Title

Sr Storage Administrator


Primary Skills

Please see resume for skills


Location
US-OR-Scappoose (will consider relocating)

Posted
Feb-24-10


RESUME DETAILS 

Qualifications Summary 

Highly competent, analytical, and performance-driven Storage Management professional, equipped with well-developed qualifications acquired from extensive experience in various areas encompassing system architecture and administration, project management, vendor relationships management, process development, strategic planning, and customer service; strongly inclined to a challenging position as Senior Storage Administrator to effectively utilize acquired knowledge, experience, and achieve career advancement. Possess a career history of administering and implementing any SRM (Storage Resource Management Software; IBM TPC, EMC ControlCenter, NetApp SanScreen). Focused, analytical, and results-oriented with proven expertise in handling technical support, project development, and implementations, combined with strong technology background and sophisticated technical skills. Successful at formulating and implementing innovative strategy and business solutions, as well as in developing IT standards to meet various needs. Adept at providing technical support and developing new processes through ongoing maintenance, defect resolution, and enhancement solutions. 

Core Competencies 

Demonstrated record of success in managing multiple storage projects and ongoing processes concurrently; efficient at managing time, prioritizing tasks, and organizing projects to maximize revenue
Proven ability to configure any storage or storage network problem, as well as to provide solution to complex SRM (Storage Resource Management) software problems to realize full potential
Prioritized and maintained adherence to strict change management guidelines in conducting storage configurations
Acquired experience in working in complex storage configurations; rendered guidance and recommendations to maintain and achieve standards and vendor "best practice"
Proven superior problem-solving, communication, and management skills with the ability to successfully manage time, prioritize tasks, and organize projects to maximize revenue
Established productive and efficient business relationship with all vendors on both the support and purchasing side
Successful at utilizing communication and analytical skills in working with people at all levels to provide resolution to various technical and customer-related issues 
Highly knowledgeable in various methods used in alerting protocols utilizing SNMP for monitoring the storage infrastructure
Skilled at analyzing and evaluating risk to storage connectivity at the host when managing any upgrade or installation

Professional Experience

The Regence Group * Portland, OR 
Senior Storage Administrator Oct 2002-Present


Employ exceptional management and technical skills in administering 1 PB of storage covering IBM, EMC, and Hitachi tier 1 storage arrays across three western states
Analyze and manage 2200 port Storage Area Network using Brocade, Cisco, and McData director class SAN switches across three western states
Administer and configure a virtual storage environment that utilizes IBM SVC with more than 400 hosts using approximately 600 TB of storage on highly redundant SVC clusters
Efficiently manage enterprise-wide code leveling across all SAN switches, arrays, and SVC complexes 
Establish positive business relationships with vendors and administer enterprise-wide vendor support through utilizing productive relationship management, "electronic phone home," and smart proactive device configurations

Hollywood Entertainment, Corporate Headquarters * Portland, OR 
Senior Systems Architect Nov 2001-Oct 2002


Conceptualized and engineered innovative formal data flow design, which shortened nightly processing time by 3.5 hours through process multithreading and workload leveling
Directed and developed a SAN / Storage project that located all server systems on faster storage, resulting in overall cost savings of $100 thousand and cut monthly support costs by 1/3
Performed various business duties, such as vendor management while managing all systems on a consistent SLA that strengthened support resources while cutting costs and enhancing business procedures

Emery Worldwide * Portland, OR 
Senior Systems Administrator Jul 2000-Feb 2001


Gained exceptional skills and experience in working with IBM to install and administer a support framework for 8 RS6000's working in a HA configuration to house the web presence for project Vector
Designed and created an automated support structure for production, development, and testing foundations to develop and eliminate all unplanned fail overs on all given SLA's, as well as met and exceeded all contractual SLA's set forth by General Motors

Fred Meyer, Corporate Headquarters * Portland, OR 
Senior Systems Administrator Aug 1997-Jul 2000


Managed the implementation of innovative enhancement applications, hardware upgrades, and service-related coordination tasks
Formulated and maintained gold image testing, configuration, and eventual automated rollout to more than 400 stores
Performed various technical duties, such as managing new store builds, revision management, and wireless inventory of all applications and operating systems
Effectively managed the entire system links to all point of sale systems and electronic devices
Planned, designed, and created gold build that contained 38 different retail applications to run on a single server
Employed exceptional technical and analytical skills in migrating every store from token ring network to Ethernet network

Providence Hospital * Portland, OR 
Installation And Support Manager Mar 1992-Aug 1997


Led the two installation and support technical groups in managing both hospital and business office customers across two separate campuses to ensure efficient business and technical performance 
Assumed full responsibility in managing $150 thousand budget, and served more than 3000 customers with direct support service that maintained system uptime at 99.3%
Served as primary contact for multiple business partners in establishing and managing electronic medical record development, which was a huge cost savings.

Professional Development and Credentials 

Enterprise Storage Networking
EMC Storage Networking Workshop 
McData Certified Professional - Accelerated Track (CPAT)
Red Hat Certified Engineer
Advanced SAN Boot Camp
Implementing and Engineering Storage Networks
Data ONTAP Fundamentals

Storage Engineering and Fundamentals
Symmetrix Performance Workshop
SAN Volume Controller (SVC) Engineering, Planning, and Implementation
Storage Virtualization and Management Engineering Workshop
Building and Managing Storage Area Networks
Storage Distance Replication Techniques 

Summary of Technical Skills

Storage Arrays EMC DMX3 | EMC DMX4 | EMC CX3-80 | IBM 2107 Shark | IBM DS4800 | IBM DS8100 | IBM DS8300 | Hitachi USP-V
SAN Switches McData 4500 | McData 4700 | McData 6064 | McData 6140 | Brocade 48000 | Brocade 5300 | Brocade 5100 Brocade DCX Director Class 8GB 384 Port SAN Switches | CISCO 9513 Director Class SAN Switches
Software IBM Total Productivity Center 4.1 Brocade DCFM 103.X | EFCM 9.7.4 | EMC Control Center 6.0 | Network Appliance San Screen 5.0 | IBM San Volume Controller 5.1 | EMC Solutions Enabler 7.0 | IBM DSCLI 2.5 Network Appliance On tap 7.3 | Hi-Command Device Manager | HDS Storage Navigator | CISCO Fabric / Device Manager | EMC Navisphere
Operating Systems AIX 5.3 | IBM VIO | VMware | Windows 2003 | Solaris 10 | Linux


Certifications

See above 
