SUMMARY:

A Database Administrator whose interests include software database development, database maintenance, database backup and recovery, requirements analysis, and database architecture. Chantice also has work experience in financial information systems, business management and marketing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

RDBMS: ORACLE, DB2, Sybase, SQL Server, and MS Access.

HARDWARE: IBM Compatible PCs, Sun and WWS Workstations, VAX/VMS.

SOFTWARE: MS Windows, Sun Solaris, Veritas, Confidential, UNIX, DOS, SQL, and SQLPLUS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Glen Burnie, MD

Sr. Oracle Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Oracle DBA providing operational maintenance & application support of 12.1.0.2, 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 & 10.2.0.4 databases across Production, Test and Development both Windows & Solaris Unix environments to Maryland Department of Transportation .
• Update & develop cron scripts.
• Apply Oracle security patches, installations, & upgrades.
• Devise & implement strategy for application upgrade.
• Wrote scripts for database backups, & devised backup strategy.
• Scheduled database backups & performed database recovery using RMAN.
• Resolved issues with Security & Server Teams. Develop database transition plan to upgrade databases, revise database schema, apply encryption, meet security & domain controls, and switch large group of users to new database & application without impact.
• Worked with ASM & OS Space Capacity.
• Utilized Oracle Enterprise Manager tools, OEM Grid Management server, Cloud Control & Oracle packs.

Confidential, Upper Marlboro, MD

Sr. Oracle Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Oracle DBA providing operational maintenance & application support of 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 & 10.2.0.4 databases across Production and Development Solaris Unix environments for Confidential .

Confidential, Ft. Meade, MD

Sr. Oracle Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Oracle DBA providing operational maintenance & application support of 11.2.0.2, 11.2.0.3 & 10.2.0.4 databases across Production and Development Solaris Unix environments with RMAN Backup & Recovery, Data Guard, Oracle Label Security, and Tomcat.
• Upgraded all databases on 3 servers to latest Oracle version.
• Update & develop cron scripts.
• Apply Oracle security patches, installations, & upgrades.
• Devise & implement strategy for application upgrade.
• Wrote scripts for database backups, & devised partitioning strategy.
• Scheduled database backups & performed database recovery using RMAN.
• Recover corruption of data during implementation strategy testing. Duplicated Production DB for transparent user switch to new application.
• Developed database schema on duplicated database to match Development’s schema. Develop solutions to follow customer & developer’s label security rules.
• Applied encryption at rest on Production & Development. Develop synchronization strategy of data between both Production Databases.
• Resolved issues with Security & Server Teams. Develop database transition plan to upgrade databases, revise database schema, apply encryption, meet security & domain controls, and switch large group of users to new database & application without impact.
• Worked with ASM & OS Space Capacity.
• Worked on Windows 2003 & Sun Solaris O/S.
• Utilized Oracle Enterprise Manager tools, OEM Grid Management server, & Oracle packs.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Sr. Oracle Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Oracle DBA providing operational maintenance in supporting 10.2.0.3 & 10.1.0.4 RAC databases across Production, Training, Testing, and Development Solaris 10 Unix environments incl.
• Oracle 8i & 9i versions using Veritas Cluster Server with Grid Control, Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli Data Protection for Oracle, Data Guard, RMAN Backup & Recovery.
• Apply Oracle security patches, installations, & upgrades.
• Script writing for database backups.
• Scheduled database backups & performed database recovery with RMAN.
• Utilized Oracle Enterprise Manager tools & Oracle packs.
• Maintained Oracle 11g Exadata V1 RAC along with cluster, database & storage nodes.
• Analyzed AWR SQL Reports.
• Worked with ASM & O/S Space Capacity.
• Worked on Windows 2003 & Sun Solaris O/S.
• Supported Data Warehouse, Active Directory & Connection Manager.

Confidential, McLean, VA

Oracle9i Production Database Administrator Lead

Responsibilities:

• Manager of DBA Team which provides maintenance and development of Confidential Databases across Production, Testing and Development environments in support of TOL.
• Wrote SQL scripts for routine maintenance & database backups.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Oracle8i Database Administrator Task Lead

Responsibilities:

• Serve as Database Manager across the Confidential projects to design, develop, maintain, revise, backup and recover databases within Oracle8i, UNIX and Sun Solaris server environments. Utilize Oracle Enterprise Manager Tools within Production and Development domains. Populate database via imported data from various data formats.
• Starbase Oracle8i Database Administrator.
• Developed, maintained, updated, revised and tracked databases within Oracle8i, Oracle8.5 and Sun Solaris UNIX server environments. Utilized Oracle Enterprise Manager and DBArtisan Embarcadero tools within Production, Testing, and Development domains. Completed monthly deliverables.
• IDMF DB2/Sybase Database Administrator.
• Maintained, updated, developed, revised, and tracked databases within IBM DB2 mainframe legacy system and Sybase UNIX environments.
• Utilized Platinum software as a tool within DB2. Designed, developed, and implemented MS Access97 database to track training requirements and activities of personnel.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintained, updated, and revised design of databases for Configuration Management and Engineering using MS Access and Oracle within a server environment.
• Completed monthly deliverables.
• Designed and ported main database from MS Access 2.0 to Oracle 7.32.
• Revised and maintained the SRA Quality Assurance DB by programming in Access Basic.

Confidential, Suitland, MD

Finance Division Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed financial records
• Posted funding to accounts
• Entered all accounting records on Census Bureau financial applications