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San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Team Lead on the Cloud Systems Integration Test Team leading a team of 11+ Engineers and Technicians to conduct customer joint qualification testing. I construct, execute, and analyze tests for enterprise storage customers with focus on quality including performance, security, and reliability.- Servant Leader managing a team of engineers and technicians qualifying storage products for enterprise customers (SSD and HDD).- Facilitator of agile sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily scrums to foster continuous team improvement culture- Conduct performance, security, and reliability testing on drives/devices for numerous Fortune 500 Companies- Produce qualification reports and present directly to the customer- Collaborate with customers and customer-facing teams to understand product expectations, evaluate product readiness along with reproducing / identifying root cause of field issues- Lead live customer debug sessions for driving issue root cause- Seize opportunities for capturing customer insights and implementing the insights to ensure we are testing like our customers- Design and develop automation scripts for increasing test efficiency and effectiveness- Leverage Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Enterprise/ Opal drive security technology with focus on both security and performance engine testing- Leverage GIT for collaborating on software projects in teams- Programming Languages: Python, PowerShell, and TCL

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Software Engineer on the IBM i Final Systems Test team. I engineer testing on multiple software & hardware for IBM Systems including IBM i, Virtualization Servers, AIX, and HMC. My primary focus is SAN & Virtualization functionality/operations. My role is to utilize Virtualization technology and push it to the limit with IBM i systems. I am also responsible for training experienced software engineers on Virtualization and SAN technologies.Storage Area Network (SAN) Skills:-SAN Zoning/Mapping-High Availability Solutions-Flash & Enterprise Pools -Flash Copy-Storage Volume Controllers (SVC)-LUN Provisioning-Fibre Switches (Brocade)-Ethernet Switches (Cisco & Mellanox)-Disk Mirroring -SAN Fabric-Created automation program for gathering & organizing host/LUN data (Java Program)Virtualization & Cloud Skills:-Cloud Virtualization-Live Partition Mobility (LPM)-Shared Storage Pools (SSP)-Hardware Virtualization: Processors, Memory, Fibre, & Ethernet-Remote Restart-Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SR-IOV) - Ethernet-Shared Ethernet Adapers (S.E.A)-External Storage -NPIV -SCSI & VTSCSI-Internal CEC Storage -SCSI (520, 512, 4096 disk sectors)-Performed partition capture & deploys from the Cloud via Linux environmentIBM i / i Series / AS400:-Auxiliary Storage Pools (ASP)-Disk Provisioning-Product Temporary Fixes (PTFs)

-Developed and delivered engineering department software and hardware curriculum, including C#, Java, and SQL-Achieved 85% Microsoft certification student success rate while serving as administrator of Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) industry certifications, including Software Development Fundamentals, Networking Fundamentals, and Database Administration Fundamentals.-Developed high level programs such as word processing application, applicant tracking system ATS, gradebook application, and financial statement calculator-Planned, led, and Implemented 3-tier curriculum to 140 prospective high school software developers.

-Created customized system images for mass distribution across the network-Utilized Linux servers for cloning/distributing workstation system images-Implemented user control/data restriction to sensitive data-Reconfigured existing systems to accommodate additional hardware/software needs-Assisted in development of information management systems particular to the needs of the district staff-Conducted ongoing training to district staff in relation to specific software-Provided project status reports to administration-Communicated issues, analysis, and solutions clearly

-Provided professional and different types of training to the players and monitoring their progress.-Developed intuitive lesson plans, practice procedures and drills. -Instructed appropriate guidelines and strategies to the players so as improve their playing techniques.-Effective maintaining the soccer tools and materials.-Ensured adherence to the regulations, policies, and procedures predetermined by the AIA.-Maintained safe and healthy environment for the practice and play of soccer.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Responsibilities:-Organized and conducted presentations and demonstrations of Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2013, Cloud Computing, and Web Applications on campus to 60+ prospective clientele weekly-Implemented and led classroom demonstrations and group discussions-Actively participated in weekly comprehensive marketing conferencesAchievements:-Effectively trained numerous faculty and students -Effectively organized and conducted both hands-on and large group presentations

-Prototyped and tested electronic circuits used in leading edge high speed digital dataservices-Installed Android-based software and custom applications on test products-Bill of Material control for various products including Ethernet testing units

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Systems

Computer Science