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Michael
P. Barras
12113 Metric
Blvd Apt 337 ¥ Austin, TX, 78758
(512)
632-5050 ¥ mpbarras@alumni.utexas.net
Senior
Oracle Database Administrator
Energetic,
motivated IT professional driven by the opportunity to solve new and
interesting problems. Over 10 years of experience in information technology
with a steady career progression towards a focus on database administration and
data management. Experience with high availability and high concurrency environments
as well as management of sensitive data.
Oracle 9i,
10g, and 11g administration ¥ Oracle Real Application Clusters ¥ Oracle Data
Guard
Performance
tuning ¥ Backup and Recovery
Application
Development ¥ Relational Design ¥ Data Modeling ¥ Project Management
UNIX and
Linux Systems Administration ¥ NetApp Storage
Administration
Professional Experience
Information
Technology Services (ITS), The University of Texas at Austin (2000 –
Present)
Central
IT organization with 350+ staff supporting a top-tier research university with
50,000 students and 20,000 faculty and staff.
Senior
Oracle Database Administrator (2008 – Present)
Member of Oracle DBA team in Systems/UNIX group. Focus on
architecting and supporting enterprise-wide Oracle database solutions for
campus. Engage in high-level decision-making processes for technology selection
and implementation.
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Deployed two-node Oracle 11g cluster (RAC) and two-node disaster
recovery/standby cluster (Data Guard) on Sun Solaris and NetApp/NFS
to support university authentication management infrastructure.
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Deployed seven-node Oracle 11g cluster and 5-node
development/standby cluster on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and NetApp/NFS
for campus-wide ÒOracle as a ServiceÓ offering.
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Worked with systems administrators to consolidate five separate
storage systems onto one high-availability storage environment while minimizing
service unavailability.
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Actively supported more than 30 Oracle databases covering a broad
range of campus services including courseware, central identity and access
management, telecommunications work order and ERP, and commodity service
databases.
Oracle
Database Administrator (2007 – 2008)
Oracle
DBA for application development and support group; backup Oracle DBA for
central Systems/UNIX group. Work closely with developers and systems
administrators to support mission-critical services. Serve as data architect
and consultant for internal development projects and mentor for application
developers possessing mostly legacy/mainframe skill sets.
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Architected high-availability solution for university
authentication management infrastructure and developed mid-tier software
components.
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Collaborated with Systems group on implementation of Oracle Grid
Control for centralized management of Oracle infrastructure.
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Supported databases for departmental development projects,
including production services used campus-wide.
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Oversaw migration of central Oracle RMAN backup infrastructure
from tape- to disk-based.
Senior
Systems Analyst (2005 –
2007)
Web
application developer and data architect for application development and
support group; backup Oracle DBA for central Systems/UNIX group. Develop
data-driven applications and support third-party applications in software
integration projects. Provide expert analysis and software development
practices in a fast-paced development environment.
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Designed data model and database infrastructure for campus
identity management system. Assisted project team with data analysis and
requirements gathering, performance and storage requirements, and
implementation of in-house Java-based identity management software.
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Managed ÒBevoWareÓ software package
providing desktop and network security software for students, faculty, and
staff campus-wide. Led development team and managed software vendor
relationships including software licensing negotiations and product adoption
decisions.
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Oversaw adoption of new trouble ticketing system for
telecommunications infrastructure group. Worked with inventory warehouse,
telephone switch, maintenance and cabling groups to integrate ticketing
processes into existing work order and billing systems and migrate away from an
outdated and unsupported legacy system.
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Assisted lead Oracle DBA with administration of databases relevant
to the application development group. Performed database refreshes, imports and
exports, and applied software patches.
Systems
Analyst (2002 – 2005)
Web
application developer and program administrator for software licensing and
distribution group. Develop and maintain software sales and asset management
system and manage real-time integration between back-end systems and the
universityÕs online storefront.
Administer software site licenses covering 200,000 students, faculty and
staff throughout the University of Texas System.
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Developed software sales database and associated Web application
and provided technical support for 5-person software licensing group.
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Implemented processes to integrate software sales database with
online storefront, providing real-time information transfer and rapid order
processing.
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Innovated new tools and procedures to improve efficiency of sales
organization, replacing cumbersome letter-mailing with
custom, automated e-mail systems, and providing customers with self-service
applications to manage their own software licenses.
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Administered campus and system-wide software licensing contracts
for Symantec and Microsoft software. Worked with vendors to negotiate renewals
and coordinated support efforts between campus technical support operations and
software vendors.
Student Web
Application Developer (2001 – 2002)
Develop
Web applications in Macromedia ColdFusion and Microsoft Access for campus
departments and business offices.
Provide support for campus software developers.
Student
Technical Support Representative (2000 – 2001)
Front-line
technical and customer support for central help desk. Shift manager for daily
operations, and support manager for state-wide
educator e-mail service.
SystemNet Corporation and Lamar Consolidated ISD (summers, 1997 –
1999)
LAN cable installation for large school district in Houston area.
Education
The
University of Texas at Austin
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Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology, College of Natural Sciences,
2002
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Minor in Business Administration, Red McCombs School of Business,
2002
The
University of Texas at Austin Professional Development Center
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Managing Projects
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Managing Without Authority
Oracle
University
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Oracle Certificated Professional, Oracle 10g Database
Administrator
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Oracle Database 10g Administration Workshops I and II
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Oracle Database 10g Performance Tuning
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Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters
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Oracle Database 11g Security
Technical Skills
Database
Management Systems – Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g; Oracle Real Application Clusters;
Oracle Data Guard; Oracle Recovery Manager. Experience with MySQL
and Microsoft Access.
Operating
Systems
– Solaris 9 and 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Mac OS X, Windows XP/2000/Vista.
Languages –
Proficient in SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Unix shell scripting, PHP, HTML, XML, and JavaScript.
Experience with Python, Java, Perl, and VBScript.