Oracle Manager

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Kingsley K Safo

Objective

Looking for a challenging career as an Oracle DBA in a reputed organization with a view to use my experience for the benefit of the company by providing superior performance, reliability, and dedication to develop databases, procedures to support administration, and security for all enterprise database SQL servers.

Key Oracle Strength

• Use Oracle Dataguard as the primary tool for our disaster recovery solution through the creation and maintenance of logical and physical standby databases.

• Use Oracle ASM instance to manage the storage of oracle data files, control files, and log files by primarily maintaining the disk groups assigned to these oracle related files.

• Use Oracle RAC to maintain a high level availability for front end users across multiple systems through an active/passive setup to minimize unplanned downtimes.

• Use Oracle Recovery Manager primarily to manage a backup, restore and recovery plan that includes full and incremental online backups to disk or to tape.

• Strong and clear understanding of Oracle internals and architecture for 10gR2 and 11gR2.

• Experience in a large enterprise environment and 24*7*365 available Databases

Linux Administration and Technical Skills

• Use SSH to connect remotely to Linux server.

• For storage/disk management, I create and manage file systems, volume groups, physical volumes, logical volumes, logical partitions, and physical partitions.

Experience

4/2009-Present CTDI Coatesville, PA

• Oracle DBA

• Support and maintain large complex Oracle Databases and implement physical and logical database design.

• Manage, and monitor Oracle RAC environment and ASM.

• Deliver OFA compliant Oracle Software Installation and Database creation.

• Responsible for proactive monitoring availability and regular health check of each database and applying security patches and RDBMS specific patches.

• Responsible for ensuring that Development ,Test, QA and production DB instances are

performing optimally to support OLTP application and nightly batches.

• Provide DBA support for all tactical and strategic initiatives through change propagation, database design and security design.

• Implement appropriate controls and logs pertaining to the testing and ongoing monitoring of database performance.

10/2008-01/2009 Teleplan New Castle, DE

• Oracle DBA

• As the Oracle Support Analyst for our client hosted sites, my principle responsibility is managing the stability of client databases in relation to the service level agreement in place.

• Accountable for troubleshooting and research for database issues related to operating system performance, query performance, space management, and backup and recovery problems.

• Implement vital communication skills interacting with internal and external individuals at various levels concerning technical concerns related to database standards.

• Act as a liaison between my company and Oracle support.

3/2007-4/2008 Chaveran Inc Bowie,MD

• Oracle DBA(junior level)

• Joined the dba team, and assisting mentor in database creation, Create new database users as required, Manage sharing of resources amongst applications.

• Assist DBA and Mentor troubleshoot problems regarding the databases, applications and development tools

• Developed an excellent knowledge about Oracle backup and recovery scenarios.

• Introduction to all Oracle tools

• Assist Senior DBAs perform database re-organizations as required ensuring maximum uptime of the databases and quality performance.

• Assist Mentor evaluate Oracle releases and tools, and third party products to ensure databases are running the products that are most appropriate.

• Planning with DBA team, along with the application developers and System administrators, to ensure that any new product usage or release upgrade takes place with minimal impact.

Education

Delaware Technical and Community College Stanton, DE 2008-2010

• Computer Science

• Degree in progress

Pace Setters College Accra, Ghana 2000-2003

• General Arts

• High School Diploma

References

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