Independent senior database engineering · Pittsburgh, PAbajwa.sandeep@gmail.com
Experience

Enterprise Oracle engineering and production operations.

A career centered on database availability, recoverability, replication, performance, and practical support of production environments.

25+ years

Database engineering and administration experience.

500+ databases

Large-estate Oracle management and monitoring through OEM.

Production focus

Operations, recovery, replication and performance where reliability matters.

Recent roles

Data Engineer · Independent Consultant

TCS · May 2026–Present

Independent consulting engagement focused on database engineering and enterprise replication work, including operational support, troubleshooting and reliable data movement across production systems.

Oracle Database Engineer

Artech LLC · placed at PNC Bank · Pittsburgh, PA · May 2025–April 2026

Oracle database engineering, GoldenGate replication administration, enterprise monitoring and operational support. Work included a large Oracle estate managed through OEM, with experience across 500+ databases.

Senior Oracle DBA / Database Engineering Career

Multiple enterprise production environments

Long-term hands-on work across Oracle administration, RMAN backup and recovery, performance diagnostics, upgrades, migrations, multitenant CDB/PDB operations, GoldenGate, OEM, Linux, security controls and automation.

Technical scope

Core production competencies

Oracle Database19c / 21c and earlier generations
GoldenGateClassic & Microservices
OEMEnterprise monitoring at scale
RMANBackup, restore and recovery
PerformanceAWR, ADDM, waits, SQL
MultitenantCDB / PDB operations
LinuxProduction database platforms
AutomationAnsible and operational tooling