Brian Wineland

Experience

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  Bank of New York Mellon

  Feb 2007 - Apr 2009

  Network Support Specialist II

  Responsible for monitoring, administering, and taking corrective actions on behalf of BNY Mellon enterprise management systems (NT, UNIX, Network, and Mainframe infrastructure. Inside this enterprise environment there were close to 1000 AIX machines, 1000 Solaris machines, and 10000 Windows machines of various OS versions at various locations throughout the world. Responsible for using a wide variety of administration tools for correcting small to high level problems throughout this very diverse distributed environment. Connecting this environment together was a network of several hundred switches and routers of which we were responsible for supporting by performing any action necessary and also reporting circuit problems to the appropriate vendor. Responsible for monitoring and responding to trouble tickets created for failed batch data transfer jobs on both the Mainframe and in the UNIX environments. Show less

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  Independent Contractor

  May 2009 - May 2011

  Independent Contractor

  Performed hundreds of repairs and upgrades on mostly Windows machines running home and server editions of all Microsoft operating systems. Built several servers and many home systems ranging from low end setups to top of the line gaming systems. Built a large home theater setup for a client consisting of a ultra-slim HTPC case with 2 QAM TV Tuners functioning as a DirectTV dual HD DVR connected wireless to a 16TB NAS server that I also built. Also performed small TV repairs such as changing DLP bulbs and replacing exterior glass screens on rear projection, DLP, and LCD televisions. Show less

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  RDX

  Jun 2011 - Apr 2020

  • Responsible for leading a team of roughly 10 junior to senior DBAs• Conducted hundreds of interviews to find the best of the best• Extensive T-SQL code tuning. Digesting thousand line plus proc/queries in a few hours.• Rapid break fix turnaround. Able to do high end SQL work while still providing updates or even via screen share.• All forms of migrations from the most simple to the most complex. Planning from scratch or following the plan given to me.• Performed countless SQL Server 2000/05/08/R2/12/14/16/17 installs using best practice standards• Performed thorough SQL Server assessments and implemented best practice recommendations• Installed and administered SQL Server failover cluster instances on Windows clusters• Performing a large variety of version and service pack upgrades• Database creation and configuration to best practice standards• SQL Server maintenance plan creation, usage and administration• Worked with databases in excess sizes of 20+ TB• Created a large number of custom SQL Server monitoring scripts using PowerShell, T-SQL, and VBScript• Designed and supported enterprise-wide backup strategy using SQL Server and 3rd party backup tools• Backup and recovery process performance and efficiency tuning• Disaster recovery process creation and implementation• Disaster recovery test lead• Support database vendor, operation system and third-party supplied HA architectures• Installed and configured Highly-Available architectures including Replication, Mirroring, and Always-On• Configured and supported a variety of native and 3rd party log shipping setups• Database and server object configuration changes for optimal performance • Recommended operating system parameters for optimal performance • Set up and maintain database partitioning.• Install, configure, schedule and distribute database auditing reports• Design and implement SSIS packages• Create and tune SSRS reports Show less • Performed thorough SQL Server assessments and implemented best practice recommendations• Performed hundreds of SQL Server 2000/05/08/R2/12 installs using best practice standards• Installed and administered SQL Server cluster instances on Windows clusters• Performing a large variety of version and service pack upgrades• Database creation and configuration to best practice standards• SQL Server maintenance plan creation, usage and administration• Worked with databases in excess sizes of 8+ TB• Created a large number of custom SQL Server monitoring scripts using PowerShell, T-SQL, and VBScript• Designed and supported enterprise-wide backup strategy using SQL Server and 3rd party backup tools• Backup and recovery process performance and efficiency tuning• Backup and recovery process validation • Disaster recovery process creation and implementation• Disaster recovery test participation • Support database vendor, operation system and third-party supplied HA architectures• Installed and configured Highly-Available architectures including Replication, Mirroring, and Always-On• Configured and supported a variety of native and 3rd party log shipping setups• T-SQL code tuning• Database and server object configuration changes for optimal performance • Recommended operating system parameters for optimal performance • Recommended hardware configurations based on customer needs and budgets in accordance with SQL Server best practices • Set up and maintain database partitioning.• Database user and security administration• Install, configure, schedule and distribute database auditing reports• Database application, T-SQL code and security design reviews • Advanced and standard database assessments• Third-Party product evaluations• Design and implement database-specific disaster recovery plans• Design and implement SSIS packages• Create and tune SSRS reports Show less

  • Manager - SQL Server Support

    Mar 2017 - Apr 2020

  • SQL Server Architect

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2017
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  Navisite

  Apr 2020 - Apr 2022

  Sr SQL Server Manager
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  DataStrike

  Apr 2022 - now

  • Director Microsoft Technologies

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Technical Account Manager

    Apr 2022 - now