SWETHA PATNAIKUNI
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SUMMARY
With experience in companies like Home Depot and Norfolk Southern, a graduate in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. looking for SQL Server Database Administrator positions
EXPERIENCE
HOME DEPOT USA, INC., Atlanta, GA Jan 2010-Current
SQL Server Database Administrator
•Responsibilities include database performance tuning, installing and upgrading SQL Server and its databases, clustering, monitoring database health, coordinating with storage teams on capacity planning and storage distribution, backing up and restoring databases, maintenance of database users and security, database development, SSIS/SSAS development along with application teams and troubleshooting, data transfer and replication, mirroring, log shipping and server diagnostics and analysis.
•Working as a Primary DBA on several projects including
•SCOM: Setting up Microsoft’s SCOM Monitoring Environment that extends across all platforms and across all data centers within Home Depot
•SQL Server Consolidation Project and Virtualization: Working on this effort to consolidate all SQL Servers across the Enterprise at all life cycles implementing VMWare’s concepts of Virtualization
•Enterprise Directory: Platinum level High Availability DR project tied to the company’s Active Directory structure accessed by the company’s 350,000+ employees.
•Out For Repair : This is a subsidiary of Home Depot’s Tool Rental Project and is a store facing application
•Worked as Primary DBA for projects such as SCCM, store-facing 20-20 Virtual Showroom, Windows Refresh and Database Refresh, Promotion Manager Upgrade, HP Opsware Upgrade 8.0, Captiva Upgrade, HP Quality Center Upgrade and Database Refresh Project within Home Depot.
•Automated the process of monitoring Home Depot’s entire inventory of SQL Servers to ensure good backups of all servers using Powershell Scripting. Also, provide 24x7 on-call support for Production Databases.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN, Atlanta, GA Jan 2009-May 2009
Brio Developer – Business Intelligence (Spring Internship)
•Worked on the company’s business intelligence (Brio) team and was involved in the data warehousing team.
•Handled web application development and support for several projects and prepared logistics for projects
•Handled direct customer interaction in the form of collecting requirements
OPEN SYSTEMS INC., Alpharetta, GA
May 2008– Dec 2008
Application Developer (Summer Internship)
•Worked on analysis, design, development and testing of several applications by working with clients.
•Developed a full text search engine that was immediately incorporated by the client.
•Provided support for previously developed products and ongoing projects. Worked on developing several test cases using Selenium and also handled several other assignments like solving issues related to maintenance of applications using technologies such as Velocity, HTML, JavaScript, Java, etc. on the Turbine framework.
EDUCATION
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Atlanta, GA
Masters of Science in Computer Science, Dec 2009
•Magna Cum Laude, National Scholars Honors Society in May 2009
•Graduate Research Assistant, Earth System Curator Project funded by National Science Foundation (NSF): Worked on auto generation of coupler code for climate modeling using ESMF tool involving technologies such as Linux, FORTRAN and XML.
GANDHI INSTITUTE OF TECNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (GITAM), Andhra University, India
Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, May 2007
•Department Topper, Bachelors of Technology, GITAM in 2006 and 2007
•Developed Rainfall Prediction using Artificial Neural Networks: multilayered feed forward neural networks trained with error back propagation algorithm were employed for short term prediction of rainfall using C++.
•Designed Customer Relationship Management System (CRMS) as an open order management application offering appropriate security and control; used JSP, Servlets and Oracle 8i backend.
SKILLS
Databases: SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, ORACLE 8i/10G, POSTGRESQL, MYSQL, DB2
Software: C, C++, SQL, J2SE, J2EE, FORTRAN, FLASH, MS ACCESS
Packages: MS WORD, MS POWERPOINT, MS EXCEL, ADOBE, VISUAL STUDIO
Operating Systems: MS DOS, WINDOWS (XP, 2000, 98, NT, Vista, Server 2000, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2), LINUX, UNIX
Modeling Languages: UML
Web Technologies: HTML, JAVASCRIPT, XML, VELOCITY, CSS
Business Intelligence tools: Brio
Other tools: SSRS, SSIS, PSSDIAG, SQL Nexus, SCOM, PAL, SQL Profiler
CERTIFICATIONS
•Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS 070-431) – Microsoft SQL Server 2005-Implementation and Maintenance (Certification ID: 6906221), Apr 2009
HONORS AND AWARDS
•Home Depot Homer Award - for upgrading all (about 400) SQL Server database servers in Feb 2011
•Pillars of Excellence at Home Depot- for successfully installing the first 5 node SQL Server cluster in Home Depot for the SCOM monitoring set-up throughout the enterprise across all platforms in Oct 2010
•Homer Award for Outstanding Performance – awarded within the first 4 months of joining Home Depot – for establishing a centralized backup monitoring system using PowerShell and SQL server in Jul 2010
•Best Paper Award for paper on Iris Recognition at CBIT, National Technical Symposium in Mar 2006
PAPER PUBLICATIONS
•Iris Recognition – An Emerging Biometric Technology at National Level Technical Symposium, Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology (CBIT), India in Mar 2006
•An Organization of Data in a Data Warehouse at National Level Technical Symposium, SRKR College of Engineering, India in Aug 2005
ACTIVITIES
•At Home Depot, organized knowledge sharing sessions within the database team as well as with other teams to educate about new technologies implemented
•Member of the Atlanta Powershell User Group
•Active member of Georgia Tech ICGT Club
•CSE Class Representative at Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), India
•Acted as a liaison between the professors and students
•Organized Technical and Cultural Symposium at GITAM
•Captain of CSE Throwball team, GITAM, India
•Editor of Diya Magazine, Visakhapatnam, India