IVO TAFAH
Fort Lauderdale
Summary
I am a highly motivated IT professional with over 5 years of experience working with various versions and editions of Microsoft SQL Server. I have administered and provisioned version and edition of SQL Server in test, development, and production environments. I am a highly self-motivated self-starter with strong inter-personal and persuasive skills, outstanding problem-solving abilities, and active listening skills. Having worked in several agile environments, both as the sole DBA and as part of a team, my experience span from installation and configuration of SQL Server upgrades, database patching, performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery/prevention, DB refresh, deployment of SSIS and SSRS packages, active directory and other window server features. I am a U.S citizen
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
MS SQL SERVER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Walmart
03.2023 - Current
- Installed, configured, and upgrade MS SQL server (2016-2019) to optimize database performance.
- Monitored, tuned, and ensured SQL server reliability for business continuity.
- Migrated databases from on-premises to the cloud (Azure) and between servers.
- Configured high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including mirroring, replication, and AlwaysON Availability Groups.
MS SQL SERVER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
DPSCS
02.2019 - 01.2023
- Performed daily performance tuning to improve query performance and troubleshooting of SQL server services for outages as they occurred.
- Provided 24/7 on-call support during evenings, weekends, and afterhours.
- Planned and executed the installation of MS SQL 2014, 2016, and 2019.
- Recommended and implemented data security by creating users and assigning permission based on the privileges, configured always encrypted, transparent data encryption (TDE), and dynamic data masking (DDM) to secure sensitive data.
Education
Bachelor's degree -
University of Maryland
Associate's degree -
Baltimore City Community College
Skills
- MS SQL Server
- T-SQL
- SSIS
- SSRS
- Performance Tuning
- Security
- Monitoring
- Analytics
- HA
- DR
- Azure
- Detail Oriented
- Data management
- Information management
Professional Overview
I am a highly motivated IT professional with over 5 years of experience working with various versions and editions of Microsoft SQL Server. I have administered and provisioned version and edition of SQL Server in test, development, and production environments. I am a highly self-motivated self-starter with strong inter-personal and persuasive skills, outstanding problem-solving abilities, and active listening skills. Having worked in several agile environments, both as the sole DBA and as part of a team, my experience span from installation and configuration of SQL Server upgrades, database patching, performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery/prevention, DB refresh, deployment of SSIS and SSRS packages, active directory and other window server features.
Personal Information
Citizenship: U.S citizen
Timeline
MS SQL SERVER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Walmart
03.2023 - Current
MS SQL SERVER DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
DPSCS
02.2019 - 01.2023
Bachelor's degree -
University of Maryland
Associate's degree -
Baltimore City Community College