SENIOR Oracle DBA with 15 years of programming experience. Areas of expertise include Oracle Database Administration, Oracle Real Application Cluster Databases, Multiple Backup and Recovery Methods, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SQL, PL/SQL, Linux Redhat, UNIX, and , Windows. Experienced in ISO 9000 environments and disaster recovery. Flexible with strong organization skills and outstanding record of completing multiple projects simultaneously. Hold security clearance.

• DBA experience maintaining and supporting up to 100 databases and applications, including development, test, and production servers, loading initial, upgrades, and software patches. Products include Oracle Weblogic, Java, Webserver applications, Company Propietary Applications, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SQL, PL/SQL, Recovery Manager, Oracle Data Pump, Oracle Partitioning. Analyzed all database updates to insure integrity of database design, performance, optimization, and security.
• Most recently supported Oracle 10g and 11g RAC database projects, mission-critical HA using ASM disk groups, RMAN backup and recovery alongside primary and physical standby disaster recovery configurations on Linux Red Hat platforms. Solid Experience utilizing Oracle EM Dbconsole and Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. Maintained uptime of 99.98%..
• Managed system and application code related to refreshes and updates throughout development to production cycles and succeeded in zero application code backouts as a result of excellent organizational and employee communication skills also due to maintaining high standard for production procedures and deliverables.
• Worked on migrating Oracle 10g to 11g RAC and provided support for upgrade of Oracle Weblogic applications, across 12 servers for a single mission-critical application. Performed 100+ schema refreshes and over 2,000 capital hours of database work either for production to dev and/or test for code alignment or related to overall suite of applications within company for multiple customers.
• Monitored resource utilization from both database and O/S level making suggestions for upgrades for software and hardware (memory, cpu, disk) which resulted in higher overall system performance. Worked closely with System Administrators on monitoring disk and CPU and along with server purchasing.
• Have worked in Oracle 7, 8, 8i, 9i, 9iR2, 10gR2 and 11gR1 and 11gR2 (11.2.0.1, 11.2.0.2) and worked interchangeably across multiple O/S platforms (AIX, HP/UX, Sun Solaris 8,9,10, Linux Redhat 4,5 and Windows 2000+ servers supporting 100s of schemas to prevent and/or fix 1000s of production problems.
• Considered one of the best technical documentation people by my peers, as pertains to developing strategies and documenting complex sequence of instructions to ensure code deployment is solid: system turnover documentation, installation documents, database refreshes, troubleshooting methods.
• Performed on-call duties 24x7 consistently over 11 years.

Senior-level consultant for Oracle DBA group supporting over 3,500 Oracle databases, under a worldwide agreement between Oracle and Verizon. Performed knowledge-share and training to others.
Communicated with project managers, supervisors, directors, team leads, developers, application testers, performance engineers, system administrators, end-users, supporting all facets of Oracle database projects.
Provided continuous support to user communities, requiring daily communications and on-call assistance.

Confidential, Tulsa, OK 2006-2011
Lead System Specialist - Database Analysis

• Provided 24x7 DBA support for multiple projects and multiple systems housing telecommunications-related and global network business service applications. Maintained Oracle databases supporting applications used worldwide, promoting database application code changes to remote servers, installing patches and upgrades to existing Oracle applications. Achievements included:
• Worked with greater than 50 development, test and production teams to provide tuning and installation of all database and schema object types within Oracle database. Added and modified table definitions as required. Maintained all UNIX scripts and cron jobs, resulting in the scripts monitor system process (O / S) and database objects maintaining 99.5% reliability.
• Identified cost savings at SAN level and reviewed backup and recovery analysis that would justify 40K savings recommendations in 2011 by making database disk-level configuration changes.
• Queried databases using SQL and PL/SQL and server scripts to verify data integrity. Modified scripts to provide reports as to health of databases and provided reorganization information.
• Developed, tested and maintained a Disaster Recovery plan proving beneficial using Data Guard Broker in 11gR2 environment between multiple data centers. Filed Oracle SR and worked with Oracle Support for 1 month and implemented based on Oracle best practice recommendations for Oracle RAC environment.
• Assigned to support of 100 mission-critical database instances at moment's notice due to company reorg and learned all applications on-the-fly within < 3 months and then supported without any major outage for 1.5 years. Trained new DBA personnel on these projects due to another reorg so they could seamlessly support.
• Maintained large telecommunication auditing database for Verizon (3900 gig) and supported large releases with respect to application overhaul. Reset the bar on how database code should be promoted in production and streamlined the IT staff on best backup and recovery solutions based on databasde requirements.
• Upgraded 3 production databases simultaneously from 9.2 Oracle servers to 10.2.0.3 on Unix / Sun Solaris 9 platform in same weekend as well as SQL-Backtrack software requirements, per database.
• Interfaced with SQL Server database project and proprietary application coding 2008-2009

Confidential, Tulsa, OK 2001-2006

Infrastructure Analyst II

• Peformed primary DBA and secondary DBA duties for 5 consecutive years as well on-call support
• Subject matter expert for cross-platform Oracle databases supporting MCI/WorldCom and Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), which required DoD clearance. Acted as DBA lead in setting up all the Oracle Windows databases for the NMCI account.
• Interfaced with greater than 55 DBA team members for over a 1,000 databases and applications.
• Documented installation and configurations for multiple hardware platforms.

OTHER EXPERIENCE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Oracle Certified Professional Certification, Oracle University
• Numerous Company Sponsored courses: Including SQL Server, Oracle, IT-related, and O/S support
• Boston Communications Confidential

EDUCATION

B.S. Mathematics