Ralph Bower

Experience

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  FIS

  Mar 2000 - Jan 2006

  Senior Oracle Database Administrator

  • Oracle database implementation, maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting and reporting.• Administered over five-hundred high availability financial databases.• Furnished round the clock Oracle support to high profile financial institutions.• Provided technical documentation for Oracle processes and procedures.• Coded and implemented UNIX and Windows scripts for DB Monitoring and Backup/Recovery.• Implemented preventative solutions before critical database issues arose.• Planned and performed regular Oracle Disaster Recovery tests.• Implemented strict security policies and procedures to meet the guidelines of the Patriot Act.• Applied quarterly Oracle critical patch updates and Oracle patches.• Exclusively executed and maintained Oracle Advanced Multi-Master Replication.• Implemented and maintained PeopleSoft Financials Warehouse and Marts. Show less

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  RDX (Remote DBA Experts)

  Jul 2006 - Jan 2008

  Senior Database Administrator

  • Managed and supported 120+ Oracle and MySQL servers for 4 large, complex multi-platform enterprises • Administered Oracle database through implementation, maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting and documentation • Created and implemented 30+ scripts for monitoring and reporting, ensuring accurate and validated information • Designed and implemented complex Oracle database security structure to ensure integrity of systems • Developed written documentation for Oracle database regulatory policy development and best practices• Executed development of database security audit procedures, processes and documentation Show less

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  Nuance Communications

  Mar 2008 - Jul 2023

  Senior Database Administrator

  • Planned, configured and managed applications to monitor all information systems, networks and hardware • Administered complex Oracle 12cR2 RAC database with 3TB integrated database and 700 production databases • Managed deployment of security measures, roles and policies, encryption, data loss prevention, and vulnerability testing to ensure security of information systems • Created and improved AI software allowing for aggregation of large enterprise data • Implemented monthly updates and security patches, ensuring continuous security of enterprise systems • Planned and executed security and patch upgrades for 100+ servers utilizing project management skills • Provided on-call support for Network Operations Center (NOC) to troubleshoot, communicate, and implement solutions for complex issues for clients and stakeholders• Create, manage, and dispatch incident tickets• Ensures all pertinent information is obtained to allow for the identification, containment, eradication, and recovery actions to occur in a time sensitive environment• Coordinate work with and gain the trust of business stakeholders, technical resources, and third-party vendors Show less

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  West Virginia Junior College Morgantown

  Apr 2022 - Jul 2023

  Cybersecurity Extern

  • Hunted down cybersecurity threats and remediated them• Wrote and updated security plans to meet NIST 800.53 standards• Configured network security monitoring analysis across multiple campuses• Built and configured cloud based zero trust Security Service Edge (SSE) over Wide Area Network (WAN)• Audited group policies and deploy compliance measures• Managed and conducted a site-wide inventory project for 200 networked devices• Integrated and administered a network regarding switches, routers, firewalls, and network security appliance• Perform hunting for malicious activity across the network and digital assets• Create and continuously improve standard operating procedures used by the SOC Show less

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  Self-employed

  Jul 2022 - now

  Self Employed