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ALEX ROQUE
17055 NE 35 Ave Apt 208, North. Miami
Beach, Florida 33155
Ph: (305)788-8041
[email protected]
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position in the area of developer/dba to use my knowledge and skills to
implement or support a mission critical system.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Computer Science
F.I.U., Miami, FL
SKILLS
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
F.I.U., Miami, FL
Security: Routers, Hubs/Switches, Firewalls, VPNs, Intrusion Detection
Admin: Oracle 8i & 9i, Oracle App. 11, Linux, Unix, MySQL, NT, Apache,
Tomcat, Websphere, Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Toad
App. Developer, OFA, Informix DBAccess, Oracle Forms and Reports 6i,Veritas
Lang.: C/C++, JAVA, PL/SQL, SQL, Perl, JSP, Unix, PHP, XML Java DOM, J2EE, .NET C#
Soft. Eng. Methods: CVS, Mozilla, Rational Clearcase & Rose, UML, Unix DDTS
EXPERIENCE
Application Developer/DBA
Oct-2002-Now
Visa International – Miami, FL
 Team developer/dba of an online transactional application distributed to financial banking
institutions which integrated tools such as Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Portal, and Oracle
9i DB R2.
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Provided custom PL/SQL code for monthly load of tables.
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Used Oracle Enterprise manager to manage tables, materialized views, custom
packages, tablespaces.
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Administrated Discoverer users and reports.
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Part of design and implementation team which optimized a 7-day process to a 1-day
process.
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Created custom code for and performed QA on Oracle Portal.
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Performed DB backups with Veritas backup application.
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Tuned Unix script to perform crontab daily data refresh.
 Lead project manager/developer in financial analytical project that retrieves information
from different data warehouses and presents reports to users through Oracle Discoverer.
 Application development and maintenance of Tomcat JSP and Java modules to perform
data manipulation on Informix Transactional Data Warehouse and Oracle Transaction
Data Warehouse.
 Design website for submission of data warehouse services with HTML and JSP.
 Build from business requirements, publish technical documentation and provide testing
scenarios.
 Oracle Discoverer Administration of EUL, users, meta-data, item classes, and
summaries.
 Create financial workbooks in Discoverer Client as specified by users.
 Perform crucial data warehouse operations in SQL and PL/SQL such as SQL Tuning,
DDL, DML, Packages, Procedures, and Triggers. Perform DBA maintenance when
needed.
 Design and implement prototypical Oracle 6i Forms and reports.
 Assist in implementing and analyzing Oracle DBA Unix scripts.
Application Developer
July 1999-May 2000; May 2001-Oct-2002
N.A.S.A. Regional Application Center – Miami, FL
http://www.terrafly.com
 Design and development of data mining J2EE Java modules.
 Analyze structure of web sites and design algorithm solutions for parallel data mining.
 Document, debug exp. library using XML templates; mentor junior programmers.
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Work with management personnel to develop software according to business
requirements and company software specifications.
Ensure application integrity, security, and compatibility with DB and QA group.
Application Developer
May 2000-May 2001
Motorola, Inc. – Boynton Beach, FL
http://www.motorola.com
 Development of a pager application that provided user translations by using a web site
 Designed web site extraction application using Perl, Unix batch scripts & FlexScript.
 Observed and used software engineering principles (use cases, requirements, etc.).
 Source control management with Rational Clearcase & bug tracking with DDTS.
 Development of a multimedia package for the Accompli 009 product
 Developed real-time multimedia functions such as zooming, scaling and rotation.
 Administration of Linux server and group web page
 Implemented security: ipchains, user policies, port forwarding.
 Developed group’s web page under Apache web server with Perl/PHP Scripts.
 Installed and configured S.E. tools such as GUI CVS, tinderbox and mozilla.
 Part of a development team that developed an embedded Linux device
 Developed and configured applications with C
Application Analyst
Nov. 1996-July 1999
Carfel Inc. (now Spx. Inc) Miami, FL
 Programmed scripts to aid in user administration
 Developed small scripts to aid transaction processes using C++ Standard library
 Wrote PL/SQL data conversion scripts for Oracle tables
 Helped implement an Oracle ERP multi-tiered system from a legacy business system
 Managed Oracle applications system & supported Oracle applications 11.0.2
 Worked with consultants to resolve issues on application setups in a live environment
 Database maintenance and tuning, including database backups and rollbacks
 Supported NT server domain and Unix, users, IIS, Exchange, and proxy/firewall
 Administrated user accounts and implemented security policies
 Performed security audits via network scanning agents, logs, and virus containment
 Wrote numerous batch scripts in Unix environment to support day to day operations
and processes.
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Data Modeler/Developer
June 2002-Nov 2002
Appointment Search.com – Miami, FL
 Design and Implement appointment e-commerce site.
 Database modeling through ER diagrams.
 Worked with layout artists and MySQL database administrator to design and implement
PHP pages.
LAN Admin
Wetworks LAN Games– Miami, FL
Ongoing event based
 Perform LAN setups, administration, and maintenance during events
 Time sensitive network setups from scratch with routers, hubs, Windows and Linux.
 Provide administration and tech support to LAN users during events.
 Practice safe security habits and optimize network to minimize latency.
PUBLICATIONS Architecture of Intrusion Detection using Intelligent Agents,
Mapping from XML DTD to Semantic Schema,
Database on Salinity Patterns in Florida Bay,
Dispatching Java agents for data extraction from third party web sites
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LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish.