Systems Development Engineer Level Iii (2023 – Present)
CurrentHere, I lead and nurture a team of three System Development Engineers (SYSDEs), managing a significant $1.6MM monthly operating budget and overseeing 256 EMR clusters with 4k active nodes spread across three regions. I take pride in guiding employee growth through performance reviews, mentorship, and career management initiatives, and providing support for a variety of large-scale products, including Apache Hadoop, Elastic Map Reduce, DynamoDB, RDS and Database Migration Service, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, and Apache Superset. Beyond my professional duties, I actively engage in community initiatives as the Campus Coordinator for Friday Sports, reinforcing the importance of a balanced work-life environment.Presented insightful Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) for corporate visibility, earning recognition as a cost-savings leader in 2022.Streamlined storage and data supply for Amazon Advertising, managing a vast 90PB storage system serving internal customers.Contributed to automation of systems by writing original Python codes, conducted code reviews for system development engineers, and managed software lifecycle to mitigate technological debt.Led optimization projects to enhance hardware fleet, increase availability through regional migration, and manage scale/de-scale during peak seasons.Revamped the knowledge base to streamline on-call support and improved Service Level Agreement adherence.Developed dashboards to improve management visibility and deployed a toolkit to reduce AWS Console usage and streamline off-hours support.Conducted a company-wide presentation on network optimization, showcasing leadership and expertise.Certified AWS Solutions Architect, demonstrating technical proficiency and commitment to continuous learning.Performed efficient sprints and QBRs, collaborating with various Amazon groups. Recognized in 2022 for reducing team's spend by 12%, demonstrating fiscal responsibility and strategic management.