SUMMARY:

• Results - driven, self-motivated IT professional with in-depth backup and recovery experience. Proven ability to successfully manage multiple projects. Known for advanced technical understanding of customer needs and diligent attention to detail. Achieving results in engineering, team leadership, project management, and daily operations for large entities with multiple data centers. Received Confidential ’s highest evaluation of “Top Producer.”
• Team Management | Project Coordination | Engineering | Disaster Recovery | Data Management
• Enterprise Backup & Recovery | Security Focal for BUR (ITCS104)| HIPAA Compliance Focal | UNIX System Administrator

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: ---Tivoli Storage Manager Server ( Confidential Spectrum Protect) Ver. 3.3 (ADSM) thru 7.1, Tivoli Storage Manager Client(TSM) Ver. 3.3(ADSM) thru 8.1, TSM for Databases (Oracle, built-in DB2 and Informix support), TSM for Mail (Domino), TSM NDMP Operations for NAS, Avamar, Netbackup, TSMManager Reporting, Servergraph 8, TSM Command Center 7, Gresham 10 w/ACSLS. Confidential ATAPE

ITSM Software: - Remedy, ServiceNow

Microsoft Office: - Word, Power Point, Excel (Pivot Tables, Pivot charts, macros, formulas & VBA scripting, ODBC to connect to TSM DB, SQL scripting,)

Automated Tape Libraries: - Storage Tek SL drives, 10,000 slots), Storage Tek SL3000, Confidential TS 84 1-L22 & 4-D23 frames with 16-3592 drives, 1780 slots using 32 as VIO Slots)

EMC Data Domains: - DD890, DD990, DD4500, DD7200, DD 00 with 800TB) Confidential Servers P4 thru P8, Confidential USC Blades Working Knowledge of Confidential Storage DS8000, using Flashcopy Mgr. for backup of very large Oracle Databases AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, VMware, Storage Area Network (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), IP networking and routing, audit/security compliance and risk management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Savannah, Ga

TSM Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Successfully Re-engineered policies and storage pools to correct thousands of monthly client schedule misses/failures.
• Significantly reduced active data pool storage, expired 4PB, by working with Application Groups to remove decommissioned systems.
• Implemented TAPELESS environment for daily backup using Confidential Spectrum Protect Server 7.1 for LINUX and EMC 9500 Data Domains with off-site replication. Implemented Long term Archiving using Confidential 3584 Library. Migrated 1785 clients.
• Significantly reduced Oracle Database backup/recovery time and data safety by implementing Oracle/RMAN, Data Domains (DD), DD Boost, and DD deduplication, DD Replication to DR site.
• Changed “Success” Reporting from “Events table” to “filesystem last backup date”: more accurate report for “likelihood of a successful restore of data.”
• Developed report using SQL/Excel showing missed/failed/skipped files per client. This allowed the Application group to submit tickets to either exclude or troubleshoot the individual files/directories,

Confidential, Armonk, NY

Team Lead — Subject Mater Expert

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed the Confidential account as Lead SME for distributed enterprise backup/recovery solutions which included Tivoli Storage Manager, Netbackup, Avamar and EMC Direct Database backups to Data Domain.
• Architected, deployed, and administered an enterprise backup solution in 8 Data Centers encompassing 24 PB of managed data supporting over 600 TB of daily backups and more than 4.5K client systems with various Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) requirements.
• Managed team of six (6) Backup and Recovery Engineers, 42 TSM Servers, 27 EMC Data Domains (Virtual Tape Library), 2 Storage Tek SL8500 Tape Library (one with 10,000 slots and 64 drives)
• Conducted numerous in-depth Proof of Concept (POC) projects and pilot implementations for all additions to hardware/ software/backup methodology in the Backup and Recovery infrastructure.
• Provided 3rd-level support, delivering troubleshooting and recovery methodology to the Steady State Operations team. Hosted/led weekly meetings between Engineering and Steady State Operations.
• Improved storage and infrastructure forecasting accuracy by successfully collaborating with the customer to move “application backup design” into all “enterprise application design processes” (2015).
• Successfully managed 2 TSM software and hardware Life Cycle Management upgrades to entire environment.

Confidential, Oakland, CA

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• As Acting Lead - Drove backup success rate from 80% in .6% in 2Q08 on 28 TSM servers, conducting approximately 3.3K client backups per night (80TB daily backups and 8.2 PB of managed back up data).
• As Lead - Achieved highest ever daily backup completion rate of 99.2% with monthly completion rates consistently at or above 98%. (2009)
• Co-wrote and successfully implemented BUR Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) narratives of processes/procedures for backup/restore of financial Data. These were fully compliant with no Audit findings.(2008)
• Consistently achieved evaluation rating of 4 (of 5) for leadership and successes in meeting goals.

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

TSM Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Served as TSM Administrator responsible for day-to-day operations, increasing backup success rate from 73% to 80%.
• Built 1st management report, using Excel/VBA, showing which clients were actually backing up. As well as financial models and health check reports.
• Began in contract position, receiving offer by Confidential after only 4 months of 6-month contract.

Confidential, Valley City, OH

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator, TSM Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Administration of enterprise AIX / UNIX / Solaris / Linux environments, running Baan ERP, Informix as well as other applications.
• Supported 9 regional IT managers - 17 Confidential RS6000 p4 and p5 Series systems in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, and Saltillo, Mexico.
• Designed, deployed, administered Enterprise backup and recovery solution using Tivoli Enterprise Storage Manager and its various clients.