SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years of IT experience as Oracle Database Administrator / Solutions Architect / Technical Lead on VLDB production, development databases and expertise on Oracle Real Application clusters, Exadata, Data Guard, Enterprise manager 12c Cloud Control and Oracle VM.
• Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders Confidential multiple levels, including higher management and those external to the organization.
• Design and Architect End - to-End Oracle Database and Cloud Solutions based on commodity server, storage and network components.
• Testing and Validation of Oracle 12c/11g RAC databases on Hardware Stack which include RAC and Blade Servers with networking Force 10 switches and storages like EMC and Compellent.
• Performing Fault Injection Test Cases for verifying the High Availability Confidential each layer of RAC stack like port failover, instance failover, ASM failover and Node failover.
• Design and configuration of Oracle Exadata Server for best performance and scalability.
• Hands on experience on Exadata Storage Cells, InfiniBand networks, Smart Flash Cache, Smart Scan, IORM, consolidation etc.
• Implemented High availability using Golden Gate Replication. Implanted Bi-directional replication using golden gate.
• Implementation of Oracle Private Cloud using Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control and hypervisor Oracle VM for Internal clients.
• Setting up Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Database as a Service (DBaaS) using Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control.
• Implementation of Oracle Flash cache and different host based caching technologies like Dell Fluid Cache/Fusion IO to improve Oracle database performance.
• Design and Implementation of Oracle Disaster Recovery Solutions using Oracle Data Guard and Storage based replication technologies.
• Hands on experience on configuring Dell Storages like Dell Compellent, Equal logic and Power Vault.
• Controlling the life cycle management of the entire data center using Bare Metal Provisioning, Database provisioning and application provisioning.
• Perform Database Tuning, Instance tuning and monitoring of Oracle Databases using OEM, Toad etc.
• Writing and reviewing technical as well as business white papers, data sheets, articles, documentation, and support notes.
• Assisting sales teams with pre-sales technical consultations, solution architecture design recommendations, proof of concepts, benchmarking & lab tours.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating systems: Linux, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris 10, Windows 2008

Databases: Oracle 12c/11gR2/11gR1/10g/9i

Specialization: Oracle RAC, Oracle Cloud Control 12c, Oracle Exadata, Oracle VM

Storages: EMC Clarion, Compellent, Equal logic, Power Vault

Networking: Force 10, Power Connect Switches

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead Oracle Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Configuration of Oracle 12c Multitenant container and pluggable databases with Flex Cluster and Flex ASM.
• Upgrading and migrating Oracle 11gR2 RAC Databases running on legacy infrastructure to Oracle 12c Pluggable Databases running on the latest platforms.
• Installation, configuration and support of Oracle Exadata V2, X3-2 databases. Troubleshoot exadata technical issues, plan and co-ordinate migration of EBS from standalone to Exadata database.
• Install and Configure Delphix Enterprise Data Platform to virtualize databases and to leverage faster refresh cycles.
• Architect & Enable customers to migrate Oracle/SQL Server databases into AWS
• Integrate & Automate Database deployments with Orchestration tools like Jenkins, Chef & Puppet
• Develop Linux shell scripts, Windows Powershell Scripts for automating database tasks
• Validate and provide best practices around Customer's VMWare platform and other Cloud Technologies
• Installation and configuration of 10g and 11g RAC on Linux, HP UNIX, IBM AIX in RAW devices and ASM.
• Doing the RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for Node Eviction (ORA-29740) also for CRS reboots & other issues.

Environment: OEL 6, Oracle 12c and Oracle 11g R2 RAC, Oracle Exadata

Bank of America

Senior Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configure and support Exadata and clustered Linux servers (RHEL and OEL) to host Oracle 11g RAC technology stack supporting both OLTP and DSS (data mart/data warehouse) databases
• Mentored DBA team for Exadata migration of BI databases from IBM platform to Exadata X3-2. This project involves DB migration, consolidation of multi-platform databases into Exadata server. Activities includes along with DB migration, implementing many Exadata features such as DBFS file system, DBRM, IORM, hybrid compression.
• Consolidation of Oracle databases onto Oracle VM
• Installation, configuration, patching and upgrading oracle Oracle10g & 11g databases, performance tuning, backup and recovery management, estimate and plan hardware and software resource considering long term project need.
• Troubleshoot any database issues, work closely with Oracle support for resolution of core Oracle issues.

Environment: OEL 5, Solaris, Oracle 11g

Confidential

Oracle Solutions Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementation, Testing, Validation and Performance Characterization of Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle VM on Servers and Storages involving FC/SAS/iSCSI protocol.
• Providing reference architecture and best practices for configuring Oracle Databases on EMC Hardware
• Implemented Stream, Golden Gates for Active-Active Replication between the Datacenter for High Availability.
• Deploy and configure Oracle VM and performing benchmarking using Quest Benchmark Factory.
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of Oracle Exadata machine
• Good understanding of Exadata features like smart scans, HCC, flash cache, Infiniband, ILOM.
• Publish Oracle Validated Configurations (OLT) of EMC hardware in Oracle site.
• Prototyped Fluid Cache software as an extended cache to the storage LUN, providing 4 x improvements in Oracle Database performance and response time.
• ASM Intelligent Data Placement for best optimizing the EMC Storage.
• Complete Cloud Lifecycle Management by creating and managing complete set of cloud services like Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Database as a Service (DBaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) with metering and chargeback features.
• Gold Image cloning and standardized software deployment via Provisioning Profiles
• Interacting with Sales& Marketing for customer presentations, Demos, Sales Deals etc.
• Create reports, ad-hoc queries using different querying tools and Oracle EM

Environment: OEL 6, Oracle 12c and Oracle 11g R2 RAC