Brian Brooks Email & Phone Number

Irving, Tx, Us

Manage teams of Database Administrators, DevOps Engineers, and ETL Developers. Support all enterprise database platforms, including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS), Azure SQL Database, and Azure Synapse Analytics. Design and implement automated solutions for database management and change deployments. Support enterprise scheduling and orchestration of batch and near real-time data processing via ActiveBatch.

WALTON PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES, July 2008 - PresentThermal process equipment manufacturerINSIGHT INTERACTIVE, May 2006 - June 2007Interactive digital cable platform providerGHN ONLINE, October 2005 - March 2006Healthcare revenue management platform providerWEBCE, January 2006 - June 2007Insurance agent continuing education providerZYBEC, September 2002 - July 2004Medical claims and billing providerCAPITAL ONE AUTO FINANCE, September 2001 - March 2003Auto finance and servicing providerPROTECTION ONE, February 2000 - September 2001Security system providerRESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, December 1999 - February 2000Corporate tax consultancy providerPAGING NETWORK, January 1999 - January 2000Wireless paging services providerSOFTWARE SPECTRUM, November 1997 - May 1998Software reseller, primarily MicrosoftCOMPUTER LANGUAGE RESEARCH, October 1997 - November 1997Corporate tax consultancy providerJAYHAWK ACCEPTANCE CORP., August 1997 - October 1997Auto finance and servicing providerFIDELITY INVESTMENTS, February 1997 - August 1997Multinational financial services providerGREYHOUND LINES, August 1996 - November 2000Intercity bus carrier

Irving, Tx, Us

Manage 15+ Database Engineers, including employee/contractor onshore and offshore DBAs. Support all on-premise enterprise database platforms, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Will also be supporting all cloud enterprise database platforms as we complete our journey to the cloud, including Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL/MariaDB/Aurora, and PostgreSQL on RDS or EC2.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Managed 20+ Database and Data Platform Engineers, including onshore and offshore resources. Supported all enterprise data platforms, including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS), SSAS/SSRS/SSIS, Tableau, SAS Analytics, Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Data Quality, and Collibra Data Governance. This includes supporting all regulatory, governance, risk, and audit initiatives for each platform, ensuring compliance with SOX, SOC1, SOC2, GLBA, PCI, CCAR, ALLL, etc.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Recruited, trained, and managed 50+ Database Administrators and Data/ETL Developers, including onshore and offshore resources, during the company’s continued expansion. Instituted bi-weekly leadership training sessions, working through the Harvard Mentor Manager program. Implemented several major enterprise initiatives, including: full data center migration from Terremark to VIAWest, database platform upgrades to Cisco UCS Blade Servers running Windows Server 2012 and hosting SQL Server 2012, database object source control and versioning, Control-M enterprise job scheduler upgrade to version 8, platform functionality improvements to support new business expansion with our Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) preferred-lender partnership.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Lead the DBA team during the company’s rapid expansion, including recruiting, training, and mentoring new team members Completed numerous projects to improve database stability, availability, and performance including: database platform upgrades to SQL Server 2005 and 2008 R2, Central Management Server (CMS) implementation, standardized backups/archiving/maintenance, automated database deployments, data scrubbing and refresh process for non-production databases, extensive automation with SQL/CommandShell/PowerShell scripting, and platform improvements to support portfolio acquisitions (Citi, HSBC, GE, Triad, etc.).

Mclean, Va, Us

Converted from consultant to full-time associate and continued working to improve the database platforms including: developed a scheduled process to filter and scrub production data when refreshing non-production, implemented BCV backups for all tier-1 production databases hosted on EMC Symmetrix storage arrays, automated database deployments using a scripting methodology based on backup/implement/verify/rollback features, and performed optimizations to improve performance of sub-optimal queries and stored procedures.

Mclean, Va, Us

Performed database assessment, identified key areas of improvement, then implemented new standards and processes based on best practices. This included: standard monitoring and alerting for all database platforms (SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle), automated backups/archiving/maintenance, enforced least privilege security practices, and configured instance security based on reduced surface area attack principles.