Vijay Kumar Rayabandi
Cumming,GA
Summary
Overall 12+ years of experience in IT industry in Design, Deployment and Administration of Heterogeneous Physical and Virtual Storage Solutions.
- Innovative Solution Architect with in-depth understanding of Storage infrastructure design illustrated over 12+ years of experience in similar roles.
- Experience in EMC Storage, EMC Clariion, VNX, VNXe, VMAX, PowerMax, Isilon/Powerscale, EMC SRDF/Time Finder, Unisphere, Navisphere, Migrations, SRDF (Sync, Async & Adaptive Copy).
- Expertise in EMC SAN block storage migrations from DMX to VMAX, all generation VMAX's to PowerMax using SRDF technologies.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new technologies into existing infrastructure.
- Streamlined operations by implementing process improvements and automation techniques.
- Conducted regular risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities or areas requiring additional attention or resources.
- Maintained accurate documentation for procedures, policies, and technical specifications to facilitate knowledge sharing among team members.
- Provided comprehensive training's for junior resources, fostering a positive learning environment and promoting professional growth.
- Implemented robust security measures to protect sensitive data and maintain compliance with industry regulations.
- Responsible for the day-to-day operations and Engineering of NetApp FAS, AFF, SolidFire, ONTAP Select, Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO), Cloud Manager, EMC PowerMax, VMAX, Unity, Isilon, IBM SVC and Flash systems
- Engineering and Operational support of IBM Storage Arrays - SAN Volume Controller (SVC CG8, DH8, SV1, SV2), Flash systems (FS91xx, FS840, FS900), Storwize (V7k, V3k), XIV, A9000/A9000R, Hyper-Swap, Stretched Cluster, DS8870/DS8910F/DS8950F.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Lead
Ursi Tech
02.2023 - Current
- Expertise in managing multiple migration projects in the account's like Data migration from one environment to other using host and storage level.
- Good Experience in Designing & Planning migration of Gen4/Gen5 Brocade switches to Gen 6.
- Excellent in Building DR solutions using various replication solutions between the DC’s using EMC, NETAPP and IBM replications.
- Design SAN for new application deploy and participate in application deploy testings.
- Experience in new EMC PowerMax/VMAX/VMAX3 and Brocade switch installations in to existing fabric.
- Expertise in providing solutions design and implementation services for high availability storage architect and data replication for disaster recovery.
- Good Hands on experience in creating the Aggregate's, volumes, Quotas, Qtrees, cifs, NFS in NetApp Storage and provisioned CIFS/NFS shares, permissions & accessibility troubleshooting.
- Enhanced system performance by identifying and resolving technical issues in a timely manner.
- Streamlined operations by implementing process improvements and automation techniques.
- Experience in SRDF Sync, Async and Adaptive replication technology for Disaster recovery solutions.
- Experiencing in creating Zoning for Servers with Storage Devices on Cisco and Brocade switches.
- Worked on various projects like Data Center Migration, Data Center Decommission, Installing Storage Hardware, Installing SAN Switches and SAN Appliances.
Storage SME
Coderlogics Inc
04.2022 - 02.2023
- Devised and implemented processes and procedures to streamline operations.
- Day-to-day monitoring and troubleshooting of Storage infrastructure using Unisphere & SYMCLI.
- Performed Restore using Snapshots on NFS and SMB shares on Isilon/Powerscale.
- Experience in Installation, administering, upgrade, troubleshooting, and monitoring the Brocade and Cisco Switches.
- Capacity planning and working closely with NetApp to add capacity in various sites.
- Expertise in Clone refreshes activities for production and pre-production critical servers for business and applications testing.
- Expertise in migrating all servers from old VMAX/VMAX-SE/VMAX3 to PowerMax as a part of hardware refresh.
- Used PowerMax thin provisioning to provision storage to different types of hosts using Symcli and used Unisphere for monitoring performance on PowerMax and Unity.
- Experienced on Setup a New Netapp Arrays and upgrading ONTAP version for NetApp cluster from 8.3 to 9.XVersion
- Conducted comprehensive risk assessments to proactively identify potential issues and develop mitigation strategies accordingly.
- Created detailed project plans outlining timelines, milestones, resources, and deliverables for successful execution.
- Trained junior staff members on company policies, procedures, and best practices to ensure consistent performance across the team.
- Conducted regular reviews of operations and identified areas for improvement.
Technical Service Specialist
Kyndryl
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Worked on new frames designs, Build and implementation for IBM DS8700, 8800, SVC, FS840, V7000, A9000, XIV, FS9200, FS7200 & HP3PAR.
- Experience in Brocade switches cable movement from old to new switch as a part of hardware refresh.
- Resolved complex technical issues for clients, leading to improved system functionality and performance.
- SAN port allocation and decommissions and updating the tracker for newly adding arrays/ switches and also for decommissioned devices.
- Worked on applications and servers migrations from legacy environments while maximizing utilization and density of our most cost-effective environment.
- Analyzed audit findings to detect operational weaknesses for referral to management as potential areas of development focus.
- Troubleshoot and resolve the fabric related issues generated in the production, Development and testing environments.
- Experience in Managing ISL connectivity between cores to edge directors/Switches.
- Streamlined troubleshooting process, ensuring faster resolution times and increased efficiency.
- Built strong relationships with clients by consistently delivering exceptional service and support.
- Conducted regular follow-ups with clients to ensure continued satisfaction and address any concerns promptly.
- Participated in after-hours on-call rotations, ensuring seamless 24/7 support coverage for critical client needs.
- Reviewed technical guidelines to verify compliance with information security standards and best practices.
- Designed technical diagnostic timelines to determine technical change viability without disrupting operations.
Technical Service Specialist
IBM India Pvt Lmtd
12.2016 - 09.2021
- Experience in providing Disaster Recovery Solutions, Data Migrations and Data Replication with various technologies like NetApp Snap Mirror, IBM Global Mirror, Metro Mirror, Flash Copies.
- Reviewed technical guidelines to verify compliance with information security standards and best practices.
- Administering EMC PowerMax, VMAX, VMAX3, VNX, DMX, Unity Storage Systems and Brocade switches.
- Experienced in Installing and configuration of SVC & V7000, V5030, XIV,DS8k,FS9200, FS7200 Storage devices.
- Provisions Isilon storage, based on standard procedures detailed in the Operational Run Book, and meets Customer agreed-upon standards.
- Configured Cluster Peering and SVM Peering to enable snapmirror replications at both SVM and Volume level.
- Provided direct support to technical and non-technical entities to define requirements and deliver solutions to meet customer needs including new environment deployment, upgrades, performance tuning, testing and disaster recovery.
- Experienced in Firmware upgrades for disks on SVC/V7000/DS8K array's and device upgrades.
- Worked on Adding new expansion enclosures and configuring to fulfill the capacity shortage for storage devices.
- Experience in Installation and Configuration of Cisco MDS Enterprise Directors (9513, 9706), Cisco Multilayer fabric switch (9124 and 9148) using Cisco cli, Fabric Manager and DCNM (DataCenter Network Manager).
- Worked on new server Build's and storage devices in the environment.
- Streamlined troubleshooting process, ensuring faster resolution times and increased efficiency.
Senior Analyst
Dell EMC
09.2015 - 12.2016
- Identified and resolved problems through root cause analysis and research.
- Migrated the volumes connected to the host from the VNX array directly into Vplex using storage pool compose command.
- Experience in creating SMB and NFS shares on Isilon/Powerscale clusters as per customer requirements.
- Handled Migration Project XIV to DS8K, SVC to A9000 using DMS Appliance.
- Deep dive-in performance analysis and provide expertise remediation for performance issues.
- New frames design, Build and implementation for IBM DS8700,8800, SVC, SV, FS840, V9000, A9000, XIV, FS9200, FS7200 & HP3PAR.
- Performed mirroring through SVC to mitigate risk during DS8k firmware upgradation.
- Good Hands on experience in new XIV/DS8K Installation, Logical configuration and attaching to SVC.
- Provisioned using Vplex with backend connected VNX 7200 includes Pool Lun creation, assigning luns to Vplex storage groups.
- Host based migrations activities from VMAX/VMAX3 to PowerMax using SRDF sync/async & adaptive copy
Senior Operations Professional
IBM India Pvt Lmtd
04.2011 - 08.2015
- Extensive experience as L3 level in Administration and Managing of Storage systems and Experienced on Data Migration of volumes from one mdiskgrp to another mdiskgrp.
- Supporting PowerScale Prod and Dr clusters and SyncIQ to migrate and cutover. Support for Isilon DR Testing every quarter.
- Created volume expansions as per the platform team requests and Volume Allocations on Block Storage a device which includes IBM and EMC Clariion.
- Stale zone removals, Zones creation, Configuration backup and Firmware upgrade.
- Good hands on experience in SAT HC and TPC (Tivoli product center) to automate the health checks and pull the storage devices reports
- Worked on New Server builds projects and Handled Service requests for LUN creation, Mapping, Flash copy, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror.
- Experience in handling with on-site CE Adding new expansion enclosures and configuring to fulfill the capacity shortage.
- Performance monitoring of EMC storage arrays and servers using Unisphere for trouble shooting.
- Installation and Configuration of Cisco MDS Enterprise Directors (9513, 9706), Cisco Multilayer fabric switch (9124 and 9148) using Cisco cli, Fabric Manager and DCNM (DataCenter Network Manager).
- Worked on Volume Group, import & export, mirroring logical volume and File systems.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering Technology
Tirumala Engineering College
Hyderabad, India06.2009
Skills
- Infrastructure: EMC Power Max 2000/8000, VMAX e/SE/10K/20K/40K, VMAX3 100K/200K/400K, EMC VNX, Isilon, HP3PAR DMX-3, DMX 1000, CX3-40, CX-700, Clariion, IBM SVC, DS8700,XIV,Flash System,A9000 Netapp, Purestorage
- Switches: Cisco MDS and Brocade
- Operating System: Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows
- Scripting Language: Yaml, Bash
- Versions Control : Git, GitHub
- Backup: Commvault
Certification
- Completed Microsoft Azure AZ-104 certifications number H954-0683 and AZ-900 number H948-6023.
Timeline
Technical Lead
Ursi Tech
02.2023 - Current
Storage SME
Coderlogics Inc
04.2022 - 02.2023
Technical Service Specialist
Kyndryl
09.2021 - 02.2022
Technical Service Specialist
IBM India Pvt Lmtd
12.2016 - 09.2021
Senior Analyst
Dell EMC
09.2015 - 12.2016
Senior Operations Professional
IBM India Pvt Lmtd
04.2011 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering Technology
Tirumala Engineering College
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