Installing and Maintaining SQL Server database systems which include but not limited to ensuring successful backups, resolving systems issues, opening cases with vendors to resolve issues, monitoring success and failures of automated jobs, monitor system availability, updating systems documentation and database recovery
Resolved and responded to all database access and performance issues
Configured High Availability Solutions- Always ON Cluster, Traditional Failover Clustering and Log Shipping
SQL Server Profiler, Extended Events, Query Store and Database Engine Tuning Advisor-(DTA) for performance
Upgrading SQL Server by reviewing, planning, testing, and installing database security patches and service packs
Design, documented and promoted security best practices, policies, standards
Working with development and system teams to perform application monitoring
Setup, test and maintain business continuity/disaster recovery infrastructure database and applications
Setting up Transparent Data Encryption-TDE, Dynamic Data Masking-DDM, and Always encrypted
Configuring and monitoring HA and DR Solutions, Availability group, Log Shipping, Replication, Failover Clustering.
SQL Server Administrator
MidPoint Integration, LLC
09.2017 - 01.2019
Performed daily aspects of MS SQL database administration such as Installations, configuration, upgrade, security, user management and logins, performance tuning and monitoring database availability, backup and restore, trouble shooting and problem resolution
Work with the development team to resolve bug-fixes and assist in relevant testing through various environments
Provide solutions for database issues including capacity, redundancy, replication, and performance
Involved in ensuring data recovery, maintenance, and data integrity and space requirements for physical database
Creating and Modifying Tables, Stored Procedures, Views, Indexes, User-defined Functions and Triggers etc
As requirement on SQL Server Environments
Planning and implementation of Database backup/restore and disaster recovery
SQL Server Profiler, Extended Events, Query Store and Database Engine Tuning Advisor-(DTA) for performance
Configured and supported replication and log shipping in both SQL 2016 and 2019
Automation of DBA Tasks and monitoring using both SQL inbuilt tools and third-party tools
Respond promptly to user complaints regarding access to database
Perform automated Jobs to run and resolve database issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science: - Applied Management – Small Business
Franklin University
01.2013
Personal Information
Title: SQL Server DBA
Technical Experience
Responsible for daily maintenance of large environment comprising of over 120 servers, 400+ Instances and 550+ databases.
Enhanced databases performance implemented recovery procedures and achieved 99.9% up time on all SQL Servers.
Increased efficiency 25% by providing optimum database performance with efficient backup and restore processes.
Strong experience with SQL Server 2016 through 2019 administration standalone and cluster environment.
Configured and supported replication (Snapshot/Transactional/Merge) and log Shipping in both SQL 2016 through 2019 Servers.
High Availability Solutions Clustering, Always On, Database Mirroring and Log Shipping.
Exposure in Red Gate, Idera monitoring tools.
Query Store import/Export Wizard, SSMS, SQL Server Profiler, Extended events, and Tuning Advisor tools.
Interacts with clients, application team and project managers to design, implement and support solutions to meet clients’ needs.
Current Projects
Upgrading from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2019
Setting HD and DR Solutions (Always on, replication and database log shipping)
Windows patching
Database migration
Responding to ticket queue (Refreshing databases, creating logins and users)
Timeline
MS SQL Server DBA
HighRoad Technologies, Inc
01.2019 - Current
SQL Server Administrator
MidPoint Integration, LLC
09.2017 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Science: - Applied Management – Small Business