Rakive Furgassa

Experience

1. Database Administrator

   Walmart Global Tech

   Dec 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Provide SQL Server database Administration and monitoring support across production, development, and staging environments- Install and configure SQL server 2008, 2012,2014,2016 and 2019- Proficient using DMVs, Wait Stats & Performance Monitor counters- Created Stored Procedures, Triggers, Functions, Indexes, Tables, Views, and other T-SQL code and SQL joins for applications- Ensuring high availability of databases for smooth running of the business by implementing high availability solutions like Always On, Database Mirroring, Log shipping, and failover Clusters- Automation of frequent Refresh requests from production- Good knowledge in managing security, granting permissions, and assigning database roles and server roles- Developed SSIS packages to Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) data into the data warehouse database from heterogeneous databases/data sources- Ensure standard backup policies are implemented across all servers-Configured and supported Transactional Replication between Publisher and Subscriber SQL Server instances- Managed the migration of SQL Server databases- Plan, test and apply SQL patches on SQL servers to make sure we are up to date- Help improve the performance of queries by analyzing the execution plans, monitoring resource utilization, and Database engine tuning tool-Responsible for providing 24 X 7 critical production supports to 250+ Production, development, and clustered servers-Configured Redgate tool to replicate data from MS SQL server.