Prashanth P
Oracle DBA
Phone: 302-***-**** Email: **************@*****.***
Professional Summary
Over Eight years of experience as Database Administrator in multiple Database technologies
Expertise in Design, Configure, Create, Monitor, Administration, Backup, Monitoring, upgradation, Patching, Grid Infrastructure, Cloud infrastructure
Strong experience installation and configuration of Oracle 12c Container Databases, Pluggable on standalone servers and cluster on windows and UNIX platforms.
Experience in Amazon Web Services Cloud environment
About Three years of experience in MongoDB Administration
Strong Experience in MongoDB administration, maintenance, monitoring
Strong command on performance tuning and proven experience in troubleshooting performance of SQL Server databases
Experience in business object tool SAP Lumira, and business intelligence Qlik
Experience in creation of database for database environments, Dev, Test, UAT, SIT, and Production
Experience in RAC, OEM, Patching, and Upgradation of database
Extensively worked on Real Application Clusters (RAC) setup, configuration, and cluster interconnection with Automatic Storage Management (ASM), configured user log on load balancing and failover on RAC database for high availability
Design and implementation experience of Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) 12c for database monitoring.
Experience in troubleshooting RAC databases and engaging with application team for gaining performance enhancements for application in clustered environment
Expertise in Automatic Storage Management (ASM), VERITAS Volume Manager Administration, Cluster Interconnects, Load balancing and designing failover systems on UNIX platforms.
Expertise in Critical Patch Update (CPU)/Patch Set Update (PSU) and One-off Patches using OPatch and runInstaller under UNIX and Windows
Strong installation and configuration of Golden Gate with experience in controlling processes such as Extract, Replicate, and Manager
Experience in carrying out RMAN cloning operations in 10g/11g to clone production environment
Effectively deployed active data guard standby on 11g database for test and production environments and performed switchover drills for immediate availability.
Experience in writing shell scripting and Perl scripting
Experience in administration and development of SQL server database system and IBM DB2 Systems
Great understanding of MongoDB, Cassandra DB NO-SQL database technologies
Experience in developing BMC Remedy tool for all change management process
Implemented Data guard for Disaster Recovery and performing production databases Maintenance.
Experience in Performance, Tuning of databases using AWR, ADDM explain plan, stats pack, and TKPROF and dictionary views. Gather statistics, de-fragmentation of table, re-organize structure. Monitor memory, index, Schedule jobs, Partition pruning for big table.
Tuning of database for Top Sql/session, bottle-neck issues, and Tune init parameter, Full table scan and Index usage
Strong exposure on Oracle Access Manager (OAM), Access Gate, Single Sign On
Proficiency in SQL Server Administration:
About 3 years of experience in SQL Server 2012 in designing database
Good understanding of T-SQL syntax
Good working knowledge of SSMS, SQL Profiler
Worked on Database replication, analysis Services
Good understanding of SQL server architecture, T-SQL
Worked in database tuning, performance and optimizations
Monitoring Daily backup for Databases
Strong understanding of SQL server databases
Strengths:
Ability to communicate fluently both technically and in general
Knowledge of VLSS and Six Sigma environments
Experience in handing crisis bridges, weekly team calls, Change Activity calls
Experience in handling team lead position, as a backup
Experience in giving presentations to Executive level whenever required
Capable of understanding and working in Sense of urgency
Capable of handing of multiple systems change activates in production environments.
Mentor for team members
Enthusiastic to learn and explore new concepts and new technologies
Team Player, Sharing the knowledge to team on new enhancements
Certifications:
ITIL Foundation Certification V3
Education:
Bachelors in computer science
Technical skills:
Platforms
Linux, Sun Solaris, Centos Windows, AWS Cloud
Languages
Shell Scripting, Oracle PL/SQL
RDBMS
Oracle 10g, 11g, 12c, IBM DB2 9.7, Sql server 2008 R2, MongoDB, Cassandra DB
Utilities
Oracle Pl/SQL Oracle RAC, Oracle Standalone, Grid Infrastructure, Oracle ASM
Tools
Oracle Enterprise Manager, Grid Control, TOAD, Oracle Golden gate, Oracle Streams
Business Intelligence
SAP Lumira, Qlikview.
Security tools
Spunk, Wireshark.
Middleware
Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Manager, Access Gate, Single Sign On
Professional Experiences
Verizon Communications May 2013 to Current
Basking Ridge, NJ
Job Title: Senior-Database Admin
Project Description:
Verizon Communications employees, vendors, enterprise customers those access the Verizon information systems should pass through the Single Sign on (SSO) authentication system. Oracle Access Manager (OAM) and Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) manages this authentication system; applications, websites, tools, products are integrated to Single Sign on (SSO) system. My role is administration of Database of OAM, OIM, SSO systems.
My Roles
Expertise in Planning, Design, Development, Installation, administration, monitoring, maintenance of enterprise database systems for Oracle and SQL server
Supporting 40 plus applications, and about 150 database systems for different environment
Responsible for all duties for the database administration, configuration, administration, installation, database design, modeling, development, user creation, networking for the client-server environments
Experience in setting up Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure
Responsible for writing scripts for database backups using Data pump utility for tape drives, and RMAN backup scripts for daily backup
Responsible as primary database administrator for 40 application for Dev, test, UAT, production environments
Responsible for database monitoring, maintenance, upgradation, patching.
Experience in developing PL/SQL procedures, triggers
Experience in configuration of Oracle Enterprise manager monitoring for all the databases
Expertise in configuration of golden gate environment between Oracle and SQL server databases
Responsible for opening Service Request to Oracle on critical issues, collaborating with team, updating the regular status of SR- results to the managers, and DBA director. Following up the support team to gain the appropriate resolution strategy and steps for the issue
Responsible for supporting the major releases development, testing, and deployment strategy, steps, documentation, and deployments are tested in production like environment.
Responsible to work with all the team for step by step deployment of major release, gain approvals for major releases on the production systems
Responsible for business continuity strategy for the system in my support, Disasters systems locations, availability, accurate ETA to switch to disasters system if some incident are reported and databases are down.
Configuration of Test, UAT, Dev database environments depend on the project requirements.
Configuring and Administration of RAC infrastructure
Experience in 12c multitenant architecture, configuring CDB, PDB databases
Experience in reviewing AWR, ADDM reports for troubleshooting the performance related issues
Very strong in Creation, Installation, Administration, Maintenance, Backup restore, and recovery of Oracle database Server in Single Instance & RAC for 11g.
Core Knowledge of internal working of UNIX operating system
Database patching, OEM administration
Database creation, Administration, Monitoring, Maintenance activities are handled for VRD (Verizon Rapid Delivery) environments.
Monitoring of alert log file, and regular database health checkup
Experience in handling production releases, Major and Minor releases, Maintenance activities
Checking and verifying for the corrupt blocks and recovering them.
Tuning Oracle databases and tuning applications, with Tuning Tools like OEM, SQL analyzer, Statspack, AWR, ADDM, ASH, RDA, Explain plan, TKPROF, SQL TRACE, SQLT, TRCA, RAT(Real Application Testing) Tool and Oradebug.
Experience in handling Crisis Bridge
EPS-DBA (Enterprise production support-DBA) team which was responsible for supporting all the production databases
Responsible in handling Very Large Database Environments (VLDB)
Environment: Oracle 9i/10g/11g, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, OEM GC, TOAD, RAC, RMAN, Legato Networker, Explain Plan, Data Pump, AWR, ADDM, Oracle Replication, SQL*Plus, PL/SQL, SQL*Loader, Oracle Access Manager(OAM), Oracle Identity Manager(OIM), Single Sign On(SSO)
Convergys Dec 2012 to Apr 2013
Watertown, NY
Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator
Project Description:
This Project involved managing all Oracle Database systems for one of the Health care client. About 20 applications are Mission and Business critical. Managing 200+ databases in 24/7 shifts. Applications have monthly, quarterly production releases. DBA instant tickets, documentation of database systems, disaster systems, recovery planning. Developing customized reports daily inwards, outwards patients, transaction metrics.
My Roles
Verifying AWR, ADDM reports, checking the statistics and troubleshooting for good performance of the database
Handling incident tickets opened up for DBA team, Space issues, database high CPU issues, memory utilization above the threshold, open cursor issues.
Incident tickets with ETA, resolution should not breach the ETA time.
Handling sensitive environment, customer dependent applications, very short SLA duration.
High level monitoring of the database using many different tools, constant health checks of the systems.
Process oriented environment, documentation of every problem of the databases, resolution with proof of concepts.
Stability and availability test of the database system are performed after every incident reported, and resolved.
Capacity planning test are performed on all the production systems
Careful verification of the scripts written by developer to identify and control improper use of access levels
Identification of users on the database, eviction of
Experience in database administration like Import/Export, Data Pump, RMAN, and Physical standby databases using Data Guard
Experience on ASM, Data Guard with switch over and fail over.
Expertise in configuring and Maintaining Data Guard
Handling incidents of all the application in support, Running all the basic health checks of the databases respective to the application and confirming on the incident response calls
Handling Change Activity bridges for planning of any Production changes/ Releases /Maintenance activities
Verifying all the database health checks before the business hours are started
Opening SR case - with Oracle for unresolved issues and driving the task for the problems resolution.
Keeping a track of fast forward recovery for the problems occurred and impacted production systems.
Handling on-call duties for week-ends
Environment: Monitoring database, Export, Import, Expdp, Impdp, Production support, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Data Guard.
Convergys Sep 2012 to Dec 2012
Watertown, NY
Job Title: Oracle Database Administrator
Project Description:
These were two database residing in Tampa Data center, Management have decided to move all the database system to Tulsa center. I was responsible for migration of the two very large database system to new hardware. New setup of Oracle Database on new hardware replica to the database in Tampa data center.
My Roles
Planning and migration of databases between different data centers were initiated and driven
Contacting all the teams respective to the application and brought up a plan for migration of the application to new hardware
Closely working with Application Manager for the approval of new hardware and necessary installation of latest version of Operating system
Installation of Oracle 11g and creation of databases with same kind of setup which is available on old hardware
Taking database export dump using Data Pump utility and copying on the new server, and importing the data on the new databases created
Environment: Oracle 11g, Export, Import, SCP, Installation, configuration, networking, ASM(Automatic Storage Management), NAS(Network Attached Storage), Tape Drives, Migration.
Bloomberg L.P Jun 2010 to Aug 2012
Philadelphia, PA
Job Title: Oracle Administrator/Developer
Project Description:
This project is development of new system for the Asset Management business unit/portfolio. The emerging area of business unit required new systems, applications. New environment setup, new database configuration, setup of RAC infrastructure, launch of applications, integration of enterprise products, and applications.
My Roles
Oracle Database support for Dev and test environments.
Database support for production system, administration, configuration of RAC setup
Experience in troubleshooting RAC databases and engaging with application team for gaining performance enhancements for application in clustered environment
Upgraded multiple Standalone and RAC databases and grid infrastructure from 10gR2 to 11gR1
Managed migration processes through Golden Gate Pump process and Checkpoint Table with zero downtime to the target server.
Databases on standalone servers and cluster on windows and UNIX platforms
Experience in configuration of 4 node RAC setup
Load balancing of the database cluster step
Design and setup of disaster recovery system for 4 node RAC database system
Business continuity planning, documentation, practice of the plan, setting of the steps for
Developed Oracle system, based on the requirement designed by architect
Installed Oracle engine, created database, configured environments for developers
Responsible in developing backup and recovery plan for the development databases
Configured Oracle enterprise manager for test, and dev database on existing gird server
Developed prod-like environment for the final stage of testing
Experienced in configuration of Oracle enterprise manger on 10g and 11g versions
Developed 2 node RAC environments on 11g version on RHEL
Tuned and optimized SQL Query, SGA, and Disk I/O using Oracle Enterprise Manager
Installation and configuration of RAC instances in 11g and maintaining clusters with utilities like CRSCTL, SRVCTL, OCRCONFIG, OCRDUMP
Documenting various recovery scenarios for DR site and managing the gaps in archive logs to bring the standby in sync with primary database through Data Guard Broker and building DR environment for the business critical databases
Tuning the SQL statement by analyzing the explain plan and ADDM reports
Application with tuning tools such as TKPROF; EXPLAIN PLAN, ORADEBUG and TRACE FILE to tune SQL Queries
Colruyt Group Feb 2009 to Jun 2010.
Bangalore, India
Job Title: Software Developer/Admin
Project Description
This project is support for production system for retail store, monitoring of the production systems. Development of the changes for next releases and working with developers, tester for deployment of scripts, resolving the issues. Managing the dev, test systems.
My Roles
Creating database for dev, test database for developers
Creation of users, assigning roles, privileges.
Taking backup of the database, RMAN backup for the development database.
Administrative activities of Oracle 10g systems
Handled L1 DBA tasks like, Monitoring Database, Adding space, checking Database health before business day starts, Handling new dev and test request like deploying stored procedure
Database monitoring, administration, maintenance, adding space, adding users, clearing the mount spaces, monitoring the backup of the database
Database health check reports, identifying the long running transactions
Working with developers for the deployments, change in the code, development activities.
Deployments of script of development, test environments
Environment: Oracle 9i, Oracle 10g, Hot backup, Archived logs, backup of databases, user management, Network management, Space management. Monitoring databases, Deployments, PL/SQL Development, Memory Management. Export, Import.
Employer Information:
Assent Solutions LLC
Ashok
Phone: 832-***-****(Direct)
Office: 713-***-****
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