Rahul Amale

Operations Associate

Pune, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

11 years of IT experience with a focus on storage administration
Expertise in NetApp storage and CommVault backup technologies
Strong problem-solving skills with a commitment to team collaboration

Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled Infrastructure Engineer with a focus on storage management and data protection.

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Skills

Core Skills

ManagementNetappStorage Area Network (san)

Other Skills

Brocade Fibre SwitchesSnapmirrorSnapvaultNFSCIFSCommVaultRed Hat LinuxSolarisSolaris Volume ManagerBMC RemedyITIL v3 Foundations CertifiedIBM AIXChange ManagementIncident ManagementNetBackup

About

Having 11 years of experience and 6 years of experience in NetApp storage administration. Work on CommVault backup technology. Installing AFF series controller at datacenter. configure cluster. handling ethernet port down issues. handling day to day operational issue and client escalation. working on volume aggregate operations like create resize reclaim decommission. worked on volume latency issue handling sev 1/2 calls. ONTAP upgrade from 9.1 to 9.5 to 9.7 ... 9.12.1P2 actively monitoring volume space. work on resize changes. planning on data capacity management. handling NFS lock issue. having I knowledge on NFS iscsi SMBA. troubleshooting issues like latency iops log case with netapp vendor and work for RCA. decommission 7 mode sanitize disk, delete and various operations. SAN volume creation lun creating igroup Brocade switch monitoring port flap events involved in to port sfp replacement activities. Backup tool commvault experience configuring backup policy. check backup status. work on patching pre pvt and post pvt activity. work with commvault support for RCA. work with different technologies like linux,solaris,windows, also worked on MSSQL database Administrator. working as team player.Ready to learn new technology.

Experience

12 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Capgemini

Manager

Feb 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Management

Destar inc

NetApp storage Admin

Oct 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Experience on NetApp (DATAONTAP 7-MODE & CLUSTER-MODE).
Having good Experience on managing Network Attached Storage (NAS)and SAN.
Storage provisioning, allocation, reclaim for UNIX/Windows/Linux/Solaris servers.
LUN Provisioning (Creating aggregates, Volumes, igroup’s) in NetApp Storage Array.
Good Experience on remote data protections such as Snapmirror and Snapvault
Committed team player with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good experience on NAS and SAN technologies.
Experience on ISCSi and FC Protocols.
Experience on CIFS shares creation and NFS exports.
Exposure & Good understanding of Data Protection techniques such as Snapmirror, and Snapshot.
Experience in using NetApp ONTAP SYSTEM MANAGER and COMMAND LINE INTERFACE.
Experience on Installing AFF series in datacenter with fc and data cabling.
Experience Volumes and Qtrees creation.
Experience in Creation of NFS exports and CIFS shares.
Experience in Creating Snapshots (as manually or Schedule).
Experience in igroup creation.
Experience Configuring ISCSI and FCP LUN and assigning to Host.
Having Experience in Disk replacement.
Maintaining Checklist for Daily, Weekly and Monthly.
involved in datacenter activities like DIMM replacement/disk replacement/motherboard replacement.
having Brocade SAN switch knowledge on monitoring port flap and SFP replacement.
chekcing for oversubscriptio for port.

NetAppBrocade Fibre SwitchesStorage Area Network (SAN)

Infosys bpm

2 roles

Technical Support Specialist

Sep 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr · Pune

Netapp STORAGE ADMINISTRATOR & Commvault

NetApp

Technical Support Specialist

Jun 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Hinjawadi Phase 2

Netapp storage and commvault admin

NetApp

Magna infotech ltd.

Solaris System Administrator L3 + Netbackup Engineer

Aug 2014 – Jun 2015 · 10 mos · EON Khardi Pune

Working as Solaris System Administrator in Mphasis (on Contract Basis deployed from Magna InfoTech Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad) serving for Symantec Project from 04/08/2014 till date. In this project Mphasis is offering its services on behalf of Hewett Packard Company for client Symantec.
Mphasis: MphasiS a leading IT solution, services, BPO and ITO provider in application development, system integration, product implementation, consulting services.
Tools Used: BMC Remedy (Ticketing tool), Service Now (Ticketing tool), HP OEM (Monitoring tool), and VMware (Virtualization tech.), VSphere. Symantec NetBackup,
Responsibilities: UNIX operations Team
 Resolving Severity Tickets Worked on INC and CRQ tickets.
 Troubleshoot file system issues.
 Monitor System uptime, CPU utilization issue.
 Troubleshooting Hardware issues. Sending explorer logs.
 Troubleshooting HBA card issue and Backup issues.
 Weekly report preparation according to the issues handle.
 Assets management using ITIL Guidelines
Also had undergone training with following teams Patching, Remediation, Build, Decommissioning, and VeriSign for various operations that need to be performed at server.
SYMANTEC NETBACKUP Team :
Responsibilities
 Monitoring daily Health of the NetBackup Server environment.
 Monitoring the backup and restoration, if any error occurs while monitoring try to resolve. If not possible from our end will escalate the issue to next level
 Back up Policy Configuration and Administration.
 Working with different teams to resolution of customer issues.
 Monitor the tape drives and produce tape drive issues report.
 Updating client on daily, weekly and monthly activities.

Iopex technology pvt .ltd (client-mphasis)

Sun Solaris L2 Engineer

Jun 2010 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos · Magarpatta city Tower 4

MphasiS a leading IT solution, services and BPO provider in application development, system integration, product implementation, consulting services.
 The first point of contact for level 1 support escalations.
 Responsible for all System related issues local and onsite.
 Installation, Configurations, Management, Troubleshooting and performance monitoring activities for the Solaris server platforms.
 User & Group administration. Maintaining system security. Scheduling processes using cron.
 Managing Sun Storages, VERITAS Volumes and File Systems (VxVM & VxFS).
 Managing and implementing Solaris Containers, Zones, ZFS and local development servers.
 Software Installation and patch up gradation. System Backup and Restoration.
 Project experience includes to handle various request raised in request centre and remedy. It includes support to production and development server.

3i-infotech limited

Assistant Engineer

May 2008 – Aug 2009 · 1 yr 3 mos · Indian Airlines Ltd. (IAL), Pune Airport

Installing and managing Sun Solaris 9 and Linux.
As a part of job, monitoring networks like LAN & WAN, which consist of CISCO router 1600, 3COM switch & modem like TELLABS 8110 & Paradyne & MICON
Support Pune region airport, offices.
Installation, configuration & troubleshooting of PC, EPSON printers, Thermal printers, bag tag printers, Toshiba e-studio 163all in one printer-scanner-copier, HP PCS 1410 all-in-one printer.scanner.copier & Network printers.
Installing Internal modems, External Modems, Leased Line Modems, ISDN Modems & dial-up modems.
Installing, configuring & maintain DCS (Departure Control System) of Indian Airlines Limited.
Responsible for Leased Line, dial-up line and ISDN Line connectivity at IAL booking offices and Airports