Nic Ventura – Senior Data/Infrastructure/VM Technical Architect

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Professional Summary

Mr. Ventura is a Senior Architect with extensive experience delivering bare-metal and virtualized system data and infrastructure integration, migration, support and services to the public and private sectors; including the federal government (Department of Defense – DOD, United States Air Force – USAF, US Department of Labor - DOL) and state/local government (State of Ohio, City of Denver). His experience includes large complex configurations and implementations. He has experience with hundreds of terabytes of data, millions of batch records and online execution requirements of transactions by the thousands per second. In addition, he has successfully delivered advanced solutions using frameworks and methodologies including TOGAF and Zachman frameworks while satisfying Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) requirements of systems integrating data feeds from hundreds of trading partners while also leading programming and engineering efforts associated with enterprise scale Oracle technology deployments; this includes several Oracle technologies (Oracle Databases 9i/10g/11g/12c, Oracle Enterprise Manager – OEM, Oracle Elastic Cloud on VMware, Oracle Exalogic, Oracle Exadata, Oracle Single Sign-on, OEM Grid Control, Oracle Real Application Clusters – RAC, Oracle DataGuard, Oracle GoldenGate, Oracle Application Services – OAS, Oracle Business Intelligence Tools, Oracle Forms/Reports, and Oracle Discoverer).

In keeping with the advances in cloud computing Mr. Ventura developed techniques for migrating legacy enterprise application system infrastructures into cloud-based and “X as a service” architectures. These techniques were successfully executed and delivered during multiple engagements listed below and are “cloud agnostic” - they can be used on migration projects regardless of the cloud provider of service. As part of the migration services role-based access control (RBAC) Oracle technologies as part of the identity and access management were used during integration of legacy systems as well as new deployment to the private clouds. Lastly, he has achieved a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems/Management Information Systems and achieved a Masters in Heterogeneous Database and Networking from Oracle University.

Experience

Floating Rock Consulting, Inc. (FRCi) 12/2014 – 10/2016

Client: Oxford International/Purdue University, Chicago, Illinois

Senior Architect

Provided infrastructure design in support of applications and database operations including identity and access management integration using role-based access control (RBAC) as part of the security controls required to integrate Oracle identity manager with Microsoft active directory.

Provided best practice solutions and designs including high availability solutions through Oracle DataGuard, Infrastructure Management and Administration through Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) and Performance Engineering gauging and forecasting through various session routing and switchover techniques available within the Oracle Framework.

Delivered complex database administration tasks including installation and configuration of Oracle software and guidance in the area of network & storage configurations and capacity planning gauging and forecasting.

Client: Meyer Tool, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio

Infrastructure Architect

Installed and configured local cloud virtualization components including network appliances, virtual machine servers and the virtual machine management layers (hypervisor’s, managers, storage servers etc.)

Using the techniques and methods developed at the FRCi data center, the migration of legacy infrastructure components (including WebLogic, forms and reports application servers, file and database servers, storage, servers and network appliance and configurations) were migrated to local cloud platforms

Provided architectural direction, hands-on installation, configuration and triage of development and production systems.

Responsible for the design and implementation of the entire infrastructure including networking, storage, systems & database administration.

Created and deployed multiple virtual machines in tightly and loosely coupled highly available configurations.

Core products included Oracle VM 3.1 through 3.3, Oracle database 9i/11g/12c, and Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 10g/11g/12c.

Performance Tuning Corporation (PTC) 12/2013 – 12/2014

Systems Architect

Client: Verizon, San Diego, California

Provided technical leadership and hands-on installation, configuration and a triage of production systems in a complex enterprise environment including performance engineering and capacity planning exercises of gauging and forecasting across the enterprise architecture and applying TOGAF and Zachman framework methodologies.

Migration of MS SQL Server to Oracle RAC using Oracle GoldenGate, Python scripting and other tools in support of ETL (extract transform and load) and data warehousing and integration, including federated data sources

Provided installation, configuration, migration of Oracle classic tools such as Oracle Forms/Reports and Oracle Discoverer from an Oracle 10g architecture to an Oracle 11g Fusion Middleware/WebLogic based architecture including identity management and security controls on Oracle Single Sign-On (SSO) and Enterprise Single Sign-on (ESSO).

Client: City of Denver

Delivered detailed analysis and documentation of MS Office365 collaboration suites integration options with the Oracle technology stack.

Lead communication and planning using Microsoft tools including Visio PowerPoint and and using Microsoft Project and will Word for documentation

Client: Lacks Valley Furniture

Performed systems and enterprise management including analysis, design, installation and configuration utilizing tools such as WebLogic, Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), systems wide OEM Grid Control (10g and 11g) and OEM Cloud Control (12c).

Created detailed target state architectural plans and roadmaps, including target benchmark information for performance engineering and capacity planning and incorporated into high-level design through and including configuration and testing of systems through the deployment process

Computer Science Corporation (CSC) 03/2008 – 11/2013

Technical Architectural Expert

Client: US DOD, work conducted remotely, Columbus, Ohio

Completed cloud-based Oracle R12 eBS technology stack installation and configuration on Oracle VM 3.4, VMware and SkyTap including WebLogic, application server and database server production-ready components

Created integrated systems using big data and data lakes as data sources and targets of geographical and logistics data warehouse based information in a federated designed environment for online and real-time decision support using BI (business intelligence) enterprise edition reporting

Provided enterprise management and end-to-end systems & infrastructure installation, configuration, migration, integration ETL, performance engineering and capacity planning gauging and forecasting utilizing Oracle Suites 9i/10g/11g databases/middleware, Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 10g/11g/12c and migration to Oracle Elastic Cloud on VMware and Exalogic & Exadata platforms.

Tasks included root-cause analysis, issue resolution and integration of components across the Oracle technology stack (database, application server middle tier and application server infrastructure tier) in stand-alone environment, Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC), and highly available configuration (i.e., multi-node integration) as well as Continuity of Operations (COOP) using Data Guard and Oracle Streams.

Successfully migrated an entire Oracle ecosystem from legacy location to the Trusted Cloud Hosting environment utilizing VMware, Oracle VM and Skytap which included identity and access management including role-based access control (RBAC) in the local systems and in the cloud-based environments.

Estimated and deployed compute nodes on the Exadata and Exalogic platforms and provided post production performance engineering and capacity planning, support and using Zachman framework modeling the enterprise architectural planning and communicating conceptual deployment strategies and including logical and physical designs

Client: United States Air Force (USAF), Dayton, Ohio

Provided systems and network technical architecture for the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) as well as conducted installation, configuration, documentation, and troubleshooting.

Led team task management which included advanced performance engineering and monitoring including capacity planning gauging and forecasting.

Primary technologies included Oracle 10g/11g/11i and R12 Oracle technology ecosystems including database, Grid Control, E-Business Suite & Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications, middle tier and infrastructure tier product suites in standalone and high availability configurations.

Resolved project challenges including cross-team communications, task management and conflict resolution.

Provided technical, architectural, and management support in both task oriented and team leader positions.

Received the USAF Enterprise & Technology Management Award, the FCP Customer Service President’s Award and two USAF Coins for service over and above requirements.

Successfully executed tasks as an Enterprise Solution Architect & Oracle Systems & Applications DBA providing Oracle RAC 10g database administration and Sun Solaris 10 administration for the Net Centric Enterprise Solution - Service Oriented Architecture Foundation (NCES SOAF).

Successfully completed Oracle 10g RAC installation, testing, migration and upgrade designs & tasks.

Worked in Department of Defense classified and secured networks.

Engineered, tested, and deployed Oracle 10g RAC and stand-alone databases on Sun equipment in Oracle RAC and Sun cluster environments.

Established automated threshold monitoring, notifications and database backups using Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) Consoles.

Implemented multi-site replication using automated distribution of critical transactions and files.

Application deployment and troubleshooting support was delivered on a round-the-clock basis.

Advizex Technologies 10/2005 – 05/2008

Oracle Database Administrator

Engaged with multiple clients including: State of Ohio, The Ohio State University, Progressive Medical, and Parts Source.

Provided Oracle database and enterprise management software installation, testing, migration and upgraded designs & tasks utilizing Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and non-RAC 8i/9i/10g, OS and storage administration.

Worked on Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks (WAN) providing senior leadership and delivery of custom installations in multiple configurations.

Floating Rock Consulting, Inc. (FRCi) 03/2003 – 09/2005

Client: US Department of Labor, Washington DC

Systems / Database Administrator

Served as Systems / Database Administrator for on-site and remote support of MS SQL Server based systems including generation of reports in SQL Reports Services.

Installed and configured MS Visual Studio Enterprise Architect and MSDN Visual Studio Library.

Performed advanced SQL query tuning.

Client: US Department of Defense: Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio

Systems / Database Administrator

Systems / Database Administrator overseeing on-site installation and support of Oracle-based custom-built and Custom off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions including Oracle, SharePlex, Veritas, and WebEx software in secured environments.

Oracle architectures included 9i and 10g database, networking, Grid Control, middle-tier and fail-over technologies.

Client: West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Database Administrator & Performance Engineer

Created solution recommendations and implemented Grid Control environments including management servers and management agents.

Created and maintained project plans prior to implementing Oracle Grid control to manage the distributed environment which included management/control of AIX & Solaris operating systems, Oracle 9i/10g databases and infrastructure tiers, middle tiers, and HR process Oracle Application Services.

Client: Smith’s Aerospace, Flint, Michigan

Database Administrator /Analyst

Conducted analysis of and implemented solutions for Enterprise Portal and Warehousing environments.

Created strategic and tactical plans for the use of Oracle Grid control to manage the distributed environment which included management/control of AIX & Solaris operating systems, Oracle 9i/10g databases and infrastructure tiers, middle tiers, and HR process Oracle Application Services.

Client: Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

Database Architect / Administrator

Developed and implemented strategic and tactical plans for application life cycle management in the Oracle 10g environments which included 10gAS (database, infrastructure & middle tiers including Oracle Portal and SSO development/deployment), HTML_DB & Developer Server.

Completed Oracle software installation and configuration, migrated application code and data, as well as developed recommendations for promotion management across six IBM AIX 5L (5.1, 5.2 and 5.3) and 4.3 environments including Oracle 10g Grid Control; SAN storage on EMC hardware.

Client: United State Air Force: Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

Data / Technical Architect

Conducted analysis, design, build, test and deployment of Oracle Portal FE into Oracle HR SS including configuration management, custom Java/JavaScript coding, tuning, performance and capacity gauging and forecasting and problem resolution support.

Created conceptual models of data, process and presentation layers and generated prototypes of proof of concept (POC).

Designed and assisted with the development of new Oracle Portal/Portlet FE requirements into conference room pilot.

Assisted in identifying problem/resolution with Oracle software environments.

Client: Columbus Public Schools, Columbus, Ohio

Security Architect

Conducted analysis of enterprise architectures and provided executive plans to implement security, controls and operations standards and procedures for all related components of the Columbus Public School’s Quote Tracking System (QTS).

Worked on the development and production environments including the end user layer, application Life Cycle Management, database, and operating systems.

Client: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio

Database Administrator

Conducted advanced analysis and solutions for the installation and configuration management of middle tiers including Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) and infrastructure services.

Installation/configuration included operating system, relational database management system (RDBMS), application servers, management layers, and initial porting of legacy systems.

Client: American Electric Power, Columbus, Ohio

Systems/Database Administrator

Provided executive level management with documentation of Key Performance Indicators (KPI), critical success factors and Service Level Agreement (SLA) candidates by conducting analysis and providing systems recommendations using gauging and forecasting models of the current environment.

Created project plans to implement the target environment including Gantt charts, process flows, and data models.

Oracle Corporation 02/1997 – 03/2003

Client: United States Navy: Military Sealift Command, Washington DC

Oracle Applications Architect / Project Manager

Served as Oracle 11i Project Manager, Technical DBA & Reports Technical Team Lead.

Managed an advanced Oracle Human Resource Management System (HRMS) implementation using Oracle Business Intelligence and advanced configuration management tools.

Led problem resolution efforts using Oracle and third party products.

Completed HRMS fit/gap analysis using Oracle Business Intelligence tools, methods and techniques for business process engineering, re-engineering, and legacy integration.

Developed recommendations for process improvements based on research of client development and testing facilities which included architectures and configurations of Oracle 9iAS implementations.

Client: United States Department of Defense: Air Force Human Resources, Dayton, Ohio

Oracle Applications Architect / Database Administrator

Served as Application Architect and Technical DBA over Oracle 11i and Human Resource Management System (HRMS) which included database and environmental configuration; completed tuning which yielded orders of improvements to performance and resource utilization; also tuned the Concurrent Manager configuration.

Provided DBA configuration support including initialization parameter adjustments

Reviewed and advised changes to PL/SQL and SQL program code; provided advanced tuning assistance of the 9iAS environment, and provided knowledge transfer and follow-through.

Client: US Department of Defense, Columbus, Ohio

Oracle Database Administrator

Served as the Oracle 11i Database Administrator over the Defense Procurement Payment System’s (DPPS) integration with the Defense, Corporate Information Infrastructure (DCII).

Provided senior internal and ancillary support to the customization effort.

Led technical strategic and tactical planning, installation, configuration, gauging, forecasting and problem resolution using tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM).

Established guidelines and criteria for alerts, fix-it jobs, routine and on-demand process definition and implementation.

Analyzed and consolidated legacy systems, designed and integrated required additions, and deployed systems in phased approach to support the finance/accounting systems for the Department of Defense.

Led and assisted in development initiatives including extensive work with Oracle Databases, Oracle Designer/Developer, PL/1, PL/SQL, SQL, COBOL, Assembler, Oracle Applications Server and Internet Application Server Suites 8/9iAS.

Communicated detailed deployment strategies and deficiencies at the executive level.

Education

Masters of Heterogeneous Database and Networking Oracle University

Database Management Systems, Application Servers and Advanced Application Development

Bachelor of Science, CIS, MIS The Ohio State University

Minors in Psychology and Mathematics

Training & Certifications

IBM Certified AIX Systems Administrator IBM education

Dale Carnegie Course, Human Relations Dale Carnegie University

Certified Project/Team Management Crosby School of Quality Management

Awards & Affiliations

United States Air Force Enterprise Technology Management Award

Computer Science Corporation Presidents Award 2011

AdvizeX Technology Presidents Award 2006 & 2007

Oracle Corporation Quality Consulting Award

Ohio Oracle User Group, President

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