Certifications: MCSE, MCDBA, CCDP, IBM-TSM *.*, IBM-TPC 4.1, CCNP, ITIL

Objective: To grab strategic storage position within an environment of extraordinary successful performance..

Skills: Expert on various storage systems and major storage vendors’ NAS/SAN/Storage arrays & Backup applications.

Engineering of storage protocols including iSCSI, Fiber Channel, SAS, CIFS, NFS, NDMP protocols on

connected storage hardware running Wintel, Linux, UNIX, Redhart servers using above protocols.

Storage infrastructure designs/implementation/Support of Brocade/Cisco/HP/EMC/McData/IBM environments

Enterprise backup applications such as Tivoli, Commvault, VERITAS, Avamar, NetBackup and work with

NAS, SAN (storage area network) to support both physical and virtual storage devices from IBM, EMC,etc

Understand routing principles, design of consistent network-wide file system layouts, client/server/clusters.

Applications availability, testing for capacity management/backup & restore integrity and documentation.

Have sound knowledge of distributed/networking, datacenter DR/BC and storage infrastructures concepts.

Experience

Jan 2011 to Date Günter Douglas

Xcel Energy - Business Systems

Storage Architect

• Enterprise Storage Admin - Monitoring Event Logs, Raid * Configuration on Hi- End UNIX/Wintel Servers

• Setup for data storage for Servers with SAN/NAS/DAS configuration for Enterprise applications solutions.

• Deployed & support IBM San Volume Controllers (SVC)

• SAN/NAS Administration for Linux, AIX, Storwize V7000 Admin performance monitoring reports using VDbench with Data Validation & other vendor based tools - Brocade SAN Health, IBM-TPC

• SAN/Servers administration using performance analysis tools, techniques and application benchmarks

• DataONTAP Administration, understanding of native snapshots, snapmirror replication, WAFL, FilerView

• Collect / Create daily logs, perform capacity planning, monitor Backup storage & utilization performance

• Datacenter Solutions Architecture & Process designs for Virtualization and DR/Business Continuity

• Provisioning storage devices from EMC DMX,CX & IBM XIV to the Heterogeneous host environment

• Experienced on deployment, and support of multi-terabyte IBM disk arrays in SAN/NAS configurations

• Used Navisphere Manager to create Raid Groups, Storage Groups, Meta LUNs &LUNs

• Experienced at defining, developing enterprise storage technology roadmaps and implementing/maintaining multi-vendor disk management and data replication tools including TPC-R, Global Mirroring, Flash Copy, SRDF and Time Finder.

• Collaborate cross-functionally, providing senior leadership on projects & deliverables.

Nov 09 to Dec 10 Artech Information Systems

IBM - Global Services, Boulder CO

Snr Storage Administrator

• Experienced at defining, developing enterprise storage technology roadmaps and implementing/maintaining multi-vendor disk management and data replication tools including TPC-R, Global Mirroring, Flash Copy, Time Finder.

• Experienced on SAN management tools like IBM (SAN Volume Controller) SVC V6 for virtualized infrastructures and IBM TPC (Tivoli storage productivity Center)for Mirroring, Replications, SVC Cluster

• TSM Servers Administration - Monitoring TSM, NetBackup, VMware VCB, Storage SAN/NAS/DAS environment for deployment & routine administration, Health-Checks and Support

• SAN Administration for IBM DS4300, DS5020, DS8100, DS8800, Netapps and HP P2000 series arrays.

• Experienced on deployment, and support of multi-terabyte IBM disk arrays in SAN/NAS configurations

• Administration of Cisco and Brocade Director Switches, and non-director class

• SAN/NAS Administration for Linux, AIX, Storwize V7000 Admin performance monitoring reports using VDbench with Data Validation & other vendor based tools - Brocade SAN Health, Linux Health

• Datacenter Solutions Architecture & Process designs for Virtualization and DR/Business Continuity

• Provisioning storage devices from EMC DMX,CX & IBM XIV to the Heterogeneous host environment

• Used Data Domain Enterprise manager to provide high level data replication relationships and replication pair drill-down view for additional activity and configuration details- Hardware: DD890, Software: AIX 5.2

• Designed/Implement Datacenter consolidation, using IBM CDAT, implement virtualization using Microsoft Hypervisor virtual server & VMware ESX server virtualization solutions Platespin, Xen and Vizioncore.

Jan 2009 to Sept 09 CSC – Computer Sciences Corporation

Southern California Edison, Irwindale, CA

Storage Capacity Planner/Architect

• Develop Project Requirements for Disaster Recovery and data replication requirements

• Determine capacity requirements for multi site data replications and long time archiving

• Create Communication & operational Plan for stable backup restore schedules

• Design/Implementation video streaming to SAN devices for video data storage.

• Plan, Implement Disaster Recovery tools for client wintel server environment using –TSM 5.5

• Design Enterprise Server consolidation, using IBM CDAT, implement virtualization using virtual server & VMware ESX server virtualization solutions Platespin, Xen and Vizioncore.

• Remote SAN administration using performance analysis tools, techniques and application benchmarks

• Architect Backup Storage on Tape/Disk Storage Area Network, EMC VDL, IBM/STK libraries.

Remote Backup Administration, Maintenance and Troubleshooting - Server level / SAN Level

Architect/Deployed - upgrading/configuring and managing TSM servers & clients nodes

Experienced Design and Implement layout of FABRIC in SAN Environment

Integration of SAN management tools into operation & Report Generation by Storage Scope problems

Pro-active and Re-active actions on all SAN and SVC issues

Configurations of devices for LAN free backups for NAS and SAN attached clients.

Used Navisphere Manager to create Raid Groups, Storage Groups, Meta LUNs &LUNs

Collaborate cross-functionally, providing senior leadership on projects & deliverables.

Jan 2005 to Dec 08 EDS (Electronic Data Systems).

Dallas, Texas. USA.

Storage Architect - (Vendor Relationships Vocal)

• Project requirements gathering, SOW definition, testing and release of enterprise solutions.

• Architecture/Deployment of VERITAS NetBackup, Tivoli TSM 5.4 on heterogeneous server’s environment.

• Design & Implementation of Legato, Comvault, and ArcServe BrightStor backup/restore solutions.

• Systems Solutions Designs, Architecture & Documentation for Disaster Recovery &Business Continuity.

• Design Enterprise Server consolidation, using IBM CDAT, implement virtualization using Microsoft Hypervisor virtual server & VMware ESX server virtualization solutions Platespin, Xen and Vizioncore Systems Solutions Designs, Architecture & Documentation for DR /BC.

• Design Enterprise Server consolidation, using IBM CDAT, implement virtualization using Microsoft Hypervisor virtual server & VMware ESX server virtualization solutions Platespin, Xen and Vizioncore.

• Planning, installing, upgrading and maintaining all Network Intrusion Prevention System, Server hardening and security policy definition

• Solutions Architect for Storage on Tape/Disk Storage Area Network, EMC VDL, IBM/STK libraries.

• Configure and manage IBM storage arrays - ESS 800, DS8000, DS6000, IBM FastT storage & DS4000

• Solutions Architect & Project Implementation specialist for Award winning ITIL process models - Service Transitions & Operations Procurement

• Managed and support McData, EMC, IBM and Brocade SAN Environments with 2000+ ports

• Design & Implement Service Desk, application dependencies documentation, scalable infrastructure support tool for trouble/incidents service management.

• Resource Planning, Scheduling, Procurements & QA - End of Engagement Review

Feb 2001 to AT&T Research Center

Dec 2004 Raleigh, NC

Network Design/Operations Engineer

LAN/WAN Network designs, support, & development in multiple environments Activities could include adds/changes/deletions of devices, application rollout, introduction of new technology to the area general traffic growth, etc. Assist in analyzing networks in terms of traffic patterns, protocols, to forecast growth and recommend solution via professionally prepared PM Technical Documentation feedback. Analyzed network to ensure a secure infrastructure and implement to enforce all network security policies. I was involved in Projects budgeting & implementations to clients’ satisfaction, timing, coordination for network performance for balanced efficiency.

More of the job involved increasingly network security solutions.

Design and configuration Cisco devices using CiscoWorks LMS and RWAN

Designing and installing CiscoWorks on Solaris and Window server Platforms Network risks and security architecture development VPN, Frame Relay, & other WAN Configuration supervision

Supported HP OpenView for network monitoring & remote maintenance

Implementation of trouble ticket tracking systems & feedback

Key responsibilities involve the following:

• Network risks and security architecture development

• VPN/Frame relay configuration supervision

• Monitor Trouble ticket tracking systems & provide feedback/reports

• Compiling Access lists & Creating Vlans & WAN Links

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