Tidewater is aggressively pursuing emerging opportunities in providing end-to-end IT solutions and services. We offer expertise in Information Technology in the following areas:  

• Tidewater is primarily responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of all in-house data systems at State Highway Administration District 5.

•  Our responsibilities include utilizing database modeling tools to administer complex engineering data management systems; meeting end users to assess requirements and resolve issues; controlling end users' access permissions; training staff on usage policies and documentation writing

• Establishing initial procedures and data elements naming conventions

• Coordinating the installation and implementation of database management system software and related tools with vendors, other data processing staffs and system users

• Maintaining security and performing back-up routines to minimize data loss and system downtimes

• Tidewater's Database Administrator, Kanishka Wijetunga, was recognized as the "District 5 Employee of the Year of 2007" and was also the recipient of Bronze Medal Award for Performance Excellence in "Organizational Effectiveness in Technical Teams" category at the annual SHA's "Awards and Recognition Day 2007"

•  One of the most significant contributions of Kanishka in his capacity as the Database Administrator was designing a Response Activities Tracking System. This system tracks business plan goals set forth by the State Highway Administration, which was later deployed to all district engineers to track the business plan goals at each respective district

• Tidewater's Computer Network Specialist, Viren Perera, is primarily responsible for work planning, integrating and maintaining software and hardware for the Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks to include operating systems and network communications software.

•  Designing the structure of local or wide area microcomputer or minicomputer networking, preparing plans, reports and documenting the type and location of the implementation

• Installing operating system software and network communications software for all computers on the network

• Configuring network software and hardware to provide efficient and effective network performance and data security

• Running backups of network data, archiving data as required, develops and maintains disaster recovery plans

• Diagnosing network software and hardware problems and making repairs or adjustments

• Preparing and assembling technical documentation and user documentation for network software and hardware.