Oracle DBA

Profile Summary
Over 6 years of experience as an Oracle Database Administrator, Responsible for
database administration, production support, installation, configuration, upgrades, patches,
backup and recovery, database security, auditing and space management.
Installation and configuration of Oracle 8i, 9i, 10gRAC, 11gRAC databases in
LINUX, HP-UX, SOLARIS, IBM AIX and Windows environments.
Planned and implemented Oracle 10g RAC, 11g RAC and
Standby Databases Data Guard for High availability and Disaster Recovery DR .
Experience in upgrading the database from Oracle 9i to Oracle 10g oracle 10g to
oracle 11g and migration of the databases using transportable database,
tablespaces export/import, data pump utilities.
Used Opatch utility for applying CPU and One-off patches RDBMS patch set
Upgrade PSU .
Installed and configured oracle Grid control and deployed agent on managed
targets.
Good experience with Oracle grid control, Oracle enterprise manager OEM ,
ASM, AWR, ADDM, Flashback Technology, SQL tuning advisor, SQL access advisor,
and SQL server undo advisor.
Experienced on creating DB links across databases and performed advanced
replications using Oracle Streams and Golden Gate.
Designed and implemented centralized backups and recovery strategies using
recovery manager RMAN .
Expertise on performing cold backups, hot backups, advanced
recovery methods like PITR and TSPITR, flash back recovery.
Cloning of the databases
Experience in using SQL, PL/SQL stored procedures, indexes, materialized
views, shell scripting, partitioned and non-portioned tables, packages and
triggers for improved performance of the database.
Performance Tuning: Experience in identified poor SQL statements
using EXPLAIN PLAN, STATSPACK, TKPROF, SQL TRACE, OEM Grid Monitoring.
Expertise in maintaining Database Roles, Users using Security Compliance
Auditing, expertise in loading data from Flat Files using SQL LOADER and External
Table.
Experience in using the oracle support Metalink for Service Requests SR database log
files related performance issues, Remote Diagnostic Agent RDA .
Good experience in managing Very Large OLTP and Datawarehousing
databases.
Involved in Data modeling, logical and physical database designs and worked
as on-call support team member for administering OLTP 24X7 production databases.
 Excellent communication skills, strong analytical logical abilities, problem solving
skills and fast learning.
Technical Skills:
Databases: Oracle 8i, 9i, 10gRAC, 11gRAC, SQL Server 2005 and 2008.
Operating Systems: Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, Sun Solaris and Windows.
Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, C, Shell Scripting, Pearl Scripting.
Utilities: RMAN, Oracle 11g Grid Control, Data Guard, Performance Tuning, EXP, IMP,
Datapump, SQL developer, Veritas NetBackup.
Tools: TKPROF, TOAD, EXPLAIN PLAN, AWR, STATSPACK, ADDM, ASH, AUTO Trace.
Professional Experience

Confidential

Sr. Oracle DBA

Responsibilities:
Installed and configured Oracle Enterprise Manager 10G/11G Grid Control for
Enterprise.
Configured and managed physical standby database using Data Guard for disaster
recovery on a different node for different production servers.
Performed Data Guard switchover/failover as per the requirements.
Created monitoring scripts to send alerts in case standby is out of sync.
Configuring and Managing two nodes UNIX RAC environment for high availability,
highly busy databases.
Worked in Oracle 10g/11g RAC environment and troubleshooting for RAC issues.
Worked on RAC/ASM interconnect issue.
Worked with Developers and change management team to ensure smooth life cycle
progress from development through testing and production implementation.
Provided 24/7 production support for infrastructure and performance areas.
Performed the migration and up-gradation of Oracle databases by
using import/export, Oracle Data Pump, and Transportable tablespaces.
Day to day troubleshooting like adding space in data files, rebuilding indexes, check
alert log file and monitoring of system.
Cloned databases on same node and also on different server nodes using custom
shell script with hot and cold backups of source database.
Upgraded and patched Oracle binaries in the development environment and
production environment.
Upgraded Oracle from 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.3.
Worked on shareplex replication for databases through multisite databases.
Performed load testing on pre production multisite database servers.
Coding and optimizing objects for data access.
 Responsible for setting up production, development, performance and staging
database environments.
Reorganized existing database to standardize the placement of various databases
related files.
Managed logical/physical backups for these databases depending on the nature of
database set up either full export, partial export or export of just the structure of
schema objects.
Monitored and audited database access for unauthorized access.
Work as part of team and provide 24x7 supports when required.
Do general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams.
Have Applied Patches to existing versions.
Created tablespaces and managed tablespaces adding/deleting/ resizing data files.
Utilized SQL Loader ETL to perform bulk data loads into database tables from
external data files.
Use of Crontab, DBMS JOBS to automate the monitoring jobs.
Performance tuning of application by identifying the SQL, which are not written well
providing inputs to the application programmer correcting and implementing the right
components.
Administered all database installation, creation, modification, and tuning issues of
Oracle.
Performed SQL tuning by using Explain Plan and AWR/ADDM.
Tuned SQL by buffer gets and I/O.
Generated working documentation for the DBA team use.
Analysis of alert log for error tracing.
Resolved different locking issues.
Worked on daily DBA activities.
Environment: Oracle 10g/11g, Sun Solaris, AIX, TOAD, OEM, ADDM/AWR, SQL,
RMAN, OEM12c, SQL Loader, ERWIN Data Modeller, Dell Shareplex, Refelection X,
Humming Bird Exceed .

Confidential

Sr. Oracle DBA

Responsibilities:
24x7 product database support. Served as a member of 24-hour on call support
staff.
Supported round the clock deployments for OLTP and DWH environments.
Installed the 11gR2 databases for test, development, production-like, production and
standby databases
 Migration of the database from Solaris to Linux
Upgraded Oracle Database from 10g to 11g
Cloned 10g and 11g oracle homes for setting up standby databases and recovery
purposes.
Installed grid agents and setup the databases per standards for monitoring and
scheduling jobs.
Used traditional export-import and DataPump for refreshing schemas, tables and
different objects.
Used Export/Import, Data Pump Utilities to move the data between different
databases and for backups.
Applied security related CPU and One-off patches using Opatch utility, Applied
RDBMS Patch set Utility PSU .
Recovery of Database Recovering from Media Failure, Recovering tables dropped
accidentally, Recovering data files, Recovering from Block Corruption .
Generated performance reports and Daily health checkup of the database.
Monitoring heavy data loads from tools like Informatica and optimizing the
performance bottleneck.
Performance tuning for optimized results using tools like EXPLAIN PLAN, SQL Trace,
TKPROF, STATSPACK, AWR and ADDM reports.
Worked closely with the project teams to deploy their changes in the database and
servers.
Environment: Oracle 9i/10g/11g, Linux, Solaris, PLSQL, Shell Scripting, RMAN,
Grid control, Data Guard, EXP, IMP, Data Pump, TKPROF, EXPLAIN PLAN, AWR,
STATSPACK, ADDM, ASH.

Confidential

Oracle DBA
Responsibilities:
24x7 product database support
Installed and maintained 10g/11g databases for testing, development and
production
Database Monitoring and administration of database using Enterprise Manager Grid
control OEM .
Upgraded Oracle Database from 9i to 10g, 10g to 11g.
Migration of the database from HP-UX to Linux.
Planned and implemented Oracle 10g RAC, 11g RAC, Standby databases fro
High Availability and DR solutions
 Cloning of the database from Production to the Test and Development environments
using RMAN and conventional methods.
Applied security related CPU and One-off patches using Opatch utility, Applied
RDBMS Patch set Utility PSU .
Installed and configured oracle grid control.
Used Oracle Streams for replications of data between remote databases
Performed Cold backup, hot backup using conventional back ups
and RMAN, recovered various and critical Production databases.
Prepared backup schedule which include offline, online and logical backups.
Used Export/Import, Data Pump Utilities to move the data between different
databases and for backups.
Worked on transportation of Tablespaces, Data Archival, Re-organization of tables
and restoration.
Tuning of Shared Pool, Library Cache, and Data Dictionary Cache.
Monitor CPU usage, I/O contention, memory paging on UNIX server. Identify
resource and performance bottleneck. Provide technical direction to system administrators
Rebuilding of Indexes for better performance, maintenance of Oracle Database.
Generated performance reports and Daily health check up of the database using
utilities like AWR, Statspack and ADDM to gather performance statistics.
Identified and tuned poor SQL statements using EXPLAIN PLAN, SQL TRACE and
TKPROF, Analyzed tables, indexes for improving the performance of the Query.
Analyzed SQL statements, re-organized database objects and created indexes to
improve the performance of the queries.
Partition of tables to improve performance.
Created users and allocated appropriate table space quotas with necessary privileges
and roles for all databases.
Worked with Oracle Support for resolving the database related unresolved issues.
Worked on SQL Loader to load data from flat files, Checking for Row Migration and
Chaining on Highly used transaction tables.
Configured TNSNAMES.ORA and LISTENER.ORA for SQL NET connectivity.
Created DB links across databases and Solved Database connectivity issues by
continuously monitoring the status of the listeners and instances.
Monitored overall system performance and Database growth.
Served as a member of 24-hour on call support staff.
Checked alert logs and background trace files on daily basis and resolved problems.
Scheduled jobs in the database using CRON Jobs and DBMS JOBS.
 Implemented backup for production database. Simulated few possible crucial
recovery scenarios using the current available backups to check the effectiveness of the
backup plans and also to get a rough estimate of the recovery time involved.
Automated shell scripts and scheduled batch jobs.
Environment: Oracle 9i/10gRAC/11gRAC, Red Hat Linux, Windows, HP-UX, Sun
Solaris, AIX, SQL Server, PLSQL, Shell Scripting, RMAN, Grid control, Data Guard,
SQL Loader, EXP, IMP, Data Pump, TOAD, TKPROF, EXPLAIN PLAN, AWR,
STATSPACK, ADDM, ASH.

Confidential

Oracle DBA
Responsibilities:
Installed and configured Oracle RDBMS on UNIX and Windows environments.
Responsible for administering and supporting production and development Oracle 9i
Databases.
Responsible for installing, upgrade and configuring the Oracle Server, Creating
Databases, Storage Structures and Objects, Database Backup and Recovery, Monitoring
and Optimizing Database Performance.
Creating primary database Storage Structures table spaces, rollback segments, etc .
Participated in Disaster Recovery Drills, documented database and application
validation steps
Cloned Environments to create Patch Test, Development and QA Environments.
Applied patches using Opatch utility, keeping applications software bug free, and
improving data integrity.
Applied High priority, Security Patches downloaded from Metalink.
Establish and Document Backup and Recovery strategies and procedures after
evaluating various options including RMAN.
Maintained all documents of Oracle Database operations. Prepared documentation of
database backup and recovery standards.
Developing, Testing and Implementing Sound Backup and Recovery Strategy.
Developing Hot, cold and logical backup scripts to automate the backup
procedures.
Planning for storage spaces requirements and placing them for optimum I/O
performance.
Tuning the databases for optimal performance.
Monitoring Growth of tables and undertaking necessary re-organization of database
as and when required.
Monitoring Scheduled jobs of the daily activities for the performance of all the
databases
 Partitioning Tables by determining the suitable methodology to improve
performance and manageability.
Responsible for setting and managing user accounts, Granting required privileges to
users.
Prepare the documents of the process and knowledge transferring about the project
to the new team members.
Monitoring the Database storage and Day to Day activities.
Configured Scripts to monitor activity with database.
Partitioned large tables to increase the performance.
Created PL/SQL procedures jobs to automate maintenance tasks.
Performing all daily Maintenance tasks. Interacting with Oracle Customer service as
and when required.
Generated scripts for daily maintenance activity like analyzing tables/indexes, and
monitoring their growth rate.
Having systems administration experience managing enterprise application.
Environment: ORACLE 8i/9i/10gRAC, RedHat Linux, SUN SOLARIS, IBM AIX OEM,
RMAN, Tkprof, Windows NT, EXP, IMP.

Confidential

Oracle DBA
Responsibilities:
Installed and maintained Oracle 9i software on Linux systems.
Migration of the database from sun Solaris to Linux.
Monitoring of hot backups, exports on Linux and Windows.
Performed Refresh of databases on Linux servers
Create Schema Tables, Indexes, views, sequences, synonyms, roles, and
packages , grant roles to users.
Monitor databases using OEM, re-organization of database tables and indexes.
Tested and implemented different physical, logical
Backups and Recovery methods like point in time recovery, Media recovery, full and
partial recovery using export, import.
Partitioned appropriate tables to optimize performance and simplified maintenance
work.
Write various SQL and PL/SQL scripts and procedures to support applications.
Set up and administered tablespaces, data files, tables, indexes,
views and sequences Configured and managed users, security and Redologs.
Performed database cloning to create Test and Development environments from
Production.
 Implemented Physical Standby database using DataGuard in ORACLE9i/10g.
Performance tuning for Oracle Day-to-day maintenance and management of the
several different databases in development, test, regression and production environments
proactively monitoring production environment for any exceptions/ issues.
Have written shell scripts for automation of various database-monitoring activities.