Manager Maintenance

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

A dedicated Professional with high moral ethics, strong team player, able to work independently and produce results in a timely manner, has strong interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills with over ten years’ experience in Storage and Backup engineering.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

10+ years of experience in Storage/backup engineering, NetApp, EMC, IBM XIV, HP, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager(TSM) & System Administration in heterogeneous environment which includes System Integration, installation of Peripherals, configuration and troubleshooting of different storage arrays and backup services across multiple OS.

Knowledgeable in design, deployment, administration and troubleshooting of Storage and backup services, i.e. NetApp, EMC Vmax, Vplex etc, IBM XIV, HP 3par, Tivoli Storage Manager (Spectrum Protect) NetBackup on Linux, AIX, and windows environments.

• Solid knowledge on upgrade of TSM 5.x 6.x, and 7.x and NetBackup on AIX and windows servers.

Storage Array zoning and configuration on Cisco, Brocade, etc.

• Good knowledge about ADIC i2000, IBM 3570, 3582, 3583, 3584, SUN SL8500, Spectra and Quantum libraries.

• Participated in Disaster Recovery tests.

Provided 24/7 on call (onsite and remote).

Experience with EMC Data Domain deduplication process and VTL in SAN environment

Installation and configuration NetBackup, Spectrum Protect (TSM) and CommVault backup solutions.

DR/replication and support for disk, tape, and virtual/physical servers.

Experience in the configuration and administration of Arcserve 2000

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

MSc Information System Management - University of Liverpool

BSc Information System Management – Federal Polytechnic - Nigeria

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 6.1 Certified

Hitachi Data System Certification (HDS)

Microsoft SQL Server certified Specialist (SQL server 2005)

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

JKPartners @ Yale University Oct 2014 – Present

Storage and Backup Engineer

Responsibility

Installation, configuration and maintenance of Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN) on NetApp, IBM XIV and EMC

Installation, configuration and maintenance of NetBackup and Spectrum Protect (TSM) on Window, AIX and Linux Servers.

24x7 on-call support for problems, emergency storage issues, failed equipment, etc.

Upgrade of TSM and NetBackup Servers

Upgrade of NetApp CDOT environment

Data migration, zoning, Storage array configuration changes, creation of volumes, shares, resizing and increasing volume/share quotas.

Maintenance of storage libraries i.e. IBM 3584, Spectra T950, and Quantum

Weekly update to management on Storage performance and new road maps.

Participates in disaster recovery planning, testing and of the Storage environment.

Documentation of standards, processes & procedures to be adhered by the team.

Provides extensive support and training for the Storage and Operation Team.

Work in conjunction with other SA groups to optimize the SAN environment

Configuration of Brocade and Cisco Switches

Performed storage management related software installation and configurations

Insource Inc. – Contractor to SunGard Availability Services Aug 2014 till Oct 2014

Storage Consultant

Responsibility

Installation, configuration and maintenance of TSM Servers, clients on multiple OS.

Storage Array zoning and configuration

Participated in disaster recovery planning, testing and maintenance for the enterprise TSM environment.

Monitor components of TSM, including databases, logs, tape libraries, messages and backups.

Define and manage storage pools in line with standards.

Define and manage retention policies, management classes and copy groups.

Administration of TSM, and NetApp storage environment(s) ensuring overall system performance and stability.

Enhance DR environment by providing additional solutions to address any short falls.

Maintenance storage libraries including IBM 3584, SpectraT950, SUN SL8500 and STK libraries.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Artech Information Systems LLC – Contractor to IBM, Boulder Colorado April 2011 – March,’14

Storage Administrator IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)

Responsibility

Installation, configuration and maintenance of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) on Windows, AIX and Linux Servers.

Storage Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN) and Spectrum Protect (TSM) on Window and UNIX Servers.

24x7 on-call support for problems, emergency storage issues, failed equipment, etc.

Upgrade of TSM Server from V5.x to V6., V7 and above on AIX 5L and AIX 6.x and Windows Servers.

Maintenance of storage libraries including IBM 3584, 3570, 3582, and 3583

Configuring TSM TDP such as Tivoli Data Protection for SQL, Lotus Domino, MS Exchange and Oracle.

Weekly update to management on Storage performance and any new road maps.

Enhance DR environment by providing additional solutions to address any short falls.

Maintained on-off site tape rotations and tape inventory for Disaster Recovery.

Participated in disaster recovery planning, testing and maintenance for the enterprise TSM environment.

Maintained proper documentation for standards, processes & procedures to be adhered to by the team.

Work with other Storage Administrators for Installation of Hitachi Device Manager and Hitachi Tuning Manager software’s on each data centers

Performed storage management related software installation and configurations

Community Health Systems (CHS) / SUNGARD, Franklin, TN Nov 2010 – April 2011

Tivoli Storage Manager – Storage Administrator

Responsibility

Roll-out of TSM 5.x and 6.x Clients and Cristie TBMR Tool to about 22 Hospital facilities of CHS, covering about 500+

TSM B-A clients.

Create and administer DAILY and MONTHLY Backup Schedules for clients per site

Deployment and Configuration of Automated FalconStor VTL storage server for Virtual Tape Library emulation of

IBM Storage library.

Execute and define client schedule associations for each site.

Manage and analyze backup schedule logs and Activity logs

Prepare VTL’s for off-site archiving

Deploy New TSM 6.x Servers to work with FalconStor VTL storage solution

Day-to-day TSM client upgrade tasks and operational readiness monitoring.

Implemented EMC Data Domain for VTL and data deduplication in SAN environment

Integration of Data Domain with TSM backup and achieve for faster data retrieval

E-ITsource LLP - Atlanta Ga. Aug 08 – Nov 2010

Tivoli Storage Manager-Backup and Recovery

Responsibilities:

Installation, configuration and maintenance of TSM Server, clients on Windows AIX and Linux Servers.

24x7 on-call support for problems, emergency storage issues, failed equipment, etc.

Implementation of LAN free backup TSM environment.

Maintained on-off site tape rotations and inventory for Disaster Recovery.

Participated in disaster recovery planning, testing and maintenance for the enterprise TSM environment.

Managed capacity and performance of the backup infrastructure ensuring the integrity of infrastructure on a day to day basis.

Maintain and update documentation for the standards, processes & procedures to be adhered by the team.

Maintenance of IBM 3584 Automated Tape library

Drug Park Pharmaceuticals. Atlanta Ga Feb. 07- Oct 2008

Tivoli Consultant-Storage & Backup

Responsibilities:

Installation of Tivoli Storage Manager Server 5.x on Windows, AIX and Linux Servers.

Configuration of IBM System Storage Library

Upgrade TSM servers from 5.2/5.3 to 5.4/5.5.

Defined and configured the TSM client schedules and administrative schedules.

Worked on archiving data, maximizing media use and architecting data management solutions.

Provided operational and management reporting on the backup/recovery environment.

Configuration and troubleshooting Client backups on Windows, AIX, Solaris & Linux Clients.

Managed and supported the daily DRM process and handled server tape drive and library problems.

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