Data Center Operations Manager
Current• Produce backup SLA, engineer, deploy and maintain system according to specification. First company deployment of software-defined storage. This reduced backup system costs from an estimated $100,000 to a working deployment for $28,000.• Develop procedures for staff to manage the daily operation of compute and storage infrastructure across 7 countries, allowing junior administrators to effectively manage system operations.• Create budget estimates for all compute and storage infrastructure. Produce forecasts of required compute and storage requirements for the coming years.• Implement regular update program for firmware and operating systems to maintain a stable, supportable and secure environment.• Implement Windows Work Folders with a Linux HA Proxy load balancer to provide high availability for basic services.• Actively working to implement SCRUM methodology for team management.• Manage HPE 3Par, EVA and MSA storage arrays for primary storage in VMWare vSphere environment.• Manage software defined storage array for backup to disk target for Veeam.