I moved into a more flexible position after leading the successful upgrades of several Microsoft SQL Servers at client sites across the country. I obtained the AWS Solutions Architect certification and collaborate with my team while remotely supporting solutions.

I stepped into a senior role for my team at the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This was a challenging time, as we had modified work schedules to ensure social distancing. The team focused on communication by leveraging Microsoft Teams and Atlassian software. The collaborative efforts of my experienced teammates, as well as the on-boarding of some excellent new-hires, allowed my time as the lead to be a success.

As a member of the Database support team the mantra was"Backups"! All client sites were initially only performing one full backup a week. Immediately our three member team began to implement regularly scheduled full, differential, and incremental backups. We also identified the need for redundancy for storing backups. Shortly after we initiated the new backup schedule and migrated backup files onto Dell Isilon storage, an active ExtremeIO array was erroneously decommissioned. Working with application owners and utilizing the most recent backups, our team was able to quickly restore services with minimal data loss.