SQL Server DBA

Summary

18 years experience of working with SQL server.
Worked with all versions of SQL starting from 6.5 to latest 2019 and of course Azure SQL.
Handled databases ranging in size from few MBs to TBs.
Supported both critical Production and Development databases.
Installed, and configured SQL Server on Windows clusters, standalone machines and VMs.
Provided 24x7 and on-call support.
Acted as Senior Escalation point for Off shore team.
Designed and Implemented HA and DR solutions using windows cluster, Always on Cluster, Replication,
mirroring and Log shipping
Designed and implemented backup and recovery processes for different clients using SQL server native and
third-party tools.
Helped clients migrate databases between different versions of SQL and also move servers between data
centres.
Expert in performing in-place and side-by-side upgrades of SQL Server.
Carried out performance tuning for clients when required.
Designed and Configured maintenance tasks across all servers managed.
Having a good understanding of Changes management and Incident management processes.
Writing views and stored procedures to support reporting.
Automated installation, post-installation and QA tasks at CSC using vb.net which helped in reducing provisioning
times from 3 days to 1 day.
Helped offshore team at CSC to grow from 1 to a team of 8 DBAs.
Mentoring, Training, and supporting new joiners to the team.

Expectations

Looking for a role that is challenging and provides an opportunity to learn something new every day.

Employment Preferences

Expected Base Salary

*,*00,000 INR

Expected Hourly Rate

*,*00 INR/hr

Academic Degree

Experience

Skills

• Sql Server
• Troubleshooting
• SSIS
• Performance Tuning
• Query Tuning
• Git
• Azure SQL
• Backup
• Recovery
• Installation
• Windows Cluster
• Always On
• Migration
• Profiler
• DMV
• Indexing
• TSQL
• Stored Procedure
• SQL Agent
• Redgate