Elvis Taseh
Peoria,US
Summary
Detail-oriented, thorough SQL Database and Business Intelligence Administrator, and professional with over 10 years of proven success in high-availability environments, and leading technology teams toward great results. Skill set includes database and server migration, monitoring, automation, system administration, optimizing database environments, performance tuning, data security, designing databases, implementing high availability and disaster recovery solutions, and fine-tuning SQL query performance for maximum efficiency. Responsive, innovative, dedicated, analytical, problem-solving, collaborative, experienced Administrator who practices successful teamwork, communication skills, and user experience to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical staff.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Caterpillar
Peoria, Illinois
01.2025 - 11.2025
- Developed the debugging and implemented strategies for troubleshooting issues, for reduced query response and practices for the code review, which, as a result, increased productivity by 25%.
- Let the configure of the snowflake environment to align with organizational needs and requirements, thus ensuring robust access management to hundreds of Terabytes of data assets.
- Initiate the migration of on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure and Amazon RDS to enhance the scalability and resilience of applications. Collaborate closely with cloud service providers for seamless integration of in-house applications and infrastructure.
- Spearheaded perform monitoring, performance tuning, optimization, access management, documentation of processes and ensuring compliance with data governance policies and regulatory requirements.
- Managed and led a team of database professionals to successfully complete key projects and facilitate improvement of data integrity and system effectiveness.
Senior DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Illinois Mutual Insurance
Peoria, Illinois
05.2023 - 11.2024
- Led a SQL server upgrade, built windows failover clusters, software installation and migrations with minimal downtime ensuring data integrity across 800+ databases and implementing best practices.
- Optimized database performance by monitoring and pinpointing regressive queries, implementing index tuning strategies, resource utilization and query optimization techniques with up to 75% improvement.
- Coordinated all day-to-day aspects of MS SQL database administration. Tasks include database design, SQL installation, configuration, upgrades, security, managing users and logins, performance monitoring and tuning, database availability, backup and recovery, troubleshooting, problem resolution and task prioritization.
- Managed multi-site SQL environments including production and non production support, maintaining 24/7 availability.
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Bankers Trust
Des Moines, Iowa
05.2020 - 05.2023
- Designed SQL Server high availability (HA) and disaster recovery strategies by configuring Always on Availability Groups and Log shipping with 3 replicas; achieved business continuity by ensuring 99.9% uptime across critical database (DB) systems.
- Deployed and troubleshoot SSIS packages related issues across the data architecture, built and published Power BI reports, managing user access and dashboard views, enabling 100% real-time insights for decision-making.
- Provisioned and administered azure resources such as azure SQL databases, managed instances, virtual machines (VMs), Synapse analytics, SQL pools, Data Lake Gen2 storage, pipelines and dataflow, data factory.
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Ministry of Public Health
Cameroon, Cameroon
02.2013 - 11.2019
- Administered and optimized BI solutions with Power BI and Tableau for advanced data analytics and visualization. Create and maintain databases and database objects, manage ETL processes and data integration to enhance data availability and decision-making.
- Configured SQL Server Security Audits and Data masking to ensure compliance with HIPAA and GDPR regulations resulting in up to 40% reduction in vulnerability based on assessments.
Education
Associates - MS SQL Database Administration
KiawitechIT LLC
Houston, Texas, USA02.2016
Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science
University of Buea
Buea, Cameroon12.2015
Skills
- SQL Server Administration
- SSAS
- SSRS
- SQL Queries
- Database Migration
- Data Modeling
- AWS RDS
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Oracle Database
- Java
- Python
- C
- Data Mining
- ETL
- CRM Database Management
- Azure DevOps
- Dynamic 365
- TempDB Optimization
- Clustering
- Database partitioning
- CD/CD Agile Methodologies
- IT project management
- Information Technology Strategy
- System administration
- SaaS
- PaaS
- IaaS
- System Architecture
- Schema Design
- SQL Server Integration Services
- Database Development
- Linux Operating System
- Database Design
- PowerShell Scripting
- NoSQL Databases
- Microsoft NET framework
- Database server monitoring
- Agile Methodology
- ETL development
- Code debugging
- AI
- Machine learning
- SolarWinds
- Relational Database Management
- Information modeling
- Database locking
- Implementing security measures
- Root Cause Analysis
- Snowflake
- Visual Studio
- OLTP/OLAP
- JSON
- XML
- SDLC
- Tableau
- Data audits
- Continuous Process Improvement
- System Testing
- Document Management
- Compiling Data
- Server Migration
- Patching
- Data Governance
- New Product Testing
- Task Prioritization
- Database Normalization
- Data Center
- Atlassian Jira
- VS Code
- Dbeaver
- SourceTree
- GitHub
- Data Catalog
- Snowsight
- Team leadership
- Query optimization
- Database design
- ETL processes
- Database security
- Performance tuning
- Azure cloud management
- Data migration
- SQL Server administration
- Data analysis
- Disaster recovery planning
- Project management
- Query execution plans
- Systems administration
- Replication and clustering
- Continuous integration and deployment
- Documentation and reporting
- Backup and recovery strategies
- Big data technologies
- Indexing and partitioning
- SQL query optimization
- Microsoft SQL
- Agile methodology
- Database security management
- Data warehousing solutions
- High availability solutions
- Performance monitoring tools
- Relational database management
- Database troubleshooting
- Multitasking Abilities
Certification
- Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104), EEEF7B-65AM4A
- Microsoft Azure Database Administrator, Q00716-50D880
- Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA), I319-3964
Education Certifications
- Associates, MS SQL Database Administration, KiawitechIT LLC, Houston, Texas, 02/01/16
- Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, 12/01/15
Recent Projects
- Built advanced security measures, including role-based access control and encryption (TDE, Always Encrypted), for a critical banking application, ensuring data protection and compliance with industry standards.
- Implement a mission control project aimed at assembling massive data from different datalakes, azure databases, sharePoint files and much more into a single data platform in Snowflake for a comprehensive data analyses and visualization giving stakeholders and their external partners the ability to make informed decisions in real time.
- Led the successful migration and upgrade of 12 production and non-production SQL Servers from 2016 to 2019, implementing Windows clustering and log shipping with minimal downtime.
- Conducted detailed performance tuning, including index and query tuning to up to 30% system responsiveness.
- Coordinated a cross-functional team project that migrated 500+ SSIS jobs from SQL Server agent scheduler to an enterprise centralized scheduler and scheduled based on job steps dependencies.
- Design an automated process for Data refresh from production to non-production environments ensuring real time data for testing during SDLC process saving over 20 hours of administrative overhead monthly.
Timeline
SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Caterpillar
01.2025 - 11.2025
Senior DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Illinois Mutual Insurance
05.2023 - 11.2024
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Bankers Trust
05.2020 - 05.2023
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Ministry of Public Health
02.2013 - 11.2019
Associates - MS SQL Database Administration
KiawitechIT LLC
Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science
University of Buea