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SHAHBAZ CHOWDHRY

SHAHBAZ CHOWDHRY

Summary

Dynamic database administrator with nearly 8 years of experience in database management and optimization, currently serving as a Singlestore/Oracle DBA at STC in Riyadh. Expertise includes over 2 years of hands-on experience with Oracle GoldenGate, encompassing both Classic and Microservices architectures. Proven ability to enhance system performance and reliability through strategic database solutions. Committed to leveraging technical skills and industry knowledge to drive organizational success and improve data management processes.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2023 - Current

Client: STC

Singlestore DBA :

  • SingleStore Database Management
    Involved in Installation, configuration, upgrades, and cluster management for SingleStore DB.
  • Performance Tuning & Query Optimization
    Indexing strategies, memory management, execution plan analysis.
  • High Availability & Disaster Recovery
    Redundant architecture design, replication,DR Drill, backup/restore strategies.
  • Automation & Monitoring
    Automation using scripts, monitoring with Trusight, Grafana, and SingleStore Studio.
  • Security & Access Control
    Role-based access, data encryption.

Oracle DBA

  • Managing around 10 to 15 Oracle Databasealong with two 120 TB six-node RAC databases on Exacc Servers.
  • Ensuring seamless functionality for the Active Active Dataguard system.
  • Facilitated Dr Drill procedures for maintaining Active Dataguard readiness.
  • Monitoring Performance of database on OEM
  • Storage Management - Adding & Resizing Datafile, creating tablespaces
  • User Management - Managing users
  • Setting up different roles/privileges, profiles for users
  • Controlling and monitoring user access to database
  • Managing Health-check reporting for databases
  • Installation of Data-guard and managing its performance
  • Managing physical/logical backups using RMAN/expdp/impdp utility
  • Working on automation scripts for production databases

Oracle Golden Gate

  • Managed over 20 source connections using Microservices/Classic Golden Gate on both GUI and ggsci platforms.
  • implementing alterations to schemas within Golden Gate replicated tables.
  • Engaged in Dr Drill activities on the source/target sides within Golden Gate.

Oracle DBA

Tata Consultancy Services
10.2017 - 05.2023

Oracle DBA

  • RDBMS Installation on Linux, AIX, Windows and Configuring Production/Test databases
  • Storage Management - Adding & Resizing Datafile, creating tablespaces
  • Setting up different roles/privileges, profiles for users and controlling and monitoring user access to database
  • Handled over 20 to 30 Clients databases
  • Managing Health-check reporting for databases
  • Installation of Data-guard and managing its performance
  • Managing physical backups using RMAN utility
  • Managing logical backups using data-pump utility
  • Working on automation scripts for production databases
  • Recovery Management

MS SQL Server DBA

  • Installation, Upgradation of Production/Test Environment.
  • Storage Management and role management.
  • Enabled replication for Single instance and performed DR DRILL.
  • Performing Healthcheck and maintaining the database.

Education

Bachelors of Engineering - Information Technology Engg.

MH. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering
01.2017

Higher Secondary School Certificate - undefined

National Education Society Junior College
01.2013

Secondary School Certificate - undefined

Patel High School
01.2011

Skills

    Database :Singlestore, Oracle, SQL Server

    Replication : Oracle Golden Gate

    Tool :Singlestore Studio,OEM, OGG

    Language :Oracle Sql, pl/sql, Shell scripting

    Operating Systems: Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)

Certification

  • Oracle Cloud Data Management Foundations 2022 Certified Associate.
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021 Certified Associate.
  • TCS 'On the Spot' Award for Creating Data-guard and performing Switch-over within a given limit time.

LANGUAGES

English
Advanced (C1)
Urdu
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2023 - Current

Oracle DBA

Tata Consultancy Services
10.2017 - 05.2023

Higher Secondary School Certificate - undefined

National Education Society Junior College

Secondary School Certificate - undefined

Patel High School

Bachelors of Engineering - Information Technology Engg.

MH. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering
SHAHBAZ CHOWDHRY