Have Experience Systems Engineer

Paul Ainslie

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I am a focused, highly motivated professional with 29 years of experience and a proven knowledge of Storage Area Network, Network Attached Storage with backup and recovery experience. I have worked with Brocade (Broadcom) and Cisco fiber switches. I have experience with Dell/EMC, PURE, IBM, NetApp and HP storage and NAS arrays. I have taken part and selecting and configuring net new storage arrays and switches while also maintaining, updating and managing them. I have experience with backup and recovery using Networker, TSM, Avamar, Data Domain and NetBackup. I also have extensive experience with Linux, AIX, IBM Power server configurations, and Linux, AIX, IBM VIOS, Solaris, and HPUX operating systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PURE Storage, Dell/EMC Symmetrix, VMAX, Powermax, Isilon (now Powerscale). IBM DS8000, 3Par, and NetApp. Data replication and cloning on storage arrays. Cisco 9700, Brocade (now Broadcom) switches. Avamar, Data Domain, Networker, NetBackup, and TSM. Redhat Enterprise, SUSE, and other distributions of Linux on multiple hardware platforms, IBM AIX 3.5-AIX 7.2, VIO, NIM, IBM HMC, IBM Power hardware, Solaris, HP-UX, AS/400, Electronic Medical Record (EMR), computer networks, systems software, applications software, hardware, disaster recovery, data backups, system migration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ATOS, Remote

Systems Engineer Sr Jun 2021 – present.

Manage and monitor SAN Attached Storage. Manage and monitor Storage Area Network switches. Manage and monitor Network Attached Storage

Even though I am a SAN and Storage Engineer, I still work extensively with the AIX team as level 3 support.

BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH, Temple, TX

Systems Engineer Sr, 2011 – Jun 2021

Managed Dell/EMC Symmetrix (VMAX and Powermax), CLARiiON, VNX, XtremIO, and Isilon (PowerScale)

Installed and managed HP MSA and 3Par, NetApp and Pure storage arrays

Lead for all SAN and SAN attached storage including McDATA, Brocade (Broadcom) and Cisco director switches

Managed IBM DS-4000, DS-8000, EMC CLARiiON, Dell/EMC Symmetrix and Powermax, EMC Vplex, EMC Isilon, EMC Celerra, EMC XtremIO and Pure Storage

Lead engineer in charge of re-zoning the entire Storage Area Network to EMC Vplex. – multi-section team completed project in half the time requested and under budget with seamless user transition

Lead engineer in migrating all hospital storage area networks from Brocade to Cisco 9700

Zero downtime and no user outage at all – migrated all user data to new storage arrays

Created processes and trained all personnel on integration – trained all employees on usage

Responsible for moving all backup systems from IBM TSM to EMC Avamar and Data Domain

Lead support for support for Redhat, SUSE, and other Linux distributions on both Intel and IBM Power platforms

Lead for migrating to Epic Electronic Medical Record (EMR) on AIX – no downtime or reported issues

Installed and maintained IBM VIOS and LPARS on Power 5 through Power 9

Have extensive knowledge of IBM HMC and partitioning of IBM Power systems

Performed code level and O/S upgrades on Linux, Windows and AIX

Used NIM to install Technology levels, run MKSYSBs, install and upgrade AIX and VIOS

Migrated Redhat and SUSE Linux and AIX to new hardware

Migrated Volume Groups to new volumes during storage migrations

Managed all backups, Linux, AIX, SAN and storage as well as installing and maintaining all cabling and hardware

Have extensive education on Linux, AIX and Power and Intel systems including tuning multiple levels of Linux and AIX. Have extensive tuning knowledge from Earl Jew at IBM and have attended many Linux and AIX training classes over the years.

Wrote and maintained both Linux and AIX shell scripts

Created and maintained Epic storage replication scripts using Unix shell scripting and EMC Symcli

Worked on Unix team with all Linux, AIX and HP-UX upgrades, maintenance, and troubleshooting

Systems Engineer, 1998 – 2011

Responsible for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Linux, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, & AS/400

Managed all Linux, Unix and NetWare systems backups and tested backups regularly for data integrity

Assisted with moving the Radiology system from AIX to Redhat Enterprise Linux

Lead Engineer on upgrading Dialysis software from NetWare to AIX

Created system processes and scripts for backing up Windows computers

Loaded, upgraded and maintained Linux. IBM AIX, RS/6000, and OS/400 using Solaris & HP-UX

Fixed extreme latency issue with the Data Warehouse – upgraded storage I/O and SCSI DASD

Maintained SCSI and SSA DASD, McDATA and Brocade switches, and IBM DS-4000, DS-8000 IBM SAN Volume Controller and EMC storage hardware

Lead engineer on procurement team to purchase IBM RS/6000 for the Tivoli Management framework

Created procedures and scripts for Legato/EMC NetWorker, Semantic NetBackup and IBM TSM

Lead engineer for Y2K transition and ensuring all systems had latest software and libraries

Responsible for all data center servers and installed and maintained cabling and network switches

Software Engineer, 1996 – 1998

Lead troubleshooter for all department issues, including software, hardware, and network

Trained new employees on department procedures, assisting users, and troubleshooting PCs

Created standards and procedures for software usage and logged

Set up and maintained the “Golden Drive” (hard drive used to duplicate hard drives for all PCs)

IT Intern, 1996 – 1996

Assisted with building, maintaining, troubleshooting, and upgrading PC computers

Loaded systems – Windows NT3.51, Windows NT4.0, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11 and DOS

Configured various computer systems to be on hospital network

TEMPLE COLLEGE, TEMPLE, TX

Computer Lab Technician, 1996 – 1996

Assisted with rebuilding and troubleshooting PC computers

Worked with professors to ensure their software was loaded on lab computers

Was the only paid “consultant” student in the department

Personally selected by lead of Comp Sci Dept for paid IT internship at Scott and White Hospital

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR – BELTON, TX

Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.), Computer Science

TEMPLE COLLEGE – TEMPLE, TX

Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.), Computer Information Systems

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

•Korean – Conversational with reading and writing skills

•Spanish – Basic High School level

•Microsoft Solutions Certified Expert (MCSE)

•Very experienced with multiple distributions of Linux

REFERENCES

References available upon request

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