Kevin Fischer-Senior Consultant and Platform Engineer

• Error analysis and fixes including performance optimization of the in-house developed platform API
• Change and incident management in day-to-day operations
• Responsible for compliance with security and compliance requirements
• Vendor management for software development and maintenance
• Planning and execution of migration of legacy services to a cloud native platform

Role in the project: project staff, implementation team

Used skills: requirements analysis, IT service and application management, IT operations, error analysis and performance optimization, software maintenance and lifecycle management

Project environment: Cloud Native Platform (Kubernetes, Crossplane, AWS, ArgoCD, Grafana)

Support for a managed service provider for data storage services at a major bank

• Health check and cleanup of an existing NetApp MetroCluster environment in 7-Mode
• Implementation of multi-protocol file services (NFS + CIFS) on NetApp cDOT MetroCluster
• Change and incident management in day-to-day operations
• Support for the design and implementation of storage automation
• Planning and execution of firmware upgrades

Used skills: requirements analysis, high availability solutions, disaster recovery, backup, IT architectures, error analysis and performance optimization, NetApp storage systems (MetroCluster in 7-Mode and cDOT), multi-protocol file services with NFS/CIFS and Kerberos, SAN block storage (LUNs)

Project environment: high-availability and fail-safe infrastructure environment in redundant data centers

Support for system administration in SAN / storage environment

• Change and incident management in day-to-day operations
• Setup and administration of the central file service for the state of Hesse based on EMC² VNX and NetApp FAS
• Virtualization of heterogeneous storage systems via IBM SVC using image-based LUN migration
• Replication of customer sites with local EMC² VNXe file service to central EMC² VNX file service for disaster recovery and backup using EMC² Replicator
• Capacity management and reporting for file service
• Planning and execution of firmware upgrades for EMC² VNX block + file
• Support in creating tender documents for the procurement needs of storage and file service systems from 2017 onward

Used skills: requirements analysis, high availability solutions, disaster recovery, IT architectures, IT services, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), storage management, storage networks, FC storage systems, Brocade SAN switches, Fibre Channel SAN, NetApp filer, EMC² VNX block + file, EMC² VMAX, IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), IBM V5000 Midrange, Perl, Shell Script, Unix/Linux, Windows Server, Vmware ESXi

Project environment: high-availability and fail-safe SAN & storage environment at 3 locations spread across several sites

Consulting and support in the operation of SAN storage and backup infrastructure

• Administration/performance analysis of EMC² DMX-4 FC storage
• Administration of Brocade fabrics
• Error analysis and optimization support in the SAN
• Reporting for SAN storage
• Scripting for switching to the DR mirror

Skills used: requirements analysis, high availability solutions, IT architectures, IT services, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), MS Windows Server 2003, storage management, storage networks, FC storage systems, VMware ESX servers, AIX, Brocade SAN switches, databases, EMC Symmetrix DMX-4, EMC Enterprise Control Center, EMC Proven Professional, SRDF, TimeFinder, Emulex HBA, English, Fibre Channel SAN, NetApp filer with MetroCluster, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Oracle 10g, Oracle SQL Developer, Perl, shell script, SQL, storage management, storage networks, FC storage systems, Unix/Linux

Project environment: highly available SAN and storage landscape with mirror in the disaster recovery data center

Introduction of MS Exchange 2007

• Creation of backup and recovery concept with NetApp SnapManager for Exchange
• Creation of a high-availability Exchange 2007 environment concept

Skills used: requirements analysis, backup/recovery concept, client/server, high availability solutions, IT architectures, IT services, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), ITIL Foundation Certificate, MCSE Windows 2003, MS Active Directory, MS Exchange 2007, MS Outlook, MS Visio, MS Windows Network, MS Windows Server 2003, SAN, storage management, storage networks, FC storage systems, VMware ESX servers

Project environment: VMWare ESX Server, Exchange 2007, CCR & SCR cluster, monitoring solution, Windows Server 2003 R2 x64, NetApp SAN storage, NetApp SnapManager for Exchange 5, NetApp SnapDrive

Renewal of the ControlCenter environment – reporting updates

• Adaptation and extension of existing Perl scripts for report generation
• Documentation of the scripts

Skills used: requirements analysis, databases, EMC Enterprise Control Center, EMC SRDF, EMC Symmetrix, EMC TimeFinder, entity relationship model, MS Excel, Oracle 10g, Oracle SQL Developer, Perl, SQL, storage management, UltraEdit

Project environment: The main applications ControlCenter with StorageScope were upgraded from the existing version 5 to version 6. The reporting, which had been created manually with a lot of effort until then, was replaced by a script-based solution.

Quotation creation/quoting in the Technology Solution Support Center

• Creation and validation of offers and configurations
• Phone support and consulting

Skills used: requirements analysis, Brocade Silkworm, Cisco routers and switches, client/server, EMC Celerra, EMC Clarion, EMC Enterprise Control Center, EMC NaviSphere, EMC Proven Professional, EMC Symmetrix, Emulex HBA, English, high availability solutions, Intel-based servers, IT architectures, Peregrine Service Center, SAN, storage management, storage networks, FC storage systems, iSCSI storage systems, NAS storage systems, system integration

Project environment: The Technology Solution Support Center is a pre-sales organization that advises sales and partner organizations on customer-specific requests during the pre-sales phase.

Migration of the domain from Novell to Linux (Samba) with Windows 2000/XP clients

• Subproject management
• Creation of concepts
• Test execution
• Implementation
• Error analysis

Skills used: access management systems, Amavis, requirements analysis, backup / recovery design, Bourne shell, client/server, DHCP, directory services (LDAP), DNS, DNS server Bind8, printers, Ethernet, fax, GNU Linux, Intel-based servers, IP, IT architectures, LAN, Linux, MS Windows 2000 Professional, MS Windows Network, MS Windows XP, OpenLDAP, PC, Perl, Postfix, Samba (protocol for UNIX), shell script, Spamassassin, Squid, SSH, switches, system integration, TCP/IP, textile & clothing industry, UltraEdit, Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), UNIX shell, VI

Project environment: Debian Linux servers with Samba as PDC and file server, Postfix & Cyrus IMAP mail server, Amavis & Spamassassin mail filter, Squid web proxy, HylaFAX server, CUPS print server, Windows clients, Ethernet LAN