1. John Plunkett III
Objective
Seeking a Database Administrator/Data Manager position where I can use my database skills, problem
solving skills and performance tuning experience to ensure data integrity, database access and governance
for the organization and its clients
Statement of Qualifications
I am an experienced database professional in production and development environments using multiple
databases on various operating platforms. My core skills include database tuning, SQL tunin g,
backup/recovery,technical documentation.My UNIX, SQL and database skills and experience enable me to
be an innovative problem solver. As a Junior Achievement (JA) business mentor I have been active in the
community and was filmed for a commercial encouraging corporate participation in youth programs.
Technical Skills
DATABASES OPERATING SYSTEMS OPERATING
HARDWARE
Oracle (7.3 – 9i)
Sybase (7 –15)
SQL SERVER 2003/2005/2008
ADABAS
INFORMIX
Microsoft Access
HP-UX
IBM/AIX
UNIX
Windows XP/NT/2000/98/95
DOS/VSE
VAX/VMS
MVS/ESA
HP
SUN
IBM
PC Workstation
IBM 3090/ IBM 9021
VAX
Macintosh
MIDDLE WARE
Tuxedo
Neon
DATABASE
ADMINISTRATION
LANGUAGES SOFTWARE
Oracle (7.3 – 11g r2)
Sybase (7 – 12.5)
MSSQL SERVER 2000-2014
ADABAS
INFORMIX
PL/SQL
T/SQL
UNIX Shell (bourne, korn),
AWK, perl, HTML
REXX, JCL
INFORMATICA PC10
PeopleSoft FS/HR 7.1
Facets 4.61
CareAdvance 4.61
People Tools 7.5, DM
Erwin, DBArtisan, OEM
Neon, Tuxedo
ERP, OLTP, DSS
Microsoft Office (Excel,
Word, PowerPoint,
Access)

2. Professional Work Experience
Senior Infrastructure Engineer, SNL
SNP (Standard and Poor) SNL
Centennial, Colorado 7/2016 to 12/2016
Support Database, Network, Server, client, internal and external software architecture and deployment over
WAN. Train junior personnel. Develop and deploy maintenance scripts. Develop plan for Informatica Grid
implementation and support RedGate backup product. SQL performance tuning. Manage two offshore
resources. Monitor ETL work flows. On-call.
Senior Database Engineer, Hosted Clients
Trizetto Group Inc.
Centennial, Colorado 9/2014 to 03/21/2016
Work to ensure SYBASE database performance metrics and client database applications are optimal.
Proactively identify issues and create remediation plan. Perform database upgrades and client work in a
timely manner. Work with larger teams to build out systeminfrastructure for future deployments.
Database Consultant
Caesars Entertainment Inc.
Las Vegas, Nevada 3/2014 – 9/2014
As part of the Database Engineering team supported over four thousand SQL Server instances. Gathered
database requirements from internal customers and participated in sprints and analysis meetings. Optimized
databases for performance and security, created customsolutions to address customer concerns.
Led effort for marketing project to describe tasks, processes, schema design needed for analytics.
DATABASE CONSULTANT –
CEI Consulting Inc.
Denver, CO 5/2012 – 1/2014
Support client application database. Performance tuning, user training (SQL), schema design, application
development. Lead application design developer for application elastic computing (CLOUD) initiative.
SENIOR DATABASE ENGINEER; SENIOR CONSULTANT –
The Trizetto Group, Inc., (Connect Knowledge Inc., Synergy Services Inc.)
Greenwood Village, CO 2003 – 2012
Database Administrator for BI (Business Intelligence) group. Provide database support forclient database
reporting solution. Review database SQL, maintenance, scripts, indexes, schemas. Perform database
schema and code promotions to multiple customer systemenvironments. Work closely with developers,
production support team and client to resolve processing and performance issues. Analyze Informatica
workflow and mappings to determine input/output criteria. Install Informatica and create/test mappings
and workflow as needed. Project lead for critical product development effort directly tied to twenty million
dollars in revenue. Successfully designed and lead effort to integrate business logic into core product
functionality. As a Technical Delivery Engineer – Consultant traveled to client sites to install and
configure CareAdvance application on various database platforms. Worked with client team to create and
validate technical environment and resolve technical product issues.
SENIOR CONSULTANT – DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
MultiMedia Systems Inc, Denver, CO1998 – 2003
USWEST/QWEST Communications
 Lead development SYBASE AND ORACLE DBA on key systemas part of the FCC mandated 271 open
access project; created stored procedures, triggers, backup/recovery scripts for development and test
database instances, database, SQL performance tuning, database capacity planning
 Worked with development team to create and implement logical database design

3.  Implemented ORACLE standby database instance for production failover
 Created processes to analyze and move data between Sybase and Oracle databases saving the project
valuable re-test days. Re-test time estimated at over $300,000 per day
 As the development DBA for corporate wide security application identified indexing errors and worked
with application vendor to resolve issues
 Successfully implemented Sybase data storage changes reclaiming 80% of the disks space
City and County of Denver
 Lead Oracle DBA on implementation team for PeopleSoft
 Created monitoring scripts, worked with developers to ensure successful upgrades
 Documented database administration tasks and created trouble shooting manual
 Provided executive summaries addressing Parallel server, database maintenance tools, Database
upgrades, data warehousing strategies
 Analyzed Peoplesoft trace files, execute compiles for People Code on client and server
Client Server Developer / Analyst III
Computer Sciences Corporation/Alltel Inc., Denver CO, 1997-1998
 Analyzed schema, worked with re-engineering design teamto update database model
 DBA for test team, create databases, create data refresh scripts, install development upgrades
 Analyzed data tables and created indexes
 Authored scripts to improve regression testing, Prepared test plans and data, and user documentation
Consultant – Database Administrator
Access Data Inc., Denver CO, 1997-1997
Colorado State Government Criminal Bureau of Investigation, Lakewood CO
 Sybase DBA on development project linking various, judicial and law enforcement data systems
 Created stored procedures to manage transactions at multiple entry points
 Obtained full clearance including complete background check and lie detector for sensitive government
systems
Consultant – Database Administrator
CIBER Inc, Denver CO, 1996 - 1997
Computer Sciences Corporation
Time Warner Inc
 Identified and applied schema changes to enforce referential integrity
 Identified process bottlenecks and design new functionality
 analyzed and reviewed SQL coding to determine benefits and work effort involved in re-engineering
project
Systems Database Administrator
KN-Energy Inc. Lakewood CO, 1987-1996
 Over 9 yearperiod with company received several promotions and customer service and peer recognition
awards
 Oracle, Sybase, ADABAS, SQL Server DBA
 Data migration, performance monitoring, review SQL code, recovery scripts
 Ensure database integrity, analyze space requirements, database growth estimates
 Communicate with client community to facilitate application upgrades and installs
 On-call support
 Implemented backup process to reduce backup time from 6 hours to 2 hours, reclaiming the time for
edit, audit and production processing.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – SQL Server 2008 – 4/12
 INFORMATICA POWER CENTER 7/8 training – 11/05

4.  FACETS HEALTH APPLICATION TRAINING – 10/05
 Community College of Denver – Information Technology / Oracle
 Data Warehouse Fundamentals (The Data Warehouse Institute - *Member) –5/01
 Advanced Warehouse Data Modeling (The Data Warehouse Institute) – 6/01
 Oracle Database Administration (Emily Griffith Opportunity School) – 5/00
 Introduction to Java Development (Batky-Howell) – 4/00
 Oracle8I: New Features For Database Administrators (Oracle Education) – 3/00
 Advance PL/SQL and SQL Tuning (Emily Griffith Opportunity School) - 3/00
 Oracle PL/SQL (Oracle Training Services) - 2/00
 Capability Maturity Model (CMM) overview course – 5/99
 Data Management Tools (PeopleSoft Release 7.5) – 11/98
 Oracle8 Database Administration (Oracle Education) – 8/98
 Oracle Database Administration (Oracle Training Services) – 8/98
 SYBASE Education center
 Fast Track to SQL Server – 12/95
 Sybase SystemAdministration – 12/95
 Introduction to SQL – 1/97
 Advanced Transact SQL – 3/97
 System Administration for SQL Server11 – 4/97
 Writing Effective Stored Procedures – 10/97
 Batky-Howell Education Center
 Introduction to UNIX – 10/95
 Advanced UNIX Tools – 8/96
 X-Windows – 10/95
 Introduction to Java Development (Batky-Howell) – 4/00
 ADABAS C DBA SKILLS (Software AG) – 4/96
 Mountain States Employment Counsel
 Lead Worker Training – 3/92
 Managing Multiple Priorities – 10/92
 Preview of Supervision – 2/93
 Assertiveness Training for Support Staff – 2/93
 Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood Colorado