Mohan Raj K
Senior Lead
Summary
To work and grow with a company that gives me an opportunity to work on IT Specialist/Architect role relevant to Netapp Storage, Cloud technologies and helps me reach to the Architect in the domain.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Senior Lead – Infrastructure Specialist
Kyndryl Solutions Private Ltd
09.2021 - Current
- Netapp Storage Administration (since from 2015): Worked with my Storage Architects in designing the hardware and storage requirement on Netapp storage
- Worked with Netapp Professional services and installed new Netapp CDOT cluster and adding new Netapp controllers (AFF700, AFF400, FAS8200, FAS8300, Ontap-Select) to the existing clusters
- Day to day administration like new CIFS/NFS volume creation, vserver creation, creation/migration new LIF's
- Setting up hardware and storage encryption on Netapp cluster
- Upgraded the Netapp intercluster switches with guidance from the Netapp SME's
- Having good experience on Ontap cluster upgrade and upgrading the intercluster switches.
- Setting up Snapmirror and Snapvault replication for DR
- Setting up Snapdiff/NDMP backup using Spectrum Protect tool
- Migrating of volumes from old storage controllers to new storage controllers and decommission the old controllers.
- Acquired knowledge on Azure Ontap CVO deployment.
- Azure Cloud Administration: Knowledge on services like Vnet ,Subnet, Load Balancer, Firewall rules, CDN, Vnet Peering, Network security group (NSG), Site-site VPN, Virtual machines, AVS instances, ARM Templates, Basics on Kubernetes Services, Storage accounts , creating containers/blobs, Virtual Machine Scale sets etc.
Infrastructure Specialist
IBM India Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 08.2021
- Spectrum Protect Subject Matter Expert: Handling escalation of high severity calls
- Netapp Administration related to NDMP and Snapdifff backup services.
- Working as a Level 4 support on Spectrum Protect product and currently working on various RFS projects
- In depth knowledge solutioning and capacity planning on Spectrum Protect product using all the new technologies like Container storage pools, Cloud Containers etc
- Having experience on setting up the Disaster recovery site between primary and DR datacenter
- Perform disaster recovery test using Protectier using the replicated the data from production site to Disaster recovery site
- Tape library configuration and Virtual tape library with Spectrum Protect instance on AIX, LINUX and Windows platform
- Tuning the Spectrum server according to the optimal value provided in the performance tuning guide
- Working on IBM ProtecTier(TS7650 gateways) virtual tape library Exposure on EMC data domain and deduplication concept which is used for DR test
- Set up NDMP/Snapdiff backup using Spectrum Protect for larger Netapp clusters
- Implementation and Administration of HSM for AIX JFS and GPFS
- Implementation of Tape Library encryption on 3584 Library with TKLM encryption method.
System Administrator
Maples ESM Technology
01.2006 - 06.2007
- AIX Administration: Worked on User Administration on AIX, creating file system, Installation of patches, checking the file system, checking the errpt logs
- TSM Administration: Worked as TSM administrator on level1 activity like checking the backup failures, doing restore
- Checking the scratch level, working on drive and library issue Raising hardware call and software call with IBM support Working on TSM administration like Media management, checking error codes in TSM server, checking the TSM DB, LOG size Extending DB and LOG by creating new dbvolumes and logvolumes Registration and configuration of UNIX and Windows nodes and configuring the dsm.sys, dsm.opt and creating schedules for the new nodes.
Education
Higher secondary Education - Biology
Saint Paul's Matriculation Higher secondary School
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication
Annai Teresa College of Engineering, Anna University
Skills
Adding new Netapp storage controllers to the existing CDOT cluster and migrate the data from old controllers to new controllers and decommission the old nodes in the clusterSetting up NDMP and Snapdiff backup configuration for the Netapp storage CIFS/NFS volumesProvision of FC LUN's on Netapp storage and provision of new CIFS and NFS volumes on CDOT clusterPlanning and upgrading the new CDOT clusterCreating new aggregates, configuration of new LIFS's (Logical Interface) and migrate the new LIF's to the new controllersCreating new Architect visio of the new Netapp storage cluster implementation Submit the racking, power, and cabling according to the worked-out designImplementation experience on ICOS (IBM Cloud Object Storage) in On-Prem datacenterExperience in developing Ansible playbooks and implemented few playbooks like Installation and upgrading Spectrum Protect BA Client agents, Spectrum for VE Agents, Installation of and configuring Spectrum Protect instanceContributed to the playbook development on automation on re-running Missed and Failed backups on Spectrum Protect backup productArchitect and Implementation experience for Spectrum Protect productSet up Disaster recovery sites and test the DR functions using Spectrum Protect productBasic knowledge in AIX administrationAdministration on Spectrum Protect (8x)Implementation and Administration of IBM Protectier TS7650 GatewayAdministration of EMC Data Domain and Virtual tape libraryImplementation and Administration of Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environment (TSMVE)Implementation and Administration of IBM Tape libraries 3576, 3584, 3494 Tape LibraryAdministration Tivoli Storage Manager (versions 53, 54, 55, 6x, 7x, 8116)Knowledge on AWS cloud, Google CloudAzure Cloud Administration: Knowledge on services like Vnet ,Subnet, Load Balancer, Firewall rules, CDN, Vnet Peering, Network security group (NSG), Site-site VPN, Virtual machines, AVS instances, ARM Templates, Basics on Kubernetes Services, Storage accounts , creating containers/blobs, Virtual Machine Scale sets etc
Network Troubleshooting
Performance Tuning
Incident Management
Virtualization Technologies
Certification
Ansible playbook.
Personal Information
- Passport Number: P1363537
- Date of Birth: 12/04/83
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
- Visa : B1/B2
Timeline
Senior Lead – Infrastructure Specialist
Kyndryl Solutions Private Ltd
09.2021 - Current
Infrastructure Specialist
IBM India Pvt Ltd
07.2007 - 08.2021
System Administrator
Maples ESM Technology
01.2006 - 06.2007
Higher secondary Education - Biology
Saint Paul's Matriculation Higher secondary School
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication
Annai Teresa College of Engineering, Anna University