Allen Aaron

Oxnard, California ● 818-***-****

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Storage Engineer

Professional Summary

Storage Engineer with 16+ years of experience planning, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive backup, storage and replication technologies in a nation-wide, multi-data center environment at a high-profile software giant. Proven ability to improve the infrastructure, migrate data, and lead projects. Possess broad technical knowledge with the expertise to leverage it to develop practical and secure data solutions.

SAN ● Symmetrix ● Brocade ● CMode ● NAS ● VMax ● Cisco ● EMC ● SRDF ● NetApp ● NetBackup

Skilled In:

Configuring/maintaining EMC VMAX, Symmetrix & Clariion, NetApp 7Mode & CMode, Brocade, McData & Cisco fiber switches.

Provisioning storage to Oracle / Redhat Linux, Windows, and IBM AIX Operating Systems.

Troubleshooting storage availability, connectivity, and performance issues from filesystem through to physical drive.

Maintenance and code upgrades of all storage devices and associated software.

Migrating nonperformance data to less expensive storage while offering reliable and safe backup of all data.

Quickly mastering and integrating new methods and technology to enhance efficiency, integrity, and reliability.

Training System Engineers on host-based trouble-shooting to maximize performance and lower incident investigations.

Change Management initiatives partnering with application owners; assists in brokering change windows.

Core Competencies

Backup & Replication

Technical Documentation

Testing & Troubleshooting

Host Upgrades Data Migration

NAS & SAN Backup Technologies

Multiple Data Center Environment

Cost-Effective Workable Solutions

Multi-Team Collaboration & Leadership

System Security & Storage

Strategic Planning & Execution

Projects & On-Call Assignments

Enterprise-Wide Storage & Backup

Professional Experience

INTUIT – Oxnard, California – 3/2007 to 10/2015 (acquired Digital Insight in 2007)

Storage Engineer

Guided all aspects of back up and storage management, monitoring, and maintenance in data centers located across the United States. Ensured timely upgrades for production OnCommand hosts while focusing on practical, economical solutions. Created detailed, updatable documentation to facilitate future enhancement and fixes.

Key Accomplishments:

Accomplished the upgrade and baseline reconfiguration for all Production OnCommand hosts and immediately acquired the reputation as the group Subject Matter Expert as a new team member.

Seized opportunities to control storage costs for multiple satellite data centers as well as compose comprehensive document of the new environment to facilitate data migrations following the acquisition of Digital Insight by Intuit.

Adapted to the new environment by voluntarily collaborating with the team on daily tasks, projects, and on-call assignments, fostering camaraderie as a full-fledged team contributor.

Allen Aaron

818-***-****

DIGITAL INSIGHT – Oxnard, California – 12/1999 to 3/2007

Storage Engineer

Spearheaded execution, monitoring, and maintenance of all data storage, replication, and backups for the companywide infrastructure covering data centers across the country. Initiated semi-automation and documentation on the SRDF and Snapmirror failover processes. Implemented data migration of low-performance and nonproduction data to control cost.

Key Accomplishments:

Took initiative to semi-automate and fully document all SRDF and Snapmirror for secure data replication.

Implemented a training program to educate System Engineers on host-based processing and trouble-shooting to optimize performance while minimizing incidents and investigations.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Management & Information Systems

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Technical Proficiencies

Storage: EMC VMAX, EMC DMX, EMC Clariion,

NAS: Netapp FAS Series, EMC Celerra NSX, Cluster Netapp ( CDOT/CMODE)

SAN: Cisco MDS Series, Brocade Silkworm 4800 and DCX 8510, McData ED-140M

Operating Systems: Windows 2K/2003, UNIX (AIX and, Linux)

Storage Software: EMC Navisphere, EMC Control Center suite, SMC, EMC SRDF, EMC Mirrorview, EMC Timefinder, NetApp Oncommand, NetApp DFM, NetApp Performance Manager

Backup Software: NetBackup

CLI: Naviseccli, Symcli, Celerra, NetApp CLI I

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