Principal Database Platform Engineering Automation Leader

ESHWAR VEDANTAM

Principal Database Platform Engineer Technical Lead Automation & Performance Engineering

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Principal Database Platform Engineer with 20 years of experience leading architecture, automation, performance engineering, and operational excellence for mission-critical database platforms in large enterprise and financial services environments. Proven experience supporting and automating 200+ Oracle RAC clusters and databases, leading an 8-engineer database platform team, and partnering with application, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to deliver resilient, secure, and scalable database services. Combines deep hands-on expertise in Oracle RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, OEM, SQL/PLSQL, Python, Shell scripting, Ansible, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and Kafka with strong technical leadership, Agile delivery, platform governance, and measurable business outcomes.

LEADERSHIP & BUSINESS IMPACT

• Provided technical leadership for an 8-member onsite/offshore database engineering team supporting Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Redis, and MongoDB platforms.

• Owned engineering delivery for large-scale database platform initiatives spanning provisioning, patching, monitoring, disaster recovery, security, migrations, and performance engineering.

• Built one-click and near-zero downtime automation that standardized database platform delivery, reduced manual effort, improved release consistency, and lowered operational risk.

• Led SQL and PL/SQL performance engineering for high-volume financial applications, including work that improved runtime by up to 95% through query rewrites, index strategy, and contention reduction.

• Partnered across application development, infrastructure, security, network, and operations teams to deliver datacenter migration, compliance, observability, and production release outcomes.

• Recognized for eight consecutive years of strong performance across Morgan Stanley/E*TRADE, including multiple Exceeds Expectations ratings and E*TRADE Game Changer recognition.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database Platforms: Oracle 19c/12c/11g/10g/9i, RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, SharePlex, Redis Enterprise, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server

Automation & Engineering: Python 2/3, Shell Scripting, Bash, Ansible, Jenkins, automation frameworks, one-click deployments, patching orchestration, CLI tooling

Performance & Observability: SQL/PLSQL tuning, AWR, ASH, SQL Monitor, Explain Plans, execution plan stabilization, OEM 13c, Grafana, Kibana, Kafka, NetBackup, TSM

High Availability & DR: RAC, Data Guard, GoldenGate, backup/recovery, RMAN, cloning, refreshes, failover automation, datacenter migration

Development & Delivery: PL/SQL procedures, functions, packages, triggers, cursors, scheduler jobs, SQL scripts, deployment scripts, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement

Security & Governance: Privileged access automation, authorized IP validation, TLS 1.2, SSL/TLS certificate renewal, compliance dashboards, license usage tracking, operational standards

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Morgan Stanley (E*TRADE) - Alpharetta, GA Database Engineer (Principal Database Platform Engineering Lead) Jan 2018 - Jun 2026

Environment: Oracle 19c/12c/11g, RAC, ASM, Data Guard, GoldenGate, Kafka, OEM 13c, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, Python, Ansible, Shell, RHEL, Agile

• Led and automated enterprise database platforms spanning 200+ Oracle RAC clusters and databases supporting mission-critical financial applications.

• Provided technical leadership, mentoring, workload coordination, and platform guidance for an 8-member database engineering team across onsite and offshore locations.

• Architected and implemented datacenter migration strategy across multiple RDBMS platforms, coordinating delivery with infrastructure, application, database, security, and stakeholder teams to minimize operational risk and downtime.

• Engineered one-click Oracle Grid Infrastructure and database deployment frameworks using Python, eliminating manual installation steps, improving build consistency, and accelerating environment delivery.

• Built near-zero downtime Grid Infrastructure and Database PSU patching automation using Python, Ansible, RAC service relocation, rolling node sequencing, validation checks, and controlled execution.

• Developed enterprise Python and Ansible automation for Oracle Grid, database, OEM agent, and JDK upgrades, including CVE remediation across database and infrastructure stacks.

• Designed automation for provisioning, patching, configuration validation, backup/recovery, upgrades, user management, and operational administration across Oracle, Redis, PostgreSQL, and MySQL platforms.

• Developed and deployed Oracle 19c PL/SQL database objects including authentication triggers, stored procedures, functions, packages, cursors, scheduler jobs, SQL scripts, and deployment scripts.

• Built PL/SQL procedures and scheduler jobs to grant and revoke privileged database access, improving operational controls for sensitive database activities.

• Developed a Python CLI interface to create and drop database users on demand, validating requests against Jira, ServiceNow, and Remedy change records to support controlled database operations.

• Implemented database security automation, including authorized IP validation triggers across production database servers based on user profiles and access requirements.

• Led SQL and PL/SQL performance engineering for high-volume applications, including SQL rewrites, index analysis, execution plan stabilization, statistics review, and runtime tuning.

• Served as key performance tuning contact for Equity Edge Online and Stock Plan applications, using AWR, ASH, SQL Monitor, Explain Plans, and index analysis to reduce contention and improve workload performance.

• Led performance tuning for Unified Participant Experience, improving SQL/PLSQL runtime by up to 95% through query rewrites, index strategy, hot-block reduction, and index contention elimination.

• Architected and deployed GoldenGate replication to Kafka for the Equity Edge Online application using GoldenGate 19c extract and GoldenGate for Big Data 19c.

• Developed GoldenGate administration automation for password rotation, encryption key updates, and disaster recovery failover across production deployments.

• Built one-click Python automation to clone production servers to standby and disaster recovery environments as part of datacenter migration initiatives.

• Built one-click shell-based DR-to-mock refresh solution supporting 20+ databases, accelerating lower-environment readiness and reducing manual refresh effort.

• Deployed Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c dual OMS, standardized notification rules and monitoring templates, and automated OEM agent deployment and target promotion.

• Developed operational dashboards for Oracle license usage, database server patch status, Data Guard primary/standby/DR configurations, database growth, session/process usage, ASM disk metrics, CPU, and server load.

• Deployed and administered VMware PostgreSQL 14/15 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, including database/schema/tablespace creation, backup/recovery using pg_dump, pg_basebackup, and pg_restore, and PostgreSQL 14 to 15 upgrades using pg_upgrade.

• Configured PostgreSQL replication using replication slots and developed Python automation to clone MySQL servers to standby environments for datacenter migration.

• Deployed Redis Enterprise 7.8.4 clusters and maintained MySQL 5.7/8.4.4 environments, including operational administration and platform support.

• Worked with Redis and MongoDB vendors to enable TLS 1.2 authentication and Sectigo SSL/TLS certificate renewal, improving security posture for non-Oracle database platforms.

• Collaborated with application developers during Agile sprints to review database changes, support releases, troubleshoot production issues, and optimize SQL/PLSQL performance.

• Documented architecture standards, disaster recovery strategies, deployment procedures, operational runbooks, and database platform standards in Confluence.

Mastech Digital - Verizon Wireless - Warren, NJ Consultant Senior Oracle DBA Apr 2015 - Dec 2017

• Administered highly available Oracle environments supporting POS and device management systems, ensuring database reliability for business-critical platforms.

• Implemented and maintained GoldenGate and SharePlex replication architectures including unidirectional, bidirectional, and multimaster configurations.

• Designed conflict resolution approaches, optimized replication pipelines, and supported performance tuning using baselines, indexing, AWR, and ADDM.

• Automated operational reporting and provided production release support for business-critical systems.

Altisource Labs - Boston, MA Consultant Senior Oracle DBA / Migration Lead Dec 2014 - Apr 2015

• Led cross-platform migration of 30+ enterprise databases from Solaris to Linux using RMAN, transportable tablespaces, and Data Pump.

• Designed migration strategy to minimize downtime and automated schema creation and storage provisioning.

Deloitte Consulting Senior Oracle DBA Consultant Feb 2012 - Nov 2014

• Built Oracle 11g/12c production environments, automated backups, implemented monitoring, and supported database design and refresh procedures.

• Resolved complex memory, locking, and ORA-4031 issues; improved reporting performance through partitioning, resource management, indexing, and SQL tuning.

Genpact IT Services Senior Oracle DBA Lead May 2010 - Feb 2012

• Led migration of 100+ databases to Oracle 11gR2 RAC and managed performance, capacity planning, backup, recovery, and RAC failover for GE clients.

• Automated routine administration tasks, supported zero-downtime releases, and received Bronze Award for exceptional contributions.

HSBC Software Development Senior Oracle DBA Oct 2009 - May 2010

• Supported 500+ databases across global environments; handled patching, cloning, backup/recovery, incident resolution, and SQL tuning using 10046 traces.

IBM India Pvt. Ltd. Oracle DBA Jun 2008 - Jul 2009

• Managed 150+ databases for Maersk Line; delivered standby setup, backups, patching, cloning, cross-platform migrations, and high availability solutions.

• Recognized with IBM High Performance Award for outstanding on-call and project support.

SynergySoft Solutions Oracle DBA May 2006 - Jun 2008

• Installed and administered Oracle databases; performed backup, recovery, migrations, export/import, schema tuning, user management, and automation scripting.

CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS

Oracle Certified Professional (OCP 10g) Oracle RAC Implementation Specialist (11g) ITIL V3 Foundation IBM High Performance Award Genpact Bronze Award E*TRADE Game Changer Recognition

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