Andreas Jordan is a Principal Consultant at ORDIX with over 20 years of hands-on experience configuring and optimizing Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle database systems. He combines consultancy and training—regularly teaching at the ORDIX seminar center and publishing articles for professional audiences—with practical operational work as a long-time database administrator. As a maintainer and active contributor to the widely used dbatools PowerShell module and contributor to Brent Ozar’s SQL Server First Responder Kit, he’s fixed critical backup, AG and permission bugs and improved automation for DBAs worldwide. Based in Wiesbaden, he brings an uncommon mix of deep T-SQL expertise, PowerShell automation, and real-world performance tuning. Colleagues value him for turning complex database issues into reliable, repeatable processes and for sharing knowledge through talks and technical writing.
5 years of coding experience
Diplom, Economics, Diplom, Economics at Universität Paderborn
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Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Contributions:410 reviews, 287 commits, 409 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Andreas contributed to the `dataplat/dbatools` repository, a project focused on SQL Server automation. The commits primarily involved fixing bugs in various SQL Server procedures, specifically those related to database backups, Availability Group (AG) management, and permission handling. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of T-SQL and SQL Server database administration, modifying code to address issues related to database functionality and performance. The user improved the functionality of existing code by optimizing existing code.
sp_Blitz, sp_BlitzCache, sp_BlitzFirst, sp_BlitzIndex, and other SQL Server scripts for health checks and performance tuning.
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Contributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 15 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Andreas primarily contributed to the `sql-server-first-responder-kit` repository by modifying SQL Server scripts. Their work involved fixing output issues related to tables, suppressing output for table operations, and adjusting the overall table handling within the SQL scripts. They also reverted a change and fixed multiple bugs related to the output and functionality of the `sp_Blitz` script.
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