Kiran Maale
About Kiran Maale
Kiran Maale is a Database Administrator at Chevron with extensive experience in SQL Server and Azure IaaS, previously working at A&E, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft.
Current Role at Chevron
Kiran Maale is currently employed at Chevron in the United States as a Database Administrator. In this role, Kiran manages complex database environments, ensures the stability and performance of SQL servers, and leads database administration tasks utilizing extensive knowledge in both on-premises and cloud-based SQL Server solutions.
Previous Experience at A&E and EA
Before joining Chevron, Kiran Maale served as a SQL Server Database Administrator at A&E from 2014 to 2015 and at Electronic Arts (EA) from 2011 to 2014 in the United States. During this period, Kiran was responsible for the configuration, management, and maintenance of SQL Server databases, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery plans were in place.
Professional Background at Microsoft
Kiran Maale's career includes a five-year tenure at Microsoft in India, from 2006 to 2011, as a Senior Software Engineer. At Microsoft, Kiran gained valuable experience in software development life cycles, advanced database management, and SQL Server technology, which laid the foundation for the expertise in database administration.
SQL Server and Azure IaaS Expertise
Kiran Maale possesses extensive experience in configuring SQL servers within the Azure IaaS environment, handling installation, configuration, migration, and implementation of SQL Server versions from 2005 to 2017. This includes the management of over 1000 virtual machines within the Azure public cloud infrastructure and deploying configurations across various Azure platforms and subcomponents.
High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions
Kiran has demonstrated expertise in building, designing, and implementing High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions. This includes clustering, log shipping, replication, mirroring, and Always On high availability groups. Additionally, Kiran is skilled in setting up Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) for SQL Server failover clustering.
SQL Server Upgrades and Migrations
Kiran Maale is proficient in SQL Server upgrades and migrations, having managed side-by-side migrations from SQL 2000 to 2005/2008R2, SQL 2005 to 2008R2, SQL 2008R2 to SQL 2012, and SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014/2016. Kiran's in-depth expertise ensures seamless transitions and minimal downtime during upgrade and migration processes.
Database Performance Optimization
Kiran specializes in database performance optimization, using tools such as SQL Profiler, Execution Plans, Performance Monitor (Perfmon), DMVs, and DBCC Commands. This has enabled effective tracing, tuning, and query design activities to enhance database performance and reliability.
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SSIS Development
Kiran Maale is experienced in developing SSIS packages using Visual Studio Development tools and implementing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Kiran has successfully designed SQL Server reports and created SQL objects such as tables, stored procedures, views, indexes, and ad-hoc queries for comprehensive data analysis.