Ryan Foster Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Solutions Engineer for Enterprise Finance UK

Storage Consultancy and ContractingApril 2017 - April 2018Working as a NetApp specialist for global Electronic Chip Design company at their offices in Stuttgart Germany to modernise their storage infrastructure.January 2016 - April 2017 Working as the senior storage and backup consultant for a large financial services company on a project to design and deliver the companies next generation of data centres.Responsibilities included designing and proposing solution designs to meet project requirements, engaging vendors, providing technology reviews, implementing the system and providing the necessary documentation and completed test plans.Using Netapp All Flash FAS (AFF) MetroCluster and Stretched ESX Clusters to provide high performance encrypted storage with zero data loss, reduced downtime and a simplified DR process. Implementation of AltaVault with Azure Cloud Storage and private Object Storage (StrorageGrid) to provide a secure, scalable onsite and offsite backup solution for various front end systems with a significant cost saving compared to alternative solutions.Netapp AFF, MetroCluster, OnTap, Cluster Mode, Data Encryption, AltaVault, Azure Blob Storage, StorageGrid Webscale (object storage), Solidfire, Automation, Powershell, snapcenter. August 2015 - January 2016-

Working as Technical Lead for Netapp 7mode to Cmode Migrations which is expected to be one of the largest migrations of its kind at the moment.

Responsible for the Architecture, design, implementation and support of storage technologies at Liverpool Victoria. Working closely with the SQL, Oracle, Unix, Virtualisation, Network, Windows and Project teams to provide technical expertise.Expertise Includes: Netapp, 7-Mode, C-dot, Cmode, Cluster Mode, Clustered Ontap, 7MTT, Performance Analysis, Data Migration, Data Protection, Design/Implementation, Monitoring and Support. FAS2000, 3000, 6000, NFS, CIFS, ISCSI, FCP, VLANs, VIFs, Vfilers, Snapmirror, Snapvault, Snapshots, FlexVol, FlexCache, FlexClone, LUNs, Netgroups, VMWare, Performance Advisor, DFM, OnCommand, ACLs, Security, SnapManager SQL, SnapManager Exchange, SnapManager Sharepoint, SnapDrive, ASIS, Deduplication, OnTap 7.x, 8.x. Insight Balance, NCDA, NCIE, VDI and Clustered Ontap

Level 3 support for almost 600 Netapp Filers located across the Globe and managing over 20 Petabytes of Data. Responsibilities included building and decommissioning Netapp Filers, Data Migrations, OnTap Upgrades, Firmware Updates, Hardware Replacements, Disk Shelf installs, Disaster Recovery Tests, Provisioning of new Storage, Performance Trending, System monitoring and Service improvement. Experience of: Snapshots, Snapmirror, Snapvault, NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, NDMP, FlexVols, Aggregates, RAID, FlexCache, FlexClone, A-SIS, Deduplication, VDI, VSI, DFS, DNS, Multi-Stores, Vfilers, OnTap, RLM, BMC, VIBE, Data Fabric Manager, FilerView, NOW, Performance Advisor, FAS2000 and FAS3000 & Symantec NetBackup.