JAGAN GADDAM
Summary
• 14+ Years of SQL Server DBA experience in Implementation, Administration, Database Design, Development & Support of
SQL Servers 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2022 in Production, Test, and Development Environments includes 5 years of
hands-on Cloud environment of AWS and Azure.
• Expertise in Infrastructure operations, supporting 365*24*7 distributed operational model.
• Expertise in handling large scale complex database migration projects of SQL Servers with 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 and SQL
Server 2022.
• Experienced on high availability SQL Server solutions, including Mirroring, Log Shipping, Always ON, Replication and SQL
Server Clustering (Active-Active, Active-Passive).
• Solid experience in third party SQL server backup tools such as Snap Manager for SQL, Avamar.
• Experience in managing 3000+ database servers, with database sizes up to 90TB, on Physical, Virtual machines.
• Design & implement complex database backup/restore strategies.
• Experience on installing, configuring, and managing of SQL Server and its components. i.e., SSIS, SSRS, SSAS.
• Expertises in Troubleshoot, investigate, and drive complex database resolution of incidents.
• Expertise in Performance Data Collector, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Bulk Copy Program (BCP).
• Sound knowledge on Operation CIRT Handling and Major incident Team responsibility.
• Familiar with All Clustered Environments. Monitoring the Nodes and Volumes.
• Responsible for reviewing and deploying any production changes through Release for change (RFC) process
• Responsible for interacting with other technical support groups to determine appropriate disk platforms, disk configuration,
operating system kernel settings and database engine configurations.
• Well versed with project responsibilities such as planning and implementation i.e., Migration and Up-gradation.
• Worked extensively on EBS Volumes through Terraform.
• Responsible for Security Configuration on cloud platform through Terraform.
• Proficient in meeting tight deadlines and adopting new technologies.
• Experience in using Service Desk application, used to assign/track/document all requests for work impacting the nature.
• Monitored and troubleshoot Azure Data Factory pipelines
• Monitoring the servers by accessing remotely and analysing the databases.
• Experience in Active directory user management, replication, and monitoring.
• Very Good experience on Optimising Code and Improving Efficiency in databases including Re-indexing, Updating Statistics,
Recompiling Stored Procedures and performing other maintenance tasks.
• Installation, configuration, and maintenance of MS SQL Servers.
• Checking the status of Backup, troubleshooting the failed backups and Restoration of databases.
• Experience in Performance Monitoring (PERFMON), Performance Tuning and Security Administration by implementing
Schemas, optimizing queries, Tuning indexes and DBCC using DBCC Utilities.
• Recovery of the database during crash or data Loss.
• Experience in Documenting all Database Architecture according to established standards.
• Worked closely with network and SAN teams, well versed with EMC - Semantic storage and EBS Volumes.
Skills
• Cloud – AWS and Azure • Monitoring – SiteScope, IMon,
• DB – SQL Server, Mongo Splunk, DataDog, Nagios
• OS – Windows, Linux • Programming Languages –
• DevOps – CI/CD and ADF T-SQL, PowerShell and Java
• Service Desk - Service Now, JIRA • Backup Tools – Litespeed,
and Confluence, SnapManager, Avamar and
• Change Mgmt – GitHub, Sprint Double-Take
Experience
01/2023 - Current Sr., Lead – Database Engineer
Experian • Responsible for Installation and maintenance of SQL Server software on production / development /
QA
• Handling Very Large databases ranging in sizes from 1 TB to 4 TB
• Provide L2/L3 support as the primary point of contact for all technical and operational issues
• On call support
• Tuning data & performance of the servers, and working with development teams to identify &
suggest Optimization enhancements
• Configure and manage database Replication, Log shipping, Availability Groups, Disaster Recovery
solutions for databases.
• Collaborate closely with application development teams to provide database support.
• Implement security measures through TDE and TLS for protecting sensitive data
• Configure monitoring on the DB servers.
• Maintain integrity and consistency of the databases,
• Analyzed Traces from the SQL Profiler to troubleshoot database and used DBCC consistency checks
for other database maintenance aspects.
• Prepare steady state documentation and cutover scripts for the entire SQL Server processes
• migration of SQL Server database servers from ON-PREM to AWS
Environment: SQL Server 2022, 2019 and 2017. Windows 2022, SQL Sentry, ServiceNow ,
AWS Cloud platform with EC2, GitHub, Terraform, Terra grunt, JIRA, Confluence, CI/CD
Tool – Octopus, Version change tool – Bitbucket,
01/2021 - 01/2023 Sr., Lead - Enterprise Systems and Databases
Woodside Energy • Hosting and managing the 400+ ERP environment Servers including the SAP, SQL Server and HANA
Databases on Azure Cloud Platform.
• Responsible for Database and OS patching on Azure Cloud Platform.
• Monitoring the health of ERP applications and Infrastructure servers on daily basis
• Active member of CAB Team and approve the changes on behalf of the CAB
• Manage and Monitor the Servers on Azure Cloud Platform
• Proficient with ERP environment setup and configuration of load balancer servers
• Manage the Security of systems
• Configure Always ON through Availability groups.
• Setup and configure the HA and HA+DR patterns on Azure Platform
• Responsible for the SOX compliance of the system.
• Hands on experience with VLDB's of SQL Server and HANA
• Performance tuning of the database servers ( SQL Server and HANA)
• Infrastructure downsizing
Environment: Azure Cloud, SQL Server with Always ON, HANA, SAP, SNOW, CyberArk, SOX
Audit
10/2014 - 12/2020 Sr., Lead Engineer-Database
Thomson Reuters • Primarily working on migration of SQL Server database servers from ON-PREM to AWS /
AZURECloud environment.
• Install, maintain, administer and trouble troubleshoot issues of SQL Server for business-critical
applications.
• Build and configure Always on AG groups to ensure the HA+DR designs.
• Configure the S3 bucket to perform the backup and restore and ensure the meet the agreed RTO
and RPO
• Patch and maintain the SQL servers on AWS EC2 environment.
• Troubleshoot and fix the user issues raised on the new SQL Server instances of AWS EC2
environment.
• Much familiar with the Managed services of AWS and work closely with the BU/App team to fulfil
their requirement.
• Design, implement and maintain database systems with SQL and NoSQL technologies.
• Managed database changes, deployments, security enhancements, TDE, operational
support,performance improvement, upgrades and application support, and DR Implementations.
• Monitor and configure the new SQL Server instances of AWS EC2 environment through DataDog
monitoring tool.
• Coordinate with application owners, windows, storage, and network teams on systems during
releases and fixed any connectivity issues after deployments.
• Work with systems engineers on planned and unplanned security patches, ensured database servers
are healthy, and troubleshoot any connectivity issues.
• Participated in CAB meetings and pre deployments meetings and prepared and participated in on call
schedule.
• Participated and built SQL clusters for 2 Data Centre locations. Coordinated with application teams
on schema changes.
• Experience configuring and monitoring activity and performance for AZURE SQL at the
infrastructure, server, service, and database levels.
• Identified poorly performing SQL queries and tuned and increased performance based on estimated
query execution plan recommendations.
• Implemented SQL Server transaction replication for reporting.
• Automate tasks using power shell and python scripts.
Environment: DCO, DCIS, NetApp, Double-Take, Data Keeper, SQL Server with Always ON,
Data Replication, DR setup, Clustering, Log shipping and mirroring on AWS / AZURE
environment.
08/2012 - 09/2014 Senior Database Engineer
Wells Fargo Commodities Trading
Environment: SQL Server, Oracle 10g, Endur (OpenLink), WebLogic (Java, J2EE), C++,
Java Scripting, Shell Scripting, XML, Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) and Grid Server
05/2010 - 07/2012 Sr. SQL Server Administrator
Asurion IT Operations - Database Administration
Environment: SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 R2 (32 and 64 bit) and 2012, Windows Server
2000/2003(32 and 64 bit), SSMS, SSIS, SSRS, Enterprise Manager, T-SQL, Log shipping,
Replication, Clustering, SQL Profiler, Performance Monitor (PERFMON), C++, Microsoft
Active Server Pages (ASP) and Java Scripting
Certifications
Microsoft certified Azure administrator associate
Microsoft Certified IT Professional - Database Administrator 2008
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - SQL Server 2008 - Implementation and Maintenance
Education and Training
01/2006 Master of Computer Application (MCA)
Telangana, India Hyderabad
01/2003 Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)
Telangana, India Hyderabad
