About Me
Vikas S. Rajput (VR), Database Specialist
Primary Focus Areas
- Database – more and more interested in Database Technology/Management Landscape, Performance Tuning, High Availability/Recovery Solutions, Presales, Licensing and Data Modeling. Certified for Microsoft SQL Server (MCP) and Oracle 10g (OCP). Extensive exposure to SQL Server, Oracle and Sybase.
- Infrastructure – specifically Storage Administration, Change Management, Virtualization and Continuous Improvements, IT Service Management.
Experience
Database Specialist/ Consultant @ Orange since 2011. Database Associate/ Consultant @ Sapient from 2004 till 2011. Worked with multiple clients from different geographies in multi-faceted roles like Team Member, Team Lead and Database Consultant; especially on:
- Database and Data Warehouse Modeling (using MS Visio, CA Erwin)
- Database Security Audit, License compliance & reporting
- Data Migration Projects (across Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server)
- Performance issue resolution on SQL Server, Sybase and Oracle platforms (OLTP and OLAP)
- Client and Team Management: Expectations – Escalations – and – Requirements Management
- Automated standard Admin Tasks using TSQL / Bash / Perl / MSDOS / WMI / Powershell scripts
- Participant and Lead for Service Delivery and Service Support spectrum of IT Service Management (ITIL)
- Database Sizing and Capacity Estimation and Environment provisioning (including Virtualization and DW)
- Backup Recovery Strategies and High Availability solutions using SQLServer Clusters, SSIS, Log Shipping, Oracle RAC, RMAN, Sybase Replication
When not at job, you will find me facilitating technical/non-technical sessions, taking interviews , enjoying outdoor sports (simply love trekking, rappelling and white water rafting), reading & writing, and cooking. Also, am a vivid traveler at core and have seen & enjoyed extreme situations and places – enjoyed my being at UK, and love traveling around to different places like Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Solan (Himachal), Amarnath (Jammu), Pune (Maharashtra), Bangalore (Karnataka), Chennai (Tamilnadu) etc.
I will appreciate any of your feedback for this blog. Please feel free to comment here or you can email me at vikas_s_rajput@hotmail.co.uk. If there’s more you want to know, you can visit my profile over Linkedin.
