Nohamin Getu

Senior SQL Server DBA with 6+ years of experience supporting enterprise-scale production environments across SQL Server 2016–2025. Proven expertise in performance tuning, production incident resolution, database migration, backup and recovery, and high availability solutions. Strong hands-on experience resolving blocking and performance issues caused by inefficient queries, restoring system stability, and preventing downtime in mission-critical applications.

Highly skilled in SQL Server automation using SQL Server Agent jobs to streamline backup operations, database refresh processes, and routine administrative tasks. Experienced in supporting large databases up to 1TB and ensuring high availability, mission critical disaster recovery readiness, and system reliability in 24x7 production environments.

SQL Server DataBase Administrator - Krogers - Cincinnati, Ohio

(2021-09 - 2023-08)

• Administer and support enterprise SQL Server environments across production, staging, and development systems ensuring high availability and performance.
• Resolved critical production incidents caused by bad SQL queries and blocking sessions, restoring application performance and preventing downtime.
• Performed deep performance analysis using SQL Profiler and Performance Monitor, identifying root causes of slow queries and system bottlenecks.
• Supported and maintained SQL Server high availability environments (Logshipping and replication) ensuring continuous system uptime for business-critical applications.
• Led and supported database migration and upgrade projects (SQL Server 2017 to 2019) with minimal disruption to production systems.
• Automated database backup copy and restore refresh processes across environments to ensure consistency and faster deployment cycles.
• Designed and executed backup and recovery strategies, ensuring disaster recovery readiness and business continuity.
• Worked with application teams to optimize database performance and improve query execution efficiency.

SQL Server DBA - ICF - Reston, VA

(2023-01 - 2025-01)

• Managed SQL Server databases supporting enterprise applications with sizes up to 1TB+ ensuring stability and performance.
• Implemented and supported Always On / log shipping solutions for high availability and disaster recovery.
• Tuned and optimized SQL queries by analyzing execution plans and implementing indexing strategies, improving system performance.
• Automated routine DBA operations including backup validation, database refresh, and maintenance tasks using SQL Server Agent jobs.
• Supported database migrations from SQL Server 2019 to 2022, ensuring data integrity and minimal downtime.
• Monitored and resolved production issues including blocking, deadlocks, and performance degradation.
• Performed regular database maintenance including index rebuilds, statistics updates, and consistency checks (DBCC).
• Supported SSIS packages for ETL processes and data movement between systems.

Senior SQL Server DBA - Crystal Insurance Group, Inc. - Washington DC

(2025-01 - 2026-01)

• Supported SQL Server environments performing database maintenance, backups, restores, and performance tuning.
• Assisted in database migrations between SQL Server versions and heterogeneous systems RDBMS.
• Designed and optimized stored procedures, triggers, and indexing strategies to improve application performance.
• Performed troubleshooting of performance issues including slow queries, blocking, and resource contention.
• Implemented maintenance plans for backups, index rebuilds, and statistics updates.
• Supported database refresh operations across development and production environments.
• Used SQL Profiler and Database Tuning Advisor to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize workloads.