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Manager Oracle

Location:
Houston, TX
Posted:
February 11, 2013

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Prasad Tammana

Houston, Texas

PH: 949-***-****

*************@*****.***

Experience Summary

> Having 14 years of vast experience in Oracle Database Technologies as

Developer, DBA, FMW Team Lead, Apps DBA and Solution Architect

> Responsible for managing large size Oracle Production databases (7.3

to 11g) with RAC and Data Guard options.

> Having very good experience with Fusion Middleware and Oracle Apps

implementation and administration.

> Architected and delivered multiple projects like E-Business Suite

global implementations, storage Migration to ASM, VMware, Server

Migrations, EMC snap cloning, DR setup, Security & Auditing,

Partitioning and Archiving, Replication (Shareplex and Streams),

Reporting, Gateway to AS400, Compression, and heavily used .com

websites.

> Team Lead for multiple E-Business suite projects and well versed with

OBIEE, BI Apps, BI Discoverer integration, SOA Suite implementation,

integrating with multiple third party applications, Workflow, SSL

Implementation, segregation of duties, PCP, Cloning, Patching and

Upgrades, Load Balancing, DMZ setup, Single signon (SSO), iproducts

implementation, Multilanguage implementation, Forms personalization,

Extension, Migration and system administration.

> Having very good experience in product development and played key role

in developing product called Remote vigil to monitor Databases

Remotely.

> Having deep understanding of Datawarehouse technologies and tuning ETL

and reporting jobs.

> Having extensive experience as DBA (7.x to 11g), Forms 6i/10g, Report

6i/10g, BI Publisher, PL/SQL, RMAN, OEM, Real Application Testing and

Automating tasks using shell scripting,

> Provided extensive support in Installations, Upgrades, Backup and

recovery, Troubleshooting and resolving problems related to

Performance and Tuning.

> Designed applications and databases to achieve High availability and

Scalability for supporting critical Databases in 24*7 environments.

> Worked in Financial, Wireless, Insurance, and Health and Energy

sectors.

> Implementing and improving Standards, Best practices, processes,

automating tasks and mentoring other team members.

> Clearly understanding the Business requirements and designing custom

solutions to fit into the organization needs considering them in terms

of implantation time, maintenance, usability and cost.

> Leveraging technology advancements and working with cross teams to

meet Business needs.

> Very energetic, having excellent analytical, problem solving,

communication and leadership skills.

> Leading technology teams including project planning, coordinate ng

with cross teams, conducting meeting and tracking progress of multiple

projects in highly dynamic and demanding environments.

> Authored chapters for Oracle press book 'Oracle9i OCP DBA Fundamentals

II'

Education details

. Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics

1 Oracle 8i Certified Professional

Professional Experience

Company - Vedicsoft Solutions, Solution Architect (Apps, SOA and Database)

Client - Allscripts, Atlanta

Jan 2012 - Till date

As Lead consultant responsible for leading and managing multiple

infrastructure projects related to FMW, E-Business suite of Allscripts.

. Implementing and managing Fusion middleware 11g (weblogic, SOA, OSB,

BAM and ODI servers) with High availability options.

. Created security policies and deployment scripts.

. Configuring WLDF, watches and notifications for monitoring.

. Implementing Customer Data Hub (CDH) as Master data management (MDM)

and cascading the information to hub systems using SOA

. Integration of Oracle quoting with salesforce.com with custom SSO

using appsdatasource, SAML Tokens and custom coding.

. Creating scripts for code deployment

. Created Notifications and diagnsotics in weblogic server monitoring

for errors and other events.

. Created scripts for cloning of FMW components.

. Implementing WellsFargo Adapter for payables.

. Installing E-Business suite 12.1.3 with Database 11.2.0.3 and latest

Technology stack (10.1.2.3 and 10.1.3.5) including post product

specific patches

Environment planning for Gold, Development, Configuration, Conversion,

system Testing, Integration Testing and UAT serving multiple projects

and releases.

. Implementing Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 11.1.2.2.0

. Implemnting Oracle Data integrator 11.1.1.5

. Implementing Various SOA components and managing them including EM,

OSB, ODI, BAM, UMS with high availability options.

. Working with network team in implementing F5 Big IP with LTM and web

accelerator for optimizing WAN traffic and SSL for EBS.

. Setup A Health Check On A BIG-IP Loadbalancer To Monitor E-Business

Suite

. Implementing Bi apps for Financials, HR and Sales Analytics using OBIE

11.1.1.5 and BI apps 7.9.6.3 with DAC 10.1.3.4 and Informatica 9.0.1

and Hot fix2

. Evaluating options to integrate salesforce.com for building sales

analytics using universal adapter and FCS third party product.

. Implemented High availability for OBIEE (Horizontal scaling).

. Designed solution to meet seamless integration between internal and

External (for Mobile apps connection) access of analytics with LDAP

for identification.

. Implementing Oracle EPM Hyperion Financial Close Management 11.1.2.2

(Close manager and Account Reconciliation manager) on multi node.

. Implementing Vertex 6.0.

Company - Vedicsoft Solutions, Solution Architect (FMW, Apps & Database)

Client - Kinetic concepts Inc., Sanantonio

March 2011 - Jan 2012

As a Lead consultant responsible for managing FMW, planning and execution

of the Upgrade project

Of Oracle Apps from 11.5.10 to 12.1.3, and 3TB Database upgrade from 9.2 to

11.2.0.2 on AIX 6.1 and Linux 5.1 with 4 internal nodes and 2 external

nodes. The application consists of Financials, Manufacturing and

Distribution modules. My responsibilities include

. Deploying SOA composites and war,jar & ear files

. Tuning JVM and memory settings for garbage collection

. Implemented purging of SOA MDS repository for optimal performance

. Installing OSB, Jdeveloper, and POC for AIA.

. Changing configuration plans as required for code migration between

environments.

. Scripting and automating Sysadmin tasks and DBA Tasks related to

printer setups, Menus, responsibilities and other functionalities

reducing the manual tasks needed during cutover.

. Configuring External servers with DMZ and resolving issues to support

modules like isuppliers, iprocrurement, ireceivables..etc.

. Upgrading E-Business suite from 11.5.10.2. to 12.1.3

. Working with multiple third party applications and teams related to

OBIEE, Noetix Reports, Loftware printing, More4apps, and SOA.

. Tuning critical and mandatory Concurrent jobs such as DQM stage data,

Geo name referencing workers, custom patches and Apps patches to

reduce time for post upgrade steps from 14Hr to 3 Hrs.

. Leveraging technology advancements like pre staging the Application

Technology stack, Distributed AD, importing/exporting stats to

minimize cutover time.

. Working with Datawarehouse Admin in tuning ETL jobs related to OBIEE

BI Apps.

. Troubleshooting OAF personalization, Installing weblogic server 11g,

Deploying ADF

Application and integrating with E-Business suite.

. Automated printers move from AIX to Linux pass through via Windows OS

needed for Apps report printing

. Resolving issues related to setups, configurations, patches, DR

Testing and playing a key role in successful implementation of the

project.

. Preparing and enhancing the cutover Document with the steps needed for

the upgrade.

. Environment planning and preparing the plan for patch deployment.

. Migrating Concurrent Manager from IBM AIX to Linux, and configuring

shared Application Tiers and resolving issues related to them.

. Configuring XML Gateway with OTA and resolving issues with Trading

partners firewall issues.

. Implanting customization of initialization variables and managing all

database parameters using context file.

Company - Vedicsoft Solutions, Solution Architect (Apps, FMW & Database)

Client - Litton Loan Servicing,(Goldman Sachs subsidiary) Apr 2008 -

March 2011

Responsible for managing Development and Production environments

containing Databases, E Business Suite and Middleware and Architecting

database solutions and delivering multiple projects with availability,

scalability, adaptability and security features meeting the business needs.

. Administrating Weblogic server 10.3.3 which includes installation,

application deployments, Domain Creation with templates, cluster

servers management, nodemanager and troubleshooting.

. Apply patches to weblogic server and FMW

. Installation and configuration of SOA, OSB, OHS, and resources like

JDBC, JNDI and JMS.

. Troubleshooting performance issues related to JVM with the help of

jmap and jhat utilities

. Generating wsdl and deploying services to integrate E-Business suite

with other Financial products

. Integrating E-Business suite 12.1.3 and legacy code on Oracle

Databases and services running

on other financial applications.

. Creation and deployment of BPEL composite application having DB and

Oracle Apps adapter.

. Clear understanding of SOAP, WSDL, XML, XSD, Business Rules, WLST,

UDDI, Weblogic security architecture and implementation of policies.

. Responsible for managing multiple Oracle 10g & 11g RAC Databases (OLTP

& Dataware House) on Sun Solaris 10 both Development and Production

environments of sizes ranging from 200GB to 6TB with thousands of

transactions per second.

. Upgraded multiple Databases (RAC and Non RAC) from 10g to 11.2.0.2

with planning, coordinating and implementing it by minimizing the

risks and reducing downtime with transient logical standby.

. E-Business suite upgraded from11.5.10 to 12.1.3 and coordinating the

efforts with Business Team.

. Optimizing Oracle Apps Upgrade process and reducing the upgrade window

by 3 fold by Tuning, Staging, automating various tasks and

accomplishing Database upgrade, Server Migration and Oracle Apps

Upgrade.

. Environment planning, Impact analysis, creating process for patching

and merging with Production changes, laying out process related to

change control.

. Prepared Presentations for Technical Team and Functional Teams for R12

Upgrade showing the differences and new features in the stack.

. Prepared project plan for R12 upgrade and working with cross teams to

resolve the issues while upgrading.

. Automating tasks for custom patching, Apps patching on multi nodes,

Cloning and configuration setups and sysadmin tasks.

. Maintain Databases and Oracle E-Business Suite up to date by applying

quarterly PSU and CPU patches, upgrades related to weblogic server,

ATG, Forms, JDK and family Product patches and cloning.

. Responsible for Creating custom reports using BI Publisher (XML

Publisher) in E-business suite.

. Implemented SSL on Oracle Apps and split Concurrent manager and Web &

Forms of E-Business suite and shared Application Tiers.

. Having strong skills in Performance tuning and troubleshooting issues

caused by very high concurrency. Tuned multiple queries and reduced

the execution times from hours to minutes.

. Reduced monthly refresh time from 18 hours to 2 hours and space usage

from 18TB to 6TB for building 6 different environments (Dev, Test &

Project environment each of 3 TB) by leveraging combination of ASM,

EMC Snap clones and standby database, and intermediate database for

post steps and automating using shell scripts.

. Leveraging ZFS pool to make snaps for long running patches on oracle

apps to rollback point in time and ZFS compression to reduce backup

space and time by 60%.

. Implemented 11g Active Dataguard and 10g Dataguard and carried out dry

run for switchover and automated steps to monitor log gap and deletion

of archive logs, and tuning of network settings based on BDP.

. Reduced CAPEX by Converting VERITAS powerpath to Solaris mpxio,

VERITAS File system to ASM and carried out this conversion in the

least amount of time.

. Reduced RACK space by server consolidation and zoning, and making this

effort of migration of large databases to be accomplished in less than

an hour.

. Evaluated the options to improve backup operations, and worked with

Unix Team to create private LAN and server free backups to segregate

backup traffic and Database Link traffic.

. Implemented 11g Gateway to establish connectivity between Oracle and

AS400.

. Configured and installed 11g RAC with multiple interconnects for HA

and Jumbo Frames for interconnects to improve cluster performance by

20%.

. Prepared script to migrate database changes from dev-test-prod in

regular and E-Business suite environments. This Reduced turn around

time for day to day operation - It works based on OS member ship,

password protected roles, shared Mail folder, checks for standard

rules, validating objects at the end, mailing to requestor with log

files, and highlighting any errors, centralized report to show what

changes were implemented in each databases by whom. This task reduced

the time spent by DBA from approximately 8hrs to 1 hr each day on

average with added benefit of improving change management process.

. Implemented security using TDE, AES, and FGA to meet security

compliance and supported Federal auditing.

. Automated consolidated report for Monthly DB usage and daily Backup

report of all Databases highlighting any failures.

. Capacity planning based on space, IOPS and throughput needs and

working with SAN admins

. Proactive monitoring of databases and providing RCA on critical

issues.

. Advanced performance tuning using Real Application Testing (RAT)

. Monitoring Databases using OSwatcher, Procwatcher, AWR, hanganalyze,

systemstate dumps, cluster Health Monitor, racdiag, SQL Tuning

advisor...etc

. Automated Daily report to execute SQL Tuning Tasks on resource

intensive queries and send recommendations as Email including Index

creation scripts.

. Troubleshooting Database issues using utilities like LTOM,

Hanganalyze, oradebug dumps (Heap dump, process state, error stack),

stackx, Pstack, OSwatcher, procwatcher, sqlt, awrsqlt, AWR, SPM.

. Helped Dev project Teams in data modeling, designing and tuning and

working with cross technology teams, Oracle warehouse Builder,

Informatica, Cognos, ETL Team, UNIX and SAN Teams as needed.

. Proactive monitoring of databases and providing Root cause analysis on

critical issues.

. Upgraded OEM from 10g to 11g and implemented E-Business suite

Application Management packs.

. Working with Informatica and Cognos teams to make analytical reports

available in real time and tuning the jobs.

Company - Herbalife International of America Inc, CA

Team Lead/Senior Oracle Apps DBA

Aug 2007 - Apr 2008

Provided support as a senior DBA/track lead for multiple project

initiatives and production support in managing 11.5.10.2 environments using

10.2.0.3 database running on Linux platform.

. Administrating Oracle Databases development, Test and Production.

. Technical Lead for Global rollout of Oracle applications in Asia

pacific region and Upgrade project.

. Working with Functional and Development teams to meet AIM

deliverables.

. Supporting Development team with Apps conversions, Migrations and

interface tables.

. Implemented Solix Archival solution for Oracle Apps.

. Implemented Oracle streams on 10g RAC

. Configured Load balancing on web and forms nodes using Cisco load

balancer and Parallel Concurrent processing on CM node

. Regular maintenance activities like Cloning and patching of Oracle

applications and custom migrations.

. Maintained application using AD utilities (Adadmin, Adpatch, Adctrl,

Adident, Adsplice, Adautocfg), administration

. Upgrading Oracle Apps to 11.5.10 using staged APPL_TOP to minimize

Upgrade time

. Managing and troubleshooting Parallel Concurrent processing and shared

APPL_TOP

. Performance and tuning of OAF based custom modules using multiple

JVM's and tuning GC

. Created shell scripts to monitor logfiles and long running jobs, and

other production jobs

. Converting of RAC to Non RAC databases and viseversa

. Integrating with multiple 3 rd party products and other systems like

Sabrix tax engine, Agile, Logility.etc.

. Installing SOA components and doing the feasibility study.

. Tuning SQL and PL/SQL code and helping development team.

. Implemented logical apps for segregation of duties

Company - Prompt Technologies, CA

Senior DBA

Client: Verizon wireless, CA, USA Feb

2005 - Aug 2007

Provided support to Verizon Wireless client- Part of Infrastructure team

supporting more than 100 Oracle databases on 9i and 10g, which are on Sun

Solaris. Provided support to major applications: Oracle apps 11i

financial modules, Access manager, Kana Applications,

verizonwireless.com, Self service applications for business customers,

Analytics and Reporting.

. Managing Development, Test and Production Databases

. Tuning Oracle Queries and doing scheduled maintenances.

. Deep analysis of Shared pool contention and Errors using Heap dumps

. Implemented RMAN backups using Tivoli Storage manager and created

extensive reporting on RMAN.

. Carried out Capacity planning, Automation of managing Partitions for a

database of size 1TB.

. Carried out Tablespace Point in time recovery by creating auxiliary

database

. Successfully carried out Billing system conversions involving millions

of customer accounts.

. Supporting Data warehousing systems and Informatica 7.1.4

. Providing support as on call DBA 24*7 for business critical databases

on rotation basis.

. Created shell scripts to monitor shareplex replication, Rman backup

purges, Lock monitoring, database refreshes and other requirements.

. Configured and supported Oracle Applications 11.5.10

. Up gradation of 11.5.9 environment to 11.5.10.2 on Sun Solaris and

reduced patching time by using staged APPL_TOP

. Implemented OID/SSO and Integrated with E-Business suite and Windows

Active Directory

. Regular maintenance of E-Business suite including installation,

patching, cloning and up gradation.

. Troubleshooting of Concurrent manager process, Forms, Web and Database

servers.

. Development and Production Support of Oracle Apps 11i environments

. Installation and Configuration of Application Desktop Integrator

(ADI), workflow notification mailer.

. Implemented 10gAS, 10g RAC, OEM grid control and VCS.

. Carrying out patch analysis and applied one of patches, mini packs and

maintenance packs.

. Configured database replication using Sharable and troubleshooting.

. Implemented sun LDAP directory server 5.2, and developed interface

scripts between LDAP and Oracle database.

Perot systems TSI, Bangalore

Apr 2003 - Feb 2005

Database Administrator

Client UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland), Singapore

Provided production database support to one of the world's largest bank,

Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS). There are close to 800 Oracle databases

(8i to 9i) in Solaris and Linux environment. As a part of Infrastructure

team, my major responsibilities were

. Setting up and maintaining Standby database and RAC on Linux.

. Installing the Oracle software and Creation of databases as per OFA

. Upgrading, applying patches and Cloning of databases.

. Resolving production problems related to performance corruption and

space related issues.

. Carrying out backups and recovery using SQL Backtrack.

. Performance and tuning of SQL queries using staspack, tkprof.etc.

. Troubleshooting and fixing up production problems and providing

support using chat service, alert monitoring, Hotline support and

ticketing services

. Carrying out production changes raised using change control systems

viz-Global Request service and Global Change Management system.

. Raising Tars and liaising with Oracle.

. Implemented Security standards and database auditing.

Oramasters Software India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad.

Database Administrator

Jun 2001 - Mar 2003

The company is an MNC, lead by well-known Oracle Technology experts and

Oracle Press authors, Michael Corey and Rama Velpuri. As a Database

administrator, I was responsible for Troubleshooting and solving customer

problems related to Databases and apps by giving online and onsite support

to clients in India and Saudi. My major contributions were

. Prepared the content for Osborne/McGraw-Hill book 'Oracle9i OCP DBA

Fundamentals II'

. Supported major clients in Saudi - MOI (Ministry of Interiors), Coast

Guard, ABBOT Labs, SABB (Saudi British Bank).

. Implemented Replication between DB2 on AS/400 and Oracle using Generic

connectivity.

. Migrated Arabic data from DBASE III to Oracle 8i database

. Developed various scripts for Remote vigil, a database-monitoring

product. It monitors changes in Configuration and Layout, Contention

Management, Database Availability, Memory Management, Object

Management, Process Management, Resource Management, Security

Management and Space Management

MFL Net Services Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad.

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 1999 - Jun 2001

As a team lead I was responsible to manage a team of technical team of 5

members.

Developed various web and client server applications for insurance sector.

. Installed and managed SQL Server, Oracle Server and Web Servers.

. Carried out System Analysis and Design using Entity Relationship

diagrams and Process flow Diagrams.

. Created Procedures, Triggers, Indexes and tuned complex queries

. Designed application using HTML, Javascript, Java, JDBC and Servlets

. Setting up and managing Database replication in SQL server.

Global Energy Consulting Engineers, Hyderabad.

Software Engineer

Nov 1998 - Nov 1999

Developed various software projects for Electrical sector and related

major companies.

. Responsible for coding using SQL, Pl/SQL, Procedures and Triggers in

Oracle 7.3, C, Pro*C.

. Developing Front end screens using Forms 4.5 and Reports 2.5

. Developed various software applications for the Electrical Sector.



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