- The document provides a summary of Soban Ali's work experience and qualifications as a Senior Oracle Database Administrator with over 10 years of experience in database administration, Oracle EBS administration, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and more. He has expertise in areas such as Exadata, Oracle RAC, database security, and Oracle upgrades. His most recent role was as Assistant Manager IT DBA at Zong CMPAK TELECOM, where he managed over 50 databases and performed several upgrade projects.

1. Soban Ali
Islamabad, Pakistan. Phone: (+92) 3175619597 Email: soban.dba@gmail.com
SUMMARY:
 Senior Oracle Database Administrator with over Ten (10) years of experience in database
administration and Oracle EBS administration, design, development, replication, performance
tuning, and high availability solutions. Exceptional and proven database management skills with
experience in managing Oracle builds, upgrades/migrations, database security, disaster
recovery, patch management, and SuperCluster/Exadata in a large complex UNIX and Windows
environment.
 Holds many certificates and diplomas in Information Technology.
 Experience in developing end-to-end RAC solutions, single-instance (ASM) builds, configuring
OEM and Data Guard including Active DG.
 Expertise in database security - SOX compliance, database audit, user profiles, security patch
updates.
 Experience with Oracle Super Cluster/Exadata, database sizing and capacity planning.
 Performed Shell scripting and Performance tuning.
 Experience working with VMware and Oracle Virtual Machine (VM).
 Experience with NetBackup RMAN database backups, ASM storage, ACFS, Unix/Linux Admin,
RAID, and SAN storage.
 Experience with My Oracle Support (MOS)/MetaLink for Oracle SR, patch download, and
software delivery cloud.
 Exceptional skills in evaluating the latest Oracle products and state-of-the-art technologies.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
 Hardware: Oracle SuperCluster T5-8/T4-4, T4/M5000 SPARC, IBM Power P8/P770/780, ORACLE
EXADATA X3 AND X5
 OS: Oracle SPARC Solaris 10/11, IBM AIX 6.0/5.3/5.2/4.3.3/4.3.2, Windows
8/7/Vista/2003/2000/XP/NT/9.x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, 7 and 8, Oracle Enterprise Linux,
CentOS, MS-DOS, SUSE Linux
 RDBMS/Servers: Oracle 19c/12c/11g/10g/9i, Gaussdb (Huawaei)
 Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, BASH
 Database/ Application Tools: Oracle EBS R12.2/12.1, , WebLogic server Oracle Exadata, Oracle
Enterprise Manager 13c/12c/11g/10g Grid Control, TOAD, RMAN, SQL Server Management
Studio, Oracle RAC, Oracle Application Server, Putty, Xming, Xmanager, MobaXTerm, VNC,
Oracle VM, Virtual Box, Excel, PowerShell

2. Professional Experience
ZONG CMPAK TELECOM, PVT LTD
Assistant Manager IT DBA, December 2019 – Present
 Managed the design, installation, and management of organization-wide Databases.
 Managed more than 50 databases including critical CRM databases with Sizes up to 65 TB.
 Managed EBS Application with 4 nodes application cluster, 2 nodes Database Cluster, DMZ,
Load Balancer, on Exadata Servers
 Performed Multiple Upgrades including EBS database and Grid upgrade from 12c to 19c.
 Support Database related queries for end users managing 100+ Internal Portals and
Applications.
 Managed “MyZong” Application’s 4 databases residing on 2 dual node clusters, this application
has more than 12 Million active users.
Projects:
EBS Upgrade Project, which includes :
 Exadata version upgrade (done with the help of oracle Platinum Support)
 EBS Grid Upgrade from 12.1.0.3 to 19.3
 EBS Database Upgrade from 12.1.0.3 to 19.13 with Latest PSU
 EBS Application upgrade from 12.2.4 to 12.2.10
Other Projects:
 19c Cluster installation
 Multiple 12c Cluster Installations.
 Successfully Migrated 2 MyZong Application Critical Databases to a new cluster with minimum
Downtime using RMAN.
 Successfully Migrated 50+ Portals from 11g to 12c using Impdp/Expdp
Awards:
 I am awarded “Employee of the Month” at Zong Telecom, 5 times in 2021.
TECHACCESS PAKISTAN (PVT) LTD.
Assistant Manager Enterprise Database, February 2019 – December 2019
 Managed multiple clients providing technical support for EBS applications and Databases
 My Major involvement was at Jazz (Pakistan Mobile Telecommunication Company) managing
more than 15 database sizes from 500 GB to 2 TB, Including EBS R12.2.4 on engineered systems
(Exadata, Exalogic) with the DMZ servers, DR site, and RAC implemented.
SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL, PAKISTAN
Analytics Lead, May 2018 – February 2019
 I was leading two Teams at Shifa International Hospital, The DB team, and the Business
Intelligence team
 On the Database side, we have Oracle EBS R12.2.4 with Database 11.2.0.3 and managing daily
operations including RMAN backups, Handling Performance issues, Patching, Cloning, etc.
 On the Analytics Side I worked on Tableau Tool for Data Analysis in different areas of the
Hospital.

3.  My job was to analyze the data and create meaningful Dashboards for C - Level Management to
help them make their decisions easy, data analysis, and visualization.
Projects:
 Upgrade Project from Oracle Database 11.2.0.3 to 12.2.0.1 using Impdp/Expdp
ZONG CMPAK TELECOM, PVT LTD
Database Administrator, September 2017 – May 2018
 Managed the design, installation, and management of organization-wide Databases.
 Managed more than 30 databases including critical CRM databases with Sizes up to 60 TB.
 Managed EBS Application with 4 nodes application cluster, 2 nodes Database Cluster, DMZ,
Load Balancer, on Exadata Servers
 Support Database related queries for end users managing 100+ Internal Portals and
Applications.
 Managed MyZong Application’s 4 critical databases.
 Performing daily maintenance tasks Purging, adding datafiles on raw devices, table
compressions, performance tuning, imp/export, Table Partitioning, Auto Partitioning, and
backup recoveries.
Awards:
 I am awarded “Employee of the Month” at Zong Telecom, and along with that I also got an “EBS
R12 Trainer Certificate” for successfully delivering training to IT Department at Zong.
INBOX CONSULTING (PVT) LIMITED
Associate Application DBA, November 2015 – September 2017
 Configured two nodes RAC (11gR2) on Solaris Sparc.
 Configured two node RAC (11gR2) with ASM on OEL 5.4 on Exadata and Exalogic server.
 EBS Cloning from RAC-to-RAC environment RAC to NON-RAC, Non-RAC to RAC
 Configured Data guard on a Test environment.
 Oracle Fusion Middle Ware upgrade from 11.1.1.6 to 11.1.1.9
 Configured Custom Top on EBS 12.2.4
 ADOP patching cycle.
 Database upgrade from 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4 with EBS 12.2.4
 Database upgrade from 11.1.0.7 to 11.2.0.4 with EBS 12.1.3
 Platform Migration from Linux to Linux with EBS 12.2.5.
 Application Cloning on EBS 12.2.5
 Applied web logic PSU patches on EBS 12.2.5
 Configured Multiple EBS databases on the same oracle home.
Projects
Mobilink OVAA (Largest ERP Implementation in Region)
 Successful completion awarded.
 Configured 2 Node RAC database on EXADATA with EXALOGIC VM EBS 12.2.4

4.  ADOP patching cycle.
 Database upgrade from 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4 with EBS 12.2.4
 Mobilink SLA
 Support Project with EBS R12.1.3,
 Database 11.2.0.3 on Solaris 10 OS
 Sparc T4 servers
University of Peshawar
 End to End Implementation EBS R12.2.5 database 12.1.0.2.0
 Upgrading EBS 12.2.4 to 12.2.5
 Upgrading Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.6 to 11.1.1.9
 Installing EBS R12.2.5 with database 12.1.0.2.0
Jazz ERP SLA
 My major involvement at Jazz (Mobile Telecom Company) ERP operations team, and dealing
with the day-to-day issues. e.g., workflow issues, patching, cloning, compiling, performance
issues, etc.
TECHNO-ED INSTITUTE (ORACLE UNIVERSITY USA)
Oracle Database Administration Trainer, Mar 2015 – October 2015
 I worked as a professional trainer at oracle authorized institute.
 Provided technical support, maintenance, and installation tasks.
 Tuning and troubleshooting Oracle databases in computer labs containing more than 100
workstations, performing backups, recovery, and troubleshooting machines having oracle
9i,10g, and 11g database/Developer suits.
 Installation, configuration, and maintenance of Oracle R12 E-business suite applications on
LINUX and Windows platforms.
 Worked as LINUX system administration track instructor for Oracle University.
 Registering, scheduling, and monitoring IT EXAMS like CISCO, IBM, SAP, Sun Microsystems, etc.,
and conducting the professional exam.
 Participating in training events by teleconferencing and web seminars.
IT ARTIFICER WEB AND DESKTOP APPLICATION COMPANY
Database Administrator, January 2012 – February 2015
 Responsible for ensuring the availability and performance of the system's databases.
 Work with the team to ensure that the associated hardware resources are allocated to the
databases and to ensure high availability and optimum performance.
 To proactively monitor the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum
downtime.

5.  Responsible for problem escalation to Oracle Development team and third parties as
appropriate.
 Responsible for ensuring the availability and performance of the databases that support the
system
 Administers all database objects, including tables, clusters, indexes, views, sequences,
packages, and procedures.
 Plans and implements backup and recovery of the Oracle database.
 Provides technical support to the application development team if required
 Enforces and maintains database constraints to ensure the integrity of the database
 Troubleshoots with problems regarding the databases
Education
THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IBMS DEPARTMENT
Bachelor of Science in Computer, March 2013
Certificates:
Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Specialist | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020
Associate| Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)|Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Architect
Associate | Oracle Database 10g SQL Certified Expert | Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified
Associate | Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Professional | Oracle Database 10g R2: RAC
Administrator Certified Expert | Oracle EBS R12: Install, Patch, and Maintain Oracle Application |
Trainer Certificate from Zong Telecom.
Additional Skills
 Working knowledge of software & hardware Installation & Troubleshooting.
 Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
 Successfully led the undergraduate team project on Digital library Application
 Fluent in English, Urdu, and Pashto.
 Active at My Oracle Support Community
 I Blog on Oracle-related issues at
 http://soban-dba.blogspot.com/
Personal Detail
Place of birth: Pakistan, Nationality: Pakistani, Date of Birth: 14th Dec 1989, Marital Status: Married