Viktor Hale
Database Administrator / Systems Steward

Where data stays brilliant.

I design calm, observable and resilient database ecosystems, turning production complexity into dependable signals, recoverable systems and measurable performance.

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01 / Signal profile

Reliability is a design choice.

A path from architecture to observability and recovery.

12Years around data
99.99%Availability mindset
40+Production instances
24Minute RTO target
02 / Featured missions

Production stories, not screenshots.

MIGRATION / ZERO-DOWNTIME

Northstar Cutover

Phased migration with replication validation, rollback checkpoints and query baselines.

PERFORMANCE / FORENSICS

Hot Path Diagnosis

Mapped lock contention, I/O pressure and query patterns into a tuning plan.

RESILIENCE / RECOVERY

Recovery Drillbook

Built repeatable restore tests and runbooks so backups became proven recovery capability.

03 / Operations history

Close to the data plane.

Senior Database Administrator

Leading production reliability, capacity planning and performance engineering across high-availability services.

Database Administrator

Owned backup integrity, tuning, access governance and incident response.

Database Operations Engineer

Connected infrastructure signals with application behavior and recovery readiness.

04 / Tool constellation

Fluent across the stack.

The systems and practices shaping the work.

PostgreSQLSQL ServerMySQLOracleReplicationHA / DRQuery TuningBackup StrategyMonitoringLinuxAutomationSecurity
Operating rhythm
01
Observe
Establish baselines before changing the system.
02
Isolate
Reduce noise to the smallest reproducible signal.
03
Change safely
Use checkpoints and measurable outcomes.
04
Institutionalize
Turn lessons into automation and runbooks.
05 / Open channel

Make the data layer calmer.

Available for database reliability, migration, performance and resilience conversations.

✉ viktor@example.com
☎ +420 2 5550 0171
◈ Prague, CZ