SATHESH B SURE
* ****** *** • Lake Hiawatha NJ, *7034 • 973-***-**** • ********@*******.***
Over 15 years of IT experience in the management of enterprise server, backup and storage
Profile: infrastructures. Served multiple roles with a specialized focus on architecture, design,
production operational support, project management, and training.
A subject matter expertise that includes hands on technical skills, with the ability to lead projects
proficiently and meet defined deliverables. Excellent interpersonal communication skills with the
ability to motivate and create a positive work environment.
Strong ability to multitask and think laterally which enables the ability to work on multiple
environments and promotes creative thought processes when troubleshooting complex issues and
scenarios. Above and beyond thought process when creating approaches to problem solving
through the use of excellent analytical skills
Experience:
12/00 to Present KPMG LLP, Montvale, NJ
Technical Manager, Systems Administration Group
• Technical lead in the management of the firms Symantec Netbackup infrastructure (7
Masters, 200 Media Managers, 3000 + clients).
• Manage IBM Enterprise Tape Library TS3500 with 15 frames, 120 LTO tape drives,
10,000 + tapes with 175 TB of client data.
• Served as senior storage administrator in the management of over 1 Petabyte of EMC
Storage (VMax, CLARiiON CX4-960, Celerra NAS, Centera, Rainfinity and ECC -
Control Center Management) and Cisco Enterprise Fabric Switches MDS 9513.
• Responsible for managing Enterprise-class Sun platforms M5000, M4000, T5240, V890
installation, configuration and upgrades.
• Architect, design, implement and technical project manager in several complex HA and
Disaster Recovery tests at SunGard and DR site at Dallas, TX.
• Manage host based replication tools CA XOsoft, CDP for over 120 servers and
Symantec Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR).
• Designed and implemented LTO 4 encryption technology for enhanced security.
• In-depth understanding of server operating systems, servers, enterprise applications,
virtualization as well as their compatibility with storage architecture, business goals, and
technology strategies.
• Served as lead technical engineer in the design, testing and implementation of Data
Domain, NBU Pure Disk, Diligent Protectier, and de-duplication solutions.
• In charge of the creation and upkeep of the firms technical documents pertaining to the
SAN, NAS, Backup platforms.
• Work closely with Data Center NOC team in the transition of lower level responsibilities
and knowledge transfers to help ensure all production related issues are resolved in a
professional and timely manner.
• Extensive working experience in coordinating, collaboration, schedule work with cross-
functional groups, departments like Technology Architecture & Design, QA, Business
Owners, Developers, Database Administration, messaging, Operations, security teams
during engineering, testing, deployment phases of the projects.
08/ 99 – 11/00 AMERICAN INFORMATION TECH CORP,IOWA
Client/Position: Temple Inland, Corp, U.S.A / Senior Unix Administrator
Temple Inland is one of the biggest paper and lumber manufacturing industry in united states
and overseas branches in Canada & Mexico. Temple Inland data center consists of Sun Sparc
Servers and IBM AIX servers & Windows servers and PeopleSoft is used as HRD ERP
software with the Oracle as back bone for database.
• Installed, configured AIX, Solaris on IBM, SUN sparc and X86 platforms
• SUN & IBM servers Migration from Solaris 2.4 to Solaris 2.6 and AIX 4.1 & 4.2 to
4.3
• Worked closely with data management team in configuration of Oracle 8.0 and
PeopleSoft.
• NFS, NIS, DNS, TCP/IP, Networking installation & configuration and working
knowledge.
• Performed backup and restore activities using ADSAM backup software.
10/98 – 07/99 AMERICAN INFORMATION TECH CORP,IOWA
Client/Position: IBM Global Services, U.S.A/ Senior Unix Administrator
IBM GLOBAL SERVICES and BANKONE are partners in technical services to meet the
management of their complete date centers. Bankone is in the areas of client-server
architecture, around 500 Unix servers and NT servers and uses hundred's of Unix utilities.
• Installed, configured AIX and HP servers & SUN servers
• Implemented HP and SUN servers Migration from HP-UX 10.10 TO 10.20 & Solaris
2.4 to Solaris 2.5 and above
• Migrated RS6000 servers from AIX 3.5 & 4.1 TO 4.2
• NFS, NIS, DNS, TCP/IP, Networking installed & configured.
• In charge of installation, configuration of JedAdmin, GlancePlus, Measureware,
Performance Analyzer, Netscape, MLINK,COMM-PRESS on HP servers
• Performed installation, configuration of ADSAM server/client distributed backup &
restore software, sysback 6000, TCP wrappers, SecureShell on RS6000 servers
• Executed, installed, configured performance Tool Box on RS6000 servers
• Managed Installation, configuration of C- complier, C++ and C++ visual Age, Xldb
Debugger on RS6000 SERVERS and activating licenses by LUM tool
• Served as a Y2K team member for Bankone
• 50 + Unix utilities tested for Y2K compliance
• 100 + Unix servers tested for Y2k compliance
• Build out of test labs for RS6000, HP servers y2k testing
• Responsible for backup and restore activities.
• Created logical volumes & management, user management.
• Software licensing mechanism and security to different modules.
04/96 – 09/98 Atallah Systems Ltd., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sr. Systems Engineer
Atallah Systems offers wide range of services to meet the information management needs of
Government Commercial and industrial organizations in the areas of Client-Server
architecture. Windows NT & UNIX, Oracle, Developer 2000, Visual Basic, Visual C++ and
Case Tools.
• Total facility management of 20+ UNIX servers and 50+ workstations
• Installation, configuration and administration of SUN OS, Solaris 2.5, AIX and HP-UX,
IRIX 6.3
• Performed installation, configuration and administration of AST servers, workstations
running Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95
• Working knowledge on TCP/IP, Networking installations.
• Created complete web site using Microsoft web tools and applications.
• Configured Printers, Plotters, Digitizers and Scanners for GIS applications using
ARC/INFO, ERDAS
• Configured and administration of Tangent large format color scanner to SUN Sparc
• Installation of other application software’s like ARC/INFO, ERDAS and Geolink
• Responsible for customizing the systems after installation
• User Management which includes user creation, deletion, locking etc.
• Network Administration. Balancing the network traffic on hubs, tuning the network with
TCP parameters.
• Backup and restore activities and operational support.
• Systems Integration
• Given training to other members on Logical Volume Manager, Disk space usage,
Optimization techniques.
• Project leader for some of the software development and System integration.
• Live testing of software’s and user feedback and problem rectification
• Software licensing mechanism and security to different modules to different users.
• Apart from Administration, was involved around 20-25 GIS related projects.
04/94 – 04/96 National Institute of Information Technology, India
Associate Consultant
National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) is one of the premier and reputed
developmental centers of Computer Education and software exports. NIIT corporate &
software group caters to the needs of various Organizations in India and around the world.
NIIT is the business partners for AT&T, Microsoft, ESRI, ERDAS and etc. NIIT is having six
software technology parks in India and offices all around the world
• Installed and configured Solaris, SUN OS, AIX 4.3, HP-UX 9.x, Windows NT 3.51 / 95
• Customization of the system
• Served as network administrator
• Corrective and Preventive maintenance of systems.
• Installed ARC/INFO, ERDAS, DATA MINE, MOSS, PCB Design application
software's.
• Installed and maintained Mechanical CAD, AutoCAD software's.
• Managed and implemented peripheral devices like plotters, digitizers, printers and
scanners.
• Maintained Image Data Security permissions to different users.
• Created user accounts, deletion, locking users.
• Loaded Image Data using tape backups, CD and across the Network from different
machines.
• Periodic backup and restore procedures and administration.
• Fine-tuning of software parameters depending upon application.
• Monitored systems to keep it working efficiently and properly.
• Managed system's directories availability to other system's and user's on the Network.
04/91 – 04/94 BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, INDIA
Systems Analyst
BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN is one of the oldest and research oriented independent
organization in the field of computer education and other activities. They have computer
department for education services and consultancy
• Created Unix users, change of user passwords periodically
• Security permissions to different users and software's
• Responsible for creation of shell scripts
• Executed daily online interactive tests to different users
• Trained different students on Unix fundamentals, Advanced Unix and commands
• Served as application developer, database admin and part of quality assurance team
• Implemented new training courses and follow-on support
• Performed backup & retrieve activities
• Served as project guide to students on different projects
SOFTWARE: SUN Solaris 8/9/10 Server, Windows 2000/2003/2008/R2 Server, Storage Foundation,
VERITAS Volume Replicator, CA XOsoft WanSync, Symantec Netbackup, Informatica,
VisiBroker, VMWARE, VSphere, EMC Control Center, Power Path, Emulex Drivers,
NaviAgent, NOM, Navisphere, Fabric Manager, OpsCenter, Replication Tools, AutoCAD,
ADSAM, COMM-PRESS, AIX, HPUX, MLINK, SecureShell, Exceed, C++, Developer
2000, Visual Basic, Oracle, sysback 6000, TCP wrappers, ARC/INFO,ERDAS,DATA MINE,
MOSS, Mechanical CAD, Windows NT 4.0/3.11/95/XP, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office.
HARDWARE: Sun-System (Sparc 5/10, Ultra1/5/10/30/60), Sun Fire 240/440/880/890/M4000/M5000, IBM
3584 Tape Libraries, EMC Clariion CX-3/4 and VMax storage controller and arrays, Celerra
NSX/NS40, Cisco MDS 9513, FMA, VTL, IBM XIV, IBM Protectier, EMC Avamar, EMC
RecoverPoint, Hewlett Packard Proliant and Blade servers, plotters, digitizers, printers and
scanners, RS6000, HDS, Compaq, Dell PC’s and laptops.
EDUCATION: • Masters Degree in Technology, India.
• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, India
TRAINING: • AMA – Information Technology project management
• AMA - Responding to Conflict: Strategies for Improved Communication
• NEW HORIZONS – Project Management Fundamentals
• SUN – Sun Fire Workgroup/Enterprise Server administration
• SUN - Sun Systems Fault Analysis Workshop
• KPMG - Effective Writing Workshop
• KPMG – Microsoft outlook 2003 presentation
• VERITAS Vision 2006
• VERITAS - NetBackup Troubleshooting Techniques for Windows or Unix
• VERITAS – Volume Manager Administration for Solaris
• Symantec User Conference
• Storage Decisions conference in New York City
• ORACLE - Oracle Database 10g: Introduction to SQL
• SUN - Solaris(tm) 10 New Features for Experienced Solaris Sys Adm
• SUN – Sun Enterprise 10000 Server Administration
• SUN - Solaris System Performance Management
• BROCADE - Connection Seminar Series in New York, NY
• BROCADE - Brocade 2 Gbit/sec Accelerated Blended Learning Solution
• BROCADE - Fiber Channel Fundamentals – web
• EMC - Symmetrix Configuration Management
• EMC - Rainfinity FMA Planning and Implementation
• EMC World
• EMC CLARiiON Host Integration & Management
• EMC CAS Management
• EMC NAS Operations and Management - Multi-Protocol
• EMC ControlCenter Management
• CISCO Connectrix MDS-9513 & San-OS 3.0 Installation and Management