Richard Chungong
[Union City City, Georgia] [346-***-****] [***************@*****.********]
APPLICATIONS / IT SYSTEMS DBA
Enterprise Applications IT Strategy Application Delivery Data & Integration Production Support
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
IT professional with [8–12+] years of experience supporting enterprise applications, databases, integrations, production environments, and technology initiatives. Experienced in partnering with business users and IT teams to understand requirements, troubleshoot complex application and data issues, coordinate deployments, support testing and validation, and deliver reliable solutions.
Strong background in production database and application support, incident management, data validation, performance troubleshooting, change management, disaster recovery, and cross-functional project delivery. Skilled at translating business requirements into technical solutions, coordinating with development and infrastructure teams, documenting solutions, and supporting continuous improvement of enterprise systems.
Well suited for a Planning Applications leadership role requiring close collaboration with business stakeholders, IT teams, Centers of Excellence, application development teams, and integration resources.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Enterprise Application Management
IT Strategy & Roadmap
Planning Applications Support
Kinaxis / RapidResponse [if applicable]
Talend / Data Integration [if applicable]
Master Data / MDP [if applicable]
Business Requirements Gathering
Functional & Technical Analysis
Application Enhancements
Production Support
Incident & Problem Management
Deployment & Release Management
Testing & Data Validation
Change Management
Data Quality & Reconciliation
Application Integration
SQL / Oracle Databases
Performance Troubleshooting
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Technical Documentation
User & IT Training
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Vendor / COE Collaboration
Continuous Improvement
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Syniti Corporation — [Boston, MA
Senior Oracle DBA / Database & Application Support Engineer
[Sept 2021] – May - 2026
Support mission-critical enterprise applications and database environments, ensuring system availability, reliability, performance, and data integrity.
Partner with application teams, business users, developers, infrastructure teams, and other IT stakeholders to investigate issues and deliver technical solutions.
Gather and analyze requirements for application enhancements, database changes, integrations, reporting requirements, and production improvements.
Participate in application and infrastructure projects from requirements analysis through development, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
Coordinate production deployments and database changes while following established change management and production safety processes.
Investigate complex application and data issues by analyzing SQL queries, database objects, transaction data, logs, audit information, and system behavior.
Manage incidents from identification through resolution, documenting root causes, corrective actions, and long-term preventive measures.
Perform data validation and reconciliation to ensure application outputs accurately reflect underlying source data.
Collaborate with development and integration teams to troubleshoot interfaces, data flows, batch processes, and system dependencies.
Support testing activities by preparing test data, validating results, documenting findings, and coordinating defect resolution with technical and business teams.
Develop technical documentation covering solutions, operational procedures, troubleshooting steps, deployment activities, and system changes.
Support disaster recovery, backup/recovery, high availability, and business continuity activities for critical applications.
Identify opportunities to improve application reliability, database performance, automation, monitoring, and operational processes.
Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to team members and application support personnel.
Communicate technical issues and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Oracle DBA / Database Administrator
[Trade Corporation] – [July 2018 - Aug 2021]
Managed Oracle database environments supporting business-critical applications and enterprise workloads.
Performed database administration, monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, backup/recovery, and production support.
Worked closely with application development and business teams to resolve data-related issues and support application enhancements.
Analyzed SQL execution plans, database performance metrics, locks, waits, resource utilization, and application queries to identify performance bottlenecks.
Supported application releases by reviewing database changes, coordinating deployment activities, validating results, and resolving post-deployment issues.
Participated in requirements analysis and technical design for application and database enhancements.
Performed data validation and reconciliation during application changes, migrations, interfaces, and production deployments.
Investigated production incidents and performed root-cause analysis to distinguish actual data problems from application, query, integration, or reporting issues.
Maintained technical documentation and operational procedures for database and application support.
Participated in backup restoration and disaster recovery testing to validate recoverability of critical systems.
Coordinated with infrastructure, development, QA, application support, and business teams to deliver project requirements.
Accenture Corporation, Techcity, Mauritius
Oracle Database Administrator / IT Systems Engineer
[March 2015] – [June 2018]
Supported enterprise Oracle database environments and applications in production and non-production environments.
Performed database monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and availability management.
Assisted development teams with SQL, database design, data analysis, and application-related database issues.
Supported system testing, application releases, data migrations, and production implementations.
Participated in incident management and problem resolution for business-critical applications.
Created and maintained technical documentation, procedures, and operational standards.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify technical risks and implement sustainable solutions.
Enterprise Application Enhancement & Deployment
Worked with business and technical stakeholders to understand enhancement requirements and translate them into actionable technical deliverables.
Coordinated development, testing, validation, deployment, and post-production support activities.
Documented test results, implementation steps, issues, and final solutions.
Data Validation & Reporting Investigation
Investigated an incident where business reporting showed incorrect customer transaction totals.
Compared reported results against underlying transaction tables, audit records, database counts, and source data.
Established that the underlying data was consistent and that there was no evidence of database corruption.
Traced the issue to a reporting query that joined transaction data with a historical mapping table without appropriately restricting effective dates, resulting in duplicate transaction representation.
Worked with the appropriate technical stakeholders to correct the query logic and validate the resulting business output.
Production Safety & Change Management
Follow structured production change procedures that include impact assessment, dependency analysis, validation planning, rollback planning, testing, approvals, and post-change verification.
Review potentially destructive database and application changes carefully before production implementation.
Coordinate with application owners and stakeholders to minimize operational risk during deployments.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Supported backup, recovery, high-availability, and disaster-recovery processes for critical database environments.
Participated in recovery testing and validation activities to ensure systems and data could be restored within defined operational requirements.
Documented recovery procedures, test results, issues, and corrective actions.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Databases: Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, [SQL Server/PostgreSQL/etc.]
Oracle Technologies: RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, ASM, GoldenGate [include only technologies you actually use]
Integration: Talend [if applicable], ETL/ELT, APIs, batch processing, data interfaces
Planning / Enterprise Applications: Kinaxis / RapidResponse [if applicable], MDP / Master Data [if applicable]
Operating Systems: Linux/Unix, Windows
Cloud: [AWS / Azure / OCI — specify actual experience]
Tools: [ServiceNow / Jira / Git / Jenkins / monitoring tools / other tools]
Other: Production Support, Incident Management, Change Management, Release Management, Data Validation, Disaster Recovery, Performance Tuning, Requirements Analysis
EDUCATION
[DEGREE] — [FIELD OF STUDY]
[UNIVERSITY of the District of Columbia, ], [ Washington, DC]
[1993]
CERTIFICATIONS
Oracle Certification]
AWS Certified Architect Certification
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHS
Strong communication with business and technical stakeholders
Requirements gathering and technical analysis
Cross-functional project coordination
Production incident and problem management
Data-driven troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
Technical documentation and knowledge transfer
Application deployment and change management