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Mir Shahrukh

@meer_shahrukh

Senior DBA SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle Performance Tuning

Pakistan
English, Urdu, Sindhi
About me
Senior Database Administrator with 3+ years running production databases: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB. I’ve managed 50+ servers for clients in Latin America, the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia, and ran the databases behind a high-volume payments platform at 99.9% uptime. I fix slow queries, set up backups that actually restore, and migrate databases with minimal downtime, including to AWS RDS. Send me your database engine, version and the problem you’re seeing.... Read more

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Mir Shahrukh
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Database Administration (DBA)
I will do database performance tuning
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Database Administration (DBA)
I will setup backups and disaster recovery
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Work experience

VentureDive

Senior Database Administrator / Consultant

VentureDive • Full-time

Mar 2026 - Oct 2026 • 7 mos

• Senior DBA and consultant for international clients across Latin America, the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia. • Manage 50+ production database servers across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB • Performance tuning of queries, indexes and server parameters, raising throughput by up to 75% on client systems • High availability and disaster recovery: Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL streaming replication, MySQL Group Replication / InnoDB Cluster, MongoDB replica sets • Migrate large MySQL databases to AWS RDS and upgrade MongoDB clusters with minimal downtime • Automate DBA work and monitoring with PowerShell (dbatools), T-SQL, Bash and Python, including SQL Server on Azure • Patching, upgrades, root-cause analysis on incidents, and written runbooks

NayaPay

Senior Database Administrator

NayaPay • Full-time

Jul 2024 - Feb 2026 • 1 yr 7 mos

• Ran the production databases behind a regulated, high-volume digital payments platform at 99.9% uptime. • Led a MySQL-to-MongoDB migration covering schema mapping, data accuracy checks and restore testing after cutover • Tuned the payment databases, raising transaction throughput by 25% and cutting slow-query response times by 40% through query optimization, indexing and partitioning • Designed automated RMAN backup and restore workflows, with Data Pump backups and Data Guard for disaster recovery • Built fully automated daily health check reports for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB, covering availability, backups, capacity and performance • Automated health checks, log analysis and backup verification, cutting manual work by 40% • Integrated real-time Apache Kafka streaming with MongoDB and Oracle to support fraud detection.

Burki_Technologies

Junior Database Administrator

Burki Technologies • Full-time

Mar 2023 - Apr 2024 • 1 yr 1 mo

Installed, configured, and maintained Oracle and SQL Server databases across production and UAT environments. • Monitored health with Oracle Enterprise Manager and AWR reports, identifying and resolving performance issues. • Supported implementation of Oracle Active Data Guard; performed backups, restores, and patching; managed authentication, roles, and privileges.