Villian Asong
Database Administrator @Nemours Children's Health
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WORK HISTORY
Database Administrator @Nemours Children's Health
Houston, TX, US
Administer and support SQL Server (2012–2022) and Oracle databases (12c - 19c) for critical hospital systems, including EHR platforms, scheduling, billing, and analytics workloads.Led database upgrades and migrations, including migrating key clinical systems and data warehouses from Oracle to SQL Server, improving performance and reducing licensing costs.Managed and optimized Epic data warehouses (Clarity and Caboodle) to support reporting, analytics, and compliance-driven projects.Designed, implemented, and tuned data warehouse solutions to enable advanced analytics for clinical decision-making and operational reporting.Troubleshot and resolved complex issues, including performance bottlenecks, blocking/deadlocking, replication failures, and resource contention in production environments.Configured and monitored Always ON Availability Groups and Failover Clusters, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery for mission-critical systems.Actively collaborated with developers, analysts, and data engineers to design data models (CDM, LDM, PDM) and optimize ETL pipelines, including SSIS-based data integration for reporting.Monitored and tuned database performance using RedGate SQL Monitor, custom scripts, and native SQL performance reports to maintain uptime and reliability.Provided on-call support for urgent issues during off-hours and weekends, ensuring rapid recovery and minimal disruption to clinical operations.Planned, tested, and executed regular patching, service pack installations, and version upgrades for SQL Server and Oracle environments, ensuring security compliance, optimal performance, and minimal downtime during maintenance windows.Designed, maintained, and regularly tested backup and recovery strategies for SQL Server and Oracle databases, ensuring data integrity and rapid recovery for production, QA, and development environments in alignment with hospital RTO/RPO requirements.
EDUCATION
University of Buea, Cameroon
Bachelor's degree
ABOUT VILLIAN ASONG
As a SQL Server Database Administrator, I bring a wealth of experience in managing…
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