Praful Premadas

Email Id: [email protected]

Career Summary - Senior Storage engineer/consultant having 10 years of experience with storage and cloud
solutions skilled extensively on EMC (Primary), HPE 3PAR, IBM XIV, HITACHI, NETAPP arrays, Cloud
(GCP), DevOps framework & Linux administration for optimising mission critical deployments over large
infrastructure

Professional Summary:

 Over 10 years of experience as a storage consultant in enterprise level infrastructure management

 Involved in numerous projects for hardware transitioning from legacy storage boxes to the newer
storage arrays
 Installed, configured & deployed enterprise class storage arrays POWERMAX 2000, Hitachi G700,
VMAX 250F, VMAX 200K, XTREMIO & DATA DOMAIN arrays within the deadline & handed
over to the operation team
 Migrated the SAN Data from the old EOL hardware (VNX, VMAX20K) to the newer EMC
POWERMAX 2000, VMAX 250F, EMC POWERSTORE arrays using Open Replicator & Hitachi
G700 arrays using Open Replicator & shadow image migration respectively
 Comprehensive knowledge on EMC NAS Products Isilon, VNX and NetApp storage systems
 Strong Experience in performing NAS Migrations NetApp to Azure from on -premise to cloud using
Robo-copy and Attempo Miria Tool and working with stake holders for cutover
 Documented best practises, SOPs & assessment captured during the array install
 Configured & provisioned storage resources based on business requirements including storage pools,
LUNs
 Experienced in IAC (Terraform) as well as python
 Migrated the Data from the old EOL hardware (VNX, VMAX20K) to the newer EMC POWERMAX
2000, VMAX 250F, EMC POWERSTORE arrays using VPLEX & HITACHI G700 arrays using OR
& shadow image respectively
 Completed Disaster recovery per application from the EMC VMAX end and provide the technical
specifications like RPO & RTO to the business.
 Provisioning & maintaining AWS S3/ Google cloud storage buckets using policy management,
archived back up from DATA DOMAIN to cloud storage and implemented life cycle.
 Review the Content vulnerability/ransomware fixes for storage software & execute the radiation plan
 Performed reactive and proactive performance analysis for storage arrays
 Implemented automation of enterprise class array configuration using ANSIBLE
 Test solution enabler software versioning using docker containerisation & deployment of embedded
solution enablers images in lab environment
  Transitioned the solution enabler software from legacy bare metal physical servers to embedded
Unisphere
 Performed logical decommission of the legacy storage arrays
 Extensive knowledge of networking and operating system to carry out assigned administrative tasks
 Knowledgeable on common SCM practices such as branching & code merge
 Provided Training & guidance to junior storage administrators sharing knowledge & best practices
 Provisioned and managed virtual machines, containers & serverless functions using compute engine, APP
engine & cloud RUN
 On-call support along with weekend change planning & implementations.

Skills Summary:

Operating system Linux, Windows and VMware ESX

EMC Symmetrix: POWERMAX2000, VMAX10k, VMAX20k and
VMAX40k, EMC XTREMIO, ISILON
VMAX3 200k.VMAX 250F, POWERMAX 2000, DATADOMAIN
Hitachi: G700
Storage array Exposure Unified storage: VNX 5300, VNX7500, VNX2 5600,
VNX2 7600
HP: 3PAR Store SERV, HP P9500, HP HANA converged solutions
NetApp: FAS 8300
GCP Services Compute services, App engine, Kubernetes Engine
Programming Language Python
Containers &
Docker, Kubernetes
Orchestrations
Configuration Management Ansible
Switches Cisco MDS switches, Brocade switches
Software EMC Solutions Enabler, IMC, SSMC, GIT
Business Continuity Tools EMC VMAX based Time Finder-SRDF/S, SRDF/A, METRO

Experience:

Client: DELL EMC Corporation (Bangalore) (Dec 2019 – Sep 2023)

Role: Lead Storage Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:
 Install & setup enterprise class storage arrays EMC POWERMAX, VMAX 250F, POWERSTORE &
Isilon arrays
 Performing the initial configuration & publishing of the storage arrays to production environment via
ANSIBLE playbooks with roles, group variables & inventory files
 Configuring the access zones, authentication providers, and setting up the network to new Tenant in EMC
Isilon, NetApp
 Provision storage to the capacity demand raised by DBA & track them in capacity planning
 Lead a storage call with platform/DB team to overhear the concern & requirement in terms of storage
requirements
 Experience in SRDF and time finder configuration in EMC storage environment
  Identify the End-of-Life arrays, perform logical decommission & dispose/ return the hardware in
accordance with vendor stipulations
 Perform the array upgrade of the arrays as per OEM recommendations
 Actively involved in monthly maintenance activity of the datacentres as a storage point of contact
 Set up solution enabler software as client-server setup
 Upgrade storage software solution enabler as per OEM recommendations
 Implemented RBAC authentication on multivendor storage arrays to meet the organisation compliance
requirement
 Perform hardware refresh for the management servers without involving downtime to the application
 Mentor new members of the team to involve in yearly disaster recovery activities, train them in SRDF
failover failback mechanism & the platform pre-requisites involved in it

Role: Storage Migration Lead

Responsibilities:

 Lead a team of 10 people to oversee migrations of almost 2160 TB from SAN EOL storage arrays to
newer frames.
 Implementing Open Replicator migrations to migrate data from EMC VNX / EMC VMAX /HITACHI
G700 frames to EMC VMAX250F / POWERMAX/POWERSTORE Systems
 Manage storage operations on VNX/VMAX/G700 involved in SAN data migrations to Hitachi G700,
E1090 which involves planning, designing, and implemented using shadow Image
 Migration of on-premise shares Isilon to Azure cloud environment. Configuring backup and new shares
in cloud environment
 Use python programming to automate migration reports
 Reducing the datacentre foot print by File server migration to Nasuni cloud NAS filer
 Coach & mentor junior storage engineers to get actively involved in the project, prepare SOPs

Role: Cloud/DevOps Associate

Responsibilities:
 Maintained GIT workflows of array configuration files for version control
 Managed docker containerisation & deployment of embedded solution enablers images in lab
environment
 Provisioning & maintaining Google cloud storage buckets using policy management, archived back up
from DATA DOMAIN and implemented life cycle
 Provision, install & configure low to mid-tier lab servers in GCP for testing out the solution enabler
functionalities by leveraging compute, autoscaling & VPC to build a secure & scalable lab system
 Managed / monitored containers using Google cloud run as well as Kubernetes.
 Developed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for software deployment using tools such as Jenkins

Environment: SAN, NAS, Migration from On Prem to Cloud, EMC VNX, EMC Isilon, XTREMIO, Cisco
Switches, NetApp, Linux, VMware, EMC POWERMAX, VMAX, VMAX3 Hitachi G700, Hitachi E1090,
Windows administration, AZURE cloud administration, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Nexus, Maven,
Git/Gitlab, SRDF, SNAPVX, Nasuni Filer, GCP, Shadow Image

Client: IBM India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore (March 2019 – December 2019)

Role: Storage Administrator

  SAN/NAS Administration of a VBLOCK converged computing storage environment consists of EMC
Symmetrix VMAX/VMAX3, NetApp, VNX, HP 3PAR & EMC Isilon array.
 Provision storage, expand storage to meet the new demand in the capacity as requested by the server team
from VMAX, VMAX3, HPE 3PAR, XTREMIO
 Create SMB shares, assign user permissions, set replication in EMC ISILON
 Tenant creation based on the requirement of new client and building a new Tenant to the client in
Isilon.
 Configuring the access zones, authentication providers, and setting up the network to new Tenant in
Isilon
 Perform Disaster recovery per application from the EMC VMAX end and provide the technical
specifications like RPO & RTO to the business.
 Actively perform the performance analysis on devices in case of performance degradation & engage
vendor if needed

Environment: SAN, NAS, EMC VNX, EMC Isilon, XTREMIO, Cisco Switches, NetApp, VMware, EMC
POWERMAX, VMAX, VMAX3, Windows administration, VBLOCK, HPE 3PAR, SRDF, SNAPVX

Client: HCL Technologies, Chennai (October 2016 – February

2019)

Role: Storage Administrator

 SAN Administration of a complex multi-Peta byte storage environment consists of EMC Symmetrix
VMAX/VMAX3, VNX, HP 3PAR, HP HANA converged solutions
 Storage allocation to newly build and existing UNIX, Windows servers/clusters and VMWare ESX
environment on VMAX using SYMCLI. Tasks include creation of tdevs, binding tdevs to thin pools,
creation of initiator/storage/port groups and creating masking view and enabling bit settings to initiators.
 Responsible for solving and analysing the break/fix issues in the SAN switches as well as in storage
arrays.
 Implementing Zoning in highly available SAN environment involving configuration and management of
Cisco Fabric environment/DCNM. Tasks include creation of device alias, zones, adding zones to zone set
and activating zone set.
 Perform DR testing, analysis and trend of mission critical applications using SRDF technologies on
monthly basis and layout the challenges to the business unit of the management.
 Prepare the feasibility of codes in terms of the adoption rate in CISCO MDS /Brocade directors and non-
disruptively upgrade them to comply the security as well as the functionality challenges in the
environment
 Troubleshooting routine critical issues including performance issue on LUNS, ports availability,
meeting zoning requirements, host not seeing storage and storage management problems.

Environment: SAN, EMC VNX, Disaster recovery, Cisco Switches, Linux, VMware, VMAX, VMAX3,
Windows administration, VBLOCK, HPE 3PAR, SRDF, SNAPVX, Brocade G720, G620

Client: EY (Formerly Ernst & Young), Kochi (August 2013 – October 2016)

Role: IT Support Engineer

  Implemented day-to-day tasks in Red Hat Linux including upgrading RPM's, Kernel tuning, HBA
Driver, configure SAN's, Multipathing and Logical Volume Manager LVM
 Created and maintained user accounts, profiles, security rights, disk space and process monitoring.
 Setup and maintained NFS, NIS, and TCP/IP network, configured the systems for TCP/IP Networking
with the existing LAN, setting up SSH and SCP features between CentOS systems and other RedHat
servers
 Monitored System Activities like CPU, Memory, Disk and Swap space usage to avoid any
performance issues.
 Provisioning of block storage for Middle East windows servers during the w2k3 to w2k8 hardware
refresh project and provide monthly reports of array utilisation.
 Manual Host registration in VNX, XtremIO. Performed pool expansion in VNX storage system
by adding disks to the pool
 Monitoring the SAN & NAS environment and served as the first point of contact for Storage and
Backup issues
 Perform Volume resize, disk add and LUN resize depending upon the Request from internal
customers on VMAX, XTREMIO and VNX storage frames
 Troubleshoot and retaliate the events in the form of incidents, service requests and restore the affected
service components by providing a convenient work around.

Environment: Linux, LVM, NFS, SAN, NAS, VMAX, VNX, XTREMIO, Cisco Switches, ITIL,

Certification:

 Specialist - Implementation Engineer, PowerMax and VMAX Family Solutions

 Specialist -, Symmetrix Solutions VMAX Systems Administrator Version 7.0
 Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer
 Redhat certified system administrator
 Information Storage Associate Version 3 (EMCISA)
 CompTIA Storage+ (Powered by SNIA)
 ITIL foundation 2011

Education:

 Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics and Technology - 2013: Anna University, India