John Hohengarten
System Administrator III
Kent, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Hohengarten is a seasoned SQL Server professional and System Administrator with over a decade of hands-on experience designing, migrating, and automating database systems across ERP and BI environments. He has acted as a lone DBA for enterprise applications—leading SQL Server upgrades, SSRS/SSIS/SSAS development, performance tuning, and backup/restore automation—while also building PowerShell tooling to streamline repetitive processes. An active contributor to the popular dbatools community, he has improved PowerShell automation functions and helps support other DBAs in Slack, demonstrating practical open-source impact. John combines deep technical fluency (SQL Server 2012–2019, PolyBase, Power BI) with strong end-user support and teaching skills, and is now seeking DBA roles where his work can contribute to environmental and sustainability missions.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
SQL Database BI Certificate SQL DBA Certificate Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Database BI Certificate SQL DBA Certificate Microsoft SQL Server at Bellevue CollegeManagement Information Systems (MIS) Management Information Systems General, Management Information Systems (MIS) Management Information Systems General at Washington State University - College of Business and Economics
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Github Skills (12)
microsoft-sql-server10
powershell10
sql-server10
database-administration10
mssql10
mssqlserver10
database9
sql9
databases9
azure-blob-storage6
azure6
azure-storage6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dataplat/dbatools
Nov 2017 - May 2019
🚀 SQL Server automation and instance migrations have never been safer, faster or freer
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:6 commits, 7 PRs, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:John contributed to the `dataplat/dbatools` repository, a PowerShell module for SQL Server automation. Their work involved modifying existing functions to enhance functionality and improve user experience. Specific changes include adding a `DisplayName` property, correcting help examples for parameters, fixing typos in documentation, and adding and refining verbose messaging for long-running agent jobs. This demonstrates a focus on the practical application of SQL Server administration via PowerShell.
automationsql-serverpowershelldatabase-administrationmigrations
wsuhoey/windows-powershell-docs
Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
This repo is used to contribute to Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and MDOP PowerShell module documentation.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
windows-server-2016windows-serverwindowspowershellpowershell-module
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