THEODORE PRITCHETT IV
Raleigh
Summary
Senior Storage Engineer with 25+ years of experience stabilizing and modernizing enterprise storage, backup, and data management environments. Proven expertise in backup & recovery remediation, Veeam-based architectures, Hyper-V–aligned storage platforms, and large-scale data migrations across on-prem and cloud environments. Strong background in data access control, unstructured data governance, lifecycle management, and compliance-driven storage design. Known for leading complex remediation efforts, improving resiliency, and partnering cross-functionally to align infrastructure with business and regulatory requirements.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Cloud Migration Architect
Effectual
New York
03.2026 - 06.2026
- Directed end-to-end migration initiatives from on-premises VMware and physical server environments to Managed AWS cloud infrastructure to support various applications and services. using AWS MGN, enabling customers to reduce infrastructure costs and accelerate digital transformation.
- Architected and executed large-scale storage migrations from NetApp ONTAP to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, ensuring data integrity, high availability, and minimal business disruption throughout the migration lifecycle.
- Designed and implemented disaster recovery and modernization solutions utilizing AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (EDRS), helping organizations improve resilience, meet recovery objectives, and transition critical workloads to the cloud.
- Leveraged Terraform and Infrastructure as Code best practices to automate AWS landing zones, networking, security controls, and application environments, reducing deployment times and improving governance.
- Conducted comprehensive cloud migration assessments for enterprise customers using ModelizeIT, evaluating infrastructure, application dependencies, and operational readiness to develop tailored AWS migration strategies.
- AWS
Sr. Storage Migration Solution Architect
Pure Storage
New York
03.2020 - 04.2025
- Lead enterprise migrations involving AWS S3, Pure FlashBlade/FlashArray, StorageGRID, and hybrid object storage platforms.
- Partner with pre-sales and account teams to analyze customer environments, contributing to the successful closure of multi-million-dollar opportunities through tailored data mobility strategies.
- Drive enterprise-scale healthcare projects with a focus on EPIC application data migrations, providing specialized architecture, governance, and risk mitigation throughout the project lifecycle.
- Utilize advanced migration tools including Komprise, Robocopy, DataDobi, and Parsec for large-scale file migrations, and Double Take, Storage-Vmotion, LVM, P-Move, PPME, Cirrus DMS and Cirrus CMC for block-level and Boot-From-SAN migrations.
- Perform code reviews and application-level analysis to optimize S3 integrations, performance, and durability strategies.
- Design end-to-end data mobility architectures for healthcare (EPIC) and multi-petabyte enterprise environments.
- Develop Python automation using AWS SDK (boto3) and Cirrus CMC APIs for storage orchestration and lifecycle workflows.
- Support migration strategies transitioning customer from legacy backup solution to Veeam and Veeam Vault-style immutable architectures.
- Created detailed architecture diagrams, runbooks, and migration plans ensuring S3 best practices and compliance requirements.
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement by contributing lessons learned, post-mortem insights, and process optimizations to drive service excellence and innovation within the Data Mobility team.
- Created Ansible playbooks to configure hosts and push storage multipath and filesystem settings to Linux/UNIX clients during multi-host migration scenarios.
- Integrated Cirrus CMC API workflows into Python-based automation tools to schedule and monitor block-level migration events.
- Mentor engineers on object storage integration, S3-compatible APIs, and migration methodologies.
Sr. Storage Architect
CDILLC
New York
05.2019 - 03.2020
- Architect and deploy complex storage and data protection solutions consisting of multiple technologies such as Dell/EMC Avamar, Pure Storage, ESXi 6x, RHEL 5x, RHEL 6x and Cirrus Data Migration (DMS).
- Provided architectural direction and hands-on leadership for object storage platforms leveraging Dell ECS, Dell Data Domain, and Dell Networker.
- Collaborated with SAP functional teams to assess requirements, design tailored automation solutions, and integrate with SAP PI/PO and API-based frameworks for cross-platform document delivery.
- Provided pre-sales technical guidance for SAP-related migrations, document generation processes, and print architecture optimization for large enterprise clients such as MetLife and IBM.
- Led execution phases for petabyte-scale object storage migrations (total environments exceeding 300+ PB, phased migrations of 100+ PB), following completed discovery and assessment efforts.
- Designed and deployed automation scripts using Ansible to streamline provisioning of SAP-connected NFS/SMB shares across Pure Storage and Dell EMC platforms.
- Led multi-technology projects involving S3-connected backups, cloud archives and data protection strategies.
- Driving the execution of Customer-facing projects to conclusion with attention to quality, timeline, and budget.
- Designed and deployed automation scripts using Ansible to streamline provisioning of NFS/SMB shares across Pure Storage and Dell EMC platforms.
- Architected hybrid storage solutions across Pure Storage, Dell/EMC, VMware, and Linux platforms.
- Serve as delivery systems Architect expert while working closely with R&D team members and internal cross functional teams with Server hardware & Dell/EMC, Cohesity, Brocade hardware.
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Cohesity
Raleigh
07.2018 - 05.2019
- Extensive troubleshooting across various O/S platform (RHEL, ESXi 6.7, AIX, Windows) on a Hyper-Converged Secondary Storage solution.
- Providing migration solution from AHV, Pure Storage, OneFS and NetApp (Mode 7 & CDOT) to NFS mount on a Hyper-Converged Secondary Storage solution.
- Responsible of performing Linux debugging, with an emphasis on systemtap, tcpdump ftrace, strace, Wireshark, gdb, and (coredumps).
- Performed archive/replication solution site to site as well as AWS S3 and Glacier.
- Performed On-Premise migration solution with AWS SnowBall to AWS S3 and Glacier.
- Developed and expanded the internal knowledge base at Cohesity from 165 KB to 1,500 KB as a tech writer.
- 3-2-1-1-0 Veeam Backup Strategy. RPO/RTO improvements, recovery time reductions.
- Implemented data protection solutions using Hitachi Storage across hybrid infrastructure.
- Designed and supported enterprise Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows Server systems.
- Implement replication, archival, retention strategies to AWS S3 and Glacier.
Sr. Principal Engineer (Storage Architect)
SimpliVity – HPE
Raleigh
09.2017 - 07.2018
- Drove the design and execution of a HCI solution that delivers a differentiated customer experience enabling Dell, Lenovo, Cisco UCS an HPE hardware to be the best choice for software defined storage (SDS) solutions powered by SimpliVity 380 Gen9, Gen10 (AHV/Hyper-V/ VMware).
- Architected the engineering solution of data protection integration with software defined hyper-converged solution (Avamar and Data Domain) in ESXi 5.5, 6.5 and Hyper-V environment.
- Developed and delivered Dell SDS based converged backup appliance (SimpliVity 380) reference architectures OMNI-Cube.
- Subject matter expert in EMC"Dell storage solutions using PowerEdge server with software defined private cloud/ hyper-converged storage such as 3Par, Nimble and SimpliVity VxRail and VSAN.
- Planning disaster recovery solutions to existing hyper-converged use cases – VM vending, VDI, and Enterprise ROBO/LOB.
- TekSystems
Sr. Storage Engineer
Fujitsu America, Inc. (Volt)
Raleigh
06.2016 - 09.2017
- Develop and maintain standards and procedures for storage systems and large OS and servers across a complex computing infrastructure.
- Performing cross storage migration projects like XIV to VNX and VMAX along with experience with SRDF, Open replicator for replication purpose between two or three sites.
- Managed Blue Cross & Blue Shield VMware virtual Desktop infrastructure created user profiles along with creating writable volumes.
- Design and architected BNA multiple Brocade edge and core switches after designing and planning successful fabric migration from Cisco MDS in the Blue Cross & Blue Shield Datacenter.
- Review current hardware, software, product, test/certification, performance measurements, and configuration/management to ensure high quality of service for performance, availability, security and administration.
- Managing SAN storage Data Domain, EMC VMAX, VNX using EMC Unisphere.
- Implementation of Horizon 7 integrated with VMware's Software-Defined Data Center, which includes vSphere, vSAN and NSX along with data migration.
Technical Storage Solution Engineer IV
Hewlett Packard (HP)
Queens
07.2013 - 06.2016
- New position as storage solution engineer supporting HP EVA's and 3PAR technologies.
- Full System Life Cycle including installation and configuration, patching, upgrading, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning of 3Par/HP EVA.
Service Delivery Consultant – Advanced /Architect
Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated
Queens
10.2010 - 07.2013
- Responsible for projects spanning multiple technologies: Brocade FAN, SAN, FICON, Channel Extension, and DCFM solutions; FCIP and SAN solutions, Microsoft Solutions, EMC Storage Solutions, VMware Solutions.
- Developed fabric migration plans to support interop and zoning database migration from Mcdata director class switches to Brocade DCX Backbone for USARPAC G2 DEPUTY CHIEF STAFF.
- Responsible for performing fabric migrations from legacy Mcdata fabric's, Cisco MDS fabrics to new Brocade DCX core environment.
- Design and architect campus wide and state wide Brocade DCX infrastructure with dual FCIP links.
- Pursue technical training paths and industry certification in order to enhance delivery capabilities and resource marketability.
- Designed a multitude solutions ranging from enterprise class fabric switch solutions on DCX backbone to small business solutions utilizing 7500 & 7800 edge switches examples include: Layout design to deploy 7500e's between two sites to replace existing M1620 extension network for a major Telecommunications company.
- Several SAN designs and assessments involving, FC Routing, FCIP, LSAN Zoning and ISL Trunking or various small and medium sized businesses.
- ISL Oversubscription layout designed for a high-performance fabric deployment for HBO.
Service Delivery Consultant – Advanced /Architect
Strategic Business Systems – EMC/Dell Partner
Union
07.2004 - 10.2010
- Knowledgeable on Fibre and IP Network topologies, protocols, network components, cabling, network operating systems, directories, security, installation, data backup and MS cluster migrations.
- Have experience implementing and architecting disaster recovery plans in addition to the configuration of tape libraries where the customer was archiving from Data Domain to tape.
- Involved with complex data migration in mix storage environment for commercial and DoD sites.
- Manage recruiting efforts and technical screening processes to ensure ideal candidates are provided for various business units.
- Serve as point of technical escalation to ensure highest level of customer satisfaction in project delivery.
- Created NAS, CLARiiON, Symmetrix and Compellent Design Workbooks and other site architecture documentation for implementation engineers.
- Possess Host to SAN configuration knowledge on all Windows platforms and Vmware/ including; Host Bus Adapter configurations, file creation/modification, file structures, input/output controls, and shells.
- Administrative level knowledge of layered software components of EMC Storage Attached Networks, Content Addressed Storage, and Network Attached Storage equipment, including local and remote replication methods and best practices.
- Experienced with testing, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and root cause analysis of server & storage solutions, primarily FluidFS NAS, Compellent Storage Center, including hardware, software, network and environmental components.
- Manage 100 TB across a primary and failover site for a major federal customer.
Dell Engineer Team Technical Lead
Infrastructure Development Corp/Dell
Queens
10.2003 - 02.2004
- Responsible for the implementation and configuration of servers, windows 2000 and windows 2003 OS, Active Directory, Exchange Clusters, DNS Server configuration.
- Managing the Storage Area Network systems including SAN devices and Fiber Channel switches.
- Directing and supervising staff for multiple data center configurations and implementations.
Network System Engineer
Armtec Defense Products
Palm Springs
03.2003 - 10.2003
- Built and design (DoD) networks to meet (DoD) Operational guidelines and heavy network security policies.
- Responsible for 800 users LAN and connections to a 2700 plus user WAN.
- Maintaining, upgrading and installing of network servers running varying operating systems from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 (Active Directory) and Sun O/S.
- Document development including: SSAA (System Security Authorization Agreements) and SECONOPS (Security Concept of Operations) -S&E (Security Testing & Evaluation) -Residual Risk Assessments -RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix) -SFUG (Security Features User's Guide) -TFM (Trusted Facility Manual) -CONOPS (Concept of Operations) -Associated Appendices.
W2K Network System Administrator- (Transition Support Team)
PEC Solution Inc./N.M.C.I Strike Force Project
06.2002 - 02.2003
- Maintained Novadigm Radia servers as well as Microsoft ISA servers and print servers with over 2000 printers including Exchange email servers with over 50,000 mailboxes.
- Operation and sustainment of: WINS servers as well as File Clusters, Veritas NetBackup servers, and Dell Powervault and Data Domain SANs.
- Performed monitoring and remote administration of over 400 Dell servers enterprise wide.
- Troubleshoot varying issues from lost Internet connectivity enterprise wide to downed cluster servers.
Network System Analyst
American System Corporation/SPAWAR
San Diego
03.2002 - 05.2002
- Document development including: -SSAA (System Security Authorization Agreements) and SECONOPS (Security Concept of Operations) -S&E (Security Testing & Evaluation) and Residual Risk Assessments -RTM (Requirements Traceability Matrix) and SFUG (Security Features User's Guide) -RFM (Trusted Facility Manual) and CONOPS (Concept of Operations), Associated Appendices.
- Testing DoD Windows 2000 and Unix Networks IAW with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Field Security Operations guidelines to include: -System Access Controls and Data Access - Identification and Authentication, Configuration Management - Architecture Security and Security Testing -Personnel Security, Procedural Security, Physical Security, and Administrative Security - Scanned DoD Network with System Scanning Tools and documented software vulnerabilities.
W2K Network System Administrator
System Integration & Research, Inc./N.M.C.I Strike Force Project
San Diego
03.2001 - 11.2001
- Engage in and integral role of standing up the San Diego NOC under a Windows 2000 infrastructure that would support several server farms in the west coast region for the Navy&Marine Corp.
- Installed and configured.
Network Solution Engineer/Project Analyst
Computech International
Great Neck
04.2000 - 11.2000
- Performed extensive hand on assembly of customized IBM workstation (6868-92U & Z Pro) as well as Compaq (AP200 & AP400) for digital editing (Matrox G-400 dual-head, Reeltime, DV-500, DV- 1000) caption cards.
- Provided on-site technical an LAN support for CTI as well as network security using Checkpoint and Cisco VPN software for their remote offices located in Florida, Colorado, and San Jose area.
- Lead project manager in the cutting edge 3M Volition Fiber optic gb switches running multiple benchmarks testing.
- Beta testing IBM & Seagates new 15,000 rpm drives with Mylex and Chapprael controllers for SAN an NAS uses.
Senior Technician/LAN-Manager
Power Group
New York
11.1999 - 04.2000
- Installation and Configuration of NT 4.0, Novell 5.1 Servers for up to 50-500 nodes.
- Performing on-site Lan Administration for multiple site's.
- Analyzing & Sniffing out multiple networks for higher performance, over Cat-5 & Fiber Optic.
- Performing Migration from Novell to NT as well as from NT to Windows 2000 Advanced server.
Computer Technician/ LAN-WAN Administrator
Jerry's Computer Services
Valley Stream
04.1997 - 11.1999
- Configured a variety of Compaq, IBM, Dell and Gateway systems for Network connectivity using Windows 9x, Windows NT Workstation, UNIX and OS/2.
- Performed Administrative functions on Windows NT servers that consisted of Adding Users, Modifying user access to server resources, Defining TCP/IP Printers, HP Jet Direct Printers and print queues.
- Extensive hands on experience with installing and troubleshooting of modems, hard drives, video cards, motherboards, memory, cd roms, floppies (LS 100's), Zip drives, Jazz drives, SCSI adapters, CD readers, writers and re-writers.
- Configured, Installed and Maintained Hubs, switches, and Rack Mountable modems.
Software Technician (GS-5)
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Garden City
04.1996 - 02.1997
- Installed and configured Rayfax and Btrieve filing system software.
- Installed and configured centralized copy of contact management software that was accessible by all nodes connected to the LAN.
- Installed and configured Windows 9x, Windows NT Workstation, Window NT Server operating systems as well as TCP/IP design and troubleshooting.
- Installed and configured Microsoft Office 97 and WordPerfect v5.0 and proved training.
- Hardware End to End Solutions Compaq rack mountable servers IBM Nefinity and IBM Intellastations. Synoptics, Bay Networks switches & hubs, 3Com hubs, Volition 4000 giga bit switches, Motorola, Ascend, 3Com and Paradyne modems, Linksys DSL routers, and Sysconnect giga bit network cards. Brocade, McData fabric switch product line, and Cisco.
Education
CCNA -
San Diego Community College District-CCNA Cisco Academy
11-2003
Bachelor of Science - Information System
New York City College
New York, NY05-2001
Computer And Information Systems - Computer And Information Systems
Computer Career Center (CCC)
04-2000
High School Diploma - Business Administration
Newton High School
Queens, NY06-1997
Skills
- Migration Architect
- Cloud migration
- Disaster recovery
- AWS integration
- Technical architecture design
- Infrastructure automation
- Migration Engineer
- Active – Active Cluster Migrations
- Active Passive Cluster Migrations
- Veeam Migration
- Purity Migrate
- Boot from SAN Migration
- Networking troubleshooting
- Network Engineer
- Cisco MDS
- Cisco UCS
- Brocade
- Software troubleshooting
- Hardware troubleshooting
- Technical documentation
- Technical documentation
Certification
- A+ Certified Service Technician, 05/99
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), 10/99
- 3Com NPP, 09/99
- Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), 08/00
- Dell Hardware Certified, 05/01
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 10/05
- EMC Clariion Solutions Expert (EMCIEe), 02/06
- Vmware (VCP3), 07/07
- NetApp (NCDA), 09/08
- Brocade (BCFP), 07/09
- Brocade (BCFD) - Feb, 2010
- Brocade (BCNE) - June, 2010
- Brocade (BCLE) - Sept, 2010
- Brocade (BCFCoEP) - May, 2011
- Brocade (BCEFE) - Aug, 2012
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, 10/20
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, 11/20
- Pure Storage Certified Architect Professional Flash Array, 07/22
- Pure Storage Flash Blade Architect Associate - Aug 2022
- Pure Storage Certified Architect Professional Flash Blade - Sept 2022
- Pure Storage Migration Specialist - Nov 2023
- Pure Storage Certified Platform Architect Expert - Nov 2024
- Pure Storage Certified Cloud Block Store – Nov 2024
- Pure Storage Certified Data Storage Associate - Jan 2023
- Cirrus DMS Certified Professional_Leve2 - Feb, 2021
- Komprise Technical Professional - May, 2020
- DataDobi Professional 5 - Jun, 2020
- Vmware Certified Professional VCP 8 - April 2024
- Cirrus Migrate Cloud Professional - March 2025
- Google Associate Cloud Engineer - March 2021
- Google Professional Cloud Architect - April 2023
Timeline
Sr. Cloud Migration Architect
Effectual
03.2026 - 06.2026
Sr. Storage Migration Solution Architect
Pure Storage
03.2020 - 04.2025
Sr. Storage Architect
CDILLC
05.2019 - 03.2020
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Cohesity
07.2018 - 05.2019
Sr. Principal Engineer (Storage Architect)
SimpliVity – HPE
09.2017 - 07.2018
Sr. Storage Engineer
Fujitsu America, Inc. (Volt)
06.2016 - 09.2017
Technical Storage Solution Engineer IV
Hewlett Packard (HP)
07.2013 - 06.2016
Service Delivery Consultant – Advanced /Architect
Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated
10.2010 - 07.2013
Service Delivery Consultant – Advanced /Architect
Strategic Business Systems – EMC/Dell Partner
07.2004 - 10.2010
Dell Engineer Team Technical Lead
Infrastructure Development Corp/Dell
10.2003 - 02.2004
Network System Engineer
Armtec Defense Products
03.2003 - 10.2003
W2K Network System Administrator- (Transition Support Team)
PEC Solution Inc./N.M.C.I Strike Force Project
06.2002 - 02.2003
Network System Analyst
American System Corporation/SPAWAR
03.2002 - 05.2002
W2K Network System Administrator
System Integration & Research, Inc./N.M.C.I Strike Force Project
03.2001 - 11.2001
Network Solution Engineer/Project Analyst
Computech International
04.2000 - 11.2000
Senior Technician/LAN-Manager
Power Group
11.1999 - 04.2000
Computer Technician/ LAN-WAN Administrator
Jerry's Computer Services
04.1997 - 11.1999
Software Technician (GS-5)
Immigration and Naturalization Service
04.1996 - 02.1997
CCNA -
San Diego Community College District-CCNA Cisco Academy
Bachelor of Science - Information System
New York City College
Computer And Information Systems - Computer And Information Systems
Computer Career Center (CCC)
High School Diploma - Business Administration
Newton High School