SUMMARY:

• 18+ years’ success leading IT & data processing innovation for high - growth organizations
• Highly-skilled and versatile Senior Database Administrator with broad leading-edge experiences in database administration, management, and processing across wide-ranging platforms within fast-changing IT industry.
• Outstanding leadership and analytic skills for optimizing performance, through establishing project goals and scope, implementing best practices, and leading multidisciplinary teams for high quality and timely delivery within competitive landscapes.
• Adaptive self-starter with strong organizational skills for managing multiple concurrent projects, leveraging on cutting-edge technologies and methodologies; customizing innovative solutions, and streamlining processes for improvements and efficiency.
• Excellent communication skills for team leadership and collaboration; and forging relationships for organizational advancement and success.

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERTISE:

• Installation/Configuration
• DB/System Backup Recovery
• Cloning/Patching/Upgrades
• System Performance/Tuning
• DB Archiving/Monitoring
• Space/Capacity Management
• User/Index Management
• Data Dictionary Management
• Database System Support
• Software Diagnostics
• Testing/Troubleshooting
• Process Improvements

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Microsoft Office (Word, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Project) UNIX Linux Windows NT
• English French Russian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Database Administrator

Confidential, Parsons, MD

Responsibilities:

• Lead successful maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting support for Confidential, contract management and GIS applications, operating on oracle 12c databases in Red Hat Linux environment
• Achieve full compliance of database environments with NASA security policies and internal controls, through active participation in security audits and compliance initiatives
• Create and maintain technical and operational documentation, and technical diagrams as per NASA standards; and ensure adherence to business continuity, and disaster recovery procedures
• Oversee seamless database migration to VM environment; and upgrade database from Oracle 11g to 12c
• Monitor databases and applications, through installation and configuration of Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Maintain satisfactory end-user response time, with reliable database connectivity, by identifying, monitoring, and implementing recommendations and improvements to database applications
• Prepare and conduct extensive reviews of database activity, progress, and performance reports, such as AWR and ADDM reports; and implement database changes, testing, and performance tuning

Sr. Database Administrator

Confidential, DC

Responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive maintenance, monitoring and troubleshooting support for Confidential Web Portal databases
• Operated Oracle versions 9i and 10g in UNIX environment, and implemented Oracle DATAGUARD in RAC environment, while providing documentation on all processes utilizing ITDL procedure
• Ensured consistent high quality performance, through implementation of database best practices for data migration techniques, oracle software installation, patches and upgrades
• Facilitated flawless implementation of operational security, backup and recovery practices in high availability environments, including upgrading from Oracle 9i to Oracle 11i with RAC and ASM

Sr. Database Systems Administrator

Confidential, MD

• Administered efficient implementation of backup and recovery strategy, utilizing RMAN with Confidential ; and seamlessly configured performance monitoring, using OEM database control
• Established procedures for applying Oracle security patches, and open service requests with metalink
• Led management of multiple development, test, and production environments, including performing database installations, upgrades, and patches to Oracle products in different environments
• Maintained successful oversight of issues such as security, monitoring, performance tuning, analysis and design, and application release management
• Actively contributed recommendations and solutions for creating, upgrading, integrating, and managing database systems in distributed environment
• Provided pivotal technical support to analyst and developer; ensured systematic implementation of existing structures and protocols, while providing recommendations for database systems improvements

Sr. Database Systems Administrator

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Responsibilities:

• Managed smooth implementation of backup and recovery, utilizing Oracle 9i DATAGUARD; and administered database backup and recovery in 8i and 9i, using Oracle RMAN
• Provided comprehensive support and systematic maintenance of multiple production and development servers, by operating different Oracle versions including 8i, 9i and 10g
• Oversaw successful planning and migration of Oracle production servers from SUNGUARD to COLO location, while implementing and documenting migration procedures from development to production
• Administered efficient day-to-day database administration functions including database management, monitoring, performance tuning, backup, recovery, and troubleshooting

Sr. Database Systems Administrator

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw successful database support for Confidential, including 2 life-cycle Oracle 11i ERP implementations
• Facilitated improvements on hardware supporting ERP system, by conducting initial systems analysis, and providing recommendations
• Systematically resolved issues presented by functional and development teams, through close collaboration and communication with project managers and functional groups
• Maintained efficient day-to-day database administration, through development and implementation of best practices, and standard support procedures
• Generated accurate CBO Statistics by utilizing ADADMIN; performed schema recompilation, forms, reports, and java archive regeneration; and utilized ADPATCH and ADCTRL for applying required patches