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Upendar P

@upendarp

I’m a storage administrator specializing in enterprise SAN, replication, and automated backup for always-on availability.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can own enterprise storage operations—SAN health, zoning, upgrades, replication, and automated backup—while partnering with teams and vendors to deliver zero-downtime results, minimize downtime, and strengthen DR readiness.

I’m a technology-driven Storage Administrator with 4+ years of hands-on experience supporting enterprise storage platforms such as HP 3PAR, HPE Primera, HPE Alletra, and NetApp ONTAP. I’m known for provisioning, troubleshooting, replication, and storage OS upgrades across mission-critical environments—so services stay highly available and performant.

I take ownership of SAN fabric health checks, zoning, firmware upgrades, and disaster recovery readiness, including Remote Copy (RC) group creation, peer migrations, and SSMC-based volume expansion. I also run Veeam Backup & Replication workflows with daily health checks and automation to reduce failures, and I coordinate with vendor engineers to resolve escalated LUN/NFS access and hardware replacement issues with minimal downtime.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Storage Administrator

Current

Infosys

Sep 2022 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Provisioned, expanded, and optimized storage volumes across HP 3PAR, HPE Primera, and HPE Alletra, maintaining Tier-1 services like QoS, snapshots, and replication. Administered Brocade SAN switches (SANnav firmware upgrades, zoning, monitoring) and automated Veeam Backup & Replication health checks to reduce backup failures and resolve escalated LUN/NFS access issues.

HP 3PAR StoreServ HP Primera Brocade SAN Switches Remote Copy (RC) Replication Veeam Backup & Replication

Storage Administrator

SRS Infoway

Feb 2022 - Sep 2022 (7 months)

Administered HP 3PAR SAN storage and NetApp ONTAP, provisioning volumes, expanding existing storage, and performing OS upgrades while configuring Remote Copy (RC) groups for DR replication. Managed Brocade SAN switches (CLI zoning, health checks, monitoring) and supported escalated troubleshooting by coordinating with HPE/NetApp engineers and replicating customer setups.

HP 3PAR SSMC NetApp Brocade SAN Switches Remote Copy (RC) Replication DR Readiness