Jennifer Tuttle

Backup Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Avamar and all related components of Avamar in a complex VMware environment supporting over 3000 virtual machines.
• Install/Configure/Administer Cohesity and Fort Knox
• Perform backups/restores on the following platforms: VMware, Hyper-V, Linux, Windows, & AIX
• Design and document disaster recovery procedures for recovering agency data in the event of a disaster.
• Define policies for data retention that meet agency requirements
• Create processes & procedures for storage & backup tasks and troubleshooting
• Work with individuals outside of the team to ensure that their backup requirements are being met
• Test and evaluate new software in order to advise management on future needs
• Advise management on hardware needs and provide specs for new equipment
• Work with the Business Continuity team to test and develop recovery strategies for applications and agency data
• Coordinate & perform software upgrades as needed and ensure all security vulnerabilities are remediated.

Storage Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Pure Flash Blade, Pure Flash Array, and Dell DataDomain
• Utilize multiple protocols: CIFS/SMB, NFS, FCP, HTTP/HTTPS
• Create, schedule, and manage snapshots on storage arrays
• Configure secure data replication to the cloud or secondary data centers
• Verify data is immutable across all systems by configuring MFA, DARE, & safe-mode where supported
• Analyze disk performance using performance metrics tools
• Analyze backup requirements for NAS devices
• Perform storage refreshes & data migration
• Coordinate & perform software upgrades as needed and ensure all security vulnerabilities are remediated.

Capacity Planning

• Utilize vendor tools to generate reports to determine periodic growth rates

Product Knowledge and Experience
DELL: Avamar, IDPA (Integrated Data Protection Appliance), PPDM (Power Protect Data Manager), Data Domain, Cyber-Vault, DPA (Data Protection Advisor), Isilon, ECS, & Centera

Cohesity: Data Protect & Fort Knox
IBM: Spectrum Protect & pSeries running AIX

Pure: Flash Blade & Flash Array

VMware: VMware Cloud Foundation

Backup Administration

• Devlop project plans and ensure tasks are completed by target dates
• Install/Configure/Administer Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and all related components of TSM
• Install/Configure/Administer Avamar and all related components of Avamar
• Perform backups/restores on the following platforms: Netware, Linux, Windows, AIX, zOS, Solaris
• Design and document disaster recovery procedures for recovering the TSM & Avamar servers and State of Illinois data in the event of a disaster.
• Define policies for data retention that meet agency requirements
• Create procedures for daily administration tasks and troubleshooting
• Work with individuals outside of the team to ensure that their backup requirements are being met
• Test and evaluate new software in order to advise management on future needs
• Advise management on hardware needs and provide specs for new equipment
• Work with the Business Continuity team to test and develop recovery strategies for applications and agency data

Storage Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Dell DataDomain
• Configure secure data replication secondary data centers
• Analyze disk performance using performance metrics tools
• Analyze backup requirements for NAS devices
• Perform storage refreshes & data migration
• Coordinate & perform software upgrades as needed and ensure all security vulnerabilities are remediated.

Capacity Planning

• Utilize vendor tools to generate reports to determine periodic growth rates

Backup Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and all related components of TSM
• Perform backups/restores on the following platforms: Netware, Linux, Windows, AIX, zOS, Solaris
• Design and d ocument disaster recovery procedures for recovering the TSM server and State of Illinois data in the event of a disaster.
• Configure/Administer NDMP backups
• Configure/Administer SAN clones for email backup/restores
• Define policies for data retention that meet agency requirements
• Create procedures for daily administration tasks and troubleshooting
• Work with individuals outside of the team to ensure that their backup requirements are being met
• Test and evaluate new software in order to advise management on future needs
• Advise management on hardware needs and provide specs for new equipment
• Perl Scripting

Tape Library Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Tape libraries
• Create procedures for tape library staff
• Write specialized scripts to send tapes to the regional vault for disaster recovery
• Utilize Tape Management System (TMS) on the mainframe to control the transfer of disaster recovery media to and from the regional vault

Storage Administration

• Manage the Storage Area Network (SAN) for the UNIX environment
• Install/Configure/Administer IBM FastT700 Array and fiber channel switches
• Create LUNs and allocate as needed
• Analyze disk performance using performance metrics tools
• Analyze backup requirements for NAS devices

Capacity Planning

• Install/Configure/Administer BindView software to monitor disk usage
• Analyze reports on a montly/yearly basis to determine growth rates

AIX Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer IBM pSeries hardware, AIX software, failover software for SAN connectivity, Dynamic Logical Partitions, and High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP).
• Analyze system performance using performance metric tools.
• Develop Korn shell scripts
• Work with developers to install and administer their applications across the AIX platform

WebSphere Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer WebSphere Application Server
• Deploy WebSphere Applications
• Work with individuals outside the team to ensure that applications are running properly and to troubleshoot any problems that arise

Post current virus information on the intranet

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Review RFPs

Backup Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and all related components of TSM
• Perform backups/restores on the following platforms: Netware, Linux, Windows, AIX, zOS, Solaris
• Design and d ocument disaster recovery procedures for recovering the TSM server and State of Illinois data in the event of a disaster.
• Configure/Administer SAN clones for email backup/restores
• Define policies for data retention that meet agency requirements
• Create procedures for daily administration tasks and troubleshooting
• Work with individuals outside of the team to ensure that their backup requirements are being met
• Test and evaluate new software in order to advise management on future needs
• Advise management on hardware needs and provide specs for new equipment
• Cross-train co-workers

Tape Library Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Tape libraries
• Create procedures for tape library staff
• Write specialized scripts to send tapes to the regional vault for disaster recovery

Storage Administration

• Manage the Storage Area Network (SAN) for the UNIX environment
• Install/Configure/Administer IBM FastT700 Array and fiber channel switches
• Create LUNs and allocate as needed
• Analyze disk performance using performance metrics tools

Capacity Planning

• Install/Configure/Administer BindView software to monitor disk usage
• Analyze reports on a montly/yearly basis to determine growth rates

AIX Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer IBM pSeries hardware, AIX software, failover software for SAN connectivity, Dynamic Logical Partitions, and High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP).
• Analyze system performance using performance metric tools.
• Develop Korn shell scripts
• Work with developers to install and administer their applications across the AIX platform

WebSphere Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer WebSphere Application Server
• Deploy WebSphere Applications
• Work with individuals outside the team to ensure that applications are running properly and to troubleshoot any problems that arise

Review RFPs

Backup Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) and all related components of TSM
• Perform backups/restores on the following platforms: Netware, Linux, Windows, AIX, zOS, Solaris
• Design and d
  ocument disaster recovery procedures for recovering the TSM server and State of Illinois data in the event of a disaster.
• Define policies for data retention that meet agency requirements
• Create procedures for daily administration tasks and troubleshooting
• Work with individuals outside of the team to ensure that their backup requirements are being met
• Test and evaluate new software in order to advise management on future needs
• Advise management on hardware needs and provide specs for new equipment

Tape Library Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer Tape libraries
• Create procedures for tape library staff
• Write specialized scripts to send tapes to the regional vault for disaster recovery

Storage Administration

• Manage the Storage Area Network (SAN) for the UNIX environment
• Install/Configure/Administer IBM FastT700 Array and fiber channel switches
• Create LUNs and allocate as needed
• Analyze disk performance using performance metrics tools

Capacity Planning

• Install/Configure/Administer BindView software to monitor disk usage
• Analyze reports on a montly/yearly basis to determine growth rates

AIX Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer IBM pSeries hardware, AIX software, failover software for SAN connectivity, Dynamic Logical Partitions, and High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (HACMP).
• Analyze system performance using performance metric tools.
• Develop Korn shell scripts
• Work with developers to install and administer their applications across the AIX platform

WebSphere Administration

• Install/Configure/Administer WebSphere Application Server
• Deploy WebSphere Applications
• Work with individuals outside the team to ensure that applications are running properly and to troubleshoot any problems that arise

Post current virus information on the intranet

HTML Coding

Review RFPs

Backup Administration

• Tivoli Storage Manager backup software administration
• Perform backups/restores on the following platforms: Netware, Linux, Windows, AIX

Tape Library Administration

• Perform hardware & software maintenance on tape libraries
• Perform daily tape vaulting duties

Post current virus information on the intranet

HTML Coding

PC Imaging & Installation

Database Management

• Convert DataEase databases to MS Access
• Create databases, forms, and reports using MS Access
• Daily database maintenance

Mainframe Data Entry

Answering Phones

Filing

Mailings