Versatile and results-driven Storage Administrator with 10+ years of hands-on experience managing SAN/NAS infrastructure Proficient in enterprise-grade platforms including NetApp (CDOT & 7-mode), EMC (VMAX, VNX, Isilon), Hitachi (G-series, HNAS), HP (3PAR, EVA), and DataCore. Skilled in zoning, replication (SRDF, GAD, TrueCopy), provisioning, firmware upgrades, and full-scale DR activities. Adept in Brocade/Cisco SAN switch administration and backup environments (NetBackup, Avamar). Working on AWS (S3, EFS, FSx), Azure Monitoring practices to bridge traditional storage with cloud-native architectures.
Administering SAN & NAS Environment on Netapp (CDOT & ESeries), EMC(VMAX, VNX & ISILON), HP (EVA, 3PAR & MSA) & Datacore Storage including Upgrades, Migrations and all BAU Activities(Healthchecks, Provisioning and Reclaims)
Configuring and Managing AWS (S3, EFS & FSX) and Azure Monitoring.
Actively working on Full and Half DR Activities.
Management of Brocade & Cisco switches (including firmware upgrades, moving
hard zone to soft zones)
Performance Analysis, Capacity Planning Reports and
Recommendations, Storage Provisioning (HCS, Storage
Navigator/Device Manager, SymCLI to Windows/Unix/Esxi servers),
Zoning, Reclaim, Replication (True Copy, GAD & SRDF). FS, V-Vol
Expansions in HNAS.
Microcode/firmware upgrades on Hitachi
SVPs, HNAS and Brocade switches and DR Activities.
Allocate storage from EMC Symmetrix using SymCLI and VNX
using Unisphere, Replication (SRDF).
Perform zoning at Brocade Switch level using Brocade Network Advisor (BNA), EMC
Connectrix Manager and Command Line (CLI). Unzone/Unmap and LUN deletions.
Add/Remove hosts into/from backup rotation and resolve restoration requests in backup tools like EMC Avamar, Netbackup, BackupExec, Rubrik and EMC Networker.
Administration of the Storage (EMC & Hitachi) and Switch (Brocade) environment by performing health checks.
Storage Allocation from EMC Vmax using SymCLI, VNX using Unisphere, and Hitachi G1x00 using Hitachi Command Suite (HCS) File System, Virtual Volume and Quota expansions on Netapp 7 mode
and Hitachi HNAS.
Data Centre Access Management.
Troubleshooting the LUN visibility and LUN path issues.
Rewarded with “BE ESSENTIAL AWARD” for
accomplishing all the assigned tasks effectively in IBM.
Received SEAL (Service Excellence Achievement Letter)
from Client in Infosys.
Client Recognition Award at Cognizant for commitment and resolve storage issues on obselete hardware in the environment.
Amazon Web Services Cloud PractitionerAmazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Certified: Azure FundamentalsMicrosoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft