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Jerusalem District, Israel

Jerusalem District, Israel

Wilmington, Ma

• Develop PL/SQL programs in support of Web, UI and Middleware applications in Agile project management environment.• Streamlined several business and IT processes by introducing no-cost APEX (Oracle Application Express) into the organization. Lead its research, installation and development.• Manage DDL, DML and PL/SQL code for database releases, using GIT code repository.• Introduced off-the-shelf Logger framework into PL/SQL code for better debugging and error… Show more • Develop PL/SQL programs in support of Web, UI and Middleware applications in Agile project management environment.• Streamlined several business and IT processes by introducing no-cost APEX (Oracle Application Express) into the organization. Lead its research, installation and development.• Manage DDL, DML and PL/SQL code for database releases, using GIT code repository.• Introduced off-the-shelf Logger framework into PL/SQL code for better debugging and error management.• Achieved PCI compliance of custom developed database solution to secure customer credit card data, using data encryption, monitoring and key management.• Developed a dynamic, data archival solution in PL/SQL. • Created ETL processes for Email Marketing, Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse using Linux shell and FTP scripts, Oracle SQL Loader and PL/SQL programs. • Interviewed, helped hire and mentor new DB team members.• Participated in a project of merging two data centers into one. Stress tested Oracle RAC on new infrastructure. Was involved in research of storage solutions. Show less

Greater Boston Area

• Coordinated and tracked Master Plans out of the company data center for major weekend infrastructure and software upgrades. Followed by Application Availability testing and Change Management to ensure successful deployment.• Evaluated and then coordinated time sensitive response to system errors and failures relying on Incident Management database of over 1,500 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).• Coordinated IT support teams during system outages by opening major event lines… Show more • Coordinated and tracked Master Plans out of the company data center for major weekend infrastructure and software upgrades. Followed by Application Availability testing and Change Management to ensure successful deployment.• Evaluated and then coordinated time sensitive response to system errors and failures relying on Incident Management database of over 1,500 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).• Coordinated IT support teams during system outages by opening major event lines, paging relevant support groups and escalating as appropriate.• Administered OS (NT, UNIX) and database (Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL) privileged account access per requests from application support and business users for system changes and verification. • Monitored system messages for system failures and errors using BMC Patrol and IBM Tivoli consoles. Opened support tickets in BMC Remedy for work by teams from EMC, IBM, and Cisco.• Fulfilled requests to start, stop and monitor jobs via Autosys Scheduler. • Verified data center access following strict access guidelines. Show less

Greater Boston Area

• Supported a major redeployment of the company’s legacy application that involved extensive knowledge acquisition of its database design and Linux shell programs and jobs. Became a point person for database support of the application enhancements and troubleshooting.• Developed and modified Oracle packages, procedures, functions, triggers and views in support of Web, UI and Middleware applications across Dev, QA and Production environments. • Converted tools from legacy… Show more • Supported a major redeployment of the company’s legacy application that involved extensive knowledge acquisition of its database design and Linux shell programs and jobs. Became a point person for database support of the application enhancements and troubleshooting.• Developed and modified Oracle packages, procedures, functions, triggers and views in support of Web, UI and Middleware applications across Dev, QA and Production environments. • Converted tools from legacy applications (PowerBuilder) to Oracle environment using Linux scripting, Oracle ETL tools (SQL Loader) and PL/SQL.• Performed database refreshes and user management for development and production databases. Show less

Greater Boston Area

• Created PL/SQL, Unix and FTP (Kermit) scripts for data processing and reporting between the firm, its clients in custody banks and market data providers (Bloomberg, FT Interactive, and Loanet). Data of market values, contract comparisons, mark to market, position reconciliation, and security master files. • Developed tools in Visual Basic for Applications (Excel) for Tri-Party Repo trading and Cash Management.• Created Cognos Reports for use by Cash Management, Securities Lending… Show more • Created PL/SQL, Unix and FTP (Kermit) scripts for data processing and reporting between the firm, its clients in custody banks and market data providers (Bloomberg, FT Interactive, and Loanet). Data of market values, contract comparisons, mark to market, position reconciliation, and security master files. • Developed tools in Visual Basic for Applications (Excel) for Tri-Party Repo trading and Cash Management.• Created Cognos Reports for use by Cash Management, Securities Lending, Corporate Actions, Financial Reporting and Compliance departments. • Implemented compliance and data integrity checks for security master, transactional and positional data behind ePAM investment accounting software.• Assumed higher degree of responsibility and job complexity by transitioning to support Cash Management desk after one year with the company. Show less

Greater Boston Area

• Monitored production systems and change management at the primary Data Center for an international financial company.• Scheduled, started and monitored system jobs using Autosys Scheduler. • Escalated BMC Patrol server and network alerts to appropriate IT teams.• Followed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in initial troubleshooting of Unix and Windows system alert messages.• Backed up Help Desk Support for user account management on Windows (Active Directory) and Unix.

Greater Boston Area

• Created, maintained and serviced databases using Oracle 7, 8i DBMS on multiple UNIX and Windows NT servers.• Performed ongoing database support for five to seven critical production applications as well as numerous applications in development.• Completed a performance analysis project for Quantum production application that resulted in a threefold improvement of application performance.• Worked in close collaboration with other team members of the database administration group on… Show more • Created, maintained and serviced databases using Oracle 7, 8i DBMS on multiple UNIX and Windows NT servers.• Performed ongoing database support for five to seven critical production applications as well as numerous applications in development.• Completed a performance analysis project for Quantum production application that resulted in a threefold improvement of application performance.• Worked in close collaboration with other team members of the database administration group on support for various projects including the company’s large milestone SAP ERP applications. Show less