Dave G. Samani

Senior Cloud Engineer at Universal Data, Inc.
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, US
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Farsi Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
    Microsoft
    Nov, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
    Microsoft
    Oct, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Microsoft 365 certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate
    Microsoft
    Jun, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert
    Microsoft
    Apr, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
    Microsoft
    Feb, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals
    Microsoft
    Dec, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization
    VMware
    Oct, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • LPIC-2
    Linux Professional Institute
    Feb, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • VMware Certified Professional 6.5 – Data Center Virtualization
    VMware
    Oct, 2018
    - Nov, 2024
  • VMware VCP 6.0
    VMware
    Oct, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • Associate - Information Storage and Management Version 3.0
    Dell EMC
  • LPIC-1
    Linux Professional Institute

Experience

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Cloud Engineer
      • Jan 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Student Researcher
      • Aug 2019 - Dec 2021

      • Studying overhead of various Cloud computing services on applications with different characterization• Analyze and exploring deployment of Machine Learning applications on different virtualization platforms to find pros and cons of using techniques such as CPU pinning or GPU offloading• Developing, documenting and grading the assignment of “Distributed and Cloud Computing” course as the TA • Studying overhead of various Cloud computing services on applications with different characterization• Analyze and exploring deployment of Machine Learning applications on different virtualization platforms to find pros and cons of using techniques such as CPU pinning or GPU offloading• Developing, documenting and grading the assignment of “Distributed and Cloud Computing” course as the TA

    • Information Technology & Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cloud Engineer
      • May 2021 - Aug 2021

      • Development and optimization of multiple PowerShell scripts to boost and automize migration of customer's Cloud resources to Microsoft Azure with the help of IAC, especially ARM templates• Development of PowerShell script to standardize and migrate DNS records from AWS to Microsoft Azure• Create processes and best practices for deploying customer’s infrastructure on public clouds • Development and optimization of multiple PowerShell scripts to boost and automize migration of customer's Cloud resources to Microsoft Azure with the help of IAC, especially ARM templates• Development of PowerShell script to standardize and migrate DNS records from AWS to Microsoft Azure• Create processes and best practices for deploying customer’s infrastructure on public clouds

    • United States
    • Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Cloud Engineer
      • May 2020 - Aug 2020

      • Design and deployment of a private cloud for Kubernetes clusters• Design and implementation of a Virtualized compute and storage infrastructure based on open-source platforms• Deployment of Rancher to manage a multi-cluster Kubernetes environment • Design and deployment of a private cloud for Kubernetes clusters• Design and implementation of a Virtualized compute and storage infrastructure based on open-source platforms• Deployment of Rancher to manage a multi-cluster Kubernetes environment

    • Iran
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior System Administrator
      • Jan 2016 - Aug 2019

      • Consulting and supporting sales and marketing units in order to identify potential customers business needs and propose technical designs and guidelines.• Developed, design and implemented business case of private cloud for Remis customers based on business needs and best practices • Created processes and best practices to deploy infrastructure services such as server and desktop virtualization, storage area networks (SAN) and backup solutions• Troubleshooting performance issues in compute and storage infrastructures, finding the bottlenecks and providing solutions to remediate the problem

    • System Administrator
      • Jan 2014 - Aug 2016

      • Drive SEA migrating from physical infrastructure to private cloud initiative• Designed and implemented compute, storage and backup infrastructure based on best practices to guarantee the availability of banking applications.• Planning and orchestration of migrating banking applications to the new designated private cloud • Drive SEA migrating from physical infrastructure to private cloud initiative• Designed and implemented compute, storage and backup infrastructure based on best practices to guarantee the availability of banking applications.• Planning and orchestration of migrating banking applications to the new designated private cloud

    • Senior Data Center Services Support
      • Jun 2009 - Mar 2014

      • Developed, design and implemented business case of Cloud Computing service offerings using Apache Cloudstack.• Consulting and supporting sales and marketing units for designing and pricing service catalog, and helping potential customers to choose the appropriate cloud service plans based on their requirements.• Drive the consolidation project for migrating from physical servers to virtual machines and releasing more than 100 physical servers• Managed Linux and Microsoft Windows based shared hosting servers.

    • Iran
    • Information Technology & Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Linux System Administrator
      • 2008 - 2009

      - Linux and Microsoft Windows system engineer- Design and supporting data center's web hosting services. - Linux and Microsoft Windows system engineer- Design and supporting data center's web hosting services.

    • Technical Support Specialist
      • May 2003 - 2008

      - Technical support of Web Hosting services, including cPanel, Ensim- Linux system administration and support- KVM Virtualization VM management and support - Technical support of Web Hosting services, including cPanel, Ensim- Linux system administration and support- KVM Virtualization VM management and support

Education

  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate School
    Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering
    2019 - 2021
  • Islamic Azad University
    Master of Science (MSc), Computer Hardware Engineering
    2008 - 2011
  • Islamic Azad University
    Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Hardware Engineering
    2004 - 2009

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