SUMMARY:

Senior level unix systems, storage and backup administration with extended skills in heterogeneous unix platforms. Deep knowledge of performance and integrity tuning, storage capacity planning, hardware maintenance, application support and all related issues. Highly motivated self - starter and team player who possesses strong technical, computer software and hardware skills in a multi-server and multi-application environment where stability, high reliability, performance and scalability are vital. Seeking a responsible position as a storage and backup engineer in a prestigious organization

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: NetApp OnTap 7-Mode and C-mode, Solaris 9,10,11, RHEL6, 7Storage Devices NetApp FAS 3250, 8040, all-flash 8080, E5600, IBM SAN Shark 2105

And SAN switches: EMC VNX5600, Brocade SAN Switches,Backup Software EMC Networker 7.6 and 9.1, Veritas Netbackup7.0

Tools/Applications: NetApp OnCommand System manager, NetApp OnCommand Insight, OCUM/DFM manager, EMC Unisphere, VmWare5.5, HP SM9 Incident and Change management

Protocols: TCP/IP, NFS, CIFS, FTP, SSH, HTTPS

Programming Languages: Shell Scripting (sh, ksh), Perl

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead storage administrator, Tinton Falls, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Maintain large enterprise level commercial storage environment (over 7PB) of NetApp, IBM and EMC storage frames utilizing both File and Block based volumes across over 15 Data Centers worldwide.
• Lead the project of NetApp OCI (OnCommand Insight) deployment for inventory and performance monitoring for various storage devices including NetApp, HDS, EMC VMAX, VNX, Celera, cisco and brocade san switches with total size over 9PB
• Designed, planned and implemented from scratch Networker 9.1 backup infrastructure in primary and DR data centers which includes the Networker backup server running on RHEL7, EMC datadomain DD6300 and Quantum Scalar i6 tape library on each site.
• Expert level of experience working with NetApp 7-Mode and C-mode. Upgraded OnTap from version 7 to 8.2.4 for 7-mode and to 9.1 in C-mode.
• Provisioning of NFS and CIFS volumes, qtrees and quotas using thin and thick technology, creating FlexClones and Snapmirrors across primary and DR sites.
• Brocade zoning and LUN provisioning from the block level storage frames IBM Shark 2105-800 and EMC VNX5600
• Research for optimization and troubleshooting of various connectivity and performance storage and backup related issues and engaged vendors NetApp, EMC, Veritas, DataLink, and Curvature when it is necessary.
• Documented various SOPs for NOC (network operations center) and maintained internal wiki pages
• Troubleshot and resolved backup failures on Veritas NetBackup and EMC Networker
• Daily usage of HP SM9 incident and change management software for documenting changes and working on incident and rfa tickets in production environment.
• Cross training with other storage team members.
• OnCall rotation.

Confidential

Senior Unix System Administrator, Tinton Falls, NJ

Responsibilities:

• production support of more than 800 Solaris/Linux Systems
• Building Solaris9,10 and 11 with Jumpstart and AI Install (for solaris11)
• Build Linux hosts with RedHat5 and RedHat6, and package repository servers
• LDAP deployment throughout all production unix systems
• Configuring and allocating disk space from SAN and NAS storage
• Disk management using Veritas Volume Manager and Sun Volume Manager
• Building clustering environment with VCS for high availability
• Perform maintenance of Sun/Solaris and Intel hardware running Linux, tape Libraries, Storage arrays and Network Appliance systems
• Troubleshooting based on the Remedy and Change Management ticketing system
• In house applications support
• Kernel tuning to adjust Sybase, Oracle and MQSeries needs and performance issues
• Worked with developers on implementation of new application releases in testing, development and production environment
• Build Solaris9 and Solaris10 zones
• VMWare Create Solaris10 and RHEL virtual hosts utilizing IBM Blade Server and NetApp Storage
• Design and deployment of backup policies and restore procedures with EMC Networker

Confidential

Unix System Administrator, Scranton, PA

Responsibilities:

• 24X7 support in the environment of 350 Sun and IBM servers
• Upgrading Solaris and AIX OS on production systems
• Disk Management using Veritas Volume Manager and Solaris Volume Manager
• Working along with EMC group on allocating and configuring disk spacen SunFire15K and Regata (P690) .
• Enabling powerpath for hardware redundancy with EMC drives
• Legato Networker, RAID Implementation, Backup, Restore and Disaster Recoveries.
• Sync/Split/Refresh standard and BCV devices implementing Timifinder Procedure
• Working with oncall schedule using Vantive ticketing system
• Troubleshooting of all kind.
• Interaction with SUN and IBM vendors on hardware issues.
• Writing scripts for automating tasks and processes.

Confidential

Unix System Administrator, Cranbury, NJ

Responsibilities:

• 24x7 support of more than 120 production Sun and Windows Servers
• Installing/configuring/upgrading Solaris8 to Solaris9 through Jumpstart Installation and from CD-ROM with external RAID systems StorEdge 3310 and A1000
• Performed MQ WebSphere administration and troubleshooting.
• Implement fault-tolerant, high-availability hardware configurations to meet production/development database requirements. (Solstice Disksuite/Veritas Volume Manager).
• Performed clustering solutions for high availability and redundancy purpose, using SunFire 6800 And SunCluster3.0 software.
• Building NIS environment
• Devise and implement NFS in an automounted environment
• Solaris kernel parameters tune up for Oracle and MQ Websphere Application requirements accommodation.
• User support and training
• Design, support, and monitor Legato Networker enterprise backup environment
• Maintained Backup and restoration procedures using Legato Networker Software.
• Wrote korn and perl scripts for automating tusks and processes.

Confidential

System Administrator, Piscataway, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibility was to maintain availability of the corporate LAN consisting of servers, client workstations, laptops, printers and multimedia equipment.
• 24x7 support for development, testing and production Windows, SUN, HP-UX and AIX servers.
• Performed disk management using Veritas Volume Manager software
• Created and updated internal documents and training guidelines related to system administration issues.
• Built and maintained backup environment with Legato Networker
• Administered 115 Enterprise Sun, HP-UX and AIX servers. Created NIS accounts, created file systems including remote file systems on Network Appliance System
• Installed user required software such as iPlanet Webserver6.0, Visibroker, Oracle,MQ Series5.1, Perl, JDK, SCCS, ClearCase, Exceed and others
• Wrote Korn Shell scripts for in-house maintenance