Data Center Administrator / Oracle RAC DBA

Brian M. Cook

York, PA - Direct 717-***-****

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

Summary:

** *****’ experience in the general field of Information Technology

Oracle RAC DBA

Installation of Citrix XenApp 6.5 & Citrix client tools

Administration of Citrix XenApp farms

Configuration of Citrix server policies, Load Management and printers in the Farm

Expertise in creating Citrix Streaming Profiles and Publishing Applications to users in Citrix XenApp 6.5

Citrix XenApp Web Interface Administration Via IIS

Experience in administering Windows Terminal Server, Group Policy management and Active Directory environment

In-depth knowledge in dealing with Windows Registry and File Systems

Extensive experience with troubleshooting InstallerVise & Windows Installer

Providing Comprehensive documentation for system builds

Excellent interpersonal and oral/written Communication skills and have high adaptability to changes in technology

Software Experience:

Advanced Experience

Oracle 11g/12c RAC, PL/SQL, MS Hyper-V and Microsoft Server 2008 R2/2012 R2/2016, XenApp 6.5, MS Office 2016, Microsoft Exchange 2003, Domain Controllers, Group Policy, Terminal Services, Remote Desktop, Active Directory, VPN, NT Backup, Symantec Endpoint Server, InstallerVise, Veritas, Back-up Exec, UNIX/Linux/Ubuntu, Microsoft SQL Server 2014/2016

Other Technical Skills:

Scripting Languages : KiX, VBScript

Web Technologies : Apache, Moodle, Joomla

Packaging Tools : InstallerVise

Trouble Shooting Tools : Filemon, Regmon, Procmon, InCtrl & Depedency Walker, Google Keywords

Experience:

Vasont Systems, York, PA

August 2008 – July 2017

Data Center Administrator / DBA

Environment - MS Hyper-V 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2/2012 R2, Citrix XenApp 6.5, Oracle DBMS RAC 12.1.0.2 for Linux (z64), MS SQL Database 2014

Administering and supporting virtual Citrix server environments on Windows Server 2008 R2 using MS Hyper-V 2012 R2 as the host.

Experience as On-Call 24x7 production DBA support, application/development DBA.

Extensive knowledge on database administration for Oracle 10g, 11g, and 12c with experience in very large scale database environment and mission critical large OLTP and OLAP systems.

Involved with installation and maintenance of ORACLE 12cRAC and standby database for High Availability and Disaster Recovery purpose.

Experience in managing Oracle databases running on MS-Windows, NT Server, UNIX/Linux.

Hands on experience in Oracle 11g/12c RAC implementation & administration (Oracle Clusterware setup and configuration, RAC installation using ASM, Grid Installation).

Good experience RAC Clusterware administration, Configuration and Patching.

Extensive experience in Dataguard configuration, implementing and maintaining standby databases.

Hands on experience in Grid control, Streams, GoldenGate Replication.

Experience in Performance Tuning using EXPLAIN PLAN, SQLTRACE, TKPROF, STATSPACK, AWR and ADDM.

Setup Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control (OEM) 12c & Grid Control (11g) for database monitoring/performance/diagnostics.

Extensive experience in Database Backups RMAN (Full/Incremental backups) and in traditional hot/cold backups.

Experience in LOGICAL BACKUPS and Database migration tools with DATA PUMP, Export/Import and Transportable Tablespaces.

Good experience in writing/editing UNIX Shell Scripts.

Good experience in PATCHING AND UPGRADE expertise in upgrading Oracle Development and Production databases from 10g, 11g, and 12c.

Extensive knowledge and experience on managing very large Data Warehouse databases.

Proficient in SQL, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, Functions, Cursors and Triggers.

Extensive experience in configuring and implementing ASM and proficiency in using ASMCMD and ASMLIB.

Experience in Flash-Back Technology.

Experience in Database Refresh and patch management and in Database cloning with RMAN and manual methods.

Experience in Capacity Planning and Bench Marking.

Developed database monitoring/health check alert scripts for database uptime/downtime status, and sizing issues using grid control (OEM).

Proficient in raising TAR with Oracle Support and using Metalink to resolve the bottlenecks in the database environments.

Excellent Communication skills, co-ordination and communication with system administrators, business data analysts and development teams.

Intracorp Companies, Newport Beach, CA

January 2007 - June 2008

Systems Administrator

Environment: Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2003

Implemented group policy, management of users, and login scripting in a Windows Server 2003 environment

Active Directory, Terminal Services and VPN support

Managing and maintaining Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

Responsible for ordering of new equipment and budget planning for future company expansion from servers to workstations

Performed daily, weekly, and monthly back-ups with Veritas Backup Exec software while maintaining a sound, smooth and reliable network

Blackberry expertise and administration (T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon)

Documenting all work done as well as current specifications of all workstation, printers, routers, servers and other technical related equipment

Supported a 100+ user base

References Available Upon Request

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