Database Administrator Resume Template
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Andrew Anderson
Senior Database Administrator · SQL Server & Azure SQL
Chicago, IL
(312) 555-2103
andrew.anderson@email.com
linkedin.com/in/andrewanderson
Profile
Database administrator with 11 years running SQL Server and Oracle for insurance and healthcare firms. Manage 140 production databases at 99.99% availability and cut average query time by 45% on the core policy system.
Technical Skills
High availability & DRPerformance tuningBackup & recoveryAzure SQL migrationDatabase securityT-SQL & PL/SQLETL with SSIS
Database Experience
Senior Database Administrator
2021 – Present
Lakeshore Mutual Insurance, Chicago, IL
- Manage 140 production SQL Server databases totaling 38 TB with 99.99% availability.
- Run Always On availability groups across 2 data centers and test failover every quarter.
- Cut average query time 45% on the policy system through index tuning and Query Store analysis.
- Migrated 30 databases to Azure SQL Managed Instance, saving $220K a year in licensing and hardware.
- Enforce role-based access, TDE and audit logging to meet SOC 2 and state insurance requirements.
Database Administrator
2017 – 2021
Prairie State Health Partners, Oak Brook, IL
- Administered SQL Server and Oracle 19c databases supporting claims and member systems.
- Automated backups, integrity checks and restores with PowerShell and dbatools for 90 instances.
- Built SSIS packages loading 2M claim records nightly into the reporting warehouse.
- Restored a corrupted claims database in 40 minutes using point-in-time recovery drills.
Junior Database Administrator
2014 – 2017
Midway Logistics, Chicago, IL
- Monitored job failures, disk space and blocking and handled first-line database tickets.
- Applied SQL Server patches and deployed schema changes through the change control process.
Platforms & Tools
SQL Server 2022
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Oracle Database 19c
Redgate SQL Monitor
PowerShell (dbatools)
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
Microsoft
Oracle Database Administration 2019 Certified Professional
Oracle
Education
B.S. in Computer Science
2014
University of Illinois Chicago
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Licenses and certifications
- Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Oracle Optional, valued by employers
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate Microsoft Optional, valued by employers
Sources: www.bls.gov
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Skills to list
- SQL Server/Oracle Administration
- Database Backup and Recovery
- Performance Tuning
- Database Security
- ETL Processes
- PL/SQL
- Replication
- Cloud Databases (AWS RDS)
Software and tools
- MongoDB
- NoSQL
- Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
- PostgreSQL
- Oracle PL/SQL
- Microsoft Azure software
- Shell script
- Microsoft PowerShell
- Transact-SQL
- Apache Kafka
Duties to describe on a database administrator resume
- Modified existing databases and database management systems or directed programmers and analysts to make changes.
- Planned, coordinated, and implemented security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
- Planned and installed upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance.
- Specified users and user access levels for each segment of database.
- Tested changes to database applications or systems.
- Tested programs or databases, corrected errors, and made necessary modifications.
Titles along the way
- Junior DBA
- Database Administrator
- Senior DBA/Database Manager
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