WALTER C. W. AUMA

612-***-**** • acvmsk@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY Shakopee, MN

Systems Sr. Engineer 09/2013 – present

• Setup and configuration of new HP Servers.

• Installation and maintenance of Linux operating system (RHEL) and oracle software such as Grid Infrastructure, Databases and Cloud Control.

• Database administration support such as user management, storage administration (table re-orgs), backup and recovery, proactive/reactive monitoring and resource management.

• Database performance tuning and query optimization.

• Application of security patches and updates.

• Developed bare metal backup and recovery process using AMANDA.

• Support of FIS middleware.

• Technical user support.

• Designed, recommended and implemented database solutions.

• Develop and maintain process documentation.

• Communicate with oracle support to resolve major oracle software issues.

• Testing of database upgrade procedures in preparation to adopt Oracle Database 12c. MCKINLEY CONSULTANTS Bloomington, MN

Contract Jr. Oracle Developer/DBA at Seagate 07/2012 – 09/2013

• Created scripts for verification and validation of Oracle Database migration from 10g to 11g.

• Performed and documented Database upgrade.

• Designed, recommended and implemented database solutions.

• Develop and maintain process documentation.

• Performed, advised and implemented Database and Query performance.

• Proactively and reactively monitored production, dev and test databases.

• Provided support for materialized views and helped troubleshoot replication issues.

• Performed general database administration tasks such as user management, storage administration, resource management, performance reports generation and backup/recovery. INNOVATIVE COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS Burnsville, MN

Jr. Oracle Database Administrator 09/2010 – 07/2012

• Installed and managed Oracle Database 11g Grid Control and management agents.

• Automated the generation of monthly commission reports in MS SQL Server 2000 database.

• Automated Database Backup and Recovery.

• Evaluated ETL/Data Integration tools such as Pentaho DI and Talend Open Studio.

• Proactively and reactively monitored production, dev and test databases. DATA INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES (FINTECH – KENYA) Nairobi, Kenya Programmer 04/2010 – 07/2010

• Advanced and maintained the functionality of check truncation software.

• Provided technical support to FINTECH’s clients such as NIC bank.

• Deployed J2ME applications into mobile phones.

• Troubleshoot Oracle Database issues on test environment. INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES Nairobi, Kenya

Senior Instructor 01/2009 – 04/2010

• Taught oracle database courses that included Oracle Database 10g Fundamentals I, Oracle 10g SQL Expert track and Oracle JDeveloper track.

• Installed, setup and configured databases, networks and other software for learning purposes.

• Set up online exams to be taken by students.

• Updated training and test material to reflect the latest release of oracle. EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Minneapolis, MN

• Masters of Science in Software Engineering:

o Data Modeling, Software Requirements/ Design/Architecture/ Testing, Quality Assurance and Process Improvement, Web Application Development, Big Data Strategies, Project Management MONGODB UNIVERSITY Online Course

• M102: MongoDB for DBAs

• M202: Advanced Deployment and Operations

MOI UNIVERSITY Eldoret, Kenya

• BSc. Computer Science

TECHNO BRAIN Nairobi, Kenya

• Oracle Database10g Administration I and II

• Introduction to SQL/PLSQL

INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES Nairobi, Kenya

• Oracle Database10g Data Guard Administration

• Oracle 10g Forms and Reports

• Programming in PL/SQL

CERTIFICATIONS

• CompTIA Project +

• Oracle Certified Expert, Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g and Grid Infrastructure Administrator

• Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Certified Expert

• Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional

• Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Professional OTHER SKILLS

• Operating Systems like Windows 98/2000/Xp, DOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

• Software Development in java, php/mysql, oracle forms and reports, pl/sql, sql

• Databases like Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Microsoft Access

• Performance tuning, troubleshooting

ASSOCIATIONS

• Twin Cities Oracle User Group (TCOUG)

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