Nikola Ivanov

Nikola Ivanov has extensive experience in the field of database administration and engineering. Nikola is currently working at Workhuman as a Senior Cloud Database Engineer, starting in May 2022. Prior to this, they held the position of Senior Database Administrator at Mastercard from August 2019 to April 2022, where they successfully completed migrations and upgrades of Oracle databases. Before Mastercard, they served as a Senior Oracle DBA at Amdocs from April 2017 to August 2019, and at Amundi from March 2015 to March 2017, where they performed various upgrades and migrations of Oracle databases. Additionally, they worked as an Oracle DBA at FBD Insurance from March 2014 to February 2015, and at Synchronoss Technologies from June 2010 to March 2014, where they played a key role in setting up and configuring Oracle database servers. Prior to that, they worked at Amdocs as an Oracle Database Analyst from June 2009 to June 2010, at Allianz Worldwide Care, Ireland as a Senior Oracle Developer from May 2007 to September 2008, at Fidelity Investments as a Senior Oracle Engineer from September 2006 to May 2007, and at BORICA AD as an Oracle Developer from August 2001 to August 2006. Throughout their career, Nikola has demonstrated expertise in database upgrades, migrations, patch application, and performance tuning.

Nikola Ivanov's education history begins in 1996 when they enrolled at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. Nikola pursued a Master's degree in Social Sciences and completed their studies in 2001. Following this, from 2000 to 2003, Nikola Ivanov attended Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski again, this time pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences.

In addition to their formal education, Nikola Ivanov has obtained several certifications. Nikola achieved the Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate certification in October 2008. In December 2008, they obtained the Oracle Database 9i Administrator Certified Professional (OCP) certification. Nikola Ivanov has also been certified by Oracle in various versions of database administration, including Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Associate (February 2012), Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Professional - Version Retired (March 2015), Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional (August 2015), and Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Professional (June 2016).

Furthermore, Nikola Ivanov has earned several other certifications related to Oracle administration from the institution Brainbench. These include Oracle 9i Administration (Master Level) in July 2018, Oracle 10g Administration (Master Level) in July 2018, Oracle 11g Administration (Master Level) in July 2018, and Oracle 12c Administration (Master Level) in August 2018.