Nathan T Dhital
Charlotte, NC 28262
Tel: 813-***-****; 309.
acn4j5@r.postjobfree.com
GOAL:
To pursue a challenging career as a senior Oracle DBA in a dynamic organization in information technology by making
a long term contribution to the organization successfully through consistent hard work, sincerity and dedication
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
20+ years of IT Experienced Oracle 10g Certified Professional with 7 + years of progressive experience in Oracle
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Database Administration, management of large databases and data warehouse environments providing 24/7 support
of both development and production 11g/10g/9i/8i databases on Various on Unix and Windows based Platforms.
Experienced in database design, data modeling and multidimensional data modeling; extraction transformation and
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load (ETL).
Experience in Installation, configuration of Oracle RAC, developed multi nodes RAC environments for a multi TB
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database with ASM and Data Guard environments.
Planned and implemented DR & high availability solutions using 11g Standby Database using Oracle Data Guard,
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11g RAC.
Expertise with Oracle Enterprise Manager, 12C Grid Control, RMAN, Schema & User management, supporting an
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Oracle Database Appliance (ODA). Experience in working with oracle Golden Gate.
Proficient in Database Administration activities such as Upgrades, Patches, TAR support, Performance Tuning,
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capacity planning, UNIX shell and SQL script development, writing PL/SQL packages and
documentation.
Perform DB patching, Cloning, DB Installation, troubleshoot issues/errors/incidents, Collaborate with
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Oracle support for bugs & issues resolutions and personal research.
Excellent experience in OLAP and OLTP database systems, implementing and managing large Oracle
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databases (VLDB). Hands on solid experience in data modeling, database design and multidimensional
modeling
Highly dedicated professional with demonstrated success in designing and implementing database solutions
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that improve business functionality
Possess diversified technical background with in depth understanding of enterprise system and focus on
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delivering business solutions
Proven ability to implement technologies that decrease costs, increase performance and positively affect
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the bottom line
High ability to organize and manage time to meet immediate and long term deadline with a positive
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attitude to increase productivity
Comprehensive problem solving abilities, commitment towards work, willingness to learn, strong grasping
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abilities and detailed oriented.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to deal with diverse staff and clientele
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Ability to build strong trusted working relationships with internal and external business customers,
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vendors and executive level management; influencing without authority and managing stakeholders/clients
expectations.
Excellent formal education from US Universities (Two relevant Masters Degrees) and abroad (Engineering
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degree). A former Fulbright Grantee. Proven desire and commitment to continually learn and apply new
technologies.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Database Administration: Oracle 8i 11g, SQL Server 2000 2005, Sybase, Access 97 2005, DB2,
Teradata
Platforms: UNIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows 2003 Server 2005, HP UX, AIX
High Availability: Real Application Clusters (RAC) 9i 11g, Data Guard, RMAN, HP Service Guard, VERITAS
Cluster Server, Oracle Failsafe
Enterprise Database Tools: Oracle Designer, CA Erwin, OEM/EM Grid Control (Enterprise Manager), Toad &
Quest Power Designer, Central Suite of Products, Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB)
Application Servers: OAS 4.X.X, 9iAS, OAS 10g, WebLogic 6 8, Apache/Tomcat, IIS
Application Systems: Oracle Applications 10.7 11i, SCT Banner, Siebel
Programming: SAS, VB, Java/J2EE, PL/SQL, SQL, C++, Java Script, HTML, PHP, Perl
Other: Project Management, Business and System Analysis, ETL, Data Integration, Data Modeling, Data
Architecture Design, Data Warehouse, OLTP and OLAP, Apache 1.3, Shareplex, Advanced Replication, Oracle
Streams, Oracle financial application systems (GL, AR, AP, HR), Oracle CRM, TCA, UWQ, Forms, Report Writer,
MS Project 2000/2002, ERP systems, SDLC, EDI, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio),
ODBC, ftp, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera Internet browsers, ISO 900 Toolkit, Statistical and
Econometric Analysis
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
UTC Aero Space Systems, Charlotte, NC Role: IT Database Administrator 08/2014 Present
• Goodrich Corporation has been changed to UTC Aerospace Systems because it is bought by the later.
I am working general IT application database administration functions where I handle data modeling,
normalization, table structure, indexes, data types, naming conventions, triggers, stored procedures, views,
functions, code generation, data import/export, archiving, purging, auditing and performance tuning of
Oracle and SQL server databases.
Wellsfargo, East Coast HQ, Charlotte, NC Role: Oracle DBA 08/2013 – 3/2014
• Working closely with Database Administrators, Database Team, Applications Team, IT Architect and other
DBA’s to monitor and troubleshoot the production issues and facilitate business improvements. Consulted
with and advised senior management and multiple clients on high impact data or database management
issues, influencing strategic direction.
• Work simultaneously with other departments, BMC team and/or outside contractors to resolve system
production problems. Also involved in working with Storage Architects and relevant team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Develop high level DB Performance Reports with Recommendations for future RAC Capacity Planning
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works. Worked on all document process, related to all regular DBA activities.
• Assisted in Database backups, restores and configurations to support testing exercises.
• Involved in writing many UNIX and SQLscripts and processes to quickly resolve issues in any Oracle
database instance.
• Assisting development groups with database administration in non production environments
• Responded to production support calls. The environments of Wells Fargo’s oracle database systems are as
follows:
Environments: Oracle 11g R2, Rac, Data Guard, ASM, BMC, SLA, 12C, Grid Control, Sun Solaris, Redhat Linux 6.x and
Window 2008 Servers, Oracle Support/Metalink, Toad, SQL Developer, Oracle Clients/Servers.
Caterpillar, Peoria, IL Role: Oracle DBA 10/2012 04/2013
• Responsible in providing Level 2 and Level 3 support of 300+ Production Oracle databases (most of them
are RAC and Data Guard environments) with on call production support on rotation basis in
24/7environment.
• User management, Space Management, Undo Management, Database Monitoring, Listener monitoring,
Backup (RMAN) Management, Blocking session, database tuning, SQL tuning
• Collection of Statspack (8i & 11g) and AWR (11g) report
• Led the planning, analysis, design, implementation, maintenance, and control of the organization's server
class databases.
• Provide customer production and developer support
• Support medium scale production database applications on multiple operating systems
• Troubleshooting oracle errors and providing support to customers and developers.
• Apply patches for oracle databases; Management of Physical Standby database using oracle Data Guard.
• Recovery of production databases at the crisis situation in time.
• Administration of Backup and Recovery using RMAN.
• Management of backup pieces and backup sets using RMAN.
• Writing Shell Scripts on various UNIX, AIX, HP UX and Linux Servers for automation of day to day
database jobs like Start up – Shutdown, Export Backups as per necessary.
• Management of User Policies, Roles and Profiles for production Databases. Alert log monitoring of Oracle
Database.
• Managing Users: creating users, synonyms, privileges, roles, quotas. Managing table spaces, objects,
profiles, storage parameters.
• Work on BMC remedy and incident tickets and update / resolve the tickets within the SLA.
• Involved in working with TSM and Storage architects and Network professionals in relevant
issues and change management.
Environments: Oracle (9i 11g), RAC,Data Guard, ASM, BMC, SLA, Grid Control, Aix, Hp UX, Linux and Window 2008
Servers, Putty, Autosys, Golden Gate, WinCp, Toad, Grid Control, TSM, RMAN, Oracle Support.
Hi Tek Systems Private Limited
Independent Contractor
Tampa, Florida 12/2007 – 5/2012
Client GE Cincinnati, Ohio and worked as DBA support role 08/2010 05/2012
• Created Multi Dimensional data model (STAR Schema) and enhanced it to meet the growing requirements.
• Captured business requirements identification, analysis and development. Provided mentoring, guidance and
general oversight to less experienced staff in a variety of database design, administration and/or modeling
Experienced in deploying robust applications leveraging solutions from Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid
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Control, Oracle RAC, ASM, Oracle replication, Oracle standby/data guard, backup, restore and recovery
operations usage of RMAN metadata, test planning, data integration/extraction transformation and load
(ETL), application upgrades and data migrations
• Experienced in performance tuning information systems running online transaction processing (OLTP),
online analytical processing (OLAP), decision support systems (DSS) applications and implementing Oracle
advanced security solutions on heterogeneous network environments
• Responsible for providing expert level tier three 24/7 O&M Enterprise System Life Cycle Management
Support (ELMS), security systems in GE Aviation Systems, a relevancy search and discovery software in
development, test, pre production and production.
• Experienced in documenting/designing system/subsystem specification (SSS) documents
• Overall, experience has been gained using Oracle Relational Database Management System (RDBMS),
client server applications, and web based products in simple and complex High Availability
(HA)/Maximum Availability (MAA) network architectural systems on UNIX, LINUX and Windows
platforms.
• Responsible for designing highly complex logical and/or physical databases; leading highly complex data
modeling, mapping, integration, and capacity planning efforts; developing management policies, procedures
and standards
• Troubleshooter of Database Performance Tuning issues using Automated Workload Repository (AWR) and
Automatic Database Diagnostics Monitor (ADDM). Tuned database for optimum performance.
• Created Partitioned tables using Range, hash, list partitioning to improve performance and manageability.
Writing scripts for backup and recovery, Import and export procedure.
• Setting up new environments (Development, Production etc)
Environments: UNIX, Linux Servers, Oracle Express, Informatica, Erwin, Business Intelligence, Teradata, Powerbroker,
Windows Servers 2008, Oracle 11g/10g, 11i 12R, CA Erwin, Informix, DataPump, Toad,, Autosys, Golden Gate
Client ADP Total Source, California, Role Oracle DBA 10/2009 03/2010
• Installed and configured oracle 9i and 10g, 11g database on Dev/Test/Prod system.
• Day to day monitoring like availability of system, listener, database, alter log file, trace file. Developed UNIX
shell script to monitor database.
• Performed Daily Monitoring of Oracle instances using OEM Grid Control, TOAD to monitor users, table spaces,
memory structures, rollback segments, logs, and alerts.
• Created Partitioned tables using Range, hash, list partitioning to improve performance and manageability.
• Worked on database cloning to make Production instance available for Test and Development.
• Created users and involved in database security by granting roles, privileges, and profile to users.
• Configured Auditing to audit information about database activity.
• Created database object like tables, indexes, views, synonyms, sequences.
• Developed PL\SQL stored procedure, package, triggers, cursors, and views.
• Performed, developed and maintained database backup and recovery using RMAN.
• Performed logical backup of database, schemas, tables using Export/Import and DATA PUMP utility.
• Analyzed database object tables, indexes to get statistics.
• Worked closely with Development DBA teams on trouble shooting SQL issues impacting database performance
and uptime.
• A six member DBA team providing support for 10 oracle instances with database sizes for 100 GB to 5 TB.
Environments: Linux Server, Autosys, Crontab, Unix, Oracle 10g r2/11g r2, ASM, RAC, Golden gate, Exadata, Windows
Server 2003, Sybase, Dashboards, Toad, SQL Developer.
Client WalMart, Arkansas, Role Oracle DBA 01/2009 08/2009
• Database capacity Planning and Volumetric Analysis for the database more than 0.5 PB. Involved in the
Implementation of Data Guard and RAC technologies in mission critical systems and configured Switch over and
Failovers with Physical standby database on UNIX environments.
• Upgrade/Migration databases from Oracle 9i to Oracle 10g
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of Oracle 10g RAC
• Configured the Public Network/Private Interconnect for Oracle 10g RAC
• Converted a single instance database to Oracle 10g RAC.
• Installing ASM environment and migrating database from NON ASM to ASM.
• Setting up and testing the backup and recovery strategies.
• A 10 member of oracle DBA team database size was half petabytes (500 Terabytes) with 100 test data instances and
15 production instances.
Environments: Data Guard, OEM, Oracle 10g r2, RAC, non ASM and ASM, AIX, Linux Servers
Client Syniverse, Tampa, Florida, Role Oracle DBA from 06/2008 12/2008
• Fulfill customer service requests for SQL and database tuning, software patches and upgrades, as well as database
migration and duplication. Major projects include migrations to upgrade Oracle 9i database to Oracle 10g and
hardware and software testing.
• Responsible to trouble shooting requests for Oracle bugs, suggestion as an expert development and implementation
of backup/recovery strategies, configuring replication environments, as well as database process automation.
• Proactively monitor 10g Oracle environments for multiple customers. Resolve database incidents to ensure database
availability and stability.
• A 5 member of oracle DBA team with database size 50 gb to 450 gb and 30 test and development databases and 10
production instances.
• Performed disaster recovery for a production database which went offline after the server was moved to a new Sun
box. Recovered a testing server after accidentally deleting all its syslogins entries including sa login
Environments: Crontab, Oracle 10g, AIX, HP UX, Window Server 2003, Solaris, Export Import Utilities, Putty, PHP
Client Voice Power Systems, Tampa, FL Role: DBA 12/2007 05/2008
• Coordinated Back ups, Restores, Scheduling, Maintenance and Disaster Recovery planning for SQL
• Perform security updates for all user types
• Responsible in Transitioning from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. Develop plans and manage and execute complex
technical efforts
• Perform DTS packages, Perform Link Servers and work with T SQL, write Stored Procedures, perform Database
storage migration
• Develop Documentation for all Databases by understanding of complex logical to physical DB structures
The Nielsen Company, Tampa Bay, FL 02/2006 12/ 2007
Analyst Permanent Employee
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for critical ETL processing operation during peak periods, data structures covered customer
record files for entire United States' television rating sampling data.
• Data modeling of new instances with both Erwin as logical tools.
• Directly supported operation/development of ETL interfaces for background processes from Sybase and
SQL Server Databases
Evaluated and resolved issues in three critical production applications including multi tier fat client DCOM
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application back ended by Oracle, metadata driven, multi tier Extract Transform and Load (ETL) data
warehousing application.
• Provide systems integration and architecture leadership oversight to find and close the gaps between various
projects in term of common system development processes, configuration management, release
management, and the application of IT best practices in the domain of Data Architecture, Business
Intelligence, Data Quality, Metadata, and ETL
• Prepared and processed documents and metadata file attributes and mappings for legacy migration to
Document application
• Coordinated IT Infrastructure service delivery management and support contracts
Environments: ETL tools, UNIX, Oracle 9i/10g, RMAN, IBM mainframe, Windows Servers, HP UX, Putty, Ignite
Tuning tools, Sybase, DB2, Perl, Erwin
Hi Tek Systems Private Limited
Manhattan, New York 08/2003 12/2005
Client Special Data Processing Corporation (SDP), Clearwater, FL 10/2003 to 12/2005
SDP is a leader in Magazine Clearing House, sponsoring various sweepstakes and tracking calls from the potential
customers and processing their information using state of the art of technology.
Design, model, and implement logical and physical database modifications using ERwin. Tune and optimize SQL
and database objects.
Client CrossRoad Technology, New York City, New York 11/2001 08/2003
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of all Oracle 9i and Oracle 9ia Servers in development environments.
• Coordinated for all java, ejb, j2ee development for the Sun Microsystems (local office) account. Installation,
maintenance, development, test, quality assurance, necessary training of the 3 tier systems using Java technology.
• Involved from the development and system point of view in the architecture of BEA Weblogic integration adapter for
Oracle 8i/9i application in UNIX, edit and figurate the UNIX script to add jar files, in the Weblogic Production
environments for Web Logic Server 6.x through 8.0.
Performancebase.com, Manhattan, NY
Project Manager/Permanent Employee 5/2000 8/2001
• Led a team of 45 employees for website creation that included production timetable, cost control and project
coordination. Maintained documentation for a possible clients’ requirements
• Conducted one on one session with the clients to assess client needs and expectations and ensure project delivery
within deadline.
• Responsible for status reporting, client communication & coordinating with the project management team for timely
completion and quality maintenance of projects
• Implemented new production methodologies that resulted in optimizing employee’s time to finish the tasks, thus
enhancing employee efficiency
• Responsible for streamlining work processes in various teams that include quality control, human resource,
communication management and design
• Contributing to company’s growth by means of business development, Client retention and securing strategic
partnerships
• Interacted directly with CEO, project managers, VPS, developers for the relevant technical issues of this Human
Resource Management Portal development company.
EDUCATION:
Masters in Quantitative Methods
Concentration: MIS, Finance and Management
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1993
Lincoln, Nebraska, USA;
Masters in Information Systems
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1989
Omaha, Nebraska, USA;
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
National Institute of Technology (NIT), 1980
Jamshedpur, India
Area: Engineering
CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING:
2013: Kenexa Prove It! Oracle 11g and UNIX Shell Programming Tests – Passed with 78% Score.
2009: Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Professional (OCP)
2009: CompTIA Linux+