Oracle Resources... Career Summary & CV
I have Worked in the IT industry since 1986, as well as purely technical roles I
have obtained experience in team management, process development, procurement,
licensing, service desk strategies and procedures, as well as business process
re-engineering and major system implementations and support.
Since 1995 specialised as an Oracle database administrator (DBA) covering versions
7.x to 9.2.x, across a variety of Unix and Wintel platforms. Providing assistance
and support to packaged, custom and 3rd party systems developments. Experienced in
mission critical, OLAP, data warehouse and OLTP projects, extensive knowledge
of all system aspects such as architecture, security, profiling, auditing,
performance, change control and disaster recovery.
Always keen to maintain my understanding of new developments and methods in my
field I actively attend regular training
and Oracle User Group
(OUG) meetings
and conferences.
Additionally I have varying development skills in a selection of disciplines
including PL/SQL, SQL, PSP's, HTML, JavaScript, PHP and MySql.
Jim Overy
Oracle Certified Professional
Employment Summary (last 10 years)
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Guardian Newspapers (Nov-99 to Present)
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Sector |
Position |
| Permenant |
Media |
Oracle DBA |
To provide Production & Development DBA support for a range of
business critical applications based on the Oracle database platform,
utilising database versions 8.1.5 to 9iR2 and application server and
development technologies (9iAS, Forms and Reports 6i) on both Sun
Solaris and NT/2000 platforms.
Duties included Backup/Recovery, Performance Tuning, Installation,
Documentation, Project Support, Planning, Design and Inter-Company
Consulting.
| Status |
Sector |
Position |
| Contract |
Insurance |
Oracle DBA |
Contract DBA support for new insurance risk system using Oracle and
Amarta software platforms, based on Oracle 7.3.4 on a Sequent platform.
Duties included Software Release Control, Performance Tuning,
Installation, Documentation, Developer Support.
| Status |
Sector |
Position |
| Contract |
Communications |
Oracle Financials DBA |
To provide Financials DBA consultancy and health check for an Apps
11NCA GL/AR project, utilising Oracle 8.0.4 on HP-UX. Assisting in-house
DBA with performance tuning and management methods.
| Status |
Sector |
Position |
| Contract |
Retail |
Oracle Financials DBA |
To provide Financials DBA consultancy for major accounting system
replacement to Oracle Financials. Implementation of 10.7 production 16
FA/GL/AP modules, utilising Oracle 7.3.2 on HP9000 HP-UX.
Duties included Financials DBA support, Performance Tuning, Technical
Documentation, Security, End User Layer Design, Patch Application.
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Sector |
Position |
| Permanent |
Automotive Design |
Business Systems Manager |
Initially employed to develop a corporate business systems strategy for
European offices, involving the rollout of a standardised set of
products for networked PC infrastructure of 350 users in several
European locations. Following success of rollout project seconded to the
role of Oracle DBA responsible for European implementation of Oracle
Financials 10.6/10.7 based on Oracle 7.1.6/7.3.3 using the Sun Solaris
platform.
| Status |
Sector |
Position |
| Permanent |
Public Sector |
IT Manager |
Employed to provide an IT service to the newly created health authority
for employees at the head office and to 3 satellite offices. Tasks
included implementation of the head office LAN, responsibility for
corporate IT purchases, establishing standards, tendering and supplier
evaluation and selection. Following successful infrastructure set-up,
provide in-house helpdesk and support services.
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CE Heath (Feb-99 to Nov-99)
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Marconi Communications (Feb-99 & Jun-99)
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Sainsbury's Supermarkets (Mar-98 to Feb-99)
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MSX International (Aug-94 to Mar-98)
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South Essex Health Authority (Feb-92 to Aug-94)
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