Arvind Santhuram

● Administered and maintained Azure SQL Databases, confi guring compute tiers, storage, and high availability settings to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability across critical business applications. ● Enabled automated backups, geo-replication, and point-in-time restores, achieving 99.99% DR readiness. ● Managed and optimized 20+ Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines, improving data fl ow reliability and reducing ingestion failures by 30%, resulting in more consistent and timely data availability for analytics. ● Implemented SQL Server transactional replication from on-prem to Azure, replacing ADF CDC and achieving zero data loss while reducing data integration costs by 90%. ● Standardized SQL Server confi gurations and implemented best practices (TempDB optimization, index maintenance, memory settings), resulting in a 60% improvement in system responsiveness and more consistent performance across environments. ● Created 15+ custom RBAC roles, meeting audit/compliance standards and reducing unauthorized access by 70%

● Hardened database environment to CIS Benchmark standards, reducing vulnerability exposure by 90%. ● Led 50+ SQL Server upgrades from versions 2012/2014/2016/2017 to SQL Server 2019 and 2022, reducing legacy system dependency by 60% and improving performance and security compliance. ● Implemented 80+ database migrations from on-premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure SQL Database, achieving a 35% reduction in infrastructure costs and enabling cloud scalability for mission-critical applications. ● Designed and enforced RBAC policies across 50+ databases, ensuring least-privilege access and reducing unauthorized access attempts by 70%, while improving audit compliance across multiple environments. ● Prepared and analyzed 24+ monthly capacity forecast reports for on-prem SQL Server environments, enabling proactive infrastructure scaling and reducing unplanned storage outages by 40% ● Performed frequent restore validations and executed DR drills with 100% success. ● Resolved 40+ performance tuning and application integration issues, improving query execution times by up to 60% and enhancing overall system responsiveness for business-critical workloads. ● Diagnosed and resolved over 30+ critical database incidents, implementing permanent fi xes that reduced recurring issues by 90% and improved system stability across production environments.

● Installed and supported Microsoft SQL Server for 70+ enterprise clients, ensuring compliance with internal SLAs. ● Reduced disk space alerts by 98% through accurate capacity forecasting and preventive monitoring. ● Standardized TempDB, DB maintenance jobs, and SQL Server memory confi gurations across 1,700+ servers, improving overall database health. ● Hands-on experience with SQL Server HA/DR features: Always On, Mirroring, Replication, Log Shipping. ● Managed large-scale migrations, refreshes, and backups, ensuring minimal impact to live applications. ● Scheduled and managed SQL Server Agent jobs in alignment with business workfl ows. ● Secured SQL environments by controlling access to stored procedures, jobs, and server roles. ● Optimized expensive queries and reduced CPU/Memory usage by up to 50% in high-transaction environments. ● Collaborated with developers to resolve deadlocks, blocking, and slow-running queries. ● Worked on Oracle GoldenGate (v12 & 19) for replication and cross-platform data synchronization.