Vikas – Database Administrator cum Database Developer – 15+ years Exp – Willing to relocate anywhere in USA

SUMMARY:

• Senior Database and Cloud Infrastructure Executive with 14+ years of experience architecting, modernizing, and securing enterprise-scale data ecosystems across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments, leading high-availability SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cosmos DB, and Oracle platforms supporting multi-terabyte databases and 10M+ transaction OLTP systems, delivering complex cloud migrations, strengthening governance and regulatory compliance frameworks, optimizing database performance, and implementing enterprise-grade disaster recovery architectures across financial, healthcare, and corporate environments, while directing global production support teams, embedding automation and DevOps practices, and aligning infrastructure strategy with business continuity, financial planning, and cost optimization objectives across Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instance, AWS RDS, and GCP Cloud SQL using SSMS, SCOM, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, pgAdmin, AWS Aurora Postgres and SQL Profiler.

Core Competence & Technical Expertise

 

Professional Experience:

United Wholesale Mortgage (08/2024 – Current) Michigan USA

Database Administrator and SQL Developer

Led migration of SQL Server 2016/2019 environments to SQL Server 2022 on Azure, strengthening platform resiliency by 35% and reducing failover recovery time across clustered production systems with Qlik replication.

Quiktrak Inc. (March 2020 – July 2024) Portland, OR

Lead Database Administrator & SQL Developer (MSSQL, MYSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

• • Directed enterprise SQL Server modernization to Azure Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database, lowering infrastructure expenditure by 28% while improving horizontal scalability across healthcare platforms.
  • Supervised a team of four database administrators, elevating SLA compliance to 99.98% and stabilizing 24/7 production systems handling sensitive HIPAA-regulated patient data.
  • Implemented peer-to-peer replication and geo-cluster reporting architectures, increasing reporting throughput by 45% without degrading transactional processing performance.
  • Executed PostgreSQL and MySQL migrations to AWS RDS, enhancing disaster recovery readiness and reducing maintenance overhead by 30% through managed service optimization.
  • Strengthened security posture through RBAC enforcement, encryption deployment (TDE, auditing), and structured backup strategies, reducing audit findings by 60% across regulated environments.
  • Independent PostgreSQL developer with extensive experience migrating on-premises SQL databases to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL. Led end-to-end migration initiatives, including assessment, strategic planning, schema conversion, data migration, and testing, ensuring seamless transitions with minimal application downtime.
  • Hands-on expertise in converting SQL stored procedures to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, with strong proficiency in PostgreSQL database development, schema design, and query optimization for performance and scalability.

Orion Systems Integrators LLC (October 2019 – March 2020) – Redmond, WA

Senior MSSQL Database Administrator/Developer

• • Orchestrated upgrade of 150+ legacy SQL Server 2008 databases to 2016/2019 platforms, eliminating end-of-life exposure and reducing operational risk across enterprise systems.
  • Built Azure-based clustered SQL infrastructures with Always On availability groups, improving failover efficiency by 30% and strengthening disaster recovery capability.
  • Optimized high-volume transactional queries and indexing strategies, reducing average query latency by 38% across commerce-related data workloads.
  • Developed SSIS ETL pipelines and OLAP cubes, improving reporting accuracy and accelerating executive decision support cycles by 25%.
  • Delivered Power BI dashboards and KPI scorecards for senior leadership, enabling performance forecasting visibility across multi-region marketplace operations.

Enom Inc. (Formerly RightSide) (December 2015 – October 2019)  –  Bellevue, WA
MSSQL/MYSQL/PostgreSQL Database Administrator/Developer

• • Administered 100+ production, QA, and development servers hosting 10–12TB databases, sustaining 99.99% uptime within clustered and mirrored environments.
  • Consolidated cross-datacenter SQL clusters and implemented Always On high- availability frameworks, improving recovery time objectives by 40% across enterprise services.

• • Re-engineered stored procedures and index configurations, increasing transaction throughput efficiency by 33% across high-traffic domain registration systems.
  • Enforced SOX and PCI governance standards while automating deployment scripts, reducing compliance-related operational risks by 50%.
  • Managed service pack upgrades and cloud database migrations to Azure, improving platform stability and decreasing maintenance incidents by 28%.

Green Infosystems LLC — Redmond, Washington, US   August 2013 to  December 2015 – Redmond WA

Sr. MSSQL Database Administrator

• • Supported 100+ enterprise SQL Server databases for Microsoft workloads, maintaining 99.99% availability through structured monitoring and backup validation testing.
  • Architected replication, clustering, and log shipping frameworks, reducing service interruption frequency by 27% across distributed environments.
  • Developed ETL workflows and SSRS reporting solutions, accelerating data integration timelines by 30% for cross-functional business units.
  • Performed performance diagnostics using SQL Profiler and index tuning methodologies, improving batch processing execution time by 35%.
  • Established database coding standards and conducted peer code reviews, decreasing production defects by 32% while enhancing long-term maintainability.

HCL America Inc. — Redmond, Washington, US  Feb 2010 – August 2013 –  Redmond, WA

Sr. MSSQL Database Administrator

• • Managed production databases supporting 8–10TB advertising platforms across 45,000+ servers, maintaining 99.99% uptime in geographically distributed environments.
  • Migrated SQL Server 2008 clusters to SQL Server 2012 Always On failover cluster instances, reducing failover latency by 25% across revenue-critical systems.
  • Conducted root cause analysis for recurring database incidents, lowering repeat outages by 30% through structured remediation frameworks.
  • Coordinated onsite-offshore infrastructure teams, accelerating incident response resolution by 42% through standardized operational workflows.
  • Implemented disaster recovery strategies including mirroring, replication, and log shipping, strengthening business continuity safeguards across production environments.

Education & Certifications:

• Masters in computer applications (MCA) from IGNOU, 2005
• Microsoft Specialist: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
• Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012, 2016/2019/2022 Databases
• Bachelor’s in arts from Delhi University, 1997

 

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Kushal 

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