Frank Menang
Dallas,TX
Summary
I have 10+ years of hands-on experience as a Cloud database engineer and as a Devops Engineer with experience in AWS, Azure and GCP. Business-minded Technologist with a passion for cloud and big-data. Experience leading Fortune 500 and Global 2000 customers with their digital transformation in the cloud. Extensively worked on Oracle 12c and 11g, Hadoop and Data warehouse technologies on AIX, Linux, UNIX and Windows environments. Experienced in Migrating Oracle Customers Applications, Databases and Data warehouse to AWS Cloud Space and Infrastructure, providing customers Big Data and Analytics solutions and guide and develop customers DevOps solutions for successful application deployment and just in time feature releases. I have worked on multiple platforms, environments and industries spanning Finance, IT, Insurance and Tech sectors, with an ability to work both as an individual contributor and as a member of a team.
Experienced with cloud infrastructure management and technical support. Utilizes problem-solving skills to address complex technical issues and enhance system performance. Knowledge of cloud platforms, scripting, and customer communication ensures efficient and effective support.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Support Engineer II
Amazon Web Services
08.2022 - 08.2025
- Support a large number of enterprise customers, running the following databases on AWS cloud Relational Database Service and on EC2: Oracle, PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, Mongodb compatible Documentdb compatible on
- Assisted hundreds of enterprise customers in their cloud adoption journey, helping migrate thousands of databases and application from on-prem to AWS cloud and from other CSPs like GCP, Azure often under very high-pressure environments with very low tolerance for downtime.
- Mentored dozens of junior AWS cloud support engineers, helping them acquire critical skills required in a very demanding frontline role.
- Extensive database migration experience using AWS Database Migration Service as well as other database-native tools like oracle datapump. Sql developer, pg dump/pg restore, logical replication
- Extensive experience in heterogeneous database migrations to AWS cloud and debugging data type compatibility and conversion issues. Extensive use of DMS SCT
- Help enterprise customers architect and plan database migration projects to AWS cloud using various tools for different use cases including Database Migration Service(DMS) as well as engine- specific native tools like oracle datapump, pg_dump/pg_restore
- Deploy, manage, and optimize databases within the AWS ecosystem (e.g., RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, Aurora). Provide technical expertise and support to resolve complex issues and incidents as they arise: Expert in RDBMS principles, database design and normalization.
- Expert in PostgreSQL database architecture, concepts, features, and high-availability technologies Expert in query optimization, indexing knowledge, modeling basics, materialized views and partitioning Expert with PL/PgSQL, triggers, and stored procedure development and optimization in PostgreSQL Proficiency with operating PostgreSQL in a Linux Expertise in RDS Postgres
- Expert in Aurora Postgres architecture, Aurora Global database, Aurora Serverless V1, V2., Debug thousands of issues yearly surrounding RDS/Aurora Postgres performance, disaster recovery, scaling, parameter tuning.
- Expert in RDS proxy deployment and use
- Extensive experience in troubleshooting of IAM issues
- Debugging issues when deploying AWS RDS and EC2 resources using Terraform
- Expertise in Intelligent Procurement of Cloud Services and Intelligent Optimization of Cloud Capacity: Help enterprise customers take advantage of savings programs like AWS Savings Plans and capacity reservations like Amazon Reserved Instances addresses low hanging savings opportunities. Helping enterprise customers intelligently match cloud workloads to the optimal instance and resource configuration. Provide expertise in optimizing complex migrations, both homogenous and heterogenous using AWS DMS. Help troubleshoot database migration issues as well as educate enterprise customers on best practices. Expertise in native Postgres replication as well as using Database Migration Service
- Expert in using the AWS cost calculator and cost explorer tools
- Support the design and implementation of data centers in the Amazon Web Services cloud to support Enterprise Data Warehouse hosting including setting up Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Public and Private Subnets, Security Groups, Route Tables, Elastic Load Balancer using Terraform.
- Leveraged AWS cloud services such as EC2, auto-scaling and VPC to build secure, highly scalable and flexible systems that handled expected and unexpected load bursts.
- Support the design and Implementation of Cloud Orchestration solution using AWS EC2 & Docker.
- Setup and built AWS infrastructure various resources, VPC EC2, S3, IAM, EBS, Security Group, Auto Scaling, and RDS in Cloud formation JSON templates. Support for user accounts (IAM), RDS, Route 53, VPC, RDB, Lambda, Dynamo DB, SES, SQS and SNS services in AWS cloud and Deployed applications on AWS by using Elastic Beanstalk.
- Support for design and implementation of scalable, secure cloud architecture based on Amazon Web Services.
- Support for Continuous Integration Environment: Jenkins/Maven and Continuous delivery Environment.
- Support for CI/CD processes by responding to Git triggers, human input, and dependency chains and environment setup, Design and document CI/CD tools configuration management.
- Utilized Configuration Management Tool Chef& created Chef Cookbooks using recipes to automate system operations and configure Apache Tomcat, Jenkins, and Run-Deck and deployment automation.
- Implemented a CD delivery pipeline with Docker, Jenkins and GitLab/GitHub with AWS AMI’s.
- Installed Docker registry for local upload and download of Docker images and from Docker hub.
- Used Kubernetes to deploy, load balance, scale and manage Docker containers with namespace versions.
- Implemented a continuous deployment pipeline with Jenkins and Jenkins workflow on Kubernetes.
- ENVIRONMENT: AWS (EC2, VPC, ELB, S3, RDS, Cloud Trail, Route 53), VDI, Linux, Git, IAM, Cloud watch, Cloud Formation, AWS CLI, AWS Auto Scaling, Ant, Maven, Nagios, Subversion, JIRA, Agile, Jenkins, Shell scripting, Chef, Web Sphere, Kubernetes, JBoss, Apache Tomcat, Docker.
AWS cloud Database and Devops Engineer
OMES -State of Oklahoma
01.2019 - 08.2022
- Managing & enhancing existing applications on a WebSphere / JBoss EAP server with various Java technologies like spring, Struts and REST services.
- Support datacenter operations for OMES which supports 14 agencies of the state of Oklahoma.
- Setting up Data Lake in GCP, ingesting data into Firestore in Datastore mode, BigQuery, data processing with Cloud Dataflow, implement Cloud Functions to connect and extend cloud services. Implemented Smartsheet data integration with BigQuery using python. Implemented GCP source repository integration with GitHub.
- Installation and Configuration of Oracle 12c,19c Multitenant container and pluggable databases
- Testing and implementing different physical and logical backup and recovery methods including point in time, media recovery, full/partial, Data Pump export/import
- Involved in redesign of the existing application using Microservice based architecture.
- Utilized Configuration Management Tool Chef& created Chef Cookbooks using recipes to automate system operations and configure Apache Tomcat, Jenkins, and Run-Deck and deployment automation
- Supporting the performance testing, security testing and infrastructure maintenance of the existing applications using tools like Fortify, Sonar and Performance Center Lab.
- Managing the applications current state and future state artifacts for architecture & infrastructure, maintaining the design documents and technical documents for knowledge base.
- Involved in designing and deploying multiple applications utilizing almost all the AWS stack (Including EC2, Route53, S3, RDS, Dynamo DB, SNS, SQS, IAM) focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling in AWS Cloud Formation.
- Develop PowerShell, Python and Linux scripts for Chef and U-Deploy to build end to end automations.
- Setup and build AWS infrastructure various resources, VPC EC2, S3, IAM, EBS, Security Group, Auto Scaling, and RDS in Cloud Formation JSON templates.
- Configuring and Networking of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Written Cloud Formation templates and deployed AWS resources using it.
- Built Jenkins jobs to create AWS infrastructure from GitHub repos containing Terraform code.
- Configured RDS instances using Cloud formations and Terraform.
- Used Terraform to map more complex dependencies and identify network issue.
- Built Jenkins jobs to create AWS infrastructure from GitHub repos containing terraform code.
- Cluster Native Client is the recommended method for accessing volumes when high concurrency and high write performance is required.
- Used Kubernetes to deploy scale, load balance, scale and manage Docker containers with multiple name spaced versions.
- Worked on Docker/Kubernetes Containerization of cloud-based applications
- Azure Active Directory is Microsoft's cloud-based, multi-tenant identity provider. Most hybrid scenarios use Azure Active Directory as the identity store.
- Azure Messaging provides a fleet of services that allows application builders to pick a fully-managed service that best fits their needs for a scenario.
- Strong experience utilizing Jenkins for enterprise scale infrastructure configuration and application deployments checking out code from svn/git and use ant/maven to build war/jar artifacts.
- Used MySQL, DynamoDB and Elasticache to perform basic database administration. Build out server automation with Continuous Integration - Continuous Deployment tools like Jenkins/Maven for deployment and build management system
- Built Continuous Integration environment Jenkins and Continuous delivery environment.
- Automated various infrastructure activities like Continuous Deployment, Application Server setup, Stack monitoring using Ansible playbooks and has Integrated Ansible with Jenkins.
AWS Cloud Engineer
Wells Fargo Bank - ATR
08.2017 - 11.2018
- Worked closely with the development team in the design phase and developed use case diagrams.
- Built and configured RHEL servers and customized it for deployment of the Oracle Software.
- Designed and implemented SVN and GIT metadata including labels, attributes, triggers and hyperlinks.
- Responsible for design and maintenance of the Subversion/GIT Repositories, views, and the access control.
- Executed user administration and maintenance tasks, also creating users and groups, reports and queries.
- Used MAVEN as build tools on java projects for the development of build artifacts on the source code.
- Developed UNIX and Perl scripts for manual deployment of the code to the different environments and E-mail the team when the build is completed.
- Integrated Maven with shell created in Bash to automate the deployments for the Java based applications.
- Managed the development activities for the multiple server instances by enabling password less SSH communication between the servers.
- Automated the build and release management process including monitoring changes between releases.
- Used ANT and MAVEN as build tools on Java projects for the development of build artifacts on the source code and Involved in branching and merging of code.
- Participated in the release cycle of the product, which involves like development QA, UAT and production.
- Implemented & maintained the branching and build/release strategies utilizing subversion/GIT.
- Deployed the Java applications into web application servers like Web logic.
- Expertise building and monitoring software projects continuously with CI tools like Jenkins and Hudson.
- Automated Build artifacts (jar, war & ear) using continuous integration tools.
- Deployed JAR, WAR & EAR artifacts into the WebLogic servers and Apache servers.
- Carried builds using MAVEN on Java projects and done deployments on various environments.
- Used the continuous integration tool Build forge to automate the daily processes.
- Deployed puppet for configuration management and shell scripts to automate the deployment process.
- Developed, maintained, and distributed release notes for each scheduled release.
- Monitor progression of releases and keep them on track for delivery on planned release date.
- Planning, scheduling and documenting releases at code freeze periods.
- Manage source code, software builds, versioning and detect tracking on all software maintenance tasks.
- Created views and appropriate meta-data, performed merges, and executed builds on a pool of dedicated build machines.
- ENVIRONMENT: ANT, MAVEN, Apache & Tomcat, shell & Perl Scripting, VMWare, Subversion, Jenkins, Hudson, Puppet, WebLogic, branching, SSH, Windows 2000/XP, LINUX, UNIX GIT, GITHUB, GIT, Build forge, Java/J2EE, .NET, JIRA, XML, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, MY SQL.
Oracle Database Administrator
Universal Cargo Services
03.2014 - 06.2017
- Day-to-day usage of Oracle 11gR2 features - Real Application Testing, automatic SGA tuning, enhanced RMAN with Flash Recovery Area, Block Change Tracking, Merge backup, Oracle Data Pump, big file tablespaces, new EMGrid Control, Database Control, Studio Control, AWR, ADDM, SQL Tuning/Access Advisors, SQL Performance Analyzer, Database Replay, SQL Plan Management, SQL Tuning Automation, Flashback Database, compression techniques and several others
- Usage of enhanced features in 12c like - Real Application Testing, Table and partition recovery using RMAN, Invisible columns, DDL Logging, Redo Log reduction on GTTs using temp_undo_enabled.
- Installation and maintenance of ORACLE 10g RAC/oracle 11gRAC and standby database for High Availability and Disaster Recovery purpose.
- Expertise with EXPLAIN PLAN, AWR, ADDM and Tuning of SGA, distribution of disk I/O.
- Worked on cloud adoption and Migration of oracle databases to AWS, Azure
- Experienced in configuration of ASM for RAC and NON- RAC environments.
- Configured Repository and clients for GRID Control and also implemented DB Control for some databases.
- Scheduling and maintaining level 0 and level 1 RMAN (Recovery Manager) backups.
- Test backups periodically to ensure minimal recoverability time to meet business objectives.
- Redefinition of tables using DBMS_REDEFINITION, partitioning the tables in the production, re defining the columns data types, moving the LOBS to different tablespace
- Partitioned tables Maintenance, adding new partitions, exchanging one year old partitions then archiving of the exchanged partitions, dropping or truncating of old portions. Implemented 1g Interval Partitioning for monthly partitioning of large tables.
- Hand on experience in cloning the non-multitenant container database to pluggable database in 12c using the PDB Metadata clone, PDB Remote Clone and PDB Snapshot cloning feature.
- Supported development teams for all the database related issues and handled the critical issues like network failures and ASM DISK group errors and node failures in the RAC cluster.
- Configure Oracle database vault version 12.1, configuring realms, command rules, rule sets, factors, secure application roles, integration with OLS, use of Oracle Database vault packages like DVSYS.DBMS_MACADM, DVSYS.DBMS_MACUTL, DVSYS.DBMS_MACSEC_ROLES, generating database vault reports, troubleshoot database vault using trace files, familiar with dba operations in an Oracle Database Vault environment (using database vault with OEM, RMAN, Data Pump, data masking etc.)
Education
Associate Degree - Information Systems
Oklahoma State Institute of Technology
01.2020
Associate Degree - Business Administration and Accounting
El Camino College
01.2010
Skills
- Infrastructure Development
- Infrastructure Management
- Cloud Implementation
- Cloud Support Engineering
- Cloud Migrations
- Cloud Optimizations
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Quality Assurance Control
- DevOps
- Agile Operations
- Linux Administration
- Build/Release Management
- Software Integration
- Configuration Management
- Change Management
- Incident Management
- AWS
- Azure
- Open-source Technologies
- Cloud Management
- Terraform
- Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Bitbucket
- Virtualization
- Containerization
- Orchestration
- Docker
- VMware
- Vagrant
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Kubernetes Cluster Provisioning
- Workload Scaling
- DevOps Tools
- Chef
- Puppet
- Ansible
- Jenkins
- Maven
- ANT
- Version Control Systems
- Subversion
- GIT
- IBM ClearCase UCM
- Source Code Management
- Visual SVN
- Tortoise SVN
- UberSVN
- Source Tree
- Git Bash
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Git GUI
- Command Line Applications
- AWS Cloud Platforms
- EC2
- EBS
- S3
- VPC
- RDS
- SES
- ELB
- Auto Scaling
- Cloud Front
- Cloud Formation
- Elastic Cache
- Cloud Watch
- SNS
- Azure Automation Solutions
- Azure Backup
- Azure Site Recovery
- IaaS
- Scripting
- Python
- Groovy
- UNIX Bash
- Shell Scripting
- Perl
- Gradle
- Xcode
- Android Platform
- Ansible Playbooks
- Puppet Manifests
- Apache Web Servers
- Tomcat Servers
- Nginx
- Apache Spark
- Boto
- Cloud Management Platform
- PaaS
- SaaS
- AWS CloudFormation
- Deployment
- Ship
- Run
- Deploy
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, 2025, 9146dd291e35473e8ed03315c8ec1b0, https://aws.amazon.com/verification
Personal Information
- Title: Cloud Database and DevOps Engineer
- Visa Status: USC
- Work Permit: USC
Training
- AWS ActiveSkyGate Cloud and DevOps Bootcamp, 3 months, 2016
- Postgres and Aurora Postgres Bootcamp by AWS, 2024
- AWS Business Professional
- AWS TCO and Cloud Economics
Timeline
Cloud Support Engineer II
Amazon Web Services
08.2022 - 08.2025
AWS cloud Database and Devops Engineer
OMES -State of Oklahoma
01.2019 - 08.2022
AWS Cloud Engineer
Wells Fargo Bank - ATR
08.2017 - 11.2018
Oracle Database Administrator
Universal Cargo Services
03.2014 - 06.2017
Associate Degree - Business Administration and Accounting
El Camino College
Associate Degree - Information Systems
Oklahoma State Institute of Technology