Usman U.

FreelancerTop Rated Plus

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

Member since 2022 · 100% Job Success

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PakistanTop 0.19%

Database DevelopmentTop 1%

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$7.2k

MRR

est. monthly

#2,648

World rank

of 1,045,582

$351k

Lifetime earnings

since 2022

Total jobs

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About

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.

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.

Rankings

Where Usman U. ranks by monthly revenue, worldwide, in Pakistan, and in every Upwork skill it competes in.

World#2,648 / 1,045,582Top 0.25%

Pakistan#244 / 126,824Top 0.19%

Database Development#10 / 770Top 1%

Database Optimization#4 / 335Top 1%

Database Administration#10 / 922Top 1%

SQL#145 / 19,263Top 0.75%

Microsoft SQL Server#35 / 3,845Top 0.91%

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On Upwork since2022

Rating100% Job Success

Skills tracked5

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Database DevelopmentDatabase OptimizationDatabase AdministrationSQL

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MRR benchmark

Usman U. earns more than 99.75% of all freelancers we track.

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Usman U.'s bracket · $7.2k

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Usman U. earns an estimated $7.2k/mo. That's 4.9× the typical freelancer and more than 99.75% of everyone we track.

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