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Piscataway, Nj

Client required reconstruction of all of their mainframe data center physical infrastructure documentation after a data center migration, as well as data center infrastructure support.• Created infrastructure documentation from scratch for all physical connections (almost 3,000) to 9 IBM Mainframes, IBM Directors, & IBM Storage in Microsoft Excel & Visio in under 90 days.• Gathered information from cable labeling & traced cabling where necessary to confirm connections.• Provided equipment cabinet sheets which documented all connections to the front & back of all mainframes to termination points.• Provided IBM Director port breakout mapping.• Equipment covered: IBM Z13 mainframes; IBM Storage: DS8870 DASD, XIV, TS7700 VTS; Teradata Storage; Switches: Brocade, SAN768B, SAN384B; Cisco Nexus FEX (N2K), N6K, etc.

Carlstadt, Nj

I was solely tasked with reducing the conflicting information in their data center asset databases.● Confirmed/corrected data center assets in various asset tracking databases.● Eliminated over 1,500 inconsistencies between various data center asset tracking databases in 2 of their high profile data centers.● Proposed a set of measures to sharply reduce future asset inconsistencies.● Worked with personnel from various departments and lines of business in order to confirm/correct issues with data center assets.● Worked with the following databases: Aperture: data center asset reservation, white space management & visual placement database; Remedy: data center based workflow management & asset tracking database system; Global Product Catalog: data center asset definition & spec repository.

Iselin, Nj

◊ Primary day/evening Data Center Operations & Data Center smart hands support, including providing escort to & billable tracking time for client’s customers via change management & incident management ticketing system (HP Service Center).◊ Rack/stack/cable/label all datacenter equipment (Network/Telecom/Unix/Windows/VMS/AS400).◊ Monitored the bank data center hardware & software and reported all alarms & issues to appropriate support groups following established escalation procedures & protocols within defined SLA limitations.◊ Provided client file restoration with Symantec (Veritas) Netbackup 7.5.◊ Managed IBM AS400 & IBM TotalStorage 3584 L53 Tape Library tape rotation & onsite/offsite tape recall & storage scheduling.◊ Arranged vendor/customer/client access for onsite data center & offsite backup data center.◊ Helpdesk hands on support for Metro Park desktop users for all banking applications, hardware installations & connectivity issues.◊ Data Center Operations monitoring systems & tools used: BMC Control-M (batch job automation); Symantec Netbackup (file backup/restoration); Virus/Security (F-Secure, Sophos, Symantec Endpoint Protection); iCluster (AS400), messaging (Mailsweeper; Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010 E-Mail queue monitoring; Nastel); network (IP Monitor); Windows (NetIQ, Netuitive, HPSIM); SAN (Emulex HB Anywhere; XP Array); Unix (BMC Patrol); VMS console access; enable/disable emergency accounts in Windows Active Directory/Unix/VMS; BES monitoring (Boxtone).

New York, Ny

• Install/Decommission (rack & stack) of various server & network hardware and cable patching.• Remote smart hands Layer 1 troubleshooting support for all business units in the data center.• Update business units through change management & incident management ticketing system (HP Service Manager 7) & maintain asset inventory.• Document servers, network hardware, circuits and data connections throughout data center.• Escort all vendors through the data center and work with telco on circuit outages.

New York, Ny

□ Worked with various data center stake holder groups (Networking group, Unix group, Windows group, Market Data group, Local 3 Electricians, etc.), as well as vendor & telco installers to facilitate installations, repairs & decommissions of data center assets & circuits without incident and according to established procedures from installation through closure & documentation.□ Facilitated & supervised placement and installation of data center equipment by Local 3 union workforce and/or external vendors according to MAC schedule, available cabinet space, power, VLAN, SAN & redundancy requirements.□ Made all data center documentation updates through change-approved Remedy ticketing system.□ Troubleshot all layer 1 issues in the data center & worked with various internal stake holder departments, installers, vendors & telco to resolve all issues successfully & rapidly.□ Performed server hardware repair (added/swapped memory, hard drives, controller cards, NIC, HBA & other PCI cards, batteries, etc.) on mission critical production systems.□ Managed and verified data center inventory, asset & spare parts database; accepted & prepared equipment for shipping or RMA; labeled & asset tagged equipment.□ Managed cable patching schedule, fiber & copper cabling inventory, data center rack equipment & cabling profiles/diagrams.□ Prepared servers, blade systems, networking equipment & cabinet space for equipment installation; maintained & managed data center installation quality control & standardization. Managed decommission storage space.□ Data center equipment covered: HP DL380’s & Dell 2850/2950/6850/R710 servers; HP c7000 & c3000 blade chassis; all Sun servers; StorageTek Tape Library, EMC2, NetApp & Data Domain storage; HP & Dell RAID arrays & tape libraries; Cisco N2K, N5K & N7K, 6500 series; all Cisco routers & switches; Tibco Devices, NetScout & Riverbed network monitoring devices; IBM mainframe; MDF for fiber & copper; etc.

Weehawken, Nj

● Data center asset management & documentation in Visio & Excel (rack & equipment profiles); client shipping & receiving services.● Provided superior remote-hands, co-lo data center technical support to financial sector businesses in a heterogeneous hardware & software environment, including providing billable engineering services through ticketing system (Vantive, Siebel 2000, Siebel 7).● Worked with Server Admins from hundreds of financial companies successfully troubleshooting, repairing & configuring servers across multiple OS’es; upgraded server firmware; configured HP iLO’s/Dell DRAC’s; IP’ed server NIC’s; upgraded/swapped memory, hard drives, controller cards, NIC’s, HBA’s & other PCI cards.● Worked with Network Admins successfully troubleshooting Layer 1 connectivity issues on mission-critical production network systems providing loopbacks, changing SFP’s/GBIC’s or consoling into devices to enable remote access & checking configs on network devices.● Installed & racked HP, Dell, Sun, IBM, Apple & Rackable servers & blade servers. Installed & racked Cisco & Foundry switches & routers, Juniper Firewalls, F5 load balancers, security appliances, raid storage arrays & other network & data center equipment.● Installed/patched/troubleshot customer premise fiber & copper network wiring cross-connections & telco circuits from equipment to telco demarcation point.● Installed Cat 5/Cat 6/Co-ax/Single- and Multimode Fiber cable (50μ & 62.5μ); pulled through raised data center floor, ceiling & vertical risers; terminated, troubleshot, Fluke tested (length, loss, power, wiremap, etc) & certified.● Managed IBM, ADIC, Quantum & other tape library functions for clients. Monitored & responded to HVAC, CRAC, PDU/PMM & other data center facility remote alarms.

New York, Ny

** Created & maintained documentation databases for data center in Microsoft Access & Excel developing custom queries & reports for operations managers.** Created, maintained & taught Microsoft Access database application for technician’s administrative assistant.** Documented & diagrammed hundreds of data center network computing, satellite & alarm equipment, as well as client equipment & wiring configurations in Microsoft Visio. Created network equipment rack profiles in MS Visio.** Configured, maintained & troubleshot customer news transmission equipment, including computers, servers, satellite dishes, printers, modems, CSU/DSU’s, teletype machines, photo transmitters/receivers and their connections & wiring. ** Remote & in-person Desktop Support (hardware & software) for hundreds of news editors on a variety of operating systems utilizing entire Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint) and configuring & maintaining multiple proprietary enterprise software applications.** Installed, maintained & repaired data center & customer premise wiring: Cat3/Cat5/Cat6, RJ11-RJ45, voice, audio, video, T-1, ISDN, VF, DSL, 9.6 - 56K DDS, DS0 - DS3, POTS lines.

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Digital Technology Degree, Advanced Electronics, 3.88 Gpa

Studied advanced electronics & the foundations of basic computer design, computer components & computer construction at the component.