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title: "Sultan Khan - Database Consultant in Lucknow | Tal"
description: "Meet Sultan Khan, Senior Oracle DBA/DMA | Exadata X9/X10 (On-Prem/ExaCC) & Goldengate Specialist | Database Consultant | Oracle ACE Associate × 5 | owner of Sultandba.com based in Lucknow."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/sultan/share-image"
---

# Sultan Khan on Tal

## Headline

Senior Oracle DBA/DMA \| Exadata X9/X10 \(On\-Prem/ExaCC\) & Goldengate Specialist \| Database Consultant \| Oracle ACE Associate × 5 \| owner of Sultandba\.com

## About

I am an Oracle Certified Professional with extensive hands\-on experience in Oracle Database administration, Exadata infrastructure, RAC, Data Guard, and GoldenGate replication\. My expertise spans across installation, upgrade, maintenance, troubleshooting, and automation of Oracle database environments, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and performance optimization\. Certified in multiple Oracle technologies: 🟢 Oracle 19c RAC & Grid Certified Professional \(OCP\) 🟢 Oracle 19c Certified Professional \(OCP\) 🟢 Oracle Certified Specialist – Exadata X9M Implementation Essentials \(OCS\) 🟢 Oracle 12c RAC & Grid Certified Expert \(OCE\) 🟢 Oracle GoldenGate 12c Certified Implementation Specialist \(OCIS\) 🟢 Oracle 12c Certified Professional \(OCP\) 🔹 Key Highlights & Projects Designed and developed a UI\-based Oracle Database Patching Tool for both single instance and RAC environments—streamlining and automating complex patching workflows\. Built an interactive Oracle Database Monitoring Dashboard enabling proactive management and performance tracking without requiring server logins\. Executed Exadata X9M reimaging and infrastructure patching, covering DOM0, DOMU, Cell, ROCE, Admin Switch , Compute Nodes, Grid Infrastructure, and Database layers\. Performed major version upgrades including Oracle 9i → 11g, 11g → 12c, and Grid Infrastructure upgrades from 11\.2\.0\.3 → 11\.2\.0\.4\. Led Oracle RAC installations and single\-instance to RAC migrations, ensuring zero data loss and minimal downtime\. Implemented and maintained Oracle Data Guard and GoldenGate bi\-directional replication across production and standby systems\. Conducted cross\-platform database migrations, RAC storage migrations without downtime, ASM\-to\-filesystem cloning, and online datafile movements in 12c\. Delivered Exadata simulations on VMware for proof\-of\-concept and testing environments\. 💡 I’m passionate about simplifying database operations through automation, creating intuitive dashboards and patching utilities that enhance productivity and reduce operational risks\.

## Location

Lucknow

## Work experience

Database Consultant at Pythian, Aug 2025 \- Present · 1 yr, Hyderabad, Reduced unplanned downtime during major version upgrades by executing Oracle 19c\-to\-26AI Grid Infrastructure migrations using Auto Upgrade, completing transitions with near\-zero service interruption\. Improved infrastructure reliability across Exadata X9M/X10 environments by performing full\-stack patching \(Dom0, DomU, storage cells, ROCE network components, compute nodes\) for enterprise financial\-sector clients\. Cut server\-access dependency and improved mean\-time\-to\-detect for performance issues by designing and building a custom real\-time database monitoring dashboard from scratch\. Reduced manual patching effort and operational risk by architecting a UI\-based patching automation framework supporting both RAC clusters and single\-instance deployments\. Maintained infrastructure uptime by replacing faulty HDDs/flash drives and executing compute node reimaging across Exadata X9 and X10 hardware\.

Database engineer II at Yahoo Software Development India Private Limited, Jun 2025 \- Aug 2025 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Migrated schemas from Oracle to postgres RAC re\-configuration file system to ASM

Associate Consultant at HCL Technologies, Nov 2021 \- May 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, ● Managed and maintained a total of 329 databases using Snow as the ticketing tool, with a maximum size of 45 TB\. ● Migrated database from NON CDB to CDB 12c to 19c via Manual and Auto upgrade Method Successfully\. ● Migrated of database from Exa\-CC \- X6, X7 to Exa\-CC \- X9M Successfully\. ● Upgraded database on Exa\-CC\-X7 and Exa\-CC\-X9 ● Remote cloned PDB on different server container of Exadata ● Configured table and Schema level replication using Goldengate Microservice ● Handled Complex Recovery Scenarios using Rman resulting in successful database migrations and restorations\. ● Upgraded Database on oracle restart and Normal database from 12\.2 to 19c on different OS flavours \(Linux, AIX, SUSE, and Windows\)\. ● Automated expdp/impdp daily schema refresh task, resulting in increased efficiency and less downtime\. ● Created a single instance standby for a two\-node RAC, including switchover and switchback strategies\. ●Automate Switchover and Patching process for oracle database \.

Senior Specialist at HCL Technologies, Jun 2018 \- Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Managed and maintained a total of 329 databases using Snow as the ticketing tool, with a maximum size of 45 TB\. ● Handled Complex Recovery Scenarios using Rman resulting in successful database migrations and restorations\. ● Upgraded Database on oracle restart and Normal database from 12\.2 to 19c on different OS flavours \(Linux, AIX, SUSE, and Windows\)\.

Senior Software Engineer at Gemini Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mar 2018 \- Jun 2018 · 4 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, • Upgraded Goldengate from Classic to integrated capture, enhancing data replication capabilities\. • Configured Goldengate for downstream data synchronization, improving efficiency\. • Migrated databases to RAC architecture, resulting in improved performance and scalability\. • Expanded the GoldenGate process by adding new tables, ensuring comprehensive data replication\.

Senior Specialist at HCL Comnet Limited, Mar 2016 \- Jan 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, ● Upgraded Database from 11g to 12c and to 12\.2 successfully for 90 databases\. ● Implemented Data Guard to protect many production databases, minimizing the possibility of a single point of failure for any database\. ● Managed multiple schema migrations and refreshes with the Expdp/Impdp function\. ● Migrated database from Non\-ASM to ASM for multiple critical production databases\. ● Successfully managed storage migration to NetApp\. Migrating several Oracle Rac and oracle single instance ASM database without downtime\. ● Conducted DR drill activity to SWITCH over and SWITCH back database between primary and DR for RAC database\. ● Performed initial reload of tables in Golden Gate\. ● Managed the Golden Gate process and handled table additions and deletions\.

## Education

Bsc\-IT, Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology \- SMU

mumbai, New Model English High School

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