Associate It Architect - Infrastructure Architect
Oversee 4 accounts. Create solutions for new project and supervise ongoing work.- Designed and implemented solution for customer’s DMZ network that extended VLANs and moved redundant servers to disaster recovery (DR) location, minimizing potential loss of connectivity.- Worked independently on business case for centralizing and visualizing customer’s servers in 2 data centers, using PureFlex for redundancy and DR purposes, proposing potential savings of $1.2M on hardware, licenses… Show more Oversee 4 accounts. Create solutions for new project and supervise ongoing work.- Designed and implemented solution for customer’s DMZ network that extended VLANs and moved redundant servers to disaster recovery (DR) location, minimizing potential loss of connectivity.- Worked independently on business case for centralizing and visualizing customer’s servers in 2 data centers, using PureFlex for redundancy and DR purposes, proposing potential savings of $1.2M on hardware, licenses, energy, network, and full-time equivalent (FTE) costs.- Migrated 100 AIX servers from P5 / P6 frames to P7 frames, using PowerVM, and upgraded SAP application and Oracle DB to ECC6 and Oracle 11, reducing customer cost for raised floor.- Replaced existing IBM Service Desk tool with eHD Celestica’s ticketing tool, saving cost for customer by switching to internal tool.- Migrated network infrastructure from Cisco to Nexus switches for 200 AIX, Linux, and Windows servers, increasing bandwidth to ease data transfer between servers.- Collaborated with application team on SoftLayer project; assigned portal and servers to customers for updating and migrating applications. - Completed migration, updates, and testing on SoftLayer environment without impacting production. Show less
