Daniel Shapiro

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shapirodan/

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Forest Hills, NY 11375

646-***-****

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Professional Summary

Over 5 years of hands-on knowledge of Information Security principles and operational support

Possess extensive experience performing third-party risk assessments and risk management principles and practices

15+ years of EMC/HP/NetApp SAN administration experience including large scale enterprise-wide support and upgrade projects

25+ years of Data Center deployment and management including power, cooling, network and cabling infrastructure

Proven expert in Virtualization Products, SAN, and Fiber Switches in global financial institutions

Experience in overseeing large scale projects, developing and implementing IT policies, and architecting strategic Virtualization, SAN, Backup and Disaster Recovery plans

Technical Expertise

Hardware SAN, NAS, HP 3PAR T400/8440, StorageWorks EVA 8100/4400/6550, Cisco MDS 9000 Switches, EMC Clariion, VNX, VNX2, RecoverPoint, Brocade Fiber Channel Switches, HP Proliant, HP c7000 Blade Center and Blades, Quantum i500, i6000, DXi deduplication appliances, Datacenter: Power and Cooling design and operations. Hyperconverged systems: Nutanix, Cisco UCS switches and servers.

Software HP 3PAR StoreServ OS, EMC Unisphere, PowerPath, HP CommandView, RSM, Storage Essentials, Cisco DCNM, Cohesity, Rubrik

OS VMware ESXi 5.5/6.0/6.5, RedHat KVM, Microsoft Windows 2008/2012/2016, RHEL 5/6/7

Industry certifications and recognitions

EMC World 2014 Presenter

DELL/EMC Proven Professional 2013

COMMVAULT System Engineer 2013

COMMVAULT System Support 2013

Experience

Bank of New York Mellon, NY 5/2020 – present

Cyber Recovery Engineer - Consultant

Maintain IS controls and policies to assure compliance with applicable regulatory and legal requirements as well as good business practices

Participate in enhancement of IS Privacy compliance program

Identify and mitigate system vulnerabilities based on risk and impact

Involved in developing, maintaining, and updating Plans of Actions, and Milestones (POA&M) in order to identify system weaknesses, mitigation, and timelines for applying corrective actions

Certify to government Authorizing Officials (AOs) that the requirements and procedures listed within the security plan are in accordance with contractually imposed regulations (NISPOM, NIST SP 800-53, DAAPM, JSIG, etc.)

Engaged in PoC of Cohesity and Rubrik Cyber Recovery products

Installed, troubleshoot and finetuned both products on Cisco UCS platform

Finetuned and managed Cisco MDS switches

Performed multiple upgrades and maintenance of Cisco UCS server farm

Created multiple test recovery scenarios spanning across various bank’s environment both virtual and standalone

Wrote test YN37-V86CGZ-M4AEYN37-V86CGZ-M4AEYN37-V86CGZ-M4AEYN37-V86CGZ-M4AEYN37-V86CGZ-M4AEYN37-V86CGZ-M4AEYN37-V86CGZ-M4AEYN37-V86CGZ-M4AErecovery cases for VMWare, SQL, Oracle, DB2, and Cloud platforms

Integrated Cohesity and Rubrik products with NetApp, Hadoop, and MongoDB environments

Ensure systems are operated and maintained in accordance with the Security Plan and government issued Authorization to Operate (ATO)

Prepare and maintain security operating procedures and associated documentation

Ensure audit records are collected and analyzed

Allocate storage to hosts from Unity, VNX using UNISPHERE

Monitor health, performance, and utilization of multiple VNX and Unity frames

Configure Fast Cache and Fast VP as well as storage pools

Implemented procedures for configuration, layout and performance tuning of storage infrastructure components

Create best practices and take charge of build decisions, infrastructure and systems software design on larger, more complex systems to achieve strategic objectives

Document response and resolution processes for team compliance; develop training content to educate junior staff

Provide L3 ( Highest level ) of technical support by handling systems-related issues

Automate monitoring and other workflow processes to increase efficiencies for projects and operations

Built, administered, maintained Vmware ESXi 6.0, and 6.5

Administered and troubleshoot multiple vCenters

Built, troubleshoot and fine-tuned multiple VMs and physical servers using Windows 2016, 2012,

Created automation scripts to run data protection on DB environments

Created runbooks, business diagrams and procedural documents

Hosted web based technical presentations, QA sessions and group meetings for bank employees

Credit Agricole New York, NY 9/2019 – 3/2020

Project Leader - BCP/DRP/IS Reconstruction Team - Consultant

Engineered an EMC DataDomain based solution that drastically improved recovery from cyber-attacks across the bank

Redesigned Backup infrastructure improving RTO/RPO and achieved significant operational budget savings

Managed server backups utilizing Veritas Net Backup

Provided user account management and account and group policy management

Performed network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network problems

Provided Windows technical design leadership and subject matter expertise for an agile development team

Was in charge of Windows 10 image creation, documentation and testing

Engaged in leading Information Services Policy Programs

Developed, maintained, and oversaw the system security program and policies for their assigned facility or area of responsibility

Ensured compliance with current government security policies, concepts, and measures when working with stakeholders to design and develop new systems

Developed and implemented an effective system security education, training, and awareness program for bank’s employees

Maintained a working knowledge of system functions, security policies, technical security safeguards, and operational security measures

Performed a study of the current environment, business processes, and existing cyber-recovery procedures across various Network, SAN, Databases, and Security systems

Managed multiple vendors, worked with budgets

Conducted training prior to implementing new operational procedures, architecture changes, and updated integration plans to internal production teams

Ectaco Inc, Astoria, NY 12/2017 – 9/2019

Enterprise Architect – Consultant

Designed and implemented company-wide VPN solution

Provisioned VPN users and assigned access controls

Prepared system security reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends; presented reporting for management review

Determined security requirements by evaluating organization mission and requirements

Researched information security standards

Conducted system security and vulnerability analyses and risk assessments

Performed ongoing HP EVA to HP 3PAR storage migrations as part of decommissioning EOL EVA arrays

Managed multiple HP 3PAR SAN units by provisioning and deprovisioning LUNs, resize volumes, aggregate disks, ensure storage capacities at the proper tier are made available to customer on time

Designed and managed advanced storage array functionality: FAST allocation, FAST Cache, Dynamic and Adaptive Optimization, ets as well as multiple snapshots

Developed SAN reports to indicate storage performance, capacity, usage, cost, etc

Performed hands on management of multiple Cisco MDS switches by zoning hosts to storage, creating vSANs, troubleshoot connectivity issues, performing switch OS updates

Applied Firmware updates and OS specific driver updates on HP ProLiant DL and c7000 series servers on periodic basis as per HP best practice

Managed multiple production servers employing in-depth knowledge of MS Windows OS’s including use of embedded virtualization technologies, clustering technologies, multi-home networking, routing, performance tuning and troubleshooting

Managed backup, data retention and recovery of data on storage subsystems using Veritas Backup Exec

Created company Run-books, procedural manuals and various technical documents and Visio diagrams for all infrastructure related services

Participated in proof of concepts to assist in defining technology direction enabling business strategy

Created and implemented OS migration plans from Windows 2003/2008 to Windows 2012/2016

Lead company-wide DR Planning effort with integration of Compute, Storage, Network and Application resources considering pre-defined RTO/RPO to realize SLAs

Lead a team of technicians to complete Windows 10 rollout on 1000+ Desktops (HP and DELL)

Managed company’s hyperconverged infrastructure and advised on best practices

Developed and monitored trending and analysis for hyperconverged infrastructure capacity planning

Educated Data Center staff on effective methods of troubleshooting, ensuring the best practices and procedures are being followed

Provided leadership, motivation and supervision of Data Center teams, encourage knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and best-practice adherence among team members

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, New York, NY 10/2016 to 12/2017

Storage Engineer IV – Consultant

FRBNY/KeyPoint Level 2 clearance

Working knowledge of ITL processes, specifically Incident Management, Change Management, Problem Management

Performed periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning

Identified testing risks and contributed to the overall management of project and risk plans

Performed multiple SAN migrations from HP 3PAR T400 to HP 3PAR 8440 involving RedHat, Solaris, and Windows hosts

Discovered and troubleshot a major bug in HP 3Par Inform OS which lead to an OS upgrade of multiple 3PAR units and a procedural change in the way storage is presented to RHEL Clusters

Developed and documented operational procedures (runbooks) to perform multiple host migrations from Cisco MDS 9506 to Cisco MDS 9706

Developed and documented operational procedures (runbooks) to perform host based storage migrations on RHEL 5/6/7 and RedHat KVM hosts

Performed multiple online host migrations from Cisco MDS 9506 to Cisco MDS 9706

Troubleshot multiple operational issues with Cisco 9706 switches and Fabric Manager, Device Manager, and DCNM

Created zones using Soft Zoning and Hard Zoning according to the and monitor the fabrics for better performance

Monitored Inter Switch Links

Troubleshoot and resolve multiple slow drain issues

Troubleshoot zoning and connectivity issues between hosts and SAN storage

Developed enterprise standards to ensure compatibility and integration of multi-vendor platforms

Analyzed functional requirements, translated them into respective technical specifications and further mapped to possible implementation options

Performed environment capacity planning, system optimization and tuning to meet specified performance expectations

Assisted Project Managers, Technical Leads and Architects with project scope, estimation, timelines, dependencies and distribution of tasks

Interacted with Bank Information Security and Audit teams to ensure that proposed system solutions adhere to FRS policies and standards.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, Jersey City, NJ 8/2016 to 10/2016

Migration Engineer – Consultant

Oversaw a migration project between multiple IBM XIV and EMC VMAX SAN units

Created a set of operational procedures (runbooks) for the staff to complete migrations between 2 storage systems on Microsoft 2003/2008/2012 clusters

Proposed, designed, documented and implemented solutions for system infrastructure and interface components using the “best-of-breed” approach

Facilitated operational knowledge transfer - provide 3rd level support of the implemented solutions and train bank’s Data Center operations teams

Worked with separate Data Center operations teams to adopt new technologies by identifying and implementing improvements in operations, policies, processes, procedures, and technologies.

Monitored and managed NetApp Storage Infrastructure

Handled Storage allocation and de-allocation to Servers utilizing NetApp Cluster and 7 mode

UNITED NATIONS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Long Island City, NY 1/2006 to 3/2016

Senior Network Engineer (Storage and VMWare SME) 1/2012 to 3/2016

Performed multiple data migrations between HP EVA and Clariion to VNX/VNX2 storage arrays

Conducted vendor product evaluation and performance features/functionality testing of Hyperconverged and Next Level Software Defined Network technologies: Nutanix, Tintri, Tegile, Pure Storage, EMC Scale IO, etc.

Led company-wide initiative of reducing servers sprawl by retiring multiple physical servers performing P2V OS migrations achieving significant operational efficiencies and cost savings of over $100,000

Upgraded multiple standalone ESX 4.x hosts to ESXi 5.5 clusters and consolidated multiple dispersed ESX/ESXi clusters with individual vCenters to a unified environment

Led a team of engineers that developed various SAN Replication Solutions using Snapshots, EMC RecoverPoint, and Controller Based Continuous Replication across multiple sites which drastically reduced RPO/RTO of the entire company’s operations

Achieved expert level of understanding in virtualization concepts such as distributed switches, virtualized storage, snapshots and vMotion, Vmware Security, monitoring and performance troubleshooting

Enhanced ESXi infrastructure following VMWare hardening guides that allowed the company to pass multiple PCI Audits

Continuously optimized VM infrastructure by identifying inactive or overprovisioned VMs using VMware vRealize Operations

Provided L3 engineering and problem resolution support for critical SAN/Virtualization issues

Developed and maintained budget, schedule, and implementation timeline for multiple EMC VNX/VNX2 installations and upgrades

Network Engineer (Storage SME) 1/2010 to 1/2012

Performed risk assessments and developed data migration strategies for decommissioning of HP EVA SAN

Developed, and implemented design policies, procedures and programs including a near-zero downtime process of migrating Windows and SUN hosts between two SANs separated over 100km

Analyzed trends in terms of leading technology, assessed company’s needs for upcoming SAN restructuring and multi-tiering implementation for production and DR Data Centers

Proposed and implemented a Wide Storage Area Network solution by merging Production and DR fabrics which enabled the company to meet a strict deadline in rolling out a major banking application

Acted as Project Manager for yearly SAN code upgrades that involved the vendor and over 50 IT engineers and business users to ensure successful implementation

SAN Administrator 1/2006 to 1/2010

Defined Storage System Specifications, architecture, and strategic directions for 1+PB SAN and NAS in an Enterprise Wide Area multi-vendor SAN (HP EVA, EMC Clarrion, VNX, VNX2) and 500+ FC Ports

Provided hands-on architectural expertise in directing and training other IT Engineers

Led the Storage and Data protection team in the implementation of LTO-4 Tape Encryption project

Proposed and implemented a dedicated backup network which resolved backup latencies

Supported and expanded Commvault infrastructure with new Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape architecture that decreased backup window by 1000%

Proposed and architected HP Bladed solution

TGC GLOBAL, INC., New York, NY 6/2004 to 1/2006

SAN Architect (Consultant)

Architected and implemented new FC fabric design which resolved major access bottlenecks, eliminated “SAN islands” and enabled the company to do fiber based Enterprise-wide backup across multiple heterogeneous SANs

Provided SAN startup services for the client: Installed, configured and troubleshot HP EVA5000 SAN connected to multiple UNIX (SUN) and clustered Wintel hosts; performed FC switches configurations including fabrics merge, Zoning, Firmware upgrades, and setup of ISLs

Managed $3+ million roll out of new SANs, servers and backup solutions at client’s new headquarters ensuring that the project met applicable industry standards and satisfied management’s expectations

Proposed and implemented Data Center power distribution solution

Thoroughly documented SAN environment and created set of operating and troubleshooting procedures; presented solution diagrams and designs to the client’s top management

MODELS.COM, New York, NY 3/2002 to 6/2004

IT Operations Manager

Oversaw day-to-day Data Center operations including help desk, server, SAN and North American WAN (multiple ROBO sites) support in 24x7 environments

Led the project of implementing a new SAN in a DR Data Center involving evaluation of Compaq StorageWorks EVA and EMC/DELL CLARiiON technologies

Supervised implementation of server maintenance process, OS upgrades and security procedures

Created detailed documentation covering disaster recovery procedures and day-to-day operations

MERRILL LYNCH, New York, NY 10/1999 to 2/2002

Team Leader, Direct Markets/ETS SAN/Wintel Team 3/2001 to 2/2002

Managed a team of 4 IT engineers ensuring high level of customer satisfaction

Greatly improved Merrill Lynch’s Post Trade System by designing, building and supporting a NT based database consisting of 12 clustered Compaq servers connected to a highly redundant Compaq ESA12000 SAN

Supported over 850 production NT and Windows 2000 servers distributed across 3 Data Centers and improved overall reliability and availability of over 100 servers

Installed Windows 2000 cluster servers utilizing EMC and Hitachi SAN solutions

Configured and supported 10 Brocade Silkworm 2800 fiber switches

Assistant Vice President, ETS 10/1999 to 3/2001

Installed and performed troubleshooting functions on storage area networks based on Compaq StorageWorks ESA12000 and RA8000 units and Brocade fiber switches

Designed, implemented and documented various server environments utilizing highly redundant links to SAN, enabled the company to retrieve 100% of the business critical data from the facilities affected by events of 9/11

Built over 80 production NT servers and provided 24x7 support of over 600 servers achieving near 100% uptime

Provided third-level support and troubleshooting services of various network and NT issues

TIME WARNER CABLE OF NEW YORK CITY, New York, NY 4/1998 to 10/1999

Education

B.S., Information Systems, Pace University, New York, NY 1998

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