Client : Lam Research
- Handled SQL server installations and configurations of SQL server 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and SQL 2022
- Led SQL server migration project, collaborate with application teams , planning migrations/upgrades and providing monthly status updates within agreed timeframes
- Delivered comprehensive technical documentation of NetApp Snap Center including design specifications and user guides for easy reference by colleagues
- Provided mentorship to junior team members, fostering professional growth and strong work ethics in the work place.
- Troubleshoot complex issues impacting production systems performance, applying root cause analysis techniques to prevent future occurrences.
- Enhanced application performance for increased user satisfaction by identifying the problematic SQL queries and provided recommendations to improve the queries.
- Collaborated with different application teams to discuss on technical database requirements and help them to setup appropriate databases
- Participated in verifying compliance with service level agreements by maintaining technical uptime levels.
- Setup high availability solutions like Always On and replication Setup database maintenance plans to re-organize indexes, re-indexing and update the index statistics on the production databases
- Reduced system downtime by implementing proactive monitoring and maintenance procedures
- Fixing issues in transaction replication Directly assisted business teams in migrating the PostgreSQL database hosted on Linux to Azure PostgreSQL database
- Automate the SQL 2022 installation using SCCM
- Provided the costing details of Azure databases to application teams and encourage them to setup the databases in Azure (Dbaas)
- Successfully migrated several critical tier 1 databases to highest version of SQL with ZERO downtime by using cluster rollover upgrade concept
- Maintained full compliance with best practices through rigorous security audits and vulnerability assessments
- From database end handled the DR exercise and made sure all SQL servers are up healthy
- Effectively used incident, change and problem management using ServiceNow following ITIL frame work
Environment: MSSQL server 2008/2012/2014/2016/2017/2019, Windows Server 2008 R2; Oracle 11g, IBM-AX, Linux
Tools: NetApp Snap Center for SQL, SolarWinds, SCOM, Fog Light, Azure Log Analytics, SMSQL