Abdulrahman Alsoufi, Senior Oracle Apps DBA

Abdulrahman Alsoufi

Senior Oracle Apps DBA

AEC

Location
Saudi Arabia - Western Province
Education
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems (MIS)
Experience
15 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 5 Months

Senior Oracle Apps DBA at AEC
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since July 2020

Participate and lead the DB team to achieve SLA, gain the customer satisfaction preventing any penalties.
As a Senior Apps DBA I am responsible to lead the DBA team in the projects under me to maintain DBs functionality with high performance and to solve any issues immediately.
I am also responsible to support the Project Management team providing them valuable insights to the customers environments and possible future opportunities or leads.
In addition, I participate in the initiation, planning, execution, controlling and closing of projects along with the rest of the project management team.

Oracle Apps DBA at Royal Commission Yanbu (Aseel Gulf contract)
  • Saudi Arabia - Western Province
  • January 2019 to July 2020

- Designing and implementing Oracle database backup/recovery plan using RMAN and Cold data files backups.
- Patching, cloning, maintaining backups, managing archives, administering ERP systems and other regular operational activities.
- Creating and managing Service requests with Oracle Corp. when needed
- Following Oracle Corp. best practices and making sure all security patches are tested and applied as soon as they are released.
- Cloning ERP to multiple instances according to Client’s needs for development and testing activities.
- Maintaining Oracle Apps using “AD” utilities.
- Exporting & Importing data from and to Oracle Database using DataPump, Export/Import, APIs, FNDLOADER and Dataloader.
- Coordinating with functional consultants enforcing security measurements according to Client’s requirements.
- Monitoring and maintaining oracle database issuing periodic reports confirming no performance or security issues occurs.
- Working with Other team members and building lifelong relationships with all projects stakeholders in order to coordinate efforts and achieve the SLA and the clients’ expectations.

Oracle Apps DBA & Technical consultant at شركة البابطين للطاقة و الاتصالات
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2012 to January 2019

As Oracle Apps DBA

>> Successfully upgraded legacy 11i Oracle EBS instance to 12.2.5 in 2015; the process included a DB upgrade to 11gR2 then upgrading the app and following oracle best practices to ensure minimum downtime (about 9 hours)
>> Minimized ERP upgrade footprint on business continuity by shifting users who only need reporting from the ERP to Oracle BI which also reduced Oracle Support annual renewal cost from about $80000 to just over $20000
>> Introduced VM Technology to the company minimizing the cost of buying new servers by 50% and enhanced high system availability, data security and backups integrity
>> Carried out gamut of operations on Oracle products instances (DBMS, EBS, OBIEE) for 3 different subsidiaries companies; serving a sum of more than 1500 users, pertaining to Patching, cloning, taking backups, managing archives, administrating and other regular maintenance activities
>> Installing, configuring, upgrading, administrating, cloning, patching and backup/restore
>> Working with Other team members and built lifelong relationships in order to coordinate efforts and achieve best results

As Oracle Technical Consultant

>> Coordinating directly with EBS functional specialists and business users for understanding functional requirements to produce highly effective and satisfying ERP experience for the users.
>> Designing, configuring and coding SQL and PL/SQL, creating ERP reports, Oracle BI reports, customization, APIs, workflow, and supporting multi-organization environment in Oracle ERP as needed to support client business functions
>> Supporting functional teams working on different EBS modules like (GL, Payables, Inventory, OEM, Payroll, HRMS, Projects, …)

As Oracle Database Administrator

>> Significantly utilized VM technology, Dataguard and Oracle RAC and increased average of weekly uptime for all of live databases from 147/168 hours per week in 2013 to 167.5/168 hours per week at the end of 2014
>> Designed and implemented Oracle database backup/recovery plan using RMAN and Cold data files backups
>> Established security and storage management strategies using ASM, RAC and Manual datafile management
>> Recovered from a critical DB crash in just 3 hours using Dataguard
>> Executed data migration between different systems using Data pump, Import/Export and Dataloader
>> Managed and monitored Oracle Database using Oracle Enterprise Manager, Spotlight and Toad for Oracle
>> Wrote and maintained SQL scripts to generate database reports, monitor database usage and performance, and performed user administration, performance tuning and database maintenance
>> Documented routine procedures and tasks; designed database architecture and application schemas for custom applications

Dep. Head at Al-Fateh Est.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2008 to February 2012

Taking care of every aspect in the day to day activities for my Department.

Technical Support at Petra Computer Services
  • Jordan - Amman
  • December 2007 to February 2008

Petra Computer Services Gardens St. - Amman - Jordan
Technical Support 01/12/2007 - 28/02/2008

Trainee in the IT Department at Central Bank of Jordan
  • Jordan
  • September 2006 to September 2006

Central Bank of Jordan Amman - Jordan
Trainee in the IT Department 03/09/2006 - 14/09/2006

Education

Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems (MIS)
  • at Hashimite University
  • July 2007

I was ranked as the tenth all over the kingdom of Jordan in the qualification test. this major contains subjects of IT, Management and Accounting

Specialties & Skills

Oracle Developer 2000
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Oracle Database Administration
Oracle Database Management using Enterprise manager
using "ad” utilities
Linux, Unix, ESXi and IBM AIX System administration
Oracle APPS DBA
Oracle EBS 11i, R12 installation, Backup, Cloning, Patching and Troubleshooting
Oracle BI installation, configuration and Administration
Backup & Recovery
Oracle Database Management using TOAD for Oracle
Oracle Weblogic, ADF, Forms and Reports Server installation and Patching
Oracle DBA
Oracle Database and Application Upgrade
Using Oracle support services, Documents and service requests
project management
Maintain SLA
agile practitioners

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Oracle Corp
  • Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Professional
  • October 2012

Training and Certifications

Analytics in Python (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018
TOEFL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2007
Valid Until:
August 2007
Oracle 10g OCP DBA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2012
Valid Until:
October 2012
Oracle 10g OCA DBA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2012
Valid Until:
October 2012

Hobbies

  • Scuba Diving
    I hold Advanced OpenWater Scuba diver certificate from NAUI World Wide Association.