Richard Taft

Po Box 803
Stanhope, NJ 07874
Tel: (973) 769-8517
E-Mail: Contact Form


Objective:

Highly motivated, experienced, detail-oriented SAN Administrator / Storage Administrator with over 20 years of hands on experience. Seeks Position in SAN Administrator / Storage Administration with leading edge corporation.

 

 

Education:

Morris County College, NJ 1979 - May 1986, Computer Science Major

 

 

Skills:

Software:

 

  • EMC Control Center
  • EMC Custom Reporting
  • EMC Replication Manager
  • EMC Open Replicator
  • EMC Symmetric Management Console
  • EMC Solutions Enabler
  • EMC Timefinder
  • EMC Clariion Navisphere
  • EMC NaviCLI
  • Connectrix Manager
  • Brocade fabric manager
  • Cisco Device Manager
  • Cisco Fabric Manager
  • Tivoli Storage Manager

 

Operating Systems & Languages:

 

  • HP-UX
  • AIX
  • Windows
  • HTML
  • Perl
  • C
  • Pick BASIC
  • Rolm CCMS & EMML
  • Vmark Universe RDBMS
  • Fortran
  • Cobol

 

Hardware:

 

  • EMC DMX Array
  • EMC Clariion Array
  • EMC SRDF
  • McData fiber switch directors
  • Cisco Fiber Switches,
  • Brocade Fiber Switches
  • HP  Servers
  • AIX Servers
  • Cisco Routers and Switches
  • HP Terminal Servers
  • HP Hubs
  • Intel PC’s
  • HP Laser Printers
  • 8mm Tape Backup
  • 4mm Tape Backup
  • ATL Tape Backup Units

 

 

Certifications:

  • EMC Proven Professional Storage Specialist - 2006
  • EMC Symmetrix Manager Open Systems - 2007

 

 

 

Sr. Implementation Specialist

 

December 2004 to Present

 

EMC Corporation – Berkeley Heights, NJ

 

  • Design and implement custom EMC solutions
  • Install EMC software infrastructure
  • Qualifying designs with EMC engineering
  • Customer storage lifecycle Management
  • Customers interfacing with EMC support
  • Drive problem resolutions
  • Customer Storage Administration residency program
  • Health check
  • EMC support matrix compliance
  • Customer training and knowledge transfer
  • Performance reporting information and recommendations
  • Custom scripts
  • SAN configuration & monitoring
  • Host path configuration
  • Trouble shooting & HBA replacement
  • Storage decommissioning
  • SRDF Data Protection and Failover
  • Customer support liaison
  • Outage and hardware failure resolution
  • Host based storage migration
  • SRDF disaster recovery system
  • Assist with disaster recovery testing and failback.
  • Ongoing knowledge & skill set enhancement
  • Long term resident with Goldman Sachs, Citi Group, New York Stock Exchange

 

 

Storage Administrator

 

May 2009 to August 2010

 

Zero Chaos – Contractor for Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceutical

 

  • Storage provisioning & reclamation
  • SAN maintenance & design
  • ECC operation & maintenance
  • Custom storage reporting
  • Performance monitoring & reporting
  • SRDF implementation & control
  • Replication Manager control & troubleshooting
  • Fault troubleshooting & resolution
  • Support coordination
  • Hardware specification and implementation
  • Change control procedures
  • Project coordination
  • Hardware replacement coordination
  • Storage migration
  • Storage hardware lifecycle management
  • Smarts / SIA configuration and maintenance
  • San Advisor configuration and maintenance
  • Data center design & vendor evaluation
  • Email & SNMP alerting
  • On-call staff scheduling
  • Time management
  • Peer Training

 

 

Unix System Specialist / Administrator - Storage Administrator

 

March 1998 to December 2004

 

Ricoh Corporation - West Caldwell, NJ

 

  • Administer HP and AIX UNIX servers
  • Maintain and update HP and AIX OS
  • End user file system configuration
  • Hardware and software trouble shooting with vendor
  • Configure, implement and maintain corporate DHCP & DNS servers
  • Configure, maintain & secure corporate SMTP gateway
  • Storage system design & implementation
  • Design, install, & administer SAN
  • Set up DMX Storage arrays
  • Online storage usage/request tracking system
  • Configure and administer NAS
  • Install configure & maintain ECC
  • Implementation and support DB configuration
  • Setup and maintain corporate backup system
  • Setup disaster recovery procedures and offsite data storage
  • Write and maintain system description and procedure documentation

 

 

 

Systems Analyst / Programmer

 

March 1986 to March 1998

 

TMP WorldWide - Mt. Olive, NJ

 

  • HP-UX system administration
  • TCP/IP Ethernet configuration
  • Design and manage data center
  • Computer maintenance coordination with vendor
  • Develop and maintain lead fax server system
  • Design and implement promotional programs
  • End user support
  • Hardware trouble shooting and repair
  • User interface design

 

 

 

Retail Store Manager

 

December 1981 to March 1986

 

Tandy Corporation - Morristown, NJ

 

  • Manage store inventory
  • Order merchandise
  • Manage store personnel
  • In-store merchandizing

 

 

 

References:

Available Upon Request.