Syed Fareed

● Directed a global team of 25+ professionals managing critical platforms for 30,000 employees, including Oracle eBusiness Suite, Hyperion, OBIEE, ORMB, Exadata, Ariba, Concur, Denodo, Automation Anywhere, and BI tools. Executed cross-platform Oracle database migrations from 10g/11gR2 (Windows) to 12c/19c (Linux) using export/import, RMAN, and upgrade best practices to ensure data integrity and minimal downtime. ● Managed Oracle Database deployments in AWS and OCI, ensuring high availability, scalability, security compliance, and cost-efficient operations. ● Implemented and supported Oracle GoldenGate replication for real-time data synchronization, minimizing downtime and ensuring data consistency across platforms. ● Enforced application and database security standards in alignment with privacy and compliance policies. ● Led enterprise-wide implementations of ERP, Data Virtualization, and Analytics platforms. ● Assisted management with audit-related activities; managed and monitored security exceptions across the Corporate Platform Engineering team. ● Drove Qualys vulnerability management and Technical Security Requirements (TSR) processes for Platform Engineering applications; ensured 100% patch compliance with approved exceptions. ● Directed architecture reviews, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and system migrations for high availability ● Improved operational efficiency with automation, self-healing scripts, and innovative tools, reducing incidents and service requests. ● Achieved cost savings by deploying alternative technologies and enhancing cost-efficiency. ● Recruited, mentored, and retained a global team, fostering engagement, motivation, and productivity. ● Built high-impact collaborative teams to drive innovation, solve inefficiencies, and resolve critical P1 issues. ● Collaborated on creating an Automation Team to reduce manual processes and operational costs.

● Managed a global Corporate IT Database & Middleware Engineering team across three countries, ensuring uptime, performance, security, and compliance of critical production databases. Designed and implemented a supported, stable Oracle Forms & Reports 12c architecture on RHEL , ensuring high availability, security hardening, and long-term vendor support. ● Led end-to-end migration of Oracle Forms & Reports from 10g on Windows to 12c on Linux, including environment build-out, configuration, testing, and cutover planning. ● Conducted functional parity validation for Forms and Reports applications, partnering with business and QA teams to ensure consistent behavior, performance, and user experience post-migration. ● Partnered with product teams to design scalable, highly available solutions while defining and maintaining evolving standards. ● Led P1 incident resolution with long-term and self-serving fixes, enhancing database resiliency, reliability, and lifecycle management. ● Introduced self-service capabilities and optimized the Oracle DB footprint, significantly reducing size of Corporate IT Database.

● Led upgrade of Oracle E-Business Suite to R12.1.3, migrated the RAC Database, and implemented Oracle Access Manager (OAM) for Single Sign-On, Oracle GRC, and SOA components. ● Designed and executed disaster recovery plans for Oracle databases, ensuring seamless business continuity. ● Installed, configured, and maintained enterprise tools like Denodo, Collibra, Automation Anywhere, NICE Actimize, EPM, and ACL Analytics with high availability and DR setups. ● Implemented SafeNet ProtectFile for file-level encryption and replicated data using Attunity RepliWeb. ● Deployed and supported Noetix reporting platforms (including Noetix Enterprise Manager, Noetix Search, Noetix Generator, Noetix Platform (NQS & NWQ), and Noetix Views), troubleshooting and maintaining analytics tools. ● Conducted real-time disaster recovery testing to ensure system resilience and minimize downtime.

• Provided support for Oracle Databases and Oracle E-Business Suite in high-availability environments. • Specialized in Oracle database architecture, implementation, and ongoing operational support. • Skilled in installing, upgrading, and managing Oracle EBS and databases in both RAC and non-RAC environments. • Experienced in deploying and supporting Oracle EBS, Oracle GRC, Oracle OBIEE, Oracle Hyperion, and Oracle WLS in Linux and Solaris environments. • Ensured all Oracle installations comply with security standards. • Managed global Data Warehouse environments on Oracle Exadata for enhanced performance and scalability.

Provided 24x7 Oracle DBA production support for Retek on Oracle 9i/Solaris 8, ensuring database stability and automating backup/recovery processes. Responsibilities included performance tuning for peak retail seasons, optimizing SQL statements with TKPROF and AUTOTRACE, designing efficient application code, and supporting Oracle Application Server 10g/9i in production.

Implemented and integrated Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA) with Oracle General Ledger, upgraded OFA and Express servers, and configured OFA for seamless integration with Applications 11i. Developed PL/SQL extract programs, created hierarchies and dimensions, implemented drill-down functionality, resolved performance issues, and built reports for GL data analysis using OFA and Express Server.

As an Oracle Application DBA and Support Team Member, I managed the critical migration of the Oracle database from Solaris 8 to IBM-AIX 5.1 and upgraded Oracle Applications from 10.7 to 11.5.8. My responsibilities included setting up and configuring Oracle Apps 11.5.8 and database 8.1.7 for testing, implementing multi-org, multi-currency, and multi-language setups, and performing application and database cloning while monitoring and tuning their performance. Additionally, I maintained several Oracle application instances, supported 9iAS (Apache Web server and Java apps), utilized Oracle Enterprise Manager for monitoring, and managed components such as RPC Port Listener, Apache Web Listener, Forms Server, and Reports Server.

Installed and configured Oracle Applications 11.5.5, performed database migrations from 7.3.4 to 8.1.7, and executed cloning and relocation of databases across servers. Provided system administration support, implemented security settings, optimized application performance, designed database schemas with PL/SQL, and automated tasks using K-shell scripts.