Sophie Masud
About Sophie Masud
Sophie Masud is a Database Administrator Supervisor at Kforce Inc, where she has worked since 2006. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Management Information Systems and an MBA from the University of South Florida.
Work at Kforce
Sophie Masud has been employed at Kforce Inc as a Database Administrator Supervisor since 2006. In this role, she oversees a team of three database administrators, ensuring 24/7 support for Oracle and SQL Server databases. Her responsibilities include collaborating with SAN and OS teams to maintain Oracle ASM instances, which manage a total disk space of 40 TB. She has been working remotely since 2011, demonstrating consistent performance without any decline in productivity.
Education and Expertise
Sophie Masud earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Management Information Systems from the University of South Florida, completing her studies from 1997 to 2000. She furthered her education by obtaining a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the same institution, studying from 2004 to 2006. Her academic background supports her expertise in database administration and management.
Background
Before joining Kforce, Sophie Masud worked as a System Administrator in the Database Administration Division for the City of Lakeland from 2005 to 2006. Prior to that, she served as a Database Administrator II for the Customer Information/Billing System at Lakeland Electric from 2000 to 2005. These roles provided her with foundational experience in database management and system administration.
Achievements
In her current role, Sophie Masud directs and mentors her team, ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations through internal and external database auditing. She is responsible for tuning SQL statements using various techniques and has scripted and validated the upgrade for Oracle 12c in both RAC and stand-alone environments. Additionally, she plans and executes proof-of-concept efforts to investigate new Oracle products and collaborates with security teams to implement best practices.