Girish Dhupati

Dedicated and accomplished Database Operations Manager with a proven track record of success in team leadership, meticulous planning, and organizational skills.
With a career marked by achievements, I excel as a mentor with a unique blend of management and technical skills with results-driven approach.

My expertise lies in orchestrating and leading large teams of DBAs to support Oracle enterprise database applications, particularly highly available financial banking and manufacturing applications.
I have overseen and executed major database migrations and upgrades involving cutting-edge hardware like Oracle Database Appliance and Exadata, playing a pivotal role in the seamless transition
of database systems during a company merger, including several mission-critical databases.

My strategic capabilities shine as I establish project roadmaps and engage with business units from the project's inception, ensuring diligent planning and due diligence during database migrations and upgrades.

I have a track record of setting and exceeding Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and key metrics for availability and recoverability within complex enterprise database landscapes.

I rigorously follow ITIL methodologies in incident and problem management, conducting in-depth major incident reviews. As the leader of the database business continuity team, I organize and oversee disaster recovery drills,
including DR Live Play, which involves data replications to the primary site during switchback scenarios.

A proactive participant in change control board forecasting and review meetings, I consistently drive excellence within my database team. I establish project priorities and develop implementation plans for database Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), ensuring continuous follow-through and assessments.

In addition to my managerial acumen, I possess hands-on technical expertise, configuring and supporting EXADATA database machines, applying security patches in alignment with organizational policies, and conducting weekly database team meetings to streamline processes, workload, and incident management.

I actively engage with application and business units during production outages, expertly leading incident resolution efforts and Root Cause Analyses (RCAs). My commitment to regulatory compliance and third-party audits is evident through the establishment of robust guidelines and processes to assess and mitigate database-related risks.

Further, I have a history of fostering team growth through performance reviews, crafting Statements of Work, and preparing Request for Proposals (RFPs) for additional DBA resources. My leadership style, grounded in leading by example, empowers team members to achieve operational excellence and enhance end-user satisfaction.

In summary, I bring a unique blend of leadership, technical expertise, and strategic vision to the table, consistently delivering outstanding results in the world of database operations.

Implemented major migrations and upgrades for highly available Oracle Multi-tenant databases under AIX/Linux environments. Initiated and coordinated project life cycle support involving confidential and regulatory compliant data that required data migration under new platform. Implemented cross platform database migrations involving several TB of data with Active Data Guard and Golden Gate Replication. Supported Peoplesoft 9.1 to 9.2 upgrade with Oracle 12c Multiitenant architecture.

• Installed, administered Oracle Application Suite with RAC & SAFS (Shared Application File System) for High Availability manufacturing applications
• Managed Disaster Recovery site for production environments and perform compliance testing to meet Recovery Time Object (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of E-business suite and various supporting applications
• Implemented upgrades from 11.5.10 to 12.1 and 12.2.4 Oracle Applications
• Coordinated critical incidents as IT escalation point for Business stakeholder under ITIL framework and provided root cause analysis and problem management
• Shoulder on-call duties to ensure 24x7 availability. Assist team members troubleshoot instance locking sessions, database wait events, batch job failures, space shortage, memory fragmentation, and slow performing queries

• Transitioned as part of Motorola Networks division divestiture, and spearheaded transformation and transition activities of existing database environment to the new company
• Performed daily activities of configuration and operation of Oracle Applications and Databases that include user security, concurrent requests monitoring, refreshes, clones and export/import jobs and proactive monitoring
• Supported major incidents involving runaway jobs, database performance issues/deadlocks, annual SOX audit requirements and business continuity plans in high availability ERP environment
• Actively participated in architecture, installation, configuration, quarterly critical patch updates, monitoring, maintenance and version upgrades under Solaris, Linux with RAC/ASM
• Implemented parallel concurrent processing, tracing and debugging, defining concurrent managers and concurrent programs, managing database and applications security

• Supported Order Management ERP 12i system, performed installations/clones/refreshes of production, development and test environments
• Performed feasibility analysis of infrastructure during data center moves that involved hardware and OS and database release upgrades
• Installed and supported daily production operations of three node data warehouse application under RAC/Linux platform to support supply chain application.
  
• Created standby databases, and supported daily BCV refresh of production systems for reporting purposes