SUMMARY

Sr. Oracle DBA, Oracle Solutions Architect, Team Lead and Technical Manager, with broad experience in Oracle's Enterprise Grid Computing Architecture, and Information Strategy. Working for Fortune 500 Clients in aerospace, automotive, consulting, financial, manufacturing, and telecommunication. 12+ years of successful Management of People and Business Processes, Oracle Architecture, Database Management, Software Implementation, Modeling, Design and Programming for complex, business - critical systems. Proven track record of delivering on time, under budget, on mission critical projects. Expertise with various Software Development Methodologies in support of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Excellent Business Coaching, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Mentoring and Team Building skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

RDBMS: Oracle 11g, 10g and 9i/10g RAC, Oracle 7.x - 9i, SQL Server, FoxPro.

O/S: UNIX (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX), Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, Fedora), Windows.

Methodologies: RUP, RAD, JAD, Waterfall, Extreme Programming, Agile

Programming and Tools: SQL, PL/SQL, Java, OOP, SHELL scripts, HTML, Forms, Reports, Discoverer, Designer, SQL*Loader, AUTOSYS, VSS, TOAD,

UML, ERWin, Visio, MS Project, Oracle 9i / 10gAS App Server, Apache, IIS

EXPERIENCE

Confidential, CA

Sr. Oracle DBA / Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Oracle DBA, Team Lead / Tech Lead and Security Focal, providing technical leadership for a group of 20+ US and offshore resources for 300+ databases, on 7 IBM strategic accounts. Working with client management teams, and vendors, to develop architecture solutions and database strategies to support company needs, and with users on database access and training, while managing daily DBA tasks. Supported JDE, Peoplesoft, and Siebel applications.
• GM & GMAC Financial Services: Conducted the upgrade infrastructure project for 17 mission critical systems, like Credit Processing, Dealer Supply Program, and Business Requirements Option.
• Virgin Mobile: In charge of Data Center Migration (DCM Project) of 10 mission critical databases, both RAC and single-instance for Virgin Mobile USA.
• Led the Tivoli Monitoring Implementation project on 100+ databases.
• Panasonic: Monitoring systems health and providing appropriate response on critical issues. Part of the Rapid Response Team handling emergencies. Define and implement technical solutions for Sev 1 requests on a 24/7 basis.
• Defined, documented, and implemented Oracle security standards, audits and upgrades for GMAC, GM and Virgin Mobile.
• Oracle Consulting in Europe: Oracle Architecture, Database Management, Data Modeling, Business Process Optimization, and Oracle Training.
• High Performance and Leadership Coaching for businesses and professionals.

Confidential, Long Beach CA

Sr. Oracle DBA & Team Lead / Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Defined the architectural vision, strategy, principles and standards for ROME.
• Business Development: promote ROME services and expertise to Executive Management, business stake-holders, and Raytheon divisions. Innovative proposals in areas of High Availability, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. Recommending and pioneering new technologies within Raytheon.
• Program Management: consistently delivered on schedule and under budget. In charge of 1.2 million hardware / software purchases from Oracle, HP and Sun.
• Responsible for hiring and mentoring dedicated and talented individuals, and team building. Developed training schedule to match individuals’ personal and professional goals aligned to client’s needs. Implemented strategy to balance personal and professional life through flex schedule and telecommuting.
• In charge of 40+ databases including Oracle 9i, 10g and 10g RAC on Oracle Application Server 10g. Using 10g Grid Release 1 and 2 for enterprise wide monitoring. Operating systems: Solaris 8, Linux RHEL 3.0. and Windows Server. Database installation and configuration, patching, tuning, database object creation, database design and data modeling. Conducted Conference Room Pilot and kick-off meetings with business stakeholders, and developers.
• High Availability (HA) Architect and DBA: architected and implemented ROME HA environment for Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) division of Raytheon. Installed and managed four instances of 10g RAC R1 and 2 on HP blades.
• Security: user management and user auditing. Ensuring ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulation) compliance and data security for SAS.
• Backup and Recovery: Enhanced current backup and recovery strategy using RMAN. Created and tested backup/recovery scenarios for SLA compliance.
• Performance monitoring, enterprise-wide using Oracle’s 10g EM Grid Control. Installation, configuration and tuning, set thresholds and manage notifications.

Confidential, CA

Sr. Oracle DBA / Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected, designed and developed Strategic Business Systems (SBS), an Intranet Application for Manufacturing, and Project Management. Data modeling, database design, coding, and implementation of Oracle RDBMS with over 800 tables. Complete SLDC and documentation of the Oracle Applications.
• Conducted the software upgrade project throughout the company. Upgraded to 8i/9i, and to 9iAS Application Server. Developed a strategy for re-engineering the back end while still supporting the daily operations. Database installation, configuration and SQL optimization, tuning, with 40% performance increase.
• Revamped the G/L module, redesigned database structures and developed data mining reports to create a reliable decision support system for Accounting.

Confidential, Los Angeles CA

Sr. Oracle DBA / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed a multilingual extranet application for confidential.Confidential Insider website is a new communications channel between confidential and its internal and external users. Provided Sr. Oracle DBA expertise and participated in the System Development Life Cycle of the entire project.
• Developed an auctioning web site for confidential. The goal of the project was to aggregate and organize all the specific content and deliver it all in one place through search engines that provide rapid access to most relevant data.
• Supported the San Diego Workforce project as a DBA and configured Verity Search Engine. Tuning Oracle database queries, database configuration. Responsible for the Installation and Configuration of the Verity Search Engine. Designed and Coded the Interface, Automated and Integrated Index Builds.