Tim Wolff
Architect Site Reliability Engineer at CloudFit Software- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
MicrosoftOct, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
MicrosoftAug, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
MicrosoftMay, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
MicrosoftMay, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
MicrosoftOct, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
MicrosoftAug, 2021- Oct, 2024
Experience
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CloudFit Software
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United States
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Software Development
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100 - 200 Employee
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Architect Site Reliability Engineer
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Nov 2019 - Present
Engineered data democratization solutions leveraging data warehouses, disparate datasets, DAX, and Power BI. Built highly available, least-privileges access AWS SQL Server environment supporting terabytes of on-prem SharePoint data. Mentored and provided training on SQL Server and database engineering best practices. Provided key guidance to improve operational efficiency defined by SLA’s, OLA’s, MTTI’s, MTTD, MTTR, and other applicable KPI’s. Developed critical monitors, alerts, and self-healing automation using PowerShell, TSQL, and Azure Monitor Alerts. Built Azure SQL VM HA cluster and migrated critical on-prem application back-end without business impact. Designed Azure Hybrid SQL architecture leveraging Availability Zones, Traffic Manager, and Zone Redundancy. Translated business objectives to design highly available, secure, and scalable infrastructures. Drove collaboration across teams and organizations fostering shared goals and strategies to ensure resiliency of development to production releases. Developed Terraform, SQL, and PowerShell scripts and SSIS packages to build Azure environments and distributed data solutions. Constructed, managed, migrated, and administered a multi-layer, high security SQL Server infrastructure to a modern Azure architecture. Played key role in DevOps teams’ migration to CD/CI in Azure. Show less
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Advanced Technology Group (atg)
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate
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Mar 2019 - Nov 2019
Developed SQL Server and Oracle objects to support ETL for Salesforce conversions. Created data strategies, data migration and conversions, data mapping, and data profiling. Collaborated with virtual team to build strategies and timelines to support customer goals. Debugged stored procedures, triggers, view, tables and performed data analysis. Developed SQL Server and Oracle objects to support ETL for Salesforce conversions. Created data strategies, data migration and conversions, data mapping, and data profiling. Collaborated with virtual team to build strategies and timelines to support customer goals. Debugged stored procedures, triggers, view, tables and performed data analysis.
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Service Engineering Manager, Senior Service Engineering Lead, Senior Operations Manager
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Aug 2010 - Oct 2017
Built and managed multiple DevOps Engineering teams focused on security and availability for Office 365 SharePoint Online. Drove organization’s security strategy in partnership with senior leadership and disparate security teams across Microsoft. Facilitated continual improvement through iterative learning, team leadership and solution engineering. Directed a group of diverse employees focused on providing a patching, anti-virus, and vulnerability service to Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online. Governed a forty person organization and directly managed nine employees simultaneously. Operated a high-performing database team that kept thousands of databases and hundreds of SQL Servers running above five nines (99.999%) availability. Maintained month-over-month excellent patching, anti-virus, and compliance posture while helping Microsoft Online Services to preserve secure environments. Show less
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Senior Technical Architect
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Dec 2009 - Aug 2010
Developed and released worldwide service offerings helping thousands of customers to realize their performance goals for their SQL Server and SharePoint enterprises. Organized creation of intellectual property designed to train hundreds of field engineers. Coordinated across multiple regions (England, Mexico, Spain, Asia, Russia, etc.) and engineers to bring intellectual property into a single tool that would cater recommendations to a customer’s architecture and environment. Garnered accolades from Field Engineering and customers for releasing highly anticipated SharePoint Risk Assessment program on time (within six months); leveraged a portion of SQLRAP intellectual property and automation, and packaged it with new SharePoint IP; this high-impact solution was the first one to recommend best practices for the SQL Server engines on which SharePoint was built. Show less
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SQL Server Center of Excellence Group Manager
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Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
Led Microsoft’s SQL Server of Excellence line of business. Brought together a diverse group with disparate skill sets to create a unified team responsible for bridging the gap from the development organization to the field engineering teams; organized team in roles that would leverage their skill sets to optimize the building of technology. Created tooling and IP for SQLRAP program to help field engineers to deliver the most value to customers. Managed four of Microsoft’s top technical architects. Led architecture of SQL Server Rangers program in collaboration with SQL Product Group within one year; program designed to train the top SQL Server consultants in the world. Developed one of Microsoft’s first Train-the-Trainer workshops; created two-week-long certification boot camp. Show less
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Technology Architect
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Jul 2006 - Jan 2008
Recognized as an SQL Server high-availability expert; met SQL-related needs of both enterprise-level and small organizations. Collaborated with various organizations to develop, release, and deliver SQLRAP. Helped thousands of customers to maximize their technology investments and realize their availability goals.
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IT Operations Consultant
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Sep 2005 - Jul 2006
Created professional service offerings for upstart Microsoft Operations Consulting Services organization aimed at helping customers to achieve greater success with Microsoft SQL Server by integrating technology with efficient, industry-standard operations. Defined the operations consultant role and create new hire readiness plans. Acted as SQL lead; hired, mentored, and trained new team members on delivering operations consulting engagements. Created six-month service pipelines by scoping, selling, and resourcing large engagements. Show less
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Consultant/ Line of Business Owner
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Aug 2004 - Sep 2005
Oversaw database line of business for Microsoft Premier Services Proactive Consulting. Created customer service offerings to improve availability, performance, business continuity, security, and operational efficiency. Organized virtual team to share knowledge, best practices, and collaborate on complex projects. Played key role in numerous engagements to sell services, projects, software, and hardware. Worked with management to define business direction and readiness. Acted as SQL lead; hired, mentored, and trained new team members on delivering operations consulting engagements. Generated $1.2M+ of business; created six-month service pipelines by scoping and resourcing large engagements. Show less
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Consultant
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Jan 2001 - Aug 2004
Served as a consultant to strategic corporate customers that needed effective guidance, development and support for their design and development initiatives. Conducted supportability, security, architecture and operational reviews of SQL Server environments for strategic Microsoft customers. Organized and assisted customers with various lab engagements including upgrades, migrations, benchmarking, security and problem analysis. Consistently demonstrated concise and effective communication with customers and internal MS groups. Developed and delivered presentations, technical training, and demonstrations to external customers and partners. Analyzed and improved SQL Server performance using various bench-marking techniques and tools. Wrote and conducted various test plans and cases against large scale systems. Coordinated testing functions with partners and remote team members to accomplish group goals. Authored SQL Server operations guide material to be utilized by external partners and customers. Show less
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SQL Server Technical Lead
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Nov 1997 - Jan 2001
Provided expert consulting on SQL Server 6.5, 7.0 and 2000 to Microsoft Premier customers. Performed detailed assessments for customers on SQL Server systems, procedures and best practices. Authored workshops and technical articles on advanced SQL Server topics including clustering, security, design and performance. Provided technical guidance to team members on database design, administration, development and the internals of SQL Server.
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Excell Data Corporation
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United States
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Database Engineer
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Sep 1997 - Nov 1997
Designed and developed reporting system for large SQL Server 6.5 database taking advantage of ASP technology and dynamic SQL. Using RAD based methodology completed user requirements under aggressive timeline. Utilized ISQL, VSS, Visual Interdev, ERWIN and IIS3.0 to build MSP97 Reporting web application and IEAK registration website. Designed and developed reporting system for large SQL Server 6.5 database taking advantage of ASP technology and dynamic SQL. Using RAD based methodology completed user requirements under aggressive timeline. Utilized ISQL, VSS, Visual Interdev, ERWIN and IIS3.0 to build MSP97 Reporting web application and IEAK registration website.
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Education
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1985 - 1991
University of Montana
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics
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