Harpreet Dhonsi, Cissp, Cism Email & Phone Number

Whitby, On, Ca

• Develop architectural artifacts for Transport Canada Data Center Workload Migration Project.• Created logical and physical network topology diagrams.• Analyzed application portfolio and TADDM reports to help develop migration strategy and migration move groups.

• Developed storage questionnaire to distribute to AAFC science teams to gather information about science data storage.• Performed nationwide environmental scan by conducting interviews with stakeholders to gather current state of storage environment.• Analyze current state, determine business drivers, needs and desired outcomes to develop a roadmap and plan to create an architecture for a future end state.• Utilize and adhere to TOGAF framework in meeting milestones and producing deliverables.

• Develop roadmaps and architectural documentation to stand up new internal government archive service.• Utilize and adhere to TOGAF framework in meeting milestones and producing deliverables

• Implement IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager in a master/clone configuration to IBM V7000 storage devices• Configure V7000 to use newly built SKLM servers for key management and to encrypt AIX data at rest.

• Provide subject matter expertise on Open Systems, Storage and SVC (SAN Volume Controller).• Contribute to migration strategy, planning and design related to storage, including integration of storage systems with other services including but not limited to Network, Compute, Mainframe and Security.• Identify dependencies and risks related to storage migration, as well as overall migration design.• Document a migration approach and test plans for Open Systems, including risk mitigation plan.• Assist SSC Service Lines with requirements to support a post-migration resiliency strategy.

• Designed and led archived data migration project by retrieving long term archives, allowing decommissioning of legacy backup software and storage devices - IBM Spectrum Protect.• Developed storage migration plans for data migration for end of life hardware to a supported state.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Contributed to a successful PCI-DSS audit by implementing IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager in a redundant dual site configuration which allowed AES-256 encryption of cardholder data at rest.• Facilitated onboarding of accounts to CyberArk Privileged Access Security platform for automated password rotation for privileged accounts.• Developed architectural and implementation documentation at various stages of the project and trained successors on SKLM management.• Created change tickets and attended CAB meetings to present changes for approval.

• Managed certificates and AES-256 keys in IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager to encrypt government data on enterprise disk and tape.• Architected Tivoli Storage Manager backup solutions for IBM clients being migrated to new data centres with an emphasis on redundancy and disaster recovery, with short and long term retention policies.• Developed architectural and implementation documentation at various stages of the project.• Performed annual Disaster Recovery planning and parallel testing for Government accounts and found areas of improvement for faster recovery times.• Created change tickets and attended CAB meetings to present changes for approval.

• Engaged in projects in various industries including but not limited to financial, health care and government to ensure company data was protected and easily recoverable.• Architected and implemented backup/recovery and SAN storage solutions.• Architected and implemented hot site disaster recovery capabilities using SAN replication to increase efficiency of disaster recovery plans.• Conducted walk-thru and parallel disaster recovery tests at customer cold site (IBM DR facilities) to test efficiency of disaster recovery plans and identify areas of improvement.• Engaged in large scale data migration projects for IBM financial industry customers to move from older legacy hardware to higher performing disk.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Performed day to day administration of backup server and SAN storage devices.• Planned and implemented SAN storage firmware upgrades.

Markham, On

• Implemented and upgraded SAN storage devices for Nova Network’s customers. • Allocated storage as requested by customer in adherence with best practices.

London, On

• Upgraded backup servers and implemented cross site data replication for the purposes of disaster recovery. Periodically provided technical support and consulting services.

• Architected and implemented backup/recovery and SAN storage solutions for Midrange clients.• Engaged in data migration projects for Midrange clients using various strategies as suited for the technologies in place.• Conducted walk-thru and parallel disaster recovery tests at cold site for Midrange clients. • Conducted backup and recovery training sessions for customers in classroom environment.• Developed architectural and implementation documentation at various stages of the project.

• Managed company backup server and handling of offsite storage media.• Led rollout of laptop tracking software.• Deployed corporate wide centralized anti-virus solution.• Performed domain user account provisioning and de-provisioning for company employees.

B.Sc., Psychology

Network Specialist Diploma