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Carlos Robles

Denver,CO

Summary

Professional Summary:

Microsoft Data Platform MVP, AWS and Azure certified solutions architect with 4+ years of experience in software and data-drive architectures. Also, with a diverse experience as a DBA and DBA Manager for over 10 years, working with multiple platforms for various industries around the world.

Core Qualifications:

  • Over 4 years of experience as multi-platform Solutions Architect
  • 10 years of experience as multi-platform DBA and 6 years of experience as DBA Manager
  • High expertise in multi-platform database architecture and program design
  • Exceptional familiarity with Cloud computing, Storage, Operating systems and Virtualization
  • Excellent knowledge of database migration, configuration and performance tuning
  • Superior familiarity with cloud-native technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
  • Vast experience in task and project management
  • Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Outstanding technical knowledge and abilities
  • Good communication and leadership skills

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
13
13
Certifications

Work History

Senior Product Manager

Microsoft
05.2022 - Current
  • Increased product adoption by identifying customer needs and developing innovative product features.
  • Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, fostering collaboration across departments for seamless product development.
  • Improved user experience by collaborating closely with design and development teams on UI/UX enhancements.
  • Managed product roadmaps, aligning with company goals and ensuring timely delivery of key features.

Database Specialist Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services
04.2021 - 05.2022

Collaborate with AWS field sales to support customers with their database workload challenges.
Capture best practices from engineering and field teams, share patterns and solutions.

Thought Leadership – Produce and validate content like reference architectures, best practice blogs, and other artifacts

<p>Solutions Architect<br /></p> <p></p>

Slalom Consulting
10.2020

Responsible for designing and establishing architectures for software and/or data-enabled solutions. Configuration knowledge of the platform and demonstration of holistic thinking about on-platform solutions, including both declarative configuration and custom development.


Typically involved in strategic planning, due-diligence exercises for the acquisition of new systems, providing guidance on technical tool selection and usage, driving high-level technical direction for the organization, and establishing and continuously reviewing organization-wide technical governance strategies, policies and procedures.

<p>Solutions Architect / DBA Manager</p> <p></p>

ATOS IT Services
07.2012 - 10.2020

Solutions Architect responsibilities

  • Finding solutions to solve complex business problems
  • Describing the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to project stakeholders
  • Defining features, phases, and solution requirements on multiple platforms and/or data-enabled solutions
  • Providing specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered.

DBA Manager responsibilities

  • Manage a team of professionals to design and develop database systems
  • Drive governance, coordination, and alignment of quality functions
  • Drive quality improvement initiatives by making key decisions on database service strategy, managing issues, and mitigating risks
  • Lead and plan meeting and project schedules
  • Provide leadership in the development of functional skills within the DBA services practice
  • Design and implement solutions for specific processes related to database tools and upgrade existing systems
  • Ensure compliance with corporate ISO 20000 & ITIL processes and procedures

<p>Senior Oracle and SQL Server DBA</p> <p></p>

ATOS IT Services
06.2012 - 07.2012

  • Provide SQL Server and Oracle production support for large US-based clients
  • Designing, installing, patching, tuning, maintaining, upgrading databases
  • Lead and coordinate re-platform migrations from P2V , V2V or Cloud
  • Process automation through scripting
  • Leads the diagnosis of database-related issues and serve as an expert (SME)
  • Evaluate and recommend new database software, utilities, and tools and set the strategy for implementing new technologies.
  • Coordinate the use of DMBS vendors and others to assist in the analysis and resolution of high profile database problems/issues.
  • Conduct technical training to develop junior and mid-level DBA's
  • Run SQL Server certification training program for junior and mid-level DBA's

<p>DBA Assistant Manager</p> <p></p>

Xerox - Guatemala
01.2011 - 06.2012
  • Manages onshore and offshore division DBAs located on US, Dominican Republic and Guatemala. 
  • Manages DBAs workload and provides technical leadership
  • Also have the day to day DBA responsibilities

<p>Senior SQL Server Database Administrator</p> <p></p>

Xerox
12.2009 - 01.2011
  • Provide SQL Server and Oracle production support for database environments
  • Designing, installing, patching, tuning, maintaining, upgrading SQL Server
  • Lead and coordinate re-platform migrations from P2V  or V2V
  • Process automation through shell scripting on Linux/Unix and PowerShell scripting on Windows
  • Leads the diagnosis of database-related issues and serve as an expert (SME)
  • Evaluate and recommend new database software, utilities, and tools and set the strategy for implementing new technologies.

<p>Database Administrator</p> <p></p>

Banco G&T Continental - Guatemala
11.2008 - 12.2009

  • Responsible of administering very large financial focused SQL Server and Oracle databases
  • Creating Ad-hoc reports and data mining models through Oracle Business Intelligence tools
  • Developing and administrating ETL processes from multiple sources

Software Engineer

Independent Consulting
01.2006 - 12.2009
  • Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
  • Integrated new technologies into existing systems, increasing capabilities and improving overall performance.
  • Developed reusable components that significantly reduced development effort on multiple projects.
  • Implemented effective debugging strategies, resulting in fewer software defects and increased reliability.
  • Developed end-to-end (full stack) applications for multiple mid-size companies using technologies such as .NET, Java, and PHP.

    Managed all aspects of software development, including design, coding, testing, and deployment, while ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions tailored to client needs.Developed end-to-end (full stack) applications for multiple mid-size companies using technologies such as .NET, Java, and PHP. Managed all aspects of software development, including design, coding, testing, and deployment, while ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions tailored to client needs.


Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Universidad Mariano Galvez
Guatemala
01.2010 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Universidad Mariano Galvez
Guatemala
01.2003 - 05.2008

Skills

    SQL Server, Oracle, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL DB, PostgreSQL

    AWS & Azure Cloud infrastructure

    Linux / Unix and Windows Server

    DevOps and Cloud native technologies

    Technical articles & whitepapers writing

    Public speaking

    Terraform, Azure ARM and AWS CloudFormation

    Bash Shell & PowerShell scripting,    T-SQL & PL/SQL, C#, Python, Java, YAML, Markdown, JSON, HTML

Publications

Languages

Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Timeline

Senior Product Manager

Microsoft
05.2022 - Current

Database Specialist Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services
04.2021 - 05.2022

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

01-2021

<p>Solutions Architect<br /></p> <p></p>

Slalom Consulting
10.2020

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

09-2020

Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate

05-2020

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

01-2020

DO081x: Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift

12-2018

DAT101x: Introduction to Data Science

02-2018

ITIL v3 Foundation in IT Service Management

01-2018

MCSE: Data Management and Analytics

11-2017

70-473: Design and Implement Cloud Data Platform Solutions

11-2017

MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration

10-2017

70-765: Microsoft Azure - Provisioning SQL Databases

10-2017

70-764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure

10-2017

70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases

05-2015

<p>Solutions Architect / DBA Manager</p> <p></p>

ATOS IT Services
07.2012 - 10.2020

<p>Senior Oracle and SQL Server DBA</p> <p></p>

ATOS IT Services
06.2012 - 07.2012

<p>DBA Assistant Manager</p> <p></p>

Xerox - Guatemala
01.2011 - 06.2012

Master of Science - Computer Science

Universidad Mariano Galvez
01.2010 - 05.2012

<p>Senior SQL Server Database Administrator</p> <p></p>

Xerox
12.2009 - 01.2011

<p>Database Administrator</p> <p></p>

Banco G&T Continental - Guatemala
11.2008 - 12.2009

Software Engineer

Independent Consulting
01.2006 - 12.2009

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Universidad Mariano Galvez
01.2003 - 05.2008
Carlos Robles