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Oluwadamilola Oyaluade

Chicago,IL

Summary

An experienced storage engineer with proven SAN & NAS administration experience supporting infrastructure across multi-vendors such as Dell/EMC, NetApp, IBM etc. ensuring effective delivery of storage solutions to customers in health, banking, engineering etc. Industry.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Storage Administrator

HCL Technologies
08.2023 - Current
  • Increased storage capacity by utilizing data deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning techniques.
  • Designed disaster recovery plans specific to each application''s requirements, ensuring minimal impact during unexpected events.
  • Improved backup and recovery processes, ensuring data integrity and minimizing downtime during critical events.
  • Enhanced system reliability with regular maintenance and upgrading of storage hardware and software components.
  • Maintained up-to-date documentation on storage infrastructure, enabling streamlined communication between teams during projects or incident response situations.
  • Adept in troubleshooting and identifying current issues and providing effective solutions.
  • Decommission Servers.
  • Managed multiple protocols types of volume provisioning for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI and FCP.
  • Creating and Managing Aggregates, Volumes, Qtrees and Quotas.
  • Restoring Volumes and Files from Snapshots.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate block and file storage solutions seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure, emphasizing the enhancement of block storage for data availability and security compliance across the organization.
  • Participate in SSL certificate maintenance for the on-premise storage device.

Senior Storage Administrator

University of Illinois, UIC
10.2019 - 07.2023
  • Provisioning and Expansion of LUNS(Block) and filesystem (File) to multiple servers and applications that involve both thick, thin and compressed on Powermax, XtremIO, Isilon XIV, SVC, Pure Storage, 3PAR, NetApp, Compellent, VNX, Isilon, ECS and Centera.
  • Storage Refresh.
  • Trained L1-L2 team members on daily storage administration for NETAPP ONTAP.
  • Trained L1-L2 team members on daily storage administration for NETAPP ONTAP.ONTAP Data.
  • Configure FAS 700 node for production.
  • NAS Management through NetApp Active IQ/OnCommand Unified Manage.
  • NAS Replication NetApp SnapMirror, NetApp SnapVault.
  • Decommission and Reclaimation of all NetApp
  • Kickstarting optimization jobs such as Dedup and snapshot clean-ups to enable efficient usage of the Isilon.
  • Zoning of new Ontap Nodes to SAN fabric.
  • Setting up soft and hard limits (SmartQuotas) on the Isilon to meet departmental capacity needs.
  • Host based migration of infrastructure application data.
  • Creating vFilers and configuring Clusters and LIFS.
  • Configure NFS and CIFS protocols for file shares and assigning ACLs to give specific users the right access needed.
  • Coordinate all failed disk for replacement.
  • Code upgrade on all devices.
  • 24/7days on call.
  • Developed workflows for NetApp FabricPool to facilitate efficient storage tiering and data management, enhancing storage efficiency and lifecycle management.
  • Deployed, configured, and administered disaster recovery solutions across NetApp and EMC storage platforms (including SnapVx, SRDF, RecoverPoint, and native replication).
  • Used automated monitoring tools like NetApp AIQUM and OCI for proactive storage management and performance optimization, ensuring system health and efficiency are maintained.



Storage Engineer

Benchmark Inc
08.2016 - 09.2019
  • Participated in deploring, configured, and administered EMC VMAX, PowerMax, XtremIO, Unity, VNX, and Isilon storage systems.
  • Utilized EMC Unisphere, Solutions Enabler, and XMS for deployment, administration, and upgrades.
  • Certified and upgraded EMC VMAX, PowerMax, XtremIO, Unity, VNX, and Isilon software and firmware.
  • Deployed, configured, and administered EMC storage disaster recovery solutions (SnapVx, SRDF, RecoverPoint, native replication).
  • Deployed, configured, and administered NetApp FAS, AFF, E-series, and Solidfire storage systems.
  • Configured and administered NetApp NFS, CIFS, FCP, and iSCSI.
  • Upgraded NetApp software and firmware for Ontap, Santricity, BMC/SP, disk, shelf, and DQP.
  • Configured and administered NetApp disaster recovery solutions, including Metrocluster, Snapmirror, Snapvault, snapcenter server & plugins, and snapcreator.
  • Successfully built and deployed the HPE Synergy Composable Infrastructure platform into DT€™s 5 major Co-Locations in the US, Canada, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. Configurations ranging from 1-4 frames.
  • Implemented NetApp cluster scale-up and scale-out by adding disks, shelves, and controllers.
  • Executed NetApp cluster migrations, decommissioning, and refreshes.
  • Deployed, configured, and administered NetApp OCUM, AIQUM, and OCI for efficient storage management and monitoring.
  • Deployed, configured, and administered NetApp Brocade and Cisco cluster switches, including OS and RCF upgrades.
  • Deployed Pure Flash Array and HP3Par storage systems.
  • Deployed, configured, and administered Hitachi Unified Storage, IBM A9K, and Infinidat storage systems.
  • Executed SAN and NAS storage migrations for system refreshes and vendor changes.
  • Deployed, configured, and administered Cisco MDS and Brocade fiber channel switches.
  • Troubleshot SAN and NAS issues for prompt incident resolution.
  • Conducted proactive performance and capacity management for storage and switches.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including network, server, and database administrators, to deliver integrated IT solutions.
  • Provided 24/7 on-call support for storage-related incident resolution.
  • Administered Windows Server 2008/2012/2016 and Linux OS (RedHat, Amazon Linux 2, CentOS, Ubuntu) for seamless storage operations.

Storage Administrator

Gileadgroup
04.2015 - 08.2016
  • Administered NetApp 7-mode and cluster mode storage systems in a multi-protocol environment (CIFS, NFS, FCP, NDMP).
  • Configured and administered NetApp disaster recovery using Snapmirror and Snapvault.
  • Implemented storage migration from EMC VMAX to IBM XIV using IBM SVC storage virtualization.
  • Configured SVC for cross-vendor data migration and single-platform administration of heterogeneous storage environments.
  • Installed, configured, and migrated Cisco and Brocade switches.
  • Upgraded Brocade and Cisco switches firmware.
  • Provisioned and reclaimed LUNs on IBM SVC/V7000.
  • Administered EMC XIO, VMAX2, VMAX3, Isilon, and VNX storage systems.
  • Established SRDF relationships and maintained replication relationships.
  • Transitioned from NetApp 7-mode to cDot mode.
  • Created SVMs for multi and single-protocol data management.
  • Upgraded all NetApp softAnde
  • and firmware, including Ontap OS, disk, and shelf firmware packages.
  • Created and managed interface groups, broadcast domains, and VLANs.
  • Deployed HPE Global Oneview Dashboard into DT€™s environment for overview insight and support of the Synergy frames deployed around the globe.
  • Administered and managed HP 24k, 12k, P6000, EVA8k, and MSA 2012 storage systems.
  • Administered and managed Hitachi AMS2100, AMS200, and HVSP G100 storage systems.
  • Administered and managed IBM V840, V900 Flash Storage, SVC, XIV, and IBM NAS.
  • Implemented Hitachi Universal Replicator across Open and z/OS systems data centers.
  • Configured and maintained Dynamic Provision volumes.
  • Utilized Hitachi Tuning Manager for efficient SAN issue identification.
  • Migrated fabrics, merged various fabrics, zoned, modified configuration, and upgraded firmware.
  • Identified and resolved SAN fabric and connectivity issues.
  • Implemented and administered data-store VMware ESXi for virtualized storage environments.
  • Managed VMware ESX and efficiently installed virtual machines through virtual infrastructure client.
  • Provisioned, allocated, and deallocated storage on HP 3PAR using StoreServ Management Tools.
  • Implemented performance and tiering processes for optimal performance of Hitachi VSP storage systems.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience

University of Illinois At Chicago
Chicago
12.2020

Associate of Science - Biology

City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College, United States
Chicago, IL
05.2017

Skills

  • Disaster Recovery Planning and data protection
  • Enterprise storage management
  • Data deduplication techniques
  • Storage Capacity Planning
  • Storage vendor management
  • Storage Area Network expertise
  • ISCSI protocol proficiency
  • Storage virtualization techniques
  • Fibre Channel protocol understanding
  • Storage tiering optimization
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Problem-Solving
  • Excellent Communication
  • NetApp
  • Linux, Unix, Mac OS,
  • NFS
  • ZFS NAS
  • VSAN SAN
  • Cisco and Brocade Switches
  • Python Programming
  • Migration

Certification

Open to certifications. Non pursued.

Additional Information

  • Storage Solution Design : T eam Solution Design ( TSD) Documentations, Engineering Assets, Transition & Transformation (T&T), Technical health check. Networking: SAN, LAN/WAN, Network Attached Storage (NAS), TCP/ IP, VPN, NFS/SMB/ CIFS/SCSI protocols, Multi- Protocol Router (MPR) Advanced Storage Services: Software Defined Storage (IBM Spectrum Control, EMC viPR), Thin Provisioning, FAST (Fully Automated Storage Tiering), Cross platform Data Migration, Storage Consolidation, Hardware refresh, Solarwinds SRM. Virtualization (OS): VmWare (ESXi, vCenter, vSphere, VDP, vCloud), Hyper-V, Oracle Virtual Box StorageGrid Virtualization (SAN): SVC (IBM Spectrum Virtualize), EMC vPlex, Hitachi USPV, Cico UCS Business Continuity (SAN DR): EMC SRDF SNapVx, IBM Global Mirror/Metro Mirror, FlashCopy, Hitachi HUR, OpenReplicator, HP 3PAR replication, DR planning & testing. Storage (Hardware): Dell EMC PMAX, VMAX, VNX, XtremeIO, Isilon, ECS, Centera, Compellent, IBM XiV, DS8000, v7000, FSS 9000, FSS 900, PureFlex, Cleversafe, , HP 3PAR S800, Hitachi 9580V, HDS VSP, Netapp Ontap. Backup: Spectrum Protect (TSM), Veritas NetBackup, Networker, Avamar, Data Domain, Storage Tools: EMC Tools (Unisphere, NaviCLI, Recoverpoint, ECC, ESRS), viPr, , IBM TPC (Spectrum Control), Hitachi Command Suite, SNM, 3par CLI, BNA, CMCNE, DCNM, VNX M&R, RPA Switches: Brocade & Cisco MDS

Timeline

Storage Administrator

HCL Technologies
08.2023 - Current

Senior Storage Administrator

University of Illinois, UIC
10.2019 - 07.2023

Storage Engineer

Benchmark Inc
08.2016 - 09.2019

Storage Administrator

Gileadgroup
04.2015 - 08.2016

Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience

University of Illinois At Chicago

Associate of Science - Biology

City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College, United States

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