Rakesh L

SQL Server Database Administrator | DevOps Engineer

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HyderabadMember since July 31, 2026

SQL Server 2005Always On Availability GroupsFailover ClusteringLog ShippingDatabase MirroringReplicationBackup & RecoveryPoint-in-Time RestoreDBCC CHECKDBPerformance TuningExecution PlansIndexingBlocking & Deadlock AnalysisT-SQLSQL AgentSSISPowerShellSQL Server InstallationLoginsUsersRolesPermissionsAzure VMsAzure SQLAzure StorageAzure MonitorJenkinsAzure DevOpsServiceNowVMware

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SQL Server 2005Always On Availability GroupsFailover ClusteringLog ShippingDatabase Mirroring

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SQL Server Database Administrator with 3+ years of production experience managing mission-critical SQL Server 2005–2019 environments. Experienced in High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions including Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, Replication, backup/recovery, performance tuning, security, automation, and production support. Skilled in Azure, Jenkins, PowerShell, and DevOps practices with a proven track record of improving database availability, deployment efficiency, and operational reliability.

Experience

SQL Server DBA & DevOps Engineer - Unisys India Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad

(2023-06)

Administer 35+ production SQL Server databases in 24×7 environments.
Configured and supported Always On Availability Groups, Failover Clustering, Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, and Replication.
Designed and monitored full, differential, and transaction log backup strategies for 3+ TB production databases using Red Gate SQL Backup and SQL Safe Backup.
Executed disaster recovery drills and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR), consistently meeting recovery objectives.
Installed, configured, upgraded, and patched SQL Server 2005–2019 with minimal business downtime.
Automated maintenance jobs for backups, index optimization, statistics updates, integrity checks, and alerts using SQL Agent and PowerShell.
Investigated and resolved blocking, deadlocks, long-running queries, memory issues, and CPU bottlenecks, improving database performance by approximately 30%.
Performed DBCC CHECKDB, corruption analysis, and recovery activities while ensuring zero data loss.
Managed database security including authentication modes, logins, users, roles, and object-level permissions.
Built CI/CD deployment pipelines with Jenkins and Azure DevOps, reducing release time by over 40%.
Provisioned Azure infrastructure and supported on-premises virtual environments using VMware and Hyper-V.
Handled production incidents, root cause analysis, change management, and on-call support through ServiceNow.