Prasanth Madathiparambil Raj
Bengaluru
Summary
- Dedicated Storage Administrator with hands-on experience specializing in NetApp and Pure Storage technologies.
- Proficient in the design, implementation, and maintenance of storage solutions tailored to meet diverse business needs.
- Expertise in NetApp ONTAP C-Mode and Pure Storage environments, with a proven track record of optimizing storage resources, enhancing data accessibility, and ensuring business continuity.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve complex storage-related issues efficiently, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
- Experienced in leading storage migration projects, orchestrating seamless transitions to new data center locations while maintaining uninterrupted service delivery.
- Committed to staying updated with the latest storage technologies and best practices, continuously seeking opportunities to improve system performance, reliability, and security.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Site Reliability Staff, Storage Administrator
Synopsys India Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - Current
- Responsible for spearheading the development of standardized processes to ensure each cluster meets Synopsys standards before production deployment
- Successfully upgrading NetApp ONTAP software, minimizing IT disruptions, and strengthening business continuity
- Implementing advanced security measures using NetApp SnapLock and encryption to safeguard critical data against ransomware attacks
- Orchestrating the seamless migration of storage devices to a new data center location, achieving zero issues post-migration
- Establishing and configuring a new cluster for archival workloads, optimizing storage resources, and enhancing data accessibility
- Facilitating tech refresh initiatives by seamlessly migrating older data to newer nodes, improving performance and scalability
- Successfully migrating disks from GCP Elastifile to NetApp CVS, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery without customer complaints
- Implementing encryption for data center migration projects, ensuring data security throughout the migration process
- Configuring ONTAP S3 on NetApp cluster, optimizing storage tiering with fabric pool and achieving significant cost savings.
Unix System Administrator
06.2010 - 07.2014
- Responsible for being the primary contact for India Datacenter operations, managing all new infrastructure equipment deployment and upgrades
- Providing support for remote servers in RHEL and Unix platforms
- Administration of secure clusters and daily administration of network applications for production use
- Monitoring tools including Nagios and Ganglia, and coordinating operations with storage, backup, monitoring, and application teams.
System Administrator
Synfora
04.2007 - 06.2010
- Responsible for being the single point of contact for IT and IT-related issues in Synfora, responsible for network architecture and Linux server management
- Installation, configuration, and management of SGE (Sun Grid Engine), RedHat Enterprise Linux, OpenVPN, VSFTPD server, and SFTP Server
- Central management of Flexlm License Server for Synopsys, Cadence, Xilinx tools
- Providing technical support for internal users and diagnosing and resolving problems associated with various server components.
Network Engineer/System Administrator
Pointred Telecom Pvt Ltd
08.2005 - 04.2007
- Responsible for troubleshooting hardware and software-related problems, installation, configuration, and maintenance of Linux servers and desktops
- Supporting desktop clients on Linux and Windows, managing NTP server, LVM administration, and software installation
- Interacting with vendors and service providers to ensure smooth operations.
Education
M.Tech in Software Systems -
BITS Pilani
BS in Information Systems - undefined
BITS Pilani
Diploma in Computer Hardware and Maintenance - undefined
Model Polytechnic College, Kalliassery
Skills
NetApp Cluster Management: Configuration and administration of high availability storage clusters
Data Protection: Snapshot, SnapVault, SnapMirror
File Services: NFS, CIFS/SMB
Storage Management Tools: NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager, WFA (Workflow Automation), Config Advisor
Scripting: Basic Python scripting for automation tasks and Ansible
Cloud Storage: GCP
Security: Implementation of encryption techniques for data protection
Backup Solutions: Familiarity with backup and recovery processes for storage systems
Storage Tiering: Experience with fabric pool configuration and optimization
NetApp Cluster Management: Configuration and administration of high availability storage clusters
Courses
NetApp StorageGRID Administration - 2022
EMC ISILON Administration and Management - 2016
Clustered Data ONTAP Administration - 2014
Timeline
Site Reliability Staff, Storage Administrator
Synopsys India Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - Current
Unix System Administrator
06.2010 - 07.2014
System Administrator
Synfora
04.2007 - 06.2010
Network Engineer/System Administrator
Pointred Telecom Pvt Ltd
08.2005 - 04.2007
M.Tech in Software Systems -
BITS Pilani
BS in Information Systems - undefined
BITS Pilani
Diploma in Computer Hardware and Maintenance - undefined
Model Polytechnic College, Kalliassery