Elad Luvka
About Elad Luvka
Elad Luvka is a Database Administrator with extensive experience in SQL query management and database performance optimization. He has worked at Centrical since 2019 and has a background in various database technologies and scripting languages.
Work at Centrical
Elad Luvka has been serving as a Database Administrator at Centrical since 2019. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring database performance and reliability in a 24x7 production environment. His work involves writing, troubleshooting, and debugging complex SQL queries, as well as building complex ETL and pipeline processing systems as part of the R&D team. Luvka utilizes various AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda, and DMS, in his daily operations.
Previous Experience
Before joining Centrical, Elad Luvka worked as a SQL Server DBA at Inspire Bar Technologies from 2014 to 2019. His responsibilities included managing SQL Server 2017 on Linux and optimizing database performance. Prior to that, he served as an Information Systems Instructor at John Bryce from 2008 to 2009, where he taught various aspects of information systems in Haifa, Israel.
Education and Expertise
Elad Luvka earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Information Systems from Yezreel Valley College, completing his studies from 2010 to 2014. He possesses extensive knowledge in various technologies, including the ELK Stack, MongoDB, Hadoop, Hive, Sqoop, Kafka, and Spark. Luvka is also skilled in scripting languages such as Python and Bash, which he employs in his database administration tasks.
Technical Skills
Elad Luvka has hands-on experience with SQL Server 2017 on Linux, Amazon Redshift, and MySQL on RDS. He is knowledgeable in database performance tuning, query optimization, index strategies, disaster recovery, high availability, security, and encryption. Luvka is actively involved in continuous delivery and integration processes, contributing to the overall efficiency of database management.