Nihar Sahoo

Experience

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  Tata Steel

  Jul 1998 - May 2000

  Software Engineer

   Role: Software Developer / DBA Environment: o Oracle 7.3.4/8i, Developer 2000, Designer2000, Forms 4.5, Reports 2.5, PL/SQL, SQL*Loader, SQL*Plus, AIX 4.2, RS 6000 servers, Lotus Notes Responsibilities:o Installation/upgrade of Oracle RDBMS, Developer 2000 (Forms/Reports).o Database/Application Administration o Performance tuning of the databases, managing storage.o Setting up configuration management procedures.o Data migration from Main Frame / Dbase / MS Access / Lotus Notes to Oracle. Show less

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  AlphaSoft Services Corp

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2004

  Applications DBA

  Oracle Applications DBAMS SQL Server AdministrationPERL/Shell scripting

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  Verifone

  Aug 2004 - Apr 2014

  Manager - IT Operations

   Technology:o Install & Configure Oracle RAC 10g/11g with ASM. o Implement multi node app tier clustered enterprise applications. o Setup middleware clusters like OAS & Web Logic and configure Load Balancing. o Manage Oracle Fusion Middleware environment.o Data migration between Oracle and MS SQLo Setup Database replication in Oracle(Data Guard)/SQL Server(Log Shipping) o Implement & train Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control  Process Improvement & Cost Reduction: o PERL/Schell Scripts to automate several processes.o Setup scripts to generate reports for SOX audit. o Standardize IT Application Operations documents. o Setup scripts for pro-active monitoring of application and databases. o Evaluate and recommend open source technologies to match the need.  Project & Technology Life Cycle Management:o Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)o Implement multisite, cross functional applications like VeriCenter involving telecom, Oracle, MS SQL Server technologies. o Implement enterprise backup/recovery strategyo System sizing and capacity planningo Evaluate and recommend applications and technologies Show less

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  Mastech/Accenture/CoverdCA(CalHEERS)

  May 2014 - Oct 2014

  Oracle DBA

  Oracle DBAOracle Exadata, ExalogicSetup Standby, DR Test Plan, Tuning, Exadata Upgrade/Migration.

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  Blueshield of California

  Oct 2014 - Apr 2015

  IT Infrastructue Architect/Design Engineer

  Design software solutions.

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  Oracle

  Apr 2015 - now

  Cloud Development Operations

  • Manager, Oracle Cloud Engineering IT

    Dec 2018 - now

  • Principal DBA

    Apr 2015 - now