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Salah Abu Elsafa

Expert System and DB Admin

Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Senior Database AdministratorFull Time

    Commercial International Bank - CIB

    Feb 2018 - Present -7 yrs, 4 months

    • Job Details:In my position as a Senior Database Administrator at CIB, I was responsible of the following: Monitoring and Troubleshooting SQL Server Performance Issues, and Performance and Query Tuning and Enhancements using various tools (SCOM, SQL Data Collectors, SQL Server Utility Data Tier Application, SQL Profiler, Extended Events, SQL DMOs, SQL Tuning Advisor, and a custom flexible developed tool that collects specific performance counter data and building performance dashboards.
  • Senior Database and IS AdministratorFull Time

    Ministry of Communications and Information Technology - MCIT

    Mar 2016 - Jan 2018 -1 yr, 10 months

    Egypt , Giza

    • Job Details:In my position as a Senior Database and IS Administrator at MCIT, I was responsible of: Administrating, Monitoring, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing new and existing IT systems through applying proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills in order to maximize the benefit of IT systems investments. Ensuring the stability, integrity, and efficient operation of the in-house information systems. Performing load tests for information systems to identify performance bottlenecks and ensure efficient operation. Performing database and web applications hosting, backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the ministry’s disaster recovery and business continuity strategies. Administration of the ministry's internal and external web portals and databases. Providing support and performing Administration and Operation department tasks in shifts. Monitoring, configuring, updating, and patching IT infrastructure (Servers, Clients) through SCCM. Implementing and configuring required and best fit windows server roles and features (AD CS, Failover Clustering, File and Storage Services, NLB, IIS, ... )
  • Senior Database Administrator and BI DeveloperFull Time

    Local Administration Reform Unit

    Jun 2009 - Dec 2015 -6 yrs, 6 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:In my position as a Senior Information Systems & Database Administrator at LARU, I was responsible of the following: - Administration of the databases including performance monitoring, tuning, indexing and troubleshooting using (SQL Server Profiler and Tuning Advisor). - Developing, managing and testing back-up and recovery plans. - Performing ongoing database maintenance tasks (ensuring database integrity, maintaining indexes, automating routine database maintenance). - Ensuring database availability. - Creating database objects such as tables, stored procedures, views and triggers as required. - Authenticating and authorizing users and auditing SQL Server environment. - Creating complex queries that allow bulk inserts, updates and deletes without violating any data consistency or integrity constraints / rules. - Sustaining data consistency, integrity and performing all needed data cleansing operations. - Building and designing all the reports and key performance indicators KPIs for all the existing systems using SSRS, SSAS. - Developing all needed (Extract, Transform, Load) ETL packages that populates the database with massive volumes of data and exports data to be integrated in different information systems using SSIS/DTS. - Administrating all in-house/outsourced information systems, managing systems permissions, assuring systems availability, troubleshooting unexpected behaviors and cooperating with the developing parties to restore as quickly as possible. - Taking part in the preparation and execution of technical tests. - Participating in analysis, design and testing of information systems with different companies. - Providing training for all types of users. - Providing on job training and knowledge transfer for the second line of database and information systems administrators.
  • Education

    • BSc in Computer Science

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2007 - 5 yr

    Skills

    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • Microsoft Office
    • Database Design
    • database administration
    • SSIS
    • SSAS
    • SSRS
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
    • Business Intelligence
    • System Analysis
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    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • Arabic

      Fluent
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