Sivuyise Magwentshu, Senior Database Administrator

About

I am a Senior Database Administrator with 9+ years of experience. I am skilled in MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, DB2, HP Vertica, MonetDB, and a bit of SQL Server Database Administration. Cloud experience with AWS and migrations to AWS RDS (MySQL, Aurora) and EC2. Azure Cloud experience with Azure Database for MySQL. Coding skills: Bash/Shell, PHP, Javascript, JQuery, LAMP stack, and GIT Information Technology professional with a 3-year National Diploma focused in Software Development from Cape Peninsula University of Technology. My prime motivation is to exercise my experience and abilities to the fullest extent. I am confident that I shall make a significant contribution to the operation of your organization. I am organized, trainable, and can easily adjust to different environments. I consider myself an effective communicator, capable of communicating with all levels of personnel and management. I seek this position with you as it will afford me the opportunity to further develop and enhance my skills and abilities, which will be an asset to you, your company, and my personal aspirations. Throughout my career, my life has been devoted to acquiring knowledge and abilities that would be useful and beneficial to me and my employer. Given the opportunity in your company, I would consider it a privilege to contribute my enthusiasm, reliability, integrity, and perseverance to fulfill the job requirements.

Experience

The Shoprite Group of Companies

Jun 2022 – Present

Cape Town

Senior Database Administrator

Working in a team of open-source database administrators looking after a number of DBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DB2, MonetDB). Looking after the e-commerce platforms (Xtra Saving, Sixty60, etc.), pharmacy systems (Medirite), system and data analytics systems. MySQL database upgrade for 5.0 -> 5.6 -> 5.7 -> 8.0 MongoDB database upgrade for 4.2 -> 4.4 -> 5.0 DB2 10.5 -> 11.5

Altron (Technical Resource at Vodacom)

Jan 2021 – May 2022

Cape Town

Cloud Database Administrator

I helped the company (Vodacom) migrate their on-premise Open-shift database environment to AWS RDS Aurora. This also involved decoupling their monolith Oracle environment and migrating it into microservices architecture that used AWS RDS Aurora databases. I worked with the development scrum teams, analysts, and DevOps engineers for different systems. I also mentored junior database developers with an Oracle background and trained them on AWS, specifically RDS Aurora.

Eighty20 Consulting

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020

Cape Town

Database Administrator

I was hired as the primary DBA for the migration of the on-premises infrastructure (MySQL, PostgreSQL, and HP Vertica) to AWS RDS and EC2. I was the database administrator responsible for migrating the data (after tokenization for sensitive banking customer data) from on-premise to AWS S3 and loading it into the relevant databases. MySQL 5.6 MyISAM to Amazon Aurora 5.7

The Shoprite Group of Companies

Mar 2018 – Nov 2019

Cape Town

Database Administrator (AWS)

I assisted the company formally start with open-source databases (more specifically MySQL). I worked on their Medirite store system utilizing MySQL Enterprise database from initial setup, configuration, testing and deploying to stores. I was also part of the team who worked on launching the company's loyalty program (Xtra Savings) and was responsible for finetuning and configuring the RDS Aurora database environment to perform optimally. I worked closely with the developers, testers and consulting SAP Commerce teams to achieve the work.

Global Logistics Internet

Jan 2017 – Feb 2018

Cape Town

Database Administrator/Developer

I was the primary DBA at the company to look after their MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on-premises. I doubled for a few months as a BI Developer to ensure the function stayed afloat without a BI Developer/Analyst and ensure management reporting continued.

Clickatell

Jan 2014 – Dec 2016

Cape Town

Database Administrator

Looking after multiple MySQL databases with a MySQL NDB Cluster for the messaging system. Assist with the database administration activities of MySQL 5 databases and PostgreSQL. Monitoring database performance, contributing to the improvement of current technology, building new databases, monitoring data entry procedures, and troubleshooting.

Education

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Jan 2009 – Dec 2011

Nation Diploma, Information Technology

Sivuyise Magwentshu

Senior Database Administrator

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