Zahid Anwar
Principal Consultant @Version 1
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Consultant @Version 1
A Principal Consultant within Version 1\'s Advisory Services. This includes a range of engagements focusing on thought leadership, pre-sales activities, technical direction and alignment to current commercial, partner relationships and customer opportunities. In particular Version 1\'s Oracle cloud migrations (Azure, AWS and Oracle Cloud).Key Clients:Telefonica UK (o2): Work within the Smart Metering Implementation Programme (SMIP) Build and Support team, carrying out:• Exadata Patching• Grid Infrastructure UpgradesCambridge University Press: Work in a Advisory Services and delivery capacity on Cloud migration to AWS, carrying out:• Full analysis of the 5 on-premise cluster databases (11gR2 Standard Edition RAC)• Capacity planning, including EC2 instance sizing• DB servers builds on EC2 (IaaS)• Migration using manual standby• Optimisation• Hypercare
EDUCATION
The University of Manchester
BSc Computer Science with Industrial Experience
SKILLS
ABOUT ZAHID ANWAR
I am an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Principal Consultant working within Version 1’s Solution Leadership. In my career I have proven my ability to solve complex problems, deliver complex projects, be flexible and to positively adapt to changing environments. I find this has provided me with a good grounding for interacting with many different people, at all levels, both in my professional and personal life. I am proud to have attained both Oracle Certified Master (OCM) 11g and Oracle Ace. I am also certified and experienced with Oracle’s Exadata and Database Appliance as well as well versed in Maximum Availability Architecture including Real Application Clusters. My next professional goal is to attain certification in Oracle, Azure and AWS Cloud as well as OCM 12c. I also regularly speaker at a number of UKOUG conferences, sharing my knowledge on Exadata, RAC, Databases, etc. More recently I have joined UKOUG as Member Advocate, responsible for looking after the interests of the UKOUG members within the Technology community. As a Non-Executive Director, my role is to help guide the direction of the user group to provide maximum benefit for members, partners and volunteers to enjoy.I have worked extensively in following technologies:Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c and 19c DatabaseOracle Maximum Availability ArchitectureOracle RAC 10g, 11g, 12c and 19cOracle Data Guard 10g, 11g, 12c and 19cOracle Enterprise Manager 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c and 13cOracle RMAN 10g, 11g, 12c and 19cPerformance and SQL TuningOS: Oracle Enterprise Linux, RHEL, Solaris, HP UNIX, AIX and WindowsStorage:NetApps Filers: Snapshot, SnapMirror and FlexCloneExadata X4-2, X5-2, X7, X8, X8M, X9M, X10MOracle Database Appliance X4-2Oracle ZFS ZS3-2, ZS7-2IBM Storwize 1 proves that IT can make a real difference to our customers\' businesses. We are trusted by global brands to deliver IT services and solutions which drive customer success. Our strong team works closely with our technology partners to provide independent advice that helps our customers navigate the rapidly changing world of IT. We are specialised in Oracle, Microsoft and AWS.Contact me if I can help you with your Oracle workloads and/or Oracle Cloud migrations.
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