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Bhupendra Chhetri

@bhupendrachhetri1

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Lead Database Administrator and PL/SQL expert focused on high-availability PostgreSQL and Oracle performance.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on role leading database reliability and performance initiatives, with emphasis on high-availability PostgreSQL/Oracle, automation, and collaboration with DevOps and engineering teams.

I am a Lead Database Administrator with 15+ years of hands-on experience in Oracle PL/SQL development, PostgreSQL administration, and production support for enterprise systems. I specialize in writing and optimizing complex SQL, stored procedures, and packages, and I drive performance tuning, incident management, data migration, and process automation across cloud and on-prem environments.

I have designed and implemented high-availability PostgreSQL architectures (streaming and logical replication), managed deployments on AWS RDS/Aurora and Azure Flexible Server, and automated backup/PITR workflows to meet RTO/RPO objectives. I improved operational maturity by building runbooks, Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform/Ansible, and scripting (Shell, Python) to streamline administration and monitoring.

I partner with development, DevOps, and customer engineering teams to resolve production incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and advise on schema design and observability. My work emphasizes reliability, security hardening, disaster recovery, and measurable performance improvements for business-critical workloads.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead Database Administrator

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Fifth Third Bank

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 1 month)

Designed and operated high-availability PostgreSQL architectures on AWS and Azure, automated backup/PITR workflows, and led performance tuning and disaster recovery planning to ensure business RTO/RPO targets and sustained production uptime.

PostgreSQL Replication Performance Tuning Terraform Ansible Shell Scripting

Senior Database Administrator

Sears Holdings

Aug 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years 1 month)

Automated multi-region backups and PITR restores, tuned PostgreSQL query plans and partitioning strategies, and implemented IaC pipelines to improve resiliency, observability, and repeatable provisioning across environments.

PostgreSQL Replication Terraform Ansible Partitioning VACUUM Tuning Linux

Senior PL/SQL Developer

Amazon

Jun 2018 - Jul 2020 (2 years 1 month)

Developed and optimized PL/SQL procedures and batch workflows, automated Cron/Tidal jobs and shell scripts, and reduced operational downtime by resolving production job failures and improving data load reliability.

Oracle PL SQL SQL Tuning Shell Scripting Data Ingestion

Oracle PL/SQL Developer

Apple

Dec 2017 - May 2018 (5 months)

Owned multiple PL/SQL modules, developed triggers, packages and data migration scripts, and supported integrations and scheduler-based batch processes to ensure seamless deployments and data integrity.

Oracle PL SQL Data Migration Performance Tuning XML job scheduling Troubleshooting

SQL Developer

Lululemon

Jan 2016 - Nov 2017 (1 year 10 months)

Designed tables, indexes, stored procedures and scheduled jobs, maintained versioned DB scripts via SVN, and coordinated offshore support and incident management to maintain production stability.

SQL Stored Procedures Indexing SVN UAT Incident Management Documentation

Software Developer

FedEx

Jun 2014 - Dec 2015 (1 year 6 months)

Performed performance benchmarking, root-cause analysis, and supported enterprise production deployments to ensure SLAs and minimize downtime for data-driven applications.

Performance Testing Root Cause Analysis Deployment Monitoring Troubleshooting

Software Engineer

State of NY

Jun 2010 - May 2014 (3 years 11 months)

Developed Java applications and optimized SQL/stored procedures for data-intensive systems, and implemented unit testing to improve application quality and reliability.