Sr. SQL Database Administrator, Premera Blue Cross, Mountlake Terrace, WA (Mar 2018 – Present)Project description: Worked in development, upgrade, and migration of legacy business system applications from existing Datacenter and lead in analyzing and optimizing the performance of applications.Responsibilities:- Deliver 24x7 support for over 8,000 databases, including environments up to 27 TB.- Lead design and migration of on-premises databases to Azure SQL during cloud transition.- Collaborate with teams to resolve performance issues and optimize databases using various SQL Server technologies.- Manage migrations, disaster recovery, and security protocols, ensuring HITRUST compliance.- Execute incident and change management, leveraging Agile and Scrum methodologies.

SQL Server DBA, T-Mobile, Bothell, WA (Aug 2014 – Jan 2015) - Contract Project description: The scope of the project was optimizing the existing databases and providing operational support for IT. Responsibilities:- Managed hundreds of SQL Server instances and thousands of databases across SQL 2005, 2008/2008R2, 2012, and 2014.- Troubleshot critical production issues and performed business analysis, producing effective documentation.- Monitored SQL servers using third-party tools such as Foglight and SQL Sentry.- Handled incidents and tickets, and implemented comprehensive backup policies, including full, differential, and transactional backups for Production, QA, and DEV environments.- Executed point-in-time recovery and data refreshes between production and non-production environments, and managed logins, roles, and connectivity issues.

SQL Server DBA, LSA Laser LLC Plymouth, MN (Feb 2012 – April 2014)Project description: The scope of the project was centered on the optimization of existing databases and ETL strategies and operation.Responsibilities:- Developed SSIS packages to transfer data from heterogeneous sources like Oracle to SQL Server, including MS Access, Excel spreadsheets, and flat files.- Utilized ETL and SSIS tools to perform data loading and implement various Data Flow Transformations, such as Copy Column, Row Count, Merge Join, Aggregator, Sort, and Lookup.- Managed and scheduled daily jobs for data transfers, backup and recovery, transaction log dumps, integrity checks, and updating statistics.- Generated daily reports to monitor database growth, failed jobs, failed backups, and failed transactional log backups.- Secured SQL Server by creating and managing user and Windows logins, assigning roles, and granting privileges based on approval.