Ahmet Cagri Arikan, System Operations Manager

Ahmet Cagri Arikan

System Operations Manager

Borusan Holding

Location
Türkiye - Istanbul
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
18 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months

System Operations Manager at Borusan Holding
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • My current job since November 2017

Management of Borusan’s IT Infrastructure of System Operations within Compute, Storage & Backup, Database and Sap Basis domains on both onprem and cloud datacenters.

Capacity, Budget, License and Performance Planning in Compute, Storage, Backup, Database and DR Platforms.

Planning, Design and Implementation of Process Management and Service Management tools like Servicenow, IBM Maximo and Jira.

License Planning and Management of Windows Servers, Sql Servers, Vmware Platforms, O365, Messaging and Citrix Platforms.

Planning, Design and Management of;

* A farm including 1750+ servers, 1.5PB+ Storage and 500TB+ Backup infrastuructures, responsible for Compute, Storage and Backup teams.

* 1500+ Database systems including SQL, Oracle and DB2 Platforms, 200+ Sap Landscape Platforms within Hana Databases, responsible for Database and Sap Basis Teams.

* Disaster Recovery Platform nearly 300+ Vm Servers, with Site Recovery Manager with Vsphere and Array Based replication technologies (HP 3Par Remotecopy and Netapp Snapmirror)

Technically including;

* VMware Vsphere and Cloud Computing Platforms
* Azure Cloud solutions with Storsimple Platforms.
* AWS with EBS, S3 and Glacier Platforms.
* Proactive Monitoring with Vmware Platforms like Vrops, Vra and Loginsight,
* Proactive Monitoring with Microsoft Platforms like Orhestrator, Scom and OMS,
* All Flash Storage platforms within HP 3Par, Netapp AFF and EF, Pure Storage,
* HP, Netapp Replication and Backup solutions,
* Symantec Netbackup, Veeam Replication and Backup Platforms.
* Brocade SAN Switch Platforms, Disaster Recovery Platforms with VMware Site Recovery Manager.

Storage, Backup and Database Unit Manager at Borusan Holding A.Ş
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • March 2014 to November 2017

Planning, Design and Management of a farm including 1500+ servers, 1.5PB+ Storage and 500TB+ Backup infrastuructures, responsible for the Storage and Backup teams.

Planning, Design and Management of 450+ Database systems including SQL, Oracle and DB2 Platforms, responsible for the Database team.

Planning, Design, Testing and Management of Borusan Disaster Recovery Platform nearly 250 Vm Servers, with Site Recovery Manager and Array Based replication technologies (HP 3Par Remotecopy and Netapp Snapmirror)

Capacity, Process, Budget and Performance Planning in Storage, Backup, Database and DR Platforms.

Technically including;

* VMware Platforms,
* Netapp Storage Platforms Fas and E Series,
* Hp Storage Platforms 3Par and Eva Series,
* IBM Storage Platforms DS Series,
* Netapp Replication and Backup solutions Snapmirror, Snap Manager for SQL,
* Brocade SAN Switch Platforms,
* Disaster Recovery Platforms with VMware Site Recovery Manager,
* Netapp MetroCluster Platforms,
* Symantec Netbackup Backup Platforms.
* HP 3Par Replication with Remotecopy.
* Proactive Storage Monitoring within VMware Vrealize Operations Management and Solarwinds
* Azure Cloud with Storsimple Platforms.
* AWS with S3 and Glacier Platforms.
* All Flash Storage platforms within HP 3Par, Netapp AFF and EF, Pure Storage.

IT Senior System Engineer and System Lead at Akkok Holding A.Ş.
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2012 to March 2014

Installation and Administration of EMC Storage Platforms, EMC Backup solutions Avamar and
Datadomain, EMC Replication solutions RecoverPoint, EMC Vplex Storage solutions, EMC
Replication Manager and Data Protection Advisor.
Installation and Administration of Vmware Vsphere Platforms, Vmware Site Recovery Manager,
Vmware Update Manager.

IT System Engineer at Pension Monitoring Center
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • March 2006 to March 2012

Managing Websense Url Filtering Tool, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory Applications.
Managing and administration IBM Aix Systems, HP Unix Systems, Oracle Enterprise Linux and
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 - 2008 platforms.
Administration Exchange 2003-2007 Server and Applications, Anti-Virus Server
Management(Mcafee, GFI and Cisco Ironport), ISA 2006 Server Management and Applications,
TMG 2010 Management, HP DataProtector, CA ArcServe Backup Tools and Administration, CA
Xosoft Replication Software and Management, Backup Systems (Tape Drives) and Applications,
Web Server Administration and Applications,
Managing and Administration FTP Server, SQL Server, Alcatel Call Center and telephony
Management and Applications, IT System Room Equipments (UPS, Regulator, Air Conditioner,
Sensors, Electricity and Network Cables)

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at ISIK UNIVERSITY
  • June 2004

Engineering with Management is the best definer of my Department.

High school or equivalent, Science and Mathematics
  • at Dogus High School
  • June 1997

High School

Specialties & Skills

Storage
Database
Organised
DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING
STORAGE
EMC Storage
Capacity Planning

Languages

English
Expert
Italian
Beginner

Training and Certifications

EMC Implementation Engineer Avamar Backup Recovery (EMCIE +A) (Certificate)
EMC Vplex Operations (Training)
Training Institute:
EMC Moscow
HP 3Par Storage Management (Training)
Training Institute:
HP
Vmware Vsphere 5.0 Install and Configure (Training)
Training Institute:
Vmware
Microsoft Certified System Admin (MCSA) (Certificate)
EMC VNX Storage Install and Configure (Training)
Training Institute:
EMC
EMC Proven Professional (EPP) (Certificate)
EMC Proven Professional Datadomain Backup Recovery (EPP +D) (Certificate)
EMC Implemantation Engineer (EMCIE) (Certificate)
EMC Storage Administrator (EMCSA) (Certificate)
EMC Information Storage Associate (EMCISA) (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Basketball, Handball and Running