Mohammad Abdelqader
Senior DBA | Exadata Administrator | Multi-cloud Architect
Senior Oracle DBA with 13+ years of experience designing and managing high-availability database environments, with advanced expertise in Oracle Exadata administration, performance optimization, and system maintenance.
Skills & Expertise
Oracle Exadata & Engineered Systems
On-premises, Cloud
Database Architecture & Design
OLTP, Enterprise Data Warehouse
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
RAC, ASM, Data Guard, RMAN
Cloud Database Solutions
AWS, OCI, Azure
Database Performance Tuning & Optimization
Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
Database Migration & Modernization
Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server
Data Engineering & ETL Pipelines
Oracle ODI, Talend
Data Platforms
Databricks, Snowflake
Automation
Bash scripting, Python scripting
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform
Monitoring & Observability
Grafana, Prometheus
Real-Time Data Streaming
Kafka, Confluent
Professional Experience
Senior Database Administrator and Data Engineer
National Bank of Kuwait
- Designed infrastructure for the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) on Exadata X9M, X8M platforms.
- Led Oracle/Exadata patch planning and execution for production, test, and dev environments.
- Designed and maintained high-availability and disaster recovery architectures using Oracle RAC and Data Guard.
- Improved data pipeline throughput by 40% and reduced processing latency through SQL optimization.
- Built Exadata and Oracle database monitoring dashboards using Prometheus, Grafana, and Python.
- Developed shell and Python scripts to automate database monitoring, backup validation, and performance diagnostics.
Senior DBA and Data Engineer
Realsoft
- Led the migration of a 53 TB enterprise data warehouse from Exadata V2 to X4, ensuring minimal downtime and full data integrity.
- Integrated data from 6 government agencies into a centralized Hive data warehouse using Sqoop ETL pipelines.
- Designed scalable data models and integration workflows for national survey and analytics systems.
Senior DBA
Al-Khaleej for Computers
- Installed and deployed multiple Oracle RAC environments.
- Migrated Oracle databases (8 databases) from HP-UX and Linux environments to Exadata systems.
- Built centralized SQL Server failover cluster and migrated all SQL Server instances.
Senior Database and Software Developer
Globitel
- Built and maintained admin web applications using Java, ASP.NET, HTML, and jQuery.
- Provided database troubleshooting and performance support for Oracle and MSSQL databases.
- Developed automated routines to maintain dynamic telecom data repositories.
Featured Projects
Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
Designed infrastructure and managed the large-scale data warehouses project at National Bank of Kuwait on Exadata X9M/X8M.
VIVA Kuwait Exadata Migration
Successfully migrated a 53 TB high-load enterprise data warehouse from Exadata V2 to X4-2 platforms with minimal downtime and data integrity.
Roam Analyze
Developed dashboard applications and automated data integration workflows for monitoring inbound and outbound telecom roaming data at Globitel.
Ministry of Education (Realsoft)
Relocated Exadata machine and patched Exadata database image to the latest software release.
Miyahuna (Realsoft)
Built data models and data integration workflows for water meter surveys in Jordan.
Tabadul (Realsoft)
Designed and implemented data integration processes for a Register-Based Statistics Project across six government agencies.
Al-Khwarizmi (Realsoft)
Migrated Al-Khwarizmi Microsoft SQL Server database objects and schemas to Oracle database environments.
GGData (Globitel)
Designed and implemented dynamic telecom data repositories for GSM data.
And More...
Additional database administration, migration, and automation projects are documented in the downloadable resume PDF.
Professional Credentials & Certifications
Oracle Exadata OCE
Oracle Certified Expert
Oracle Database AI@AWS
Specialist Integration Certification
Oracle OCP
Oracle Certified Professional
Oracle 12c Implementation Specialist
Database & RAC Implementation
Oracle Linux Administrator OCA
Oracle Certified Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
PostgreSQL Essentials v16 Certification
Postgres Administration
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
Microsoft Azure Cloud
Academy Accreditation - Generative AI Fundamentals
Databricks Platform
Databricks Associate Developer for Apache Spark 2.4
Data Processing Engine
Data Streaming Engineer – Confluent
Apache Kafka Integration