Cloud Storage & Services Engineer

FAZILALI SAIYED

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QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

Strong technology background with the ability to focus on strategy to create robust environments with regards to availability, quality and business needs. I have contributed to a broad range of IT projects with proven results. I believe in drawing consensus, nurturing talent, and taking the initiative to achieve organizational goals without compromising values.

EMPLOYMENT

Medline Industries Oct 8th 2013-Present

Storage and cloud Engineer

Designing and building technical solutions on Cloud Partner with other Impact staff members to design and develop secure and efficient Microsoft Cloud-focused IaaS / PaaS solutions

Installing configuring, maintaining, and supporting applications and servers in public cloud environments, specifically in area of storage and file services in Azure cloud.

Create multiprotocol file and storage services using Azure cloud, work with Azure NetApp file, Azure Blob and Netapp CVO

Manage resource groups, vm and work with interdepartmental lines to configure cloud network access, policies for backup and work with NSG, RG and other Azure environmental including monitoring, cost control & deploying vms in Azure.

Conduct storage related POC for NetApp ANF, CVO and Azure native files

• Work with EA on cloud related initiative for storage technologies

Implement & manage HDS remote replication technology HUR & HTI for DR & in system replication for DR testing, resulting in improved RTO/RPO.

Lead the life cycle migration of hosts & arrays from HDS HUSVM to G1500.

Experienced with data center migrations & lead multi team efforts to streamline IT processes.

Work to define standards, guidelines, best practices and metrics around shared storage and backups

Work cross platform with VMware visualization technologies & partner with vendors, collaborate on business requirements.

Specialties: HDS Storage, EMC VMAX, NetApp, Brocade, Cisco, Solaris, VMware, Solaris clusters, PURE Storage.

• Manage multi petabyte of enterprise grade storage systems including HDS G1500, VSP, HUSVM, NetApp Cdot Clusters & All flash arrays such as PURE & EMC Unity.

Skills: Commvault Professional Advanced · Microsoft Azure · Data Domain · HDS · NAS · Brocade Fiber Switches · Enterprise Storage, OPOD, HPC, HPE Blade servers, Linux, Agile, project management.

ALLSTATE INSURANCE - Northbrook, IL. April 12th 2009 – Sep 25th 2013

Storage Infrastructure Analyst

Provide and provision multiple tiers of storage depending on business requirements.

Maintain project plans, led meetings with all stakeholders, conducted tests, identified prerequisites, documented technical procedures, and monitored the implementation phase of various storage related projects.

NCIE-SAN -NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer

Participate in all technical activities for storage systems to ensure high reliability, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. Acts as a source of direction, training and guidance for staff. Assures technical development of other team members through sharing of knowledge and expertise

Train & provide Guidance and support to the junior staff.

Designing & collaborating with multidisciplinary team with projects involving UNIX Global zones, containers, Windows & Unix Cluster file systems.

Monitoring performance bottlenecks on complex server clusters, utilizing SAN Screen, 3par system reporter, NetApp DFM, HDS software suite including storage navigator & device manager.

Successfully setup large storage infrastructure related to major compliance initiative such as PCI (Payment Card industry) and familiar with HIPPA (Worked in Hospitals for over 20 Years)

Analyze Storage resources and provide recommendations to various Business and internal\external clients.

Monitor Utilization, capacity and provide recommendation, initiative for enhancement related to storage capabilities within Allstate’s storage infrastructure

Storage provisioning with HDS, Storage navigator, Device manager, 3par cmd line, system reporter, San screen, DCFM to provide decision support, performance monitoring and decision support.

Cary out change management activities such as provisioning, decommissioning, installs, storage additions, path checks, storage growth & provide internal storage consulting.

Utilize all available means to reduce storage costs in enterprise while providing highest availability and performance.

Work closely with Business units during outages, planning and design phase to access storage needs and proactively create redundant solutions with fallibility at its highest level.

Configure and support, VMWARE on SAN, Tier 1 HDS storage, Storage tearing

Support storage configuration for Sun Solaris containers, VMware, utilizing Multipath in Symantec storage foundation (Vxvm), sun traffic manager MPIO and High performance Clustering software.

Support San allocation in Oracle RAC, 10 G, 11 G, environment involving Petabyte file systems, which are business critical.

Support Virtualization environment in relation to HDS AMS 1000, 2500, 3PAR and NetApp.

Work with Multi site Snap mirror, Snap Vault and supporting NAS clusters in NFS, CIFFS environment with replication.

Execute changes including, zoning, provisioning tiered storage, allocate & deprovision storage in Multi Petabyte complex environment to the Oracle, Sun containers, UNIX, VMware and Unix servers.

Anixter Inc, Glenview, IL 1999 - May 2009

Enterprise Storage and Systems Engineer

(Business Week’s Top 100 info tech list)

10 years of experience in SAN, NAS Storage administration, backup/restore support, system integration and troubleshooting Storage Area Networks and NAS environments.

Provision storage over SAN, NAS utilizing Fiber Channel, ISCSI & CIFS technology. Also implemented\monitor backups utilizing Legato Networker utilizing NDMP and San enabled backups, while utilizing modern VTL technologies.

A regular participant in offsite disaster recovery to recover entire NetApp, Backups, and servers and re-build storage, server environment in regards to Active Directory & associated support services.

Implement backup policies, design and maintain corporate backups of over 240 + servers, windows 2000\2003 64 bit with EMC Legato Networker Ver 7.3.3 & Net App VTL700, reduced backup window from 12-14 hrs to under 8 hrs.

Work with EMC, Brocade, Net App, Filers, VTL, HP, and ADIC I2K within FC SAN networks.

Skilled Storage professional specializing in Net App Disk Arrays & VTL, LUN Masking, Qlogic Fiber channel cards, upgrade Firmware and co-ordinate NAS, SAN, Server Builds, Repairs, and support.

Energetic team player with excellent client interaction skills in mixed environments such as Linux & Windows 2003 Server.

Working knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, Fiber Channel, ISCSI and GIG-E

Manage the development of a fault tolerant backup and recovery strategy, utilizing current LTO, VTL & SAN\NAS Technologies.

Designed & Implemented server/storage Consolidation /Migration of dispersed, unstructured company data into organized business unit, while reducing server utilization and improving storage efficiency.

Configure Netapp volumes, Qtree, DFM reports, Filer cmd line interface, and work with scripts. Familiar with remote replication technologies such as Snap mirror, snapshots & volume copy.

Manage comprehensive backup infrastructure, provision storage with volume, qtrees & luns (NetApp)

Experience working with VMware 3.5, VMware Installs, and P2V's as well as other server migrations

Storage Area Networks experience (HBA configuration, fiber-channel cabling, Port or WWN zoning, etc.), work with Qlogic, Emulex FC & ISCSI Adapters ( TOE & other Offload Technologies)

Developed automated notification system based on (Lotus Notes) to identify backup exceptions & defined backup policies, procedures, resolving major audit shortcoming.

Over 10 years of T-3 level on call responsibility for Storage, Backups, systems & Hardware, worked efficiently to identify and solve problems on Global platform & diverse systems, reducing downtime effectively.

Manage weekly changes, which includes storage provisioning, allocation, break fix, emergency issues on Net App FAS3050C, ADIC I2K, Windows servers & Cisco switches

Familiar with basic operations on Linux servers, including installs, update etc. with SUSE & REDHAT

Coordinate server upgrades, retired old systems to reduce server hardware outages.

Upcoming storage project includes Implementing, configuring & Design SAN architecture with Brocade, EMC control center, ISCSI, Adic I2K Tape library, Net App NAS FAS- 3050C & Net App-VTL700

Plan and implement storage policies, SLA’s, SOX requirements, Manage vendor relationships.

Install & configure major software such as, SQL, Web sphere, PeopleSoft & IBM HTTP Server.

Recent major projects include Implementing SAN infrastructure including Net app FAS 3050, Brocade Silkworm 5100, FC switched fabric, Networker NDMP install, implemented Virtual Tape Library.

Successfully migrated 30 TB of unstructured interdepartmental Data and organized into CIFS shares on Net App NAS, designed share security & NDMP backup routines.

Ensure the department is in compliance with Change Management policies and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

Morningstar, Chicago, IL

1998-1999

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

Supported 400 network clients in a Windows NT, NETWARE 4.11 and MACINTOSH environment.

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Software: HDS Device manager, HdtM, San screen,3par system reporter, EMC Legato, ECC,DATA Ontap 7.3.2 Dell Open Manage, NetApp Operations Manager, Windows 2003 32/64 Bit servers, Brocade Fabric Manager, Linux Red hat at Ent 5, VMWARE ESX 3.02, Remedy, Active Directory, Cisco Ethernet switches cmd line & secure copy.

Hardware/OS: HDS, Storage navigator, performance monitor, Brocade DCFM, 3PAR system reporter, 3PAR CLI, Net app FAS3050C, Net app VTL 700, ADIC I2K, Cisco 6509, 6506.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science: Health Services Management, California College for Health Science - 1997

Associate of Science: California College for Health Science - 1992

Certification & Training:

Azure fundamental

Azure security fundamentals

EMCISA-EMC-Symmetrix Solution Expert

NCIE-SAN -NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer

NCDA-NetApp Certified Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Administrator

HDS Device manager & Tuning manager comprehensive training

IBM N series e Learning Bundle NetApp Data OnTap admin, High availability, N* series Hardware

Trained with VMWARE Jump Start

MCSE/MCP+ INTERNET Certified Windows 2000

Legato Certified Networker administrator

EMC Symmetrix VMAX/Unisphere Administration

Applied Linux-College of Lake County-2008

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