Steven Meckling
Columbus,OH
Summary
Over 15 years of expertise in Backup and Disaster Recovery services. Skills include managing backup technologies, associated systems, and applications. Experience in designing and implementing disaster recovery plans for corporate backup services, enabling recovery across multiple locations using TSM/Spectrum Protect and Veeam. Strong technical background and successful management and installation of hardware/software solutions from IBM, Cohesity, Veeam, Commvault, HPE, and LaserVault. Conducted evaluations and proof-of-concepts for backup solutions from industry-leading companies like Commvault, Cisco, EMC, and more. Track record of successfully migrating and upgrading enterprise backup environments. Implemented both Veeam VBR v12 and Spectrum Protect v8 using Cohesity storage to optimize performance and capacity management.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Backup and Infrastructure Administrator
Big Lots Stores
10.2013 - Current
- Conducted POC for Veeam VBR and Cohesity as a replacement for IBM Spectrum Protect.
- Implemented Veeam VBR v11.1 and upgraded to V12 to utilize Cohesity S3 storage, reducing storage footprint.
- Upgraded enterprise backup environment to Veeam Enterprise v12.2 for security and S3 compatibility enhancements.
- Migrated SAP database backup environment from AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, implementing Commvault Intellisnap for Oracle DB backups.
- Relocated production and QA/Dev/DR data centers to new locations within strict timelines.
- Deployed 2+ PB of Cohesity storage clusters as primary backup targets for Spectrum Protect, Veeam, NetBackup, RMAN, and MSSQL.
- Managed Netbackup environment for targeted backup of Teradata data warehouse databases.
- Implemented LaserVault ViTL appliances for AS400 servers and migrated physical tapes to StoreOnce5650 storage.
- Migrated backup storage from IBM TS3500 tape libraries to HPE StoreOnce disk based VTL storage.
- Migrated IBM Spectrum Protect (SP) data to deduplicated storage containers.
- Installed HPE StoreOnce appliances for Oracle database backups using HPE Catalyst protocol.
- Upgraded Spectrum Protect enterprise-wide to versions v7 & v8 and designed backup solutions for new distribution centers.
- Designed and implemented disaster recovery plans for corporate backup services.
- Architected migration plans for VMware environment to Oracle KVM in response to cost increases from VMware.
TSM Administrator/Intel Server Analyst
Grange Insurance
09.2008 - 10.2013
- Managed backup and recovery services for 500 servers and 200 TB of data using IBM TSM
- Administered file and print services across Windows and NetWare environments
- Oversaw infrastructure for data communication and messaging applications
Senior Network Services Administrator/Desktop Lead
Shiloh Industries
01.1997 - 10.2008
- Led administration of Intel-server-based network services for an11-division automotive supplier
- Designed and maintained disaster recovery solutions using VMware GSX/Server with EqualLogic iSCSI storage
- Managed enterprise-wide email, directory services, file & print services and security systems
Education
Associate of Science - Electronic Engineering Technology
Skills
- Backup Solutions: Spectrum Protect, Veeam, Commvault, Cohesity, HPE StoreOnce Catalyst
- Virtualization: VMware, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux KVM
- Storage Systems: Cohesity, HPE StoreOnce, IBM SVC & Flashcopy, EMC Unity, LaserVault ViTL, EqualLogic, Cisco Fiber Channel zoning, IBM tape libraries
- Database Backup: RMAN, MSSQL, Commvault SAP Intellisnap
- Disaster Recovery: Planning and implementation for enterprise-wide environments
- Operating Systems: Windows, Red Hat Linux & AIX
- Hardware troubleshooting
- Data center operations
Timeline
Senior Backup and Infrastructure Administrator - Big Lots Stores
10.2013 - Current
TSM Administrator/Intel Server Analyst - Grange Insurance
09.2008 - 10.2013
Senior Network Services Administrator/Desktop Lead - Shiloh Industries
01.1997 - 10.2008
Community College of The Air Force - Associate of Science, Electronic Engineering Technology
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