IT professional System administrator
Resume:
Edmundo Ocalagan
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www.linkedin.com/in/edmundo-ocalagan-74b78517
Education:
La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Degree: BA in Computer Science
Certifications and Training
Rubrik Certified Engineer (RCE)
Azure Cloud Training
Oracle PL/SQL & Administration Courses
Sun Education Certified Classes
EMC Training (Avamar, Unity, Isilon, VMAX, VMX)
Symantec/Veritas Courses
Completed introduction to ML, AI, GEN AI and CHATGPT
Completed Multi-Cloud, DevOps & AI intensive bootcamp
Delaware Technical Community College,
Degree: AAS in Computer Information Technology
Technical Skills
Backup & Recovery: Rubrik, NetBackup, Avamar, Data Domain, HP StoreOnce
Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS
Operating Systems: Linux (Red Hat, SLES), Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows Server
Virtualization: VMware ESXI
Databases: Oracle, SQL Server
Programming: Shell Scripting, SQL, Java
Storage: EMC, NetApp, IBM
Networking: Cisco, Brocade SAN
Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Claude, OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock
Professional Summary:
I am a highly experienced IT professional with over 25 years of expertise in enterprise storage, backup solutions, and system administration. Proven track record in implementing and managing complex backup infrastructures, cloud migrations, and disaster recovery solutions. Skilled in Rubrik, NetBackup, Avamar, and various storage technologies.
Core Competencies:
Cloud Backup Solutions (Rubrik, Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI)
Enterprise Storage Management
Disaster Recovery Planning
Rubrik Secure Vault
Ansible Configuration Management
Testing experience with Veeam and Commvault
Business Continuity Preparation
Data Center Operations
Virtualization (VMware)
Database Backup (Oracle, SQL)
Linux/Unix Administration
Project Management
EMPLOYMENT:
Associate Consultant Leader HCL Technologies
Nov 2018 – September 2024
Lead remote support team for resolving escalations and incidents in a complex backup environment including Rubrik CMD 8.1.X, Avamar 19.x, and NBU 7.7.3.
Successfully migrated 5K+ platforms from NetBackup to Avamar, and subsequently to Rubrik Cloud Management Protection.
Integrated Avamar/Rubrik SSO with AD and Okta for enhanced security and auditing.
Performed code upgrades, capacity management, and license management for backup infrastructure.
Contributed to service improvement plans and incident resolution procedures.
Installed and configured Backup Infrastructure, backup agents and software tools.
Experience with assisting in configuring SQL, Oracle DB backups and managing backup schedules.
Assisted DBA with SQL setup of SQL backups at hosts, instance and DB levels; leveraging Rubrik Manage Volumes and SLA domains configuration.
Assisted Oracle DBAs to leverage Rubrik for Secondary line of defense and recovery utilizing Manage Volumes and later on move to Oracle Snappable, which utilize exports and live mounts method of recoverability.
I interacted with the engineering team for new infrastructure deployments and design changes.
Good understanding of UNIX/Linux and windows OS and ability to script/automate a process.
Adhered to policies standards, requirements and procedures and company policies.
Participated in or contributed to EN business in creation of proposals to drive service improvements plans, such as creation of backup team escalation matrixes and tracker management procedures to resolve P1 and P2 incidents more efficiently.
Participated in Tabletop exercises for the simulation of IRE DR recovery of Synchrony Bank infrastructure; AD servers, Network, Storage/NAS servers and critical applications to determine current RPO and RTO as well to simulate recovery from Ransomware attack.
Participated in Business Continuity as part of preparedness for continuation of critical business processes, based on set RTO for Synchrony.
Good Understanding of ITL framework that focus on reducing IT cost, enhance services, productivity to deliver efficient services.
Contributed to data sensitivity categorization framework to Synchrony for assistance of levels, classification and control implementation.
Backup and Recovery Specialist/NetBackup Credit Suisse
Jan 2017 – 10/15/2018
Architected and maintained 24x7x365 Enterprise Storage solutions, transitioning from tape to SAN disk storage and appliances.
Implemented and integrated HP StoreOnce 6600 into the NetBackup environment.
Supported yearly DR exercises using SRDF environment.
Worked on NBU cloud configuration and VMware backup alternatives.
Worked and assisted on the installation and configuration of EMC SMARTS 9.4.1 for SNMP traps alerts for all NAS and Tape Libraries Devices on the environment.
Created and updated detailed recovery procedures to efficiently recover client production environments during recovery testing and disaster situations for Windows and VMware platforms.
Supported and Manage Tape Management system; Vertices/Vital Records to provide data protection and disaster recovery services to all Tape Media at Credit Suisse.
Performed twice a year, Quality Maintenance Procedures that guarantee Servers Performance and availability.
Senior Operations Analyst/NetBackup Publicis Groupe
Dec 2013 – Jan 2017
Managed 900+ TB of storage across distributed sites in North America.
Led technical design efforts for new backup and storage strategies, including ESX integration.
Implemented Azure Cloud Backups and configured Azure IaaS VM backups.
I am an expert in NetBackup and Avamar tuning, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
Troubleshoot system, application, and hardware issues.
Updated the customer & service desk with status and resolution.
Used external information to research and resolve issues when needed.
Performed installation and configuration of software including operating system, patches, and 3rd party products.
Designed, Build and Configured of new Hardware/Software.
Advanced monitoring and troubleshooting skills.
Understanding Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning.
Provided technical leadership, support, and guidance to team members.
Participated or lead various IT projects.
Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
Consultant Storage backup /NetBackup Bristol-Myers Squibb, NJ
Dec 2011 – Dec 2013
Managed 1000+ TB of storage across distributed sites in North America.
Led technical design efforts for new backup and storage strategies, including ESX integration.
Implemented Azure Cloud Backups and configured Azure IaaS VM backups.
I am an expert in NetBackup and Avamar tuning, disaster recovery, and performance optimization.
Consultant UNIX System Administrator Open Systems Technology (Client Citibank)
Mar 2011 - Oct 2011
Member of Host and Application Security Infrastructure group at Citi.
Participated in AIX database server builds, installation of Oracle binaries, and GUI-based administration of Citisafe Application.
Assisted with Global Security Framework migration of applications such as Power Broker, SCpier, and CA audit.
Consultant Storage backup /NetBackup Publicis Groupe, Il
Aug 2010 – Mar 2011
Provided configuration and support of the existing 7.0 NBU environment to utilize ADIC Iscalar 2K Library.
Configured new Media servers under existing DD880 Data Domain for adding new disk pools.
Retired and Decommissioned HPUX 11 Media server into new SUSE Linux Media servers.
Lead System Engineer /NetBackup First Data Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Sep 1999 – Dec 2009
Completed migration of 300+ servers to a tiered Storage and Virtualized Server architecture.
Developed a Storage backup strategy that lowered production storage requirements by 75%.
Established and supported continuance operations of DR sites across all FDC Data Centers.
Planned and installed with support vendor all related fiber infrastructure for tape SAN and storage SAN.
Led and provided guidance on all SUN, Mail, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, and Backup issues to Junior Staff associates.
Senior UNIX System Administrator Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA.
Mar 1997 – Sep 1999
Installed and maintained Unix Servers and desktop machines.
Performed disaster and recovery planning and testing across various operating systems and hardware architectures.
Installed, configured, and maintained third-party backup solutions covering all Unix Servers and UNIX operating systems.
Supported 99.99% availability on UNIX servers on a 7x24 basis.
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