Sr Storage Administrator

Thulasi Kataru

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Tel: 904-***-****

Professional Summary:

Over 15 years of experience as a Storage and Backup Architect with extensive experience on Storage systems and solutions. Deployment, Capacity Planning, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions in enterprise level, Multi-Datacenter environments. Storage and Backup infrastructure Design, Implementation and support for fortune 500 Banking/Insurance/Telecom and Financial organizations – Verizon, Hartford Insurance, Citi, Statefarm, CSX.

Design, implementation and Support VMAX, VMAX3, PowrMax2000, DMX, VNX, Isilon, XtremIO, VPLEX, Clariion and Unity, PURE, Netapp, CISCO and Brocade SAN as well as RecoverPoint, SANCopy, SRDF Replication for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.

Provide best practices for configuration of EMC VNX, VMAX, VMAX3, Isilon, VPLEX, RecoverPoint, RPA on VMware, XtremIO Series storage systems with Cisco, Brocade DCX Series switches, VMWare ESX.

Proficient in Storage allocation, performance monitoring, data replication and Migration on EMC Clariion VNX, NS Series, DMX, VMAX Series, PURE, RecoverPoint and VPLEX systems.

Proficient in design and configuration of SAN switches (Brocade/McData/Cisco) in 2-tier /3-tier configurations. Provide Inter switch (ISL) as well as connectivity between datacenters over Dark Fiber, FCIP FICON and DWDM Connection circuits considering backbone bandwidth requirements.

Migration of existing storage Systems/ Applications to new Storage systems using Open Replicator, VMAX NDM, RecoverPoint and SanCopy.

Expertise in storage provisioning, monitoring, reporting of PURE, EMC Symmetrix (including DMX and VMAX) and CLARiiON using SYMCLI, EMC Vipr, Navisphere, Unisphere, SMC respectively.

Implementation of VMAX-20K, XtremIO, VNX, VPLEX and RecoverPoint in a MetroPoint Configuration.

Thorough understanding of (SYMCLI, SMC, ECC, NaviCLI, OnCommand Insight and Unisphere) that required in managing the storage infrastructure.

Experience in SAN expansion in Brocade and Cisco fabrics and SAN migration between Brocade and Cisco.

Hands on Experience in SRDF, Time Finder/BCV, Clones, Snap and EMC Power Path.

Possesses hands on expertise in troubleshooting day to day SAN/Storage and host related issues quickly.

Good time management and communication skills. Willing to learn new technologies and good team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware

Symmetrix VMAX, VMAX3,Dell EMC PowrMax2000, PURE, VNX, Unity 300,300F,450F,600F, VMAX 250, 450F, Isilon, DMX Series, CX series, NS Series SAN and NAS, VSP/AMS/HNAS, Netapp 3210,6080, 8040, RecoverPoint, VPLEX 5.2, Cisco MDS 95XX Series Directors (MDS 9513/9509/9506). Brocade Directors 48K, 24K, 12K and Departmental switches 4900, 4100, 3900 and 3800.

Software

Unisphere for VNX, VMAX,PowerMax, SYMCLI, SMC, NaviCLI, OneFS, Navisphere, Unisphere, Unisphere Unity, Netapp OCI, Cisco Device Manager/Fabric Manager, Brocade CLI, Cisco CLI, PowerPath, SRDF, TimeFinder BCV/Clones/Snaps, MirrorView, SANCopy, SnapView and Open Replicator, EMC Networker, Data Protection Adviser, Data Domain, Commvault.

O/S

RedHat ES4/ES5/ES6/ES7/ES8, AIX 5.2/5.3/6.1/7.1/7.2, HP-UX 10.2/11i Version1/2/3, Sun Solaris 9/10 and Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2010/2012/2016/2019, SCO Unix, Solaris and AIX.

CLIENT: CHANGE HEALTHCARE DEC 2019 TO TILL DATE

ROLE: SR STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

Installed and Configured EMC PowerMax, VMAX, VNX, UNITY, ISILON, Storage Arrays.

Involved in code upgrades for VNX frames.

Involved in Performance Analysis for EMC Arrays using LiveOptics

Involved in code upgrades for PURE Storage Arrays

Attending Remedy Service tickets for SAN/NAS allocation using EMC, PURE and Netapp.

CLIENT: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH COROLINA AUG 2019 TO NOV 2019

ROLE: SR. STORAGE CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

Involved in installation and configuration of Isilon Array.

Involved in adding new A2000 nodes to the Isilon Array.

Configured and scheduled SyncIQ jobs to sync the data from old Isilon to new Isilon.

Created exports and quotas on new Isilon systems

Monitoring Isilon OneFS Daily/weekly snapshot jobs.

Involved in creating reports using InsightIQ.

Planning and designing cutover to Gen6 Isilon from Gen5 Isilon Array.

CLIENT: DXC OCT 2018 TO JUL 2019

ROLE: SR. STORAGE CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

Creating cable mappers and PTM’s for Deutsche Bank

Design and Architecting of PURE, VMAX, Xtreme IO arrays for Deutsche Bank.

Involved in design documents of VMAX, PowerMax arrays to migrate data from VMAX10K to VMAX 250F.

Creating Cable Mappers and PTM’s for United Air Lines

Involved in design of migrating of NetBackup environment to StoreOnce

Involved in design of migration of XP7 arrays.

CLIENT: CITI BANK, JACKSONVILLE, FL SEP 2014 TO SEP 2018

ROLE: SR. STORAGE CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

Implementation and support on VMAX,XtremeIO, VNX, Isilon Storage systems.

Expertise in allocating block level storage from EMC Unity, VNX 8000, VNX 7500, VNX 5700 and Netapp Arrays.

Implemented Storage Provisioning in creating NFS, SMB shares on Isilon.

Good knowledge and working experience with Isilon InsighIQ, SyncIQ, SnapshotIQ, Smart Quotas technologies, creating File pool policies, managing Job engines, creating utilization reports

Worked on Storage Allocations for Unix and windows hosts using VMAX, XtremeIO and VNX

Preparing documentation, presentation, MS Visio to communicate with management and the team.

Involved in design and architecting of migration of data from Netapp Arrays to VNX Arrays

Worked Storage decommissions on VNX systems

Coordinated with backup team for new backup policies for new NAS volumes

Involved in Disaster recovery tests on VNX systems.

Attending service now requests for NAS Allocations.

Preparing documentation, presentation, MS Visio to communicate with management and the team.

INFOSYS SEP 2012 to AUG 2014

CLIENT: CSX Corporation, Jacksonville, FL

Role: Sr. Storage Consultant

Responsibilities:

Design planning and implementing PURE, VMAX, DMX, VPLEX, Clariion, VNX, Brocade and Cisco MDS/nexus series switches.

Storage provisioning and configuring Multi pathing in VMWare, Windows and Linux environment.

Storage provisioning using VPLEX

Configuration of Cisco 9509 switches for NPV, NPIV and port channels.

Generating capacity reports with for SAN/NAS storage arrays and Switches.

Conducting analysis and providing suggestion to enhance the performance, protection and mitigate risks of data loss.

Review and validate solutions to ensure compatibility and best practices.

Managing devices using Multi pathing software like EMC PowerPath.

Upgrading HBA BIOS on Emulex and Qlogic HBA’s.

Client: Statefarm Insurance, Bloomington, IL MAR 2012 to AUG 2012

Role: Sr. Storage Consultant

Responsibilities:

Defining and implementing storage subsystem configurations, performing needs assessments, and recommendations of solutions.

Installation, Configuration and Administration of NetApp FAS2000, and FAS6000 Series Filers.

Installed, Configured and Administered NetApp Snap drive, Snap Manager for Oracle, Snap Manger for SQL and Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure for Backup and Recovery.

Having experience in cDOT 8.2x configuration and migrations.

Deploy OnCommand Insight across the network for trouble shooting and monitoring of EMC, Netapp Arrays, Cisco and Brocade switches.

Setting up SRDF/A replication over FCIP as a proof of concept.

Demonstration of Disaster recovery solutions with SRDF/A, VCS Global Cluster.

Migration of Oracle databases from Solaris to Redhat Enterprise Linux.

Design, determine and implement strategy for provisioning and storage Tiering.

Configuration and Monitoring of initiator, port and Storage Groups.

Configuration, monitoring and maintenance of thin pools, Data Devs and TDEVS.

Preparing K shell scripts for data replication with TimeFinder and SRDF

Knowledge transfer and training customer engineers

CLIENT: Hartford Insurance JAN 2011 to FEB 2012

Role: Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

Configuration and administration of EMC VMAX, Celerra and Clariion Series systems.

SAN Allocations in heterogeneous Operating Systems environment – Windows, Linux, Solaris and VMWare hosts.

Automation of replication jobs with K Shell scripts.

Creating and maintaining Device Groups and Composite groups for SRDF and Timefinder Devices.

CLIENT: VERIZON, TAMPA, FL JUL 2009 TO DEC 2010

ROLE: STORAGE CONSULTANT

Responsibilities:

Installed and configured New Networker 7.5 servers and clients.

Installed and Configured Data Protection Adviser

Upgrade Networker server and clients 7.2 to 7.3

Installed and configured Avamar Backup Server 5

Configured Oracle, SQL, SAP, NDMP and Exchange module backups

Configured ADIC Scalar HP Auto Loaders for Networker Servers

Configured VTLs on EDL and configured for Networker

Planning and implementation of Switch Migration to migrate Brocade switches to Cisco MDS Series.

Collecting configuration data for Brocade Switches using Connetrix Manager.

Data collection on Cisco switches using Fabric Manager and upload to Cisco for verification.

Generated reports using Data Protection Adviser

Configured windows and linux clients for backups to Avamar server

Implemented backups using Data Domain 610

Norwin Technologies (Client: Citizens Property) NOV 2008 to JUN 2009

Project - Citizens Property Insurance Storage Administrator

Integrate and maintenance of EDL 4100 with EMC Networker servers

Monitoring backups using backup Adviser.

Worked on EMC Backup Adviser for Backup Reports

Perform Zoning, LUN mapping, masking and attaching to servers

Performance monitoring, tuning and troubleshooting of EMC SAN

Surecomm Inc OCT 2005 to NOV 2008

Project - Verizon Storage Administrator

Planning, Designing & Implementation of EMC Storage Area Networks

Work with Vendor to setup new hardware such as DMX, Clariion, Brocade and Cisco switches

Install and Configure EMC Power Path on Unix and Windows servers

Installation and upgrade of HBA drivers and firmware

Storage allocation on Celerra 700G

Collection of reports in array, host, switches and upload in the emc site

Install and configure Networker backup software, upgrade networker servers and clients

Generate reports using Enterprise Backup Advisor

Coordinate with vendor to Installation and configuration StorageTek SILO

Configure Virtual Tape Libraries on DL700, DL4000 and assigned to Networker servers.

TATA Infotech LTD AUG 2004 to SEP 2005

Systems Design & Administration of HP and Solaris Servers

Implemented Root Disk mirror for Unix Servers

Installed and Configured Veritas Volume Manager

Installation and configuration of Legato Networker 5.5.1

Implemented Major subsystem of J2EE based Web application

System performance and analysis

Configured NIS, NFS, DNS

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Electronics & Communication Engineering

CERTIFICATIONS:

Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Disk Groups (FAST)

EMC Technology Foundations CLARiiON (EMCSA)

EMC Legato Certified Networker 7.x Administrator (LCNA)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Brain bench certified in HP Unix Systems Administration

Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MCPS)

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