SMStephen McElligott
@stephenmcelligott
Bilingual IT specialist with 35 years' expertise in mainframe storage, backup and disaster recovery.
CanadaWhat I'm looking for
I am a bilingual IT specialist with 35 years of experience focused on mainframe storage, backup, restore, archive, and business continuity solutions. I have extensive hands-on expertise with technologies such as HSM, CA1, CA7, FDR PAS, TDMF, CA Vantage, IBM Global Mirror/Metro Mirror/CSM, Virtual Tape (IBM TS77xx) and Hitachi Universal Replicator.
Throughout my career I have evaluated, provisioned, configured, implemented, maintained and diagnosed storage (DASD and tape) environments, led disaster recovery and business continuity exercises, and developed detailed implementation and backout plans. I have worked across roles including Storage Administrator, Systems Administrator/Dispatcher, and Mid-Range Storage Administrator, delivering maintenance, optimization and change-management governed implementations.
I bring proven incident and change management skills, strong SLA-driven operational discipline, and a focus on minimizing outage and customer impact through risk assessment and meticulous planning. I am committed to reliable, highly available storage solutions and continual operational improvement.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
IBEvaluated, provisioned, configured and maintained DASD and tape storage solutions, backups, restores, archives and business continuity plans; led disaster recovery exercises and optimized storage operations over a 4.5-year tenure.
IBAnalyzed incoming work, assigned tasks to appropriate resources and ensured SLAs and processes were met while coordinating projects and maintaining normal client operations over a 6-year period.
IBProvided day-to-day support for DASD and tape storage, backups, archives and business continuity plans, performing provisioning, configuration, analysis and diagnostics across client environments for over 22 years.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Rosemere High School
High School Diploma, General Secondary Education
1979 - 1981
Completed High School Diploma at Rosemere High School between 1979 and 1981.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
CanadaAuthorized to work in
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