SUMMARY

• Senior IT Infrastructure Professional with 19 years of experience in information technology having expertise to develop and execute strategic IT plans aligned with corporate goals.
• Successful and experienced in managing and architecting IT infrastcrurtue projects on a global footprint with resources at different geographic location.
• Has extensive solution design experience and conversant in multi - technology domain of virtualization, storage, UNIX (Solaris, AIX and Linux), Windows Server, backup, databases, networking and experienced in solution design, implementation & datacenter infrastructure 24x7 support, transformation projects, DC build & move projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Virtualization: VMware ESX 5.1, 4.1, 3.5, 2.5.5, Virtual Center, VMware Converter, VMware Infrastructure Client, Cluster - HA, vMotion, DRS, SRM

Storage: Hitachi: VSP, HUS 130, HUS 150, Hitachi Command Suite 7.1, True Copy, Universal Replicator, Command Control Interface (CCI) EMC Storage - XtremIO, Clariion CX4 240, VNXe, Unisphere, Power Path, Recover Point, Replication Manager. iSCSI Storage: Dell MD3000i, MD1000, Equallogic PS 5000, Brocade 8510, 6510, 7800, CLI, Web Tools and Cisco MDS 9148, 8124, Device Manager, Fabric Manager, IBM Storage DS6000

Backup Infrastructure: Commvault Simpana 9, Quantum Scalar i6000 / i40 Tape Library, Disk based Library, Quantum Scalar Key encryption | Symantec Netbackup 5.1, 6.5, 7.6

Operating System: Solaris 7, 8, 9 and Sun Servers - Fire V440, V480, V240, V210, V880, Blade100, Ultra10, E 450 Server, SS20 | IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 7.1 and IBM p-Series Server - Power7 740, Power 55A, P570, HMC | Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 and Dell Servers R710, R900, PE 1950, 2950, 2850 | Red Hat Linux 3.0, 5.0.3 | Datacenter Consolidation - HP Blade Enclosure C7000, Virtual Connect, Onboard Administrator, Blade 490C,460C, HP Insight Manager | Dell Blade Server M600, Dell Blade Enclosure M1000E |z/OS, CICS, DB2

Databases & Tools: Informix 11.50 FC8, Informix 10.00 UC4, SQL Server 2008, SQL 2005, SQL Server Enterprise Manager, Oracle 11g, Oracle10g, Oracle 9i, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Tools - Dell ITASSISTANT, Altiris, Intellipool, VERITAS Volume Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, SC

Senior IT Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• IT infrastructure solution design and implementation, technology refresh cycle
• Server virtualization, technology evaluation and implementation, 24x7 infrastructure support
• Solution design & implementation of EMC Flash Storage XtremIO
• Planning for deployment Multi-VLAN environment for server VLAN for security implementation
• Project management and successful upgrade of non-supported technology stack z/OS & CICS
• Infrastructure support of Storage system, VMware, UNIX Servers, Windows Servers
• Server refresh, upgrade, migration and re-platforming projects
• Performing Lead role of managing core technical team
• Writing technical documentation, process documentation, standard operating process
• Working with vendor’s for solution implementation, vendor management, contract & support renewal
• Virtual Server Deployment - Windows 2003, 2008, 2012 and Linux Server - Thick & Thin Provisioned
• Virtual Server Deployment from Cloning and Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) conversion
• VMware Datastore Configuration - on Local SAS, iSCSI Storage and FC Storage
• VMware High Availability (HA) Cluster Configuration and implementation of vMotion
• Storage vMotion enabling Storage refresh and storage tier management for Virtual Server
• Configuration of vSwitch for respective VLAN in multiple network infrastructure
• Configuration of vSwitch for iSCSI storage area network
• Virtual Server Backup configuration in Symantec Netbackup 7.6 using VMware backup Host
• Deployment virtual servers and virtual infrastructure in DMZ network
• Planning for deployment of Citrix NetScaler 8015 for Link Load Balancing between ISPs
• Management and monitoring of IBM DS6000 Storage for Mainframe and planning for DS8100 implementation

Technologies: VMware ESX Server, Site Recovery Manager, Management of Virtual Infrastructure, Sun Solaris, IBM - AIX, Linux, Dell Servers, Windows 2008, 2012, Symantec Netbackup, HP Blade, EMC XtremIO, Clariion Storage, Recoverpoint, Replication Manager

Confidential

Senior IT Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Installation of VMware Virtual Infrastructure, as part new multi-tenant datacenter build project in UK
• Installation of ESX Server and Virtual center server at both sites
• Deployment of 400 Virtual servers, Implementation of SRM using Hitachi SRA and Storage
• Installation Hitachi VSP, HUS 150, HUS 130 Storage & Brocade 8510 Director 6510 SAN Switch
• Configuration DR replication solution using Hitachi True Copy (sync) / Universal Replicator (async)
• Storage Provisioning, Pool Creation, Shadow Image, CCI, Horcm configuration
• Implementation of Storage Performance analysis using HCS analytics and Tuning Manager
• Implementation of LAN based backup solution of Commvault Simpana 9
• Design and implementation of Hitachi NAS and archiving solution of using Hitachi HCP
• Design of SAN based backup solution using Hitachi Storage and Commvault Snap protect
• Planning infrastructure transformation high level strategy for datacenter migration
• Design of Citrix solution using dual-factor authentication and segregation of application access

Technologies: VMware ESX Server, Site Recovery Manager, Management of Virtual Infrastructure, Sun Solaris, IBM - AIX, Linux, Dell Servers, Windows 2008, 2012, Symantec Netbackup, HP Blade, EMC XtremIO, Clariion Storage, Recoverpoint, Replication Manager

Confidential, SC

Senior IT Infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Virtual Infrastructure deployment primary datacenter and 9-1-1 service datacenter
• Support since VMware ESX 2.5.5. and virtual environment upgrade from ESX 2.5.5 to 3.5 then 4.1
• VMware ESX 4.1, 4.0, 3.5 and 2.5.5 and virtual center installation & configuration
• VMware Cluster configuration, vMotion and HA configuration,
• Virtual Server deployment creation for Windows Server and Linux Servers, RDM mapping
• VMware ESX Server Datastore configuration on Local and Shared storage FC & iSCSI vSwitch configuration for production VLANs, DMZ network and iSCSI SAN storage
• Storage refresh VMware virtual server data store migration between storage systems
• Server refresh from physical to virtual using VMware Converter
• Support for Windows 2003, 2008 Server installation, configuration, IIS server and FTP server
• Storage refresh EMC Symmetrix to Clariion CX4-120, EMC Recoverpoint, zone configuration
• Storage space provisioning, Host Connectivity to Storage, Power Path installation
• SAN and NPIV configuration, storage troubleshooting, EMCgrab collection
• Deployment of iSCSI Storage infrastructure in datacenter with Dell MD3000i & Equallogic PS 5000
• Administration of DNS in Solaris OS and DHCP Server in Windows Operating System
• Solaris installation, administration, SVM, Veritas VxFS file system creation,
• CRON job scheduling, Symantec NetBackup Client installation, Shell Scripting
• Administration of Sun Solaris Servers running ESRI GIS application and Oracle databases
• AIX installation & administration of IBM Servers, Upgrade of AIX 5.2 to 5.3, 6.1
• Configuration of VG, LVs and mirrored VG for rootvg, print queue configuration
• AIX mksysb image creation, HMC management, firmware upgrade
• Red Hat Linux Server installation, configuration of proxy web access, ftp server
• Server technology refresh and application migration, Blade Server technology implementation
• SQL Server installation, configuration, user creation, backup job creation and restoration
• Informix server installation, logical log administration, dbspace creation, backup and restoration
• Oracle Server installation, listener configuration, backup and restoration, space management

Technologies: VMware ESX Server, Site Recovery Manager, Management of Virtual Infrastructure, Sun Solaris, IBM - AIX, Linux, Dell Servers, Windows 2008, 2012, Symantec Netbackup, HP Blade, EMC XtremIO, Clariion Storage, Recoverpoint, Replication Manager