Paul ZgondeaMCSE Data Platform and SQLPASS Chapter Leader

SKYPE: paul.zgondea PHONE: 0040 751151162 EMAIL: paul.zgondea@gmail.com LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/zgondeapaulWEBSITE: www.paulzgondea.com

SUMMARY

Database Administrator, Developer and Architect with over 10 years of Microsoft SQL experience, possessing strong programming skills and over 3 years of leading a team focused on maintenance, support, development and optimization. Previous system administration and programming background. Interested in taking the next step in all professional areas.

Database administration development and architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2014 / 2012/ 2008R2, 2008. MCSE SQL 2014/2012, MCITP DBD / DBA for SQL 2008 / 2005. Data warehouse architecture and data consolidation through SSIS and other ETL mechanisms. Reporting through SSRS, Query optimization, Database Tuning, Advanced Index Tuning, Data Mining, Pattern Recognition, Data Archiving, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, Internals, excelent troubleshooting skills. Fluent in TSQL and PL/SQL with knowledge of PowerShell and basic Web Architecture.

I have experience in mentoring and training passionate people about SQL. In 2014 I started SQL Cluj, an official SQL PASS local chapter in Cluj Napoca with over 280 members.

My personal goal is to grow as an expert for a variety of technologies. All database engines have a common core and a good database expert can easily adapt to them.

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified Solution Expert - Data Platform for SQL Server 2014/2012 achieved in January 2016Microsoft Certified Solution Associate for SQL Server 2008 achieved in April 2014Microsoft Certified System Administrator for Windows 2003 achieved in June 2009Microsoft Certified IT Profesional Database Developer for SQL Server 2008 achieved in December 2009 Microsoft Certified IT Profesional Database Administrator for SQL Server 2008 achieved in August 2009Microsoft Certified IT Profesional Database Developer for SQL Server 2005 achieved in October 2009 Microsoft Certified IT Profesional Database Administrator for SQL Server 2005 achieved in May 2009 Feel free to verify my Microsoft transcript by accessing this link using the credentials below:TranscriptID: 846584 Access Code: mcitpsql

SPECIALTIES

Team coordinator responsibilities :Providing technical and administrative coordination for the developers and database administrators team. Code reviewing, training for new comers, reports and performance reviews and appraisals. Business requirements analysis, project estimations and resources management.Daily meetings with the project manager and clients.

Database administrator responsibilities: Primary support for multiple environments including: production, QA, Staging andDevelopment on multiple environments using a few bare metal servers and many virtualized machines in a private cloud. Highly involved in working with: - SQL 2012/2008R2/2008/2005 management and maintenance for backup and recovery plans, alerting, scripting, a performance monitoring and disaster recovery through log shipping, mirroring, replication and clustering.- Centralized maintenance and support for over 100 database servers- Database architecture design and development of reports and tsql code for .NET applications and SSRS.- Developing ETL mechanisms through SSIS and for various processes ranging from data import and validation, adata obfuscation, custom environment synchronizations, consolidation and automated historical clean-ups. - Code review and optimization for development, advanced query tunning, auditing performance through aDMVs, extended events, specialized tools and traces, adjusting and maintaining indexes and statistics .- Data warehouse architecture and implementation through Kimball methodology.- Migration of database structure and functions between Oracle, MSSQL and MYSQL.- Database training and raising awareness of potentially bad or un-optimized code through SQL Webinars and aInternal SQL evaluation tests. - PL/SQL development and integration with batch scripts on *NIX systems.

EXPERIENCE

Team Lead and Senior Database Administrator at OSF Global Services July 2009 – October 2014 (5 years 4 months)

Senior DB Developer and Systems Engineer at RIA Solutions Group November 2014 – Present

Development, maintenance, performance tuning, architecture design and improving distributed high availability databases and data marts amounting to terabytes of data. Development for highly customizable TSQL, SSIS and SSRS reports. Maintenance for a highly scalable email sending architecture capable of sending up to 10 million emails per day. Auditing and SQL Server consulting for custom designed applications and architectures. Highly involved in working with:- Data Warehousing with big ammounts of data using SQL 2014 / 2012 - Performance optimizations and mentoring for development team- Management and maintenance for all environments - Implementing solutions for archiving and offloading traffic using SQL Azure- ETL and data transfer optimizations through SSIS - Database development of custom automation mechanisms using PS, SQL and custom SSIS scripts - Development for highly customized SSRS reports - Involved on several migration projects, architecture and design changes- Implementing solutions using Cloudera based on Hadoop with Pig, Hive and Impala

System Support Specialist and Senior SQL DBA at ING April 2006 – May 2008 (2 years 2 months)

Database administration and development for SQL and Web Production Servers, In-house applications ,external sites and official testing and acceptance servers. Installing new servers and clusters (operating systems, securing servers for audit purposes according to the ING security standards for both internal and DMZ zones, configuration for external storage systems including SANs), installing SQL Clusters for in house applications, creating testing environments, deploying new applications on different environments, fine tuning SQL servers manually and using dedicated software.From the beginning of 2007 I have been involved as the senior member for the Infrastructure Team in designing and implementing a new architecture for the “ING Private Pensions” project .The Private Pension project was designed to support over 3 million new customers. Preparing for security, penetration and performance audits from internal and external audit teams. Migration for the existing SQL infrastructure for ING Life Insurance Romania from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. In the ING environment I worked with different teams for SQL interconnection to AS/400 and Oracle platforms. Involved in migration of servers to new locations, expansion projects, troubleshooting and resolving critical situations.

Database Administrator and Network Administrator at Pappa Reale August 2005 – March 2006 (8 months)

Maintaining and managing a geographically extended infrastructure of SQL servers with 4 distribution points in Romania gathering data for central headquarters using replication. Database maintenance and optimization, management of the production, UAT and test environments. Development for the transactional servers and for the local OLAP and Reporting server. M�����������������������aintaining indexes, statistics, jobs, support and troubleshooting. Database migration, deployment for new SQL servers and fine tuning for performance increase. Maintenance for the local ERP software solution, reporting services and implementing custom solutions for providers. Implementing and maintenance of a linux based firewall, VPN and mail solution. Administrating the headquarter's Domain Controller, DNS and DHCP server.

SQL Database Administrator at Tradeville May 2008 – June 2009 (1 year 2 months)

Database administrator for production and development environments using MS SQL 2005/2008 Management, disaster recovery and optimization.Maintenance, performance tuning and securing IIS production and testing servers.Windows 2003 / 2008 AD management, Sharepoint and TFS design and implementation. Development and automation script designs for various internal and IT related mechanisms.Worked with development team on deploying and optimizing the new releases. Designed disaster recovery custom solutions to avoid restrictions set by Standard Edition of SQL Server.

College of Mathematics and Information Sciences - Transilvania University of Brașov

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Programming

OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS

Linux Server installing, maintenance and management for different roles(Firewall, Router, WEB server, Proxy, Database Server, QoS Server)IBM Websphere Server – basic level administration.Programming: T-SQL programming, PowerShell scripting, Java (basic level), shell scripting (basic level - under linux), .Hardware: installing, configuring and administrating active devices in a networkCommunication: PPP, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX protocols, data networks and wireless communication.

System, Security and Network Administrator at Draexlmaier Group July 2003 – June 2004 (1 year)

Security administrator, responsible for designing and implementing security and disaster recovery plans.Administration for windows 2000/2003 and Novell servers, domain controllers, SUS, file and database servers.Basic maintainance for Exchange 5.5 and Sendmail server. Helpdesk for over 400 windows 2000 and xp computers.Maintainance for network and sattelite communincation devices for site interconnection between Draexlmaier Germany and Romania.

EDUCATION