Keerthana Jayakumar
Moonee Ponds,VIC
Summary
Highly skilled Storage and Backup Administrator with extensive experience in managing NetApp and Hitachi storage systems . Proven track record in configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting storage arrays, implementing data backup and recovery solutions, and ensuring optimal system performance. Skilled at troubleshooting, communication and collaboration.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Storage and Backup Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2018 - 05.2023
- Configured RAID groups, volumes, and host mappings to ensure optimal performance and utilization of storage resources
- Managed and maintained NetApp storage systems, and Hitachi Storage systems including AMS1000,
- AMS2000, and AMS2500 series, ensuring optimal performance, availability, and data integrity
- Configured and provisioned storage volumes, LUNs, and aggregates based on application requirements
- Implemented snapshot and replication technologies for data protection and disaster recovery purposes
- Collaborated with database administrators and system engineers to optimize storage utilization and resolve performance bottlenecks
- Conducted capacity planning and implemented storage expansion to accommodate growing data demands
- Worked closely with vendors and technical support to troubleshoot and resolve hardware or software issues
- Performed firmware upgrades
- Collaborated with network administrators to configure and troubleshoot SAN switches, including Cisco
- MDS and Brocade switches, ensuring connectivity and optimal data flow
- Storage CR scheduling as per defined scheduling matrix which includes preparation and implementation work
- Provided Subject matter expertise for Storage system escalation , planning and documentation
- Coordinate with automation team to create workflows for existing activities and testing them in production environment
- Produce post-implementation review of all major automation for storage to ensure best practice is in place
- Challenge and improve existing procedures
- Delivered Tier 2 and Tier 3 support for problem identification, diagnosis and issue resolution.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
Backup Administrator
Concentrix Technology
12.2014 - 01.2018
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Managing SAN Storage activities like , space provisioning , mount point configuration , storage resize luncap increase and ONTAP upgrades
- Managing NAS Storage activities like, NAS to NAS migration, User Permission handling , User Share management.
- Storage LUN provisioning including LUN expansion
- SAN Switch management, establishing end to end connectivity, port configuration, zoning infra devices etc.
- Storage health checks
- Installation / uninstallation of backup exec software
- Configuring backup jobs / restore job as per schedule
- Configuring disk and tape storage for backup and directing jobs to it Adding / pushing remote server to backup exec
- Adding licenses and handled issues with deduplication storage , NDMP
- Handles issues with Oracle and Linux backups
- Taken care of issues with respect to backup storage issues
- Creating disaster recovery disks
- Restoring resources
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science And Engineering
Sri Krishna Engineering College
ChennaiSkills
- Hitachi storage systems, including AMS1000, AMS2000, HUS100, AMS2500, HUS150, Hitachi Panama Gseries (G200, G400, G600, G800)
- Switches: Cisco MDS, Brocade
- Storage Protocols: Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, NFS, CIFS
- System Administration
- Diagnosis and Troubleshooting
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Analytical and Methodical
- Active Listening
- Monitoring and Performance Optimization
- Incident Response
- Identify Requirements
Accomplishments
- Led the migration of 100 terabytes of data to a new storage platform with zero data loss and minimal downtime, completing the project within the allocated timeline and budget.
- Increased storage system performance by 60% through proactive monitoring, tuning, and capacity planning, resulting in faster data access for end-users.
- Conducted a capacity planning assessment, accurately predicting storage growth needs for the next three years, resulting in cost savings of $100,000 by avoiding unnecessary storage purchases.
- Maintained comprehensive documentation of storage configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides, enabling quick resolution of issues and knowledge sharing within the organization.
Additional Information
- Storage: NetApp FAS, AFF, CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC, SnapMirror, Backup and Recovery: NetBackup, Backup exec
Timeline
Storage and Backup Administrator
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2018 - 05.2023
Backup Administrator
Concentrix Technology
12.2014 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science And Engineering
Sri Krishna Engineering College
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