SHAIK SIDDIQ BASHA

MS SQL/Azure SQL DBA

Mail:-
[email protected] m
Phone: +919000723161

Profile summary:

 A dynamic professional with over 3.4 years of relevant experience in MS SQL Database
Administration and Performance tuning presently associated with the CYIENT as Database
Consultant – MS SQL Server.
 Good hands-on experience in Microsoft SQL Database Administration for very large and
complex databases in SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019 in Product support
 Expertise in SQL Server Build, Configuration, patching, decommission, HADR (Clustering,
Log Shipping, Mirroring, Replication, always on), Migrations, Performance tuning and
maintenance with outstanding troubleshooting capabilities in MSSQL Database
Administration on Production Servers.
 Good experience in setting up SQL database environments in Azure Cloud (both IaaS and
PaaS)

SQL Server Expert in:

o SQL server Installation, configuration and maintenance of various MS SQL Server versions
2012/2014/2016/2017/2019 in both on-premise and azure cloud
o Managing Security: Implementing an authentication mode; assigning logins to users and
roles; assigning permissions to users and roles; planning security; managing application
security
o Monitor Scheduled Jobs, Live Production Environment and other automation Jobs.
o Experience in applying necessary SQL Server service packs and CUs / Hot fixes.
o Export & Import the data Transfer from access, Excel, Access, flat files to SQL Database.
o Hands on experience in implementing the high availability techniques like Log shipping,
mirroring and Fail-over Clustering.
o Replication Monitoring (Maintenance of Agents and Publisher, Subscribers and
Distributors)
o Administering the MS SQL Server by creating logins with appropriate roles, dropping and
unlocking the logins, monitoring the user accounts, creation of groups, granting the
privileges to users and groups.
o Involved in tuning the database and improving server performance.
o Experienced in figuring out the performance bottlenecks at database and server level by
monitoring CPU usage, I\O statistics, Memory usage with DMVs, DBCCs, SQL activity
monitor, Performance monitor, SQL profiler.
o SQL Query tuning and assistance to developers in optimizing their query with appropriate
index creation for effective processing.
o Configuring, automating DBA maintenance and monitoring tasks like Standard DBA
maintenance jobs (Backups, Index optimize and Integrity checks), Alert and DB mail
configuration for report on Service availability, Capacity Management, Backup availability,
SQL Server level abnormalities from error log and taking appropriate action to maintain the
health of DB and SQL Server.
o Experienced in configuration of OS and SQL Server Parameters for Memory, CPU, Security
and setting DB options by considering Application requirement on SQL Server Installed in
windows Platform. Good experience in performing the Log Shipping and Mirroring in
Production environment.
o Good Experience in Applying the DR activities using Backup and restore and log shipping.
o Good technical experience and strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills along
with the ability to perform business analysis.
o Configuration of Log shipping, mirroring and knowledge on Failover Clusters and Always-
on Availability groups.
o Fixing the Orphan users and allow the users to access the databases
o Recovering the databases to point in time with respect to the customer’s requirement
o Moving the System and user databases from one location to another location
o Experienced in Creating Jobs and Sending Alerts using DB Mail.
o 24 X 7 Production Database Support
o Good experience in SQL server automation using PowerShell

Azure Expertise:
o Good knowledge on Azure concepts like Azure subscriptions, resource groups, user
accounts..etc
o Creation of Virtual Machines, Storage account creations, Virtual Networks and Deploying
SQL Server and configuration of Always On (Azure IaaS).
o Created Blob Storages in the Azure environment to store backup files and copied files from
Azure Blob to local using Azure CLI.
o Good knowledge on configuring VM scale sets and load balancers
o Created SQL Server Databases in Azure PaaS like Single Database, Elastic pools and
Managed Instances
o Migrated Databases from On-Premise to Azure using tools like DMA, DMS, BACPAC and
Export/Import.
o Configured Geo Replication for Azure SQL server Databases
o Good knowledge of DTU, eDTUs and DTU calculator
o Good knowledge on networking concepts like Vnet creations, subnets, Vnet Peering, P-S ,
S-S and Express route.
o Good knowledge on Azure migration service like Azure Migrate, Recovery site vault and
DMS
o Good knowledge about SQL server general purpose and Business critical licenses.
o Created SQL Server Databases in Azure PaaS like Single Database, Elastic pools and
Managed Instances.
o Backup Azure SQL DBs in Azure and Automation of SQL DB backups
o Good knowledge about geo replication and failover groups
o Good knowledge with Data Lake, Data factory, Data bricks and Azure synapse analytics
o Good knowledge about SQL server general purpose and Business critical licenses.
Career History:

Organization Designation Duration

Accenture, Pune Database Administrator May 2021 to present date
HCL Technologies, Noida Database Administrator Jan 2020 to April 2021

Professional Experience:

Organization : Accenture, Pune

Designation : Database Administrator
Duration : May-2021 to present
dDate.

Client #1
US RENAL CARE U.S. Renal Care serves more than 56,000 patients across 32 states in more
than 400 facilities providing in-center and home dialysis. To do that, we partner with the world’s
leading nephrologists and support the development of our diverse and compassionate clinical and
operational teams

Responsibilities:

 User and monitoring ticket management and ensuring teams adherence to SLA. This is
foran inventory of almost 220 servers. 150 of them being production.
 Installing, configuring, managing, monitoring and troubleshooting SQL Server.
 Working closely with application development and support team to understand their
requirements and provide timely solutions, for both current and future projects.
 Configured Mirroring, Replication, Log-shipping and Clustering setup between database
servers/instances.
 Monitoring Clusters and troubleshooting Clustering Issues, performing failovers.
 Troubleshooting performance issues and tuning the database for better performance.
 Running SQL Server trace to troubleshoot the data issues reported by users.
 Monitoring issues related to database locks/blockings/deadlocks.
 Configuring SQL Server Reporting Server, Database Mails to send notification for alerts.
 Resolving Tickets which include creating and maintaining databases, monitoring Disk
Space, database integrity, identifying missing Indexes, handling blocking.
 Migrate application content from an old server to a new server with better hardware to
improve performance.
 Migrating servers from SQL server 2008/R2, SQL 2012 to 2014 / 2017/2019
 Refreshing UAT environment with Production data monthly.
 Backup and restoring the databases from production to test environment.
  Provided 7 x 24 Production support for the database and application issues.
 Applying SQL Standards on all SQL servers according to the prescribed standards.
 Repetitive issues analysis and proposals for permanent resolutions.

Organization : HCL Technologies,

Noida.
Designation : Database Administrator
Duration : Jan 2020 to April 2021

Client #1:
Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that makes software
products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media,
education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San Rafael, California,
and has offices worldwide

Responsibilities:
 Maintaining and managing servers owned by the team. These servers are Windows
2003/2008 and 2012 servers, SQL Server 2005/2008/2008 R2 and 2012 supporting pre-
production and testing environments with 15+ various applications.
 Installing, configuring and upgrading SQL server 2008/2008 R2 and 2012 in development
and testing environments.
 Implemented high availability on the various servers using mirroring, replication and
clustering.
 Proficiency and Expertise in SQL Server Backup/Recovery, Disaster recovery and planning.
 Created various jobs to monitor resources on various servers and to mail the necessary
information when threshold was reached.
 Participating in deployment of different patches, builds and applications latest versions
using build deployment tool Octopus.
 Administrator tasks like managing users, roles and permissions.
 Creating Database Maintenance Planner for the performance of SQL Server, which covers
Database Integrity Checks, Update Database Statistics, Re-build and Re-organize indexing.
 Implemented different types of Replication models like Snapshot and Transactional
Replication.
 Implemented Always-On High Availability feature in SQL 2012 servers.
 Used DMVs, Performance dash board and tracking Performance Counters.
 Performed database consistency checks.
 Designed and implemented comprehensive Backup plan and disaster recovery strategies
Implemented and Scheduled Replication process for updating our parallel servers
 Taking care of RCA (root cause analysis) for various issues.
 Knowledge on administrating Mirroring, Log shipping, Replication and other high
availability methodologies.
 Use of ITSM Ticking System, process, and procedures. Creating and managing the tickets. in
the ITSM tool.

Educational Qualification:

Completed B.COM Computers from SV University in Tirupati, in the year 2011

Technical Certifications:

 MCTS 70-764 – SQL server 2016 infrastructure administration

 AZ900- Azure fundamentals
 ITIL V3 Foundation Certified
 Diploma in Computer Hardware
 Diploma in Computer Application

Personal skills and strengths:

 Self-Confident, Self-Motivated and Pro-active.

 Adaptive to changing and challenging environment.
 Ability to work in collaboration and ability to lead.

Professional Achievements:

 Received “Client champion of the Month” for excellent performance & contribution
towards projects at Accenture for three times.

Personal Details:

 PAN : EHVPS1482J
 DOB : 10-07-1991
 Languages : English, Telugu, and Hindi

Declaration:

I here by declare that the above written particulars are true to the best of my knowledge.

SIDDIQ BASHA