Abdisalam M. Abdulle

***** ****** **.

Ashburn, VA 20147

Tel. Home- 703-***-**** Cell 703-***-****

E-mail: - acce7w@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective: A challenging position as a SAN Storage Engineer

Technical Skills:-

EMC SAN storage technology: EMC VNX series DMXs, Clariion, SRDF, TimeFinder, PowerPath, Fibre

channel & Cisco & Brocade Switches. Excellent NetAapp administration, Microsoft Certified Systems

Engineer, MCP, MCP+I, CNA5 (Novell), Linux Certification in progress . Linux Security Administration,

User Administration, Printer/queue, Administration Batch Job Administrations (cron & at), Package

installation and dependency, Sendmail configuration & Sudo configuration. Excellent skills in

telecommunication technologies and security, network topologies, standards and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS,

DHCP, SMTP). Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Netbackup. Firewall (Cisco ASA & Checkpoint),

Openview, Tivoli. Operating systems: Linux (Red Hat), UNIX (Solaris), NT, Windows server 2003, XP.

Database: Oracle. Languages: Shell scripting.

Certifications: NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA), EMC certification in progress

Summary of Qualifications:-

5 Extensive Experience in Storage Area Network with knowledge of different UNIX variants and

network design and management.

6 Strong EMC VNX administration

7 Configure and administer SAN/NAS and associated components; including Fibre Channel switch

administration

8 Troubleshoot and fix storage issues

9 Document procedures to support the operational storage environment

10 Configure and administer replication, data restore and disaster recovery

Status: US citizen with Clearance (National Agency check with law and credit investigation).

Professional Experience

Storage Engineer

Dimension Data – Cloud Business Unit 09/12 – Present

Ashburn - Virginia

-Maintain and manage 7 beta byte cloud data globally

-Administer 50 EMC storage array in different parts of the world

-Strong EMC VNX administration

-Capable of doing both Block and File

-Provision Lun, create Pools, Storage groups and attach hosts

-Implement FC, iSCSI, NAS, SAN, Brocade, Cisco MDS Storage Management

-Tasks include capacity planning and storage enterprise architect

-Good knowledge in storage technology including CIFS, NFS, replication & snapshots

-Administer 15 NetApp storage for NAS backup and cloud 2040 & 3270

-Lead engineer in NetApp Cluster-mode project for Backup as service. Configure, manage and maintain

FAS 3250 in 11 global Data Centers for Dimension Data.

System Engineer

SRA International, INC

Fairfax, VA May 2011 – 09/12

Support and manage a Data Bank project for US Health & Human Service Department. Responsible

system wide network, design, maintenance and web administration. Deploy code and design changes by

closely cooperating with Developers and Testers. Manage backup systems for production and

Test/Development Environments. Other responsibilities include user administration, access control and

system patching. Take a lead role in both UNIX/Windows system administration.

SAN Storage Administrator/Internal Revenue Service

Martinsburg, WV computing center Jan 2008 – Mar 2011

Administered and managed 2 petabyte EMC SAN Storage for IRS data. Maintained & allocated space to

various projects and monitored data. Responsible for all of the security aspect of the important taxpayers’

data. Implemented SAN EMC ControleCenter management tool & Symantec PureDisk backup product in

three data centers. Daily responsibilities were included:-

• Creation of storage volumes (LUNs) from EMC storage systems.

• Performance of required SAN zoning modifications (Cisco & Brocade).

• Design and implement solutions to support existing infrastructure and systems as well as

provide recommendations for new designs and technologies.

• Troubleshoot problems (including performance issues) related to all components of a SAN.

System & Web administrator

EDS, Herndon, VA Sept 2006 - Dec 2007

Supported and administered Federal Government website “Fedtraveler” for traveling, booking & hotel and

car reservation. Managed the infrastructure and host systems of Solaris & Windows.

Also took responsibility in securing the website from hackers and other illegal activities.

UNIX Systems Administrator/SAIC

Internal Revenue Service - Martinsburg, WV June 2005- Sept 2006

Maintained and administered high end SUN servers for national tax electronic filing data center.

Supported hardware, applications and Solaris/Linux system environment. Utilized various tools, such as

Veritas and Tivoli for backup and disk management. Monitored and controlled System availability.

Web Services Support

First American- Sterling-VA Aug 2002 - May 2005

Assisted First American in web services. Implemented and tested web applications designed for mortgage

field services and property preservations. Training and end user information was conducted.

Systems Administrator

Vita Automation, BV- The Netherlands Feb 2001 - June 2002

Administered user accounts, configured hardware & printers, performed routine backups, installed new

software and updated patches in UNIX Sun Solaris platform. System monitoring and troubleshooting were

also performed. Participated W2K rollout project. Installed and administered active directory. Deployed

different software via distribution center. Conducted daily tasks including network configuration and basic

system administration.

UNIX Database Application Support

SC Johnson-Racine, WI Feb 2000 - Jan 2001

Under Ajilon project, supported Progress database in UNIX AIX system. Insured data accessibility,

integrity and transfer. Implemented three dozen Korn shell scripts for running a consumer response

center consisting of a call center and mail order UNIX-based database applications (Oracle).Created

housekeeping scripts to archive old logs and data automatically

Education

• Netskills Training & Consulting-Alexandria,VA 1998

-Certified as Systems Engineer. Successfully completed a full MCSE program

• Tesst -College of Technology at Alexandria, VA 1996

-One year training of office application programs.

• State University of New York, College at New Platz 1984

-Obtained Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration

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