SANDEEP VALLABHANENI

SQL SERVER DBA / DEVELOPER/ BI DEVELOPER

venu.gopal@infowavesystems.com
Cell: (860) 964 0161
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of experience as SQL Server DBA on various Windows operating systems
(Server 2000/ 2003/2008)
• Experience in Installation, Configuration, managing, monitoring, tuning and patching of
MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008.
• Experience in Logical and Physical database design
• Experience in SQL Server performance tuning
• Experience in analyzing execution plan, I/O statistics, index tuning for SQL queries
• Experience in tuning and optimizing database performance and throughput for high
volume OLTP applications.
• Experience in database clustering and replication to ensure high availability.
• Extensive experience with SQL Server and T-SQL in constructing triggers, tables, user
functions, views, stored procedures, transactions, Cursors, indexes, user profiles,
relational database models, and data integrity.
• Experience in creating, maintaining and optimizing database objects
• Good understanding of optimizing the performance of Structured Query Language (SQL)
query and non-query commands.
• Experience in developing Silverlight applications using .NET framework 3.5
• Experience in migrating the databases from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005/2008
• Expertise in troubleshooting SQL performance issues by using SQL Profiler, Spotlight,
windows performance monitor tool
• Experience Monitoring free space in tablespaces and extending or adding datafiles to the
tablespaces
• Implemented DB Mirroring, Log Shipping as high availability and Disaster recovery
solution.
• Experience in developing applications using C#, ADO.net
• Experience with Database Backup, Restore(PIT) and Disaster Recovery Plans
• Experience in Capacity planning, growth and changes for SQL Server architecture
• Experience with Integration Services [SSIS], Analysis Services [SSAS], Reporting
Services [SSRS], ETL
• Experience working in Oracle platform
• Experience in Query Tuning, SSIS, DTS package tuning.
• Experience in automating SQL tasks by scheduling jobs (using SQL Server Agent)
• Experience in data migration from one data center to another
• Experience in troubleshooting and optimizing Stored procedures
 • Experience in design and manage database import / export processes
• Experience in designing databases based on Functional Requirements and system design
for very large web applications
• Experience in Data Modeling(logical to physical) using ERWin
• Experience in designing and maintaining database schemas
• Good experience with the entire phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
that include analysis, design, development, testing and deployment.
• Experience in assigning proper privileges to the database users and defining roles
• Experience in security considerations and availability considerations for Data Migration
• Experience in Index Tuning, Performance Tuning, Query Tuning and Change
Management
• Experience in maintenance of the databases to include rollout and upgrades
• Experience in Clustered and non Clustered indexes
• Experience in Designing, Developing, Testing and Deploying SSIS packages
• Experience in creating and maintaining scripts for databases
• Good Knowledge of Relational database Design and implementation
• Experience in troubleshooting SQL performance bottlenecks
• Experience in collecting requirements from business users and transforming them into
Dimensional data models
• Good skills in optimizing the performance of the database and running Database
Consistency Check
• Scheduled jobs, alerts, SQL Mail Agent and DTS/SSIS packages in SQL Server.
• Experience in developing user interface using Expression Blend 3/2
• Excellent knowledge of Silverlight 3/2
• Working knowledge of WPF/XAML

EDUCATION

Master’s in Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Bachelor’s in Biotechnology, SASTRA University, India

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: C#, Java, ForTran
Database: Oracle 10g, T-SQL, PL-SQL, MDX, SQL Server 2005 DBA, Access,
ER Modeling, RA interpreter, XML Data Model and query languages,
MS Office, OutlookSoft
Database Tools: Management Studio, Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, SQL
Profiler, ER Win, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, Business Intelligence Studio, Export
and Import DTS.
SAS: SAS BASE/STAT/MACRO/ODS/GRAPH/IML
Web Designing: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java Servlets, XML, AJAX
Operating systems: Windows 98/2000/XP, Windows Server 2000/2003, UNIX
Tools: UML, Dia
Other Tools: R, S, Weka, NAMD, MEV, FASTA, BLAST, Clustal W
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

E7 Studio, Los Angeles, CA SQL DBA/ Developer May’09- Present

E7 studio provides Software solutions to Los Angeles Community College District
Responsibilities:
• Setting up new SQL server 2008 and configuring the required users.
• Restoring and copying Production Databases.
• Regular monitor of servers, which includes Backup Job Monitoring and troubleshoot all
the issues on regular basis. Use of SQL Server Integration Services to transform data.
• Developed applications using VB.net as frontend and SQL Server as backend
• Resolved various performance issues.
• Administered MS SQL Server by Creating User Logins with appropriate roles, dropping
and locking the logins, monitored the user accounts, granted the privileges to users and
groups.
• Use of SQL Server Analysis Service to extract summary data.
• Performed Full Backups and Transaction Log Backups. Restored them whenever
necessary, created back up strategies and scheduled them for execution.
• Administered Replication and Log Shipping.
• Plan and Schedule the Online/Offline Backups and Implemented Log Shipping.
• Used Database Maintenance Wizard to make some necessary changes and kept the
performance of the server at an acceptable level.
• Developed Silverlight streaming application using Silverlight(C#) as frontend and SQL Server
as Backend
• Used Expression Blend 3.0 to develop the user interface for Kiosk application
• Created templates for the Kiosk application using Expression Blend
• Designed the backend(database) for the Kiosk
• Developed web services using C#
• Developed the Kiosk application using C# as code behind
• Implemented High availability concepts like Database Mirroring and Log Shipping

Technical Environment: Windows Server 2003, SOA Architecture, web services, windows
services, VMWare, Silverlight, C#, Expression Blend, Expression Design

GE Health Care, Los Angeles, CA SQL Server DBA/Developer Dec’08- May’-09

GE Healthcare has a broad range of products and services that include medical imaging and
information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance
improvement solutions, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies.
These enable healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological
diseases, and other conditions earlier. The company's vision for the future is to enable a new
"early health" model of care focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and
disease prevention.
Responsibilities:

• Created and maintained various databases for development and testing environment
• Performed daily backups and develop recovery procedures.
• Created and modified procedures, Triggers and Functions.
• Created Snapshot replication for the development and testing databases across servers.
• Created schema objects, rules and granting of roles to the users.
• Created cubes for the analysis of data using SSAS
• Created SSIS Packages for the migration of data across different servers and other
databases such as Oracle.
• Setting up backups for the newly created databases.
• Scheduled transfer of Backup and Log files to a different server.
• Migrated databases from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 in development and test
environments.

Technical Environment: Windows 2000/2003 server, MS SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio,
T-SQL, DTS, Clusters, SSIS(Service broker), SSAS, SSRS, SQL Diagnostic Manager,Visio,
ERWin, C#

Message Technologies, Inc. SQL Server DBA/Developer July’06- Nov’-08

Atlanta, GA
MTI is a leading provider of voice applications hosting, design, development and services supporting
every part of the Interactive Voice Response and speech applications spectrum.

Responsibilities:

• Worked extensively on installation, upgrade and configuration of MS SQL Server 2005

and MS SQL Server 2000 databases/ servers.
• Actively participated in gathering of User Requirement and System Specification.
• Worked extensively on Database space management, performance monitoring and alert
management.
• Administered the MS SQL Server by creating user logins with appropriate roles,
dropping and locking the logins, monitoring the user accounts, creation of groups,
granting the privileges to users and groups.
• Maintained security by creating users and giving appropriate permissions to users.
• Scheduled the backups for Databases and Transaction log. Performed restoration
operations. Suggested backup strategies.
• Used third party tool lite speed for database backups and restorations.
• Created Jobs and scheduled jobs according to the requirements.
• Implemented transactional replication between Primary Server and Sub Systems.
• Created database, tables, Indexes and views.
• Created linked server between SQL servers.
 • Dropped and recreated the indexes on tables for performance improvements.
• Written complex stored procedures and functions and integrated it with the front end
application.
• Involved in performance tuning and query optimization.
• R&D for data-migration from MS-SQL to Sybase (linked-server, DTS packages (API)
and triggers)
• Worked with SQL server Profiler to generate traces.
• I have written unique database driven CMS (Content Management Systems) in C#
• Data transfers between various servers using BCP and DTS.
• Extensively used SSIS to move data from text files to SQL Server.
• Created performance maintenance plan using SSIS
• Extensively used C# for coding the application.
• Created packages successfully using SSIS to transfer large volume of Data.
• Implemented Row Level Security in Universe for different levels in the organization.
• Developed several reports using SQL server Reporting services (SSRS)
• Extensively used SQL server reporting services for designing reports.
• Involved in migrating databases from MS SQL server 2000 to MS SQL server 2005.
• Develop documentation that sufficiently describes technical deliverable as required for
internal controls so that the maintenance responsibility can be passed on to production
support team.

Technical Environment: MS Windows 2003 Server, SQL Server 2005/2000, BI Development

Studio, SQL Server Management Studio, Enterprise Manager, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, C#,IIS
Server, Visual Studio.NET 2005, MS Visio.

Andhra Bank, AP, India SQL Server Developer/DBA Mar’05- Jun’06

Andhra Bank is the community commercial bank located in Hyderabad, India, which deals
primarily with consumer banking, loans, and credit card issuance.

Responsibilities:
• Created and modified Tables, Indexes. Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views.
• Involved in optimizing queries, supporting SQL database processing real time data,
middle tier code optimization using T SQL advanced level programming in 2000 and
2005 versions of SQL Server.
• Monitoring and optimizing the performance of the database, queries and stored
procedures offering assistance to developers in optimizing their applications.
• Perform Daily Backups and Develop recovery procedures, involved in planning for
disaster recovery.
• Mail enabling the database server.
• Creating new jobs, scheduling jobs, and setting job notifications/alerts.
• Creation of Schema owner and security access to databases users.
• Maintained Production, Test and Development s ervers.
 • Setup and maintained Linked Servers.
• Setup and maintained Replication Servers.
• Created DTS/ETL Packages to pull data from Oracle and Flat files and transformation
of data into staging tables.
• Responsible for planning, executing, and maintaining data integration projects and
database upgrades.
• Writing trace log using SQL profiler to analyze instances running production
database.
• Managed and coordinate with remote user for change request and optimization of
application.

Technical Environment: Windows 2000, SQL Server 2000\2005, Enterprise Manager,

Management Studio, SQL Profiler, SQL Query Analyzer, Crystal Reports and Reporting
services, ETL: MS SQL Server DTS, SSIS, Upgrade Advisor, DTS Designer Tools, Visual
Studio and Windows Performance Monitor.

UI Insurance, Chennai, India SQL Server Developer/DBA Feb’ 04 – Feb’ 05

DESCRIPTION:

UI is a leading General Insurance Company. The project required complete migration of data
from various existing applications to SQL Server.

Responsibilities:

• Successfully tested and implemented Log Shipping Technique used for backup
solution for MS SQL Server 2005 & 2000 databases.
• Backup and recovery of production databases and tuning production databases for
better performance.
• Created and monitored Database maintenance plans for checking database integrity,
data optimization, rebuilding indexes and updating statistics.
• Monitored Performance Monitor and SQL Profiler to optimize queries and enhance
the performance of database servers.
• Maintained security tasks like granting and revoking permissions.
• Configured and worked on Replication server.
• Created and managed tables, functions, indexes using T-SQL in development and
Production environment.
• Developed stored procedures, triggers and functions based on project requirements.
• Created user logins and adding users to respective databases.
• Created automatically running stored procedures for day-end operation using SQL
Server agent.
• Performed Backup, recovery and Automation of Backup
Technical Environment: MS SQL Server 2000, T-SQL, SQL Query Analyzer, Windows NT,
Profiler, DTS, Microsoft Excel

Reliance Communication Ltd, India SQL Server Developer/DBA Jan’ 02 – Feb’ 04

DESCRIPTION:

Reliance communication is India’s largest private telecomm provider, Reliance Communications

Limited is presently operating Cellular Phone Services in all over India, considered as one of the
best service providers of mobile telephony in India. I was involved in creating databases,
creating data transformation services package, creating maintenance plans, supporting
administration applications for analyzing and loading data

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for 24*7 Critical Production Support for 75 servers out of which 30servers
are production servers, remaining test and development servers.
• Installed SQL Server 2000 on windows 2000 and 2003 servers, Installed service packs
and security fix on production, test and development servers.
• Installed, configured and maintained MS SQL Fail over clustering for production servers
to provide high availability.
• Configured and maintained the transaction and merge replication for two different
projects.
• Involved in upgrading from SQL Server 7.0 servers to SQL Server 2000.
• Designed the logical and physical database design for development projects using Erwin
data modeling tool.
• Configured and maintained two log shipping environments to create the backup server.
• Experienced in involving SQL Server performance using index tuning wizards, SQL
Profiler and SQL Query Analyzer.
• Created the DTS packages to import and export the data from Oracle, MS Access and
text files to SQL Server.
• Experienced in creating backup strategy for production, test and development servers.
• Involved in disaster recovery procedures and restore the production databases.
• Involved in database restore requests and refresh the database between productions, test
servers.
• Created checklists to install SQL Server installation, service packs, security fix and MS
SQL cluster installation.
• Experienced in creating logins and assign the permissions to databases. Maintained the
SQL Server in secured environment.
• Experienced in trouble shooting database issues and maintains the SQL Server to provide
maximum availability.
• Created the maintenance plans for integrity checks and optimization for production, test
and development servers.
• Document server and database policies and procedures.
• Involved in database sizing projects and projected the database growth.
• Involved in change Management processes using remedy software.
 • Experienced with restoring the database between production and test servers.
• Created checklist for SQL Server and Cluster installation, Appling the service packs and
security fix.
• Created documentation to install SQL Server, apply service pack, hot fix and clustering
installation.
• Excellent team player with good communication skills.

Technical Environment: MS SQL server 2000, Enterprise manager, Query analyzer,

SSRS, Windows 2000, DTS, SQL profiler.

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd, India SQL Server Developer/DBA Jan’ 01 – Dec’ 01

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is India’s second largest pharmaceutical company

DESCRIPTION:

• Installed, configured SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0 on windows NT4.0, 2000 server
platforms.24*7 production support for 94 servers.
• Involved in upgrading the MS SQL Server 6.5 to SQL 2000.
• Installed and configured the transactional replication for 2 environments.
• Responsible for User administration and granting permission to the SQL Developers and
application users.
• Migrated the database from MS SQL Server 6.5 to SQL 7.0.
• Provided 24 X 7 dedicated supports to all Production, Test and development servers.
• Created the logical and physical database design.
• Monitoring activities and making recommendations on Server configurations, Backup
and restore, naming standards, development standards and new Installations.
• Tune the Complex SQL Queries for performance improvement.
• Created the backup strategy for production environment.
• Application tuning, scripting, security and user administration, space management and
forecasting, jobs scheduling, replication setup and maintenance, etc.
• Used DBCC to check physical and logical consistency of the database.
• Created the documentation for database standards.
• Created Logical and physical data modeling for databases using Erwin.
• Involved in creating tables, indexes, stored procedures and triggers.
• Optimized the database to improve the performance, helped the SQL Server developers
to tune the Queries.
• Involved in database backup and restore operations.
• Imported the data to MS SQL Servers using DTS Packages.
• Used DBCC commands to check the consistency of the databases.
• Created the documentation for production server changes.

Technical Environment: SQL Server 6.5,7.0 , Erwin, DTS, MS Mail Service, SQL Profiler,
Query Analyzer