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DC Engineer Storage
PhreesiaDC Engineer Storage
Mar. 2021United States
Senior Storage Engineer
HealthStreamSenior Storage Engineer
May. 2018 - Mar. 2021Greater Nashville Area, TN
Senior Platform Engineer, Storage
HCASenior Platform Engineer, Storage
Jun. 2015 - May. 2018Greater Nashville Area, TN
Sr Systems Engineer, Storage
HealthStreamSr Systems Engineer, Storage
Nov. 2014 - Jun. 2015
Senior Platform Engineer, Storage
HCASenior Platform Engineer, Storage
May. 2014 - Nov. 2014Nashville, Tennessee
Senior Systems Engineer, Storage and VMware
MorphoTrust USASenior Systems Engineer, Storage and VMware
May. 2013 - May. 2014Greater Nashville Area, TNEngineered, built, and maintained VMware and SAN infrastructure that supported TSA Precheck, TWIC, and Aviation, Channeling Applications for Production, DR, and Development. Implemented Disaster Recovery side of this multitiered "system of systems" virtualized infrastructure. Built out racks in Nashville for Vsphere, SAN, and DR plan. Once DR racks were shipped, traveled to DR site and deployed solution in one business day. Data replication; use VNX EMC Mirror View /A and VNXe to VNXe, file based, for replicating deltas for business continuity and testing. Leverage VMware, VeeamOne, and EMC Performance Analytics to track and monitor performance and capacity trends.Uncovered performance problems and made recommendations for coordinating with vendors to purchase and deploy hardware augmentation for load adjustment. Implement iSCSI and NFS “mpio” solutions to help mitigate performance and resiliency. Plan and deploy production application testing against infrastructure concepts and various outage scenarios. Examples; DR, SAN SP Failures, partial fabric outages, and VMware host failures. Engineer, design, and implement Vsphere 5.0 migration to Vsphere 5.5 for all environments. Deployed and maintained hypervisor level antimalware protection using Trend Micro Deep Security version 8 and 9. Backup and recovery; uncovered and corrected backup inefficiencies reducing backup and latency windows with Veeam Backup and Replication. Leverage PowerCli and Naviseccli in automation for metrics, business continuity, testing, and deployment.
Systems Specialist II,Storage and VMware
Alfa Specialty and Alfa Vision InsuranceSystems Specialist II,Storage and VMware
Jun. 2010 - May. 2013Storage Implementation; develop, plan, and implement new storage designs to help improve IO and space concerns. Including path based FC zoning designs for VNX 5500 and 5300 design and deployment. Vsphere 5.x environment; develop, plan, and architect new Vsphere environment incorporating new built in efficiencies and HA improvements. Migrating from 4.x to 5.0 then to 5.1. View 4.x redesign that lead to a more efficient management and deployment approach. Call resolution for maintaining a complex Server, PC, and Virtual environment. NXTOP; worked with Virttual Computer, inc. to complete eval and proof of concept for NXTOP to provide single platform deployment for mobile client platform. Implement and maintain backup solution surround new implemented EMC Data Domain for onsite and offsite backup. Vranger, Backup Exec, and Veeam Backup and Replication. Business Continuity; implement SRM along with EMC Recover Point and Vsphere replication, for LUN based replication for DR. Daily analytics for maintaining an agile environment. Storage IO, Vsphere host management, Windows and Linux monitoring.
Supervisor, Sr. PC Specialist
Ingram Book CompanySupervisor, Sr. PC Specialist
Apr. 2008 - May. 2010Lavergne, tnManage and organize team of four to six associates on day to day assignments supporting a 1000 node system assignment, consisting of Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7/VISTA, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server. Call resolution for maintaining a complex PC, Server, and Virtual environment. Trained service team on how to use VMWorkstation, VMServer, VMPlayer, ESXi, as well as advanced desktop and server imaging techniques. Trained associates to create and adjust installation scripts for the purpose of deployment and maintenance. Manage client security team within managed area for the deployment of Symantec Endpoint Antivirus Client and its related management servers, (Live Update, database, management console) antivirus definitions, as well as using Windows System Update Server deploying client security fixes via corporate Intranet.
Sr. PC Specialist
Ingram Book CompanySr. PC Specialist
Apr. 1998 - Mar. 2008La Vergne, tn

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