Makan Diarra

Director of Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States19 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in managing complex engineering projects.
Expertise in cloud technologies and infrastructure management.
Strong leadership in consumer electronics engineering.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Consumer Electronics with a focus on Infrastructure and Cloud Technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Systems EngineeringProject ManagementInfrastructure Management

Other Skills

OpenStackPowerVCVMwareIBM power server virtualizationWindowsLinuxAIX operating systemsSANNAS storageCisco switchesroutersBIGIPbastion serversASA firewallsinfrastructure

About

Experienced Design Engineering Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer electronics industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in infrastructure and Cloud technologies.

Experience

19 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 10 mos

Current Experience

Facebook

2 roles

Production Engineering Manager

Jul 2020 – Sep 2024 · 4 yrs 2 mos

Manager, Systems Engineering at Facebook

Sep 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

Cadence design systems

Senior Manager R&D Engineering Compute Farm

Mar 2018 – Sep 2018 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Samsung electronics

Systems Design/Architecture Engineering Manager

Mar 2016 – Mar 2018 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Echostar corporation

4 roles

Manager II - Platform Systems Engineering at EchoStar Corporation

Promoted

Apr 2013 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Greater Denver Area

Engineering manager with proven records to undertake complex projects in a constantly changing environment and complete them on or before deadline. Possess practical knowledge in systems engineering, system architecture, quality assurance, project management, waterfall, and agile software development life cycles.
Research and apply new technologies to allow the company to stay competitive in the market and provide better tools to the engineering team. Oversee the administration, architecture, and implementation of the following technologies: OpenStack, PowerVC, VMware, IBM power server virtualization, Windows, Linux, AIX operating systems, SAN, NAS storage, Cisco switches, routers, BIGIP, bastion servers, and ASA firewalls.

OpenStackPowerVCVMwareIBM power server virtualizationWindowsLinux+10

Systems Engineer II

Promoted

Mar 2010 – Mar 2011 · 1 yr

Led functional and performance testing for the conditional access system that provides services to over 15 million customers. Utilize proprietary tools to conduct testing, prepared and presented test results for each test campaign.

infrastructurenetworkstorage architectureIBM hardware management consolePowerVCVMware vSphere+6

Senior Systems engineer

Dec 2006 – Jan 2013 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Responsible for infrastructure, network, and storage architecture and implementation for the performance lab and the Englewood data center location which provided services to over 50 plus engineers and users. Utilize IBM hardware management console and PowerVC to administer IBM power servers, VMware vSphere to manage VMware virtualization platforms, various Cisco tools and command line to support Cisco switches, routers, 3PAR, and VNX unisphere. This environment supported all the projects for the systems engineering team. Worked closely with the systems engineering director to prepare and submit yearly budget to upper management.

Engineer I

Dec 2006 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Perform functional testing of the conditional access system. As a member of the quality assurance team, participated in software architecture discussions, and test environment setup.