Sunil Banani Mobile: +9715513556646 ~ E-Mail: sunilbanani@gmail.

com
In quest
of senior level managerial assignments in Database Administration / Architecture with a reputed
organization.
Preferred Industry: Information Technology, Telecom, Banking
Preferred Location: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah

SYNOPSIS

 Certified ITIL Foundation 2011 professional with over 9 years of experience as SQL Server Architecture with good
knowledge of ITIL concepts:

~ Team Work ~ Release & Deployment Management ~ Project Management

~ Service Level Management ~ Availability Management ~ Capacity Management

~ Service Continuity Management ~ Problem Management ~ Incident Management

~ Security / Change Management ~ Continual Service Improvement ~ Team Management

 Currently serving at Hewlett-Packard , Dubai, UAE as SQL Server Consultant .

 Distinction of currently working with HP for migration project at client side for 250 server’s migration including 166 SQL
Servers.

 Proficient at creating high level design after studying current and required database design as well as low level design
based of high level design with in depth new database design.

 Stellar at working on Sybase 12.5, 15 and IQ versions on UNIX platform since the 6 months.

 Exceptional communication, collaboration & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new technical concepts quickly
and utilize the same in a productive manner.

 Conversant at implementing SQL Server 2008R2 and 2012, AlwaysOn Availability Group on SQL Server 2012 Cluster
Environment, Database Mirroring and Log Shipping on SQL Server 2008R2 Server.

 Pivotal in installing and configuring SQL failover clusters in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 as well as ensuring troubleshooting
of Active-Passive clusters.

 Possess strong communication, relationship management, and coordination, analytical and problem-solving skills.

PROFICIENCY FORTE

Technical

Database Technology (Primary Skill): Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2008R2/2012

Tools: Tidal Enterprise Scheduler, LiteSpeed, Idera Diagnostic Manager, Idera
Compliance Manager, SQL Secure,
OS/Servers: Microsoft 2000/2003/20008 32-bit and 64-bit
Domains: Banking and Healthcare and Knowledge of ITIL

Functional

 Making security policy and auditing login logs for failed and successfully logins.
 Instrumentally involved in checking and reporting replication latency and reason for replication thread down with the help of
log files.
 Deploying objects as per company’s policy and checking thoroughly how it can affect current environment before and after
deployment.
 Verifying and reporting databases options and REORG on table if required.
 Working with application teams and acquiring knowledge for each application & their requirement for SQL Server.
 Coordinating various project related activities involving project planning, execution and management in tune with the core
business objectives (including risk management, effort/ time/ cost estimation).
 Planning and managing new project plan and monitoring closely for completion in time could be server migration or new
application deployment.
 Implementing created design in new environment with coordination with respective team.
 Working on production environment on MS SQL Versions 7.0, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012 as well as managing
migration activity from SQL Server 2000 to 2005 & 2005 to 2008 versions.
 Installing and configuring SQL Server instances on both stand-alone and failover cluster servers keeping in mind company
policy and server performance and far as load balancing and server load is concern.
 Troubleshooting and finding root cause analysis for recurring and unresolved issues which could affect server’s health in
short and long term.
 Troubleshooting performance issue with the help of profiler, performance monitor, DMVs and other Microsoft tools.
 Planning databases backup strategy for critical and non critical system and users databases.
 Job responsibility includes capacity management and future requirement projection.
 Automating manual and recurring task for saving man hours.
 Planning and coordinating other team for any planned activity.
 Researching and suggesting what would best for organisation for any new requirement is been raised e.g. licensing

KEY PROJECTS HANDLED

Project#1
Client: DU, Dubai 6 Months
Title: Migration of Data Center and suppose to Migrate 166 SQL Servers
Role: Individual Contributor
Platform: SQL Server, Windows
Tool Used: Migration Project
Team Size: 9 Members

Project#2
Client: Credit Suisse, Singapore 3 Months
Title: Knowledge Transfer project and giving support from Pune, India
Role: Database Lead
Platform: SQL Server, Windows
Tool Used: Knowledge Transfer
Team Size: 6 Members

CAREER CONTOUR

Since May’14 with Hewlett-Packard, Dubai, UAE

Client: du Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company

Technology: SQL Server 2012/2008R2/2008/2005 MAP tool, Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant, Load
testing tool

The Growth Path

May’14 – mm’yy SQL Server Consultant
Nov’14 mm’yy

Significant Highlights
 Planning migration Plan
 Working on High level design and presenting to client
 Worked on Low level design for new environment and presenting to client and stake holders.
 Worked on Standard Operation Procedure which needs to performed daily, weekly and monthly basis for best performance
based on best practise suggested by Microsoft
 Worked on Deployment Guide and documented for client know how environment was setup.
 Worked with VMWare, SCOM, SSCM, SharePoint and other application teams for their requirement as far SQL Server is
concern.
 Accrued server load by different application and planned SQL instance on different VMWare clusters
 Created security policy as per client requirement and company policy keep in mind best practise suggested by Microsoft.
 Automated repeating task for less human hours and mistakes.
 Coordinate with CISCO for network requirement and EMC for storage requirement need by different applications in new
environment
 Created system and user databases design for best performance
 Designed huge and most used tables best performance and less server resources
 Designed daily, weekly and monthly maintenance plan for maximum uptime and best performance.
 Worked closely with client on migration task keeping in mind requirement and client’s company policy with best practise
suitable in new environment.

Since Jan’09 to March 2014 with Cognizant Technology Solutions, Pune, India

Client: An Investment and Asset Management Bank, New York, USA

Technology: SQL Server 2008R2/2008/2005 Altiris Tidal Enterprise Scheduler, LiteSpeed, Idera diagnostic manager and
Idera SQL Secure

The Growth Path

Jan’09 – mm’yy Associate - Service Operation
Since mm’yy Service Operation Manager

Significant Highlights
 Distinction of being selected for handling team for knowledge transfer for overseas project at Singapore.
 Spearheaded the Database Team including SQL Server & Sybase Team.
 Handled 24x7 team with maximum output and supported incident management.
 Ensured troubleshooting production SQL Server issues (Job failure, SPN, Login failure, Performance Issues, Blocking,
Deadlock, Suspect database, etc.).
 Played a vital role in supporting business user requests (Heath Check Reports, Performance Issue, Access/Permission,
etc.)
 Successfully developed policy for database decommission, user decommission, SQL Server migration and escalation
 Pivotal in supporting over 1500 SQL Servers as well as handled Standalone and Cluster SQL Server installation and
troubleshooting in case of any issue.
 Stellar at managing the Capacity Planning (Backup Share, Disk, CPU and Memory) as well as SQL Server Migration 2000
to 2005 & 2005 to 2008.
 Effectively maintained the databases by creating the Backup Plan, Disaster Recovery Plan and Maintenance Plan.
 Instrumentally involved in automating the backup and maintenance plan using Tidal Job (Tidal is IBM OS independent tool).
 Addressed the SQL alerts and SQL errors arriving into the ticketing system/queue.
 Worked on installing and configuring SQL failover clusters in SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
 Handled successfully migration plan from Physical to Virtual Servers on VMWare.

Sept’05 – Dec’08 with Shams Healthcare Soft Private Ltd., Bangalore, India

Client: Texas, USA

Technology: SQL Server 2005/2000, Altiris and LiteSpeed

The Growth Path

Sept’05 – mm’yy
mm’yy - Dec’08 Lead Database Administrator

Significant Highlights
 Monitored the performance and tuning of the SQL Server, Databases & T-SQL.
 Stellar at troubleshooting database issues, jobs and database high-availability services (DB Mirroring).
 Efficiently involved in OS and DB Alert setup as well as installation, up-gradation and patch management.
 Played a vital role in capacity planning of the DB Server and database migration from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server
2005.
 Handled the troubleshooting daily production issues
 Ascertained implementation as well as configuration of database mirroring and log shipping.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

 Advance Diploma in Computer Application in Mar’93.

 Microsoft Certified Professional in Jul’99.

 Microsoft Certified Database Administrator in Apr’00.

 Microsoft Certified System Administrator in May’00.

 Master in Computer Information Technology in Nov’08

 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist SQL Server in 2008.

 ITIL Foundation.

 ITIL Service Operation.

ACADEMIA

 M.Sc. (Information Technology) from KUVEMPU University in 2008 (Distance Education).

 B.Com. from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1992.

PERSONAL DOSSIER
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Date of Birth: 11 October, 1970.
Address: 107, Emirates Cluster 8, International City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Address: 107, Emirates Cluster 8, International City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.