About

Tushar Takate is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer (DBA) with over 7 years of relevant experience in PostgreSQL administration, shell scripting, and Redshift. He is currently working at Apple since February 2015, where he has been responsible for PostgreSQL installation and configuration, optimizing database performance, and involved in performance tuning. He is also responsible for regular database maintenance activities such as vacuuming and reindexing. Tushar has expertise in several tools such as EDB BART, EDB EFM, EDM MTK, Ora2Pg, PgBouncer, PgPool, pgAdmin-III, phpPgAdmin, pgbackrest, and many more. Before joining Apple, Tushar worked as a Senior PostgreSQL DBA at EnterpriseDB, where he was responsible for several activities such as creating users, backups/restore, and writing basic guidelines about SQL writing for developers. He also worked on disaster site build using Warm standby and Hot Standby, configuring backup options using online and offline backups, and implementing BART for online backup. Tushar has experience in PostgreSQL upgrades among various major/minor versions, configuring DB-link with Oracle, and implementing pgbadger functionality to track slow/frequent running SQL. Tushar also worked as a Senior DBA at Tieto, where he was responsible for PostgreSQL installation and configuration, optimizing database performance, and involved in performance tuning. He conducted PostgreSQL and PostgreSQLPlus Advanced Server training internally and worked on implementing FWD with My-SQL, MS-SQL-Server. Tushar has experience in migration of databases from Postgres Plus to PostgreSQL databases and Oracle to PostgreSQL. He also worked on implementing pgbadger functionality to track slow/frequent running SQL and worked with developers to solve their database-related issues. Tushar holds a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from the University of Pune and has a strong tech stack that includes Software Engineering, SQL, and Postgres. He is a dedicated and experienced professional with a passion for PostgreSQL administration, and his expertise has helped organizations optimize their database performance and improve their database-related processes.