Christopher Boron Email & Phone Number

North Carolina, United States

• Administers and supports Dell-EMC Isilon and Unity storage arrays, Rubrik backup systems, and Pure FlashBlades for CFSAN Scientific Computing at the FDA

College Park, MD

• Administered and supported Dell-EMC Isilon and Unity storage arrays, Rubrik backup systems, and Pure FlashBlades for CFSAN Scientific Computing at the FDA, as a subcontractor for SAIC
• Planned and implemented backups of VMware, SQL environments, and Isilon NAS folders on Rubrik cluster and AWS S3 and Glacier archive shares
• Zoned hosts and storage on Brocade FC switches for VMware environment
• Planned end user and data migration from legacy Isilon cluster to larger production Isilon cluster

Annapolis, Maryland Area

• Installation and configuration of NetApp AFF systems in Baltimore and DC Metropolitan Areas
• Troubleshooting of storage connectivity and performance issues
• Creation of annual health check reports for NetApp customers
• Weekly reporting, and troubleshooting, of Commvault systems

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Administration and support of network storage environment consisting of multiple vendors (NetApp, EMC, Nimble, Nexsan) and multiple protocols (CIFS, NFS, iSCSI SAN, FC SAN)
• Creation, configuration, and management of NAS volumes, LUNs, and VMware datastores for customer, internal, and testing environments
• Creation of disk aggregates, RAID groups, and storage pools
• Configuration of network ports, virtual interfaces, VLAN tagging, and LUN masking
• Daily maintenance of spreadsheets used to track capacity for customer and internal assets
• Management of ticketing and billing process for capacity utilization and QoS

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Administration and support of network storage environment consisting of multiple vendors (NetApp, EMC, Nimble, Nexsan) and multiple protocols (CIFS, NFS, iSCSI SAN, FC SAN)
• Creation, configuration, and management of NAS volumes, LUNs, and VMware datastores for customer, internal, and testing environments
• Creation of disk aggregates, RAID groups, and storage pools
• Configuration of network ports, virtual interfaces, VLAN tagging, and LUN masking
• Daily maintenance of spreadsheets used to track capacity for customer and internal assets
• Management of ticketing and billing process for capacity utilization and QoS

Arlington, VA

• Administration and health checks of NetApp FAS6240 FC SAN - creation of volumes, creation and masking of LUNs, implementation of snapshots and deduplication
• Administration and health checks of IBM DS8300 and DS5020 FC SAN
• Zoning of hosts and network storage on FC switches
• Support of tenant data migration and new storage allocation
• Creation and maintenance of reports, spreadsheets, and Visio diagrams used to document storage allocation, LUN configuration, and LUN mapping on the FAS6240

Annapolis, MD

• Dell Compellent SAN systems training, certification and support
• Citrix and antivirus client support

Herndon, VA

Analysis and administration of Sun ZFS Storage 7420 and 7320 systems, NAS shares, and connected servers

Reston, VA

• Installs and configures NetApp filers, peripherals, and software for NetApp Government and Commercial clients nationwide
• Performs troubleshooting and consulting for NetApp systems and clients

Reston, VA

• Performs Storage Health Checks on NetApp filers for NetApp Government and Commercial clients nationwide
• Compiles, edits, and publishes Health Check reports
• Installs and configures NetApp filers, peripherals, and software for NetApp Government and Commercial clients nationwide

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Contractual maintenance of computer peripherals and communications systems at US Navy Operations Centers in the Capital region as a subcontractor for Honeywell Corporation
• Publication of preventive maintenance procedures for supported equipment at Navy Emergency and Regional Operations Centers

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Contractual maintenance of computer and network systems at Social Security Administration offices in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
• On-site PC hardware warranty service and support for major computer companies, including Dell and Gateway
• After-hours on-site service and support of network equipment, including Dell, EMC, NetApp, Egenera and Cisco
• Support of numerous EMC clients with installations, firmware/software upgrades, and other services, in the Baltimore and Washington Metropolitan Areas
• Service and support of MNS contract with the Transportation Security Administration at sites in the Baltimore and Washington Metropolitan Areas
• Service and support of MNS contract with Fannie Mae in Washington, DC