PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sanofi-Aventis, Montpellier, France
Nov. 2011 - Dec. 2013
Oracle DBA (Contract)
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Al aspects of L3 administration of Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g on Solaris 10, 11, HP-UX 11i V3, Linux
RedHat 5.2
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L3 DBA for 24/7 Oracle Adverse Events Reporting System (AERS 4.6) application including
RDBMS and application patching, change control, routine maintenance, performance
troubleshooting
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Responsible for coordination of three worldwide DBAs during migration/consolidation of
three separate applications (AERS, Argus, & Arisg) on disparate OS platforms and RDBMS
versions and running on different continents/time-zones into Aware/AERS
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Interface between Sanofi and external technical teams - e.g. November Research (U.S.) and
Foresight Group (U.S.A. and India)
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L3 DBA for Datastage ETL (Oracle 9i -> 10g)
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L3 DBA for Accelrys' Symyx application, including leading Symyx migration and upgrade from
Oracle 10g to 11g in 2TB environments
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Responsible for coordination and support of Accenture L1-L2 DBAs based in India
Sanofi-Aventis, Montpellier, France
Feb. 2010 - Nov. 2011
Oracle and SQL Server DBA (Contract)
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All aspects of L1-L3 administration of Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g on Solaris 9, 10, 11, HP-UX 11i v3,
and Linux RedHat 5.2
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Administration of SQL Server 2000, 2005, and 2008 on Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008R2
including SQL Server Clusters for Sharepoint
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L3 DBA for 24/7 Domasys document management application on Oracle 10g and 11g
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Responsible for coordination of three France-based DBAs during outsourcing to Accenture,
India including remote Webex knowledge transfers (KTs) with ~15 Indian DBAs, as well as
face-to-face transitioning to Accenture staff on-site in Kolkata, India
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Department of Education, Athlone, Ireland
Dec. 2009
Oracle Applications DBA (Contract)
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Al aspects of administration of Oracle Financials 10.7 on 9i (AIX)
Electricity Supply Board, Dublin, Ireland
Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2009
Oracle and SQL Server DBA (Contract)
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Al aspects of L1 - L3 administration of Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g on Solaris and HP-UX
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Administration of SQL Server 2000 and 2005
Pepsi International, Dublin, Ireland
Feb. 2007 - Aug. 2008
Oracle and SQL Server DBA (Contract)
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Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g on AIX 5.2, 5.3 and Windows 2000, 2003
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Oracle Financials 10.7 on 9i
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SQL Server 7, 2000, 2005
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AIX system administration
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IBM SAN volume management
Midland HR Payroll & Software Solutions, Nottingham, U.K.
Aug. 2003 - May 2006
Technical Consultant (Permanent)
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Responsible for a national portfolio of clients running application software on Oracle 8i, 9i on
Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows as well as on SQL Server 6.5, 7, 2000
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On-site consultancy - RDBMS and application installations, upgrades, patching, migrations
health checks, performance troubleshooting
Leek United Building Society, Leek, U.K.
Nov. 2001 - Aug. 2003
Oracle DBA & Solaris System Administrator (Permanent)
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Administration of Oracle 8.0 on NCR Unix and 8i, 9i on Solaris 8
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Solaris 8 System Administration
Britannia Building Society, Leek, U.K.
Jan. 1997 - Nov. 2001
Oracle DBA (Permanent)
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Administration of Oracle 7, 8.0, 8i on Windows and Solaris
Various non-Oracle I.T. roles in the U.K., Australia, Singapore,
Aug. 1986 - Jan. 1997
and France