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I am currently unavailable for contract work at least until 14th of July 2000; I am not looking for permanent employment.
My main skills are as a Sybase and Microsoft SQL server DBA in both production and development environments; I am also experienced with UNIX and NT administration.
Having no dependents I am happy to work anywhere in the world but speak no foreign languages.
Interested parties please mail me at:
noxas@oocities.com
NAME: Graham John Gill
DATE OF BIRTH: 18th August 1967
NATIONALITY: UK
MARITAL STATUS: Single
SKILL SUMMARY:
Main: Sybase SQL, MS SQL, XA Server, UNIX, Windows NT
Secondary: TCP/IP, X25, HTML, Novell, Patrol, Tivoli
EMPLOYMENT:
Employer: Republic Industries (Leicester)
Dates: Apr 1999 – Dec 1999
Position: Senior Sybase DBA Production and Development
Development and documentation of standards for all areas of DBA work; Sybase was a new product for the organization. Training of staff in basic Sybase administration, detailed training of replacement DBA. Supplying technical assistance through all stages of project development including live implementation. Project manager for performance tuning and data migration functional areas. Providing production and development support for a number of Sybase systems including "SmartStream", "AutoSys" and "TUEXDO" (XA Server).
Employer: Deutsche Bank (London)
Dates: Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
Position: Sybase/MS SQL DBA Production Support
Providing production support 24 by 7 on and off site, for a large number of financial database systems including "Kondor", "Summit" and "Remedy". Systems supported use Sybase SQL Adaptive Server version 11.9 (and earlier) and MS SQL 6.5, running on Sun Solaris, IBM AIX and Microsoft NT 4. Limited experience of supporting Replication server.
Development of UNIX shell scripts capable of running against various server versions on multiple platforms covering all routine database support and monitoring. Use of HTML for development of web pages updated in real time, providing details on UNIX and DB server's configuration and status. Use of ODBC to provide connectivity between client applications and servers. Providing technical support regarding Y2K, EMU, performance tuning, etc. Developing and documenting standards for server builds and support. Design and installing new systems. Dealing with support regarding problem resolution and upgrades.
Employer: H M Customs & Excise (Southend)
Dates: May 1997 - Dec 1997 Position: Senior Sybase/UNIX Admin
Senior UNIX Admin on design and strategy team, performing maintenance and configuring of all Customs UNIX servers (DG/UX, Solaris, etc). Establishing and enforcing open systems standards across wide area infrastructure. Sybase DBA providing advanced support for varied relational databases, including skills transfer and staff training. Developing and using Patrol and Tivoli software for the construction of a management information system, and to provide routine error reporting and maintenance facilities.
Employer: H M Customs & Excise (Southend)
Dates: Dec 1993 - May 1997 Position: Sybase/UNIX Administrator
Client/Server project using 60 machines with a total of 82 databases distributed to 28 sites nationally. Responsibilities are for complete maintenance, configuration, and security of all Sybase databases and UNIX computers in live and development environments. Liaison with external companies regarding maintenance problems. Production & QA of documentation and Code.
Sybase DBA role; database creation/sizing, defining & implementing full backup and recovery strategies, performance tuning. UNIX Admin role; network maintenance, installation/upgrading of OS and software packages, shell scripts. Network Admin; Basic configuration of UNIX servers, assisting in naming standards, UNIX network trouble shooting.
Employer: H M Customs & Excise (Southend)
Dates: Apr 1992 - Dec 1993 Position: SQL, APT, SQR, C Developer
Front-end applications screen and background processing (i.e. Reporting, Batch Scheduler, Data Transfer, Security, and Backup). Development of strategy and software to migrate data from old systems. Carried out visits to majority of sites, discussing new system and carrying out pre-install checks.
Employer: H M Customs & Excise (Southend / London)
Dates: Sep 1990 - Apr 1992 Position: Dep. Project Manager
Quality assurance of SSADM documentation, input to plans and progress reports. Management of two Dataease programmers, QA of their work, assistance with coding problems, specifying coding standards. Underwent certification of ISO 90001 at time of management.
Employer: H M Customs & Excise (Southend / London)
Dates: May 1989 - Sep 1990 Position: Small Computer Support
Supporting software consisting of a wide selection of business packages. Hardware support of 200+ MicroComputers (i.e. installing peripherals, fixing faults, changing configuration). Running & maintain a computer workshop for testing and evaluation purposes.
Employer: H M Customs & Excise (Southend)
Dates: Sep 1987 - May 1989 Position: System Analyst
One of the largest customs mainframe computer projects, its task is the control of importing and exporting freight within the UK. Designed parts of the processing system for clearance accounting, using Structured System and Design Methodology (SSADM).
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Place: Essex Institute of Higher Education (Sep 1986 - Jul 1987)
Qualification: B/TEC Higher National Diploma in Computer Studies
Place: Basildon College of Further Education (Sep 1984 - Jul 1986)
Qualification: B/TEC National Diploma in Computer Studies
Place: Basildon College of Further Education (Sep 1983 - Jul 1984)
Qualification: B/TEC Business Diploma with Credit
TRAINING:
XA Server (Sybase-Republic)
NT Tech. Support (MS-Deutsche)
SQL 6.5 Tech. Sup. (MS-Deutsche)
UNIX Programming (Peritas)
Advanced Patrol PSL (Proxima)
Patrol - Patrol PSL (Proxima)
Patrol Administration (Proxima)
Tivoli Senior Sys Admin (Protek)
Solaris2 System Admin (Sun Micro)
Int & Mid Excel (R&PC Training)
Int & Mid Word (R&PC Training)
Data Com/Network (Learning Tree)
Manage TCP/IP & NFS (Tower)
Report Writing (Guest & Baker)
Advanced Sybase Admin (Sybase)
Performance & Tuning (Sybase)
Sybase System Admin (Sybase)
Develop C under UNIX (Peritas)
C Programming (Peritas)
DG/UX Network Admin (Tower)
APT Workbench (Sybase Inc)
Dataease V4 DQL (TCSI)
Technical Workshop (ADACS)
Advance Dataease Tech V4 (TCSI)
Fastbuilder/Uniface IDF (Sybase)
Fastrack/Sybase DBMS sql (Sybase)
UNIX System Admin (Sun Micro)
Intro to Sun UNIX (Sun Micro)
Novell System Admin (Oryx Systems)
XI Plus Expert System (Expertech)
SSADM Part 2 (AIMS Training)
SSADM Part 1 (AIMS Training)