Database Administrator

Experience

Worked with 20+ clients globally to ensure the success of their projects by delivering customized solutions, thereby ensuring the stability and high availability of their databases. AZUREx2/AWSx2 Certified. Microsoft Docs Contributor.
Tech Stack: SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB


ABCLOUDZ REMOTE
Senior Database Administrator
• Supports 200+ database servers.
• Migrates from SQL Server 2017 Always On design into SQL Server 2022 Always On distributed availability group design with 4 nodes and makes SSIS packages/jobs/deployments to be highly available in this design.
• Sets up and administrates Transactional Replication alongside Always On Availability Groups.
• Actively uses Powershell scripting to automate time-consuming tasks such as automating SQL Server patching across multiple database servers.
• Works on Automated DBA Inventory project using Powershell, T-SQL and SSRS reports.
• Installs, configures, and administrates Zabbix Monitoring Software 5.0 for Database Monitoring.
• Provides periodic on-call support for Critical Production Database issues.


RED9, Inc REMOTE
Senior Database Administrator
• Migrated SQL Servers from on-premises into Azure with minimal downtime.
• Performed query tuning sessions on monthly basis and provided performance tuning report to the client. An example of such report can be provided upon request.
• Contributed in creation of custom monitoring and alerting tool which was later used on each client environment.
• On-call support with 24/7 availability.
• Designed High Availability and Disaster Recovery topologies.


ACCESSBANK AZERBAIJAN
Senior Database Administrator
• Administrated a mix of Always On Availability Groups and Always On Failover Cluster Instance on critical Core Banking System.
• Participated in a quarterly DR Switchover Tests.
• Migrated and Upgraded business-critical databases.
• Supported SSRS/SSAS/Power BI.
• Refreshed test environments for DEV/QA teams.


AZERBAIJAN RAILWAYS AZERBAIJAN
Database Administrator
• Tuned and optimized slow-running queries. For instance, the execution time for searching available tickets on ticket.ady.az dropped down from 20 seconds to 0.
• Reduced administrator management overhead and SQL Server licensing requirements by more than $100,000 via consolidating databases from different servers into one server and changing required edition.
• Scheduled and implemented patching activities such as service packs and cumulative updates as required.

Skills

MS SQL Server Administration performance tuning Troubleshooting Database administration DB tuning and optimization Windows Server AlwaysOn Failover Cluster documentation Database migration SSRS SSIS VMware T-SQL Jira Linux Oracle 12c problem-solving skills Data Replication SQL Tuning Patching

Highlights

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• AWS Certified Database Specialty
• Contributed to Microsoft's Official Documentation. (details provided upon request)
• Reduced administrator management overhead and SQL Server licensing requirements by more than 100,000$ via consolidating databases from different servers into one server and changing required edition for a company. (detailed information provided upon request)

Preferred language

English, Русский