SUMMARY:

• SAN Storage Engineer - IT experience particularly in Storage Area Networking, Converged Infrastructure, Hyper Converged Infrastructure, Block and File storage area networking, Dell EMC Storage, Hitachi Storage, IBM Storage products, Cisco and Brocade SAN switches.
• Datacenter Engineer - Datacenter Inventory Management, Rack, stack and Install teh servers, Network cabling, Cabinets, Storage arrays.
• EMC XtremIO, X2, EMC VMAX, Symmetrix, DMX-4/DMX-3, CLARiiON Series, VNX VPLEX Cluster, VBlock 350, RecoverPoint, Isilon cluster, Unity300 Storage system, Hitachi USP1100, USPV, USPVM, VSP, Hitachi UR, True Copy, Shadow Image, IBM DS6800, DS4700 DS8000, IBM SVC and XIV.
• XtremIO Architecture, Hardware configuration, configure volumes, mapping teh volume to initiator groups, taking snapshots, troubleshoot teh performance issues, identify teh unused storage space for reclaims.
• X2 architectural design, Install configuration, SAN migrations for 1 PB. SAN Migrations for 2.3 PB of Storage wif Array based migrations using Open Replicator from VMAX 40k to XtremIO and Vmax 40k to Unity300 storage system.
• XtremIO configuration, mapping, snapshots, troubleshoot teh performance issues, identify teh unused storage space for reclaims.
• Cost savings Project: Reclaimed 88.5 TB of thin provisioning storage capacity on XtremIO storage array, cost savings for this project is upto $544K.
• SAN switches, Brocade and Cisco San zoning and switch ports configuration. Troubleshooting performance issues.
• VBlock 350 wif Unity300 (Hybrid array): Unity design and implementation for High availability architecture ports, Real time performance analysis, configure block storage, analyse teh Logs and troubleshoot teh issues.
• EMC Isilon cluster: Experienced in EMC Isilon (OneFS), SmartConnect, Access Zones, SyncIQ, SnapshotIQ, SmartPools, Smart Quotas and InsightIQ, S-Nodes, NL-nodes and A2000 nodes. Worked on SMB file shares, NFS shares.
• Vplex cluster, RecoverPoint replication EMC VNX.
• Brocade DCX-8510 8B switches: Configure fabric zoning, troubleshoot teh CRC errors, swif level issues, port configurations.
• CISCO MDS 9396S Switches: Configure zoning, Fabric switch ports, troubleshoot teh switch level issues.
• Experienced in IBM SVC, DS6800, DS8000, DS4700, DS5100/DS5300 and XIV 114/214 storage subsystems. Performed storage allocations using IBM Storage manager and DSCLI.
• Implementing a Disaster Recovery solutions using SRDF/S, SRDF/A, Cascaded SRDF and SRDF/Adaptive Copy for Symmetrix.
• SAN Zoning, troubleshooting and port configurations on Brocade SAN switches ( DCX 8510).
• Storage configurations, Storage provisioning, SAN reclaims, Migrations for all Linux servers, Windows, VMware ESXi Hosts in teh environment.
• Maintain teh XtremIO X1 and X2 Storage arrays wif X-Bricks, Infiniband switches and Storage controllers.
• Maintain Isilon S-Nodes and NL-nodes wif Storage usable capacity of 466 TB for each site.
• Support and installation of latest code upgrades wifout any bug issues on all Storage systems.
• Responsible for addressing security/audit requirements.
• SAN (XtremIO, X2 and UNITY storage arrays) reclaims for Capacity management and cost savings project.
• XtremIO, X2 architecture/design, XMS configuration, rack/stack, Install for storage arrays. X2 logical usable and effective capacity is 275 TB per each site.
• Configure and set up Recovepoint SAN replication using RPA’s in teh environment.
• Configure and set up SYNCIQ Isilon replication set up.
• NAS Storage (Isilon) storage reclaims for Capacity management and cost savings project.
• Perform teh SAN storage DR failover and failback for application servers and fileshares.
• Plan, design and implement teh SAN Migrations for all teh Database and Application servers.
• X2 Native SAN replication setup and configure teh protection sessions and consistency groups..
• Responsible for Storage team Change Requests and deploy teh changes during less impact timings.
• Responsible for researching/implementing new technologies (SAN and NAS storage environment)
• Maintain NAS storage arrays which are Isilon clusters and schedule teh drive replacements wif Vendor.
• Responsible for day to day incidents for storage requests, reclaims raised by server teams, Database teams.
• Work wif database teams to identify and validate teh potential ASM LUNS dat are unused and over provisioned to validate and reclaim them.
• Troubleshoot Performance issues by validating reporting, IOPS, Read/write response times and overall storage arrays performance analysis.
• Work wif application support for requirements analysis and gathering teh data for Storage set up and build teh fileshares.
• 24x7 On-call rotation for Storage support (CIRT Calls, Critical issues and Major alerts)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Storage Engineer

Confidential, Brentwood, TN

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• SAN Migrations: Worked on SAN Migrations for 2.3 PB of Storage wif Array based migrations using Open Replicator from VMAX 40k to XtremIO and Vmax 40k to Unity300 storage system.
• X2 architecture/design, XMS configuration, rack/stack and Install configuration.
• EMC Isilon cluster: Configuring SmartConnect zones, SyncIQ replication, SmartPools, Smart Quotas and InsightIQ wif S series and X series. Worked on SMB shares, NFS & Mount access creation, User Rules, SyncIQ Replications.
• X2 architectural design, Install configuration, SAN migrations for 1 PB from XtremIO to X2.
• XtremIO configuration, mapping, snapshots, troubleshoot teh performance issues, identifythe unused storage space for reclaims.
• Cost savings Project: Reclaimed 88.5 TB of thin provisioning storage capacity on XtremIO storage array, cost savings for this project is upto $544K.
• SAN switches, Brocade and Cisco San zoning and switch ports configuration. Troubleshooting performance issues.
• Worked on XtremIO configuration, replication set up, carving volumes, mapping teh volume to initiator groups, taking snapshots.
• SAN storage allocations/reclaims in VMAX by creating storage group, initiator group, port group and creating masking views using SymCLI 7.x forWindows, Solaris, Linux and HP-UX, AIX andVMWARE servers.
• Recoverpoint RPA’s: Set up replication between Prod and DR sites. Creating Consistency groups, using Unisphere for RecoverPoint.
• Unity 300: Implemented Unity replication, storage capacity planning, Configuring teh LUNS on Unity array. Unity design and implementation for High availability architecture ports, Real time performance analysis, configure block storage, analyse teh Logs and troubleshoot teh issues.
• Storage reclaims by validating teh unused Luns, unmapped Luns and cost savings project for $675K

Senior Storage engineer

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Experience on SAN refresh Migrations from Hitachi USPV4, USPV2, VSP arrays to SymmetrixVMAX 40k/10k using Open replicator Hot Pull migration technique, SYMCLI 7.x,EMC Unisphere Manager.
• Validating teh migration environment for each server to ensure teh appropriate servers in Phase 1 will be migrated and meet EMC interoperability requirements.
• Perform analysis on Hitachi storage wif teh existing configuration, prepare Open replicator zoning, Open replicator Host groups and configure storage devices on EMC.
• Map EMC LUNS to Storage Ports
• Create OR Host Group
• Create Open Replicator configuration
• Ensure Host Side Shutdown Tasks Completed
• Remove Access to HDS Luns, and rename teh zones.
• Start Open Replicator Copy
• Create Masking View
• After OR Completion, Terminate OR Session
• ImplementedVirtual ProvisioningfromVMAX 20k/10karrays to hosts by creatingData devices, Thin devices, Thin Pool, binding Thin devicesto teh pool, usingSymCLI.
• Experience wif Storage provisioning on SymmetrixVMAX 40k/20k/10k, DMX-4, DMX-3using SYMCLI 7.x, SMC 7.x & on CLARiiONCX4-960, CX4-480, CX3-80storage arrays using Navisphere 6.x, NavisecCLI andVNX 5700/7500using Unisphere Manager.
• Allocated storage using Auto Provisioning in VMAX by creating storage group, initiator group, port group and creating masking views using SymCLI 7.x forWindows, Solaris, Linux and HP-UX, AIXandVMWARE servers.
• Automated teh allocation, reclaim scripts like mapping, meta’s, scsi bit, masking, write disable using teh shell scripting.

Confidential

Senior Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Performed Zoning on Mcadata and Brocade switches using ECC, Connectirx manager, brocade GUI and CLI.
• Stirage Provisioning from DMX 3 series, DMX 4 series, Hitachi USP, USPV and IBM storage DS6000 and DS8000 boxes.
• Configured and managed Cisco fabrics MDS 9513. 9509, 9134 using Cisco CLI, Device Manager and Fabric Manager.
• Configured and managed Brocade fabrics 48k, 5300, 5100 using Brocade CLI and Webtools.
• Implemented SRDF replication using SRDF/S, SRDF/A and Cascaded replications.
• Hitachi Storage navigator, Hitachi device manager, Hitachi Universal Replicator, True copy, shadow Image, Journal Volumes and Journal Groups.
• Global Storage disk delivery Lead (Team size 7): Leading teh team, Distribution of workload, resolving teh Technical queries, Escalation storage issues as server break down, crisis calls, Project meetings, Performance reviews of teh team and responsible for all teh priority tasks. Responsible in taking technical training sessions for teh new joiners in teh team.Client: Patni Computer Systems

Confidential

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Allocated storage from CX500, 700 arrays using Navisphere Manager to AIX and Windows hosts including creating Raid groups, Binding LUN’s, creating storage groups and adding LUN’s to teh Storage groups.
• Onsite project Confidential Australia (Melbourne), Providing support for users facing issues on Clariion arrays through remote dial in to teh array, troubleshooting teh technical issues dat may cause teh data loss on teh array.
• Performed Root Cause Analysis for teh issues which caused significant business impact to teh customers using Clariion FC and CX series arrays.
• Experienced creating EMC case to resolve teh issue of failed drives on teh array and hardware issues.
• Allocated storage from CX500/CX 600/CX700 model arrays using Navisphere Manager to AIX and Windows hosts including creating Raid groups, Binding LUN’s, creating storage groups and adding LUN’s to teh Storage groups.
• Gathering teh SP collects and check teh basic drive failure issues and provide teh analysis to teh client.