Senior SAN Storage Engineer Resume

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Senior SAN Storage Engineer Resume

Title

Senior SAN Storage Engineer

Primary Skills

EMC DMX3, EMC DMX4, EMC CX3-80, IBM 2107 Shark, IBM DS4800, IBMDS8100, IBM DS8300, Hitachi USP-V

Location

US-OR-Portland

PostedMar-20-11

RESUME DETAILSResults driven Storage Management professional, seeking a challenging position

managing both SAN and Storage infrastructure. With over 20 years working at the

corporate level, I have been able to succeed where others have failed. This was due to myability of knowing how to work with people to create efficiencies that cut costs while still

working to achieve a best practice outcome. Simply, on time project management from

beginning to end.?SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

More than 20 years experience in the Healthcare industry, including 10 years of storage

experienceManage and maintain large multi-state core edge SAN designs utilizing enterprise

monitoring tools

Work closely with all levels of management to support storage and SAN infrastructureProficient with all McData, Brocade, and EMC Control Center, IBM monitoring tools

Manage vendor relationships with a focus on communicating exact expectations for all

task related project work

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PLATFORMS AND TOOLS

Storage Arrays: EMC DMX3, EMC DMX4, EMC CX3-80, IBM 2107 Shark, IBMDS4800, IBM DS8100, IBM DS8300, Hitachi USP-V

SAN Switches: McData 4500, McData 4700, McData 6064, McData 6140, Brocade

48000, Brocade 5300, Brocade 5100, Brocade DCX Director Class 8GB 384 Port SANSwitches, CISCO 9513 Director Class SAN Switches
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Software: IBM Total Productivity Center 4.1 Brocade DCFM 103.X, EFCM 9.7.4, EMC

Control Center 6.0, Network Appliance San Screen 5.0, IBM San Volume Controller 5.1,

EMC Solutions Enabler 7.0, IBM DSCLI 2.5, NetApp ONTAP 7.3, Hi-Command DeviceManager, HDS Storage Navigator, CISCO Fabric / Device Manager, EMC Navisphere

Operating Systems: AIX 5.3, IBM VIO, NetApp ONTAP 7.3, VMware, Windows 2003,

Solaris 10, Linux

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER - Level 8 November 2010 - Feb. 2011

Griffith University - Nathan Brisbane, Australia

Worked with university Storage Group and stakeholders to manage and maintain storage

and SAN at Nathan and Gold Coast campuses.

Monitored and maintained Hitachi Storage platforms to include 9990v USPV, 9985,9980, AMS2500.

Monitored all SAN connectivity of CISCO 9513's, 9909's using Cisco Fabric Manager,and Cisco Device manager.

Configured SAN switch ports for new connections when new servers were brought online

using Cisco Device manager.Allocated and configured storage on an ongoing basis when requirements were approved

through change management

Worked within a ITIL change process to ensure consistent methodology across all service

groupsWorked with field service engineers to replace failed hardware as needed.

SENIOR NETWORK STORAGE ENGINEER May 2010 - July 2010Advanced Systems Group Portland, Oregon

Hired to help engineer, manage, and execute on the migration of 4 SAN director classswitches for Portland General Electric. Portland General Electric is a large and highly

respected power utility company serving over 900,000 customers in the Pacific

Northwest.

Created assessment of all applications, servers, and storage processes to properly

understand data requirements and processing streams.

Gathered configuration information from all UNIX and Windows servers, both physicaland virtual, to better understand any compatibility issues that might become problem

areas of concern.

Gathered all configuration information from all tier 1 and 2 storage arrays to betterunderstand compatibility issues.


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Organized all outcome data to properly address and correct all incompatibility problemsas it relates to connectivity to new Brocade DCX-B 10GB SAN switches using 6.3.1d

firmware.

Built and installed 3 new application support servers to update EMC CMDCE 10.3.4SAN management software.

Brought together 3 administration groups to work on understanding and updating all

server OS software across the entire enterprise to better align with new switchconnectivity.

Executed on a 2 phase cutover for moving all SAN, SERVER, and Storage

configurations to new high speed director class switches.

Completely mapped out server, ISL, and storage connections across dual fabrics, asics,and blades to optimize throughput and eliminate any single point of failures.

Setup and configured all monitoring, zoning, and performance criteria into EMC Control

Center 6.1 using Brocade SMI-S servicing agents.

SENIOR STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR October 2002 -- December 2009

The Regence Group Portland, Oregon

The Regence Group is one of the largest health insurance companies in the western

United States. Recognized as a leader in the health care insurance industry, and carriesone of the most respected Blue Cross Blue Shield brand names.

Manage, maintain, and support 1 PB of storage covering IBM, EMC and Hitachi tier 1

storage arrays across three western states.Manage, maintain, and support a 2200 port Storage Area Network using Brocade, Cisco,

and McData director class SAN switches across three western states.

Manage and maintain enterprise wide vendor support through a constant focus onproductive relationship management, "electronic phone home", and smart proactive

device configurations.

Configure and manage a virtual storage environment utilizing IBM SVC with over 400+hosts utilizing 600+ TB of storage on highly redundant SVC clusters.

Facilitated enterprise wide code leveling across all SAN switches, arrays, and SVC

complexes.

Managed and maintained NetApp V-Filers at multiple sites.

SENIOR SYSTEMS ARCHITECT July 2000 -- October 2002

Hollywood Entertainment, Corporate Headquarters Portland, OregonHollywood Entertainment was a known leader in the video / gaming industry located in

over 15,000 locations across the United States.

Engineered formal data flow design that reduced nightly processing by 3.5 hours through

process multithreading and workload leveling.

Managed a SAN / Storage project that put all server systems on faster storage that

resulted in an overall cost savings of 100k, and cut monthly support costs by 1/3.


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Responsible for vendor management while also putting all systems on a consistent SLA

which helped streamline support resources while cutting costs and increasing uptime.

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR August 1997 -- July 2000

Fred Meyer, Corporate Headquarters Portland, Oregon

Fred Meyer is a well known and very highly respected retailer in the western UnitedStates serving 400+ stores

Worked directly with store systems to rollout application enhancements, hardwareupgrades, or service related coordination tasks.

Created and maintained gold image testing, configuration, and eventual automated rollout

to 400+ stores.

Directly responsible for new store builds, revision management, and wireless inventoryof all applications and operating systems.

Created gold build that contained 38 different retail applications to run on a single server.

Directly responsible for all system links to all point of sale systems and electronic

devices.Worked on all technical levels to convert each store from token ring network to Ethernet

only network.Developed process to convert all stores from token ring to ethernet connectivity

throughout the enterprise.


INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT MANAGER March 1992 -- August 1997

Providence Hospital Portland, Oregon

Providence is a very well known and highly respected health care provider through alarge network of hospitals and general practice clinics

Managed two installation and support technical groups that supported both hospital andbusiness office customers across two separate campuses.

Responsible for a 150k budget serving 3000+ customers with direct support service that

maintain system uptime at 99.3%

Worked with multiple business partners to pioneer the electronic medical record. Thiswas a huge cost savings process that allowed faster retrieval and more secure storage

saving clinic space.

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Various course work included business studies involving distress company workshops,

hospital administration in a major metropolitan area, and clinical management systems

for business promotions. Major thesis on the failing US healthcare system.


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Completed many college courses in Business Management and Data Processing

Principals (1988) - City College of Chicago, Chicago Illinois

Various courses included developing a Central Office Business model for a major

medical group practice.

United States Navy Data Process Technician A school (1984) - San Diego California.

Graduated top in my class.

Central High School (1977) - Independence, Oregon

Enterprise Storage NetworkingEMC Storage Networking Workshop

McData Certified Professional -- Accelerated Track (CPAT)

Red Hat Certified Engineer

Intermediate SAN Boot CampAdvanced SAN Boot Camp

Implementing and Engineering Storage NetworksNetApp Data ONTAP Fundamentals

Storage Engineering and FundamentalsSymmetrix Performance Workshop

EMC ControlCenter 5 workshop

EMC ControlCenter 6 Advanced Fundamentals

SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Engineering, Planning, and ImplementationStorage Virtualization and Management Engineering Workshop

Building and Managing Storage Area Networks

Storage Distance Replication Techniques

United States Navy

Worked with Naval Ocean Systems Center to develop a Spatial Data ManagementSystem used for tracking all types of warfare combatants

Managed and maintained the only Computer Research and Development division on

board the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

Obtained SECERT Clearance working with intelligence tracking and positioning data inthe theater of combat operations, Indian Ocean, Battle Group Charlie

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