Isabell Kimacia
Spokane,WA
Summary
Accomplished Database Administrator with extensive experience designing, optimizing, and securing SQL Server environments. Proficient in performance tuning, backup and recovery, and automation using T-SQL to enhance system efficiency and ensure high availability. Skilled in implementing security measures such as data integrity, access controls, and compliance to protect critical information. Proven ability to optimize database performance, streamline operations, and deliver business-focused solutions that align with organizational goals. Strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and expertise in collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve optimal results.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Database Administrator
Cedar Lake Village
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Accelerated database query performance by 40%, engineering efficient indexing strategies, rewriting complex queries, and leveraging execution plan analysis tools within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
- Achieved 99.99% system uptime, deploying Always On Availability Groups to ensure high availability and fault tolerance for mission-critical applications.
- Automated 75% of routine maintenance tasks, such as index rebuilds and backups, by developing scalable PowerShell scripts and T-SQL solutions, improving operational efficiency.
- Secured databases against threats, reducing unauthorized access by 95%, through the implementation of advanced auditing protocols, user roles, and SQL Server security features.
- Ensured 100% compliance with data governance standards, implementing validation rules, constraints, and triggers to enhance data integrity and reliability.
- Minimized recovery time to 15 minutes by architecting a disaster recovery strategy that utilized SQL Server native backup tools and automated failover configurations.
- Boosted team productivity by 20%, creating comprehensive database documentation, standardizing workflows, and mentoring junior team members on SQL Server best practices.
- Increased system efficiency by 30%, driving three enterprise-scale database optimization projects, eliminating bottlenecks, and enhancing business-critical application performance.
Education
Database Administrator
KiawiTech IT Academy
HoustonHigh School Diploma -
Olathe East High School
Olathe05-2019
Skills
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery (HADR)Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Mirroring, Log Shipping
Backup & Restore Strategies, Point-in-Time Recovery, Disaster Recovery Planning - Security & Encryption Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Always Encrypted, Access Control, Authentication
Security Auditing, Compliance, Active Directory Integration - Virtualization & Infrastructure VMware, Hyper-V, Windows Server, Storage Management, Resource Optimization
- Performance Monitoring & Tools SQL Server Profiler, Performance Monitor, DMVs, Extended Events
Wait Statistics Analysis, Resource Governor, Query Store
- Data Integration
Data migration, integration, and consolidation - PowerShell & Automation Powershell scripting for automation, routine DBA tasks
Maintenance plans, job scheduling, alerting solutions - Cross-functional Collaboration Development teams, system admins, business stakeholders
Timeline
Database Administrator
Cedar Lake Village
07.2022 - 01.2023
Database Administrator
KiawiTech IT Academy
High School Diploma -
Olathe East High School
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