Manager Management
Resume:
BACKGROUND
Sr. Storage Design, Implementation Engineer and Solution Specialist
9+ years of Enterprise Architecture Professional Services experience as a
senior solution specialist in Managed hosting, Telecom, Banking and
Investment and IT consultancy service customers. Primarily around
delivering backup and storage design, Implementation and Migration
solutions and health check and assessments, Performance Tuning and
recommendation, implementing and managing end-to-end integrated solution
stacks of compute, network & storage, deploying and managing various vendor
products such as Hitachi, HP, EMC, NetApp and IBM, Keen Understanding &
practiced the ITIL and PMP Process for project delivery. All this in the
heterogeneous mix of various vendor's products for various fields including
VMware Virtualization, Cloud, Network, Storage & tape/SAN, Security.
Storage Pre and Post Sales activities and assisting management for
Technical project delivery cost estimation.
Specialist in Virtualization and Migration SAN, NAS and VMware
Hitachi Certified Architect
1. Expert in Hitachi Data Systems i.e. VSP, USP-V, USP, HNAS, AMS, HUS,
HUS-VM
2. Expert in NetApp 7-Mode and cDOT - FAS 2xxx, 3xxx and 6xxx series
3. Expert in P9500, XP24000/12000, MSA, EVA and 3PAR, Migration
Specialist
4. Expert in EMC CLARiiON, DMX, VMAX, Celerra, Centra, Vplex & VNX
5. Expert in IBM DS series, N-Series array, SVC, MSA & XiV
6. Fabre Channel Switches i.e. CISCO MDS 95xx series, Brocade 5300, 4900,
B-series, 48K, DCX and Mcdata
7. IBM Tivoli Storage manager (TSM), DPM 2007 and VERITAS, EMC Networker
and Data domain.
8. Expertise in various Management, Performance and Reporting tools such
as APTARE, Hitachi Tuning Manager, DCFM, NetApp DFM, HP Command View,
HP Blade servers, EMC Performance Analyzer, EMC Navisphere manager,
ECC, HP Performance adviser, VMware VSphere, NetApp ONCOMMAND system
manager etc.
My ideal environment will be challenging, evolving, and stretch my skills
to their limits and then some. Good working & Implementation experience in
ITIL Process.
Trained & Certified in
NetApp - NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)
NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (NCIE) -SAN, Data ONTAP 7-Mode
Hitachi - Virtualization Solutions
Hitachi - Architecting Storage Performance with Hitachi Storage
Hitachi Data Systems Architect - Performance and Virtualization
Hitachi Dynamic tiering best practices /SMART Tier
Hitachi Protection Manager
Hitachi Data Systems foundations.
Hitachi Universal Replicator
Hitachi HiCommand Device Manager Software
Hitachi HiCommand Tuning Manager Software
Hitachi HiCommand Tiered Storage Manager Software
Hitachi True Copy (Synchronous & Asynchronous)
Managing Hitachi Storage Performance in a VMware Environment
HP P9500/XP Administration and Configuration
EMC VMAX Auto-Provisioning
HP 3-PAR - Adoptive & Dynamic Optimization
ITIL-V3 Foundations
IBM P-Series Administration.
VMware Certified Associate - Cloud (VCA-Cloud)
VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)
EXPERIENCE
Project: Remote Infrastructure Management - Datacenter Projects and
Operations.
CGI Group Inc. - SALEM, MA
July 2010 to till date
Role: Senior Consultant (SAN and NAS)
Specialist in SAN/NAS design, Virtualization, Migration and Performance
Tuning - Hitachi, HP, NetApp and EMC Products.
CGI is a global IT infrastructure management services company which has
Platinum Vendor Partnership with Hitachi Data System, HP, NetApp and EMC to
provide Global Infrastructure supports in the Field of Managed Hosing
Environment/Cloud Based Business.
The Accountability:
Provide infrastructure consulting as a senior Member and Operations Lead to
manage, maintain, and support a global environment of 30 datacenters around
Canada which includes 15 Hitachi AMS, 4 VSP/Virtualized 3rd Party Arrays, 5
USP-V, 4 USP, 2 HP P9500/ Virtualized 3rd Party Arrays, 3 XP24000/12000, 25
NetApp FAS series controllers (Active/Active 7/cluster mode), 2 EMC
VMAX/DMX, 8 Clariion CX series, 50 cisco and brocade fiber channel
switches,, IBM, HP EVA/MSA, Xyratex array, 1500+ VMs, 100 ESX Hosts
(continually growing) and 1500 windows and Unix hosts with very critical
database applications for Multiple cluster environment e.g. BELL Canada,
John Hancock, Cirque Soleil, Yellow pages etc.., Migrated around 50 TB of
data from HP, EVA, MSA, IBM SVC/DS8300, 4800, XiV and XP12000/24000 to
P9500, XP24000, and Hitachi USP-V by using Virtualization migration method.
Performed NetApp v-filer implementation, upgrade and migration.
Successfully participated storage DR practices. Created documented process
to standardized new operational process at all sites. Assisted in
architecting and implementing new data center storage engineering &
operational tasks. Troubleshoot server hardware, software, and network
connections with respective departments to identify and resolve issues.
Participate in bi-weekly planning and strategy meetings to provide
consultations to service managers/clients on Storage related projects.
Provide Architectural solution/implementation to client for Optimize
Storage environment.
Project 1
. Migrated data from HP XP24000 to HUSVM in two different datacenter around
1 PB data either by Virtualization or host based copy (i.e. vMotion etc.)
for VMware, Oracle ASM RAC cluster, and Open system environments. 80% of
work done through Virtualization method.
. Design and Implemented 3 HUSVM with the total internal storage capacity
of 250TB for XP24K to HUSVM migration.
. Design and Implemented HP Performance Advisor and integrated 5
Enterprises storages i.e. P9500, XP24K, for collecting performance
characteristics.
. Managing day to day operations of various SAN & NAS devices like HP XP &
EVA disk arrays, HP Blade servers, EMC Clariion AX, CX disk arrays using
Navisphere Manager, Navisphere Analyzer, SAN copy, SnapView & Brocade
switches.
. Design and Implemented HUSVM and Virtualized 2 HUS-130 behind HUSVM for
migration, migrated data from USVP-V to HUSVM.
. Migrated around 750 TB data from IBM SVC, IBM DS8300, IBM 4800, IBM XIV,
HP EVA 4400, HP P2000, Pillar, HP 3PAR and Xyratex SAN to HUSVM, VSP, USP-
V, P9500 and XP24000 via virtualization and host based migration as part
of THINK to THIN migration project.
. Practiced and executed different way of LUSE volumes migration during
THINK to THIN migration.
. Design and Implement Hitachi Tier storage manager (3 Tier), and Migrate
the data from HDP to HDT. Used Data shrink and Space reclamation while
performing HDP to HDT migration and Virtualized migration (THINK to
THIN).
. Implemented HDS Analytics package and HP Permanence Advisor which
contains Tuning manager and command director.
. Implemented Shadow image/business copy and knowledge on True Copy, HUR,
and Upgraded HCS 7x to 8x which includes HCS, HTnM, HDvM, HTSM, HRpM
. Implement Hi-Track for Monitoring, HORCOM.
. Implementation and Administration of HNAS for day to day operations and
Project delivery. Migrations.
. Migrate 3-PAR storage system data from lower speed spindle to Fast
spindle, SR Optimization, AO and DO Implementation.
. Performance Tuning and Recommendation during Migration and Administration
. Implemented various tools for Performance and reporting Purpose. Etc..,
. Migrate 3-PAR storage system data from lower speed spindle to Fast
spindle, SR Optimization, AO and DO Implementation.
. APTARE Customization
Project 2 (Russell Investments-USA+)
Work remotely in a small team of 2 to manage, maintain, and support a
global environment of 9 datacenters, 30 NetApp FAS series controllers
(Active/Active cluster node), 2 EMC VMAX, 2 CLARiiON CX series, 20 cisco
and brocade fiber channel switches, 850+ VMs, 67 ESX Hosts (continually
growing) and 1200 windows and unix hosts with database applications for
Russell Investment Group. Performed filer implementation, upgrade, and
migration. Created documented process to standardized new operational
process at all sites. Assisted in architecting and implementing new data
center storage engineering & operational tasks. Successfully participated
storage DR practices. Configured filers per vendor best practices.
Customized/automat a weekly refresh process, and daily reports on storage
and health. Other tasks that were included migrated around 20 TB data from
EMC clariion to VMAX by using PPME and Open replicator method. Troubleshoot
server hardware, software, and network connections with respective
departments to identify and resolve issues. Participate in weekly planning
and strategy meetings to provide consultations to service managers on
Storage related projects.
Achievements:
1. Design and Implemented 5 datacenter located in various geographical
locations for one of the Investment Company, The devices which
includes NetApp FAS Series, CISCO MDS switches 95xx series.
2. Implementation of device and Fabric manager software for CISCO fabric
Environment
3. CISCO fabric switches initial deployment solutions for production in
different geographical location.
4. CISCO Fabric 95xx series Implementation & Administration which
includes VSAN, zoning, Firmware upgrade etc..,
5. Configuring & troubleshooting storage devices like Dell Power
Vault, HP Blade servers, HP XP & EVA disk arrays, and NetApp
filers on VMware ESX Server.
6. Migrated around 50TB data from EMC CLARiiON to VMAX SAN, Etc..,
7. Design, Implement and Administrate end to end solutions in NetApp FAS
series 270, 2xxx and 3xxxx for customers located in various
geographical locations. Expertise in 7-Mode, C-DOT, vfilers for both
SAN and NAS projects.
8. Migrating NetApp NAS to Hitachi SAN
9. Integrate NetApp filers with Monitoring systems such as Microsoft SCOM
and HP SIM.
10. Implemented DR practice for redundancy such as snapshots, Snap mirror,
Snap vault, OSSV, SMVI and Integrated NetApp filers with tape library
for D2D, D2Tape, D-D-Tape backup. NDMP.
11. Data migration between volumes, Aggregates, filers and root vol
migration.
12. Upgrade NetApp ONTAP, Shelf, Disk, Service processor, RLM, BIOS to
latest available versions
13. Integrate and Administrate Quota management software (NTP QFS),
McAfee, DFM, ONCommand manager and Performance advisor.
14. Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning.
Project-Remote infrastructure management - Data center Projects &
Operations.
TATA Communications LTD (Thinkserv Technologies (P) Ltd) - Chennai, INDIA
Duration: Jan 2010 to Jun 2010
Role: Storage Administrator (SAN and NAS)
Specialist in Virtualization, Upgrades and Performance Tuning - Hitachi,
NetApp and EMC Products.
TATA is a global IT infrastructure management services company which has
Premium Vendor Partnership with NetApp and Hitachi Data System to provide
Global Infrastructure supports in the Field of Managed Hosing
Environment/Cloud Based Business.
The Accountability:
Worked remotely in a team of 5 to manage, maintain, and support a global
environment of 12 datacenters, 40 NetApp FAS series controllers
(Active/Active cluster node), 2 Hitachi AMS, 1 2 Hitachi USP-V, 24 CISCO
and brocade fiber channel switches, very big VMware, UNIX and Windows
environment with very critical database applications of multiple customer
environment say more than 40 Clients (e.g. AC Nielson, yellow pages etc
Performed SAN/NAS implementation, upgrade, and data migration.
Achievements:
1. Optimized NAS environment
2. Best Outsourced team performer Award.
Project-Remote infrastructure management - Data center Projects &
Operations.
HCL Technologies - Chennai & Noida, INDIA
Duration: Jan 2008 to Jan 2010
Role: Sr. Analyst - Storage (SAN and NAS)
Specialist in Administration, Upgradation and Performance Tuning - NetApp,
EMC, TSM, DPM 2007, Fiber Channel Switches.
HCL provide end-to-end enterprise IT infrastructure solutions globally such
as datacenter consolidation, hosting, and virtualization
The Accountability:
Worked remotely in a team of 3 to manage, maintain, and support a global
environment of 2 datacenters. Provide consulting services to US based
Client.
Achievements:
1. Optimized Backup & SAN environment
2. Developed s SHELL Script for backing up 1 TB data on regular basis.
Project-Remote infrastructure management - Global Network Solution Center
(GNSC).
NOKIA SIMENS Networks (Kelly Services India (P) Ltd) - Chennai, INDIA
Duration: Sep 2007 to Jan 2008
Implement and monitoring the Telecommunication network performance and
provide necessary fine-tuning, Checking connectivity of the devices if
connections failed then troubleshoot the networks by remotely login into
the devices., Monitoring the network performance and escalate the alerts to
remote engineers for further action, Raising service request based on the
severity of the devices and documentation of the technical problems and its
solution.
Matriix Systems - Chennai, INDIA
Duration: Aug 2006 to Sep 2007
The Accountability
. Network Support
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Anna
University - Chennai- Apr 2006
Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, DOTE-Chennai - Apr 2003
SSLC from Joshua Metric hr sec School, Chennai - Apr 2000
PERSONAL:
DOB : 2nd Apr, 1984
Sex : Male
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian
+> Balasubramani
Ramamurthy
EXPERIENCE
SNAPSHOT
Industry
. IT
. RIM
. Banking & Investments
. Telecom
. Managed Hosting
Technical
Specialization
. Hitachi Data Systems - VSP, USP-V, USP, AMS, HUS, HUSVM
. NetApp ONTAP, DFM, SANSCREEN, OPS and Performance manager
. HP P9500, XP24000/12000, MSA, 3-PAR, EVA
. EMC VMAX, DMX, CLARiiON, VNX, Celerra, SMC and SPA
. CISCO MDS and Brocade SAN Switches
. Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
. Data Production manger (DPM 2007)
. ITIL V3
. UNIX and Windows
. VMware and VCloud
Certifications
. SNIA 2008
. AIX
. ITIL-V3
. NetApp
. EMC
. Hitachi
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