www.downloadmela.

com Mahesh Reddy

Oracle Database Administrator
I am an experienced Oracle Certified Database Administrator and Sun Certified System Administrator. With solid database administration and problem-solvin s!ills built throu hout my career" I also have the communication s!ills and appreciation of best practices essential to have thrived in busy" service-driven environments. I am now see!in a challen in new role where I will be able to utilise my s!ills and pro ress my career.

Main Skills
Oracle Database #7.3, 8, 8i, 9i & 10g)$ Installation & initial build; capacity management; fault diagnosis; performance tuning; bac up & reco!ery "incl. #$%&); migration'upgrades; ()* & +*'()*; ,ataguard; (ecurity; &et8; -.$ %uest &oad for Oracle Sun S'A(C Solaris #/.0, 7, 8, 9 & 10) )eritas *etbac!up )eritas Cluster Server +icrosoft S%, Server #-.. / 011.2 Oracle Application 3xpress +yS%, Administration

Work Experience
Lead DBA Comp tacenter !"#$ Ltd% Senior Oracle DBA Comp tacenter !"#$ Ltd% Oracle DBA Comp tacenter !"#$ Ltd% "(ept /008 1 +resent) "-ct /002 1 (ept /008) "%ug /003 1 -ct /002)

Employed in Computacenter's Managed Services division, I am based on a customer's site where I was initially the sole DBA or the account and was responsible or around thirty !racle databases" Since earning the trust and con idence o the customer they have e#tended the contract to cover in e#cess o two hundred databases running !racle, Microso t S$% Server and MyS$%" &he DBA team has grown to si# with me in the %ead DBA position" In addition to the daily administration tas's ( such as capacity management and per ormance monitoring o databases ranging in si)e rom a ew *igabytes to more than a &erabyte ( I am also heavily involved in numerous pro+ects, both customer(driven and internal" E#amples o some previous pro+ects are &he design, testing and implementation o a new database bac'up strategy to utilise .MA/ and a /etbac'up in rastructure" Con iguring and documenting the cross(site replication o an !racle 01g environment using Dataguard .econ iguring a production database or an e#pected ten( old increase increase in transactions due to a change in application unction"

As the %ead DBA it is my responsibility to liaise with the customer and ensure that their re2uirements are being met e ectively and e iciently within the remits o their support contract with Computacenter" I am also responsible or delegating pro+ect wor' to other team members when appropriate to ensure that everybody is given the opportunity to enhance their s'ills whilst maintaining a pro essional service and balanced wor'load" 3ith so many interdependent systems 4such as billing systems and raud(prevention systems5 it is essential that I maintain an overall view o the customer's environment in order to advise on potential con licts and e ectively co(ordinate the resources in the team"

)isit +ore (esumes At www.downloadmela.com4pa es4resumes4resumes.html

6oseph Cro ts

As well as the duties which I perform in my re ular position at Computacenter I am also occasionally called on to assist the company5s Consultancy 'ractices division. In this role I am placed on other customers5 #and potential customers52 sites to perform short-term" pro6ect-driven wor! such as fully documentin the confi uration and utilisation of a system to allow a suitable replacement to be implemented.

7age 8 o 9

6oseph Cro ts

&echnical S pport En'ineer ( est So)t*are Ltd% ",ec /003 1 %ug /003) As a member of the 7i h Availability 8usiness 9nit of %uest5s technical support team I provided support for the Shareplex for Oracle and the Space +ana ement products. &he Shareplex product enables confi urable" near real-time replication of data between multiple databases and Space +ana ement monitors" reports on and allows for on-line reor anisation of ob6ect stora e within the database. Due to the hi hly inte rated nature of these products within the Oracle database" the issues that I handled were often critical problems with production systems and ran ed from simple re:uests for advice on functionality to resolvin Oracle data corruption issues. Oracle DBA +erox En'ineerin' Systems "(ept /000 1 &o! /003) As the Oracle Database Administrator for ;3S #3urope2 I was responsible for all aspects of database administration on around a do<en databases. &he main function of the production database was to support Oracle Applications ==.1.>" but it was also used for several other bespo!e and off the shelf systems. I was pro6ect leader for the up rade of the production database from release ?.1...1.1 to ?.=.@.=.1. &his up rade was a hu e success" not only finishin ahead of schedule but also resultin in <ero unscheduled downtime for any systems. In addition to my role as Oracle D8A I was responsible for the system administration of various Sun S'A(C Solaris and +icrosoft Windows #&erminal Server and 01112 servers. &his involved system wor! at all levels from initial server build to user mana ement and performance monitorin . &echnical Cons ltant , Mc#ay Comp tin' Ltd% "4eb /000 1 (ept /000) +y role involved the plannin " installation4confi uration and on oin support and administration of a variety of systems and applications on client sites. &hese included Oracle" +S S%, Server" 8usiness Ob6ects" (oyal8lue 7elpdes! and the company5s own delivery4distribution software" Delsys. We also maintained 8usiness Ob6ects reportin environments to be used a ainst ,ucent &echnolo ies switches and the (oyal8lue 7elpdes! system. Compa- S pport En'ineer Atomic Weapons Establishment "%ug 1998 1 5an /000) +y role with Compa: was primarily that of Oracle Database Administrator. As such" I was responsible for all aspects of the Oracle database #includin the Windows *& Server environment2 for the %uet<al 7elpdes! system" includin support of the client interface. I was also the administrator of the 8usiness Ob6ects environment used to report a ainst this database. Compa: were contracted to install and maintain all des!top systems for AW3 sites. In addition to my D8A duties I was called upon to support both software #OS and Applications2 and hardware for customer 'Cs. I handled all fault calls as they were presented to the helpdes!" where possible usin +icrosoft S+S to resolve them. If remote resolution was not possible then I would visit the customers in person" often accompanied by a trainee en ineer. Comp ter Systems Analyst , Atomic Weapons Establishment "5an 1998 1 5ul 1998) 3mployed on a fixed term contract as a Computer Systems Analyst at AW3" my main tas!s involved dealin with 'C based applications #predominantly +icrosoft2 and their +illennium compliance. I also assisted the *etwor! +ana er wherever necessary S pport Analyst , B&.nternet "4eb 1990 1 (ep 1990) At 8&Internet I was part of a small team responsible for providin technical support durin the initial trial period of the 8&Internet service to 8& staff. &his involved handlin both telephone and email based :ueries re ardin every aspect of the service from connection problems to 7&+, :ueries. We were also able to answer any :uestions that staff may have had re ardin the pro ress of the trial. Once the product was released to the public we moved into the position of 0nd line technical support. In this role I was responsible for handlin any issues that were passed up from our = st line call des!. &his would often involve len thy and complex telephone conversations as the customers would seldom have any 'C trainin or experience.
7age : o 9

6oseph Cro ts

Ed cation/( ali)ications
I have successfully completed the Oracle @.>" ?" ?i" Ai and =1 Certified Database Administrator trac!s of the Oracle Certified 'rofessional pro ram. I am a Sun Certified System Administrator for the Solaris @ Operatin 3nvironment. &rainin' !Career De0elopment$ +yS%, Database Administration #StayAhead &rainin 2 Oracle Database =1 $ Data uard Administration (elease 0 #Oracle2 Oracle Application Server =1 (0$ Administration I #Oracle2 Oracle Database =1 $ *ew Beatures for Administrators (elease 0 #Oracle2 Oracle Ai Database$ S%, &unin Wor!shop (0 #Oracle2 ',4S%, 'ro rammin for Oracle =1 #Oracle2 Oracle Ai$ 'erformance &unin #Oracle2 Oracle Ai Database$ *ew Beatures for Administrators "-racle) Dis! +ana ement with Dis!Suite #(un2 Solaris ? / &C'4I' *etwor! Administration #(un2 Sun Certified Administrator I C II #(un2 Oracle D8A 'art 0$ 'erformance C &unin #-racle2 Oracle D8A ,evels = C 0 #$c6ay 7omputing2 8usiness Ob6ects Administration #$c6ay 7omputing2

&he "ni0ersity o) Strathclyde1 Richmond Street1 2las'o* In Dune =AA@ I completed the second year of a 8.Sc. &echnolo y and 8usiness Studies De ree at the 9niversity of Strathclyde. &h rso 3i'h School1 &h rso1 Caithness1 Scotland #=A?? / =AAE2 At 7i h School I attained ? Standard Frade passes and - (evised 7i her passes of >8s and >Cs.

.nterests and Other Achie0ements

I am a !een reader and writer and have had a short piece of fiction published in a ma a<ine. I also en6oy amateur photo raphy and was recently short-listed in a national photo raphy competition run by the 88C.

Re)erences
Available on re:uest.

7age 9 o 9