Faiz M Siddiqui Email: FaizSiddiqui875@msn.com
2018 Hathaway Avenue Phone: (805)795-1130/805-493-5522
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 Cell: (805)553-8583
U.S.A.
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Objective
To obtain a position as a Sr. Oracle DBA/Sr. Oracle Applications Dba. Ideal assignments would include
areas such as Oracle database administration, architecture design, upgrades and conversions, RAC
installation and configuration, security, disaster recovery, high availability, enterprise systems, ERP, e-
commerce, and e-business or related technologies
Summary Profile
14 years of experience as a DBA/Oracle Apps DBA - Oracle 11g, 10g, 9i, 8i, RAC, 10g RAC,
10.7, 11i and R12i with a proven track record in all aspects of database administration.
Experienced, professionally trained, and certified in various aspects of Oracle database
management and Oracle applications.
Exposure of and ability to work within various network infrastructures and multiple development
environments.
DBA experience of 14 years in various industries including consulting, retail, financial,
manufacturing, and services, with a successful track record of implementations, conversions, and
ongoing support, maintenance and optimization
Hands on experience on Oracle features and best practices including OCFS2 and ASM.
Experienced, professionally trained with Oracle RMAN Backups and Data Guard.
SQL tuning to provide better Performance of the applications using SQL Analyzer.
Determine SQL shortfalls in the applications code and be able to communicate in to technical
resources and developers.
Experience providing 24x7 and on call support of large high availability production databases.
Strong 9i, 10g and 11g Database Administration. Exposure to 10g, 11G AWR, ADDM, RAT, Data
guard and few other Performance tuning features of 11g including 11g CRS, OCFS2 and ASM.
Strong experience in Grid Control configuration in large production environments, customizing
monitoring setup and developing UDM (User Defined Metrics) for specific monitoring.
Oracle 9i and 10g Application Server installation and Upgradation.
Upgraded 10.7 Oracle Applications systems to 11i.
Technology Experience
Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, VAX, NETWARE, SCO/UNIX, SUN/SOLARIS, UNIX, WINDOWS
2000 and 2003 server and client.
Systems:
IBM/RS6000, HP, Compaq, Dell, and Sun server systems
Education:
BS. Computer Science
Oracle Certifications:
12i Install, Patch and Maintain Oracle EBS, Oracle 11g, Administration workshop, Oracle
Database10g Administration workshop, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control, Oracle 9i
Release 2 Real Application Clusters, 11i Install, Patch and Maintain Oracle Applications, Oracle9i
Administration , Oracle 8i Terabyte Database Workshop, Oracle 8i Data Modeling & Relational
Database Design, Oracle 8i Parallel Server Implementation, Installing and Maintaining Oracle
Applications Release 11, Introduction to Oracle 8 SQL for Advanced Users, Oracle 8 Networking
Administration, Oracle 8 Backup Recovery Workshop, Oracle 8 Performance Tuning Workshop
Employment History
Mediciti Hospital
03/2010 To Present
Sr. Oracle Database Administrator/Sr. Oracle Apps Dba
Capacity Planning in a 4 Node 11g Rel2 11.2.0.1 Rac AIX and Linux Environments.
Upgraded Oracle 10.2.0.4 Rac Databases to 11.2.0.1
Upgraded Oracle CRS 10.2.0.4 and ASM to 11.2.0.1
Involved in installation and configuration of Oracle 10g Real Application Clusters.
Converted single instance database to cluster database.
Managing the oracle clusterware using: crsctl, crs_stat, ocrconfig, ocrdump utilities.
Managing RAC instances using srvctl.
Performing daily health check ups.
Performed cloning of RAC and non RAC databases.
Applied the interim and patchset patches for RAC and non RAC Databases.
Cloned Production Databases to Test and Development Environments using RAT 11g Feature
Upgraded Oracle EBS Instances from 10.2.0.4 to 11g Release 11.1.0.6.
Upgraded Oracle EBS Production, Development, test and QA environments from 11.5.10.2 to
12.0.6
Troubleshooting, RAC databases and RAC system maintenance, proactive monitoring, security,
research and development, all levels of performance tuning, architecture and design, mentoring,
and support in a RAC Environment.
Maintain Oracle Applications R12 security and resolve day-to-day technical issues.
General database issues and day to day Oracle Apps 12.0.6 operations.
SQL tuning to provide better Performance of the applications using SQL Analyzer and Dbms
Packages.
General Database Administration using Toad and Grid Control
RS SOFTWARE /Sanfrancisco – California
Client: Visa Inc
02/2009 to Feb 2010
Sr. Oracle Database Administrator/Sr. Oracle Apps Dba
Complete re-design of Oracle Apps and Oracle Database Architecture in Solaris and Linux
environments.
Performed capacity planning in an 8 Node 10g 10.2.0.3 Rac Environment.
Ugraded Oracle 10.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.4 in a Rac 8 NodeEnvironment for Production, Test,
Development and QA Databases.
Upgraded Oracle EBS Instances from 10.2.0.3 to 11g Release 1
Upgraded Oracle EBS Production, Development, test and QA Environments from 11.5.10.2 to
12.0.6.
Involved in installation and configuration of Oracle 10g Real Application Clusters.
Converted single instance database to cluster database.
Managing the oracle clusterware using: crsctl, crs_stat, ocrconfig, ocrdump utilities.
Managing RAC instances using srvctl.
Performing daily health check ups.
Performed cloning of RAC and non RAC databases.
Applied the interim and patchset patches for RAC and non RAC Databases.
Clone Oracle Application Instances, Oracle Databases, and Apply patches to Oracle application
instances using adadmin, ad patch and other different AD Utilities.
Starting/shutting/Managinning Apache, Forms Server, Report Server and concurrent Managers.
Maintain Oracle Applications security and resolve day-to-day technical issues.
Implementing and Performance Tunning of Oracle Streams 10.2.0.4 in a RAC Environments.
Troubleshooting, RAC databases and RAC system maintenance, proactive monitoring, security,
research and development, all levels of performance tuning, architecture and design, mentoring,
and support in a RAC Environment.
Clone Oracle R12 Application Instances, Oracle Databases, and Apply patches to Oracle
application R12 instances and manage/Troubleshoot Concurrent Managers.
Maintain Oracle Applications R12 security and resolve day-to-day technical issues.
General database issues and day to day Oracle Apps 12.0.6 operations.
SQL tuning to provide better Performance of the applications using SQL Analyzer and Dbms
Packages.
General Database Administration using Toad and Grid Control
United Online Inc/Woodland Hills - California
June 2008 to January 2009
Sr. Oracle Database Administrator/Sr. Oracle Apps Dba
Perform activities relevant to Oracle 10.2.0.4 database architecture and creation of Oracle CRS
Clusters in a Linux and Solaris Environment
Implementing Oracle Streams 10.2.0.4 in a RAC Environments.
Ugrade Oracle 10.1.0.1 to 10.2..4 in a Rac Environment for Production and QA Databases.
Upgrade Oracle 10.2.0.3 to 11g for test databases.
Monitor the Oracle Environment though Oracle Enterprise Grid Control
Upgraded Oracle Grid from 10.1.0.1 to 10.2.0.4
Troubleshooting, RAC databases and RAC system maintenance, proactive monitoring, security,
research and development, all levels of performance tuning, architecture and design, mentoring,
and support in a RAC Environment.
Upgraded Oracle EBS Production, Development and QA Environments from 11.5.10.2 to 12.0.4.
Clone Oracle Application Instances, Oracle Databases, and Apply patches to Oracle application
instances using adadmin, ad patch and other different AD Utilities.
Starting/shutting/Managinning Apache, Forms Server, Report Server and concurrent Managers.
Maintain Oracle Applications security and resolve day-to-day technical issues.
General database issues and day to day Oracle Apps 12.0.4 operations.
SQL tuning to provide better Performance of the applications.
Determine SQL shortfalls in the applications code and be able to communicate in to technical
resources and developers.
General Database Administration using Toad and Oracle Grid Control.
Accenture /El-Segundo- California
May 2007 to May 2008
Sr. Consultant/ Sr Oracle Database Administrator /Sr. Oracle Apps Dba
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, committed
to delivering innovation.
Responsibilities included the following:
Performed activities relevant to Oracle database architecture definition and creation for HB Fuller
in an AIX and Sun Solaris environment.
Upgraded Oracle 9.2.0.8 databases to 10.2.0.3 using Database Upgrade Assistant for production
Oracle databases.
Upgraded Oracle 1O.2.O.2 to 11g for test, development and QA instances.
Monitor the Oracle environment through Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control.
Upgraded Oracle HRMS, General Ledger, Payables instances to 10.2.0.3 and applications to
11.5.10.2.
Managed performance tuning issues, backup/recovery, and documentation
SQL tuning to provide better Performance of the applications.
Determine SQL shortfalls in the applications code and be able to communicate in to technical
resources and developers.
General Database Administration using Toad and Grid Control.
Provided Oracle Dba Activities for US Navy -Port Hueneme – California in s Sun Solaris Environment.
Upgraded Oracle 9.2.0.7 Databases to 10.2.0.3 using DBCA in an ASM Environment.
Implemented Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g (10.2.0.3) Grid control for Production, Acceptance
and Development environments. Installed Oracle 10g (10.2.0.3) Rac on ASM Technology.
Implemented Sun Blade Project on Oracle 10.2.0.3.
Applied Latest Security and CPU patches to Oracle 10.1.0.5 databases in Production,
Acceptance and development. Implemented Oracle Streams for Test and Development
Environments, General database issues and day to day operations. Implemented 3 tier
Architecture for Oracle E-Business Suite. Installed Oracle Applications 11.5.10.2 for Production,
Acceptance, Test and Development.
Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP), Camarillo, California
April 2005 to April 2007
Senior Oracle DBA
Provide all DBA relevant activities for Tax & Financial Services and E-Labor Management in Sun
Solaris and Windows 2000/2003 Advance Servers clustered environments.
Complete re-design of Oracle Architecture and Oracle Servers.
Perform capacity planning.
Upgrade 48 Oracle instances from 9.2.0.5 to 9.2.0.7 in a clustered environment with Oracle Fail
Safe.
Implement Oracle Enterprise Manager 10G Grid Control
Perform general database day-to-day operations.
Work with storage administrator to configure RAID storage for oracle databases.
Help develop RAC architecture for the Sun Solaris based Oracle databases supporting 20000
clients.
Migrated all the Oracle Databases from Windows to Sun Solaris Sparc 64 bit.
Implement Sun Blade Project on Oracle 10G (10.2.0.2).
Upgraded 7 Oracle E-business Suite instances from 9.2.0.6 to 10.1.0.5 in a Sun Solaris
environment.
Upgraded 11.5.9 to 11.5.10 for production, test, development, QA, patches and pre-deploys
environments.
SQL tuning to provide better Performance of the applications.
Determine SQL shortfalls in the applications code and be able to communicate in to technical
resources and developers.
Advent Software Inc – San Francisco – California
November 2004 To March 2005
Senior Oracle DBA/Sr. Oracle Applications DBA consultant
Advent Software, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of automated solutions for investment professionals.
Advent’s powerful solutions enable firms of all sizes to run their business more effectively.
Provide support for Oracle database administration and Oracle Applications in a Sun Solaris and
Windows environment.
Upgrade 22 web/java based Oracle databases from 8.1.7.4 to 10.0.1.0(10g) for Production and
Test databases.
Upgrade 5 Oracle E-business suite instances from 8.1.7.4 to 9.2.0.5.
Upgrade UPG9 Oracle Applications test instance from 9.2.0.4 to 9.2.0.5.
Upgrade Oracle UPG9 E-business suite from 11.5.8 to 11.5.10 using OATM Migration utility.
Upgrade Oracle Applications 11.5.8 to 11.5.9 for production, development and test environments.
Manage general database issues and perform capacity planning for Oracle databases and table
spaces and file systems.
Use RMAN Backup and VERITAS Net Backup utility for performing Oracle database backups.
Clone Oracle Application Instances, Oracle Databases, and Apply patches to Oracle application
instances.
Maintain Oracle Applications security and resolve day-to-day technical issues.
General Database Administration using Toad and Grid Control
Diodes Inc – Westlake Village – California
June 2004 to November 2004
Senior Oracle Applications DBA/Oracle DBA Consultant
Diode is a manufacturer & supplier of discrete semiconductor components.
Provide support for Oracle database administration and Oracle Applications in an Aix, Windows
2000 Environment.
Re-design of architecture for Oracle servers and Oracle Applications environment. Implement
Oracle 9.2.0.4.
Installation and configuration of RAC.
Upgrade Oracle 8.1.7 to 9.2.0.4.0 and to 10G for production databases as well as test databases.
Upgrade Oracle E-Business suite from 11.5.7 to 11.5.
Clone Oracle Application Instances.
Apply patches to Oracle application instances.
Manage Oracle applications security and resolve day-to-day technical issues
Implement RMAN Backup and VERITAS Net Backup.
Refresh test and development Oracle instances with production instances.
Manage concurrent managers and security for Oracle applications instances.
Manage general database issues.
Responsible for performance tuning and for backups of production, test, quality and development
databases.
Use different Oracle applications utilities such as Ad Patch, Adadmin, and Adctrl etc.
Manage Oracle and Oracle RAC environment with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, including
Oracle Diagnostic Pack, Oracle Tuning Pack, Oracle Configuration Management Pack,
Application Service level Management and Oracle Change Management Pack.
Software Micro Systems – California
November 2003 to May 2004
Oracle Technical Team Lead Consultant
Details and references available upon request.
Computer Edge, Inc.
Oct 1997 to August 2003
Principal Consultant DBA/Technical Team Lead
Details and references available upon request