Summary
I am a results-oriented professional, recognized for taking on major initiatives, adapting to rapidly changing environments and resolving mission critical issues to ensure bottom line success.
Experience
Senior Storage Engineer
Confidential Company | October 2019 - Present
- Led cross-functional teams to assess current infrastructure, identify cloud adoption opportunities, and formulate migration roadmap.
- Designed scalable and resilient cloud architectures on AWS, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
- Orchestrated successful migration of on-premises applications to the cloud.
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code(IaC) using Terraform in AWS and Azure, reducing provisioning time and improving consistency.
- Designed, implemented, and maintained NetApp/Powermax storage solutions for ensuring optimal performance and scalability for mission critical applications.
- Conducted performance analysis on storage infrastructure, identifying, and resolving bottlenecks to enhance operational efficiency.
- Implemented backup and recovery strategies, reducing data loss risks and enhancing disaster recovery capabilities.
- Provided technical support and troubleshooting for backup-related issues, resolving incidents promptly.
- Conducted regular backup testing and recovery drills to verify effectiveness of backup solutions.
- Oversaw day-to-day administration of storage systems, including performance monitoring, and troubleshooting for 70PB of data.
Senior Storage Engineer
Ensono | October 2017 - October 2019
- Designed, implemented, and maintained NetApp/VMAX3 storage solutions for ensuring optimal performance and scalability for mission critical applications.
- Executed seamless data migration projects, including planning, execution, validation, and ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
- Configured and maintained Brocade SAN fabrics, including switches, directors, and zoning.
- Tested disaster recovery plans globally, leveraging NetApp SnapMirror to reduce downtime and data loss.
- Administered Networker backup system and performed routine maintenance on tasks to ensure optimal performance.
- Tested disaster recovery plans globally, leveraging NetApp SnapMirror to reduce downtime and data loss.
- Designed and implemented backup and recovery strategies for critical business systems, ensuring minimal data loss and downtime.
- Administered day-to-day operations in the Dell EMC Networker environment, including server configuration, client setups, and troubleshooting.
Senior Storage Engineer
Insight Global | October 2016 - October 2017
- Oversaw day-to-day administration of storage systems, including performance monitoring, and troubleshooting for 30PB of data.
- Conducted performance analysis on storage infrastructure, identifying, and resolving bottlenecks to enhance operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align storage capacity with business needs.
Solutions Engineer
Datalink | October 2014 - October 2016
- Acted as a key technical point of contact for clients, fostering strong relationships and ensuring deep understandings of their technical requirements.
- Collaborated with sales teams and customers to understand requirements and designed customized solutions to meet specific business needs.
- Performed post sales implementation and technical support to clients, resolving complex issues ensuring smooth operation of implemented solutions.
Storage Engineer - Post Sales
Integrated Data Storage | September 2013 - October 2014
- Performed post sales implementation and technical support to clients, resolving complex issues ensuring smooth operation of implemented solutions.
- Executed seamless data migration projects, including planning, execution, validation, and ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
Storage Engineer
Sears Holding | June 2012 - September 2013
- Administered day-to-day operations of Veritas NetBackup environment, including server configuration, client setups, and troubleshooting.
- Oversaw day-to-day administration of storage systems, including performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Designed, implemented, and maintained Hitachi VSP/HUS storage solutions for ensuring optimal performance and scalability for mission critical applications.
Education
Bachelors of Science Information Technology
Minor in Cyber Security | Southern New Hampshire University | Manchenster, NH | 2022
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | February 2024
Skills
- Storage Technologies: SAN, NAS, DAS
- Storage Protocols: iSCSI, Fiber Channel, NFS, CIFS
- Storage Management: Data Migration, Disaster Recovery, Backup and Restore
- Storage Platforms: Dell Powermax/Isilon, Netapp CDOT/Eseries, HPE XP7/XP8/3par, Pure M50, Hitachi VSP/HUS
- Storage Fabrics: Brocade, Cisco
- Storage Services: S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Blob Storage, ANF, Azure Files
- Provisioning Tools: Terraform
- Data Protection: Dell Networker/Data Domain, Veritas Netbackup, Cohesity
- Networking and Security: VPCs, SGs, Load Balancers, Prolion Cryptospike
- Virtualization: VMware
- Scripting: Python, Bash, Powershell
- Monitoring and Logging: AWS CloudWatch, Cloud Insights