Objective•Seeking Senior Database Administrator PositionSummary•Oracle/Redshift/Netezza Database Administrator with over 9 years of experience.•In-depth knowledge of Trouble shooting and tuning 24X7 Production databases ranging from 500GB to 50 Terabytes.•Ability to work independently and on a team, committed to meet deadlines and finding creative solutions to challenging problems that bring complex projects to completion.•Team leader with excellent communication and collaboration skills.•Skilled troubleshooter in detecting and replacing system and program problems quickly.•Database management and played a key Lead role on variety of databases running Data Warehouse, Web Databases and OLTP databases.•Extensive experience in core Oracle DBA activities, Goldengate replication setup and performance tuning, Exadata X4 to X6-2, Reduce downtimes on database migrations, Oracle RDS, Redshift, Aurora (Postgres), moving on premises databases to AWS and setup monitoring etc.•Experience on Post-Installation Troubleshooting and Support of Development/QA and Production databases.•Team player - In-depth experience with complex projects, manage team of people involved in complicated projects which involved working with cross-functional teams (both technical and functional).•Management of schemas, objects, Partitioning the tables and indexes to enhance the Performance.•Worked extensively as Redshift DBA and Netezza DBA as well as Oracle DBA on Oracle 19c, 18c, 12c, 11g, 10g on various flavors of UNIX and Windows.•Configured CloudWatch dashboards and also setup customized metrics in CloudWatch using CloudFormation templates and setup altering for both application and database teams using SNS.•Eager learner able to secure and apply vast amounts of new technology and techniques in creative problem-solving situations.•Goal oriented worker and recognizes the need for heads down mentality especially during “crunch time”. •Effective time management skills and scheduling of tasks.
Fannie Mae
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Senior Cloud Database AdministratorFannie Mae Jul 2021 - PresentProject : DBA support for 24x7 critical Netezza and AWS Redshift Databases.Responsibilities:Database support for Cloud Infrastructure Team and helping migrate on-prem data to AWS Cloud and also responsible for providing administrative support for Redshift and Netezza databases in complex integrated applications.-Migrated multi-terabyte Oracle databases from on premises to AWS Redshift using AWS Data Migration Service.- Tested and implemented AWS Data Migration Service to replicate data to AWS Cloud in Realtime.- Conducted regular reporting on the health and performance of Redshift environments and jobs.- Maintained ownership of activities around Redshift and provided consistent database maintenance, optimization and best practices inputs to existing Redshift.- In-depth experience with AWS Redshift, AWS Data Migration Service, IAM roles, Data lake on S3 AWS Service Catalog, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS App Stream, AWS Cloud Watch, AWS Lambda, AWS Simple notification Service (SNS) etc.- Responsible for testing and deploying new features likes Redshift Data sharing, configure and tune Work Load Manager (WLM). - Helped with setting up DR configuration for Redshift and doing resiliency testing- Executed POC and tested Redshift Data Share between the clusters and shared the documentation with the whole team- Promote database changes in both Non-Prod and Prod Netezza and Redshift databases. - Used Jenkin automation Bitbucket for different database activities- Created external tables on parquet files on S3 to efficiently use Redshift Spectrum.- Excellent performance tuning skills on Redshift clusters - Worked extensively on redshift user and group creations and user access management- Executed POC on AWS Schema Conversion Tool and shared my knowledge with whole team and used it in various migrations from Oracle to Redshift.- Worked extensively with application teams to support their releases/deployments and helpedtroubleshoot the problems.
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Senior Oracle Database AdministratorEricsson Mar 2016 - Jul 2021Project: DBA support for 24x7 mission critical Oracle databases. Responsibilities:Database Support in Data Platform Engineering team and promoting changes in non-production and production environments. Databases of version 19.3.0.0, 18.3.0.0 and 11.2.0.4 and goldengate of version 12.3.0.1Responsible for providing day-to-day support and maintenance for key Oracle databases in multiple integrated applications •Migrated multi-terabyte Oracle databases from on premises to EC2 on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud and synced them with Oracle Goldengate.•Tested and implemented oracle Goldengate replication set-up to feed warehouse database in realtime and replicating data to S3 using goldengate Big Data Adapter•Supported realtime replication from Oracle OLTP on-prem database to Aurora postgres database in realtime using goldengate.•Created and supported Redshift databases and configured WLM & recently executed POC on RA3 cluster to migrate warehouse Oracle database Redshift.•Responsible for investigating potential problems and issues raised by business users and QA testers and working with Vendor Teams.•Implemented Oracle RAC (12.2.0.1) and (11.2.0.4) on Linux.•Upgraded Grid Infrastructure to 12.2.0.1 from 11.2.0.4 on 4 and 2 node systems.•Upgraded goldengate from 11g to 12.1.0.17.•Migrated exadata from X4 to X6-2 and added quarter X6-2 to the cluster •Database support to move and create new data centers and deploy goldengate replication.•Supported databases monitored by Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c (12.1.0.2).•Setup of Data Guard for faster disaster recovery and for high availability.•Managed and configured backups on Oracle ZFS appliance 7420. •Monitor database events and proactively optimize sql and system performance. Also created sql baselines, sql profiles and supported Oracle RDS databases.•Detected and analyzed CPU bottlenecks, I/O capacity, high-intensive SQL statements and lock contentions via Active Session History (ASH).
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Oracle Database AdministratorSomerset Entertainment Sep 2008 - Jan 2011Toronto, On, CaProject: DBA support for 24x7 mission critical Oracle databases of Somerset Entertainment.Responsibilities: •Database Support in Database Management team and promoting changes in non- production and production environments. Databases of version 11.2.0.1, 10.2.0.5, 10.2.0.4, 10.2.0.3, 9.2.0.8.•Responsible for providing day-to-day support and maintenance for key Oracle databases in multiple integrated applications. •Responsible for investigating potential problems and issues raised by business users and QA testers (this includes being on an on-call rotation and carrying a pager as needed) and working with Vendor Teams.•Implemented Oracle RAC (10.2.0.4) and (11.2.0.1) on Solaris and Linux.•Upgraded Grid Infrastructure from 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.2 on 7 node system.•Converted/Migrated critical Oracle single Instance database to 2 Node RAC cluster•Setting and Installing Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control (10.2.0.5) and upgraded to 11.1.0.1.•Setup of Data Guard for faster disaster recovery and for high availability.•Installed Goldengate on RAC and used it to do complex replication to satisfy complex business logic. Also integrated manager process with Grid Infrastructure. •Monitor database events and proactively optimize sql and system performance •Work with the environment management team to automate reactive procedures where possible, and to promote rapid response to known issues •Work with other teams to promote changes to production and other non-production environments •Accountable for maintaining database configurations in compliance with established best practices •Oversee data fixes for business issues or to address applications issues •Accountable for proper backup and recovery procedures for non-Production and production databases •Work in conjunction with other IT, application development, and business groups to understand functionality, scalability, performance, security, and integration requirements from the database perspective -
Oracle Rac DbaXwave Feb 2007 - Sep 2007Toronto, Ontario, CaProject: DBA Support for critical Oracle RAC databases for Stratos Global. Responsibilities:Primary DBA to configure and setup Oracle RAC databases. Implemented Oracle High availability options. Database of version 10.1.0.4.•Created Oracle RAC databases using ASM. Configured on Linux Servers for Oracle 10G RAC installation. Implemented public and private network connections for Linux Red Hat server. Configured the Linux kernel parameters. Installed Oracle 10G RAC. Verified and tested the installation. •Responsible for troubleshooting problems with clusterware. •Implemented efficient backup and recovery procedures using RMAN. Created and tested database recovery plan and documented all the steps. Recovered testdatabases to point in time. Created clones of Oracle 10g and 9i databases using RMAN Duplicate and Create Control File method.•Responsible for troubleshooting problems in replication environment. Created dblinks, materialized view logs and materialized views. Created the refresh.groups to refresh the materialized views. •Implemented Dataguard solution on RAC database by creating single instance physical standby for critical RAC database.•Involved in daily monitoring of backups, listeners, logical space issues and performance tuning of the databases. Used 10g OEM and Toad to monitor databases. Used OEM to create new datafiles and tablespaces. Worked closely with developers to provide them access to the database and tuning SQL queries. Created new users, roles and profiles.
Balwinder Kaur Education Details
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Punjab Engineering CollegeComputer Engineering -
Thapar Institute Of Engineering & TechnologyComputer Science
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Balwinder Kaur works for Fannie Mae
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Balwinder Kaur's current role is Senior Cloud Database Administrator.
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Balwinder Kaur attended Punjab Engineering College, Thapar Institute Of Engineering & Technology.
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