 Initial 9 month contract extended a further 3 times.
 Oracle Project lead on “Data Centre Move” project.
o Migrated 4 large Informix databases to 2 Oracle databases on new hardware and upgraded OS. Also involved software upgrades, server relocation, input into detailed design and management of 3 other Oracle DBAs assigned to the project.
o Estimation of required resource.
o Designed and successfully implemented the process to transition from project team to Live Support team.
o Technology used included Oracle 9i on AIX landscape build, RMAN, data guard, OEM.
 Development DBA for 3CD Call Centre software development project.
o Database design, build, SQL tuning and PL/SQL coding.
 Development DBA for Voice Authorisation System development project.
o Database design, build, SQL tuning and PL/SQL coding.
 Production support of backend databases including 10G, RAC, RMAN, and Data Guard systems.
 Audit and Security work.
 Offshore recruitment and training.

 3 month contract extended to 6 months.
 Oracle DBA responsible for three sites Leeds, Manchester and Antwerp.
 Disaster Recovery project to design and implement processes for all Oracle systems.
 Database migration - upgrade from 8.0.5 to 10.1.4 and platform move from HPUX to Windows 2003.
 Systems Documentation.
 Application support for MS access application including required Visual Basic coding.
 SQL Server support

 Working within the Open Systems Group as an Oracle DBA / Unix SA undertaking project work and support of production, test and development systems.
 Predominantly a Senior Oracle DBA with primary responsibility for the MIS platform including 7TB Card database.
 Performed several upgrades including the upgrade of a 7TB database from Oracle 8.0 to 9i.
 Resolved and been responsible for many large scale production incidents.
 Successfully completed many projects including large scale software releases, data migrations and system replacements.
 Assisting the technical architects with their database designs.
 Recruitment Interviews of Oracle contractors.
 Team Lead for Disaster Recovery Test.
 Mentor for junior members of the team and for non technical staff wishing to pursue a technical career.
 Selected to be the company representative at International Oracle User Group Live 2005 conference in Orlando, Florida.
 Primary contact for audit including the SAS70 and Sarbanes Oxley.
 ITIL “Change Champion” - departmental change management representative.
 Completed a variety of projects for both Unix and Oracle including Server replacements, Oracle upgrades and Disk array moves.
 Worked on many production incidents including major performance issues, hardware failures and system availability issues.
 Designed, developed and implemented the automation of manual processes.