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Eric
850-252-2129
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Senior Systems Engineer
9 years experience
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Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional (HCP)
Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) Certified Storage Expert
SNIA Certified Storage Architect (SCSA)
SNIA Certified Storage Engineer (SCSE)
SNIA Certified Expert (SCSN-E)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - ISC2
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Experience
SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Information Technology
Nov 2018 - present
Louisville, KY
Designed and implemented Veeam 9.x in conjunction with Netapp cloud storage devices for company-wide backups.
Responsible for training and guidance of administration teams regarding backup and disaster recovery practices.
Provided day-to-day VMware, Netapp and Veeam administration and engineering services to end clients.
Authored run books for backup and restore processes for the backup teams.
Successfully migrated and ingested 1 petabyte of data using Veeam, Netapp and AWS from NetBackup.
Designed snapshot retention policy and RPO objectives based on business need.
AWS
Database Backups
Disaster Recovery
NetApp
Systems Engineering
VMWare
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SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Information Technology
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Ensured the operation and administration of Netapp CDOT and 7-mode storage infrastructure, Commvault and Veeam environments.
Fine-tuned the efficiency and performance of Netapp devices during and after migrations from 7-mode to CDOT.
Provided design services in creation of new disaster recovery and backup environments using Commvault.
Created run books for all migration projects. Provided guidance and training for backup and storage teams.
Managed day-to-day administration of Netapp, Commvault, Veeam and VMware.
Designed and implemented a Commvault environment of over 8 petabytes. Preformed Netapp migrations from 7-mode to CDOT.
Commvault Bacup
Database Backups
Disaster Recovery
NetApp
Systems Engineering
VMWare
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LEAD STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR
Information Technology
Mar 2017 - Nov 2017
Burlington, MA
Administered a large-scale global enterprise environment consisting of Netapp, EMC, Hitachi and Isilon storage devices.
Engaged with multiple teams across the IT division to complete project deadlines. Led installation and life cycle projects for Netapp NAS and SAN implementations.
Supported open systems recovery and resolution of issues with Commvault and Veeam.
Implemented a backup environment for VMware using Veeam in a disk to disk backup solution for 6 petabytes of virtual machines.
Cut storage hardware costs 30% by switching vendors.
Eliminated $150k in software expenses by evaluating applications and reducing unnecessary software.
Responsible for hardware refreshes, Ontap upgrades, storage provisioning and backups.
Database Backups
Database Upgrades
EMC
NAS
NetApp
SAN
VMWare
Storage Administrator
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SENIOR STORAGE ENGINEER
Information Technology
Sep 2014 - Dec 2016
Irvine, CA
Subject matter expert on Network Appliance 7-mode to CDOT migrations. Designed and implemented migration processes and planning efforts to migrate and restructure data in enterprise environments.
Provided services for unique data sets requiring host-based migrations using RSYNC, ROBOCOPY and Secure Copy.
Changed storage environments file security from UNIX and Mixed Mode to contiguous NTFS security style storage environments using AD pass-through authentication.
Created run books for migration design, implementation and processes.
Preformed migrations from 7-mode to CDOT including pre-staging data and flattening 7-mode installations for new CDOT installs.
Designed modular data sets on CDOT, 7-mode, Hitachi and Isilon to be portable and hardware independent for future life cycle migrations.
UNIX
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ENGINEER
Information Technology
Mar 2011 - Sep 2014
San Jose, CA
Addressed storage capacity requirements to create efficient designs for clients. Participated in enhancing new practice offerings to include in the services solutions sales portfolio.
Installed and configured Netapp, Hitachi and Isilon systems for new and existing customers.
Responsible for architecture and supporting storage infrastructures at data centers and customer locations.
Services included maintenance, troubleshooting, data capacity, performance and installations.
Subject matter expert for Snap manager for Exchange, SQL and On command.
Services also included integration and deployment of VMware. Provided training for customers on SMSQL, SME and Oncommand.
Data Center
NetApp
SQL
VMWare
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VMWare
2021
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2014
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Commvault Bacup
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Database Upgrades
2017
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EMC
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SAN
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Storage Administrator
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