Justin Donnelly Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Technical Architect | IT MacGyver | Storage Samurai

Malta, Ny

- US Enterprise Storage Lead & Engineer w/ITAR Certification.- Evangelize move from CapEx to OpEx model for flexible capacity planning. Implement vendor buy-back and conversion to OpEx model for Tier 1 SAN (HPE XP7).- Implement all-new on-prem Storage environment supporting the transition of services from IBM to modern GLOBALFOUNDRIES equipment, post IBM Microelectronics divestiture.- Improved visibility by deploying current technology for monitoring and measuring of the existing legacy infrastructure at Malta location.- Collaborated on initiative to modernize DC using SRE methods, drawing the roadmap for utilizing Object Store as an archive and “cold data” store.- Architected a simplified global namespace for file sharing, allowing for data tiering in a hybrid cloud environment.

Schenectady, Ny

- Assigned to GE Corporate Global Operations – CoreTech.- Engineering Team Lead, Subject Matter Expert and escalation point for all GO-CT Storage concerns.- Created a series of automated workforms, project tracking tools and capacity metrics to fill gaps in provided toolsets.- Lead a team of 12 engineers and program managers supporting the architecture, delivery and obsolescence of all primary storage and data protection/archival systems supported by Corporate IT.- Devised and updated the Work Instructions, SOPs and related documentation for all aspects of the simplified Storage/DP stacks.- Shepherded the consolidation and simplification of three large, federated support environments into one.- Drove the deployment of NetApp’s Clustered Data ONTAP to replace aging 7-Mode Fleet.- Simplified administration environment by consolidating services and eliminating over-deployed and under-utilized infrastructure.- Deployed Brocade Network Advisor, Cisco DCNM, NetApp OnCommand Suite, Hitachi HiCommand Suite and EMC Unisphere for VMAX to enable greater visibility of the holistic Storage environment.- Curated life-cycle of hundreds of disparate devices containing ~25 PB of data.

Schenectady, Ny

- Assigned to GE TSG / Corporate Infrastructure Shared Services.- Subject Matter Expert, Team Lead and escalation point for all TSG Storage issues.- Managed a team of (32) L2 and L3 resources working 24/7/365 in support of GE’s global storage infrastructure.- Managed daily operations of heterogeneous SAN and NAS storage for over 400 data storage assets at ~8 PB of data.- Developed, implemented and maintained a custom solution for gathering and collating capacity and billing data across the TSG Storage environment for upload to a centralized database.- Developed and maintained several custom tools for managing storage infrastructure quotas and configuration.- Promoted to Team Lead in 2011.- Promoted to Technical Director in 2010.- Promoted to Principal Consultant in 2009.

Schenectady, Ny

- General Electric Infrastructure Account / UNIX Server-Client Administration.- Co-lead of TSG Account Administration Team 2006-2008.- Developed, implemented and managed creation of Intranet tools for central management of several LDAP directories.- Automation of several SOX and Security audit processes utilizing existing infrastructure and new practices.- Administration team responsibilities included UNIX (NIS, LDAP and local), VPN, Active Directory, SFTP, SSO account creation and maintenance for all GE Infrastructure businesses.

Schenectady, Ny

- Provided weekend operational coverage. Monitor Network, Windows Server, Unix Server and other critical ticket queues for new issues. Provided first level triage and escalation when necessary. “Hands and Feet” for GE Energy Schenectady campus.- Operations: Responsible for outage notifications, bridge line management and time line recording, consistent communication for customer satisfaction and knowledge. Interface with hardware vendors to support customer equipment. Ensure that GE Corporate local Microsoft Exchange backup process is completed for the Schenectady campus.