Donald Moehling has over 17 years of experience in IT with a focus on database administration. He currently works as a senior IT specialist and DBA for the City of Rockford, where he manages SQL servers and databases, performs backups and restores, and develops reports. He also has experience as an IT specialist, domain administrator, and adjunct instructor teaching IT courses. Moehling has several technical certifications and is skilled in areas such as database design, scripting, virtualization, and project management.

1. Donald J. Moehling
7404 Scott Lane Machesney Park, IL 61115
Home: (815)315-7040 Email: DonaldMoehling@gmail.com
CANDIDATE SUMMARY
Over 17 years of industry experience with solid technical certifications, a strong work ethic, and dedication to the field.
EDUCATION
McHenry Country College, Crystal Lake, IL 1998-1999
Associates Degree in Science
WORK EXPERIENCE
City of Rockford, Rockford, IL – Sr. IT Specialist / DBA 2005-Present
Daily management and maintenance of our SQL production environment, reporting environment and data warehouse.
Daily monitoring of all SQL environments to troubleshoot performance and disk capacity related issues.
That includes 30 virtualized SQL servers running SQL 2008/2012/2014 installed on VMWare ESX hosts.
Support 150+ separate databases spanning production, development, reporting, BI and data warehouse environments.
Manage, monitor, and maintain our SQL backup and restoration infrastructure using Netapp snapshots.
Strong knowledge of database infrastructure, design, and development in RDBMS environments.
Knowledge of database structure development for MOLAP / ROLAP Data warehouses.
Strong TSQL scripting knowledge to support business analysis using SQL views, stored procedures, and triggers.
Daily use of SMS, SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS utilities required to deliver data for our client needs.
Developed custom scripts to provide import / export routines from CSV, and XML to provide off hours automation.
Use of SQL “high availability” methodologies such as Microsoft’s clustering, database mirroring, and log shipping.
Use of SQL performance monitor and SQL profiler to performance tune queries and diagnosis server performance.
Automated the daily creation of SQL indexes after an import to alleviate query performance issues.
Respond to client requests for all database related issues. (MS Access, SQL, Queries, Reports, Views, Procedures)
Designed and implemented our migration from a physical SQL infrastructure to a virtual SQL infrastructure.
Developed, designed and maintain a majority of the cities SSRS and Crystal reports for a majority of departments.
Develop custom MS Access apps for city use. Most notably the app that the PD uses to track gang involvement
SAN Storage – Administrator NetApp’s Filer technology across iscsi protocols in a clustered environment. (12TB)
Daily installation, monitoring, and management, from creation to deletion, of our entire SAN infrastructure.
Project lead tasked with developing and implementing the cities data warehouse to support a BI solution for crime.
Managed the expenses and all facets of the $180,000 Federal grant used to facilitate the BI implementation.
Continue to perform all functions that I performed as an IT Specialist.
The sole database administrator the city has to support hundreds of applications that services thousands of end users.
Rockford Career College, Rockford, IL - Adjunct Instructor 2008 - 2015
Taught / Instruct IT courses (MCITP Curriculum / DBI & DBII / Network+ / Security+ / A+ / Exchange Server)
Design and implementation of the schools virtual machine architecture
IT Advisory Board Committee Member
City of Rockford, Rockford, IL - IT Specialist 2003-2005
Domain Administrator supporting 1000 users on a Windows Server 2003/2008 domain.
Provide daily management for all domain needs. (DHCP, DNS, user maintenance, scripting, file permissions)
Migrated the cities domain from NT 4.0 to Server 2003 and several years later migrated our 2003 domain to 2008.
Manage all file sharing and permission related issues / requests. (Share creation, securities, file moves.)
Backup Administrator for all 150 Servers and SAN disk storage array via Tape backup infrastructure.
Installed and Configured and supported a Microsoft Active/Passive Cluster for Motorola’s NetRMS infrastructure.
Designed a database for State of Illinois Racial Profiling Study that would operate over the city’s wireless network.
Provide all scripting needs for the city IT staff. (BAT, VBS, and PowerShell)

2. Donald J. Moehling
7404 Scott Lane Machesney Park, IL 61115
Home: (815)315-7040 Email: DonaldMoehling@gmail.com
CERTIFICATIONS
CompTIA Network+
MCP: Windows 2000
MCSA: Windows 2000
MCSE: Windows 2000
MCTS: Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration
MCTS: Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration
MCITP: Server 2008 Administration
MCT: Systems Administration
MCT: Systems Engineering
SOFT SKILLS
A team player that is capable of working on projects alone with little direction should it be required.
A team leader that other IT staff members look to for technical guidance and support day to day.
A creative thinker who is constantly trying to find ways to improve business process.
Very proficient at communicating technical information to non-technical personnel.
Use to working in a high stress environment with demanding clients that carry weapons.
Use to being on call or providing coverage for off peak hours.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Excellent problem solving and resourcefulness skills.
Comfortable with public speaking and requirements to train others.
Flexible to change.
REFERANCES
Available upon request.