SUMMARY:

• Data Protection Administrator with 12+ years of extensive experience in Information Technology including planning, implementing, configuring and supporting the Backup Infrastructure and coordinating with other platform teams like VMware, Cloud, Windows, Unix, Database such to stabilize the IT infrastructure
• Veritas Certified Specialist - Extensive experience on managing Netbackup Infrastructure
• Zerto Azure Specialist Certified - Experience on Zerto DR solution on Azure and AWS - Virtual Data Replication from On-Prem to Disaster Recovery Site and to the Cloud
• Knowledge of Dell EMC Power Protect Data Domain Series Appliances to perform Application and VM direct backups
• Hands on experience with multiple Backup tools like Rubrick, DELL EMC AVAMAR, HPDP, Commvault, & Veeam
• Hands on experience in managing AWS S3 objects on all different Storage classes
• Hands on experience on NetApp CDOT mode Administration
• Hands on experience on Red-Hat Enterprise Linux Servers Administration
• Hands on experience on DELL EMC IDPA - Integrated Data Protection Appliances
• Hands on work experience on DELL EMC Data Domain, DDVE, NetBackup Appliances, NetBackup Opscenter, NetApp VTL, Veeam Backup, DPA and HP/IBM tape libraries.
• Experience on Disaster recovery and Business continuity tools like Zerto
• Hands on experience in creating Shell Scripts for NetBackup and different business needs
• Demonstrated ability to identify root causes of problems, consider both the long and short-term impact of proposed solutions and develop workable solutions. Ability to manage (Multiple) project tasks with changing priorities and tight deadlines
• A keen desire to learn and update knowledge base and skill sets to keep abreast of latest technologies. Ability to work well in a team, open to Team related tasks, team meetings, team interaction and conference calls
• Direct Interaction with customers. Clear written and oral presentation of ideas, proposals and Concepts. Ability to articulate alternative solutions
• Strong listening, interpersonal & analytical skills. Willingness to relocate and ability to quickly adapt to new environments & technologies, dedicated to successful delivery.
• Experience in Design and implement new Backup Infrastructure
• VERITAS NetBackup with UNIX & Windows platforms with various versions from Netbackup v5.1, till the latest v8.1.x both Cluster (VCS-Veritas Cluster Server) & Non-Cluster environments
• Hands on experience on installing, configuring, and managing Zerto 6, 6.5 and 7 versions on Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
• Deploying and managing new Data Domain units - Models 690, 890, 990, 4500, 7200, 6800, 9300, 9500 & 9800 including the Data Domain Virtual edition DDVE 3.x
• Managing Avamar Backup solution version 7.5, 18.1 and 18.2
• Managing DELL EMC IDPA - Integrated Data Protection Appliances DP 4400
• EMC Power Protect Data Domain Series Appliances - DD3300
• Deployment and Managing database, VM backups through Application and VM direct on the Data Domain using ddboost
• Providing 3rd level of support (L3) for Implementation, technical escalation point of contact for the entire team and end to end support for Backup Infrastructure
• Knowledge of general storage technologies: iSCSI, FC, FCoE, NAS, Snapshots
• NetApp CDOT mode Administration 8.x and higher
• Perform cluster management, storage node management, and Storage Virtual Machine (SVM, formerly known as Vserver) management operations.
• Knowledge of creating S3 Buckets, Managing Objects, and Enabling Versioning in AWS
• Managing Lifecycle policies, Replication on AWS S3
• Experience of AIR (Auto Image Replication), Accelerator, VADP (VStorage API for Data Protection), MSDP (Media Server Deduplication pool), SLP (Storage Lifecycle Policies), IRV (Instant Recovery for VMware), Netbackup BMR Auto P2V
• Disaster Recovery site setup & Replications.
• Redhat Enterprise Server Build version v6.x and v7.x
• Knowledge of implementation and integration of Netbackup with AWS S3 and Glacier for archiving solution
• Knowledge of managing AWS Lifecycle policies to manage the objects on Cloud to move, archive and delete between the Cloud storage Classes like S3 Standard IT, IA and Glacier
• Software upgrade of Netbackup Infrastructure Servers & Netbackup Opscenter
• Code Upgrade of Data Domain to versions v5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0.1, 6.0.2.20 and OST plugin v3.2.1.1 & v3.4.1.2 upgrade on Netbackup servers
• Data Domain Implementation, Configuration & D2D MTREE Replication
• Experience on Oracle rman, DB2, Exchange DAG, SQL Availability Group Cluster, NDMP Isilon/NetApp backup and restore
• Netbackup Opscenter Analytics maintenance & software upgrade
• Experience on New environment Build till the latest Netbackup and Veritas Appliances version
• Experience on Netbackup Appliance 5220, 5230, 5240
• Experience on integrating VMware, RMAN, SQL, Teradata, SAP DB2, SAP HANA, BCV, Informix & SharePoint backups using Netbackup and other backup tools & backup performance tuning
• Experience on Veeam, Commvault, HPDP Backups
• Operating System knowledge on RedHat and SuSE Linux, AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Windows Servers
• Experience on Shell Scripting programs - Automation like Health Checkup, Backup Success rate & Jobs Monitoring through emails, Netbackup capacity deployment analysis
• Handing DR activities and also, performed successful DR tests
• Create Visio diagrams and document Infrastructure details
• Knowledge of ITIL Standards & Procedures
• Ticketing Tools knowledge on Service Now, HP Service Manager, BMC Remedy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Englewood- Denver, CO

Netbackup Consultant (Backup & Recovery, Linux Admin)

Responsibilities:

• Netbackup Infrastructure Build and Configuration - Master server v8.1 on RHEL 7.2
• Veritas Appliances 5230 and 5240 New Build and Configuration - Media servers v3.1
• Manage Avamar 7.5 backup Infrastructure
• DELL EMC Data Domain models 4500, 7200, 6800 & 9300 - Implementation, Configuration & manage D2D MTREE level Replication
• Migrate all the server backups from New York to Denver
• Data Domain code upgrade to 6.0.2.20, 5.7 & 5.5
• Configure and manage Zerto v6.5 for Disaster recovery and Business continuity on virtual environment
• Provide technical and system requirements for Zerto, Hybrid Cloud: On-Prem and cloud-based solution
• Integrate and manage ZVM - Zerto Virtual Manager and ZRA - Zerto Replication Appliance with the Vcenter and Zerto Cloud Appliances ZCA on Cloud Infrastructure.
• Managing DELL EMC IDPA - Integrated Data Protection Appliances
• Application and VM direct backups to the Data Domain using ddboost
• Dell EMC Power Protect Data Domain Series Appliances
• Data Domain Management Center (DDMC) code 6.1.2.20 deployed through OVA for Centralized area to manage the multiple Data Domains
• Replication of all the production data using Netbackup Auto Image Replication - AIR to DR location Sungard
• Implement Netbackup Accelerator for all the backups to improve backup performance.
• Capacity Planning Netbackup and Data Domain
• Configure and manage Oracle RMAN, SQL Availability Cluster backup and restore
• Built a Teradata Media server for Teradata backups; TARA version 16.20 on RHEL 7.3; Manage and support Daily Backup/Restore operations.
• Exchange DAG backup configuration
• NDMP DELL EMC Isilon/NetApp backup configuration
• VMware VADP and VIP backup configuration and manage 2000+ VM snapshot backups in Vsphere/ESXi version 6.5
• Identify and clean-up the Orphan backup Images on Data Domain through SFS DUMP
• Monitored Data Domain capacity to ensure storage capacity is being used effectively
• Shell Scripting - Automation on Netbackup tasks to reduce manual efforts on monitoring and operations.
• Red-Hat Enterprise Server Build - Version 7
• Perform cluster management, storage node management, and Storage Virtual Machine (SVM, formerly known as Vserver) management operations.
• Create and configure SVMs, manage storage objects associated with SVMs, and manage SVM services.
• Monitor and manage HA configurations in a cluster.
• Configure and manage storage objects, such as disks, aggregates, volumes, qtrees, and quotas.
• Configure protocols, such as CIFS and NFS, and provision file sharing.
• Configure protocols such as FC, FCoE, and iSCSI for block access.
• Verify and configure network configuration settings in the storage systems.
• Manage Remote and non- prod server backup through DELL EMC Avamar 7.2
• Implementation of NetBackup Best Practices on VADP, NDMP, Teradata, Notes and Oracle Backups
• Experience on Zerto DR solution, Zerto's virtual data replication software for VMWare, Hyper-V, Azure & AWS ensures disaster recovery & IT Resilience for virtualized & cloud datacenters.
• Perform daily health status checks of backup environment and address/investigate issues as they arise.
• RMAN backup Setup for new Databases
• Support DBA to perform RMAN clone on the new databases
• Perform Red-Hat Enterprise Servers day to day basic tasks
• Perform VMware/ESXi environment day to day basic tasks
• VMware backups through VIP query and VMware tags
• Setup and managing Netbackup DR location systems in SunGard. Work with Disaster Recovery team for DR restore/activities on periodic schedule.
• Analyze and resolve production related issues associated with master and media server hardware and software components of the Enterprise Backup environments.
• Manage Netbackup Opscenter Reports
• Manage Netbackup legacy environments with version 7.6.1.2 and 7.1.0.4
• Environmental oversight and root cause analysis for stability and reliability issues and timely resolution or escalation.
• Managed day to day activities as a main point of contact for any failed backup/restore jobs and provided technical assistance to resolve system problem and security issues with backup/restore functions in a timely fashion.
• Work with support teams to fix backup issues and address them on timely manner to avoid consecutive backup failures.
• Provide on call and weekend support for any infrastructure issues.

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Technical Lead - Associate Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Netbackup master/media server upgrade to v7.7.3
• Shell Scripting - Automation on Netbackup tasks to reduce manual efforts on monitoring and operations.
• Data Domain Implementation, Configuration & D2D MTREE level Replication
• Data Domain upgrades to the latest patch level to v5.7
• Managed Netbackup AIR & Data Domain Replication
• Performance tuning to optimize the backup performance.
• Implementation of Netbackup Accelerator, Flash backups.
• Configuration and managing VADP backups. Configure VIP Vmware policies on Netbackup
• Across Domain Database Restore Using RMAN, SQL, SAP DB2 & Netbackup
• Implementation of IRV - Instant Recovery for VMware for fast recovery of VMs.
• OST Plugin upgrade v3.2.1.1 on the master/media servers
• Managed and monitored Netbackup Appliance model 5220, 5230 and configuring MSDP - Media server Deduplication Pools
• Integrated new Data Domain with Netbackup and configure the backups.
• Implementation of RMAN, SQL, DB2, HANA agent backups.
• Managed RMAN BCV, Informix & Oracle backups.
• Disaster Recovery Setup to Sun Gard
• Working efficiently on Backup failure issues on different Backup tools
• Netbackup Intelligent Policies Setup for Oracle, SQL and Vmware backups
• Netbackup Opscenter upgrade to v7.7.3 & configure Opscenter reports
• Backup Environment stabilization and Problem Management
• Handled Escalated & Complex tasks & issues.

Confidential

Technical Lead - Associate Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Netbackup master/media server upgrade to v7.6.0.4
• Providing L3 support for Netbackup and Data Domain DD990
• Across Domain Oracle/SQL restores for Database refreshes
• Performance tuning to optimize the backup performance.
• Configuration and managing VADP backups.
• Implementation of IRV - Instant Recovery for VMware for fast recovery of VMs.
• OST Plugin v3.1 upgrade on the master/media servers
• Shell Scripting - Automation on Netbackup tasks
• Managing and monitoring Netbackup Appliance, MSDP
• Integrating new Data Domain 990 with Netbackup and configure the backups.
• Netbackup Intelligent Policies Setup
• Netbackup Opscenter upgrade v7.6.0.4
• Backup Environment stabilization and Problem Management
• Working on Netbackup, Commvault backup issues and failures.
• Handling Escalated & Complex tasks & issues.
• Ensuring Backup SLA’s & Tickets SLA’s are met
• Working efficiently on Backup failure issues on different Backup tools
• Allocating jobs and workloads to individual staff members based on their ability.
• Giving prompt and accurate information on individual staff member performance
• Making sure all tasks given to staff are done on time and to the required standard.
• Ensuring that there is a certain level is slack in the system to cover busy periods.
• Managing any staff sickness levels and organizing the necessary cover.
• Establishing team and staff targets as a reflection of the company's objectives.
• Providing accurate information to senior managers on key issues.

Confidential

Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Technical Lead - Netbackup)

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Netbackup 7.X - Media/SAN Media servers
• Configuration and managing Netbackup Appliance 5220. ( Netbackup feature - AIR, Automatic Image Replication)
• Integration of MS-SQL and Netbackup
• Integration of MS-Share point 2010 and Netbackup
• Analysis the backup environment and setup of Backup interfaces for high performance clients
• Configuration of Diskpool in Netbackup using PureDisk for Deduplication solution.
• Configuration of new HP EML and MSL libraries with Netbackup.
• Configuration of Storage Lifecycle policy/Vault Management
• Installation and Upgrade of Netbackup Master, Media and client servers to Netbackup 7.X
• Building new Netbackup environment on Red hat Linux and Solaris
• Hardware refresh of the old master and media servers to new ones
• Managing Opscenter for Netbackup domains
• Migration of Netbackup client images from one master to another master.
• Performance tuning the backup environments.

Confidential

System Operations Lead Specialist (Netbackup Administrator)

Responsibilities.

• Understanding backup requirements and implementing backup for new clients.
• Managing Backup issues on a daily basis. Installation of Media Server
• Upgradation and Updation of new patch releases in the Master/Media Server.
• Migration of pre-6.0 clients to the newer environment.
• Managing ADIC libraries.
• Troubleshooting Tape drive and Tape related issues.
• Managing NetApp VTL.
• Allocating new tapes in VTL and handling disk utilizations.
• Coordinating with Vendors like Symantec, ADIC, NetApp etc.,
• Monitor and troubleshoot the technical environment for various problems related to Backup Failures in VERITAS Netbackup and also by analyzing the Netbackup logs.
• Troubleshooting in regular interval of time Tape drives, Media related issues to reduce the Backup job failure for the best performance.

Confidential

Associate Engineer-Technical Support (Netbackup Administrator)

Responsibilities.

• Understanding backup requirements and implementing backup for new clients.
• Managing & monitoring Backup issues on a daily basis.
• Upgradation of new patch releases in the Master/Media Servers.
• Migration of pre-6.0 clients to the newer environment.
• Working with NOM (Netbackup Operations Manager) to analyze and monitor the environment.
• Ensuring the Backup reports are being sent to the customers without any delays
• Vault Management - Ensuring the tapes are being offsite and available scratch tapes are available for backups; Perform the Backup & restores for MS - Windows, Standard, MS-SQL servers, NDMP and VM Ware restores for test/Live Environment.
• Monitor and troubleshoot the technical environment for various problems related to Backup Failures in VERITAS Netbackup and also by analyzing the Netbackup logs.
• Troubleshooting in regular interval of time Tape drives, Media related issues to reduce the Backup job failure for the best performance. Logging calls and coordinate with Symantec vendor for unresolved issues
• Initial hardware troubleshooting and escalating major hardware issue to respective vendors.
• Performing Health Checkup of all Netbackup Master Server located in Major Data Centers.
• Representation and participation in Daily Operations Reviews (DSR), Service Restoration Team (SRT), Root Cause Analysis (RCA).