Siddlingappa Masali

Experience

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  Pushpal Industrial services

  Feb 2001 - Nov 2002

  System Engineer

  Worked for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, ARDC as a Contract engineer on a LCA Project. The total setup consists of around 300+ systems including HP-UX, SUN Ultra 10 and Intel Pentiums (IBM Netfinity 5000, 3000) connected together through two different networks consisting of Router (Cisco 2621, 2501), Switches (SS 6000- Backbone, SS 2200-Workgroup), Hubs. Most ofthe systems are loaded with high-end CAD packages like CATIA, Unigraphics and AutoCAD 2000.Roles & Responsibilities:> Manage the administration of 300 + Windows NT/98/95 machines.> Manage the administration of 50 + Unix machines> Manage the administration of two different networks of sizes 100+ and 300+ containing different systems like HP-UX, SOLARIS, Windows NT Server & Workstation, Windows 98 and Windows 95> Manage the administration of various computer peripherals like printers, Scanners, UPSs, DAT drives, CD Writers etc Show less

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  Netconnect Pvt. Ltd.

  Nov 2002 - Oct 2003

  Customer Support Engg

  Associated with Netconnect India Pvt Ltd Worked as HP Onsite Site Engineer managing the INDIAN OIL Corporation Datacenter, Gurgaon. The Datacenter included Mission Critical Superdome Servers, HP XP512 Storage arrays, and HP San Switches.> Front End Support of Hardware & Software Maintenance of HP9000 Series Server.> Installation of HP9000 series Server with HP UNIX 11i> Installation, Configuration and Administration of HP MCServiceguard Cluster> System Patch and Firmware up gradation of HP9000 L Class Servers> Installation of HP Director SAN Switches and Configuration> Zone changes as required by the user> Perform Ignite Backup & Recovery.> Data Protector Administration.> Hardware Inventory and Documentation Management. Show less

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  Microland

  Nov 2003 - Jan 2005

  Technical Specialist

  Administering GE GIS Storage Environment consisting of heterogeneous operating system environment, Storage, Brocade Fabric Switch. Also handling UNIX systems (HPUX, Solaris and Linux) for 24x7 production servers. Having solid experience with HP servers and high-availability solutions.>Tasked with the administration of GE GIS Storage Environment consisting of heterogeneous OS environment, Storage, Brocade Fabric Switch handling UNIX systems (HPUX, Solaris and Linux) for 24x7 production servers.> Applied solid experience with HP servers and high-availability solutions as well as deployed New hosts in SAN environment.> Accountable for allocating storage to hosts – including allocation of storage from SAN box, growing/shrinking the existing file systems, importing and deporting of file systems and troubleshooting storage related problems.> Led installation and maintenance of system and related software products for production Unix system environment.> Provided support to operations with the integration of a distributed systems, created test plans and managedimplementations involving storage planning, deployments and maintenance after reviews.> Rendered technical assistance to application staff in resolving problems encountered with Unix/Linux/Solaris systems. Show less

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  HP Storage Labs (STSD)

  Jan 2005 - Jun 2010

  Storage Administrator

  Worked as Storage Administrator in HP Storage Lab (STSD). As a Storage Administrator Following are Key Areas apart fromPrimary Role Involves.> Applied excellent technical knowledge of enterprise storage technologies and industry standards and provide efficient and effective technical Support for entire lab across varied operating systems and disk arrays.> Communicated technical value propositions to the presale teams to implement the HP Storage Demo for Customer as well as trained customers on XP Storage and cultivated rich relationships to help achieve both team and business goals.> Delivered formal and informal storage administration training to improve their technology understanding and product quality.> Controlled procurement by ensuring fast turnaround times in setting up new test beds and by bringing about a step change in the mindset of sharing / reserving the systems only when required.> Acted independently to deliver tasks such as troubleshooting XP storage hardware and software issues as well as installation, configuration and provisioning on the XP, EVA series of Storage Arrays.> Collaborated with major incident and major problem resolution teams on high impact and visibility situations wherein setting up of various disaster recovery setups like CA and BC across all storage arrays and providing the infrastructure to create the various production environments in the LAB to test the various functionalities of the products were required.> Successfully led the design and implementation of Storage and San Fabric.> Worked with the Data Centre Dynamic Smart Cooling team in the new campus to understand ways to implement the same in the new campus keeping in mind the dynamic nature of a LAB/TEST bed setup to ensure maximum benefits to all concerned.> Providing Storage & SAN Architecture and Assessments and Data Center Architecture preparation help. Show less

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  Logica

  Jul 2010 - May 2017

  Sr. Storage Administrator

  Siddu is an Storage Consultant with Extensive Experience in Planning, Designing and Supporting SAN Environment. Primary role involves > Provide technical analysis and recommendations (e.g feasibility, impact, technical risks)> Evaluate technology and solutions for Business Context Requirements.> Gap Analysis of Customer SAN Environment and Provide them the Best Practise for SAN Configuration.> Performs necessary storage infrastructure maintenance in accordance with change management policies.> Evaluated customer requirements regarding existing infrastructure and end user requirements. Develop design plans regarding infrastructure reliability, availability, and scalability, with consideration towards integration of future requirements as well as customer financial considerations.> Documenting the policies and procedures to support the operational storage environment and participating in the design and ongoing refinement of procedures and policies.> Preparing reports on storage administration best practices, new technologies, etc., and recommending enhancements and configuration changes to improve and optimize storage.> Planning and Executing of migration project activities and leading SAN Administration of a complex multi peta byte storage environment consisting of EMC Symmetric VMAX/Hitachi USP, USP – V, VSP storage arrays.> Spearheading storage allocation to new build and existing UNIX, Windows servers/clusters and VMware ESX environment using auto provisioning on V-max using SYMCLI/SMC; responsible for expansion of Stripe Volume in VMAX.> Leading the configuration and management of Cisco Fabric environment.Experience with the following:Storage Technologies :EMC VMAX20K, Hitachi USP-V,VSP,VSP G1000, HP Storage Works 24000, 12000, 10000, VCE VBLOCK/VxRack/VxRail with Cisco UCS and Nexus. Cisco UCSReplication Technologies :Hitachi True Copy, Universal Replication, EMC SRDF, HP Business Copy, Continuous Access (CA) Show less

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  IBM

  Jun 2017 - Oct 2018

  Storage Solution Architect

  I am responsible for Designing the SAN Infrastructure which consist of Hitachi, EMC, HP Storage, Brocade and Cisco Fabric.Working closely with sales team to gather the customer data and provide them the SAN solution.Planning and Execution of Data Migration from One Storage Vendor to another.Configuration and Implementation of Cisco UCS.

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  CGI

  Jan 2020 - now

  Lead Analyst

  Working as Lead Analyst as CGI taking care of SAN, Cloud Support