Lawrence Siringwani [Mr.]

Masters Of Commerce in Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

(Midlands State University pending)

B.Sc. Honors Degree in Information Systems

(Midlands State University completed)

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Certified Associate

Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Certified Specialist

Oracle Certified Expert, Oracle Database 12c Maximum Availability

Oracle Certified Expert Data Guard Administration 12c (OCE)

Oracle Certified Expert RAC &Grid Infrastructure 12C (OCE)

Oracle Database Certified Professional 12C (OCP)

Oracle Database Certified Associate 11G (OCA)

Cisco Certified Associate (CCNA)

Clean Class Four Driver’s License

House No# 21008 Elizabeth Park Ruwa

Cell: +263-***-***-***

Country of residence: Zimbabwe

Nationality: Zimbabwean

Country code: +263

Email: advsrk@r.postjobfree.com

D. O. B: 07 OCTOBER 1987

I.D NUMBER: 03-142884-C-03

GENDER: MALE

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

I am Self-motivated and hard working with experience in most aspects of database administration, Linux Administration, performance tuning, networking and Desktop Support. I have excelled mostly in Database administration, Linux administration database development, data analysis, database tuning, ICT troubleshooting, storage configuration, team building and team leading

OBJECTIVE

I am now looking to progress into a decisive IT position. I am therefore keen to find a new and suitably challenging role that will allow me to prove my managerial skills, vast database development and administration skills acquired from different companies I worked for.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science Honors Degree in Information Systems

Midlands State University, Zimbabwe

WORK EXPERIENCE

Enterprise Data Architect - NMB bank

October 2019 – current

Manages the Provision of computing and database resources in line with strategy and on demand daily needs

Participates in the investigation of Information Security Incidents and development of remediation/prevention mechanisms

Design, configures and installs databases according to user specifications

Installs and configures relevant Database network components to ensure database access as well as database consistency and integrity

Review all technical changes proposed for the production environments

Conducts daily database administration including performance monitoring and optimization

Setup operating systems environments for database installations

Reporting to the Head of ICT

Testing the technicalities to meet the business RPO and RTO

Testing switchover and failover mechanisms of Oracle and PostgreSQL databases so that in the case of any disaster it will be a walkover

Test and implement data replication tools/methods for example golden gate and data guard

Testing of backups and give recommendations on new procedures for doing restorations and backups of data

design, develop, maintain and secure the bank 's databases and related information

Configuration and setting up of high availability, recovery, security and performance.

Development and maintenance of database objects

Conduct research and make recommendations on database products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts

Manage database backup and recovery operations.

Plan and coordinate data migrations between systems.

Develop, implement, and maintain change control and testing procedures for databases.

Creation and maintenance of technical documentation.

Development and maintenance of servers

Development of reports, tools and integration components as required.

Provide reports on infrastructure, usage and performance.

Supervision of database administrators, and infrastructure administrators.

Database Administrator - ZIMRA

Aug 2016 – Sep 2019

Install and configure oracle databases on any OS platform

Zimra data management system maintenance and development, defining database requirements

Timely produce quality standard reports daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and other adhoc reports as per request on tax payment

Review and update the ICT manual, follow up on ICT compliance and ensure audit readiness

Ensures that the organization systems are working correctly through uptime monitoring and rating checks

Analyses, design, develop, implement and maintain the ASYCUDA system

SQL query building for business reporting purposes

Prepare and configure database environment for application installation

Participate in application modeling walk-through to review entity relationship diagrams and process diagrams for conformance to standards and completeness of requirements

Recommend database management systems and hardware platforms to be used in system implementations

Assign and control names used for the various portions of database including transaction codes, elements, tables, records, schema and sub schema

Ensure adequate security safeguards are in place to control access to all databases

Allocate disk space for new data tables and monitor space utilization for existing data tables

Create and maintain documentation of database errors and solution to help resolve future problems

Prepare periodic reports on the status of all database systems and database usage

Perform workload analysis and memory management on database and application systems

Monitor performance and update parameters to provide fast query responses to front-end users

Implement and manage Oracle tools and technology including but not limited to ASM, FRA, Flashback database and RMAN

Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required database schemas are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary

Write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)

Linux suse administration

Database Engineer - Public Service Commission of Zimbabwe

Feb 2013 – Aug 2016

Configuration of servers

Software installation on laptops and desktops

PSC data management system maintenance and development, defining ICT requirements for the SAP HCM system

Implement the HCM system which is now being used by several ministries including Education and Finance

Identifying training needs for SAP users and recommend training

Defining roles for system users (ICT and non-ICT users)

Liaise and participate in meetings and forums discussing SAP programme and data related issues

Ensures that the organization systems are working correctly through uptime monitoring and rating checks

Install, update and upgrade database management system

Prepare and configure database environment for application installation

Participate in application modeling walk-through to review entity relationship diagrams and process diagrams for conformance to standards and completeness of requirements

Recommend database management systems and hardware platforms to be used in system implementations

Assign and control names used for the various portions of database including transaction codes, elements, tables, records, schema and sub schema

Ensure adequate security safeguards are in place to control access to all databases

Allocate disk space for new data tables and monitor space utilization for existing data tables

Create and maintain documentation of database errors and solution to help resolve future problems

Prepare periodic reports on the status of all database systems and database usage

Perform workload analysis and memory management on database and application systems

Monitor performance and update parameters to provide fast query responses to front-end users

Implement and manage Oracle tools and technology including but not limited to ASM, FRA, Flashback database and RMAN

Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required database schemas are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary

Write database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata)

Administering the server architecture on AIX

Analyze and isolate the network architecture

Routers and switches configuration

RELEVANT SKILL

Skills

Skill Name

Skill Level

Databases

Oracle, SQL server, MySQL, postgres

Expert

Report building

PL/SQL, SQL

Expert

Operating Systems

MS Windows, suse Linux, oracle Linux, Solaris

Intermediate

Networking

TCP/IP, LANs, WANs, and Cisco routers and switches

Intermediate

Internet

Browsing and Email Solutions

Expert

Support

Software Installations, Hardware Repairs, Office Support

Expert

LANGUAGES

Shona and English (Spoken and written).

INTERESTS

I like to be a good leader with followers rather than to be a dictator, I also like to assist my subordinates whenever they face a barrier in the execution of their ICT operations tasks

My Motto is to empower the team members because knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied

REFEREES

Mr. K Ganda

(Business Information Manager)

Delta Beverages

Coca Cola Graniteside

Harare

Cell. 071*******

Mr. D Muchuchuti

(Zimnat Head Business Systems Support

Cell 077*-***-***

Mr T Mbawa

(Head Business Solutions)

ZIMRA

Head Office Kurima house Harare

(077*******)

Mrs M Zengeni

(ICT General Manager)

Public Service Commission NASA building corner Julius Nyerere and 2nd Street

Harare

Cell:071*******

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