EYAL NATAN SOFFER

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Ashkelon, Israel

Phone : (972-**-*******

Email : ml70ev@r.postjobfree.com

Languages: Hebrew, English, Portuguese

SUMMARY

After many years as Oracle DBA and Performance Expert in Israel, I've decided to use my skills and relocate. I've very good organizational skills; excellent team player with outstanding communication skills; ability to determine and understand client needs; client oriented; high level of self-motivation and drive; exceptional attention to accuracy and details.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Oracle 11g Internals

Real Application Clusters (RAC)

Performance Tuning

Security Administration

Replication

Distributed Databases

Disaster Recovery Solutions

Database Design

System Design

Data Modeling

Informatica

Cognos

MS SQL Server 2005/2008

Oracle ASM Recovery Manager (RMAN)

Standby Database Solutions

Oracle 11g/10g Data warehousing

Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM)

XML and Web Integration

Linux / Unix Shell Scripting

PL/SQL

Linux, Unix, HPUX

Windows NT, 2000

Project Management

Oracle Golden Gate

Oracle Grid Control

BO

MySQL

WORK HISTORY

2010 - Present: Senior Oracle Database Administrator at Amdocs, Inc.

NYSE:DOX (MKT CAP: 5.23B) | WWW.AMDOC.COM

At this position I lead the new DWH BI Project in Amdocs from DBA side from day one and after we got to Production. This is a VLDB (2TB) DWH Project running on Clustered VERITAS Linux Servers with Oracle Databases 11g & 10g

Create new Oracle DBs; Configure new and existing DBs for maximum Performance

Analyze ETL (Informatica) daily loads to the Staging DBs and the DW DBs for performance issues

Support Development & Test teams for best SQL developing methods to get excellent results during ETLs and minimize run time

Analyze and fix performance issues (long run time) of Cognos reports used by Amdocs employees and managers (End users)

Create Backup & Restore shell scripts; Create refreshing scripts used for refreshing PROD DBs to non-PROD DBs on daily basis

Take part of FD (Functional Design) meetings with Development teams in order to advise best practice develop methods and load to the DBs for better performance

Solve Storage & Server issues with internal and external teams

Monitor DBs & Servers using HP-OV and other monitoring tools

Develop PL/SQL scripts for DB tasks, jobs and maintenance

Install and Configure Oracle Grid Control

2009 - 2010: Senior Oracle Database Administrator at YaelSoft, Inc.

PRIVATE | WWW.YAELSOFT.COM

At this position I worked as Oracle DBA and Performance Expert in DWH BI Project on Production Oracle Databases 11g & 10g

Main duties were analyzing ETLs for performance and suggest best practices solutions as needed

Involve in FD (Functional Design) of new DWH Projects and advice DB solutions for best performance to the Development teams

Analyze Cognos and BO reports used by the company's employees and managers (End users) for best run time results

Create new Oracle DBs and upgrade existing ones to Oracle 11g

Analyze the daily load on the DBs using AWR / STATSPACK / ADDM reports for Performance issues

Create Backup & Restore shell scripts and DB jobs

Monitor DBs & Servers using HP-OV and other monitoring tools

Develop PL/SQL scripts for DB tasks, jobs and maintenance

2007 - 2009: Senior Oracle Database Administrator at NESS, Inc.

NASDAQ:NSTC (MKT CAP: 296.7M) | WWW.NESS.COM

At this position I worked as Oracle DBA on Production Oracle Databases 11g, 10g & 9i

Main duties were daily analyzing the DBs for Performance issues (mainly using AWR / STATSPACK / ADDM / ASH reports)

Upgrade existing DBs to Oracle 11g

Develop DB & Server Backup & Recovery methods for Disaster Recovery Solutions

Create monitor scripts for critical DB issues

Support the Development teams with developing better SQLs and Reports for best performance

Work with Storage team to solve IO and Storage issues

Install and Configure Oracle Grid Control

Monitor DBs and Servers using HP-OV and other monitoring tools

2006 - 2007: Oracle Database Administrator & PL/SQL Developer at ELTA, Inc.

GOVERMENT | WWW.IAI.CO.IL (WEBSITE IN ENGLISH)

I started my career as Oracle DBA at ELTA, Inc. working on Oracle Databases 10g & 9i as a DBA

The main duties were creating new DBs for new and existing projects

Test performance of daily loads to the DBs during different peaks

Support the Development teams in their development of DB Scripts and DB loads

Along with the DBA role I worked as Oracle PL/SQL Developer for major projects of the company

Part of the Developing was focusing on Performance side. I led the Performance testing for these major projects after the developing was done and before moving to Production

2002 - 2006: PC Tech & Network Admin at ELAD Soft, Inc.

PRIVATE | WWW.ELAD.CO.IL (WEBSITE IN ENGLISH)

At this position I worked as a student at a long term project as PC Technician and Network Admin

The role was taking care of the company's PCs, Laptops, Printers and Network for issues

Installing and configuring software needed for the employees for daily basis

Taking care of damaged and faulting PCs, Laptops and Printers

Monitor the network for failures and performance issues

EDUCATION

2011, Oracle 11g Database Administrator Certified Professional Certification

2011, Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning - Oracle University Education

2011, Oracle Database 11g RAC Administration - Oracle University Education

2011, Oracle Database 11g Grid Control - Oracle University Education

2010, Oracle Database 11g Golden Gate - Oracle University Education

2009, Oracle 10g Database Administrator Certified Professional Certification

2009, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Training - John Bryce

2007, B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Expert in IT - Holon Institute of Technology

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