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Cloud Architect & Database Optimization Specialist with extensive experience in AWS services, cloud migration, and high-availability architectures. I specialize in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions that drive innovation and streamline operations for large-scale systems.I bring a strong focus on automation and performance optimization through tools like CloudFormation, Lambda, and Azure Pipelines, managing critical resources such as EKS, LoadBalancer, Kafka, OpenSearch, and EC2 instances. My expertise in cloud infrastructure has delivered significant cost savings and efficiency improvements.ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Saved $600,000 annually by optimizing cloud infrastructure at Symetra Financial 2024, redesigned system structures to adopt a new, optimized AWS architecture, leveraging cost-effective resources and specifications.• Saved $300,000 annually by terminating third-party management contracts at Symetra Financial 2023, designed and implemented new application and database monitoring structures and optimized database performance for the company’s largest and busiest application, enabling the termination of third-party contracts.• Improved Incident Response Time by 80% with enhanced monitoring at Symetra Financial 2023, enabling real-time monitoring.• Automated Database Backup and Recovery for Large-Scale RDS Databases at Symetra Financial 2022, Designed an automated solution leveraging AWS cloud resources to eliminate manual intervention and streamline the database backup and recovery process. Reduced the total time from 26 hours to 10 hours, enabling zero-touch recovery for large-scale RDS databases.• Reduced Operational Costs by 20% through database migration at Digital Forest Technologies 2021, led the seamless migration of 300+ high-frequency trading SQL Server databases to AWS, optimizing resource utilization and reducing operational costs by 10% monthly while ensuring high availability.• Achieved 99.99% Uptime by redesigning database and application architecture at Digital Forest Technologies 2020, redesigned database and application structures for largest customer, transitioning from a system requiring weekly server reboots (resulting in ~98.8% uptime) to a high-availability architecture ensuring 99.99% uptime.LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLESCustomer Obsession| Take Ownership| Invent and Simplify| Deliver Results| Dive Deep | Learn and Be Curious

Listed skills include Sql, Troubleshooting, Microsoft Sql Server, Postgresql, and 11 others.