David Riedel Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

United States

• Primary DBA responsible for Corporate SQL server database environment including Production, Development, and Disaster Recovery environments. Also supported IFI Production environment on a team of two. Daily duties.
• Immediately assumed responsibility for Corporate database environment. Processed daily checks, upgrades, break/fix, security reviews/audits, and assisted with user or development requests.
• Identified and remediated failing custom log shipping configuration.
• Documented entire Corporate SQL database environment which was immediately found to be the only reliable source of information available for, and critical to, recovery of the environment.
• Critical employee in Corporate environment recovery consolidating 16 SQL servers into 9 in the process while also implementing best practices standards including alerting, auditing, and patching.
• Implemented purge process in IFI Production environment against unmanaged logging database trimming size by over 30% and recovering over 4TB of storage space.

Denver, Colorado

• Responsible for SQL database management including client requests, maintenance, upgrades, deployments, and builds. Created DBA documentation detailing SQL environment and data flow. Participated in DBA OnCall rotation.
• Initiated and implemented project to clean up unused instances and servers while aligning SQL with best practices substantially stabilizing the SQL environment.
• Completed SQL security review including re-certification of user permissions.
• Completed conversion to SQL Native backups substantially reducing failure rates while recovering 10 TB of network storage space.
• Responsible for SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 end-of-life upgrades.

Littleton, CO

Responsible for self-managed regular publishing of online articles with unique, creative content and factual information. Perform constant viewing of content from a variety of genres and conducts own research for factual content. Regular use of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques, cross-posting, and link usage knowledge.

Highlands Ranch, CO

• Managed all aspects of SQL database management. Provided 24/7/365 on-call support. Developed and implemented backup, recovery, and database maintenance processes. Facilitated SQL Monitor installation, configuration.
• Implemented a NAS backup system, decreasing backup times by 30%, and disk space consumption by 50%.
• Improved processing times by more than 30%.
• Increased recovery capabilities from less than 1 week to 1 year.

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist SQL Server 2008 - (MCTS).

Certification training at New Horizons.Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – SQL Server 2005 (MCTS)Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional – Database Administrator (MCITP)

Responsible for handling database client requests, daily maintenance, and change deployments to Development/Test/Stage/Production environments. Assisted Development and other groups with SQL statement writing and troubleshooting. Worked intimately with Windows, Unix, and Applications Administrators in addition to Development, QC Testing and Business unit.

Managed primary trading platform (Back Office Support System- BOSS) on a team of six. Supported all performance monitoring, hardware and system software maintenance, testing and upgrades, problem troubleshooting and resolution. Monitored nightly close and ensured system availability, and user training.

• Provided daily service to customers. Answered problem calls, logged user trouble tickets, provided desktop support and troubleshooting. Performed PC moves, builds and rollouts.
• Performed seamless migration of call ticketing system from Microsoft Access back-end to SQL Server database.
• Conceptualized and created software customizations to provide a single repository for company phone and pager list, department listing, employee to supervisor relationship and employee physical location.
• Conceived, created and implemented software customizations to provide Telecommunications department a repository and interface for maintaining and tracking of Telco related objects.
• Migrated Clientele application to a new file server while incorporating a new system metrics tracking process. Saved two man-hours of effort daily, for an annualized cost savings of over $10,000.

• Performed administration of Back Office Support System (BOSS), the primary trading platform. Support included hardware and software maintenance, testing and upgrades, problem troubleshooting, performance and nightly.
• Created position as BOSS System Administrator covering all environment aspects. Ensured productivity of departments by providing on-call support 24x7x365, often requiring extended and unusual work hours.
• Resolved problems quickly by utilizing technical skills and knowledge such as Open VMS, UDMS querying tools and by proactively managing vendor relationships. Partnered with business to anticipate needs and provide.

Education record

Generative AI Fundamentals, Microsoft, 2024 MongoDB, MongoDB University, 2024 – ongoing Amazon AWS PostgreSQL, Amazon - ongoing Migrate.

Microsoft Sql Server 2008, Mcts Microsoft Sql Server 2008

MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2008 certification.

Mcts Sql Server 2005, Microsoft Sql Server 2005

MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2005 certification.

Mcitp Dba, Mcitp Database Administrator

Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional - Database Administrator

General Studies