1. Jishnu G Sreekumar
SQL DBA – Infosys Ltd
Houston, TX - Email me at: - jishnugs@gmail.com
Overall 8+ Years of IT experience with 6+ years in SQL Server Database Administration with
latest cloud technologies like Microsoft Azure with a rare combination with SharePoint 2013.
Excellent knowledge in Relational Data Base Management System foundation concepts
Experience in SQL Installation and High Availability concepts in PRODUCTION and lower
environments
Experience in setting up High Availability Replicas and Always On configuration
Experience in Storage concepts, capturing and analyzing IOPS
Experience in DR Migration and DR exercise for Databases
Experience in Configuration of SQL Server service packs, hot fixes and comply with
Organization strategy
Proficient in implementing SQL Best Practices and managed the DBs with TDE Encryption
Experience in implementing & managing logins, database security and managing permissions
Experience in developing and implementing backup & restore strategy and high availability
solutions
Proficient in Migrating Databases to higher versions and from On Premises to Azure cloud.
Experience in establishing routines to ensure that indexes are defragmented regularly and
statistics are up-to-date
Experience configuring Maintenance Plans, SQL Server Agent Jobs scheduling, creating alerts
Excellent knowledge in fixing the job failures and report the Incidents upfront to stakeholders
Experience in resolving issues and identify root cause and proactively improve the
confidentiality, integrity and reliability of the data
Strategizing and redesigning the architecture to reduce maintenance and hardware cost
A through, dedicated & motivated professional with a proactive attitude, excellent team
leadership qualities, capable of thinking in and out of the box with in depth knowledge of ITIL
standards.
MANAGEMENT:
Effective at multitasking and working under pressure to accomplish overall objectives
Excellent skills in problem-solving and team building
Excellent Knowledge in ITIL process and v3 certified
Excellent knowledge in Incident, Problem and Change management process
Excellent knowledge in Remedy Administration and unique reporting skills
Manage multiple organizing, coordinating, monitoring, and reporting skills
Excellent analysis of strength and weakness in a project to enhance subsequent project
performance
Excellent communication skills with Project Stake Holders and Third party vendors.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer.
2. WORK EXPERIENCE
SQL DBA
Infosys Ltd - November 2013 to Present
Role: SQL DBA – Technology Lead (Onsite)
Role Description: Team Lead and responsible for managing production and lower
environments Manage multiple instances of SQL Server with rare combination of SharePoint
in On Premise and Cloud environments.
Responsible for supporting over 100+ SQL instances which include SQL 2008 R2, SQL 2014
Expertise in Database Administration on Production Servers with server configuration,
performance tuning, maintenance with outstanding troubleshooting capabilities and
implementing the Change Requests, representing the DBAs in CAB Meetings
Experience in Disaster Recovery Planning and sending out Outage Notifications for different
time zones
Proficiency and expertise in SQL Server Replication, Backup/Recovery, DB Migration
Having hands on experience in DR processes including Always On(High Availability Solutions)
Working knowledge in Storage concepts, SCOM, SCCM and Remedy Administration
Experience in supporting & managing Very Large DBs and the data management
Strong experience in mentoring team members and writing documentation
24 X 7 Production Database on Call Support
Monitoring the servers and SQL Native Backup conversion skills
Worked on SQL Server client tools and their installation
SQL Server & Oracle DB Administrator
Infosys Ltd - January 2011 to October 2013(Offshore)
Role: Technology Analyst
Role Description: As a support DBA responsible for managing production, development and
test environments. Manage multiple instances of SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase DB
technologies.
Responsible for supporting over 50+ SQL instances which include SQL 2008R2 and SQL2012
Installation and Maintenance of SQL Server on Test, Development and Production
Environments
Worked with SQL Server 2008/12 side by side upgrade from SQL server 2005
Worked in Disaster Recovery Planning, Testing and Analyzing, continuous update of
documentation
Expertise in migration SQL Databases for SharePoint (from MOSS to SP2010)
Expertise in basic DB Administration for Oracle and Sybase
Expertise in Windows Failover Manger Cluster and getting the DBs ready for OS Patching by
failing it over to appropriate nodes
Worked in Active Active Passive cluster environment
Implementation of SQL Logins, Roles and Authentication Modes as a part of Security Policies
Creating Logins and Roles with appropriate permissions and approvals due to Data
Confidentiality
Creating and Maintaining Database Maintenance Plans
3. Write T-SQL Scripts for database backup jobs and daily/weekly jobs
Performed data partitioning for efficient management of database tables and indexes
Maintaining the database consistency with DBCC at regular intervals
Monitoring SQL server performance using profiler to find performance and deadlocks
Managed Disk space, memory, CPU alerts and User connections
Performed Database Integrity Checks, updated Database Statistics and performed Re-indexing
Rebuilding the indexes at regular intervals for better performance and ensure the jobs have
run successfully
Performing DB refresh from PROD to lower environments with proper approval process
Creating Database Maintenance Plan and planning the Outage windows by consulting the
Application and Business stakeholders
Performing DB deployments and implementation of Change Requests and Production Data
Requests
Update statistics, database integrity check and Backup operations in SQL Server & Oracle.
SQL Server L2 Engineer
HP (Contract) – June 2009 to January 2011
Role: Senior Systems Engineer
Role Description: Primary responsibilities as L2 support engineer which includes managing
Daily Operations. Service Improvements across projects, Resource, Managing Mentoring L1
Engineers.
Managing the DB Management/Administration through backend on SQL 2000 and above
environments
Helping the end users to migrate/upgrade the DB environments to higher versions
Debugging and Troubleshooting the DB bugs and other administrative activities on DB if
Level 1 Engineers fails in troubleshooting or debugging
Helping Level 1 Engineers technically in unknown issues and managing all the DB’s through
remotely
SPOC for all the DB Related Critical Incidents when other Engineers fail in troubleshooting
Active member in design discussions and a CAB member for the Client on technical changes
Took part in 6 major Project Implementations and provided 60 days of continuous Post
Project Implementation Support for the Client
Providing the backend support for the built in ERP Application which is deployed across the
Client side environments
Maintaining the Version Management of the DB’s for the Client
Helped in implementing Change/Problem management Process in the Project for the Client
Procter & Gamble
Performing Root Cause Analysis on all the unknown issues and documenting all the issues by
updating Known Error Database.
Owning the Service Desk for HP and assigning the Incident/Problem tickets.
4. Application Support
Accenture (Contract) - July 2007 to May 2009
Role: Software Engineer
Worked as Change Management, Problem Management and Infrastructure Project
Management specialist at Accenture for one of the telecom giant
Worked as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Change Management Process & AOTS Tool
Absorbed the Change Management & Problem Management process from client and
conducted Train the Trainer sessions for entire unit (800 resources trained in 1 month)
Gained experience as an ITIL service co-ordinator in Change/Problem and Release
Managements
Worked as an Internal Auditor for the Change management & Problem management part of
the Application Operations with ITIL Standards
Performed Production Certification and Release Audits for all the Production Changes which is
a part of Release Management process
Prepared and Maintained Metrics & reports using MS-Excel and Macros for CMDB
(Configuration Management Database)
Instrumental in highlighting the Known Errors and thereby avoiding outages in production
systems
Expertise in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for Problem cases and conducting the Meetings with
Client and other critical stakeholders
Proficient in chairing CAB/CCB Meetings and led the training program for the release of a new
tool for Change Management and Problem Management
Handled & executed Disaster Recovery Process(BCP) which is a subset of IT Service Continuity
Management for a set of applications
Estimated Application Availability for a set of Critical Applications using Business Objects Tool
and Crystal Reports
Planned & handled maintenance activities for critical applications
Executed test cases for AOTS Tool and completed User Acceptance Test for a set of Client
specific application
5. EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) – Electronics and Communication Engineering
Anna University.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Certification Summary
ITIL® v3 and v2
MCP: SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance(70-432)
MCITP: Database Administrator 2008: Designing, Optimizing and Maintaining a
Database Administrative Solution Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008(70-450).
Visa
H1B