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Somnath Chatterjee

Kolkata

Summary

Cloud DBA with 11+ years of experience managing RDS, SQL Server, MySQL, and Oracle databases. Specializes in performance tuning, including query optimization, index tuning, and database design optimization. Skilled in designing and implementing high-availability solutions and disaster recovery plans. Involved in all the stages of SDLC and provided solutions to various clients. Demonstrates the capability of figuring out the performance bottleneck, storage requirements, data integration, data migration and collaborating with the cross-functional teams to design a data warehousing system to meet business needs.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Specialist Software Engineering

LTIMindtree
04.2023 - Current

· Optimized performance of production and non-production databases, significantly reducing operational costs for Azure PaaS SQL databases through efficient DB tuning and resource management.

· Developed complex business queries and stored procedures tailored to business requirements, facilitating improved data access and manipulation.

· Set up SQL Server environments, created databases, and configured necessary user logins to ensure business readiness.

· Conducted ad-hoc backups and participated in database restoration activities using the Point-In-Time Restore (PITR) feature as per business needs.

· Engaged in creating a Database Disaster Recovery (DR) site and implemented our database to run in DR as part of DR drills.

· Automated database maintenance tasks such as index rebuilding and table statistics updates using stored procedures and Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines, enhancing DB health and minimizing manual intervention.

· Engaged in deep architectural discussions to foster customer confidence and ensure successful application development and migration on the Power Platform.

· Created and managed Azure alerts to meet specific business requirements.

· Assisted in analyzing and resolving performance issues related to Azure infrastructure and applications.

· Supported application teams in reducing database sizes and implementing archiving strategies to lower storage costs.

· Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and implement performance enhancements for critical business applications.

· Provided training and mentorship to junior team members on database management best practices and performance tuning techniques.

· Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation for database configurations, processes, and procedures, ensuring knowledge transfer and operational continuity.

Manager, Projects

Cognizant
04.2019 - 03.2023

Senior Cloud Database Administrator, KFC OrderServ

· Participated in deep architectural discussions to build confidence and ensure customer success when building new and migrating existing applications, software and services on the AWS platform.

· Designed and implemented RDS instances and read replicas for Database read throughput and used Multi AZ deployment for high availability.

· Analyzed, developed, and executed a plan to migrate eligible applications from on premise to a cloud solution .

· Developed PL/SQL packages, DML, DDL, tables, Stored Procedures,functions, cursors, triggers.

· Designed and implemented archiving of Database .

· Proficiency and Expertise in SQL Server Replication,Backup/Recovery,Disaster Recovery and Planing .

· Designed and implemented high-availability solutions using AWS Multi-AZ .

· Conducted database performance testing and provided recommendations for optimization and scalability

· Worked with development teams to implement database best practices for query optimization, index creation, and database design optimization.

· Designed and implemented disaster recovery plans using AWS S3 and Glacier

· Implemented database monitoring and alerting using AWS CloudWatch .

ETL Developer, KCI USA, Inc. Kinetics Adv.Center

· Designed integration tools to combine data from multiple, varied data sources such as RDBMS, SQL,flat files etc .

· Engaged in designing, developing, testing, support and debugging of new ETL processes.

· Interpreted data models for conversion into ETL diagrams and code.

· Cooperated with developers, data architects, DBAs, project managers, & client business users to develop specifications.

· Developed ETL (Talend) jobs to migrate & transform data from the main source system to staging area that is compatible with pega pyWorkPage structure.

Pega Application DBA, Centene-CenPAS DevOps Services

· Troubleshooting & performance tuning of PRPC applications using Clipboard, Tracer.

· Performance tuning of Pega OOTB queries .

· Monitoring the servers' health of different PEGA environments, Agents, Listeners .

· Involved to take the PAL readings for the improving the application performance.

· Reviewing the PEGA Log files, Rule logs and Technical design documents which are prepared by the team members.

IT Analyst

TCS
03.2013 - 07.2019

Database Administrator & Performance Specialist BT-Billing & Payment

· Administered, supported and monitored databases by proactively resolving database issues and maintaining servers.

· Tested programs and databases to identify issues and make necessary modifications.

· Set up and controlled user profiles and access levels for each database segment to protect important data.

· Created and implemented database designs and data models.

· Monitor and fully analyze performance issues in production Oracle databases by using AWR/ADDM/OEM 13c .

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering

Techno India College of Technology
05.2012

Skills

SQL

MySQL

Troubleshooting

Agile Methodologies

Performance Testing

Database Management

Technical Analysis

Performance Tuning

Certification

· Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, April 2024

· AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate - Oct,2022

· AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner -Sep,2021

· Pega Certified Senior System Architect - Aug,2021

· Pega Certified System Architect - July,2020

· ITIL Foundation External Certification - Dec,2017

· Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate - Dec,2015

Timeline

Specialist Software Engineering

LTIMindtree
04.2023 - Current

Manager, Projects

Cognizant
04.2019 - 03.2023

IT Analyst

TCS
03.2013 - 07.2019

Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering

Techno India College of Technology
Somnath Chatterjee