Production Database Team Leader

Posted on: 2008-04-05

Database Administrator CORE STRENGTHS Technical problem-solving/troubleshooting/conflict resolution Business process analysis and improvement Well-developed organizational skills; considers priorities, forecast problems, and envision solutions Clear and convincing oral communication skills; maintains logical and clarity in pressure/intense situations Quick study, able to understand, assimilate, and convey new and evolving technologies PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Digicel, Inc., Petion-Ville, Haiti 2006-2007 Production Database Administrator Team Leader * Create and support Oracle 9i and 10g databases * Resolving problems with loading data into the Data Warehouse database * Install Enterprise Manager (EM) 9i and 10g * Setup EM to monitor databases * Collaborate in the initial design specifications of a Data Warehouse database * Create flow charts on loading data into the data warehouse database using Microsoft Visio Consultant 2003-2006 * Conduct customer surveys. * Demonstrate products to customers. Sun Microsystems, Inc., Newark, California 1997-2002 Database Technologist * Awarded $9K bonus for planning and leading DBA teams whom built and populated 21plus databases in Asia, Europe, and the United States within a 3-day time frame. * Reduced customer complaints by 83% after joining the System Integration team and assuming responsibilities for tracking and resolving new and reoccurring database problems. * Updated maintenance shell scripts to support new database standards. * Created SQL scripts to obtain information on the databases to resolve and prevent problems. * Increased responsiveness and improved level of support by creating web pages detailing the responsibilities, processes and procedures of the DBA coordinator position. * Analyzed and resolved problems, promote code from development to production environments, backup and recover databases using SQL-BackTrack, install database binaries and clients binaries, refresh databases using export/import utility, apply patches, upgrade, 7x24 support. IT Systems Software Engineer * Provided support for test automation software and resolved testing problems. * Developed prototype to verify the functionality of 3rd party automation test tool. * Increased productivity 80% by creating a Perl program that accessed a flat file and generated a report. IBM Corporation, Software Solutions, San Jose, California 1990-1994 Associate Programmer: Accountable for planning and delivering the binary codes in the system integration phase of the product cycle to the distribution center. * Increased users' productivity 40% by leading team to converting an application coded in ISPF to Clist. * Collaborated on the design of an automated integration and packaging system. * Automated the testing process and improved productivity 60% by developing high-level test cases for a capture, playback software. * Improved productivity 70% by creating a menu driven REXX integration application * Managed the Market Driven Quality (predecessor to Six Sigma) activities for the integration team that resulted in reducing integration cycle time by 30%. Created data collection application in REXX which assisted management to meet its MDQ goals. * Identified and resolved potential problems without jeopardizing the market release of product. TECHNICAL SUMMARY Systems: UNIX (Solaris), Windows, Redhat 4 (x86) Programming: HTML, SQL Databases: Oracle 7/8i/9i/10g Tools: SQL-BackTrack, SQL*Loader EDUCATION and CERTIFICATION OCP 9i Database Administrator, 2005 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PL/SQL, C++, Data Modeling AWARD Best Cross-Organizational Teamwork Award Sunstore Conversion/Release Train Team 2001