Tu Holmes

Work History

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  Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer

  Electronic Arts

  January 2007 - Present

  * Design of VMware virtual environments to enhance reliability, flexibility, and reduce overall IT costs utilizing both SAN and NAS storage protocols.
  * Provide Linux engineering for full range of Dell Servers utilizing Redhat Enterprise Linux and CentOS.
  * Design and implementation of datacenter caliber storage area networks (SANs) based on LSI Logic and StorageFoundry solutions utilizing Brocade switch architecture.
  * Engineering and implementation of Netapp Storage environments utilizing NFS, CIFS, FCP, Multistore, and Snapvault Technologies with Disaster Recovery utilizing NDMP and Netbackup processes.
  * Design and implementation of High Performance Clustered Filesystems Utilizing Quantum StorNext Filesystems and high performance storage subsystems.
  * Engineering and Support of Perforce version control software. Including backup, recovery, and performance tuning.
  * Architecture and Design of object storage with S3 and Swift Integration utilizing the Open Compute platform and CEPH.
  * Implementation of WARP Mechanics SmartStorage Systems for High Performance Video Editing.
  * Engineering and Support of Windows Infrastructure Needs. Including, but not limited to, Windows 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
  * Engineering and Support of LAN Infrastructure utilizing Cisco Catalyst network solutions.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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  Consultant

  CTS

  November 2002 - September 2003

  * Provide both UNIX and Windows Engineering for various open systems hardware providers including Sun Microsystems, IBM, HP-Compaq, and Dell. Designing complete IT solutions for reliability, availability, and scalability.
  * Provide UNIX engineering expertise for full range of Sun Microsystems server and storage products including E10000 and Sun fire series as well as Sun Linux environments.
  * Design and implement datacenter caliber storage area networks (SANs) based on the Sun Microsystems model utilizing hardware from Brocade, Qlogic, Hitachi, Sun, and StorageTek.
  * Design and implement network based backup solutions utilizing hardware from StorageTek and Sun Microsystems including the Storagetek L700 tape library as well as software from Veritas and Sun Microsystems including Veritas Netbackup and Legato Networker for enterprise level backup and recovery solutions.
  * Design and implement storage environments utilizing Veritas Volume Manager for storage management, redundancy, and availability.
  * Design and implement high availability solutions utilizing Sun Cluster 3.0 and Veritas Cluster Server for immediate recovery of enterprise services due to unforeseen hardware issues to minimize downtime.

• Consultant

  Intellimark

  June 2000 - November 2002

  * Provide UNIX engineering for Virginia State Departments, utilizing complete line of Sun Microsystems Enterprise servers including E10000 as well as complete line of Hewlett-Packard Unix environments including N9000 series.
  * Administer complete line of Veritas products in UNIX environments including Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas Netbackup.
  * Implement first usage of HP-UX and HP Server Technologies at the Virginia Dept. of Information Technology.
  * Implement and administer the Hitachi 9960 (HP XP-512/Sun 9960) mass storage subsystem in an Open Systems environment.
  * Author scripts utilizing Perl and various UNIX shells.
  * Assist in administration of Internet services including, DNS, web servers, and email utilizing BIND, Sendmail, Apache, and Netscape services.
  * Provide engineering assistance for Enterprise Backup and Recovery; utilizing ADIC hardware technologies and Veritas Netbackup.
  * Provide engineering for high-availability clusters utilizing MC/Serviceguard.
  * Provide WindowsNT/2000 engineering assistance utilizing complete line of servers from Compaq and Dell.