TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Oracle 8i
• 9i
• 10gR1
• 10gR2
• 11gR1
• Schema & User Management
• Automatic Storage Management
• Recovery Manager Backup & Recovery
• 10g Real Application Cluster
• UNIX Shell Scripting
• Grid Control UNIX - Solaris 9
• Export & Import Data Pump
• Solaris 10 (Spark & X86)
• 24x7 On-Call Support Expertise
• Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Technology Needs Analysis
• C++
• FrontPage
• Visual Basic
• HTML
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Java
• PHP
• MySQL
• SQL
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Project 2003
• Lotus Notes
• Erwin Database Modeler
• Endevor
• UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage and lead a team of 11 consisting of direct reports, off-shore (India, Romania) and consultants and includes an operating budget of $2M+. Provide technical guidance for a distributed team of DBAs in database design, benchmarking, tuning, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance; serve as main escalation point for critical database services issues. Own all control standards for database services.
• Conceptualized, developed and implemented, over a six month period, a comprehensive upgrade and patching to make sure all environments were updated with the latest security patches; platforms included Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL databases
• Support RDBMS that consist of Oracle, MySQL, DB2, and SQL Server
• Created a plan that saved the company $600,000 to migrate off an existing software platform
• Successfully merged separate teams supporting five RDBMSs into one on-call Dell support group
• Established QA controls within the team and created a documentation repository
• Led the database administration team that saved the company an additional $300,000 migrating from Red Hat Linux 5 to Red Hat Linux 6, to reduce disk fragmentation
• Successfully migrated corporate website into AWS, having the database team up to speed within three months to be able to support the migration
• Oversaw the creation of a data warehouse platform that increased value to the customer
• Spearhead Big Data initiatives that include supporting NoSQL database Cassandra and Mongo
• Work closely with the Project Management Organization (PMO) to support all current and new initiatives
• Conduct daily scrum meetings to ensure the team remains on task with priorities
• Supply the strategic vision for Database Services which includes roadmap, database security, and capacity management
• Provide direction and guidance for the change review board that affects the overall infrastructure
• Work with the Quality Engineering team to ensure that all software release deadlines are met
• Assign database services team goals to ensure the alignment with the corporate strategy
• Conduct annual meeting with software vendors
• Directs the team as needed to successfully ensure all programs are delivered as committed.
• Supports simultaneous programs and activities within the scope of the database services and proactively engage with key stakeholders, technology and architecture leads, and project resources.
• Recruit, mentor, and motivate the database team in technical aspects as well as project management.
• Ensure overall database performance, scalability, and reliability on behalf of our clients responsible for adhering to database security and SOX Compliance
• Work with Architecture Standards Committee to purchase DBA tools (hardware and software)
• Negotiates with and manages strategic partners and external vendors in order to deliver solutions.
• Ensure deliverables meet the standards for successful implementation into production, and ongoing support of database processes.
• Ensure resources on projects are sourced appropriately, based on the balance of needs including cost, speed of acquisition and strategic organizational development.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

Responsibilities:

• Led efforts to reduce redundancy within the environment which in turn saved X dollars
• Developed a strategy between the developers and databases which led to a more efficient work environment
• Managed Oracle 9i,10g, 11g databases and 10g and 11g Real Application Cluster databases
• Created and maintained database system documentation and standards
• Managed Oracle databases in a Veritas Cluster environment and ASM
• Implemented and maintained database security (users and roles, assigned privileges etc.)
• Applied critical patch updates as they became available from Oracle including one off patches to Real Application Cluster databases and single node databases

Confidential

Interim DBA Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed and mentored a team of six employees
• Managed database administrators on various infrastructure projects to successful completion
• Improved service level agreements by reducing time to deliver IT solutions to business.
• Attended weekly meeting with the Director of Operations about the status of the team and database environment
• Worked with the NOC to ensure calls were being handled and resolved during a given time frame
• Served as an Event Manager to resolve issues during management bridges
• Conducted performance reviews, goal settings, attracting and retaining the best talent.
• Accomplished in effective use of Information Lifecycle Management and ITIL discipline
• Served as a key contributor to the change advisory board

Confidential, Dunwoody, GA

Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

Responsibilities:

• Performed upgrades from 9i release 2 to 10g release 2, 9i release 2 to 11g release 1 and 10g release 2 to 11g release 1; managed databases up to 10tb in size
• Led database migrations from HP-UNIX to Itanium server
• Managed Oracle on 8i,9i, 10g, 11g; supported databases up to 14tb in size
• Applied critical patch updates as released and one-off patches to single node databases

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

Responsibilities:

• Tasked with supporting Oracle on a UNIX and Windows platform; created and maintained database system documentation and standards; provided 24x7 on call support.
• Managed Oracle on 8i,9i, and 10g; performed upgrades from 9i release 2 to 10g release 2

Confidential, Kennesaw, GA

Oracle Database Administrator (DBA)

Responsibilities:

• Established and maintained sound backup and recovery policies and procedures
• Installed single node databases such as 10gR2, 10gR1, and 9i databases
• Installed 10gR1 and 10g2 real application cluster databases and patched to the appropriate level
• Managed Oracle on 8i,9i, 10g, Oracle Real Application Cluster and ASM
• Developed database monitoring and administration scripts with Korn Shell such as an alert log checker specified by error message, listener checker, and service check
• Led the database installation and upgrades; patched database servers up to the latest release
• Managed and supported production database systems; performed disaster recovery of the database using recovery manager. Built standby database (Oracle 9i) and enabled log shipment and log apply
• Created a standby database and performed several successful disaster recovery tests