Kenny Olateju

About Kenny Olateju

I am a Senior SQL Database Administrator with 9+ years of experience designing, supporting, and optimizing large-scale SQL Server environments across enterprise, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. I specialize in high availability (AlwaysOn Availability Groups), performance tuning, automation, SQL migrations, and database security.My career has spanned mission-critical environments in retail, telecom, and financial services—supporting 24/7 production systems with strict uptime and performance requirements. I’m passionate about improving data platform reliability, reducing downtime, and accelerating performance through solid database engineering practices.What I’m great at-High Availability & Disaster Recovery (AlwaysOn AG, clustering, replication, log shipping)-SQL Server performance tuning (execution plans, indexing strategies, optimization)-Automating maintenance using PowerShell & T-SQL-Azure SQL & Managed Instance migrations using DMA/DMS-Cloud infrastructure support (Azure & AWS)-ETL development with SSIS-Database security (RBAC, TDE, auditing)-Supporting large, distributed teams in enterprise environmentsI bring a calm, solutions-focused approach to complex issues and enjoy working cross-functionally with engineering, infrastructure, and application teams.

Experience

1. Senior Sql Database Administrator

   Walmart Global Tech

   Dec 2019 — Present · US

   Manage enterprise SQL Server and PostgreSQL platforms supporting high-volume applications for retail and supply chain operations.• Designed and maintained AlwaysOn Availability Groups across multi-subnet clusters, significantly improving database resilience and reducing downtime.• Led multiple cloud migration efforts to Azure SQL Database and Azure Managed Instance using DMA/DMS.• Reduced SQL query runtimes by up to 40% through indexing, plan analysis, and statistics optimization.• Automated maintenance operations—including backups, index jobs, and health checks—using PowerShell and T-SQL, reducing manual workload by 30%.• Strengthened database security using RBAC, encryption, auditing, and consistent permission reviews.• Built monitoring and alerting solutions using DMVs, Profiler, and native SQL tools to ensure 24/7 system stability.•Served as primary responder for P1 production issues, resolving incidents with minimal downtime.

Education

• Ivy Tech Community College

  Certificate, Information Technology

• Tai Solarin University of Education

  Bachelor's degree, Business Education/Accounting