Systems Administrator Storage Engineer

Kevin Poindexter **** W. **th Ave. Suite ****

Owner, TSX, Inc. Storage Engineer Westminster, CO 80021 …

…. 215-***-**** …

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Veteran, United States Marine Corps Education: Major: Biology - Temple University 17 years of storage design, Unix implementation, and SAN administration. 10 years of solution architecture and SAN design

Certifications

* AWS Architect - expected completion 2024 * Clearance: DoD Top Secret Clearance

* ITILv3 certified - 09/2013

………Storage Array Configuration and Administration Experience……… .

EMC: VNX, Isilon/PowerScale, XtremeIO, VMAX, Unity IBM: SVC, XIV

Brocade and CISCO: SAN Switch Fabric Administration Hitachi: HNAS,HCP, HCI VSP G series, AMS series HP: 3PAR, EVA Netapp: Cluster Data Ontap 9

Work History …

Judge Group-TSA

Remote/Colorado Springs

6//5/2023-Present

Storage Engineer

Support TSA/DHS Infrastructure Services Virtual environment.

Work with Program Management to assess and to review the current gaps and deficiencies in the as-is Storage & Backup environment and develop sequence and prioritization to close gaps.

Perform as a Storage Area Network (SAN) Systems Administrator to manage the installation, operations and maintenance of SAN hardware, software and utilities.

Provisioned LUNs/Vvols on IBM storage systems.

Monitor the performance and provide recommendations to improve the environment using tools such as Spectrum Protect SANnav and Brocade Network Advisor.

Assign newly created diskspace/datastores for VMware.

All Tech-US Dept. of Justice

Washington DC

10/2019-04/6/2022

Storage Engineer

Support DOJ Enterprise Infrastructure Services with over 1000 Virtual Servers.

Tie-ins to approximately 20 sub-components/offices, which includes interfacing with the other components, as well as all other Security, Network, Desktop, and similar operational teams and groups.

Work with Program Management to assess and to review the current gaps and deficiencies in the as-is Storage & Backup environment and develop sequence and prioritization to close gaps.

Perform as a Storage Area Network (SAN) Systems Administrator to manage the installation, operations and maintenance of SAN hardware, software and utilities.

Provisioned Netapp ONTAP 9 cluster nfs and cifs shares.

Provision PowerScale NFS export/SMB shares storage., connect PowerScale nodes to infiniband serial switches, create quotas, snapshots, access zones.

Monitor the performance and provide recommendations to improve the environment using tools such as Spectrum Control (Tivoli Productivity Center) and Brocade Network Advisor.

Cognizant Technologies/Western Union

Phoenix, AZ

11/2018-8/2019

Provision Block storage on VNX, Unity and XtremIO storage arrays

Create SMB Shares and NFS exports in Isilon environments

Monitor performance of Storage environment using native monitoring tools

Managing environment using ITILv3 procession

Zoning Cisco switches and directories through UCS gui

Configure file storage resources

Regain storage space through reclamation process

Create and utilize Runbooks/SOPs

VCORE/Forever Living

Englewood, CO

6/2017-3/2018

Storage Solutions Architect

Design data migration of NAS and Block storage from VNX to Nimble storage

Install migration console, servers and database software on Windows system

Installation of replication agents

Configure file storage resources

Implement Phased Migration and Phased Migration policies

Create CIFS shares and NFS exports for migration

Migrated existing and newly create CIFS shares and NFS exports

Go Daddy/US Mail

Phoenix, AZ

2/2017-10/2018

Storage Solutions Architect

Create NFS and SMB shares in Isilon

Isilon Gen 4, 5,and 6 migration

Create tiered storage using SmartPools

Monitor performance of cluster with InsightIQ

Design Data migration of 2 petabytes of NAS storage from Netapp to Isilon

Create access zones

Installation of Replication Agents on Proxy servers

Configure file storage resources

Implement Phased Migration and Phased Migration policies

Create CIFS shares and NFS exports for migration

Migrated existing and newly create CIFS shares and NFS exports

WIPRO

Englewood, CO

11/2014-8/2015

Storage Solutions Architect

Consulting and advisory services to global clients in the technology infrastructure domain

Design experience in EMC- VNX, Xtreme I/O Isilon / IBM XIV, SVC / storage monitoring tools /storage

Created Isilon NFS and SMB shares and Updated to latest micro code in Isilon assisting the technology team in solutions

Added Isilon nodes to cluster

Secured static webpages and document with Smartlock

Responsible for contributing low level design for technology infrastructure solutions

Strategic & operational technology planning

Large Client Engagement ($20m exposure of relevant skill tower)

Design and implement DR solutions, configuration and storage migration

Clearly articulate and define the requirements for the necessary technology dependencies

Created /ifs NAS and SMB shares for Isilon environments

Design fiber channel zones and zonesets for Cisco MDS 9000 and Brocade DCX class SAN switches

Initialize, create volumes, connect hosts migrate on V7000

Automation / Cloud Storage

Provide physical and logical architecture sizing and recommend right hardware, software, products and third party tools

Used SyncIQ for data replication and failover

TSX

Westminster, CO

6/2014-(Per Project) Yuma Proving Grounds-Yuma, AZ

Storage Architect

Design VNX and VMAX environments.

Create NFS block pools and CIFS shares for migration and users

Create FAST pools, File shares and created and presented LUN’s to Linux hosts

Administered RHEL servers

Support Vmware and virtual machine environments

3PAR storage

HP XP storage arrays

1/2011-2013 Digital Globe-Longmont, CO

Storage Architect

Design and administer HDS VSP, HCP, USP-V, HNAS, NetApp, and Islion environments for three global satellites in a 23 Petabyte SAN

Design VNX and VMAX environments to replace HDS and Netapp arrays

Create NFS block pools and CIFS shares for migration and users

Create FAST pools and file shares

Install, configure, network and create exports for Isilion S200, X400 and NL400 arrays

Install and connect Infiniband switches and cables for Isilion for node interconnectivity

Created /ifs NAS and SMB shares for Isilon environment

Added host IPs, replaced drives, rejoined nodes and added new nodes to Isilon

SAN connectivity to Blade and Rack chasses, Windows, and Unix servers

Create storage pools from internal and external storage. Create volumes for hosts on HDS VSP

Configure zones, ISLs and trunks using Brocade DCX director class switches

Create aggregates, volumes, LUNs, EVSs, and exports for NAS and SAN

Manage 20 petabyte storage environment

6/2009-(Per Project) D.C Government- Washington, DC

Storage Solutions Architect

SME for IBM Mainframe zOS, HDS, Netapp 3PAR and EMC VMAX, VNX, Clariion

Troubleshoot storage environments capacity and performance issues

Devise appropriate solution for business needs in SOA environment

Designed storage solutions using HDS,VMAX, VNX, Clariion and Netapp Filers

Created Netapp, Vols, Cifs, NFS shares and SnapMirrors

Created Dynamic Disk Pools Hitach Dynamic Provisioning software and EMC FAST

File system level migration using TDMF software

Managed environment using EMC Navisphere, ECC, Power Path

Interfaced with customer to build existing and future data models of EMC and HDS storage

Created HDS USP-V, Clariion CX700, VNX5300, VMAX LUNs for server environments

Designed and prepared Vmax Storage solution for migration from EMC Clariion and HDS environment

Created Thin Pools under Vmax Virtual Provisioning Software

Managed vmax storage using EMC vmax Storage Management Console and Command Line

Performed Snap copy, True Copy, Shadow Image, SRDF/A operations for mission critical servers

Created Tiered Storage Groups on HDS USP-V and AMS storage arrays

Installed and administered HTsM, HTnM, HUR, Dynamic Provisioning software

Virtualized IBM subsystems behind HDS UPS-V storage arrays

Managed SAN and P to P FICON connections using Brocade and Cisco MDS Enterprise /Director class switches

Migrated Data from source arrays to target storage arrays

Administered Linux servers. Making LUN’s visible to hosts

05/2007-05/2009 IBM/Qwest- Denver

Storage Solutions Architect- SME

Managed HDS,EMC, IBM, and 3PAR storage environments for Denver, Columbus, and Omaha data centers

Planned and designed an SOA environment for SUN customers

Analyzed the organization’s storage/server infrastructure while ensuring high levels of data quality and availability

Managed storage using, HTsM, HUR, UVM, Dynamic Provisioning, HDvM, Shadow Image

SUN 9980, AMS2500m 9990/USP, IBM DS4800, 3PAR, NETAPP FAS 3000, IBM N5500, EMC Symmetrix and Clariion and VMAX, storage arrays, SAN storage allocations NetApps

Created LUNs for CIFS, NFS mount point on IBM N5500 and NetApps FAS 3000

Administration of HDS/SUN 9900, AMS2500, 999/ USP-V enterprise and modular storage arrays

Hosted set-up for connection to: SUN/HDS, EMC,3PAR, IBM DS4800 storage arrays

Managed storage environment using HDS HDvm, HTnM, HTsM, Dynamic Provisioning, and HUR

Management of NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI protocols on NetAppsFAS 3000 and IBM N5500 NAS environments, host set-up to mount NFS shares, mapped CIFS network Drives

Created LUNs for CIFS, NFS mount point on IBM N5500 and NetApps FAS 3000

Performed storage allocations for storage SAN/NAS and -SAN/NAS including all documentation

Interfaced with customer to gather and complete requirements

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