Claridda Therriault Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Contracted as a consultant to Transunion to support their AWS Backup and storage infrastructure.

Greater Chicago Area

• Served as project lead that engineered and implemented an AWS backup solution in multiple regions via CI/CD IaC using Terraform.• Provided ongoing support and enhancements of Cloud backup environment repositories via CI/CD, GIT and Jenkins• Implemented resources using AWS security best practices for IAM, Encryption and Secrets Management• Wrote AWS customer managed policies to secure user console access• Implemented permission boundary to secure AWS roles• Contributed to writing of service control policies for Dev, Stg and Production environments• Stood up EC2, S3, EFS and other services vis IaC for business units • Oversaw regular maintenance and upgrades for storage arrays: PowerMax, Unity, and Power Store.• Coordinated ongoing upgrades and support of the SAN infrastructure.• Performed on-going array configurations and allocations to VMware and physical Linux servers.• Installed and provided ongoing support for SAN infrastructure monitoring environments: SCG, SRM, Unisphere and CloudIQ.• Collaborated with Agile teams and other technical areas to customize storage solutions for application needs and projects.• Developed and wrote technical support documents for local and offshore staff, training, and special projects.• Oversaw cross functional teams in the design, implementation, and migration of 1,248 virtual machines and 378 physical servers to Dell PowerMax and Unity arrays. • Managed SAN Refresh project to replace Cisco MDS9513 with MDS9718 switches.• Perform zoning on Cisco MDS switches using CLI.• Participated in tech bridges as a storage subject matter expert to identify problems, complete RCAs and implement solutions for outage prevention.• Guided on-going SAN security remediation, including patching and maintenance for vendor security advisory alerts and Archer findings.• Created and maintained Splunk dashboards for storage troubleshooting.• Wrote scripts using vendor CLI utilities and PowerShell to automate redundant task.

Chicago

• Conducted daily maintenance of OS, firmware, patching, and security remediation on Isilon NAS.• Configured CloudIQ for Unity array and Splunk for alerting storage array health.• Remediated security for TLS and Apache compliance on backend arrays.• Documented and supported software-defined storage provisioning and reporting.• Wrote training documentation for Off-Shore team.• Upgraded IBM V7000 code and drive firmware.• Delivered replication configuration solution between datacenters using SyncIQ.

Chicago

• Served as a project member that closed five data centers and migrated storage to CoLo sites and AWS, resulting in reduction of storage from 25PB to 8PB.• Teamed up with vendors on architectural designs based on client requirements as well as purchase, installation, and configuration of new arrays and SAN switches.• Performed proactive storage infrastructure performance monitoring, analysis, alerting, reporting, and tuning using HDS Tune Manager, Hitachi Command Suite, Cisco Fabric Manager, and other native tools.• Managed day-to-day fiber cabling, LUN provisioning / allocation and zoning.• Aided various technical teams with specific storage configuration requirements (Oracle ASM, Veritas Clusters, Drive Mounts) on all platforms (Linux, Centos, Windows)• Took on vendor relationship management for support of SAN environment based on contractual agreements. • Coordinated with UNIX and Windows engineers to design, install, allocate, and configure Cisco UCS environment to replace physical servers in environment.• Collaborated with Information security to integrate LDAP / Active Directory with SAN applications.• Partnered with vendors to perform code upgrades EMC Isilon, NetApp, Cisco Director Switches and Hitachi.• Maintained and wrote scripts for automation of redundant tasks and special migration projects.• Contributed to SAN documentation library on Sharepoint for training and reference purposes.

Chicago

Managed CNA account. Completed capacity planning and reporting. Oversaw relationships with vendors and offshore team. Planned and coordinated resource utilization, on-call schedules, project management, and training for Storage Engineering team members. Provided documentation and training for offshore staff.

Chicago

Storage Engineer: 2004-2010 and Server Engineer: 1997-2004• Administered and managed Netbackup• Configured and supported EMC DMX-4 arrays• Designed configuration and installation Clariion CX4• Configured and supported NAS Celerra SMB and NFS shares• Configured CAVA security scanning on NAS CIFS• SAN Zoning on Cisco Director blade switches• Engineered and install Windows Active Directory• Managed windows server patching• Implemented GPO• Supported server and array hardware• Supported enterprise SAN storage 24/7 on rotational on-call basis.