Cloud Architect

Mahendran V
Mob: +91 8248650653 (India)
Mob: +971 528923916 (UAE)
ociclouddba@gmail.com

Having 17+ years of experience in Oracle Apps DBA R.12.2.10, 12.1.3, 11.x versions, Oracle DBA 19c,
12c, 11g, 10g, 9i versions Oracle RAC Database Administrator as Lead DBA in On-premise as well as
Cloud Infrastructure, have good experience in OCI Autonomous databases administration (ATP/ADW),
patching and up gradation of any Exadata X2, X5, X7, X8 platforms, designing and creation of Oracle
database, Performance tuning, backup and recovery. And also has experience of managing team of DBA’s
for production support, implementation and upgrade projects. Have conducted various training
assignments for Oracle clients internally and externally both.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI Architect:

Design Cloud solutions including IaaS, SaaS, Data Center Hosting, Managed Services, Backup and
Storage Services, DRaaS and worked on Object Storage/Bucket – Oracle OCI-CLI tool – Tenancy –
Compartment – VCN – Subnet – DRG – NAT Gateway – Internet Gateway – Dynamic Route Gateway
(DRG) – Fast connect – ODI/Data Integration – DBAAS/ADB’s/Exa databases – Data Load/Data Leak. –
Block Chain/ Block Storage – DBMS_CLOUD Package – Private / Public Subnet – On-Prem to OCI
Connectivity – OS Patching / Web Logic Patching – DBAAS Patching / Security Patching – Working with
ADB- Support team for any Sev -1 released issues. – ADB-S /ADB-D – Adding egress / Ingress rules for
firewall opening between source and target servers. – Whitelisting the host IP’s – Managing OAC
application and RPD uploading – Migrating On-Prem database to OCI (DBaaS or ADB’S) instances. –
Golden Gate replication.

DBA – Database & ERP Administration:

• Oracle ERP 11.0.3,11.5.10.2, 12.1.3,12.2.x administration

• Working with ATP/AW Shared infrastructure with size of 86 TB
• Managing Scale-Up and Scale-Down for OCPUs and Storage based on business requirements.
• Auto Scaling based on performance – Auto indexing.
• Data Migration from ATP to ADW via DB links/Export & Import / ODI / Object Storage.
• Creating a DB link on ADW for getting data from different sources of instance like ADB/DBCS /Exadata
• Tuning the SQL code to have a better analytics dashboard performance.
• Provisioning ADB-S (ATP/ADW) instances from OCI – Oracle 10g/11g/12c, 19c Database Admin.
• Performance Tuning & Capacity Monitoring Data Security, Backup & Recovery Migration, Patches and
O’s Watchers, AWR, ADDR Report.

EXPERIENCE

 Mar’21 – Present - Lead Consultant in Cloud Architect, Wipro – Dubai.

 Mar’20 – Mar’21 - Lead Consultant, Emirates Nuclear Energy, TechM – Abu Dhabi.
 Jul’19 – Mar’20 - Lead Consultant, Solution Architect, Expo 2020, Inspirisys – Dubai
 Jan’16 – Jun’19 - Senior Database Administrator, Emirates Security, Transguard – Dubai
 Nov’14 – Dec’15 - Senior Database Administrator, ENOC, DragonOil – Dubai.
 Nov’12 – Nov’14 - Database Administrator, INJAZAT, Raqmiyat – AbuDhabi
 Jun’04 – Nov’12 - DBA – Oracle, General Electric, Marvel Semiconductors – Bangalore.

CERTIFICATIO N

OCP – Oracle Database Administration

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
Trainings & Achievements
Oracle Exadata 7 Administering training – Oracle Corporation
Trained Oracle VM Server for x86: Administration – Oracle Corporation
Six Sigma green belt training – Six Sigma
IT Management Skills – General Electric
TOGAF 9.2 Trained – Simplilearn
PMP – Simplilearn
Great conceptual trainer award – 2004 IIHT
Successful Upgrade project of the year for NATO, UK – 2007 Oracle Corporation
Best Cost-effective project – SQL Consolidation – 2008 GE
Innovative Project – Daily automate Clone – 2015 Dragon Oil
Region’s largest successful ODA Implementation Project – 2017 Transguard

Corporate Clients Affiliate

Wipro Ltd Dubai, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation – Abu Dhabi, EXPO 2020, Dubai – INJAZAT, Abu
Dhabi – Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority – Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), Dubai – Transguard group
(Emirates Security) , Dubai – YAS HOLDINGS, Abu Dhabi – Fujairah e-Government – Bukhatir Group
Sharjah, Oracle Corporation – International, General Electric – India US, Marvel Semiconductors India US,
NATO UK, Bank of Uganda, TPI Spain

SKILL SET
Operating Systems AIX,HP Unix ,Linux, Solaris and Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

RDBMS Oracle 9i/10g/11g/12c/19c (SQL, ARCHITECTURE)

Application Oracle ERP 11.0.3, 11.5.10.2, 12.1.3 & 12.2.10
RDBMS Type On-Premise and Cloud Infrastructure OCI as Paas, Saas, Iaas models
Languages SQL, C, Terraform, Ansible
Oracle Products SQL*Plus, Oracle Enterprise Manager, SQL Loader, ASM,ADDR,SRVCTL
Tools RMAN, EXP, IMP, data pump (expdp, impdp), Flashback Recovery, X manager,
Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Net Manager, Configuration & Migration
Assistant, Recovery Manager, Performance and Tuning Package, CLI
Tuning Tools TKPROF, EXPLAIN PLAN, STATSPACK, AWR, ADDM, OSW, SQLHC

PERSONAL
Date of Birth : 15/09/82
Nationality : India
Languages Known : English, Tamil.
Marital Status : Married

EDUCATION

B.E (ECE) - 70% from PGP Eng. & Tech, Periyar University, Tamil Nādu.
 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mar ‘21 – Present in Wipro Limited, Dubai.

Cloud Architect. Upgrade project on ADIB Bank, Abu Dhabi
Oracle EBS R12.2.8, R12.2.6, Linux platforms, migrations and up gradation 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Hyperion 11.1.2.3, Red
hat Linux Oracle database 11.2.0.4, 12c - 12.1.0.2.0, 19c database upgrade.
Cloud Architect – Airtel Africa
Providing Production and Development support for DB and OAC, Multiple large databases in production and
development/ test environments for various size/flavor of Autonomous databases and DBaaS and Exadata X2/X5/X7
versions of databases are managing across the GLOBAL. Primary Roles is Supporting /Managing Global Oracle
Marketing infrastructures 24*7. Supporting the Production Databases and Application which are deployed on cluster
WebLogic and OAC application. Building the infrastructure as per business needed. Upgrading/Migrating Database
from 11G to 12C in On-Prem. Migrating database from On-Prem (Exadata) to Autonomous database (OCI)/
Managing /Support on Autonomous databases ATP/ADW. RPD deployment on OAC (Oracle Analytics Cloud)
application. OAC Dashboard Code performance tuning. Scheduling the ODI refresh jobs (FULL /INCR). Applying
Security Patch on DB/GRID home. Applying Security Patch on WebLogic (Mid-tier) and deploying WAR files. RAC
setup with latest cluster version installation. Converting Non-RAC to RAC setup. Data guard setup for DR setup for
Failover / Switch over. Installed, upgraded and patch set Oracle software. Creation and Maintenance of Oracle
Databases as per the business requirements. Installing Oracle Cluster ware software latest version and upgrading
patches. Working with Product team/Support team very closely. on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) managing
network VCN /PAC/SUBNET/DRG. Storage scales up/pushing and pulling the files through DBMS_CLOUD.

Mar ‘20 – Mar ‘21 in Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), Abu Dhabi
Solution Architect – Lead Consultant. Tech Mahindra Abu Dhabi.
Oracle EBS R12.2.8, R12.2.6, R12.2.4, R12.1.3, 11i & R11 versions in Windows, Solaris, AIX, and various Linux
platforms, Exadata x2,5&8 administrations including the migrations and up gradation 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Oracle RAC,
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Hyperon 11.1.2.3, Red hat Linux, DMZ setup for isupplier module, P2ES for Oil &
Gas, Oracle database 11.2.0.4, 12c - 12.1.0.2.0, OEM 13c, 11g, 10g, 12 EM, Middleware: Apex, Oracle Business
Intelligence (OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1), Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA 11.1.1.8 - Finance, HRMS and
Procurement), SQL Express, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008/2008, R2/2012, 2014 & 2016.

Jul ‘19 – Mar ‘20 in Accel Frontline, Dubai as Sr. Oracle Apps DBA and SQL DBA.
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Oracle EBS 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Oracle RAC, Hyperon 11.1.2.3, Red hat Linux, DMZ
setup for isupplier module, P2ES for Oil & Gas, Oracle database 11.2.0.4, 12c - 12.1.0.2.0, OEM 10g, 11g, 12 EM,
Middleware: Apex, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1), Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA
11.1.1.8 - Finance, HRMS and Procurement), SQL Express, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008/2008, R2/2012, 2014
& 2016.
Project
Client EXPO 2020 Jul 19 – Dec 19
4 node Oracle 12c RAC Implementation with 13cOEM implementation, database platform migration from UNIX to
Solaris supercluster T5-8 with database upgrade from 11g to 12.2.0.1 and standby implementation using data guard.
Client YAS HOLDINGS Jul 19 – Dec 19
Implementing EXADATA X-8 with 2 Node RAC implementation, database upgrade from 11g to 12.2.0.1, Oracle ERP
upgrade from R12.1.3 to R12.2.8. Disaster Recovery DR Implementation.
Client Fujairah e-Government Jul 19 – Dec 19
Upgrade R12.1.3 to R12.2.2 Oracle Application server with database upgrade from 11.2.0.4 to 12.2.0.1. PCP
implementation with F5, Load balancer and standby creation.

Jan ’16 – Jun ’19 in Transguard (Emirates Security Group), Dubai as Sr. DBA
Technology
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Oracle EBS 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Oracle RAC, Hyperon 11.1.2.3, Red hat Linux, DMZ
setup for isupplier module, P2ES for Oil & Gas, Oracle database 11.2.0.4, 12c - 12.1.0.2.0, OEM 10g, 11g, 12 EM,
Middleware: Apex, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1) on Exadata 7 Oracle virtualized machine, Oracle
Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA 11.1.1.8 - Finance, HRMS and Procurement), SQL Express, SQL Server
2000, 2005, 2008/2008, R2/2012, 2014 & 2016.
Project
Implementation and support of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) with Oracle R12.1.3 application and 11.2.0.4
oracle database, multi-node architecture with Parallel Concurrent Processing (PCP) system enabled. UAE VAT
implementation, Apex installation and WebLogic server installation. POC on upgrading R12.1.3 to R12.2.4 with
database from 11.2.0.3 to 12.1.0.2. Support project includes Oracle EBS 12.1.3 with 11.2.0.4 oracle database version
on Red hat Linux. Maintain multi-tier architecture for application server with load balancing configuration. Support
Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1) on Exadata 7 Oracle virtualized machine, Database masking,
cloning and Setup DMZ for I-Supplier module. Daily activities include apps and database patching, cloning, database
health checks, monitor database and application, Managing Database Objects like Creation/add/Indexing/Re-
indexing, Storage tasks, space management including creation and maintenance of data files and table spaces and
other database structures like rollback segments, resizing redo logs etc., User management Tasks like creating,
dropping user and assigning him different Roles, Privileges and Profiles. AWR & ADDM reports for the performance
diagnostics of the database. Well-experienced in providing 24X7 & on call support. DR setups for DB and Oracle
Applications, SSL configuration, Applying Critical Patch Updates, Cloning Oracle Applications using RMAN/ASM/Cold
backups, High Availability, RMAN setup, Single Node and Multi Node Installation – 11i/R12, AD Utilities, Data Install
and HR Global patch, Oracle Apps SYSADMIN functions, installation and creating Database, Data pump
Import/Export of DB and Oracle Applications Performance Tuning, Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator activities
including installation of web logic server, 11g Oracle Active passive data guard setup. Implemented SQL Server
High Availability on 2014 version Enterprise Cluster, monitoring SQL Server jobs includes Backup,
Database space, Log space etc. In SQL Server Replication, Mirroring, Log Shipping, Backup/Recovery,
worked on SQL Server 2012/ 2008 R2 migration from SQL Server 2005/2008. SQL Server 2005
Upgrading to SQL Server 2008/2008 R2/2012, Automation of SQL Server activities including scheduled
and maintained routine Jobs. Implemented dbWatch to monitor and maintain database from ventral
location.

Nov ’14 – Dec ’15 in Dragon Oil (Emirates National Oil Company), Dubai as Sr. DBA.
Technology
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Exadata –X5, Oracle EBS 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Oracle RAC, Hyperon 11.1.2.3, Red hat
Linux, DMZ setup for isupplier module, P2ES for Oil & Gas, Oracle database 11.2.0.4, 12c - 12.1.0.2.0, OEM 10g, 11g,
12 EM, Middleware: Apex, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1), Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
(OBIA 11.1.1.8 - Finance, HRMS and Procurement), SQL Express, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008/2008, R2/2012,
2014 & 2016.
Project

Nov ’12 – Nov ’14 in INJAZAT (Mubadala Group), Abu Dhabi as Sr. Oracle Apps DBA.
Technology
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Exadata X2,Oracle EBS 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Oracle RAC, Hyperon 11.1.2.3, Red hat
Linux, DMZ setup for isupplier module, P2ES for Oil & Gas, Oracle database 11.2.0.4, 12c - 12.1.0.2.0, OEM 10g, 11g,
12 EM, Middleware: Apex, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1), Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
(OBIA 11.1.1.8 - Finance, HRMS and Procurement), SQL Express, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008/2008, R2/2012,
2014 & 2016.
Project
Support of Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) with Oracle R12.1.3 application and 11.2.0.4 oracle database, multi-
node architecture with Parallel Concurrent Processing (PCP) system enabled. UAE VAT implementation, Apex
installation and WebLogic server installation. Upgraded R12.1.3 to R12.2.4 with database from 11.2.0.3 to 12.1.0.2.
Support project includes Oracle EBS 12.1.3 with 11.2.0.4 oracle database version on Exadata X2.

Dec ’10 – Jul ’12 in Marvel Semiconductors, Bangalore as Sr. DBA.

Technology
Oracle Database Appliance (ODA), Oracle EBS 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Oracle RAC, Hyperon 11.1.2.3, Red hat Linux, DMZ
setup for isupplier module, P2ES for Oil & Gas, Oracle database 11.2.0.4, 12c - 12.1.0.2.0, OEM 10g, 11g, 12 EM,
Middleware: Apex, Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE 11.1.1.7.1), Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA
11.1.1.8 - Finance, HRMS and Procurement), SQL Express, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008/2008, R2/2012, 2014
& 2016.
Project
Feb ’08 – Dec ’10 in GE (General Electric) Research, Bangalore as Database leader.
Jun ’06 – Feb ’08 in Oracle Corporation, Bangalore as Oracle Application DBA.
Jun ’04 – Jun ’06 in IIHT, Bangalore as Database Trainer.