Adrian Junea

Experience

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  Eurobit Software (former BIT Banat SA)

  Aug 2000 - Jan 2006

  Co-owner and Technology Director

  Eurobit Software specializes in accounting software for medium-sized businesses, covering billing, invoicing, inventory management, cost calculation, tax compliance, and audit reporting.● Managed a team of 15+ professionals (developers, sysadmins, DBAs, tech support) delivering software solutions for inventory, billing, accounting, and payroll● Led MS SQL 2000 and Oracle 8 migration to PostgreSQL, cutting operational costs for customers by 60-70%● Architected and developed customized ERP applications compatible with MS SQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL, utilizing object-oriented mapping layers to abstract database specific interactions Show less

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  Afilias

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2021

  ● Directed and mentored a team of 6 DBAs managing multi-platform databases on-premises and in Azure/AWS, supporting TLDs across 4 continents (.ORG, .INFO, .IO, .IN, .AU)● Led DBA tasks in the largest migration of an Internet top-level domain in a single transition, earning a Guinness World Record when Afilias took over the .AU registry● Managed the deployment of two secondary production database sites on the Azure cloud platform, enabling data replication for a hot standby facility, and ensuring disaster recovery readiness at over 50% lower cost than on-premises solutions● Centralized DBA management for 200+ database servers, doubling the number of servers managed and enhancing security by standardizing patch levels Show less ● Led a team of 6 DBAs managing, troubleshooting, and providing 24/7 support for 200+ enterprise database servers across 10+ data centers worldwide● Managed DBA tasks for migrating production databases from AIX IBM p5 servers to new data centers on RedHat with Cisco blade servers and VMware, achieving one-third of the hardware and OS costs while enhancing performance and providing greater flexibility for hardware provisioning● Implemented partitioning on multi-TB financial database, improving database performance by 60% Show less

  • Manager, Data Services

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2021

  • Team Lead, Data Services

    Jan 2011 - Oct 2018

  • Database Administrator

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2011
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  Identity Digital Inc.

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2024

  Manager Database Operations

  Identity Digital is a leading provider of internet infrastructure services. SaaS internet registry and DNS services for around 30% of all generally-available gTLDs, supporting > 100M transactions/day in a global 24x7 environment.● Managed the Data Engineers team responsible for enterprise databases across North America and Australia, supporting Internet domain registry for about 30% of global gTLDs● Led large-scale projects, including migrating production databases to AWS Aurora for domains such as .ORG, .INFO, .IO, and Australia’s .AU● Investigated Aurora DB performance, identified pressure points, and collaborated with IT and Engineering to boost performances reduce AWS costs ● Ensured 99.99% uptime for production databases, by optimizing workloads, applying security patches, overseeing disaster recovery drills, and providing 24/7 on-call support for incident resolution● Managed data access and data retention policies in compliance with SOC2, GDPR, and Australian Government (auDA) contract policies● Developed and executed plans to meet departmental OKRs, coaching team members for career growth Show less

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  Eurobit Software

  Sept 2024 - now

  Consultant

  With some free time on my hands, I reconnected with a former associate from Eurobit Software and began consulting on PostgreSQL major version upgrades and migration strategies to AWS RDS● Guiding upgrades of production databases from PostgreSQL 12 (EOL) to PostgreSQL 17, addressing compatibility challenges and minimizing operational risks with an incremental upgrade path through versions 13 and 15.● Consulting on migration strategies from on-premises systems to AWS RDS for PostgreSQL, optimizing scalability and cloud performance.● Delivering expertise in PostgreSQL replication solutions, ensuring high availability, workload optimization, and robust disaster recovery. Show less