Bhavisha B.

Parmar
Senior Database Administrator/Architect (SME)
(732)564-6105 / [email protected]

SUMMARY
 11+ years of experience in Database Administration, Database Design, Modeling, Development &
Support of MS SQL Server 2019/2017/2016/2014/2012/2008R2/2008/2005/2000 in Production &
Development environments.
 Enthusiastic about Cloud Solutions for IT. Over 5 years of hands on experience with AWS and Azure
Cloud and different relational databases like SQL, Oracle, MySQL, Postgre SQL and Redshift and noSQL
databases like MongoDB
 Over 5 years of experience working on installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of
Attunity.
 Worked as Technical Lead / SME and managed team size up to 8.
 Migrated databases from on premise to AWS RDS, Azure SQL and Azure managed instances
 Leading teams in building and administering enterprise database systems, providing guidance to ensure
on-demand availability of databases – large and small – while designing solutions to meet data needs.
 Developing policies/ best practices for data management, implementing balanced measures that protect
data from theft and corruption while allowing access appropriate to business requirements.
 Implementing disaster recovery plans that work, executing sound strategies to protect mission-critical
data/systems, even in the face of catastrophe.
 Managing databases, implementing architecture solutions, data governance strategies, and visualization
technologies to manage complex, multi-terabyte data sets – and maximize value to users.
 Strengthening team performance, leveraging training and mentoring opportunities to help build a more
knowledgeable and engaged team.
 Performed Log Shipping and implemented Replication as High Availability techniques.
 Implemented distributed availability group as a high availability and Disaster recovery solution
 Experience in Database Mirroring as Disaster Recovery Solution.
 Expert in designing Relational Database Model, implementation and testing as per business needs.
 Expertise in Database Governance, System Implementation, Security & Disaster Recovery Solutions,
Vendor/Technology Selection & Coordination, Team Leadership & Staff Mentoring
 Experience in Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Client/Server Connectivity, Database
consistency checks using DBCC Utilities.
 Created Partition function, Partition scheme and multiple file groups and files to host the table data for
Data partitioning.
 Extensive use of DTS in SQL Server, Performance Tuning & Application Design, Disaster Recovery
Planning, Security Management, Managing server and clients, T-SQL, etc.
 Intensive experience in Monitoring and Tuning SQL Server and database performance using SQL
Profiler, Index Tuning Wizard, Windows Performance Monitor.
 Worked extensively in Clustered environment (Active / Passive) to further increase scalability and
stability of business-critical systems.

EDUCATION
 Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gujarat University, India
 Master’s in software engineering from Stratford University, West Falls Church, Virginia, USA.

CERTIFICATIONS
 Microsoft certified Professional (MCP)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Databases: MS SQL Server 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008, 2005, 2000, RDS on AWS, DB2, Postgre SQL
and Redshift

Programming: C/C++, T-SQL, Visual Basic 5/6, Java, .NET, PL/SQL, Python, PowerShell, MDX
DBA: MS SQL Server2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008R2, 2005, 2000, RDS on AWS, Postgre SQL
9.6/10.12, MYSQL, Dynamo db, PowerShell
Operating System: Windows 2016/2012/2008/2003 Enterprise Server, Windows 2000 Advanced server,
NT & Windows 9x, Linux, Ubantu, Debian
Other Software: Windows 2016/2012/2008/2003 Enterprise Server, Windows 2000 Advanced & Windows
9x, Linux
Tools: Quest Litespeed, CA Erwin, MS Visio, SQL Diagnostic Manager (Idera), DBArtisans, Spotlight on SQL
Server (Quest), SQL Secure (Idera), Benchmark Factory, SQL Compare, SQL Data Compare, Backup Utility,
Tidal Scheduling Tool, New Relic, BigPanada, Attunity, NewRelic, SQL Watch, Tableau, Qlik, Microsoft
PowerBI, Active Batch
Hardware: Compaq/HP Proliants Servers, Dell Power Edge Servers.
Technologies: RAID, SAN, SCCM
Network Topologies: TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, FTP, SNMP, SMTP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Client: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. July’20 – Till date
Title: Attunity Architect
 Extensively  worked on installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of Attunity
replication on Linux OS.
 Created data pipeline from on premise database to Amazon S3 using Attunity replication
 Implemented and supporting Replication on on-premise database servers using native replication and
ETL change tracking
 Worked with business and Qlik vendor to design Architecture and configuration for Attunity replicate
 Worked with Qlik vendor and business to do POC(Proof of concept) and load testing in test environment
to troubleshoot potential issues
 Installed and configured Attunity Replicate and required drivers on Windows and Red hat Linux 7.4
 Extensively worked on Administration of attunity on Linux server
  Extensively replicated massive volume of data from SAP Source systems to Data Lake on AWS.( 100 to
200 GB logs per hours)
 Designed and build replication jobs from SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) to AWS S3 using Attunity
Replicate and Created unit test documentation.
 Review configuration of endpoints and execute simple data replication job.
 Assisted in the building of instructions for deployment (of jobs and configurations) to test/prod.
 Validate operability of assigned data replication jobs across all environments (dev/test/prod).
 Experience in working agile technologies like scrumban and Kanban Using Jira
 Implemented and supporting Transactional Replication between On premise to AWS S3 Bucket using
Attunity

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Client: Fanatics Sep’19 – June’20
Title: Senior Database Engineer
 Extensively working on defining, building and maintaining specific security architecture in public cloud.
 Extensively working and supporting RDS on AWS including PostgreSQL, SQL and AWS Aurora
 Worked as a lead for migrating on premise databases to Azure cloud using SSMA tool in both IaaS and
PaaS
 Extensively  worked on installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of Attunity
replication on Linux OS
 Created data pipeline from on premise database to Amazon S3 using Attunity replication
 Implemented and supporting Replication on on-premise database servers using native replication and
ETL change tracking
 Experience in working agile technologies like scrumban and Kanban Using Jira
 Worked as Technical Lead / SME and managed team size up to 8.
 Setup and Implemented SQL Server 2016 Always On Distributed Availability Groups
 Implemented and supporting Transactional Replication between On premise to AWS S3 Bucket using
Attunity
 Extensive experience in SQL Programming and SQL Query Performance tuning
 Highly proficient in writing code using TSQL
 Implemented best auditing practices and assisted offshore team with any performance related issues
 Prepared and documented SQL 2012 to SQL 2019 migration plan and assisted team with implementation
and issues
 Extensive Experience with T-SQL, .NET and logical/physical modeling
 Extensively worked with .net developers to tune procedures for optimal database performance
 Experienced in reading .net code in visual studio and make performance recommendations
 Did health check for their most critical servers, provided team the best practices and suggestions and
made sure they are ready to handle their peak season workload
 Participated in Backlog Grooming, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint
Retrospective
 Extensively working on setting up and supporting Amazon Redshift as a Data warehouse solution
 Ensured user stories are understood and groomed by the technical team and Communicate issues /
questions blocking development team’s progress
 Extensively working with team to guide them for implementing best AWS cloud security and AWS Cloud
Billing and cost management
 Extensively working on cloud computing
 Extensively working on AWS and Azure on IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
 Extensively involved in cloud migration of existing on-premise databases to AWS Cloud and Azure Cloud
 Extensively working with team to guide them for implementing best AWS cloud security and AWS Cloud
Billing and cost management
 Extensively working with Architecture, Design and implementation of complex, highly available and
highly scalable solutions
 Installed RDS instance in AWS and configure them for High availability
 Implemented and Supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Reporting Services (SSRS) and
Integration Services (SSIS) to manage data warehouse environment
 Knowledge in creating Microsoft Azure and AWS virtual machines for SQLServer, configuring SQLServer
Instances, creating storage accounts, virtual network and Role based access control
 Experienced in configuring loghsipping between on premise database to AWS.
 Supported Extract, Transfer, Load (ETL) efforts using Integration Services tools. Created, configured,
modified and tuned SSIS packages.
 Assisted Management to be Audit ready for SOX and PCI databases and Internal E&Y Audit
 Build and configure SQL Servers on AWS Cloud and Azure Cloud
 Set up and supported always on for SQL Server 2016 for High Availability
 Supporting Active/Passive Clustered Environment and always-on for high Availability

Client: Phillips66, Bartlesville, OK July’13 – August’19

Title: Business Solutions DBA/Developer
 Installation of SQL Server 2017/2016/2014/2012/2008R2/2005 with latest Service and Security Packs
 Created and implemented migration plan for different relational databases like SQL and postgreSQL from
on premise to AWS cloud
 Worked on migrating databases from SQL/mysql/oracle to postgres on Azure cloud using Azure
database migration services
 Extensively  worked on installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of Attunity
replication to replicate data from different datacenters to centralized server
 Implemented and supporting Replication on on-premise database servers using native replication and
ETL change tracking
 Worked as a lead for migrating on premise databases to AWS cloud using AWS SCT and AWS DMA tool in
both IaaS and PaaS
 Migrated data from db2 databases into SQL server on Azure using the SSMA tool
 Worked as Project Lead and managed team size up to 5
 Experienced in reading and writing .net code in visual studio and debug the queries for optimal
performance
 Extensively worked on design, development and maintenance activities in support of the DB2
Environment
 Experience in a config management systems like chef and terraform.
 Implemented and supported SQL Server 2016 Always On Distributed Availability Groups
 Extensively involved in Patching of SQL Server 2017/2016/2014/2012/2008R2/2005 using SCCM and
manually
 Extensively involved in cloud migration of existing on-premise databases to AWS Cloud and Azure Cloud
 worked on migrating databases from SQL/mysql to postgres on AWS cloud using AWS DMS and AWS SCT
 supported, maintained and tuned postgres databases on cloud and on premise both
 migrated databases from SQL to postgres using SQLserver2PGSQL tool for schema conversion
  Supported, maintained and tuned postgres 9.6 and postgres 10.12 databases on cloud and on premise
both   
 extensive scripting experience of PL/pgSQL 
 Installed RDS instance in AWS and configure them for High availability
 Worked on Migrating MSSQL and ORACLE Databases to RDS PostgreSQL and RDS MySQL
 Wrote Parameterized Queries for generating Tabular reports, Formatting report layout, creating reports
using Global Variables, Expressions, Functions, Sorting the data, Defining Data Source and Datasets,
calculating subtotals and grand totals for the reports using SSRS.
 Created Drill through, Drill down, Matrix and Sub reports, added report mapping functionality to the
reports using MS SQL Reporting Services
 Supported Extract, Transfer, Load (ETL) efforts using Integration Services tools. Created, configured,
modified and tuned SSIS packages.
 Used configuration manager in SSIS to dynamically move packages between environments, performed
error handling for SSIS packages.
 Implemented and supporting Data Replication on on-premise database servers using native replication
and Attunity and ETL change tracking process
 Extensively working on setting up and supporting Amazon Redshift as a Data warehouse solution
 Extensively working and supporting RDS on AWS including PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora and SQL database
 Implemented and supporting Transactional Replication between On premise to AWS S3 Bucket using
Attunity
 Implemented and Supported SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Reporting Services (SSRS) and
Integration Services (SSIS) to manage data warehouse environment
 Worked on Data warehouse and Data Mart to generate reports for business analysis
 integrated Tableau and other BI tools with SQL and other relational databases and generating
dashboards and worksheets for business analysis
 Implemented best auditing practices and assisted offshore team with any performance related issues
 Assisted Management to be Audit ready for SOX databases and Internal E&Y Audit
 Perform DDL and DML changes and deploy it in production environment
 Extensively Involved in migrating/upgrading SQL Server 2000/2005 to SQL 2012 and SQL 2016
 Used 2012 upgrade advisor to analyze known migration issues while moving from SQL 2000 to SQL2012
 Configured Linked server on SQL server connecting to external data source like Oracle, Db2 etc.
 Set up and supported always on for SQL Server 2012 for High Availability
 Used SCOM to get state, availability, security, health and performance information of our system
 Worked with developers to resolve performance issues for the business process
 Worked on Embarcadero DBArtisan tool
 Worked in Active/Passive and Active/Active Clustered Environment
 Implemented Transactional and Merge Replication between different refinery Sites
 Used SQL compare tool and SQL data compare tool to migrate schema changes from dev to test and prod
environment
 Installed, configured and Used Quest litespeed for back up and compression
 Wrote custom scripts and jobs to manage backups due to lack of disk space
 Monitoring Notifications, Jobs and alerts and making sure all jobs run successfully
 Used Idera Diagnostic Manager for Monitoring solutions
 Used SQL Secure(Idera) for monitoring security
 Used resource manager to keep track of all the servers, databases and instances
 Used Ticketing system software BMC remedy and ServiceNow for ticketing system
 Worked in production, testing, QA and development environment
 Provided 24X7 on call support on rotation basis

Client: ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK June’11 – July’13

Title: SQL Server DBA
 Installation of SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 R2/ 2012 with latest Service Packs
 Provided 24X7 on call support on rotation bases
 Extensively Involved in migrating SQL Server 2000/2005 to 2008 R2
 Successfully installed two node Active/Passive SQL Server 2008 cluster installation on windows 2008 r2
 Followed GIPA Compliance standard
 Extensively worked with .net developers to performance tune the queries to resolve performance issues
 Used SCOM to get state, availability, security, health and performance information of our system
 Worked in Active/Passive and Active/Active Clustered Environment
 Performed database backup, recovery, and transfer operations
 Used SQL compare tool to migrate schema changes from dev to test and prod environment
 Used SQL data compare tool to migrate data from dev, test and prod environment
 Installed, configured and Used Quest litespeed for back up and compression
 Wrote custom scripts and jobs to manage backups due to lack of disk space
 Installing applications and establish the connectivity with the database
 Worked on PowerShell scripts to automate day to day activity to monitor SQL Server
 Monitoring Notifications, Jobs and alerts and making sure all jobs run successfully
 Used Idera Diagnostic Manager for Monitoring solutions
 Used SQL Secure(Idera) for monitoring security
 Managed space database issues
 Used SQL Server Management Studio to manage the SQL Server Analysis Services(SSAS)
 Used resource manager to keep track of all the servers, databases and instances
 Used Ticketing system software BMC remedy ticketing system
 Worked in production testing and development environment

Client: FedEx, Collierville, TN Mar’11 – May’11

Title: SQL Server DBA
 Installation of SQL Server 2005/ 2008R2 with latest Service Packs
 Involved in migrating SQL Server 2005 to 2008R2
 Successfully installed two node Active/Passive SQL Server 2008 cluster installation on windows 2008 r2
 Worked in Active/Passive and Active/Active Clustered Environment
 Extensively involved in Database Mirroring in SQL 2005 and SQL 2008R2
 Extensively involved in replication and implemented Snapshot, Transactional Replications
 Involved in semiannual Disaster Recovery Testing drills
 Identified flaws with DR strategies and offered suggestions of improvement
 Performed database backup, recovery, and transfer operations
 Used Quest litespeed 6.1.0 for back up and compression
 Wrote custom scripts and jobs to manage backups due to lack of disk space
 Installing applications and establish the connectivity with the database
 Used benchmark factory for load testing
 I maintained tables, indexes
 Wrote SSIS Packages to migrate users, logins, stored procedures, and tables
 Used SSRS to produce our own reports
 Monitoring Notifications, Jobs and alerts and making sure all jobs run successfully
 Used Idera Diagnostic Manager for Monitoring solutions
 Used SQL Secure(Idera) for monitoring security
 Managed space database issues
 Used Ticketing system software BMC remedy to track issues in Environment and to troubleshoot issues
by opening a ticket with Microsoft team for technical support
 Worked in both production and testing environment

Client: Surat Transformer May’07 – July’08

Title: Computer Programmer
 Wrote SSIS Packages to migrate users, logins, stored procedures, and tables
 Used SQL Server Management Studio to manage the SQL Server Analysis Services(SSAS)
 Used SSRS to produce our own reports
 Creating documentation for error resolving fixtures
 Used SQL Server Performance Monitor to monitor database performance
 Tuned the Production server to get performance improvement by using SQL Profiler, SQL Commands and
Database engine Tuning Advisor(DTA)
 Developed SQL Server Maintenance Plans
 Responsible for tuning data, indexes, and queries
 Designing New Indexes on tables and worked with developers to increase SQL server performance
 Partitioning tables to achieve better performance for access and writes
 Developed SQL Server Maintenance Plans

Client: GNFC, Bharuch, India Dec’06 – May’07

Title: Industrial Trainee
 Maintained and administered computer network and related computing environments including
computer hardware, system software, application software and all configurations
 Performed database backup and recovery operations
 Diagnosed, troubleshoot and resolved hardware, software or other network and system problems and
replace defective components when necessary
 Plan, coordinate and implement network security measures to protect data, software and hardware
 Configure, monitor and maintain email application and virus protection software
 Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer system and networks
 Design, configure and test computer hardware networking software and operating system software