Kashif Rana
About Kashif Rana
Kashif Rana is a Sr. Technology Architect at Telus in Toronto, Canada, with extensive experience in database management and technical consulting.
Company
Kashif Rana currently works at Telus as a Senior Technology Architect in Toronto, Canada. Telus is a well-known telecommunications company in Canada. Previously, Kashif has worked at iCONECT, KnowledgeNet, and the Ministry of Finance.
Title
Kashif Rana holds the position of Senior Technology Architect at Telus. This role involves high-level architectural responsibilities and the management of multiple production database environments.
Previous Experience at iCONECT
From 2007 to 2008, Kashif Rana worked at iCONECT as an Oracle Specialist in Manhattan Beach, CA, and the Canadian office at 505 Talbot Street, London-Ontario. During his year-long tenure, he was involved in specialized Oracle database tasks.
Previous Experience at KnowledgeNet
Kashif worked as a Database Consultant/Administrator at KnowledgeNet from 2003 to 2005 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His role involved consulting on database administration and management for enterprise clients.
Previous Experience Across Various Roles
In addition to his roles at iCONECT and KnowledgeNet, Kashif also served as a Technical Consultant at the Ministry of Finance in Riyadh for five months in 2003, providing technical support and consultation.
Education and Expertise
Kashif Rana holds an M.Sc in Computer Science from Alkhair AJK University, Pakistan, where he studied Data Modeling, Warehousing, and Database Administration from 2000 to 2002. He furthered his education at Symantec Education, focusing on Disaster Recovery and Backups using PureDisk, achieving a Symantec NetBackup PureDisk 6.6 Administrator certification in 2010.
Technical Responsibilities at Telus
At Telus Mobility, Kashif maintains and supports 30 production instances, including RAC, ASM, and multimaster replication setups. He manages daily full backups using Veritas NetBackup Servers and has implemented RAC-enabled physical Data Guard setups. Additionally, he set up Grid-Control Enterprise Manager and supports various pre-production and R&D database environments.
Database Performance and Automation
Kashif generates AWR, STATSPACK, ASH, and ADDM reports to identify and resolve database issues. He also develops shell scripts for automating database operations such as job creation, tune-up scripts, backup scripts, and cron jobs. Furthermore, he configured SYSEDGE for alert management systems, optimizing the operational efficiency of the database environments he manages.