The document is a resume for Prashanth Kumar Dasa. It summarizes his experience as a SQL Database Administrator over 4 years, including 10 months at Tata Consultancy Services and 3.2 years at AT&T. It lists his technical skills like SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 administration, high availability configurations, backup procedures and T-SQL programming. It also provides details of his most recent roles as a SQL DBA for Advanced Micro Devices and AT&T, responsibilities included database maintenance, upgrades, backups, performance monitoring and more.

1. Resume
Prashanth Kumar Dasa Mobile: +91 7674956007
SQL Database Administrator E-
mail:prashanthkumarsqldba@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
Looking for an opportunity that provides challenging environment to work and be part of the
team that dynamically works towards the growth of an organization and self.
EXPERTISE SUMMARY: 4 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
 10 Month of experience in SQL Server Database Administrator as Systems Engineer at
Tata Consultancy Services.
 3.2 years of progressive experience in SQL Server Database Administration at AT&T.
 Experience in Installation, Configuration, Maintenance and Administration of SQL
Server 2005, 2008R2 and 2012 servers.
 Experience in Upgrading to SQL Server 2005/2008 R2/2012 (In place Up gradation and
Side by side Up gradation)
 Administration and Maintenance of more than 500 huge and complex Client databases
in SQL server 2000, 2005, 2008R2 and 2012 versions.
 Experience in implementing SQL Server security and Object permissions like creation of
users, granting permissions and assigning roles to users.
 Experience in Configuring and Scheduling SQL Server agent Jobs, Alerts, operators,
Maintenance plans and Database Mail Configuration.
 Extensive experience with Monitoring and analyzing DB performance issues.
 Good experience with implementing High Availability of database servers using Log
Shipping, Database Mirroring, failover clustering and Always ON.
 Experience in Database backup and disaster recovery procedures.
 Knowledge on T-SQL Programming.
 Provided 24/7 database maintenance and production support.
EDUCATIONAL DETAILS
2001-2002 : Board of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh 51.3%
2002-2004 : 10+2 or Intermediate from Board Intermediate Education (Gowtham jr College,
Hyderabad) 51.9%
2005-2008 : BSc Computers from Sri Sai Degree college (Sri Krishna devaraya
University) Anantapur 64.06%

2. 2008-2011 : Mater of computer Application from Siddaganga institute of technology
(Visvesvaraya Technological University) 7.97 CGPA
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Operating Systems : Windows Family (XP/2000/2003/2008/2012/2012R2)
Languages : T-SQL
RDBMS : MS SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008/2008 R2, 2012.
SQL Server Tools : Enterprise Manager, Query Analyzer, SSMS.
Other Tools : Remedy Aots, Service Now, PeopleSoft CRM, Commvalt (Backup tool)
TRAININGS ATTENDED AND GIVEN
 Provided trainings regarding the process flow and various other tasks for new joiners in
team.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND STRENGTHS
 Got 2 GIFTS (Give it a fresh thought) for the innovative ideas which I posted and
implemented.
 Always stood in top 3 list of our team.
 Recognition award for Quality work in solving issues, providing support for our client
databases and development of tools.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
Organization : TCS (FORAY SOLUTIONS)
Project : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Client : AMD, Austin
Environment : Windows 7, SQL Server 2005, 2008 R2 and 2012
Role : Systems Engineer –SQL Database Administrator
Duration : August 03rd
2015 to till date
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American
worldwide semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States, that
develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.
AMD is the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors based on the x86 architecture and
also one of the largest suppliers of graphics processing units
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Administration of large databases in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 R2 and 2012
 Installation and configuration of SQL server 2005,2008R2 and 2012
 Upgrading SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008R2 or 2012 (In-Place upgrade / Side by

3. side upgrade)
 Taking care of database backup’s Full, Differential or File group.
 Detaching the database from source and attaching the database to Destination as part
of migration
 Validation of backup files before restoring them on destination server.
 Making use of ticketing tool Service Central to monitor the requests received from the
client or user.
 Developing MS SQL Server Databases
 Implementation of Backup and Recovery strategies
 Working on Disk free space issues
 Working on Log files full issues
 Configuring SQL Server Agent-Events, Jobs, Alerts, maintenance plans and Operators
 Providing Support on Weekends and attending weekly calls/meetings
 Configuring and managing High Availability solutions (Clustering, Mirroring, Log
shipping, Replication (Transactional)) and Always ON
 Solving problems related to database Performance issues.
 Monitoring the Log Space for successful execution of all the specified jobs.
 Providing support to SAP application databases which carry huge database sizes.
 Working on oracle.
 Listener configuration and management.
 Working on blockings
 Creating users and maintaining database security.
 Creating catalog schema registering db's
 Ram backup issues
 SR Submission with oracle
 Backup and recovery and general day to day running of the system
 Working on table space issues.
 schema refresh
 Script deployments
 Working on Oracle OEM agents.
 General DB health checkup (checking alert log / listener log )
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
Organization : Thakral One Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Project : GCSC (Global Customer Support Center)
Client : AT&T
Environment : MS SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, Windows 2008 R2
Databases : SQL Server 2005, 2008 R2 and 2012
Role : Systems Engineer –SQL Database Administrator
Duration : May 2012 to July 2015
AT&T is leading telecom Company having large potential customers all over world. All
the Database and Application services for all customers is being served from various
Data centers located at US, which hosts about 1500+ Production Database instances
serving the customers with multiple platforms . A team of 40 DBA’s handles all the
databases including Production, development, and Quality instances from India and

4. USA 24*7.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
 SQL Server 2005/2008 & 2008R2 Database Administration.
 Performing SQL server daily health check and preparing a report based on it.
 Experience in database migration from SQL Server 2000 to 2005 and SQL Server 2005 to
SQL Server 2008.
 Daily checking the issues like backup failures, failed logins and resolve the issues.
 Monitoring Alerts, disk Space of all the Servers and freeing up space as per SQL Server
i.e. Older Backups, Unused Files etc.
 Create new Jobs, Scheduled and maintain routine Jobs, Alerts and Maintenance Plans.
 Twice in a month plan for restart the database server and services.
 Implementation, maintaining and troubleshooting of Transactional Replication.
 Protecting the databases by taking different kinds of Backups such as Full, Differential,
and Transactional log backups.
 Maintained & Monitored Alert/Schedule to make smooth replication process.
 Performing data refresh activities from production to Dev/Test on need basis.
 Monitoring the Log Space for successful execution of all the specified jobs.
 Reviewing SQL Server and SQL Server Agent Error Logs.
 Expert in handling Disk space & CPU utilization Issues
 Good experience with installing Database Mirroring Environments
 Implementing and administering database replication between SQL Server databases.
 Created Scheduled maintenances and backup procedures to the database as a disaster
recovery method.
 Involved in the migration of SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 & 2008R2.
 Implementing and administering database replication between SQL Server databases.
 Shift handover to the next shift colleague about the pending work or ticket logged.
 Working on Remedy ticketing tool for ticket management.
 Working on basic check’s on oracle.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 05/06/1987
Marital Status : Single
Nationality/Religion : Indian/Hindu
Languages known : English, Hindi, Telugu & Kannada.
Pan card : AXFPD4086M
Passport Details: G8720757
I hereby, declare that the information provided above is true and genuine to the best of my
knowledge.
Place: Hyderabad. Prashanth Kumar