Manager Engineer
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Wood-Ridge, NJ *****
Home: 201-***-****
Mobile: 917-***-****
Xavier Freire
SUMMARY: Over 10 years of experience working as a Backup and Storage Administrator handling technical issues, troubleshooting, implementing, and administrating various systems. Possessing excellent analytical, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to interact with individuals at all levels and can work as a part of a team as well as independently. Speak Read and Write Spanish fluently.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Hardware: Compaq ESL9326 DLT and HP ESL 9595 SDLT libraries, ADIC i2000, 10K libraries, L700, Nearline 4410, 9310.9311 StorageTek libraries, DMX 1000 EMC Storage, EMC CDL 720/740 Virtual Disk Library Solution, HP XP512 Storage, HP Module Data Router M2400, Network Storage Router, SNC3000 Storage Router, Cisco MDS9509 AND 9513, HP EMA/EVA, Emulex Host Bus Adapter, HP ProLiant DL360, DL380, ML570, ML760 G2 Servers, DMX800, DMX1000, DMX2000/3000, DMX3, DMX8530/8730, 3PAR T800, Clariion CLD720/740, CX200, CX300, CX500 and CX700.
Platforms: Microsoft Windows (9xs, NT 4.0, 2000 Professional, Server, and Advance Server, & Server 2003).
Software: Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point and Access). BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.5, Galaxy 7.0, Netbackup 5.1, 6.1, EMC Networker 7.2, Command View TL 3.6, Lotus Notes, 6.05, Secure Sync 3.6, IIS 5.0, Symantec Antivirus Client 9.0, EMC Time Finder, Cisco Device and Fabric Manager, EMC SRDF, EMC Navisphere Manager, and Navisphere Manager CLI, HP Command View EVA 9.2, HP Storage Essentials,
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
8/07 – Present INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES
System Engineer
• Implement a Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solution utilizing HP Storage technologies.
• Utilize VMWARE 3.5 infrastructure in order to decommission physical servers and convert them into virtual servers for the organization.
• Supervise consulting administrator that are in charge of handling and monitoring (Backups, restores, and library functionality).
• Responsible for upgrading Simpana (CommVault) 7.0 to version 8.0 for the NYEDC Data Center.
• Work for an Enterprise company that supports over 1,500 servers and 50,000 users worldwide.
• Utilize Cisco Device and Fabric manager in order to Zone properly new storage introduce to the environment.
• SAN Administration. Create and configure LUNs on EVA 4400, 5000, 8000 and 8100 series storage systems as well as configuring/zoning of HBAs etc… on Cisco MDS-C9509/9513 fiber network.
• Mange and troubleshoot any issues encounter with the ADIC i2000 libraries.
• Manage and monitor HP EVA 4400, 5000, 8000/8100 San equipment across multiple locations.
• Utilize HP Command View EVA 9.2 and HP Storage Essentials for provisioning and reporting storage.
• Evaluate and migrate 3PAR technology and replaced depreciated EVA 5000 solution.
• Administer Windows server 2000, 2003 and 2008 enterprise servers.
• Utilize HP Continuous Access to perform SRDF and SRDF/A replication
• HP Biz Copy in order to perform Snap/Mirror clone on HP EVA Arrays.
• Implement some NAS devices in order to perform magnetic disk backup.
1/01 – 06/08 HORIZON BLUE CROSS, Newark, NJ
Backup/Storage Administrator
• Work for an Enterprise Health Care organization supporting over a 1400 servers and 8,000 users.
• Provided a detailed analysis of methodologies to improve enterprise wide backup and disaster recovery.
• Administer and operate SAN (HP EVA 5000, 8000 AND 8100), NAS, and backup infrastructures across multiple platforms including UNIX, and Windows.
• Perform capacity planning on all levels of storage infrastructure.
• Experience in implementing and supporting disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives.
• Working knowledge of using tape library such as ADIC i200, 10K and, HP ESL products.
• Monitor and ensure appropriate completion of daily backups for more than 1,400 Windows NT/2000/2003 servers.
• Maintenance of CommVault QiNetix 5.9/6.0 enterprise backup system. Ensure reliable backups and restores are performed; related daily document are updated or created as required, for monitoring and reporting. Establish and maintain network documentation including statistics, metrics, and reporting.
• Supervise consultants and ensure they provide me with a status report on a daily basis regarding restores and media that are sent off site on a daily basis.
• Research, recommend and facilitate the successful deployment of new technologies, tools and procedures into backup environment to support disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
• Evaluate and conduct complete testing of Galaxy, BrightStor, HP Data Protector, and Symantec Netbackup.
• Credited with evaluating, recommending, gaining approval and leading the deployment of new Galaxy 5.0 backup solution into the environment, resulting in streamlining backup procedures, decreasing tape costs by 50% and increasing restore service levels from 7 to 2 business days.
• Successfully implemented a SAN infrastructure to effectively backup 1.5TB server in less than 4 hours. Solution was recognized for achieving cost savings by preventing the backup of SAN servers during production hours.
• New implementation will reduce tape cost by 50% a year ($500,000).
• Implement CommVault 5.0 and upgrade the backup enterprise software to 5.9
• Perform approximately 15-30 restores a week across all platforms “Windows 2000/2003, and Lotus Notes.
• Plan and execute backup procedures utilizing Galaxy 5.9 software. Administer and operate DLT ESL9326 and SDLT ESL9595 libraries. Monitor and support libraries utilizing Command View TL 3.6
• Monitor and maintain Storage Area Network (SAN), essential application services, servers and related peripherals
• Conduct basic network maintenance and troubleshooting in LAN and WAN environments
• Network related projects including installing, supporting, and maintaining Windows NT 2000/2003 infrastructure and applications servers.
6/07 – 8/07 ANN TAYLOR
Backup/Storage Administrator (Consultant)
• Responsible for daily backup and restore activities using EMC Legato Networker 7.2.
• Monitor and manage Clariion/Symmatrex Storage by utilizing EMC Control Center and Navisphere Manager.
• Utilize IBM Server Guide 7.4.2 CD in order to rebuild IBM servers for Windows 2000/2003 Disaster Recovery testing purposes..
• Administer Hardware and OS support of Windows 2000 / 2003 server in a server room environment of 700 servers.
1/07 – 6/07 MEDAREX, Bloomsbury, NJ
Storage Administrator (Consultant)
• Responsibilities include, daily backup and restore activities using the CommVault 6.0 enterprise backup and recovery solution across the enterprise, supporting and maintaining backup server infrastructure, testing and promoting changes for development, validation, and production environments, performing capacity planning, performance tuning for all backup systems, developing, testing, and maintaining disaster recovery and business continuity plans within the framework of business initiatives, and assisting in other tasks as needed. Administer and operate SAN, NAS, and backup infrastructures across multiple platforms.
• Perform approximately 5-10 restores a week across Windows 2000/2003, and exchange 2003 platforms.
• Responsible for upgrading CommVault 5.9 to version 6.0
• Implement a Nas server to the disaster recovery facility and present the Nas device as a magnetic library to CommVault QiNetix Backup Solution.
• Working knowledge of using tape library such as ADIC Scalar 100 and i200 libraries.
• Manage and monitor Clariion CX600/CX340 San equipment across multiple locations.
• Utilize Navisphere Manager 19 to provision and allocate storage to the CX600/CX340 Storage Arrays.
• Manage and trouble shoot Windows 2000/2003 platforms.
8/06 – 12/06 EMC, New York, NY
Customer Associate Engineer (Consultant)
• Replace power supply, disk array enclosure (DAE/DAE2P clarion hardware), hot spare disk drives, link control cards (LCC), power supply, global memory director, and disk director.
• Ensure the hardware parts were properly replaced without affecting major accounts production on the following hardware “DMX800, DMX 1000, 2000, 3000, DMX3, Clariion CX200, 300, 500,700 series”.
• Utilize SymmWin, EMC Navisphere Manager and Navisphere CLI for troubleshooting purposes, managing storage system, raid groups, and luns and storage groups.
• Ensure the hardware parts are properly installed in a timely fashion without impacting costumer production system.
• Provide assistance in replacing GBIC cards for McData, Brocade and Cisco switches.
7/05 – 7/06 DOW JONES, South Brunswick, NJ
LAN Administrator (Consultant Part-Time Weekend)
• Monitor successful completion of weekend backups for approximately 16,000 WindowsNT/2000/2003/Exchange/Sun/HP-Unix/AIX servers
• Work in an Enterprise Data Center that supports over 100,000 users worldwide.
• Ensure media tapes are removed from StorageTek L700 and (Nearline 4410, 9310 and 9311).
• Troubleshoot any existing or ongoing issues with any of the following libraries. StorageTek L700, Nearline 4410, 9310 and 9311.
• Confirm reports are created on the weekend before exporting media tapes from the libraries.
• Utilize Secure Sync to document all the media tapes being sent to Iron Mountain and the media tapes, which are returned from Iron Mountain for reuse.
EDUCATION: The Chubb Institute, Parsippany, NJ (2000 – 2001)
Hudson County School of Technology, Jersey City, NJ (1996 –2000)
Felician College, Lodi, NJ Major: Computer Information Technology (Currently Attending)
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.1] New York City, New York 2010 (Pursue of VCP)
EMC Boot Camp Training, Franklin, Massachusetts (EMC Proven Professional) (2006)
VMware 3.5 New York City, New York (2008)
VSphere 4.0 New York City, New York (2010)
Recovery Director 5.9. CommVault, Ocean Port, NJ (2005)
San/Clustering Media Agents CommVault, Ocean Port, NJ (2005)
Galaxy 5.0 Administration CommVault, Ocean Port, NJ (2005)
REFERENCES: Furnished Upon Request.
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