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South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Responsible for troubleshooting & maintenance of SQL Server estate
• Perform Daily checks running custom SQL scripts
• Use Solarwinds for server & SQL monitoring
• Installation & configuration of SQL Server 2017
• Availability Group problem issue "resume data movement" command
• Configure database mail on clustered servers

Sydney, Australia

• Permanent Role: MS SQL Server DBA, iSentia, media monitoring & analytics, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaResponsible for maintenance & performance of SQL Server estate & general troubleshooting.
• Configure new snapshot replication subscriber for publication
• Review & execution of scripts into production environment
• Configure archiving of data - write SQL & create jobs
• Re-establish mirroring
• Set-up & re-establish log shipping

Virginia Brisbane

• Contract Role: MS SQL Server DBA, Powerlink Queensland, electricity transmission, Virginia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia1000s end-users, SQL instances (SQL2000, SQL2005, SQL2008, SQL2008R2, SQL2012, SQL2014, 2016), SQL.
• Troubleshoot availability groups out-of-sync
• Investigation of SSIS packages in Visual Studio & SQL Server Data Tools
• Configuration of SSRS
• Migration of databases from SQL 2008 R2 to SQL 2014 (Clustered & availability groups)
• Investigation of SQL licencing

Zürich, Switzerland

• 1000s end-users, 1000s SQL instances (SQL2000, SQL2005, SQL2008, SQL2008R2, SQL2012, SQL2014), up to 1.5TB database size; responsible for backup/restore, integrity, maintenance & performance of SQL Server estate for.
• Administration and configuration of MS SQL Server running failover clustering, database mirroring, log shipping & replication.
• Manage & troubleshoot SQL alerts including database corruption, job failures & configuration issues
• Backup & recovery, integrity, performance tuning & optimisation, troubleshooting
• Participated in migration project to move SQL instances from old versions to newer versions
• Member of SQL consolidation project to minimise licencing costs.

Sunshine Coast Australia

• 3000 end-users, 100 SQL instances, 800 databases (SQL2K,SQL2K5,SQL2K8,SQL2K8 R2,SQL2K12), up to 0.5 TB database size; accountable for mission-critical applications including: financials (Technology One), payroll.
• Provide planning, configuration, maintenance, backup/recovery and capacity management of corporate SQL databases, SSIS, SSRS, log shipping
• Monitor, optimise and troubleshoot systems, databases and SQL Server services to ensure maximum performance and availability across development, test, UAT and production platforms
• Code and execute SQL & PowerShell scripts and perform database integrity checking
• Install, configure, monitor, maintain SharePoint environment
• Analyse and implement MS SQL Server migrations (SQL2K  SQL2K8), upgrades and service packs

Zurich

• 1000s end-users, 200 SQL instances (SQL7.0,SQL2K,SQL2K5), up to 1TB database size; responsible for database platform running critical Swiss stock exchange system. Part of a global database team supporting Microsoft.
• Administration, installation and configuration of MS SQL Server in a standalone and clustered environment
• Build systems to strict security standards, backup and recovery solutions, performance monitoring and tuning, troubleshooting, capacity planning, patching and security management
• 24x7 support for critical financial customer and on-call rotation observing a “Follow the Sun” model
• Monitoring of Sybase and Oracle alerts and issues
• Install, configure and troubleshoot MS Reporting Services and resolve related IIS issues

Hook Hampshire UK

• A leading UK telecommunications service provider. Activities include television, radio, satellite broadcasting, cable and Internet services. 1000s end-users, 100 SQL instances (SQL6.0,SQL6.5,SQL7.0,SQL2K), up to 0.5 TB.
• Provide production, development, UAT and testing DBA expertise and system administration services across the company’s large mission-critical SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase databases, which operate 24x7
• Troubleshooting, performance tuning, SAN and Cluster Service management
• Formulation of disaster recovery and high availability strategies for clustered, virtual, SQL platforms, upgrading, sizing and hardware requirements
• SQL programming and VB developer support, scripting, stored procedures, triggers, VBScript, DTS
• Monitoring database and OS activities and performance delivery to production systems including: SQL replication, e-commerce, call centre, CRM, billing, data warehouse and web servers

Two separate engagements with this client. Asked to return in a similar role as part of a mission-critical project (see above Aug 2002 – June 2006)

Melbourne, Australia

• 1000 end-users, 24x7 operation, 100 SQL instances (SQL6.0,SQL6.5,SQL7.0); responsible for six mission-critical systems.
• Provide SQL Server database administration services and operational support
• Review current systems (including data mart), documented and implemented recommendations to ensure optimal performance, integrity and protection
• Troubleshoot various performance issues with payment receipting and e-commerce systems
• Provide extensive mentoring and skills transfer to existing Oracle DBAs. Recommended 3rd party DBA software

Mackay, Australia

• One of the largest coal export ports in the world. The terminal serves the mines of central Queensland with a throughput capacity of 40 million tonne per annum.150 end-users, 24x7 operation; responsible for three.
• Provide SQL Server database administration consultancy as part of a major project to upgrade all IT systems
• Review, investigate and document backup and recovery strategies, high availability, integrity and performance of IT systems
• Implement recommendations e.g. log shipping processes, SQL Mail, housekeeping tasks, server re-build documentation and management reporting strategy
• Provide support, troubleshooting and performance tuning

Two separate engagements with this employer. Asked to return in a similar role (see above Jan 2007 - Current)

Canberra, Australia

• Responsible for the design, implementation, support and administration of production MS SQL Server systems/databases (SQL4.21,SQL6.0,SQL6.5)
• Participated in the analysis phase of a large project to provide a data warehouse
• Conducted migration of SQL Server databases and applications from v6.0 to v6.5
• Implemented the migration of mission-critical Centura (Gupta) SQLBase databases and applications from v5.1.4 to v6.1.2 Australia-wide
• Developed standards, procedures, security, strategies and support for MS SQL Server and Centura (Gupta) SQLBase environment
• Provided out of hours on call support

Bachelor Of Business - Computing And Management, Information Technology

Senior Certificate, Senior School Certificate