Ramu Alrasan

IT(Database) professional with 25 years of total IT experience on which 24 years as Sybase DBA.

Certified

Sybase DBA with hands on experience in Sybase/Replication Build, Configure, Upgrades and patch installations. Expertise in cross platform migrations including AWS-VMC migrations, Linux, Solaris, Aix platform support, and secondary support on RDBMS like MS-SQL, Oracle databases. Expert in troubleshooting performance issues, fine tuning both ASE and Replication, query fine tuning, replication design, backup recovery, DR, and infrastructure functionality.

Strong experience in Banking, Finance and Health-care environments with expertise in Technical training, Team building and service delivery.

India Tower lead – Sybase L4 DBA - State Street Corporate Services Mumbai Private Limited - Mumbai, India

(2023-02 - 2025-08)

• Dedicatedly worked with legacy App DB migration from Solaris to AWS-VMC Linux based, with best proactive methods, the usual trend of migration followed by team was a week time but changed the approach and migrated in 24 hours time including application sign out
• Automation works – Repository to track index management, space growth, server load, locks ID's, Object modifications over the week end, which will send reports to help/track the MI's quickly also to understand overall happening at PROD environment
• Automated script for migration from Solaris to VMC-AWS Linux, a cross platform migrations

Advisor –L4 Sybase DBA - DXC Technology India Private Limited (formerly HPE)

(2019-01 - 2023-02)

Client: Deutsche Bank

• Reduced INC's to 1000 Plus from 5000 plus Inc's every month in two years time
• Reduced 50% if PM tickets, Improved SLA's and productivity
• Resolved long running and unsolved cases where even Vendor left out

Global Product SME - Sybase - IBM India

(2013-11 - 2019-01)

Clients: Multiple clients (PHH, Element, NBFG, Honda, Air Canada, AIA). Task: POC for Global escalations, RCA, Migrations/Upgrades – from Solaris to Linux, in-place, Change management – Review/Approve/track, Incident management – P1/P2, Reduction, PM INC's, SLA, Review and recommend SOP's and Best practices, Review existing configuration and recommend best practices

• Incident reduction, (40 % of Incident counts)
• Reduced 80% if PM tickets
• "Hall of Fame" award @IBM for working with legacy system migrations and Overall service delivery as Global product SME
• Appreciation Certificate for "Operational Excellence in Data Management – Sybase"
• Appreciation Certificate as "Being Instrumental in Completing Critical DR Exercise"
• Worked with 80 short and long term projects successfully

Sybase and UDB Team Service Delivery - UST Global

(2009-11 - 2013-11)

Client: WellPoint. Module: Offshore DBA Support. Team Size: 160

• Incident reduction, (30% per month). Reduced 40% of PM tickets
• Created repository and build every day productivity reports across domains to track productivity of each employee
• Appreciation Certificate as "Customer Focused"
• Worked and delivered one of facets application conversion project using traditional methods
• Delivered with 20+ short and long term projects successfully

Sr Sybase DBA - Satyam Computers - Singapore - Singapore

(2006-08 - 2009-10)

Project: Regional Support. Client: CREDIT-SUISSE BANK

Sybase DBA - Hcl Comnet Systems and Services Ltd - India

(2005-11 - 2006-08)

Client: Deutsche Bank

Manager – Sybase DBA - Karvy Consultants Ltd - India

(2000-06 - 2005-11)

Project: Production Database Support. Client: Equity and Mutual Fund Clients (Karvy clients)

System in charge - Pranav Lab - Bangalore, India

(1999-06 - 2000-06)

Project: System Management

B.C.A. - M S University, Tamil Nadu (2003)

M.D.C.A - ECIL – BDPS, Mumbai (2000)

D.M.L.T. - Kerala University, Medical College Calicut (1999)

+2 - Board Of Higher Secondary Education Tamil Nadu (1996)