Madhu Pandavula
Hyderabad
Summary
Experienced SQL Server DBA with over 7 years in database administration and L2 support. Proficient in SQL Server environments from 2008 R2 to 2025, focusing on installation, configuration, migration, backup, and performance troubleshooting. Currently supports enterprise applications, managing 400 servers and 6,300 databases. Holds Microsoft certifications in Azure Database Administration (DP-300) and Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900).
Overview
3
3
Languages
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Database Administrator – L2
Publicis ReSources
01.2022 - Current
- Provide L2 SQL Server database administration and production support for enterprise applications.
- Troubleshoot database connectivity, performance, blocking, storage, SQL Agent job and SQL Server service issues.
- Configure, monitor and troubleshoot Always On Availability Groups, including synchronization, failover/failback and DR activities.
- Perform SQL Server installation, patching, upgrades, migration and post-activity validation across standalone and clustered environments.
- Manage SQL logins, database users and permissions and support database security activities.
- Monitored SQL Server health and database availability, ensuring optimal performance by tracking CPU, memory, disk space, backup status, and SQL Agent jobs using monitoring tools.
- Supported ROAR and Marcel projects by managing database provisioning, performing backup/restore, executing refreshes, provisioning access, and conducting monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting activities.
- Coordinated with infrastructure, application, network, and business teams to resolve incidents and successfully implement planned changes within SLA.
- Provided database support for the Tricentis project, including database administration, monitoring, backup/restore, access management, troubleshooting and production support.
- Supported database activities across PaaS environments, including availability, performance, connectivity and operational troubleshooting.
- Worked on PaaS (Platform as a Service) database setups and supported SQL Server database administration activities.
Fiber Network Planning Engineer
IKYA Human Capital Solutions (Quess)
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Managed SQL Server environments for 4G LTE network & FTTx operations, ensuring reliability across 100+ servers.
- Executed SQL Server installation, configuration, and production support, including backup/restore and user management tasks.
- Diagnosed and resolved transaction log and data file growth, fragmentation, and database performance issues, enhancing overall system efficiency.
- Provided 24x7 production support for database and application issues and executed approved production scripts.
- Supported Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, Replication and Clustering activities.
- Supported database migration and upgrade activities.
Education
B.Tech - E.C.E
JNT University
Hyderabad, Telangana01-2012
Skills
- SQL Server 2022
- SQL Server 2019
- SQL Server 2017
- SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server 2025
- T-SQL
- SSMS
- SQL Server administration
- Azure cloud systems
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure database concepts
- Azure Fundamentals
- High Availability
- Always On Availability Groups
- Failover
- Fallback
- Clustering
- Replication
- Log Shipping
- Database Mirroring
- DR validation
- Full backups
- Differential backups
- Log backups
- Backup management
- Backup monitoring
- Backup strategies
- Data backup strategies
- Recovery strategies
- Database refreshes
- Backup/restore
- Database migrations
- Database migration
- Database upgrading
- Database setup
- Database administration
- Database troubleshooting
- Performance tuning
- Database tuning
- Optimising query plans
- Performance optimisation
- Long-running queries
- Fragmentation
- Indexing
- Reindexing
- Blocking
- DB_DataReader
- Disk space
- Transaction log issues
- Data file issues
- DMVs
- Communication skills
- SQL Logins
- Database users
- Permissions
- DB_Owner
- DB_DataReader
- Orphaned users
- TDE
- Database Mail
- SQL Server Agent
- Maintenance plans
- Alerts
- SolarWinds
- Redgate Monitor
- SQL Monitor
- Incident management
- Operational support
- Problem solving
- Data analysis
- Data audits
- Reporting and documentation
- Project coordination
- Team collaboration
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Change control
- Technical documentation
- Running backups
- Disaster recovery planning
- Performance optimisation
- Optimising and performance tuning
- SQL server development
- Running backups
Languages
English
Hindi
Telugu
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, DP-300
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, AZ-900
Custom
SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, SQL Server 2019, SQL Server 2022, SQL Server 2025, T-SQL, SSMS, Always On Availability Groups, Failover/Failback, Clustering, Replication, Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, DR validation, Full backups, Differential backups, Transaction Log backups, Restore and recovery, Database refreshes, Backup job monitoring, Blocking, Long-running queries, Fragmentation, Indexing/reindexing, TempDB, Disk space, Transaction log and data file issues, DMVs, DBCC, SQL Logins, Database users, Permissions, DB_Owner, DB_DataReader, Orphaned users, TDE, Database Mail, SQL Server Agent, Maintenance plans, Alerts, SolarWinds, Redgate Monitor, SQL Monitor, SLA-based incident management, Microsoft Azure, Azure database concepts, Azure Fundamentals
Timeline
Associate Database Administrator – L2
Publicis ReSources
01.2022 - Current
Fiber Network Planning Engineer
IKYA Human Capital Solutions (Quess)
01.2019 - 01.2022
B.Tech - E.C.E
JNT University