Work with 2 different teams (SPMS and FMS) in the Cruise Industry performing Implementations and Maintenance of the databases and products for our customers. Assist our teams to improve their implementation times.

* Responsible for configuration and maintenance of Oracle and SQL Server databases over Windows Servers. * Apply patches and service packs to keep the database at current patch level. * Developed packages to extract, transform and load data into both databases. * Provided 7 x 24 Production support for the database and application issues. * Works with vendors, users, applications developers and management to obtain information and develop an understanding of the needs of the organization and to overcome significant operational and/or technical issues or problems. * Recommends reviews and approves the design of physical data models and structures * Provides advanced level database management, support and assistance * Collaborates with and supports data architects and application developers in the physical design of databases * Implements the physical database design and optimization strategies * Leads database conversion and migration activities * Analyzes, develops and supports disaster recovery plans * Provides back-up and recovery procedures as needed for all production and test databases * Provides technical consultation to the development staff and other IT organizations or groups * Works with management and user committees in setting performance objectives * Monitors and tunes database performance to meet performance objectives * Manages and monitors storage capacity * Supports operations staff with their production databases * Escalates intractable problems to the vendor * Evaluates, recommends, and installs new versions and releases and new database tools Dell Boxes and VMWare and Azure Virtual Servers, SQL Server 2008 R2 up to 2016, T-SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle 12c, Grid Control (OEM), Active Dataguard, SSIS, SSMS

Execute CORE Database Administration over Oracle and SQL Server databases, performance tuning, schema maintenance, security, and troubleshooting. Administers, maintains, develops, and implements policies and procedures for ensuring the security and integrity of the company database. Implements data models and database designs, data access and table maintenance codes; resolves database performance issues, database capacity issues, backups, replication, and other distributed data issues over highly volume Terabyte Databases. Setup and manage RAC environments for our customers. Implement and install our applications to all our customers and assist them during their UAT Process.• Identify, monitor, recommend, and implement changes to database applications ensuring satisfactory end-user response time with reliable database connectivity• Implement physical database changes, testing, and performance tuning.• Maintain Oracle SQL and PL/SQL scripts, Unix Shell Scripts, debugging and tuning• Implement Production Control and Change Management.• Ability to pro-actively understand and manage end user/customer expectations.• Provides best practices on new technologies and implementations.• Great experience applying patches and performing DB Migrations.• Plan and Design Backup/Recovery solutions using shell scripts and RMAN.• Provides technical consultation to the development staff and other IT organizations or groups • Work on Physical OS Environments and Virtual Environments.• Ability to successfully manage and balance multiple projects • Experience leading customer implementations from kick-off to go live• Experience Training small to large groups of end-users remotely or in-person• Experience Building documentation for agendas, project progress, action items, process flow, and guides.• Develop and Support Strategies to provide Remote DBA Services to our customers

Oracle DBA in Internet based environments: heavy transaction rates, absolute requirement for 24 X 7. Terabytes databases. Working hard in design and sizing so downtime or even degraded performance is minimized. Performed Database modeling, design, sizing, tuning and loading. Create and maintain tablespaces and schemas, support to developers. Experience with high volumes of information. Some of my duties here:• Install ORACLE software, install patches, create, tune, and upgrade databases.• Improve recovery process using Replication, Backup/Recovery (operating system and RMAN) and Standby Databases.• Review and enhanced instance cloning techniques.• Implement monitoring scripts for critical applications functions.• Tune SQL and database parameters; balance I/O. • Make selected changes to improve security, recoverability, and ease-of-use. • Assist Developers in tuning SQL and acquiring skills with Oracle.

Provided database administration for CRM Group. • Perform general system administration duties on Sun Solaris and HP-UX platform (like administrate disks and users, install several applications)• Performed OS and database backup and recoveries• Automated DBA tasks utilizing UNIX shell scripts.• Tune databases queries and optimizes physical storage access.• Maintain database security, user roles and access profiles. Working in the Y2K Project with testers and developers for all the products that Oracle was using internally all around the world like Metalink, Voyager, SMS, ITS, etc. Our group tested 12 internal applications. I installed and tuned those databases. Responsibilities include:• Perform general system administration duties on Sun Solaris and HP-UX platform (like administrate disks and users, install several applications)• Administer Oracle databases on HP/UX and Solaris systems.• Install, upgrade and maintain Oracle Products and third party software• Administer database backup procedures and perform database recovery.• Document DBA procedures and standards.• Maintain database security, user roles and access profiles.• Perform capacity planning and sizing for new database applications.• Patch administration, security and Y2K Compliance.• Support application developers with schema design and SQL performance tuning.• Provide DBA support to QA.• Modify database structure, as needed by application evolution.• Install and maintain Oracle Web Application Server 3.0 and 4.0, Apache Server and web applications.