SASHEN RAMKUARA
Verulam
Kwa-Zulu-Natal
South Africa
**************@*****.***
Summary
I am a very Passionate IT Professional with a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology.I Currently have 2+ years of experience as a Database Administrator. Seeking to use my additional skills and experience to help improve efficiency and performance in my role, expand my knowledge base and improve business turnaround and efficiency.
Skills
● Microsoft SQL Server
● Sql Query Writing and Reporting
● Automation
● Performance Tuning
● Database Administration
● Logical Reasoning
● troubleshooting skills
● Management skills
● Data Analysis
● Problem Solving
● Communication skills
● Microsoft Office Suite
Language
English - Proficiency: Native
Experience
Interactive Solutions Sa, Durban -Database Administrator From: 08/02/2022 To 01/06/2023
BetSoftware, Umhlanga -Junior Database Administrator From: 07/10/2024 To Current
Summary of duties
● Supervising and collaborating with Developers and other Database administrators with regards to any modification or creation of scripts, stored procedures database objects and jobs that may have an impact on the systems functions.
● Responsibility for maintaining the integrity and performance of the database.
● Ensure that data is stored securely and optimally.
● Ensure that data is sent and received securely with adequate protections.
● Informing end users of changes that have been implemented or will be implemented on the database that may affect business.
● Training End users to ensure that any new changes that have been implemented on the database will not negatively impact business.
● Creating and modifying existing procedures, rules and automations in order to improve database performance, ensure database integrity and comply with requests from business/clients.
● Creation, modification and deployment of reports according to specifications set out by business.
● Training of junior database administrator(s) to ensure performance is kept to a specific standard.
● Troubleshooting of any issues that arise which may affect the database.
● Responsibility for maintaining the integrity and performance of the database.
● Monitoring Health of Databases and Performance of their systems and making changes or providing suggestions to improve performance.
● Monitoring Replication and troubleshooting issues with replication.
● Modifying procedures and automation in a live production environment.
● Setting up sql server on production and testing environments.
● Creation, modification and deployment of Dashboards to aid with monitoring and other dba tasks.
Education
Richfield, Umhlanga, KZN - Bachelor of Science Honors in Information Technology MAR 2024 - JAN 2025
Richfield, Umhlanga, KZN - Bachelor of Science in Information Technology With an Elective in Systems Engineering
JAN 2018 - JAN 2021
Mountview Secondary School, Verulam, KZN - National Senior Certificate JAN 2012 - JAN 2017
Certifications
CockRoach Labs- Enterprise Application Development with CockroachDB IIIEnterprise Application Development with CockroachDB III
NOV 2024
CockRoach Labs- Foundations of Schema Design in CockroachDB NOV 2024
CockRoach Labs- Building a Highly Resilient Multi-region Database using CockroachDB OCT 2024
CockRoach Labs- CockroachDB Query Performance for Developers OCT 2024
CockRoach Labs- Enterprise Application Development with CockroachDB I OCT 2024
CockRoach Labs- Enterprise Application Development with CockroachDB IIEnterprise Application Development with CockroachDB II
OCT 2024
CockRoach Labs- Getting Started with SQL for Application DevelopersGetting Started with SQL for Application Developers
OCT 2024
CockRoach Labs- Introduction to Distributed SQL and CockroachDBIntroduction to Distributed SQL and CockroachDB
OCT 2024
CockRoach Labs- Managing Latency in a Strongly-Consistent Multi-Region DatabaseManaging Latency in a Strongly-Consistent Multi-Region Database OCT 2024
CockRoach Labs- Practical First Steps with CockroachDBPractical First Steps with CockroachDB
OCT 2024