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Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Lausanne

- Subject-matter expert for the storage and SAN part of the banking infrastructure.- VmWare/Vplex metro cluster implementation to achieve a active-active datacenter.- VMAX2 to VMAX3 storage array migration in a mixed open/mainframe environment.- KPI/dashboard setup and reporting for unix and storage systems.- SAN monitoring using snmp/cacti- In charge of the unix and storage part of the disaster recovery tests.- Vendor’s management and monthly reporting.- Third level… Show more - Subject-matter expert for the storage and SAN part of the banking infrastructure.- VmWare/Vplex metro cluster implementation to achieve a active-active datacenter.- VMAX2 to VMAX3 storage array migration in a mixed open/mainframe environment.- KPI/dashboard setup and reporting for unix and storage systems.- SAN monitoring using snmp/cacti- In charge of the unix and storage part of the disaster recovery tests.- Vendor’s management and monthly reporting.- Third level support on unix systems.Environment : - 2 Datacenters, EMC VMAX, IBM V7000, SAN Brocade, HBM AIX replication, VPlex, AIX 7.1, Linux Redhat 6/7, ESX VmWare 6. Show less

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Managing infrastructure projects : Audit, RFI, RFP, deployment.- Infrastructure roadmap lecture.- Capacity planning and KPI reporting on storage and backup.- Re-architecture of storage and backup (from software to hardware).- Problem management and impact analysis on unix cluster and storage replication.- Business continuity management : Study between Vaud canton and Geneva canton for shared hosting architecture.- Linux KVM infrastructure hardening.- Setup SAN… Show more - Managing infrastructure projects : Audit, RFI, RFP, deployment.- Infrastructure roadmap lecture.- Capacity planning and KPI reporting on storage and backup.- Re-architecture of storage and backup (from software to hardware).- Problem management and impact analysis on unix cluster and storage replication.- Business continuity management : Study between Vaud canton and Geneva canton for shared hosting architecture.- Linux KVM infrastructure hardening.- Setup SAN monitoring using snmp/cactiEnvironment : - 3 Datacenters, 9 Storage array : HDS AMS2500/USPV/VSP, 1,3 Po. Brocade SAN : 2 Fabric, 8 Directors (48K/DCX) , 40 switches, 2000+ ports. Systems: AIX VIO, PowerVM, Linux Debian/Redhat, ESX VmWare. . Show less

- In charge of the trouble shooting and performance issues. End to end analysis, from host to storage array’s backend through fabric switches.- XP24000 and P9500 architecture and implementation.- HP/UX+Service Guard and Linux+VCS support Level 3 and troubleshooting- In charge of the Unix part (clusters failover and failback) of the Disaster Recovery Plan.- Mentoring Singapore's Level 1 end level 2 offshore team on Unix and storage matters- Capacity planning, monitoring… Show more - In charge of the trouble shooting and performance issues. End to end analysis, from host to storage array’s backend through fabric switches.- XP24000 and P9500 architecture and implementation.- HP/UX+Service Guard and Linux+VCS support Level 3 and troubleshooting- In charge of the Unix part (clusters failover and failback) of the Disaster Recovery Plan.- Mentoring Singapore's Level 1 end level 2 offshore team on Unix and storage matters- Capacity planning, monitoring, management through shell and Perl scripting.Environment : 4 Datacenters, 9 Storage array: HP XP12000/XP24000, 1,3Po replicated. Brocade SAN : 8 Fabric, 10 Directors (48K/DCX) , 120 switches, 7000+ ports. Systems: HP-UX, Linux Redhat. Show less

- Management of 6 peoples team composed by permanent and contractor.- Storage KPI/dashboard setup and reporting. Retailer’s management and monthly reporting.- Lead the monthly steering committee.- Write RFI and RFQ for the project of replacement of tapes library by a VTL technology.- Setup dedicated storage arrays and SAN for the VmWare platform - 2x100 TB SRDF/S- Study and setup a specific data placement policy for high performance financial applications.- Enhance… Show more - Management of 6 peoples team composed by permanent and contractor.- Storage KPI/dashboard setup and reporting. Retailer’s management and monthly reporting.- Lead the monthly steering committee.- Write RFI and RFQ for the project of replacement of tapes library by a VTL technology.- Setup dedicated storage arrays and SAN for the VmWare platform - 2x100 TB SRDF/S- Study and setup a specific data placement policy for high performance financial applications.- Enhance SRDF/S performance by replacing the FCIP network by a native FC network based on DWDM links (latency divided by 6). Show less

Projects : - Reorganized storage capacity planning and performance analysing throught EMC and DS8000 scripts- Projects management using ITIL framework.- Handled a storage growth of 100 GB per day (20 TB in 8 month)- Data migration between two different storage system without downtime using Veritas Storage Foundation- Led migration to VmWare ESX 3 from ESX 2.5 (300 Vm, 30 ESX nodes, 20 TB of vmfs storage)- Designed Clariion CX3-40 raidgroup and LUN configuration to… Show more Projects : - Reorganized storage capacity planning and performance analysing throught EMC and DS8000 scripts- Projects management using ITIL framework.- Handled a storage growth of 100 GB per day (20 TB in 8 month)- Data migration between two different storage system without downtime using Veritas Storage Foundation- Led migration to VmWare ESX 3 from ESX 2.5 (300 Vm, 30 ESX nodes, 20 TB of vmfs storage)- Designed Clariion CX3-40 raidgroup and LUN configuration to ensure maximum IOPS and throughput- Mantored newly hired sys-admin through best storage and system administration pratices.- Designed oracle database servers farm with basing HA capabilities using shared SAN disk and Veritas Storage Foundation.- Configured Oracle 10G database backup using RMAN, TDP and Tivoli Software Manager (TSM)- Study and setup a HA Solution based on Veritas Storage Foundation to host website on shared servers. Show less

Projects :- Setup centralized administration solution to administrate AIX and Linux servers based on cfengine.- Remplace classic "pizza box" servers by IBM BladeCenter servers.- Setup a Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) to ensure High Avaibility of email services.- Remplace and upgrade unix system Storage array. Study of different Storage System on the market (EMC, IBM, Stk)- Sizing, installation, administration and tuning of Linux servers.- Daily administration tasks for… Show more Projects :- Setup centralized administration solution to administrate AIX and Linux servers based on cfengine.- Remplace classic "pizza box" servers by IBM BladeCenter servers.- Setup a Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) to ensure High Avaibility of email services.- Remplace and upgrade unix system Storage array. Study of different Storage System on the market (EMC, IBM, Stk)- Sizing, installation, administration and tuning of Linux servers.- Daily administration tasks for various storage array (IBM : ESS and DS8000, STK : FLX280).- Zoning administration on switches and directors (McDATA , Brocade) using EFCM.- Backup administration using TSM - initial configuration, check, restore.- Oracle 10G basic administration : instances and database creation. schemas update, backup with RMAN.- Repackaging RPM of various Opensource products: Apache, PHP, SVN etc... Show less

- Study, setup and run mail architecture based on postfix and openldap : Data securization using LDAP replication. Centralized administration via web interface in https Multi-domains Secure webmail with https- Scripted installation of z/linux server using kickstart and various script- System reporting with Cacti/RRDTool and monitoring with Nagios.

Study, setup and run various opensource based architecture :- LAMP architecture.- Mail architecture using Postfix.- Proxy/Firewall using IPtables and Squid- Intranet based on Samba as PDC- Backup system with Arkeia software- Security audit with nessus, nmap and ethereal.Contract as training engineer- Courses on Linux essentials, Linux shell and scripting, Linux system administration for 5 to 6 students.- Training contract for various training… Show more Study, setup and run various opensource based architecture :- LAMP architecture.- Mail architecture using Postfix.- Proxy/Firewall using IPtables and Squid- Intranet based on Samba as PDC- Backup system with Arkeia software- Security audit with nessus, nmap and ethereal.Contract as training engineer- Courses on Linux essentials, Linux shell and scripting, Linux system administration for 5 to 6 students.- Training contract for various training company.Contract as software developper- Developpement with client facing on LAMP (Linux Apache Mysql PHP) architecture. Show less

Master, Computer Science

Bachelor, Computer Science