Rida Dkair

Senior Oracle Exadata & MSSQL DBA

Salary / Daily rate

77183 Croissy-Beaubourg, France

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

Microsoft SQL ServerGoogle Cloud PlatformPostgreSQLOracleAzureSQL databasesLinuxMySQLOracle CloudOracle Database

Languages

EnglishFrench

About me

Intro

Oracle Exadata & MSSQL DBA expert with 20+ years of production database administration. Specialized in Exadata migrations, 19c upgrades, and high-availability solutions including RAC, DataGuard, and disaster recovery. Currently delivering critical Oracle 23ai upgrades and multi-database environments for enterprise clients.

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Work experience

Production Database Administrator Oracle Exadata, MSSQL, Sybase & PosgreSQL

Mobilize Financial ServicesFreelance

Jul 2023 - Present

3 years 4 months

93160 Noisy-le-Grand, France

Projects: - Support on Exadata, ZFS, ZDLRA, MSSQL, Sybase and PostgreSQL - Oracle NNE implementation - Oracle TDE implementation - ZDLRA redo transport - ZDLRA copy to tape Commvault - ZDLRA copy to tape ZFS S3 - ZFS patching and replication - Exadata GI upgrade to 23ai - OEM Cloud Control upgrade to 13cr25 - OEM Agent GoldImage 13cr25 creation and deployment - OAS installation & configuration with OEM repository - Oracle migration Nutanix to Exadata - Exadata KVM virtual disks creation - Oracle Audit Vault implementation - MSSQL on AIX

DBA Infrastructure Oracle Exadata

CMA CGMFreelance

Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

1 year 1 month

Systems: Exadata X7 and X8, Oracle RAC on AIX Databases: Oracle 11g to 19c Intervention following a major production incident (loss of dbnode dom0 Exadata): - Reimaging dbnode - Recreation of VMs via OEDA cloning Exadata X8 extension project: - Reimaging dbnodes and cellstorages - Creation of VMs via OEDA cloning - Extensions of clusters and diskgroups - Migration of connections

DBA Production Oracle Exadata / ODA and SQL Server

ConforamaFreelance

Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

10 months

Systems: Exadata X4, Oracle on AIX, ODA X9 Databases: Oracle 11g to 19c, MSSQL 2016-2022 Projects: - Massive upgrade from 11.2.0.4 to 19.12 - Massive migration from Exadata X4-2 to ODA X9-2 using dataguard to minimize the downtime - MSSQL upgrade, administration and tunning

DBA Production Oracle Exadata and MongoDB

Société GénéraleFreelance

Feb 2019 - Oct 2021

2 years 9 months

Systems: Exadata X7, Oracle on AIX Databases: Oracle (versions 11g to 19c, N3 support) and MongoDB (level 1) Projects: - N3 support (with N1 and N2 levels in India) - Critical migration project from 11c to 12.1 on Exadata - Migrations of critical 11c databases to Oracle 19c Exa in a multitenant architecture (CDB/PDB) - Patching campaign for Exadata (KVM): VMs, cells, dbnodes, RDBMS, and databases (CDB and PDB) - Migration of databases to and from the private cloud via DataPump and Transportable Tablespaces - Security project focused on Oracle data encryption: SSL (TLS) methods and NNE - Proposal and implementation of Dataguard solutions based on needs: Dataguard with 24-hour apply lag, Active Dataguard (read-only with apply), and Snapshot Standby - On-call support for MongoDB and Oracle GoldenGate

DBA Production Oracle Exadata and SQL Server

NatixisFreelance

Sep 2016 - Mar 2019

2 years 7 months

Systems: Oracle Exadata, Windows 2008, 2012, and 2016 (physical and virtual servers) Databases: Oracle 11gR2, Oracle 12c (standalone and RAC), SQL Server 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2014, and 2016 (standalone, cluster, and AlwaysOn) SQL Server: High availability: MSSQL mirroring, Windows clustering, and AlwaysOn Standardization policy: normalization strategy (RIBDO compliance) Setup, security, and encryption of strategic data and their backups Oracle: High availability: Oracle MAA, Dataguard, and Oracle Real Application Cluster (with ASM) in production and non-production Exadata environments RMAN, DataPump Administration, reporting, and activity monitoring via Cloud Control 13c General: Operational maintenance (Zabbix monitoring tool) Oracle and SQL Server migrations Query and process optimization (missing indexes, partitioning, compression...) Setup of ISO development, testing, and pre-production environments (database refresh)

DBA Production Oracle Exadata and SQL Server

Conforama

Nov 2011 - Oct 2016

5 years

77185 Lognes, France

Systems: Exadata X4-2 (participation in its setup), Windows 2003, 2008, and 2012 (physical and virtual vSphere servers) Databases: Oracle 11gR2, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, and 2014 SQL Server: - High availability: MSSQL replication and mirroring - Management of MSSQL replications, SSIS packages, and SSRS reports - Centralized administration of SQL Agent jobs via the MSX/TSX system - Standardization policy: maintenance plans, normalization strategy - Setup, security, and encryption of strategic data and their backups Oracle: - High availability: Oracle MAA, Dataguard, and Oracle Real Application Cluster (with ASM) in production and non-production Exadata environments - RMAN, DataPump - Best practices (exachk) - Patching with Oracle Platinum and Cloud Control - Administration, reporting, and activity monitoring via Cloud Control 12c (OEM / Grid Control) General: Design and implementation of high availability solutions Migrations, writing procedures Query and process optimization Setup of ISO development, testing, and pre-production environments Writing and implementing changes (ITIL) Other skills: ZFS administration (Oracle), Oracle RAC, Business Objects, Informatica, SSAS knowledge

DBA Production Oracle and SQL Server

Lagardère Travel Retail

Jul 2005 - Dec 2011

6 years 6 months

92300 Levallois-Perret, France

Systems: Windows 2003 Server and Red Hat 5 Enterprise on physical and virtual servers Management of Oracle backups with RMAN on disks and tapes (TSM) and DataPump Responsibilities and completed projects: - Migration of production databases to an Oracle 10g RAC architecture with ASM - Securing critical databases: adding Dataguard databases as part of a DR plan - Creation of an Oracle 11g Grid Architecture RAC model with ASM on RedHat - Creation of dashboards (Business Object XI R2) and distribution of decision-making reports - Management of EAI, ETL, and EDI exchanges (TradeXpress Generix, DataExchanger, Talend)


Education

ESIAG - Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieur Paris Est.

Master 2 (M2) Bac+5

2005 - 2008

4 years

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