# Shabeer Ahmed > Cloud Architecture | AWS | Azure | Automation | Database Specialist | Replication & Migration | DBA Location: San Ramon, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/shabeer • 10+ years of experience as Oracle DBA, providing 24/7 support of both development and production 12c/11g/10g/9i databases on various platforms. • Excellent experience in Installation and Configuration of Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g and 12c in Unix/Linux and Windows environments. • Experience in Installation and configuration of Oracle RAC, developed 4 node RAC environment with 50TB EMC, 3PAR and NetApp storage with multi-databases for a pre-production, Production and DR environment to improve the performance of the database accessibility. • Experience on Solaris, Linux and Windows with Oracle 12c/11g/10g/9i Single instance and Oracle 12c/11g/10g RAC. • Experience in upgrading the databases (11gR2 to 12cR1, 10g R2 to 11g, 9i to 11g, 9i to 10g R2) • Planned and implemented DR and high availability solutions such as Oracle Standby database, Oracle DataGuard and Oracle 10g , 11g and 12c RAC. • Proficient in using OEM (11g and 12c) and RMAN • Experience in datacenter migration with minimal downtime • Proficient in Database administration such a Upgrades, Patching, TAR support, Performance Tuning, Capacity planning, Script development, RMAN backup/recovery and documentation. • Expertise with Oracle features: Flash-back Recovery, Datapump, ASH, ASM, AWR, ADDM, ASSM, ASMM, Automatic undo management, Grid Monitoring and Recycle bin. • Expertise on administration activities of SQL Server 2008 - 2019 • Expertise in MySQL and PostrgreSQL databases • Expertise in AWS cloud services and RDS and replication tools ## Work Experience ### Principal Engineer @ Autodesk Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area • Successfully managed more than 3K AWS accounts and Azure subscriptions in a highly scalable and dynamic environment. • Redesigned and optimized the infrastructure architecture of multiple applications, deploying them seamlessly on AWS and Azure utilizing microservices and serverless technologies. • Developed and implemented best practices, security hardening policies, and risk-compliant governance frameworks designed specifically for both external and internal cloud-hosted applications, ensuring robust and scalable solutions. • Implemented Cloud Insight packages and automation bots through InsightCloudSec to detect and remediate policy misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. • Designed and deployed AWS and Azure Security Policies to strengthen cloud security and compliance. • Configured and implemented policies using multiple security tools such as Qualys, Wiz, ORCA to develop a robust Vulnerability Management framework for cloud infrastructure. • Developed and deployed enforcement policies and code through IAM, ensuring a secure and reliable cloud platform. ### Database Service Engineer @ Autodesk Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 • Led the technical efforts for enterprise and departmental databases, ensuring compliance with SOC/SOX and SOC2 standards through the implementation of comprehensive security hardening measures. • Acted as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for data ingestion and replication tools, such as Attunity and IBM CDC, facilitating seamless data delivery. • Spearheaded the migration of on-premises database platforms to cloud-agnostic solutions like MySQL and PgSQL through coordinated data migration efforts. • Redesigned and optimized the infrastructure architecture for multiple applications and databases, ensuring seamless deployment on AWS. ### Senior Oracle DBA consultant @ HCLTech Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 • Installed and configured 12c/11g/10g OEM Grid Control • Managing, troubleshooting and resolving oracle databases, RAC and application issues. • Refresh/Cloning of databases for Pre-production environment • Troubleshooting and performing Re-org or tables, tablespaces, archvielogs etc in a RAC and standalone environments. • Involved in upgrade/migration of Oracle databases from (11gR2 to 12cR1, 10g R2 to 11g, 9i to 11g, 9i to 10g R2) and Sun Solaris to RedHat Linux. • Configured 10G OEM to monitor the database related components. • Implementation of high availability solution such as Oracle 12c/11g/10g RAC, Oracle Streams and Oracle DataGuard. • Designed and implemented Oracle Real Applicatin Cluster (RAC) with ASM on Linux with EMC storage for an OLTP application with Transaction Application Failover capabilities. • Developed a 4 node RAC environment with multiple databases of 4TB size. • Writing shell scripts for managing day-to-day activities and automation of backups. • Backup of databases (Making backup schedules depending upon business strategy: Daily, Hourly and Weekly backups) • Recovery of databases (Recovering from Media failure, Recovering tables dropped accidentally, Recovering data files, Recovering from block corruption) • Managed SQL server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 database • Managed IBM CDC replication setup Environment: Oracle, SQL Server, OEM 10g, Red Hat Linux 5.x, RAC, Solaris 9 & 10, ASM, RMAN, PL/SQL, Data Guard, EMC, Netapp ### Oracle DBA @ HCLTech Jan 2005 – Jan 2012 • Installed and configured 12c/11g/10g OEM Grid Control • Managing, troubleshooting and resolving oracle databases, RAC and application issues. • Refresh/Cloning of databases for Pre-production environment • Troubleshooting and performing Re-org or tables, tablespaces, archvielogs etc in a RAC and standalone environments. • Involved in upgrade/migration of Oracle databases from (11gR2 to 12cR1, 10g R2 to 11g, 9i to 11g, 9i to 10g R2) and Sun Solaris to RedHat Linux. • Configured 10G OEM to monitor the database related components. • Implementation of high availability solution such as Oracle 12c/11g/10g RAC, Oracle Streams and Oracle DataGuard. • Designed and implemented Oracle Real Applicatin Cluster (RAC) with ASM on Linux with EMC storage for an OLTP application with Transaction Application Failover capabilities. • Developed a 4 node RAC environment with multiple databases of 4TB size. • Writing shell scripts for managing day-to-day activities and automation of backups. • Backup of databases (Making backup schedules depending upon business strategy: Daily, Hourly and Weekly backups) • Recovery of databases (Recovering from Media failure, Recovering tables dropped accidentally, Recovering data files, Recovering from block corruption) • Managed SQL server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 database • Managed IBM CDC replication setup Environment: Oracle, SQL Server, OEM 10g, Red Hat Linux 5.x, RAC, Solaris 9 & 10, ASM, RMAN, PL/SQL, Data Guard, EMC, Netapp ## Education ### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Information Technology Anna University Chennai ### Oracle Certified Associate (9i) Certifications ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/shabeer-ahmed-ab528292 --- Source: https://flows.cv/shabeer JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/shabeer/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12