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Sadiq Lias

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Senior Database Administrator at CareFirst, improving SQL Server reliability and recovery across 300+ instances.

United States

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At CareFirst, I own the reliability and recoverability of business-critical SQL Server environments. I improve production readiness through high availability and disaster recovery designs, backup and restore validation, and failover planning.

At CareFirst, I diagnose performance issues across 300+ instances using T-SQL, execution plans, and Query Store. I also lead migrations and version upgrades, with compatibility validation, rollback planning, and post-migration stabilization.

At AMN Healthcare, I led a major migration from an on-premises data center to AWS RDS Custom and delivered a SaaS analytics solution through Microsoft Fabric. I also implemented data governance controls and mentored a team of six DBAs.

At Amazon Inc. and Walmart Inc., I supported large SQL Server estates, cloud migrations, and high availability and disaster recovery work. I automated database maintenance and recovery tasks and supported data warehouse and reporting environments.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Database Administrator

Current

CareFirst

Feb 2024 - Present (2 years 8 months)

Owns day-to-day operation, reliability, and recoverability of enterprise SQL Server environments, including monitoring, high availability, and disaster recovery. Leads performance tuning, migrations, automation, and root cause analysis across 300+ instances.

SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups SQL Server Mirroring T SQL SQL Query Store PowerShell Azure SQL Performance Optimization Disaster Recovery Root Cause Analysis

SQL Server Database Administrator

AMN Healthcare

Nov 2021 - Jan 2024 (2 years 2 months)

Administered a large enterprise database estate spanning 300+ MSSQL instances and led a major migration to AWS RDS Custom. Architected resilient environments with Always On Availability Groups and implemented data governance controls.

SQL Server Azure SQL AWS RDS Custom AlwaysOn Availability Groups Distributed Availability Groups Microsoft Fabric Microsoft Purview Idera PII Vault T SQL PowerShell

Senior Database Administrator

Amazon Inc.

May 2018 - Oct 2021 (3 years 5 months)

Administered 2,000+ SQL Server databases, providing production support, migrations, and automation. Served as primary database contact for internal clients and supported data warehouse environments.

SQL Server SSIS PowerShell Platform As A Service (PaaS)Performance Monitoring Disaster Recovery High Availability ETL Data Warehouse

MS-SQL Database Administrator

Walmart Inc.

Jan 2015 - May 2018 (3 years 4 months)

Administered 150+ MSSQL instances with 1,450+ databases, engineered HA/DR architectures, and provisioned cloud workloads. Implemented security measures and automated administration with PowerShell.