Muralidharan Govindan

6562536858 91374897

Blk#194, #08410, Kim Keat Avenue, Toa Payoh

Current Location: Chennai

Title: / Oracle DBA/ Oracle Apps DBA/ System Administrator
Work Experience: / 12 years
Skills: / Oracle 8i/9i/11i, Sun Solaris Admin/Business Objects/ Informatica/Cognos
Current Organization: / UBS
Previous Organization(s): / NorwichUnion Norwich, American Management Systems Ltd. London, TI Diamond Chains Ltd. Chennai, Arihant & Co. Chennai
Industry: / Banking/ Financial Services,Insurance
Highest Degree Held: / B.Sc (Other Science) ,Chennai University
Gender: / Male
Date of Birth: / 23rd July 1971

Detailed Resume:

CURRICULUM VITAE

Correspondence Address:

Govindan Muralidharan

Block #194,

#08-410, Kim Keat Avenue,

Singapore - 310 194.

Contact no.: +65-9137 4897

OBJECTIVE: To Pursue a Senior/medium position as Oracle APPS DBA, which

should give high degree of satisfaction and job challenge.

More than 12 years of experience in Information Technology.

Over 11 years experience as an ORACLE DBA.

Over 3 years of experience as Oracle Applications DBA

Over Eight Years experience as Unix (Sun Solaris) Administrator

Good experience in Production as well as Development Environment.

Experience in Creating Bournce Shell Scripting.

7. Oracle Application Administration (DBA Technical) on all the

platforms.

8. Maintaining Application servers, Upgrading the servers, Installing,

adding new products and Database Design

9. Extensively involved in Setting up Oracle 9i RAC environment on

Solaris / Linux

Having Experience in Advance Replication

Experience covers the entire System Development Life Cycle from requirement

specifications, system design, coding, testing which includes Data

Warehousing Designing and using Warehouse tools such as Informatica,

Business Objects.

At present working for a Swiss Bank, which consist of more than 4500

Instances

Strengths:

System Analysis

System and Database Design

Programming

Testing and Maintenance

Application Tuning

Capable of handling multiple tasks.

Good Communications skills with all management levels

Certified TCP-IP Administrator BY Brain Bench

Certified NT Administrator BY Brain Bench

Certified Data Modeller BY Brain Bench

Certified Oracle PL-SQL Developer BY Brain Bench

12. Certified Oracle 8i DBA By Skill Drill

13. Certified Solaris Administrator By Skill Drill

14. Certified Proxy Server Administrator By Skill Drill

15. Experience in handling Microwave connectivity between multiple sites,

Handled MS Exchange in 60 sites all over India from single location.

EDUCATION

1. Bachelor in Science, from University of Madras, Madras in 1991

2. PGDCP, from Datamation Computer Consultants, Madras, in 1992

3. SDACA, from C- LAN, Madras, in 1994,

SKILLS

Hardware IBM PC COMPATIBLE, COMPAQ PROLIENT SERVER.,

HP9000, RS/6000,SUN SPARC Enterprise Server E10000 Cluster

Server (16 Processors), E450, E250, SUN Netra T1 servers,

EMC Storage Devices, Veritas Volume Manager /Net Backup.

Cisco Switches, Hubs, Radio Modems,

O/S SUN Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, WINDOWS 95 / NT 4.0, TCP/IP,

NOVELL NETWARE, MAC OS

Languages SQL, PL/SQL, Cobol, C, PRO * C.

Utilities Oracle SQL Loader, Oracle Import/Export, GoldenGate

(3rd Party Replication Tool for Oracle)

Database ORACLE 7.x, ORACLE 8/8i, Oracle 9i, 10g,

PL/SQL, SQL*PLUS, SQL Server 7/2000, Toad, SQL Navigator

Application Software Oracle 9i,8i/8.0/7.x, MS-Access, Forms 4.5, Reports

2.5 (Developer 2000), Discoverer 4i Plus

Web Application

Software HTML, DHTML, IIS 4.0/5.0, Netscape Enterprise Server,

Oracle WebDB, Oracle 9i Application Server

Database Design Tool Erwin, Designer 2000

Scripting Languages Perl, Java script, VBScript, Shell Scripting

Data Warehouse

Reporting Tool Business Objects ,Cognos (Impromptu Admin/User,

PowerPlay, Visualizer)

ETL Tools Informatica (Power Center, Power Mart)

Professional Experience

Feb 2004 - Till Date

Customer : Perot Systems Ltd, Singapore.

Client : UBS, Switzerland (Bank)

Largest Bank in Europe

Project Type : Mixed Environment (Banking, Data Warehousing, Stock

Market, Wealth Management, etc).

Environment: This environment consists of more than 2000 Database ranging

from 10GB to 2 Tera Bytes. Sun Solaris 2.8, Sun SPARC Cluster Servers, Sun

Work Stations. From 8 processors to 32 processors using BAYDEL Disk

Arrays, Compaq Disk Arrays, EMC Storage, SANS, BMC Patrol, GoldenGate (3rd

Party Replication Tool),Business Objects, Informatica, Sybase, SQL Server,

Veritas Clusters, Veritas Netbackup, SQL Back Track, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i,

9i Real Application Clusters (9i RAC), Oracle 10G, 10G Application Server &

Oracle 9iAS. Oracle Financials, Oracle CRM, Linux Advanced Server 2.1 on

DELL PowerEdge Servers, People Soft

Responsible for:

Installation and Configuration of Oracle Database on Sun Servers/ Cluster

Servers & Linux Servers.

Installation and configuration of Oracle 10g/10gAS.

Configuring RMAN / SQL Backtrack for backup and Recovery Purpose.

Cloning of Oracle CRM Database.

Applying Patches on Oracle CRM instance

Installation and Configuration of Discoverer 4i set of tools

Installation and Configuration of Oracle Inter Directory

Trouble Shooting Connectivity/Network issues related to Oracle

Installation and Configuration of Oracle 9i RAC on Solaris/Linux.

Troubleshooting of 9i RAC Database.

Administration of 9i RAC

Installation and Configuration of Oracle Database on Veritas Cluster Server

(VCS) running on Solaris.

Administration of Oracle Database on VCS

Schedule Backups on Crontab

Patching Oracle Applications

Installation and configuring Oracle 9iAS on Sun Servers

Installation of Oracle Workflow, Inter Media and JVM on Oracle 8i & 9i

Database

Experience in applying Security 68 Patches

Upgrade Database from 9.2.0.1 to 9.2.0.4 , 9.2.0.5 and , 9.2.0.6

Migrate Database from 8.x to 9.2.0.4 and 9.2.0.5

Setup Roles for Production & Development Database

Applying Database Patches (including Security patches)

Recover Oracle Database from Disaster like Disk Crash, Raid Array

Malfunction

Configured Oracle Data Guard extensively on production servers

Configured Standby Database on oracle 8i Database.

Trouble Shooting Data Guard and Standby Database

Trouble Shooting and Monitoring Production bottleneck problems

Scheduling statspack to analyze Database Performance.

Setup Replication between sites using GoldenGate (Replication consist of

one way as well as two way)

Nov 2003 - Jan 2004

Customer : GE Plastics, Singapore

Project Type : Maintenance / Data Warehousing.

Environment : HP 9000 N-Class with MC Service Guard Cluster Nodes. GEMMS,

Business Objects, Oracle 8i

Role : Oracle DBA.

Responsible for:

Analysing the database tables.

Tuning the Application Design.

Tuning SQL.

Tuning the Data Storage.

Writing the new PL/SQL procedures for application performance.

Support for oracle 8i Database.

Backup & Recovery using Archive Log Files & RMAN

Monitoring Databases using Oracle Enterprise Manager & Shell Scripts

July 2002 - Oct 2003

Customer : Oracle Corporation, USA

Project Type : Maintenance / Oracle Estudio project.

Environment : Sun Sparc 2.6 and 2.8, HP-UX11, Tru64 Unix 5.1, Windows NT

(Dell Machines), Oracle 8I, Oracle Application 11I (ERP & CRM)

Role : Oracle Apps DBA.

Responsible for:

Providing DBA Support for Oracle's eBusiness Studio Hosted environments to

ensure 24x7 DBA support.

Installing/Configuring oracle application on various platforms.

Monitoring, Maintaining and tuning multiple database and file system of

Oracle application hosted by Oracle Corporation, USA.

Upgrade oracle application from 10.7 and 11.0.3 to 11i(11.5.x.11.5.9)

releases.

Upgrade Oracle Application to current releases and current product-level

with applying maintenance packs and Minipacks.

6. Managing and Monitoring concurrent programs and requests

7. Tuning Concurrent Manager.

8. Creation and maintenance and customizing user accounts

9. Trouble-shooting of all oracle application problems.

10. Upgrading Apache Server for Oracle Applications

11. Configuring Multiple JVM to Load-Balance Oracle Applications

12. Setup Web Servers, Form Servers, Database and Listeners.

13. Copy/Clone of oracle application environment.

14. Used Oracle Application tools for maintaining database and

application like adpatch, adadmin, adctrl, adaimgr, adrelink,

adsplice etc.

15. Application AOL object setup (users, menus, responsibilities,

forms, reports, folders, request groups, request set etc) and

Purge AOL tables.

May 2001 - June 2002

Client : Ubique Systems (UK) Ltd., Plaistow, Essex

Role : Administrator Unix/NT/OracleDatabase DBA

Environment : Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, Oracle 9i Application Server & Sun

Solaris, Windows 2000, ERWIN, Developer 2000 (Forms 6I,

Reports 6I) Apache Web Server, Veritas Volume Manager,

Veritas NetBackup Professional, Informatica 5.1, Business

Objects 5.1, Apache Web Server, Perl

The Objective of this Oracle PL/SQL Optimization and SQL Tuning is to

increase the performance of the scripts used to process the raw data within

Oracle and achieve a greater than 50% Improvement and to create a new

development environment using Oracle 9i and Oracle 9i Application server.

In addition to that provide support for Oracle 8i Database environment and

Unix (Sun Solaris) administration support, Involvement in Data Warehousing

Project.

Responsible for:

Oracle 9i Development Database Installation/Configuration

Oracle 9i Application server Installation/Configuration

Installation and Configuration of Apache Web Server

Administration of Apache Web Server

Analysing the database tables.

Tuning the Application Design.

Tuning SQL.

Tuning the Data Storage.

Writing the new PL/SQL procedures for application performance.

Documenting the modules developed.

Support for oracle 8i Database.

Configuring Backup & Recovery using Recovery Manager (RMAN)

Backup & Recovery using Archive Log Files

Monitoring Databases using Oracle Enterprise Manager

Bournce Shell Scripting to Monitor Unix Server Activities.

Installation & configuration for Windows 2000 system

Business Objects 5.1

Creation of Universe with in schema (Business Objects)

Building quires on Universe.

Combining of Data from different data sources like RDBMS (i.e. Oracle),

Multidimensional servers (OLAP), Text files and Spread Sheets etc.

Exporting of Data from Business Objects to Text format, Spread Sheet. Etc.

Creation of Master Detail Report.

Informatica 5.1

Creation of Repository for Data Storage (Informatica)

Building the Data Mart (Informatica)

Working with Mapping Designer for Transformation of Data

Working with Server Manager for Loading Data from External Sources

Creation of Meta Data Elements

Creating the stored programs for data uploading from the database

Aug 2000 - Apr 2001

Project : Wealth Management - eCRM (Norwich-Union)

Leading Insurance, Banking & Financial Institution in UK.

Client : Price Water house Coopers PLC, Norwich, Norfolk.

Software : Oracle 8i, Java, Protagona, Netscape Enterprise Server,

Erwin 3.5.2,TOAD, Informatica, Business Objects 5.1.1,

Crossworlds & Sun Solaris, Veritas Volume Manager

Hardware : Pentium, Sun SPARC E10000 Cluster Server (16 Processor),

EMC Storage Devices & Compaq Prolient Server

Project Profile:

This project is for insurance company, which started rendering services in

Wealth Management on Web, where every one can register. The Wealth

Management Program will launch a market leading e-venture that positions as

a trusted wealth Management partner.

This system is consisting of modules like Share Dealing, Supermarket of

Funds and Campaign Management. Campaign Management plays the key role in

the e-CRM project, which has to capture information of the customers,

different channels for communicating with Customer.

Role: Oracle Database Administrator/ Data Modeller

I held the position as data warehouse data Modeller at the eCRM proposition

of the WM project. I acquired the necessary skill set of a dimensional data

Modeller on site and applied those skills by using Computer Associates'

Erwin modeling tool when creating Logical and Physical data models.

I acquired the necessary skill set of creating the reports from database

using Business Objects 5.1.

Responsible for:

Analyzed the requirements of the eCRM work stream and incorporated those

into the eCRM model;

Adapted the various WM data warehouse and eCRM data models for the

Protagona campaign management tool;

Held a client facing position and worked closely together with consultants

of disparate technical skills;

Created the necessary sets of documentation that needed to accompany the

models created;

Initiated the data mapping initiatives between the off-line data stores and

the operational data model;

Database design: Used Erwin as modeling tool to maintain data base model.

Create, develop, and review the physical model created from the logical

model.

Analyses, tests, and implements physical database design supporting the

Data Warehouse (including base definition, structure, documentation, and

operational guidelines).

Primary responsibility for the definition, creation, and maintenance of

PL/SQL processes and procedures within Data Warehouse environment (Oracle).

RDBMS performance monitoring and tuning: Closely monitored performance;

identify problems and implement solutions; Monitor file system space.

Uploading the large data into CRM Database using utility SQL Loader.

Data backup, recovery, maintenance, data integrity, and space requirements

for physical database where required.

Commercial Experience in Business Objects

Creation of Universe with in schema

Building quires on Universe.

Combining of Data from different data sources like RDBMS (i.e. Oracle),

Multidimensional servers (OLAP), Text files and Spread Sheets etc.

Exporting of Data from Business Objects to Text format, Spread Sheet. Etc.

Creation of Master Detail Report.

Commercial Experience in Informatica as Developer

Creation of Repository for Data Storage

Building the Data Mart

Working with Mapping Designer for Transformation of Data

Working with Server Manager for Loading Data from External Sources

Creation of Meta Data Elements

Creating the stored programs for data uploading from the database

3 Months
May 2000 - Jul 2000

Client : AMERICAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,

Liverpool Street, London, U.K.

Role : Database/UNIX Administrator

Environment : Oracle 8/8i, Sun Solaris 2.7, Windows NT, Web

Objects,

Apache Web Server, Perl

Responsibility:

Installation of Oracle Software

Installation and configuration of Apache Web Server.

Tuning Unix Parameters.

Databases Creation on SUN NETRA T1 Servers.

Configuration for Advanced Database Replication

Database Triggers / Procedure /Packages Creation.

Shell Scripting.

Perl Scripting

Unix Admin on Solaris 2.7

Patch Installation

Performance Tuning

The above project is for Colt-Telecom, who is client for American

Management System. This project is mainly for Trouble Ticketing System.

Jun 1996 - May 2000 / 48 Months

Client : TI DIAMOND CHAIN LTD., India

Manufacturing Automotive, Industrial & Agricultural

Chains in India.

Role : Oracle DBA/Unix Administrator/NT Administrator (Team

Leader)

Environment : Unix (Solaris), Oracle7.x, 8.0, 11.0.3,

Sybase, Windows NT 4.0 and MS Exchange 5.5, TCP/IP, Linux

(Lynux), Apache Web Server

Responsibility:

Maintaining and tuning multiple database and Oracle application, Performing

backup and Recovery and Trouble-shooting of all oracle application

problems.

SQL statement tuning.

Install and maintain Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Setup Sybase Server

Administration Of Sybase Server

User Management on Sybase

Space Management on Sybase

Dump and Load on Sybase

Setup Web Servers, Form Servers, Database and Listeners.

Copy/Clone database and application periodically.

Interaction with oracle team on support issues like TAR etc.

Used Oracle Application tools for maintaining database and application like

adpatch, adadmin, adctrl, adaimgr, adrelink etc.

Application AOL object setup (users, menus, responsibilities etc.) and

Purge AOL tables.

Installing Oracle software on different machines for different units.

Installation and configuration of Oracle WebDB Software

Installation & Configuration of Linux as Proxy Server

Oracle Data Modeling using Erwin

Creating the databases and monitoring them.

Developing triggers and stored procedures at the database level.

Taking backups of the different databases regularly.

Performing Database Recovery in case of any disk crash or loss of data

Managing the user privileges and access.

Educating the developers on the database related performance issues.

Carrying out performance tuning at the application and server level.

Developing an exhaustive set of server monitoring stored procedures, SQL

scripts to generate reports regarding the state of the data servers. These

were sending to the concerned people when a predefined error condition is

reached.

Diagnosing system problems and taking corrective action.

Performance Analysis on long running transactions and optimizing the same.

Installation of Sun Solaris Software & configuring Unix System

Enrolling Users in Unix system

Implementing Applications in Unix System

Bournce Shell Scripting to Monitor Unix Server Activities.

System Administration in Unix system

Installing Windows NT on different machines for different units

Installing MS-EXCHANGE on different machines for different units

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: DDE ORG SUPERMAX OS SVR 4, ORACLE 7.1. , COMPAQ

PROLIENT SERVER, WINDOWS NT, MS-EXCHANGE.

Leading a Team of 15 Members including Junior Administrators and Developers

NT Administration Details:

Installation of NT Server, NT-Workstation, Service Packs on different

servers.

Done NT installation on more than 15 servers and controlling them through

microwave connectivity from single location.

Trouble Shooting of NT

Controlling Access Rights

Creation & Maintenance of User Accounts

Regular Backup of NT File System

Recovery of NT Server

Interface connectivity with other OS

Installation and configuration of Microsoft Proxy Server

Installation & Configuration of Services like DHCP, DNS, FTP, RAS, TELNET,

etc

Installation and Administration of MS-Exchange messaging system on multiple

sites and controlled them from a single location.

Connectivity between Domains.

Administration of Multiple Domains in one Location

Experience in Handling Microwave connectivity between sites.

Sep 1992 - May 1996 / 44 Months

Client : ARIHANT & CO.

Major share broker, Financial Services Provider in

Madras, India.

Role : Systems In charge

Environment : Unix, Oracle, FoxPro, Clipper, Novell

Netware 3.12

Responsibility:

Worked as member of Database Group, which was responsible for extending

expertise on the database area to develop projects. Responsibilities are as

follows:

Installing Novell Netware and applications.

Maintenance of users and privileges, Space in Network Environment.

Maintenance of Unix System, Users and privileges, Space.

Installing Applications in Unix System.

Analyzing the system before development.

Normalizing the data and Designing the system.

Developing Applications using FoxPro, Clipper and Oracle.

Creating the databases and monitoring them.