Paul Smith has over 20 years of experience as a software engineer and IT professional. He has extensive expertise in database administration, programming, hardware and network support. His career includes roles as a senior database administrator for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Wipro Technologies, where he supported international clients. He has administered databases including DB2, Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL on platforms such as AIX, Linux and Windows.

1. PAUL SMITH
166 Morning Star Road, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 9AA
Telephone: 01327 315256 (Home); 07768 973138 (Mobile)
Email: paul.smith@microtask.co.uk
LinkedIn profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/paul-smith/23/3aa/101
Profile
Highly experienced and accomplished professional with an outstanding track record of success in
software engineering and IT. Has worked in both SME’s and large corporations domestically and
internationally. Areas of expertise include hardware, network, software support, database
administration/specification and programming. Proven ability to work on multiple sites. Strong
communicator who develops close working relationships with customers.
Key Skills
 Establishingcustomerrequirements,developingandmaintainingsolutionswithmidrange
systemsanddatabase managementsystems.
 Exceptional troubleshootingabilitytoprovide supporttocustomersonand off site,outof
hours,and whilstunderpressure toachieveresults.
 Provide hardware,networkandsoftware support.
 Database administrationincludingspecification,installationandmaintenance of software,
configurationof databases,maintainingbackupsandprovidingDRcapability.
 Experience of programmingovermanyyearswithvariousdifferentlanguagesincludingC,C++,
C#, BASIC,Pascal,COBOL,Perl,Python,KSHandBASH.
 Abilitytolearnnewtechnologiesveryquickly.
Career Summary
Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch December2014 – November2015
InternationalBankand FinancialServices
SeniorDB2 LUW Database Administrator and Hadoop Specialist
 Part of a multi-national databaseteamprovidingsupportfortheirDB2serverslocatedaround
the globe,onall platformsincludingLinux,UNIXandz/OS.
 Maintaininganddevelopingthe use of Hadoopwithinthe company,usingCloudera4.7 and5.3,
withHive usingOracle 11g2. SetupdataimportusingSqoopintoHelix,dealingwiththe Oracle,
SQL ServerandSybase DBA teamslocatedinternationally,togetaccesstovariousdatabases
includingOracle,DB2on z/OS,Sybase andSQL Server.
 DevelopingHadoopusingPython,BashandKSHshell scripts,toimportdata fromvarious
differentsourcessuchasfeedfiles,usingimpala,andhive.
 DevelopingdataprocessingsolutionsusingtoolssuchasPigand Spark.At BAML the use of Spark
has onlyrecentlybeenintroduced,andthere isanincreasedfocusonthe migrationof existing
jobsto Spark.
 TroubleshootingproblemswithHDFSandHive.
 Extensive experience of Hive,Impala,SparkandAutosys.
WiproTechnologiesGmbH July 2014 – November2014
InternationalITConsultancy and RemoteHosting Services

2. SeniorDB2 LUW Database Administrator
 Involvedinaprojectto migrate anexistingapplicationenvironmentfromDaimlerBenzData
Centre nearStuttgartto a WiproData Centre nearDusseldorf.Thisincludedall development,
integration,maintenanceandproductionenvironments.Myrole wasto designthe DB2
database infrastructure usingthe AIX7.1 andSuSE Linux 11 SP3 platforms.
 OriginallyDB2v10.5 AESE wasutilized,butcontractual issuesresultedinushavingtodowngrade
DB2 to v9.7. Whilstthe original designmade full use of DB2automaticstorage,it became
impractical tomake full use of thisdue to the filesystemdesign.
 I preparedall of the dailyhousekeepingscripts,some of whichusedSymantecNetBackupto
maintaindatabase backupsandarchivedtransactionlogs.
CamelotGroup January 2014 – June 2014
UKand InternationalNationalLottery ServicesProvider
DB2 LUW Database Administrator
 Developedaneventhistorydataarchivingsystemusingdailytable partitions.Vastamountsof
data heldineachpartition,over10M rows/20GB of data perday. Partitionsrolledoutare
exported,compressedandarchivedtoTSMusingnamedpipes.
 Salesmonitoringsystemdevelopedusingautomatedtaskscallingstoredproceduresonce a
minute.Stagingtablesare usedtoreportactivity.
 Updatedsome of the existingdeploymentscriptsforuse acrossall development,test,pre-
productionandproductionenvironments.Existingscriptsrequiredadditional errorhandling,and
optionsaddingspecifictoeachenvironment,suchasschemabaseduserand group
database/objectprivileges.
 DevelopmentprojectstoimplementIBMDB2 v10.5 data warehouse onAIX7.1 platform.
 General database administrationacrossall platforms –resolvingissuesinproductioninasshort
a timescale aspossible tomeetSLAs.
TCS (TATA Consultancy Services) September2012 – September2013
Global IT Consultancy atMarksand Spencer
SeniorDB2 DBA
 ResolvedmajorDB2partitioning(DPF) andtable range partitioningissuesthatwere causing
outagesthat lastedfordays.
 WorkedwithIBMSoftware Groupto resolve supportproblemswithDB2and TSA.
 Introductionof housekeepingscriptstopreventfrequentlyoccurringoutages.
 Introductionof standardizedproceduresforall DB2Serverinstallations.
 Establishedasecuritypolicytopreventusersdamaging databases.
 Migrationof existingDB2v9.1 databasesrunningonAIX5.3 to DB2 v9.7 on AIX6.1.
 Introductionof DB2 Work Load Manager (WLM) intonon-productionservers.
PitneyBowes ManagementServices April 2012 – September2012
Global manufacturerand supplierof hardware,softwareand services
AIX and DB2 UDB Consultant
 ResolvedAIXconfigurationissuesthathadresultedinmajoroutagesona weeklybasis.
 Database configurationalteredtoimprove performance –40% improvementinthroughput.

3.  ResolvedissueswithHACMPconfiguration –failoverservercouldnotbe broughtonline.
 Performance optimizationof existingInfoPrintdatabase.
 Introductionof thoroughhousekeepingtoreduce diskspace waste andimprove throughput.
 Upgrade of DB2 UDB fromv8 to v10.1, and AIXfrom5.3L to 7.1.
 Designandimplementationof multi-site DRsolution.
HP Information/Security December2010 – April 2012
Multi-nationalcomputer,technology and ITservicesprovider
DB2 UDB Database Administrator
 Migrationof existingDB2LUW databasesontoDB2 v9.7 and from AIXv7 onto HP-UX.
 DevelopedHADRsolutiontouse HPService GuardtogetherwithHPOpenViewmonitoring,
alongside existingVeritasClustering(VCS) installation.
 DB2 database administratorincludinginstallationof software,configurationof databases,
maintainingbackupsandprovidingDRfacilities.
 ProvidednewintranetdocumentationandHPEngineeringdocuments.
 Replacedall of the existingscriptsthatnolongerworkedcorrectly,andintroducedanew test
scriptthat reducedOperational Acceptancefrom2weekstolessthana day.
 Seniormemberof asmall teamof existingAvivaDB2and Oracle DBAs.
IBM UK Ltd. November1999 – July 2010
Multi-nationalcomputer,technology and ITservicesprovider
AIX support/DB2 UDB Database Administrator on Linux,UNIX and Windows
 Developingsolutionsforcustomeraccounts.
 Providingsupportformidrange operatingsystemssuchasAIXand Linux.
 DB2 LUW database administratorincludingspecification,installationof software,configuration
of databases,maintainingbackupsandprovidingDRfacilities.
 Supportedcustomermigrationprojectsinvolving Oracle, SQLServerandMySQL.
 Memberof a small teamof four DB2 DBAs alsoprovidingoutof hourson-call support.
Key Achievements
 InvolvedinaprojectinNewYork to developbarcode readersforsupermarketcustomersto
displaypricesof individualproducts.
 Installationof DB2HADR (disasterrecovery) intoanexistingHACMP(clustering) system.
 Installationof IBMBalancedWarehouse thatuseda DB2 partitioneddatabase andTSA (Tivoli
SystemAutomation)forhighavailability.Providedtrainingtoteammembersforthisverynew
IBM technologyinthe UK.
Interimassignments January 1999 – October 1999
Software Engineer/Consultant
 Designedacontrol systemforan electroplatingmachine thatwouldbe suppliedtoJapan.This
involveddesigningthe electrical systemcircuitdiagrams,producingthe partslistsandwiring
lists,writingthe GEFanuc PLC ladderlogiccode andpreparinga SCADA systemthatincluded
supplyingarecipe editorwritteninMicrosoftC.TravelledtoJapanto commissionthe machine.
 DevelopedeCommerce solutionsusingIBMNetCommerce foranIBMBusinessPartnerbasedin
Uxbridge,providinginstallationandsupport of anIBM RS/6000 systemandsoftware,and
providedcustomsolutionsfortheirbackoffice systems.
IMVA Ltd. (mergedwithHPI in 2000) October 1995 – December1998

4. Vehicle mileage verification service forcar dealerships
IT Manager
 Beganworkingwith IMVA Ltd as a self-employedITconsultant.
 Developedadatabase systemusingNovell Btrieve onaNovell Netware 3.11server.
 Providedthe clientfrontendsoftwareforrunningonMS-DOSPCsusingMicrosoftC.
 DevelopedCTI(telephoneintegration) applicationstoimprove businessthroughput.
Key Achievements
 Overhaul of the IT solutionusingIBMRS/6000 hardware,IBMDB2 UDB, CICS and MQSeries
software followingthe signingof adeal withEquifax tomassivelyincreasebusiness.
 Developedthe protocolsforcommunicatingbetweenIMVA’sdatabase systemandEquifax/HPI
mainframe.Clientsoftwarere-writtenusingcombinationsof COBOLand Visual C.
 CTI integrationcompletedbetweenthe clientsoftware andthe AT&TDefinityswitch.
 Developedapagercall-outsystemthatallowedthe provisionof 24x7 support.
Education and Qualifications
IBM CertifiedDB2 v10.1 Linux,UNIX and WindowsDatabase Administrator
BTEC HNC Hardware/Software Engineering
Technical Training:
IBM z/OSMainframe NewStarterBootcamp
MicrosoftC# and.NET Programming
IBM DB2 Versions9.7 and10.1 Bootcamps
IBM Tivoli SystemAutomation
Oracle 8 and 9 Database Administration
IBM HACMPInstallationandAdministration