PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Over 20 years hands on experience in relational databases. Experienced team leader with a drive for operational stability and meeting current and future business needs.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Oracle 8i to 12c

SQL Server 2000 - 2012

Oracle Exadata

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle Real Application Clusters

Oracle Data Guard

Oracle ASM

Oracle GoldenGate

Oracle APEX

Oracle WebLogic

IT Management

Linux Administration - OEL, RHEL, SUSE, AIX

Bash, KSH, CSH, Perl

SAP ERP

EMC SRDF, BCV

Veritas Netbackup

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Senior Oracle Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Implemented monitoring and regular patching of Confidential new Exadata platforms. Including metric extensions on non - standard processes
• Trained team members onto newer Oracle technologies from SQL Server. This included RAC, Exadata, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, Linux
• Installed and configured Oracle s C2M, ODM, and SOA utilities applications
• Implemented reporting on several key metrics including capacity planning and security reports
• Automated routine tasks including provisioning, backup, monitoring, and auto-startup
• Automated the weekly release schedule for the new software packages
• Day to day monitoring of the new Exadata and application servers
• Capacity planning for the environment
• Performance tuning of problematic jobs

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Oracle Database Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Simplified administration setup for Confidential ' GoldenGate landscape from 500+ down to under 100
• Modernized and standardized Confidential ' GoldenGate setup to improve recoverability, availability, and performance
• Automated migrations to DBaaS platform from legacy systems
• Automated Managed File Transfer process for DBaaS
• Architect and engineer solutions for Confidential ' Database as a Service (DBaaS) platform
• Gather requirements from customers and management teams
• Automate and support implementation for DBaaS components to Service Delivery teams
• Automate deployments and monitoring using OEM Deployment Procedures, Metric extensions, and HP Database and Middleware Automation (HP DMA)

Confidential, Brentwood, TN

Manager, Database Services

Responsibilities:

• Increased efficiency of database team to 88 DB‘s/Administrator through standardization and consolidation effort
• Introduced managed services to increase coverage, allow staff augmentation, and project agility
• Increased performance of operational databases by 6x through implementing Oracle’s Exadata platform
• Manage team of 4 database administrators and 3 SAP Basis administrators
• Provides technical leadership for the database administration team and mentors junior team members
• Ensure database systems are recoverable, highly available, meet business performance needs, and conform to compliance/security requirements
• Lead critical cross functional projects for the database team to ensure they are on time and budget
• Designed and implemented database consolidation strategy to reduce footprint and licensing cost
• Evaluated and implemented Oracle's Exadata platform to meet business SLA's
• Diagnose and correct database performance issues with application teams
• Install, clone, migrate and upgrade database environments using Oracle and SQL Server
• Design and implement proactive and reactive monitoring of database systems using Oracle Enterprise Manager and Nagios
• Develop standards for the database team for installation, configuration, and security
• Oversee, research and recommend database solutions per business needs - currently evaluating Hadoop, NoSQL, and 12c Multitenant technologies
• Responsible for over 120 Oracle DB's, 40 SQL Server databases, 1400 retail databases, 2 Oracle Exadata database machines, and IBM Netezza appliance

Confidential, Brentwood, TN

Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Scripted administration tools to allow administration of Tractor Supply’s remote database environments (1,300+ locations)
• Standardized monitoring environment through Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Implemented quarterly patching cycle which reduced unplanned outages and remediated security issues
• Day to day administration of Tractor Supply’s database environments - 700+ retail locations, 120+ Oracle databases, 40+ SQL Server
• Install, clone, migrate and upgrade database environments
• Designed and implement high availability and disaster recovery environments utilizing Oracle RAC and Oracle Data Guard
• Diagnose and correct database performance issues with application teams
• Design and implement proactive and reactive monitoring of database systems using Oracle Enterprise Manager and Nagios
• Performed capacity planning for database environments
• Designs, implements, audits, and remediates database compliance and security procedures
• Administered intranet application running Oracle Application Server
• Administered the SAN environment including provisioning and zoning new storage, setup and monitoring of DR processes using EMC SRDF
• Responsible for OS administration of database systems running Redhat and SUSE Linux
• Setup and monitoring of the backup environment for all Oracle, SQL, Exchange and operating systems. Migrated from ARCserve to Veritas Netbackup

Confidential, Huntsville, AL

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Programmed applications for NASA s Payload Data Library using Oracle Forms and PL/SQL
• Monitored database backups, and performed restores as necessary
• Performed database clones as required