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Bridgewater, Nj, Us

New Jersey, United States

Bethesda, Md, Us

Dublin 2, Ie

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, In

Team Lead responsible for Federal IT infrastructure at HCL Software including Cloud, OS, Storage and Network Operations. Initiated major projects and successfully executed them to completion

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Worked as a site lead to migrate majority on-Prem servers to AWS cloud for a major Utility client. Used tools such as RISC Networks Cloudscape for application analysis. Utilized CloudEndure for migrating Windows, Linux instances and AWS RDS for DB migration. Made use of KanBan for project trackingWorked on a project with a Major Pharmaceutical Client to deploy their Remote Office Branch Office Solution using VMWare and Nutanix

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

• Architected multiple projects including Back Office Settlement (BOS) Data Center Optimization, Falcon5 DR Migration and Base24/RAS Decom Project• Researched about intricacies and process flow involved in various applications. Involved in creating Infrastructure Diagrams and created Firewall rule change requests. Recommended software upgrades needed and strategies to remove gaps and eliminate bottlenecks• Created many Windows and Linux instances in VMware, Hyper-V and AWS cloud environments. Implemented various shell and Python scripts for task automation. • Interacted with Management to implement various projects. Worked with Application Support, System and Database Administrators for testing and implementing changes• Done storage administration in EMC VMAX & PowerMAX• Worked on proof of concept for migration to AWS cloud. Worked on AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, ELB, Route 53 and others. Worked with Lambda applications and CloudFormation• Used Service Now to create various incident and change requests. Worked on automating tasks in Service Now

New York, New York, Us

• Architected the entire Data Center Moves to two different locations. Done data migration using Open Replicator from EMC VNX to VMAX3. Done Capacity Planning and Performance Tuning.• Created Solaris Zones. Migrated Zones between different physical servers. Added provisioned storage to disk/volume groups and expanded file systems in Unix/Linux servers. • Installed Windows and Linux instances in VMware environments. Written utility Python and Korn shell scripts to support System/Storage Administration.• Created Linux and Windows EC2 instances in AWS cloud environment. Worked with Docker & Kubernetes• Administered entire NYL Corporate Storage Infrastructure which included multiple EMC storage systems including VMAX, VNX, VPlex, NetApp Filers and NetBackup infrastructure • Done Storage Provisioning, LUN Expansion & Decommission of VMAX and VNX Arrays. Configured Storage based Clones and Snapshots. • Worked on SRDF for Remote Replication and Recover Point for Continuous Data Protection. Created Luns, Replication Sets, Consistency Groups in RecoverPoint and done DR Testing and Data Migration. Worked a lot on Solutions Enabler (SYMCLI)• Done zoning using CMCNE, Troubleshooted fibre channel connectivity issues • Worked on storage migration from EMC VMAX-1 & 2 to newer VMAX-3 Arrays• Created NetApp CIFS and NFS file shares and implemented security policies.• Automated tasks for Incident and Change Management in Service Now• Administered backup/restore using NetBackup, configured Backup policies, done NDMP restores and troubleshot Data Domain issues. Configured Oracle Database backups using DDBoost• Involved in testing Production application migration to AWS cloud. Created Dev and Test environments in AWS. Worked with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, Route 53, CloudWatch and others

• Involved in all phases of testing and Upgrade of Symantec Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) software from version 9.0.1 to 11.0.5. • Tested ESM upgrade of all components including Console, Managers and agents, Escalated errors observed to the Vendor and got them remediated. • Created thorough documentation for the Offshore team to deploy in Production without any issues• Used policytool to export/import ESM policies and messagetool to export/import messages between ESM Managers. Used Ciffix and Domainfix tools to resolve ESM issues.• Modified ESM policies to include/exclude modules and suppressions. Scheduled policy runs on various agents for testingEnvironment: Solaris 10, Redhat & Suse Linux, Windows 2008/2003

Responsible for NetBackup infrastructure including Design, Architecture, Upgrades and implementation.Upgraded NetBackup from version 7.1.0.4 to the current latest 7.6 version.Implemented SQL server Backups and tested Bare Metal Restores.Fixed all issues and recommended architectural solutions

New York, Ny, Us

• Worked as Senior Systems Administrator responsible for Solaris, Linux, Windows, NetBackup and VMware environments at their Prime Data Center • Performed OS installs and administered Oracle Solaris, Linux and Windows 2012/2008 Enterprise servers, Deployed Virtual Machines, maintained, troubleshot and configured applications. Automated many tasks using Korn shell scripts• Analyzed and resolved complex enterprise system hardware and software problems; Interfaced with DBAs, software development, network support personnel and vendors for solutions• Done Storage Administration on Clariion VNX & Symmetrix VMAX. Used Veritas Storage Foundation software• Administered Symantec NetBackup. Worked on EMC Data Domain 890/990. Deployed NetBackup software for Master, Media Server and clients, Resolved daily client backup failures and worked extensively on NetBackup • Configured alerts and Monitored reports using Symantec OpsCenter• Supported Web applications and worked extensively on IIS. Worked on software tools such as Microsoft SCCM, Patchlink and HP SIM

New York , Us

• Performed Systems administration of Sun Solaris servers and SAN/NAS Administration of NetApp & Sun StorEdge storage. Done Data Migration from Sun StorEdge SANs to the NetApp • Worked extensively on Solaris Zones/Containers and ZFS• Migrated SAN environment from Qlogic to Brocade Fiber switches and done LUN Mapping and switch zoning.• Installed and configured NetApp Solaris Host Utilities and Snap Manager for Oracle (SMO). Successfully tested backup/restore using SMO• Involved in Firmware upgrade of backup Tape Library and Drives. Worked on Veritas NetBackup/Vault and fixed all backup issues

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for the environment which included Sun Solaris and Wintel servers. Administered Oracle databases and Application Server and also Veritas Volume Manager, Filesystem and NetBackup. Created Solaris Zones/Containers and trained Junior Staff

New York, Ny, Us

System Administration of Solaris, Windows and Linux servers, VMware and Cisco UCS environments and Symantec NetBackup

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

System Admininstration of more than 200 Solaris 10 and Solaris 9 Servers

Us

Worked as System/SAN Administrator responsible for all Solaris Servers and EMC SAN in the environment. Administered Backup environment and implemented a new Backup solution. Installed servers with Veritas Storage Foundation-HA and Upgraded NetBackup software

Dallas, Tx, Us

System Administration of Solaris servers with Veritas Volume Manager and Cluster Servers and Managing Symantec NetBackup infrastructure