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SQL Server Database Administrator

Location:
Sandy Springs, GA
Posted:
April 23, 2025

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Bee Akinmurele

*************@*****.***

404-***-****

Atlanta, GA

Professional Summary

Results-driven SQL Server Database Administrator with extensive experience in production support, performance tuning, high availability solutions, disaster recovery, and database security. Proven ability to troubleshoot and optimize database performance while ensuring business continuity and security compliance.

Technical Skills

Expertise in SQL Server versions 2014 through 2019.

Strong knowledge of backup strategies, restore procedures, recovery models, and DBCC commands.

Experience with SQL Server Failover Clustering, Transaction Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, and Replication.

Proficient in database installation, configuration, upgrades, capacity planning, and performance tuning.

Extensive experience in AlwaysOn Availability Groups for high availability solutions.

Skilled in writing and optimizing stored procedures, queries, triggers, views, indexes, and functions.

Experience in troubleshooting blocking, deadlocks, and database integrity issues.

Security: create logins, setup permissions and assign server roles and database roles as required following security best practice and standards.

Expertise in database monitoring and performance tuning using SQL Server Profiler, Windows Performance Monitor, SQL Sentry, and SolarWinds.

Proficiency in SQL Server software installations, upgrades, and disaster recovery planning.

Hands-on experience with transactional and snapshot replication.

Experience in creating database Maintenance Plans, SQL Agent Jobs, Alerts, and Operators.

Expert in reviewing overall physical database structure for overall stability.

Professional Experience

Gloconnect Services, Atlanta, GA

SQL Database Administrator

April 2022 – Present

Administer SQL Server databases, ensuring high availability, security, and optimal performance.

Support development efforts by creating and deploying stored procedures, advanced queries, triggers, views, and indexes.

Manage database migrations from SQL Server 2012/2014 to SQL Server 2017/2019.

Conduct performance testing and optimization for large-scale OLTP databases (2TB+).

Implement and maintain database security, role-based access control, and compliance standards.

Monitor and troubleshoot database performance issues, blocking, deadlocks, and buffer latch contention.

Utilize AlwaysOn Availability Groups, database snapshots, and fast recovery solutions for high availability.

Perform backup, restore, and disaster recovery operations using LiteSpeed and SQL Sentry.

Optimize queries to improve transaction per second (TPS) without increasing CPU overhead.

Manage database monitoring, event logging, and performance dashboards.

BNA Loans, Roswell, GA

SQL Database Administrator

January 2019 – February 2022

Led database performance optimization efforts, reducing CPU workload from 90% to 10% and increasing transaction processing by 300%.

Managed SQL Server databases, including performance tuning, upgrades, clustering, security, and backup strategies.

Implemented AlwaysOn Availability Groups for SQL Server 2016 databases.

Designed and maintained backup and recovery strategies to meet customer SLA requirements.

Automated monitoring processes using T-SQL scripts to ensure consistent database backups.

Provided 24x7 on-call support for production environments and troubleshooting critical issues.

Standardized database management processes through documentation and process improvement initiatives.

Deployed and maintained third-party monitoring tools like SQL Sentry and SolarWinds for enterprise-wide monitoring.

Enhanced disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) strategies to minimize downtime.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Healthcare

Kennesaw State University, May 2022

Associate of Science (AS), Industrial Engineering

Georgia Perimeter College, December 2013

Certifications & Training

Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (In Progress)

SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization – Udemy

Advanced SQL Querying and Indexing – LinkedIn Learning

Microsoft SQL Server Training – NSATR Technologies

References

Available upon request.



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