Engineer Project Manager

Objective:

To continue a professional career in a Technical or Systems

Engineering position with a dynamic and challenging organization

focused on Data Center and Network Engineering.

Profile:

25 years experience in the IT industry

Active High Level DOD Security Clearance

Brocade Certified Fabric Professional (BCFP) certification

Brocade Certified Fabric Design (BCFD) certification

Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator (BCFA) certification

CompTIA Security + certification

Experience Detail:

Senior Consultant/SAN Team Lead

Enterprise Consultants, Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, MD, 2010-

present

. Leverages the power, space, cooling (PSC) limitations with the

increasing customer demand for Data Center utilization

. Runs and connects power whips to a wide variety of data storage

equipment (switches, routers, tape drives, disk arrays)

. Daily operations include zoning, troubleshooting, installing

fiber and updating of the SAN (Storage Area Network) switch

Fabric Operating Systems (FabOS)

. Translates customer storage requirements and provides fiber

connectivity to a high number of servers and storage devices

throughout the agency

. Created and updates detailed worksheet that documents machine

room equipment power receptacles in relation to the Power

Distribution Units

. Developed and manages detailed property database. Database

includes OEM and resellers serial numbers, equipment location,

government barcode identifiers, and equipment warranty

information.

. Generates and submits TOE (Transfer of Equipment) paperwork for

equipment installation and relocation. Tracks inventory changes

as customer requirement dictate.

. Monitors SAN performance for deficiencies and develops solutions to

improve customer access to operational data

. Remotely monitors SAN infrastructures located throughout the

country and overseas. Advises the customer and/or vendor to

perform maintenance actions or upgrades as needed

. Creates detailed daily status report of switch/port/fiber errors

and examines historical records for error trends; Coordinates

directly with Brocade Engineers to correct microcode flaws and

provides recommendations to improve future features

. Attends meetings with Brocade and government personnel

periodically, and advises of future procurements and growth of

fiber infrastructure

. Created and updates detailed documentation of a many

databases/worksheets in support of the large SANs; this

information is used across the organization and is considered the

blueprint for the overall SAN IT architectural design

. Meets with end user customers to provide them with a SAN solution,

in addition extending the SAN infrastructures to remote machine

rooms

. Forecasts the expansion growth of the SAN and advises the

government what technologies should be procured

. Studies the release notes for upcoming FabOS releases and

determines what switches need to be decommissioned in order to make

use of the newest features, as well as its interoperability with

older switch ASIC technologies

. Works daily with the following Brocade FibreChannel switches:

5300, 5100, 48000, 24000, 4100, 4900, and DCX

director class products

. Unpacks and installs the wide variety of Brocade products

. Performs after hours support via phone and/or reporting to site

. Periodically audits equipment by scanning barcodes into agency wide

"ScanIt" inventory system. Tracks property and advises Machine

Room Managers to which property queue the equipment is to be

placed.

. Builds test storage networks in a lab environment. Works with

server and disk teams and documents performance results.

Senior Principle Consultant

Oracle America, SUN Federal Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, MD,

2003-2010

. Manages the delivery and installation of a large number of Brocade

SAN Switches, obtains PSC, coordinates IP connectivity, and works

closely with network architects to acquire cross-connectivity

across machine rooms and throughout the Enterprise

. Remotely monitors SAN infrastructures located throughout the

country and advises the customer and/or vendor to perform

maintenance actions or upgrades as needed

. Developed scripts for automated CLI zoning and initial switch

setup

. Works with the server, disk, archive, backup and requirement

teams to provide a full service storage solution to the customer

. Instrumental in the evaluation of the CISCO MDS SAN product

offerings vs Brocade SAN product offerings

. Works daily with the following Brocade FibreChannel switches:

5300, 5100, 48000, 24000, 4100, 4900, and 4020

. Experience with Brocade DCFM, Brocade Fabric Watch, Brocade

Fabric Manager

Project Manager/Tech Support Engineer

Oracle America, Storage Tek, Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, MD,

1997-2003

. Program manager for the world's largest High Performance

Parallel Processing Interfaces (HiPPI) network located at the

National Security Agency

. Provided nationwide tech support for Network System's PS32 and

Essential Communication's ES-1 HiPPI products

. Developed in-depth evaluation of SONET to HiPPI via OC-3

technology

. Created and updated the detailed documentation of

databases/worksheets in support of HiPPI networks

. Responsible for loading software (OS) and microcode updates

. Provided recommendations to customer procurement personnel for the

purchase of additional hardware to support mission critical

projects

. Rack mounted and performed initial switch setup for an array of

Brocade 2g SAN Switches

. Installed and performed maintenance on all on campus switched

networks

. Developed detailed troubleshooting techniques for local and remote

networks

Network Engineer

Oracle America, Network Systems, Department of Defense, Ft. Meade,

MD, 1988-1997

. Day to day operations included monitoring and troubleshooting of

Hyper Channel, Hyper Bus, FDDI, and EtherNet large scale networks

. Monitored performance of networks and added additional hardware

as missions dictate

. Responsible for bench install of circuit board logic per Field

Change Orders (FCOs)

. Developed troubleshooting scripts and matrix for the large array

of Hyper Channel, Hyper Bus, FDDI, and EtherNet, networks

. Created and updated the detailed documentation of a multitude of

databases/worksheets in support of the large router database

. Coordinated the delivery and installation of a wide array of

networking equipment

. Meet with customer bi-weekly to discuss current issues and future

deployments

Customer Engineer

Control Data, Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, MD, 1984-1988

. Day to day operations included installation, monitoring and

troubleshooting of CDC's wide array of mainframe computers and

peripherals (tape drives, disc drives, printers, card

readers/punches, and monitors)

. Monitored performance of systems and added additional hardware as

missions dictate

. Responsible for troubleshooting hardware to circuit board level

and bench replace logic board circuits

. Updated the detailed documentation in support of the large

mainframe systems

. Coordinated the delivery and installed of a wide array of

mainframe computers and peripherals

. Meet with customer on a regular basis to discuss current issues

and future deployments

Education/Certifications

Computer Tech Institute

Certificate in Computer Repair 1983

Brocade Certified Fabric Professional (BCFP) certification

Brocade Certified Fabric Design

(BCFD) certification

Brocade Certified Fabric Admistrator

(BCFA) certification

CompTIA Security + certification

Isilon

Isilon Configuration and Setup

Brocade

SAN321

Monitoring, Managing, and Maintaining Your Brocade SAN

AFS200

Advanced Fabric Services

AFS302

SilkWorm SAN Troubleshooting

MPR200

Brocade SilkWorm Multiprotocol Router

CFP264

Brocade Accelerated Brocade Certified

Fabric Professional

Cisco Systems

MDS9000

Configuration and Troubleshooting

Cisco Storage Networking Fundamentals

for the End User

Network Systems

E100-1

HyperChannel/HyperBus

E600

DX Router

E630

FDDI Fundamentals

E2100

TCP/IP

E515

Netex Utilities

E450

GreenLine Fundamentals

U2100

UNIX and TCP/IP Fundamentals

E850/860/870

ERS Technical Series

NSI01

Network Security Implementation

Control Data

Training received on all mainframes, disk drives, tape drives,

printers and network equipment

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