SUMMARY

• Proven database administrator and developer supporting hybrid cloud and retail analytics applications.
• Influential, collaborative cross team leader, building strategic and tactical relationships across all areas of the business.
• Insightful, experienced problem - solver with strong cross-platform technical skills.
• Motivated self-starter who seeks out roles of responsibility and leadership
• Available for corp-to-corp contract work.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008/2012, Linux (Ubuntu), Azure

Scripting Languages: T-SQL, Powershell, bash

High Level Languages: C#, Java

Data Platforms: MS SQL Server 2008 R2/2014/2017, HBase, Hadoop, SSIS, SSAS, SQL Always On, EMC SAN, Dell Compellent, Oracle, DB2

Tools: SQL Profiler, Systems Center, Visual Studio, TFS, Microsoft Office, SVN, Git, Cloudera, Windows Clustering, Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, PRTG, SQL Data Collector, SQL Extended Events

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Database Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project manager for application development team, focusing on identifying, prioritizing, and executing the work presented to the team. Emphasized a Scrumban approach to planning and execution. Key project successes included a major release upgrade to Fourth Shift accounting software, four separate upgrades to Factory Logix manufacturing software, and delivery of customizations to Factory Logix software.
• Built comprehensive backup and recovery strategy for SQL Server environment, utilizing Unitrends backup appliance and standard SQL utilities, including log shipping and Ola Hallengren open source scripts.
• Performed security audit of SQL Server environment, then built and executed remediation plan to implement best practices.
• Built up three Hyper-V clusters to fully take advantage of existing host and SAN hardware, and to gain the inherent advantages of clustering.
• Identified and corrected serious write performance issues on core application package.
• Designed and constructed database projects within Visual Studio for our application databases, allowing clean deployment of databases to any environment.
• Standardized use of PRTG system monitoring to provide more comprehensive coverage of critical systems.

Group Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Release manager responsible for the end-to-end release process for Windows, Linux and Node.js applications, including development of release plans, enforcement of release standards, and communication of progress.
• Increased the frequency of releases by 300%, achieving time-to-market goals for application features.
• Forged positive relationships with business, program management and development teams, with clear communication during development and release of features.
• Leader of team that evangelized the use of consistent build, test and deployment strategies for all applications and libraries.
• Promoted continuous improvement by completing projects that increased the effectiveness of the CI/CD platform.
• Designed conditional build and deploy strategy for Windows applications, saving between 50-75% on pipeline execution time.
• Implemented local TFS enlistment on build servers, saving 40% of build time.
• Introduced parallel deployment processing to shorten deployment times by up to 75%
• Designed and implemented Linux build strategy that eliminated overlaps, saving 20% on Linux build times.
• Refactored deployment logic to base archetypes, reducing duplicated logic by 90%.

Group Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Used Agile methodologies as our Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to manage and lead team that addressed key user and technical issues with DS-IQ’s core application.
• Troubleshoot SQL Server performance issues, and executed performance tuning changes that reduced run times for key online and batch tasks.
• Reduced backlog by negotiating with business and technical stakeholders on strategic and tactical approaches to process improvement.
• Technical lead of team that was named Walmart's Business Partner of the Quarter for execution of Black Friday and Holiday advertising over in-store, social and email channels.
• Designed and developed Hadoop Big Data ETL applications for Sales Index, Campaign Scoring, and Product Asset.
• Coordinated ramp-up activity and technical support for external partner integration.

Group Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Primary database architect, evaluating Confidential against data architecture for gap analysis and remediation, developing specifications, and generating logical and physical data models for operational data and data warehouse.
• Headed group responsible for production SQL Server database support and administration, including 24/7 on-call coverage, HA/DR, backup, recovery, monitoring, alerting, security, enterprise data management policies, standards and documentation (runbook, playbook).
• Managed two production database SAN disk subsystems (40 TB and 20 TB) for Walmart and Sam’s Club, including RAID group construction, SAN fabric design, backup and recovery techniques, exceeding client’s required uptime, security, performance, and HA/DR needs.
• Automated the deployment releases of database code upgrades and structural changes.
• Constructed automated database monitoring strategy by leveraging SCOM management packs.
• Established database developer and administrator standards in accordance with SQL Server best practices and pragmatic approaches.
• Specialized in attacking performance tuning and troubleshooting of complex database performance and throughput issues.
• Designed and developed purge strategy for all major data tables, decreasing disk and CPU usage by 30%.
• Improved overall ETL and data ingestion rate 300% by analyzing and constructing performance enhancements for key data exchanges with partners.
• Planned and executed two major complex projects for infrastructure upgrades of hardware and software within the Walmart data centers.
• Coordinated move of physical servers to hybrid public/private cloud.