Usman U.

Senior SQL Server & Azure DBA | Performance, Optimization & Cloud

Is your SQL Server or Azure SQL database slow, unstable, expensive, or holding back your application? I've got you covered. From slow queries, blocking, deadlocks, and excessive CPU to indexing, execution plans, HA/DR, Azure performance, and cloud cost optimization, I identify the underlying problem and resolve it. I'm Usman, a Top Rated Plus Senior Database Administrator with 15+ years of hands-on experience supporting production systems across SQL Server, Azure SQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL. 🏆Top Rated Plus (top 3%) 🥇Worked 10,000+ hours with a 100% Job Success Score 🌎 Healthcare | FinTech | Banking | Crypto | Gaming | SaaS | ERP | eCommerce ✅Expert Microsoft SQL Server DBA | MySQL | Cloud Database Architect | Query Optimization | Azure | GCP | AWS | ETL & Data Warehousing | Big Data | High Availability | DevOps for Databases 𝑴𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔: ⚡ Enterprise-grade 𝐒𝐐𝐋 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐲𝐒𝐐𝐋 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 📊 Performance: Slow SQL queries, Blocking/deadlocks, High CPU, Query optimization, Index optimization, Execution plans, & Database bottlenecks. ☁️ Cloud database deployments, migrations, and administration on 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 (𝐆𝐂𝐏), 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐃𝐒. 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞: Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure, Azure migrations, Azure cost optimization. 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: Always On, HA/DR, Replication, Backup/recovery, Disaster recovery, Production incidents 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Cloud migration, Database modernization, Automation, AI-assisted DBA workflows & Monitoring/observability. 🔄 𝐄𝐓𝐋 development using SSIS, Power BI, and modern data warehousing strategies. 🔐 Data integrity, backup/restore, disaster recovery planning, and replication. Zero-Trust data access, Row-Level Security (RLS), and 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐀/𝐆𝐃𝐏𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 📈 Implementing 𝐂𝐈/𝐂𝐃 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 for scalable, automated database releases. 🔍 Monitoring & alerts using tools like 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐐𝐋 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫. I’ve designed and optimized databases that power high-traffic SaaS products, ERP systems, and eCommerce platforms — handling billions of records and complex business logic while maintaining peak performance. My approach is simple: 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, then align data systems that are scalable, secure, and easy to maintain. Whether you need to: ✅ Fix slow queries ✅ Scale your infrastructure to handle growth ✅ Migrate from legacy systems ✅ Modernize your stack with cloud-native tools ✅ Automate your reporting & data pipelines 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬:- ✨"Experienced professional developer, very skilled. I can recommend him and I will use him again." ✨ "Usman is very knowledgeable and very skilled with SQL and Windows Server. I can recommend him and I will use him again." ✨ "Usman is an experienced SQL Developer. He helped with merging, changing, and fine-tuning queries. Good quality work." ✨ "Usman delivered good work. He had solutions to the project issues, and his skills were reasonably strong. I enjoyed working with Usman and will likely have additional work for him." ✨ "The stored procedure was delivered as expected. Thank you so much, Usman, for a job well done (and quick)!" ✨ "Usman delivered an amazing script to help us back up and restore our database. This automation will be a huge time-saving improvement to our manual process. Thank you, Usman, for a job well done." 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: * 𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝑴𝑻𝑨) 𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝑨𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 * 𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝑴𝑻𝑨) 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 **𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒆** 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: - Production DBA - 24/7/after-hours support - Database health checks - Infrastructure optimization - Long-term DBA partnership 📨 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 about how I can add value to your team or project. I'm available for consulting, long-term support, or complex one-off problem-solving.