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Girish Patel

@girishpatel

Senior SQL Server DBA and Cloud Data Engineer at CIBC Bank, supporting 120+ databases and cloud data pipelines.

At CIBC Bank, I administer and support more than 120 SQL Server databases across production, development, test, reporting, and data warehouse environments. I also develop SSIS packages and Azure Data Factory pipelines for data movement, validation, and loading.

At Microsoft, I designed and supported hybrid-cloud migrations for enterprise SQL Server databases to Azure services. I developed Databricks notebooks using SQL and PySpark, and orchestrated data flows through Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers with Delta Lake.

Across roles at SPX Genfare, United Stationers, and other organizations, I’ve supported database reliability, performance, security, and recovery. My work has included SQL tuning, high-availability support, cloud modernization, and monitoring with Datadog, Azure Monitor, and Amazon CloudWatch.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior SQL Server DBA / Cloud Data Engineer

Current

CIBC Bank

Dec 2022 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Administer and support more than 120 SQL Server databases across production, development, test, reporting, and data warehouse environments. Manage database availability, performance, backups, restores, monitoring, security, patching coordination, capacity planning, and incident resolution for banking and regulatory workloads.

Azure Cloud Migration and Data Engineering Consultant

Microsoft

Nov 2017 - Dec 2022 (5 years 1 month)

Designed and supported hybrid-cloud migration and modernization solutions for enterprise SQL Server databases. Migrated on-premises SQL Server workloads to Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, and Azure Synapse Analytics.

Senior SQL Server DBA / Data Engineer

SPX Genfare

Mar 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years 8 months)

Administered SQL Server production, development, test, reporting, and data warehouse environments supporting transportation systems. Supported the migration of on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, and Azure Storage services.

Database Administrator / Technical Lead

United Stationers

Jan 2014 - Mar 2015 (1 year 2 months)

Managed and supported more than 200 SQL Server instances across production, development, testing, reporting, and operational environments. Provided 24/7 database support, incident response, root-cause analysis, capacity planning, performance troubleshooting, and production change support.

SQL Server T SQL SSIS SQL Server Agent Azure SQL Database AWS RDS Database Monitoring Configuration Backups Access Control PowerShell Database Design Indexing Query Performance Deployment standardization Technical Documentation Run Books

Database Administrator

BMO Harris Bank

Jul 2013 - Dec 2013 (5 months)

Supported SQL Server and MySQL databases in a regulated banking environment. Managed database availability, backup and restore operations, job scheduling, patching, monitoring, user access, security, and incident resolution.

Database Administrator

Nielsen

Feb 2012 - Jul 2013 (1 year 5 months)

Supported SQL Server databases, backup and recovery processes, monitoring, performance tuning, production support, and database maintenance. Developed SQL scripts, reporting extracts, stored procedures, and database jobs for operational and business reporting requirements.

SQL Server T SQL SSIS SQL Agent Backup And Recovery Monitoring Performance Optimization Production Support Database Maintenance Stored Procedures Databases Data Validation Database Health Space Management Backup Verification Restore Testing Troubleshooting

Database Engineer

Cardinal Health

Jun 2010 - Jan 2012 (1 year 7 months)

Supported SQL Server database administration, ETL processing, reporting databases, data integration, and production operations. Developed T-SQL stored procedures, views, functions, queries, SSIS packages, and scheduled data load processes.

Database Consultant

Allied Office Product

Mar 2009 - May 2010 (1 year 2 months)

Provided SQL Server database administration, query tuning, backup and recovery, data migration, and SQL development support. Developed stored procedures, SQL scripts, reports, and scheduled jobs for business applications and reporting processes.

SQL Server T SQL Query Tuning Backup And Recovery Data Migration SQL Development Stored Procedures SQL Scripting Reports Scheduled Jobs Monitoring Maintenance Planning User Security Database Deployment ETL Data Validation Reporting Extracts Performance Improvement

Database Consultant

GMAC Insurance

Jun 2008 - Feb 2009 (8 months)

Supported SQL Server databases, database maintenance, monitoring, backups, restores, recovery procedures, and production support. Assisted with database deployments, SQL development, report creation, query performance tuning, and issue resolution.

SQL Server Database Maintenance Monitoring Backup Restores Recovery Production Support Database Deployment SQL Development report creation Query Performance Tuning SQL Agent Jobs Backup Verification Database Health User Access Administration

SQL Developer / Database Administrator

Reliance Communication

Jan 2007 - Mar 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Developed SQL queries, stored procedures, views, functions, and reports supporting telecom business applications. Supported database backup, user access, job scheduling, database maintenance, monitoring, and production support activities.