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Chukwuemeka Onah

Cape town

Summary

Seeking professional opportunity for continuous growth, development and engagement in a challenging, rewarding and fulfilling career through a success-driven and reputable establishment where hard work, dedication and intelligence is encouraged and rewarded.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work history

Cloud Engineer

Amazon
04.2021 - Current
  • Work on critical, highly complex customer problems that span multiple AWS services.

Senior Storage Consultant

Westcon
10.2015 - 03.2021
  • Design, plan and implement san, and storage solution
  • Consulted with clients to gain an understanding of their IT needs, budget, and their current operating environment then designed storage solutions to meet those criteria
  • Planned and implemented NetApp storage solutions in live production environments
  • Configured NetApp filers in SAN (FC and iSCSI) and NAS (CIFS and NFS) environments
  • Provide support, provision and zone storage to Windows, Linux/Unix and VMware
  • Troubleshooting day-to-ay SAN issues
  • Designed and implement NetApp Eseries with veeam backup and replication

Professional Service Engineer

NetApp Inc
08.2012 - 10.2015
  • Manage technical relationships with customer and in-house delivery teams
  • Configure and administer Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage and associated components
  • Drive proof of concept of our product in customer environments
  • Configure and administer Storage Area Network (SAN) and associated components; including Fibre Channel switch administration
  • Configure and administer Storage Area Network (SAN) and associated components; including Fibre Channel switch administration
  • Configure and administer data restore and disaster recovery
  • Configure and administer data backup clients and servers
  • Maintain storage aspects of new server integrations, storage allocation, and change management
  • Setup procedures to consolidate storage of data from different platforms (i.e
  • Windows, UNIX, and Linux)
  • Troubleshoot and fix storage issues
  • Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance
  • Presentation of logical Unit Number to Servers
  • Provide formal and informal storage administration training
  • Storage analysis, capacity planning, and performance planning of storage components
  • Document the policies and procedures to support the operational storage environment and participate in the design and ongoing refinement of procedures and policies
  • Prepare reports on storage administration best practices, new technologies, etc., and recommend enhancements and configuration changes to improve and optimize storage
  • Provided detailed hands-on knowledge transfer and trainings to the technical staff as part of the project .

Professional Service Engineer (Implementation Engineer

Data Group
09.2010 - 07.2012
  • Alias, zoning configuration for the servers connected in FC environment in brocade switches
  • Configure and administer Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) storage and associated components
  • Able to create/Expand aggregate, volume, Qtree for NAS environments, LUN's, Igroups for SAN environments and also reclamation the LUN's and SAN ports if any (De-commissioning projects

System Support Engineer

Nest oil Limited
09.2009 - 08.2010
  • Installs and configures Windows server hardware and software, to include physical and virtual servers
  • Implemented and configured ADS, DNS Services, and DHCP server for dynamic IP address allocation
  • Created user account groups, assigned rights and permissions for files and folders etc
  • Created roaming profiles for Windows 7 and 10 users
  • Develops operating procedures for system administration activities including system monitoring, performance tuning, backup/recovery
  • Troubleshoot back-up issues and performed routine software updates and maintenance
  • Managed virtual servers through VMWare vSphere client
  • Configured and maintained secure group policy, setup network shares / permissions, and home drives
  • Manage Active Directory, migrate users to new domains, update, and implement new servers
  • Prepares daily, weekly and monthly server tape backups/recovery, to ensure the backup is successful 5

Education

B.Sc - Computer Science and Physics

University of Nigeria

Skills

  • Technical Skills:
  • Over 10 years of experience as a System/Storage Administrator on both Linux and WINDOWS with SAN/NAS Storage
  • Experience Administering Various Enterprise Storages eg NetApp, IBM Series
  • Good understand of Data center Topology
  • Working experience in installation, configuration, troubleshooting and administration of SAN Switches: Brocade, Cisco Data Centre switching (NX-OS,IOS)
  • Experience in Administration of VMware
  • End to end racking of storage and servers
  • Strong understand of network Hardware such copper and Optical Fiber Cabling, Switches, Routers
  • Working experience in AWS cloud solution like S3, Storage Gateway and Backup, EC2 etc

Accomplishments

    ======COMPLETED PROJECTS=======



    MTN Nigeria

  • Onsite Storage Engineer at MTN Nigeria (SAN Environment/ Storage)
  • E-PARLIAMENT –GHANA

  • Implementation of FAS 2600 and consolidated VMware
  • Configuration of NetApp E –Series and Veeam back up
  • Implementation of Disaster Recovery (DR)
  • CHEVRON ANGOLA (Luanda)

  • NetApp Project
  • Implementation of NetApp Clustered Mode Storage and consolidated Servers NetApp Project Chevron Angola (Malongo)
  • Implementation of NetApp Clustered Mode Storage and consolidated Servers
  • And migration of 7mode to cmode using NDMP copy and Vmotion
  • MOBILE ANGOLA [NetApp Project ]


  • DISK SHELVE UPGRADE

  • SEPLAT PETROLEUM [ NetApp Project]

  • OS (ONTAP)upgrade and storage efficiency (Enable, and schedule reduplication activities)
  • Storage and DR Implementation migrating FAS 2020 to FAS3240 using NetApp Software Snap mirror
  • Implementations of NetApp Cluster Mode and Migration from 7mode to Cluster mode using NetApp Tools DTA, Volume Transition and upgrading FAS3240 from 7mode to Cluster mode OS
  • First E&P NIGERIA [NetApp Project]

  • Implementation of a New FAS2240 filers and migrating all the Data
  • NDWESTERNS [NetApp Project]

  • Implementation of First Storage in the environment and consolidated all the application
  • MTN NIGERIA[NetApp Project]

  • Implementation of Storage and consolidated ORACLE RAC
  • Implementation of cluster mode system and migrating from 7mode to cluster using NetApp Tools DTA

  • FIDELITY BANK[NetApp Project ]

  • Implementations of NetApp Cluster Mode and Migration from 7mode to Cluster mode using Storage VMotion and migration of production Data to DR
  • HAGGAI BANK

  • NetApp Project [Storage and DR implementation and consolidation of the Servers]
  • UNION REGISTER

  • NetApp Project
  • Storage and DR implementation using NetApp software snap mirror
  • LEADWAY ASSURANCE

  • Implementation of NetApp Storage (Production and DR,

  • =========TRAININGS==================

  • CISSP - AKACHI DATA SYSTEM, Nigeria
  • Data ONTAP cluster Mode Administration - NetApp Office, Germany
  • Cluster troubleshooting - NetApp Office, UK
  • VMware vSphere 5.1 Installation, Configure and Manage - NetApp Office, Amsterdam
  • NetApp Design Solution - NetApp Office, UK
  • Palo Alto Network (ICW and TT) - Palo alto office, Amsterdam
  • Palo Alto Network (201 and 205) - Westcon Office, Norway
  • Data Protection Administration - NetApp Office, Poland
  • F5 LTM - Westcon Office, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Cisco Academy - Afrihub, Nigeria
  • Structured Cabling, Lan setup /Configuration with TTC MOBILE LIMITED
  • Microsoft Certified Professional with TTC MOBILE LIMITED
  • Oracle Database Administrator and Professional with HIIT PLC - Nigeria
  • ========TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION==================

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional SAP-C02

  • Huawei Certified Network Associate -HCNA Storage
  • Cisco Security Architecture for system Engineer
  • NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer (SAN)
  • NetApp Certified Data Administrator (Cmode)
  • NetApp Certified Storage Installation Engineer, ONTAP
  • NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist
  • Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA),
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)-Data centre
  • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Instructor (PCNSI)
  • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer (PCNSE)
  • PAN Security Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE8)
  • ===========AWARDS=================

  • Subject matter [SME] in AWS backup
  • First to install and migrate NetApp clustered mode in Nigeria (Seplat petroleum development company Nigeria Project)
  • First certified Palo Alto network security instructor in Africa
  • Best Storage Implementation Engineer of the year, Chevron, Angola
  • First to install NetApp AFF with ADP in Nigeria

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Timeline

Cloud Engineer

Amazon
04.2021 - Current

Senior Storage Consultant

Westcon
10.2015 - 03.2021

Professional Service Engineer

NetApp Inc
08.2012 - 10.2015

Professional Service Engineer (Implementation Engineer

Data Group
09.2010 - 07.2012

System Support Engineer

Nest oil Limited
09.2009 - 08.2010

B.Sc - Computer Science and Physics

University of Nigeria
Chukwuemeka Onah