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: Hi, : I'm currently an Oracle DBA (four years) in England.I'm currently looking to re-locate to Canada (Ottawa in particular). I'm over in Ottawa at the end of this month for two weeks and was hoping to arrange a few appointments with Recruitment Consultants or directly with potential employers. I'm not looking for offers of employment ( I realise that most firms would probably want me to sort out my own Visa before employing me). However, it would be very useful to speak to a few Consultants/Employers to get a general idea of expectations/requirements/salaries etc. : Any advice would be most appreciated. : Thankyou : Warren Bal : Here's my C.v : MR WARREN BAL : : EXPERIENCE : : Devonport Management Ltd July 2001 - present : DBA providing general support and advice for Oracle 8.16 and 8.1.7 databases on Windows NT using RAID )+! And RAID 5. Also supporting Designer 6i and OAS4.0.8.2. Databases range up to 35Gb in size. :  Implementation and support of 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 :  Upgrades from 7.3.4 and 8.0.5 to 8.1.6 :  Upgrade of Oracle Webserver 3.0.1.0.1 to OAS 4.0.8.2 :  Upgrade of Designer 2000 to Designer 6i (client and server side) :  General advice on performance improvements and backup strategies : Marginmaster.net : DBA for company providing internet business solutions software and hosting. Oracle version 8.05 and 8i installed on HP-UX 11, Solaris2.6 and Windows NT. Running OAS 4.0.8.1, OAS3 and Oracle Applications 11.0.3 . Databases range up to 12 Gb in size. :  Implementation and support of Oracle 8.05 and 8i :  Implementation and support of Oracle Applications 11.0.3 Oct 2000 – June 2001 :  Installation, support and tuning of Oracle Application Server 4.0.8.1 :  Installation and support for Oracle istore version 3.1.2 :  Support for HP-UX 11 and Linux 6.4 :  Database backup and recovery :  Database re-sizing and capacity planning : Securicor Information Systems June 2000 – Oct 2000 : DBA for company providing applications to Emergency Services. Oracle is version 7.3.4 to 8.16 installed mainly on HP-UX 11 and Sun-Solaris 2.6 platforms running RAID 0+1 and RAID 5. Databases range up to 6gb in size. :  Oracle Performance Tuning and general troubleshooting :  Support and Performance Tuning of Sun-Solaris systems : : Comreco Rail Ltd Jan 1999 – June 2000 : DBA for company selling VB Applications worldwide. Customers run Oracle Databases using Windows NT, HP-UX and Sun-Solaris platforms. Internally databases range up to 6Gb in size, range from 7.3.3.5 to 8.05 and run on Windows NT 4 with RAID 0+1. :  Installation and support of Oracle Server and Client 7.3.4 to 8.0.5 :  Installation of Personal Oracle (server and client) 7.3.4 – 8.0.5 :  Database backup and recovery using hot and cold backups :  Database exports/imports :  Database re-sizing and space monitoring :  Creation of DML and DDL scripts for Customer releases :  Application troubleshooting using tracing tools :  Upgrades to 7.3.4 and 8.0.5 :  Addition/deletion of users :  Recently two weeks in Romania implementing a new system :  Dealing with end users with very limited computing knowledge :  General troubleshooting using Oracle Support and Metalink : : York Health Services Oct 1995 – Dec 1998 : DBA and Unix Systems Support for large hospital. Maintaining 6 databases 24-7 up to 6Gb in size. Using Oracle 7.3.4 on Digital Unix 4.0.D running RAID 5. :  Installation of Oracle 7.3.4 Client and Server :  Database backup and recovery using hot backups :  Database creation and re-sizing :  Installation of Oracle Financials Client 10.7 SC :  Closely involved with Oracle in Financials upgrade from version 9 to version 10.7 :  Patch Application for Oracle and Financials client and server problems :  System backups using tar, dump, vdump :  File-system re-mounts and re-sizing :  System performance monitoring :  Addition and modification of system printers :  Addition and modification of users :  System support to 1700 users : : COURSES ATTENDED : Digital Unix Administration DIGITAL Dec 1995 : Digital Unix Advanced Filesystems DIGITAL Jan 1996 : Windows NT Basic Administration PHOENIX Aug 1997 : Oracle SQL and PL/SQL ORACLE Aug 1997 : Oracle Database Administration ORACLE Jan 1998 : Oracle Backup and Recovery ORACLE Jan 1998 : Also attended various courses in Windows, Word, Excel, Heat (helpdesk) and Marval (helpdesk). : : EDUCATION : Truro School, Truro, Cornwall, England Sep 1984 – June 1991 : 9 G.C.S.E’s June 1988 : 3 A-Levels (including Maths) June 1991 : : Liverpool University, Liverpool, England Sep 1991 – June 1994 : B.Sc.(Hons) Geology June 1994 : Dissertation involved 7 weeks solo-mapping of 25 square kilometers in The Pyrenees, Spain. : : PERSONAL : Marital Status: Single Date of Birth: 3 Oct 1972 : ADDRESS : 5 Park Penncarn : Rockhead : Delabole : Cornwall : PL33 9HA