Pratisha Karki

Senior Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator with over 15 years of experience supporting enterprise-scale financial, healthcare, and corporate systems in high-availability, 24/7 production environments. Deep expertise in SQL Server administration (2000–2022), performance tuning, disaster recovery, and remote production support. Known for reliability, ownership of mission-critical systems, and consistent delivery under strict SLA and compliance requirements.

Supported and maintained mission-critical SQL Server environments for enterprise financial and healthcare organizations where uptime, security, and data integrity were business-critical.

Senior SQL Server DBA - Black Knight (Intercontinental Exchange / ICE) - Remote

(2018-01 - 2026-01)

• Owned and administered high-availability SQL Server environments supporting enterprise financial platforms
• Led performance tuning, indexing strategies, and capacity planning initiatives
• Managed backups, restores, disaster recovery testing, and Always On Availability Groups
• Independently resolved critical production incidents during 24/7 on-call rotations
• Operated in fully remote, distributed teams supporting round-the-clock production systems
• Monitored database health, availability, and capacity to consistently meet strict SLA requirements

SQL Server DBA - Wells Fargo Bank

(2016-01 - 2017-12)

• Provided contract-based SQL Server administration supporting large-scale banking applications
• Performed upgrades, patching, service pack deployments, and cumulative updates
• Supported Always On, clustering, mirroring, and replication technologies
• Executed database migrations and code deployments using TFS
• Delivered on-call production support and rapid incident resolution

SQL Server DBA - Irvine Company

(2015-01 - 2016-12)

• Ensured high availability and performance of mission-critical SQL Server databases
• Implemented disaster recovery solutions using log shipping and failover strategies
• Resolved performance bottlenecks, blocking, and deadlocks
• Supported security audits and compliance requirements

SQL Server DBA - Prospect Medical Group

(2013-01 - 2015-12)

• Supported SQL Server environments for healthcare systems across production, QA, and development
• Designed and maintained database schemas, stored procedures, and ETL processes
• Developed SSIS packages and SSRS reports
• Implemented high availability and disaster recovery solutions

SQL Server DBA - Multiple Organizations (Wells Fargo Bank, Lumen21, CCH – Wolters Kluwer)

(2008-01 - 2013-12)

• Supported enterprise SQL Server environments across finance, healthcare, and publishing sectors
• Managed backup and recovery, replication, migrations, and performance optimization
• Provided 24/7 production support and database security administration