Open to Senior DBA / Data roles

I keep mission-critical databases fast, available, and cheap. Senior SQL / Azure DBA · AI Generalist · DP-300 · IEEE Senior Member

12+ years owning the stability, performance, cost, and security of SQL Server and Azure platforms across healthcare, energy, insurance, and telecom — including 7+ years of 24×7 production on-call.

250+ production servers 3 TB largest DB 99.99% availability HIPAA · TDE
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// proven_track_record

Numbers from real production estates

Every figure below comes from a role on my résumé — not a benchmark slide.

Azure cost reduction
National Grid · auto-scaling + config tuning
SQL servers, consolidated
UP Health · cut licensing spend
Report runtime, from 3+ hrs
UP Health · query & report tuning
Databases migrated to Azure
National Grid · minimal downtime
// run_my_expertise

Don't take my word for it — run it

Two live tools that do what I do daily. Describe a table in plain English and get clean T-SQL DDL, or paste a slow query and get a tuning review.

describe_your_table.txtplain English
output.sql
-- Your CREATE TABLE statement appears here.
slow_query.sqlT-SQL
tuning_review.md
-- Index suggestions and rewrites appear here.
// professional_experience

Where I've kept the lights on

National Grid · Senior SQL / Azure DBA

Jul 2024 — Present
Waltham, MA · Energy
  • 25% cost reduction via automated scaling and optimized Azure configurations
  • 30% faster queries through indexing and query-optimization strategy
  • Migrated 20+ databases to Azure with minimal downtime; 99.99% availability
  • Azure Defender for SQL → 100% security-benchmark compliance; automated 80% of maintenance

UP Health System (Lifepoint) · Sr. Database Administrator

Aug 2017 — Jul 2024
Marquette, MI · Healthcare · 250+ servers, 3 TB largest DB
  • Consolidated 249 → 195 SQL servers, cutting licensing cost
  • Tuned reports from 3+ hours to 30 minutes for clinical & compliance users
  • Implemented TDE for HIPAA-regulated patient data; built 3-node Always On clusters

Verizon · SQL Server DBA / Developer

Dec 2016 — Jun 2017
Irving, TX · Telecom & TV Entertainment
  • Cut daily alerts from 100+ to under 30 via health-check stored procedures
  • Built purge policy on 0.5 TB/week ingest — 50% SAN budget saved
  • Configured 50+ publications / 300+ subscriptions; replication 2008R2 → 2012 Always On

Transamerica · SQL Server DBA

Nov 2015 — Nov 2016
Cedar Rapids, IA · Insurance
  • PowerShell refresh automation: 3 hours → 40 minutes, ~6 hrs/week saved
  • Built login-failure & disk-space alerting; deployed SSIS packages and Always On AGs

TekOrg · SQL Server DBA

Aug 2015 — Nov 2015
Atlanta, GA
  • Clustered & standalone installs (2008/R2/2012), upgrades, patching, hotfixes
  • Migrated SQL Server 2000 → 2005; consolidated scattered SharePoint databases
// core_stack

Skills & expertise

Platforms

SQL Server 2005–2022Azure SQL DB (PaaS)Azure SQL Managed InstanceSQL on Azure VMOracleMySQL

HA / DR

Always On AGsFailover ClusteringLog ShippingMirroringReplicationGeo-replication

Performance & Ops

Query OptimizationIndex MaintenanceDBCCBackup / RestoreCapacity PlanningPatching & UpgradesRCA

Dev / BI / Cloud

T-SQLSSISSSRSPowerShellTDE / SecurityAzure MonitorAzure Automation

AI / Automation

LLM workflowsRAGPrompt Engineeringn8nGitHub Copilot
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Certifications

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Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)Microsoft Certified
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Microsoft Certified Database AdministrationMCDBA
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Certified SAFe 6.0 PractitionerScaled Agile
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IEEE Senior Member10+ yrs of professional contribution & technical leadership
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M.S. Computer ScienceUniversity of Central Missouri
// notable_case_studies

Problem → action → result

cost

Azure spend was climbing without a ceiling

ProblemOver-provisioned databases, no automated scaling.

ActionRight-sized tiers, automated scaling, tuned configs.

↓ 25% cloud cost, no perf loss
performance

Clinical reports missed their delivery window

ProblemKey reports took 3+ hours; users blocked.

ActionQuery + report tuning, index strategy.

3+ hrs → 30 min runtime
licensing

250+ server estate bleeding license cost

ProblemSprawl of underused SQL instances.

ActionConsolidation + dev-edition migration of test fleet.

249 → 195 servers
// let's_connect

Need a DBA who ships and doesn't break prod?

I'm open to Senior SQL / Azure DBA and data-platform roles. Fastest way to reach me is email or LinkedIn.

✉ DadiSQL@gmail.com ☎ 972-730-6696 in /cbdadi gh /cbdadi