SUMMARY:

• Result oriented and accomplished IT professional with demonstrated success in delivering highly innovative technical solutions.
• Provided genuine commitment to quality and customer service in a deadline - driven mission critical environment.
• Delivered exceptional rather than expected results through strategic thinking, innovative problem solving, leadership, and managing teams for performance excellence, disciplined, flexible, confident and ready for new challenges.
• UNIX, Linux, Windows Server, Oracle Exadata, Oracle RAC, MySql, MS SQL Server, IIS, Apache, Tomcat, IHS, WebSphere, Oracle RMAN, Ansible, Azure administration.
• Bash/Korn Shell scripting, SQL/Pl-SQL scripting and tuning, Oracle EM, Active Directory, WebSphere, PKI, SSL, TLS, Internet and Intranets, Networking, Firewalls, authentication protocols, Nagios, Prometheus, Github, ELK, Graylog, nginx and open source repos/tools.
• Oracle Database and UNIX and Linux Administration.
• Mobile & Cloud Solutions
• Network, security, encryption
• Project management
• Systems and database administration
• Capacity, Incident and Problem management
• Database performance testing and tuning
• SaaS, IaaS & PaaS Technologies
• Database Monitoring and Alerting
• Process Automation
• Team building, Mentoring and Leadership
• Technical design and code reviews
• Infrastructure and Application monitoring
• Database (RMAN) backup and recovery
• Built Application Portals for real time Database performance view, SQL Sessions, DB Logs and Oracle eBusiness reports.
• Automated database performance (AWR) reports for real-time reviewing.
• Automated application and databases startup and shutdowns.
• Implemented and administer Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Cloud control to manage cluster applications and databases.
• Developed performance metrics and implemented open source tools Nagios and Prometheus with Grafana for in-depth monitoring and alerting.
• Built an Application and Database Score card using OEM Data - data mined from OEM repository - for Capacity/Performance and forecasting analysis.
• Setup Open LDAP for Linux authentications using open source tool called FreeIPA (by Redhat)
• Setup ELK for log centralizing for Database and Application logs.
• Built a live dashboard for Production Hosts, Databases and Applications showing availability and performance.
• Automated AIX NMON data visualizations using PHP and google API (charts).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Database and Application Specialist/ Cloud Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Performance and availability of all applications and databases.
• Day to day DB administration - backups, cloning, recovery, sizing, monitoring etc..
• Implemented and administer Oracle EM 13C - installation, configuration and patching
• Implemented and administer Nagios and Prometheus with Grafana front end for application and infrastructure monitoring - for better alerts and deep-down analysis.
• Documented performance tuning guideline for applications and databases.
• Integrated systems wide monitoring for availability and performance for AIX, applications and databases.
• Migrated monitoring tools and OEM from AIX to Linux - part of Modernization project.
• Facilitate, assist, monitor and guide performance and load testing support and provide technical expertise
• Provided database security / vulnerability reports.
• Setup RMAN recovery scripts, coordinate with storage folks in trouble shooting failed backups, participated in DR activities.
• Monitor and identify long running SQL queries and provide tuning guidelines to developers.
• Customized monitoring scripts for Databases and Siebel, as well as DB log scanning/parsing.
• Investigate and advice on performance issues and handle root cause analysis for critical and P-1 incidents.
• Improved teh problem analysis and resolution time by effectively implementing Application portals and alerting.

Confidential

Database Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of DBAs, Business Objects developers and Tomcat admins to investigate and determine teh root cause for performance bottlenecks.
• Prioritized and Re-architected data center infrastructure for proper Load Balancing and High availability.
• Lead teh swat team to investigate performance issues with BO reports based on Teradata, provided database tuning guidelines.
• Optimized SQL queries and stored procedures increasing application effectiveness without increasing memory requirement. Achieved 100% customer satisfaction, and compliance of meeting SLAs.

Confidential

Technical Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead teh overall implementation and migration of FRO and defined teh application and technical architecture structure, ensuring dat it meets teh business requirements and performance goals
• Trained and Mentored new DBAs for dB administration / management and software development processes.
• Automated Oracle eBS deployments and cloning.
• Participate in data mapping/conversion from legacy to eBS and Siebel data migration.
• Reviewed and integrated all database and application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality, and operations requirements
• Managed Offshore staff and scheduled resources per project requirements, planned and prepared project financials/budgets
• Managed and controlled technical architecture scope and documented requirements
• Lead teh data management and technical architecture analysis, design, and implementation
• Ensured adherence to all quality management plans and standards

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of DBAs and developers in designing and implementing an end-to-end solution to integrate Confidential 's Time Entry system (TBMS) into SMS, an Accenture Time management system.
• Reviewed customer requirements and put together a complete solution document
• Co-ordinated with teh Accenture Time management team to customize teh system to capture teh Over time for Union and Non-Union employees, as there're two different rules to capture overtimes.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed teh storage requirements and Storage re-use using Storage Virtualization to merge IBM storage with Hitachi Storage and provided guidelines to minimize efforts in data restructuring, provided guidelines to improve teh data management and design.
• Prepared plans and participated in testing teh storage virtualization, engaged various on-site and remote resources.
• Conducted interviews with different environment owners and prepared project estimates for resource requirements as well as capacity planning.
• Helped in fine tuning teh requirements by evaluating teh tasks and deliverables and making adjustments for effectively using teh available resources.

Confidential

Sr. Data Architect

Responsibilities:

• Provide guideline and consulting for automating 24x7 monitoring and alerting of Peace application, Performance tuning, troubleshooting performance related problems/issues etc. Proactively identify issues and make sure services are meeting SLA’s.
• Analyzed metrics for service requests and incidents to identify problem trends and adjusted /support of technical staff accordingly, meeting 100% of service level agreement (SLA) compliance.

Confidential

Data management Architect

Responsibilities:

• Helped in teh migration of teh Allegro application from Entergy to teh new Enexus environment, Prepared documents for hardware (servers and network) specifications, Sizing, detailed implementation, test and cutover.

Confidential, Vancouver, BC

Database Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead teh design, sizing, installation and creation of databases and related middleware tools and database environments and infrastructure.
• Design and maintain physical and logical database models including entity definitions, detailed attribute definitions, keys, relationships, business rules and technical entities of teh data.
• Prepared Performance testing document and participated and lead teh Performance tuning exercises.
• Developed teh structured Shared-Services solution for teh operational DBA team servicing multiple projects.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Senior Database Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical guidance and support to teh Houston and IDC teams as necessary in teh completion of tickets, production changes and day to day production support activities in their area of technical responsibility.
• Sponsor proactive communications across teams (both internal to Accenture and with Reliant) regarding technical activities and issues. Lead teh planning, design and implementation of Infrastructure Enhancement activities
• Identify and pursue areas of opportunity for process improvement and/or system performance /stability improvements dat will reduce teh number and frequency of unplanned outages.

Confidential

Senior Database Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Advised and halped in architecting and planning for OS, server hardware, Storage and Network infrastructure designs and implementations.
• Participated in teh Disaster Recovery exercise and test recovered teh system including databases upto fully working site. Installed Oracle Enterprise Manager for 24x7 database monitoring.
• Prepared KPI (Key Performance Indicators) report for teh management.