Paul Gildemeyer

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Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918

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SUMMARY

System Software/Support Engineer with broad expertise in Data Storage hardware/software

and Proliant Server hardware. Effective communicator and listener. Able to resolve complex problems in a time efficient manner. Honorably discharged veteran USAF.

TECHNOLOGIES

Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP Server HPUX OVMS

Veritas NetBackup Brocade Switches RSM

Quantum Tape Libraries HP Data Protector TCP/IP

Tape Autoloaders Secure Path MPIO

SAN Infrastructure SAN Management Software Alpha Servers

HP HSG80 Mercury Test Director HP EVA

ADIC Scalar 24 ADIC Scalar100 ADIC i500

Clarion Control Center Storage Scope

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

System Admin/Storage Admin Oct 2013 to Sept 2016

System and Storage Admin with Modis at HP. Administered and maintained two Windows 2003

Clusters, two EVA 6000 arrays. An ESL7121E tape library which used Data Protector to backup and restore files. The clusters were used as file servers for live production data. During operation I monitored cluster and backup for failures and corrected any failed shares and backup jobs. Also added and removed file shares permissions as necessary. Kept all servers current on Windows updates and updated server, fibre switches and library firmware.

Engineering Tech

Engineering Tech at LSI Accelerated Solutions Division. Built and tested storage HBAs that have attached solid state disks and imbedded raid control. These adapters were custom made for Facebook and Intel. Involved in these build were loading new builds of firmware and attaching SSDs as per customer request. Also built the Linux. CENTOS and windows on servers for testing. Part of this testing was Windows Hardware Qualification testing for Microsoft.

Lab Tech/Test Engineer June 2010 to Oct 2011

Lab Tech at HP On the team responsible for testing Command View EVA storage

management software. Responsible for hardware support on HP Storage Arrays,

Brocade switches to include changes to the fabric, firmware and driver updates

and server install/uninstalls. Also responsible for testing firmware on P6500

storage arrays. This testing includes creating the test environment including fiber

channel cabling, fabric changes and server setup.

Software Test Technician Oct 2008 to July 2009

Software Test Technician at LSI Logic testing gen2 Raid adapters. Involved in pre-test

System configuration including firmware flashing, loading drivers and SAS/SATA

cabling. Test cases included basic raid functionality, i/o stress testing signal jamming

using a Finisar xgig jammer and trace analyzer. All testing was done to meet an

aggressive schedule.

Systems Maintenance Services Mar 2008 to Aug 2008

Senior Field Service Engineer maintaining a mix of Dell Power Edge, HP Proliant and

IBM x Series Servers. Provide logistical support for parts price lookup and ordering.

Ensure customer servers have current bios firmware and storage firmware. This support

is given at the customer's data center and includes standby support as well. All

associated peripherals also supported. Responsibilities also included shipping/receiving

and inventory control.

Starz Entertainment Group Englewood, CO July 2007 to Nov 2007

Administer Corporate SAN consisting of four HP EVA arrays and an EMC Celarra/Clariion.

Provide support in fibre cabling for new hosts, fibre zoning, creation of luns and presentation of

these luns, and creation of NAS shares. Fibre zoning was done on a Brocade 4/256 Director.

Capacity planning is also part of this position. Used Remedy to track trouble tickets.

Administration took place in a 24/7 environment.

Starz Entertainment Group Englewood, CO July 2007 to Nov 2007

SAN Engineer

Administer and trouble shoot an extensive SAN for Agilent. The SAN consists of several

Hundred HP-UX and Windows severs with EMC storage and NetBackup. Assure that

backups are done in a timely manner, update NetBackup client software, ensure drivers

are at required revision, and all necessary patches are installed. Install media server

software and patches for Symantec NetBackup.

EDUCATION

High School Graduate with additional Regents Diploma, North Syracuse High School,

North Syracuse New York

Onondaga Community College, Syracuse New York. Completed 50 credit hours in a Math

Science curriculum.

Digital Equipment Training Center, PDP1140, 1144, 1170, Vax11780, 11750, 6000 and

8000 processor maintenance courses. TU/TE16 TM03, TU77, TU78, TS11 tape

transports.

OVMS levels I and II

Exabyte Tape Libraries Maintenance

Quantum Tape Libraries Maintenance

MTI Technology Corporation Stingray Maintenance

Digital Unix Utilities and Commands

Overland Data Library Xpress Maintenance

Veritas NetBackup

HPUX System Administration I and II

Legato Smart media

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