to keep environment secures and up to date
• Investigated and coordinated the roll out of critical updates to avoid system impacts by changes in day light saving time.
• Constructed, evaluated and published standards for Kernel, System builds, Golden Image deployment for various environments.
• Evaluation of new platforms such as Veritas Volume Manager, APA, Radia, RP7400/RP8400/RP8420, BladeLogic and Superdomes
• Responsible for forecasting and procuring resources including people, hardware and software.

Confidential, (August 1998 August 2002)

Senior Consultant MBNA (February 1999 August 2002)

• Engineered environment for Y2K including setting up the servers
• HP-UX 9.X, 10.X, 11.00, & 11.i/11.11installation on both HP Business servers & workstations
• Npars & Vpars using RP8400/RP8420 hardware Architecture
• Problem diagnostics & trouble shooting of HP9000 E, G, H, K, D, L, N and RP8400/8420 class servers including 712,715,C & J class workstations.
• Disk space management using LVM and Veritas Volume Manager
• Disk mirroring & management using HP Mirror/UX and Veritas Volume Manager
• Managing clustered Servers & diskless node clustering
• Using NFS to create Client/Server network
• Using APA and Service Guard to configure failover networks
• Networking of HP Servers in a heterogeneous networking environment
• Disaster recovery of HP systems with support tape, CD and Ignite-UX
• Device management & configuration on HP systems etc.

Senior consultant -Confidential, (August 1998 - February 1999) 
Pittsburgh, PA

• Administration of 36 Servers (V/K/G Class) comprising of HP-UX 11.0/10.XX/9.XX located allover US
• Upgrading HP-UX 9.04 to HP-UX 10.20
• Setting up of UUCP over Ethernet
• Configuring LVM/Mirroring on V-Class comprising of EMC Symmetric/disk arrays
• Upgrading of disks
• Patch installation
• Installation of software such as Perfview, C etc.
• Performing day-to-day activities such as creation/deletion of user accounts, local/remote printer admin. Kernel fine tuning, UUCP, FTP, backups, unexpected problems etc.
• Coordination between users and help desk
• Documentation of whole account

Confidential, (May 1994 August 1998)

Response Center Engineer/Manager (October 1997- August 1998)
Noida, India

• Worked in central technical response and escalation center where I managed a team of people giving specialist level support to escalated problems across the country from field specializing in HP UX, Windows NT, Netware, Unix & Networking. I was also a National Trainer for HCL.

Project Engineer/Manager (May 1994 - September 1997)
Delhi, India

• Lead projects team and implemented following projects
• INDIA HABITAT CENTER- New Delhi

Installation and configuration of 2* E 45, 1*E 25 Class servers
Installation of HP-UX 9.04
Switch Over configuration between all the three servers
Installation and configuration of HP bridges & terminal servers
Connecting intelligent & dumb terminal on network 
Setup TCP/IP networking

• Confidential, Kasna

Installation and configuration of 2* E 45, 1*E 25 Class servers, Installation of HP-UX 9.04
Switch Over configuration between all the three servers, installation and configuration of HP bridges & terminal servers
Connecting intelligent & dumb terminal on network 
Setup TCP/IP networking

• Confidential, New Delhi

Installation & Configuration of HP K400 class server running HP UX 10.20
Installation & Configuration of 5*HP Envzex "p" series Xstations
Setting up UNIX network printing and plotting thru network Jet Direct cards 
Connecting the above mentioned network to existing TCP/IP internet work

• Confidential, New Delhi

Installation of HP K class server running HP UX 10.20
RAID 5 configuration of model 20 HP disk array 
Partitioning the hard disk using HP logical volume manager 
Installation of NT 4.0 server and 40 NT workstations 
UNIX and NT integration, setting up network printing for both UNIX & NT
DHCP server installation 
Dialup connectivity to both UNIX & NT servers
Installation of proxy server to connect to internet using 64 kbps leased line

• Confidential, Noida

Installation and configuration of 45*712 & 15*715 HP workstations
Installation and configuration of 2*G class HP servers,1*K class servers
Installation and configuration of 2*D class servers in MC-Service Guard configuration
Managing clustered servers & diskless node clustering
NFS server and client configuration
Disk mirroring and management using HP Mirror UX
Setup of network backup and restore procedure for servers and clients

• DEPARTMENT OF ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC AND COMPUTING ANALYSIS - New Delhi

Installation and configuration of 2*Novell 3.11 servers, 2*Novell MPR+ servers, 2*Novell Netware Connect servers
Interconnection of both Novell Servers thru X.25 using synchronous cards
Configuration of remote dialing onto network using PC-Anywhere and Netware Connect
Installation and configuration of Mail Postoffice using CC-Mail and mail routing using CC-Router
Installation and configuration of Fax facility over network using CC-Fax
Remote booting of DOS and Windows Clients
Network Management using Intel\'s Managewise

• NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BEARAU - New Delhi

Installation & Configuration of HP G80 class server using HP UX 9.04
Installation & Configuration of SCO ODT on Intel based server 
Installation & Configuration of X.25 on both the servers 
Encapsulation of IP over X.25 
Interconnection of local network to other networks thru Motorola Switch

• Confidential, All over Delhi

Setup 5*2 HP 9000 / E45 servers at different locations 
Installation & Configuration of HP-UX 9.04, LVM & Mirror UX
Installation and Configuration of Switchover UX
Setup data & root logical volumes in mirrored configuration
Setup TCP/IP networking

• Confidential, New Delhi

Installation and configuration of Windows NT as PDC using HP Netserver
Installation and configuration of 30 Windows 95 clients
Installation of Remote Access Server
Configuration of CISCO 2500 router to connect to VSAT running X.25
Network Printing

• Confidential,All over Delhi

Installation and configuration of Novell Netware SFT-III 4.11 
Configuration of Mirroring/Duplexing
Setting up of over 100 nodes with remote booting
Installation of office automation software in client/server mode

Zenith Computers Ltd. (September 1992 - May 1994)
Delhi, India

Worked as a Sr. Customer Support Engineer and was responsible for installation and maintenance of Zenith and Acer range of Novell and SCO Unix based file servers, Ethernet (10 Base 2, 10 Base 2, 10 Base 5) networks.

• Confidential, Dehradun

Installation of Novell Netware 3.11 & 3.12 servers
SCO Unix installation 
User accounts management
Unix & Novell connectivity using LAN workplace for DOS 
Trouble shooting Ethernet network connectivity problems 
Software upgrades 
Backup of Unix and Netware servers

Informatics Computer Systems (January 1992 - September 1992)
Delhi, India

Worked as a field support executive mainly involved in installation and maintenance of small networks comprising of Novell / Unix. My other duties involved were imparting training to professionals.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Engineering in computer science & Engineering,

TRANINGS:

• Programming in PASCAL by Computer Age, India
• Programming in COBOL by Computer Age, India
• Programming in FORTRAN by Computer Age, India
• Perl Programming by HP
• Installation & Maintenance of Novell Netware Ver 3.12 by HCL- HP, India
• Installation of VSATS by HCL-Comnet, India
• Quality Education System by HCL-HP, India
• Neworker 5.0 for Unix by Legato
• HP-UX System and Network Administration I by HP
• HP-UX System and Network Administration II by HP
• Hands on with HP-UX 11i Workshop by HP
• HP-UX Partition Management with vPars/nPars by HP
• HP-UX Process Resource Manager by HP
• Managing Performance with HP OpenView by HP
• HP-UX 11i v3 for Experienced HP-UX System Administrators by HP
• HP-UX Resource Management (WLM & PRM) by HP
• HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) by HP
• HP Integrity Virtual Machines by HP
• HP Instant Capacity (iCAP, GiCAP & TiCAP) by HP
• Veritas Foundation Suite by VERITAS
• Radia Infrastructure by HP
• Accelerate SAN essentials by HP
• AIX 5L for Unix Professionals by IBM
• Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced HP-UX and Tru64 Administrators by HP
• Accelerated Linux Administration for Experienced HP-UX or SUN Solaris Administrators by HP
• VMware Infrastructure 3 (Fast Track V. 3.5) by HP
• HP BladeSystem Administration (c-Class) by HP
• Virtual Connect for HP BladeSystem by HP

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Security+

RECOGINATIONS:

• Best Instructor on Networking for two consecutive times by HCL-HP, India
• Awarded as Shooting Star at Bank of America