RESUME   ^BACK TO TOP Resume ID: 8576955    Resume Headline: Database Administrator - DBA    OBJECTIVE: Career oriented networking and/or database administration positions. Project oriented and long term. EXPERIENCE: 5/2002 - Present Trader Electronic Media Virginia Beach, VA Sr SQL Server DBA In charge of SQL Server databases for four in-house businesses. These businesses providing web delivery services for Employment Guide, For Rent, Room Saver, and Parenthood magazines. Responsible for delivery of data to Cold Fusion, ASP and PHP front end web sites. Including the development and writing of complex stored procedures and even DTS packages for data migration and import/export. Responsible for two complete database rebuilds involving complete redesign of the data modeling. Orchestrated disaster recovery and live standby servers for to the minute recovery in the event of primary hardware failure. Responsible for compiling business reporting as necessary by product development and business managers for future business decisions. Tuning of all database queries and stored procedures to ensure a high level of application performance. Wrote compiled and implemented multiple XML data feeds involving SQL Server 2000 XML Services, ADO DTS Objects and FTP delivery from within VBScript using ASPINET functionality. Provided the total solution for one of the largest implementations of the Saleslogix application in existence, to account for the new "Do Not Solicit" laws. From conception and data modeling, through data imports and updates, to the front end Visual Basic application. Provided data synchorinzation solution from production web services to Saleslogix and JD Edwards. Tooled and setup multiple Mandrake Linux development PostgreSQL servers to investigate moving smaller lower-load databases to the PostgreSQL engine. Initiated the movement towards cross training of all database personnel to allow for greater redundancy of internal skill sets. Responsible during on-call monitoring of all SQL Server and Oracle 9i databases. Serve as a secondary Windows Systems Administrator, assisting the primary Windows Network Manager with any possible difficulties. Including serving as the on-call Windows Systems Administrator when necessary. 11/2001 - 5/2002 Verizon Norfolk, VA DBA Specialist Fullfillment of the DBA Specialist – Night Shift position for the Coleman and Assoc contract. Continued development and monitoring of all Enterprise production databases. In charge of all disastery recovery operations and preparations. First line monitoring of all nightly maintenance routines including reindexing, conistency checks, and statistics updates. 4/2001 - 12/2003 Tidewater Tech Chesapeake, VA Network Administration Instructor Instructor for the Network Administration Program. Including courses in the Microsoft Windows 2000 MCSE track, Network+ certification, principles of operating system software, troubleshooting, and general educational courses. Constructed the Vue Test testing server for local test administration, and built the secure network for this. Ongoing input to network architecture decision-making. Implemented network-wide anti-viral software. Installed and configured the new VLAN across two Cisco 2950 switches to isolate training Windows 2000 domain traffic from the school-wide domain traffic. Primarily to isolate invalid network-wide DHCP requests. Constructed multiple servers to off-load production applications from the domain controllers. Including dedicated servers for Firewall, Print, File-Sharing and Application services. 12/2000 - 11/2001 Verizon Norfolk, VA Night Operator Fullfillment of the Night Operator position for the Coleman and Assoc contract. Developed the internal DBA Web page for monitoring all critical production server scheduled jobs on MS SQL Server 7.0. Developed the code for monitoring currently executing scheduled jobs runtime. Constantly monitor all SQL Servers to ensure uptime and availability for on and offsite front-end applications. Development of the Night Operator database for 24 hour record of checks for production SQL Servers. Developed and maintained the monthly outage checklist and report for accurately reporting downtimes of servers and services in an effort to prevent unscheduled future outages. Perform disaster recovery database backups to tape and to network locations for emergency restoration of production databases. Monitoring of MS Cluster Server services running on Compaq Proliant 8500 cluster servers for assurance of multinode availability to help ensure 100% uptime. Created timeline report for scheduled jobs on production SQL Servers to help ensure low server load and reduced deadlocking due to the tight scheduling of maintenance jobs for production databases. Attended the above course MS 833: Designing and Implementing a Database in SQL Server 7.0 for Verizon High Speed Solutions Center. Assist the DBA team in troubleshooting of problematic situations regarding maintenance and setup of all production SQL Servers. Use of Windows NT Server’s User Manager for Domains and the Hyena client tool to maintain user account security by updating password change periodicities, global and local group security priviledges, and group memberships. Use of NT Server Manager to monitor and update workstation and server machine accounts within the domain. Execute nightly UNIX and Windows NT backups using Backup Exec software 7.0,7.2,7.3 from Seagate and version 8.5 from Veritas. Performed network backup strategy planning and upgrading to Backup Exec 8.5 from Veritas. Assist in research of performance related issues for Windows NT Server/Workstation involving such services as WINS, DNS, connections, domain authentication, and intranet and internet communications. Monitor all production servers for any difficulties with applications, network connectivity, or operating systems. Use of Internet Information Server for internal informational and administrative web web sites. Assist in maintaining more than four internal IP subnet ranges. Including input into the overall network topography strategy for production servers, serving an over five state WAN. Monitor and troubleshoot/report on local e-mail distribution servers using Lotus Notes for off-site e-mail delivery. Support installation and maintenance of 5000+ client computers for different departmental applications at both on-site and off-site/out of state locations. 7/2000 - 12/2000 InfiNet Norfolk, VA Senior Technical Support Advisor Head of a team supporting dialup network services and the internal Technical support network. Maintained the NT domain controller and Lotus Notes server, administrated updated database entries, and account changes to the server. Programming of network tools in Perl, Python and CGI. Troubleshot and corrected Mail, News and Web server errors, border routers and lanplexes, dialup equipment, Cisco 7500 routers, Livingston Portmasters, Radius servers, virtual web servers CV3 and Adstream. Perform periodic maintenance on the Servers to ensure files and directories are purging as required by parameters to ensure optimum performance. Maintain the following Software packages on workstations: Windows 3.1/95/98/NT 3.51-4.0, Solaris 2.5-8, Digital Unix/True64, Redhat Linux 5.x-6.x, Internet Explorer 4.x, Lotus Notes, IIS 4.0, Apache Web Server, Netscape Enterprise Web Server, Netscape Web client, DNS, BIND, Sendmail, Perl, Python, and PINE. 12/1998 - 7/1999 InfiNet Norfolk, VA Affiliate Help Desk Asociate Manage all affiliates and their products in an online internet publishing environment and their network connectivity. Inter-communication among company departments for resolution of new services and problematic situations of all business affiliates. Handle CGI, PERL, and other HTML duties relating to affiliate web pages and for the services of the Help Desk. Assist in administering InfiNet’s web servers in a UNIX and Windows NT environment for affiliate web pages, online publishing products and e-mail. EDUCATION: 3/2000 InfoTec US-VA-Norfolk Vocational Microsoft: Course MS833: Implementing a Database in SQL Server 7.0 1/1998 Computer Education Services US-VA-Norfolk Vocational Microsoft: Course: Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise TechnologiesMicrosoft: Course: Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0Microsoft: Course: Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Windows NT 4.0Microsoft: Course: Windows NT 4.0 Technical Support Microsoft: Course: Windows NT 4.0 AdministrationMicrosoft: Course: Windows 95 Adminstration 4/1992 Naval Nuclear Prototype US-NY-Balston Spa Vocational NPTU Balston Spa, NY, 26 Weeks November 1991 – April 1992 Subject Areas: Practices of reactor plant operation, generator electrical theory, propulsion dynamics of steam turbine engines, digital protection principles of reactor plant circuitry, effective watch standing for reactor plant operation, and radiological controls. 10/1991 Naval Nuclear Power School US-FL-Orlando Vocational NTC Orlando, FL, 26 Weeks April 1991 – October 1991 Subject Areas: Physics, chemistry, electrical/electronic theory, digital circuitry principles of operation, fluid flow and thermal dynamics, radiological fundamentals, and principles of pressurized water reactors. AFFILIATIONS: 1/2003 - Present Navigator's Society Member SKILLS: Skill Name Skill Level Last Used/Experience T-SQL Expert Currently used/5 years Stored Procedures Expert Currently used/5 years DTS Expert Currently used/4 years Disaster Recovery Planning Expert Currently used/5 years Scheduled Maintenance Planning Expert Currently used/8 years Troubleshooting/Problem Identification Expert Currently used/10 years Computer Hardware Expert Currently used/14 years Visual Basic Intermediate Currently used/6 years C++ Beginner Currently used/4 years PHP Beginner Currently used/1 years VBScript Intermediate Currently used/4 years Replication Expert Currently used/4 years ASP Intermediate Currently used/2 years Cold Fusion Beginner Currently used/2 years  SUMMARY ^BACK TO TOP Desired Salary/Wage: 30.00 USD Per Hour Current Career Level: Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff) Years of relevant work experience: 7+ to 10 Years Date of Availability: Negotiable Work Status: US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer. Active Security Clearance: No Target Job: Target Job Title: DBA Desired Job Type: Employee Temporary/Contract/Project Desired Status: Full-Time Part-Time Site Location: No Preference Description of my perfect job: Working with a mix of database servers to primarily include Microsoft SQL Server 7.0+, Oracle 8, 9 or 10g and PostgreSQL. Performing day to day monitoring operations as well as an ongoing devotion of time to research and development of maintenance tools and stored procedures. Both for web applications and direct local outputs. Increased experiences with replication environments, and the setup of up to date data wharehousing. Target Company: Category: Computers, Software My ideal company is: One which allows for long term and stable professional growth. One which offers the oppurtunity for long term security. Target Locations: Selected Locations: US-FL-Ft. Myers/Naples US-FL-Gainesville/Jacksonville US-NH-Southern US-VA-Norfolk/Hampton Roads US-VA-Richmond US-NH US-VA-Fairfax Relocate: Yes