Oracle database administrator

(Ms.) Chifeng Gu

Phone: 770-***-**** Marietta, GA 30067

Email: *********@*****.*** US Citizen

HIGHLIGHTS

●24 years of experience as an Oracle DBA. 15 years of experience as a SQL Server DBA

●Oracle Certified Professional: Oracle Database 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c and 19c.

●Oracle Certified Expert: Oracle RAC 11gR2 and Grid Infrastructure Administration.

●Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

●Installation, configuration and support of databases running Oracle 8/8i/9i/10g/11g/12c/19c. Strong knowledge of RMAN, Data Pump, Partitioning, Performance Tuning, OEM, Transparent Data Encryption, DataGuard, Replication, Auditing and Backup/Recovery.

●Installation, configuration and support of SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2008R2/2012 in both non-clustered and clustered environments. Strong knowledge of clustering, performance tuning, replication (SQL-to-SQL and SQL-to-Oracle), partitioning, and Backup/Recovery.

●Strong knowledge of Unix shell scripting, TOAD, SQL Developer, ERwin, Idera and other tools.

●Strong trouble-shooting and problem-solving abilities. Proven ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly. Excellent analytical and communication skills.

EXPERIENCE

Virtustream/EMC/Dell, Senior Database Advisor, Feb, 2015 – Dec. 2024

●Owned, tracked and resolved database related incidents and requests within SLAs.

●Lead database related tasks for Virtustream cloud based clients. Established and maintained communication with technology customers.

●Interviewed applicants for building a DBA team in India and also adding team members in the US.

●Collaborated with responsible parties to come up with strategic solutions to recurring problems.

●Initiated and performed database changes on non-prod and production systems in accordance with Change Management policies and procedures.

●In both SAP and non-SAP Oracle databases performed Oracle database upgrade and patching.

●Responsible for database trouble-shooting and making recommendations for performance tuning.

●Performed database migration from Oracle to SQL Server for a customer.

●Setup and maintained Oracle DataGuard for a SAP Oracle client with fast-start failover function.

LERETA, LLC, Sr. Database Administrator, Aug. 2014 – Oct. 2014

●Technical lead on the RETax database migration from QBE to LERETA.

●Performed all the tasks related to RETax database migration from QBE to LERETA.

●Wrote a detailed knowledge transfer (KT) document for LERETA.

ZC Sterling/Sterling National/QBE First, Sr. Database Engineer, Sept. 2000 – Aug. 2014

●Daily database monitoring and maintenance in the RETax database system. Responsible for making recommendations on storage capacity planning. Created and implemented procedures on history data purge.

●Database performance monitoring and tuning. Assisted development and production support teams in trouble-shooting, application performance tuning and solving data related issues.

●Built new databases for new clients based on business requirements.

●Technical lead on Oracle upgrades, setting up Oracle AUDIT, conducting Disaster Recovery exercises, evaluating 3rd party software and making recommendations to senior management.

●The “go-to-person” on trouble-shooting and performance tuning.

●Trained and mentored lower-level DBA personnel.

EDUCATION

●Master of Science in Geology (focused on data analyses of related geochemistry)

June 1994, Georgia State University (Atlanta, Georgia, USA).

●Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

July 1983, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan, China).

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