Oracle DBA 10+ years experience

Over ten years of experience in managing and supporting the ORACLE/INFORMIX databases on UNIX/Windows platforms. Familiarity with different UNIX flavors. An Oracle9i and Informix7.3 Certified Database Administrator

Client: Saudi Telecom, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Duration: Sept 2001 to date.
Position: Oracle Database Administrator
Responsibilities: Installing/configuring/upgrading/monitoring Oracle/Informix Databases.

Environment: Oracle 7/8i/9i/10g Informix 7.x on HP-UX /SUN/LINUX/NT/W2k
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Major Activities:
• Oracle Database Administration
• Installing, Configuring ORACLE Databases.
• Upgrading Oracle software versions.
• Applying patches to the databases.
• Configuring High Availability by creating Real Application Cluster and Data Guard environments.
• Performance tuning and monitoring of Databases through v$ views, statspack, ADDM etc.
• Analyzing the Tables and Indexes using DBMS_STATS package.
• Defrag the Indexes.
• Scheduled backups and recover databases on an event of a system crash by using Recovery Manager (RMAN).
• Creating scripts to monitor database performance activities.
• Implementing and enforcing security for all of the Oracle Databases.
• Performing database re-organizations as required assisting performance and ensuring maximum uptime of the database.
• Using different views to monitor users and database activities.
• Informix Database Administration
• Performance tuning and monitoring of INFORMIX Dynamic Servers using onstat, oncheck utilities.
• Scheduled Backups and Recover Databases on an event of a System Crashes.
• Decide and Configure Client communication method for better performance.
• Involved in Performance Tuning of SQL statements by using UPDATE STATISTICS etc.


Client: AutoDesk Inc, CA, USA
Duration: May 2001 to Aug 2001
Position: Informix Database Administrator
Responsibilities: Installing and configuring Oracle 8
Environment: Oracle 8 on HP-UX.

Client: Crescent System MD, USA
Duration: Jan 2001 to Apr 2001
Position: Oracle Database Administrator
Responsibilities: Installing and configuring Oracle 7.x
Environment: Oracle 7.x on HP-UX .

Client: Serviceware, NJ, USA
Duration: Sep 2000 to Dec 2000
Position: Informix Database Administrator
Responsibilities: Installing and configuring Informix IDS 2000
Environment: INFORMIX IDS 2000 on Windows NT

Client: State Bank of Pakistan
Duration: Jun 97 to Jun 2000
Position: Informix Administrator/Developer
Project: Government Security Zone
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MS (Information Technology) University of Liverpool, UK (Completing)
MS (Computer Science) Preston University Karachi, Pakistan
Bachelor of Science (BSc.) D.J Science College Karachi, Pakistan

An Oracle9i and Informix7.3 Certified Database Administrator.