Benjamin Asante, Cloud Database Engineering Lead

Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Eleven years across federal, DoD, healthcare, telecom, and retail, specializing in the database and data platform layer.

Multi-Cloud Database Architecture

Concurrent production experience across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, OCI, and GCP through the U.S. Treasury T-Cloud program.

Distributed & Disconnected Systems

Replication architectures for denied or intermittent connectivity, including U.S. Navy ship-based systems syncing via Kafka and SAP MobiLink.

Data Platform Migration

End-to-end migration of hundreds of Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB databases with zero data loss, minimal downtime.

Performance Tuning

Deep-dive query optimization, indexing redesign, execution plan analysis, and wait statistics delivering documented improvements on production workloads.

Data Platform Engineering

Terraform and Ansible IaC for database provisioning, CI/CD pipelines for database operations, and automated runbooks at federal scale.

Federal Compliance & Security

FedRAMP, FISMA, DoD RMF, and SOX database architecture. RBAC, TDE, audit logging, and security hardening built in from day one.

Experience

Professional Experience

Senior database engineering roles across federal, DoD, healthcare, telecom, automotive, and retail environments.

T-Rex Solutions

Lead Cloud Database Engineer

Leading database engineering for the U.S. Treasury T-Cloud program, a $1.3B multi-cloud modernization initiative spanning AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, OCI, and GCP. Migrated hundreds of enterprise databases across IRS and Treasury environments with zero data loss. Established Terraform and Ansible IaC standards for automated, compliant provisioning.

AWS GovCloudAzure GovOCIGCPTerraformFedRAMP

DoD Maritime Program

Senior Database Engineer — Distributed Systems

Architecting distributed database replication systems for U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command, designing afloat and ashore hybrid replication for ship-based environments operating under denied satellite connectivity. Leading SAP MobiLink to Apache Kafka event-driven modernization.

KafkaSAP MobiLinkMariaDBAWS RDSDoD Secret

Medifast, Inc.

Sr. Cloud Database Engineer

Senior database engineering across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle ERP, MySQL, and Amazon Redshift supporting healthcare and eCommerce platforms. Engineered ETL pipelines using SSIS, Qlik Replicate, and Informatica IICS processing 5TB+ datasets. Supported Redshift and Tableau BI environments serving 1,000+ business users. Reduced unplanned downtime by 30%.

SQL ServerRedshiftSSISInformaticaSOX

Granite Telecommunications

Sr. SQL Server / Oracle / MySQL DBA

Multi-platform DBA across SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL/MariaDB for enterprise telecom. Delivered 25–30% performance improvement through query tuning and index redesign. Implemented Always On AG, clustering, and log shipping supporting 99.9% uptime SLAs. Integrated AWS RDS and Aurora for hybrid cloud architecture.

SQL ServerOracleAlways On AGAWS RDSAurora

Microsoft

Customer Engineer, SQL Server

Delivered SQL Server consulting, architecture reviews, and health checks to enterprise Microsoft customers through JDA TSG. Provided upgrade and migration advisory for cloud modernization strategies and SQL Server best practices to large-scale enterprise organizations.

SQL ServerArchitecture advisoryCloud modernizationHealth checks

IAA / TEK Systems

Database Engineer

Supported automobile data systems and database operations for Insurance Auto Auctions through TEK Systems placement. Managed SQL Server environments supporting vehicle auction data, inventory tracking, and reporting infrastructure across distributed auction locations.

SQL ServerAutomobile dataReportingData operations

CVS Health

Database Administrator

Supported healthcare database operations at CVS Health corporate headquarters in Connecticut. Managed SQL Server environments underpinning pharmacy, healthcare, and retail data systems. Ensured HIPAA-compliant data handling and contributed to database performance and availability initiatives.

SQL ServerHealthcare dataHIPAAPharmacy systems

Bayhealth Hospital

Database Administrator, Epic Systems

Supported Epic electronic health records data infrastructure at Bayhealth Hospital. Administered Cogito and Caboodle databases supporting clinical reporting, analytics, and operational workflows. Maintained HIPAA compliance across all database operations supporting patient data environments.

Epic CogitoEpic CaboodleSQL ServerClinical dataHIPAA

Seven Hills Foundation

Senior Database Administrator Lead

Full lifecycle DBA for clinical database environments. Designed and validated comprehensive DR strategy, built SSIS ETL packages for clinical reporting, and provided 24/7 on-call production support for healthcare database systems.

SQL ServerSSISDR designClinical systems

Technologies

Technical Stack

Production-proven expertise across the full data engineering stack — databases, cloud infrastructure, and AI [Artificial Intelligence] platforms.

Databases

SQL ServerPostgreSQLOracleMySQL/MariaDBMongoDBSAP SQL AnywhereSAP ASERedshift

Cloud Platforms

AWS GovCloudAzure GovernmentOCIGCPRDS/AuroraEC2-native

Distributed Systems

Apache KafkaSAP MobiLinkEvent-driven archPub/sub replicationDisconnected sync

Automation & IaC

TerraformAnsiblePythonPowerShellBashCI/CD

ETL & Analytics

SSISInformatica IICSQlik ReplicateTableauSSASdbt

Monitoring

CloudWatchSplunkNew RelicTaniumPrometheusGrafana

HA / DR

Always On AGLog ShippingClusteringReplicationFailover

Compliance

FedRAMPFISMADoD RMFSOXHIPAARBACTDE

Unique Value

What Sets Me Apart

Three capabilities that put me in a very small pool of cleared engineers globally.

All Four Government Clouds, Simultaneously

Active concurrent production experience across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, OCI, and GCP through the U.S. Treasury T-Cloud program. Cross-cloud advisory from real engineering, not vendor documentation.

Dual Federal Clearances

Public Trust Clearance and DoD Secret Clearance clearances held concurrently as a U.S. citizen. Immediate engagement on civilian agency and military programs, no lead time, no delays.

Database to AI [Artificial Intelligence] — Full Stack Data Engineering

One of very few cleared engineers spanning the full data stack — from legacy database replication and cloud migration to production GenAI [Generative AI] platforms with Bedrock, RAG [Retrieval-Augmented Generation], and autonomous AI [Artificial Intelligence] agents on AWS [Amazon Web Services].

Founder of Fortis Data Group

My federal database consulting firm, available to slot into programs as a cleared SME sub at both clearance levels.

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Featured Project

AI & Emerging Capabilities

Hands-on AI data engineering built using the same architecture patterns as active cloud and data platform programs.

AWS · AI/ML · Personal Project AWS · GenAI · RAG

GenAI Data Assistant, AWS Cloud AI Architecture

Designed and built a full AWS GenAI data assistant architecture from the ground up, integrating AI, voice control, document intelligence, and automated CI/CD into a single cohesive platform. Built using production-grade architectural patterns, AWS services, and data pipelines aligned with real-world federal and enterprise data operations.

What Was Built

AI-Powered Data Assistant Bot

30+ command Telegram bot (1,200+ lines Python) running as a 24/7 EC2 service, integrated with Amazon Bedrock Claude for intelligent data queries, document processing, and inventory management.

RAG Architecture & Vector Search

Bedrock Knowledge Base with vector embeddings over S3 documents, enabling grounded AI responses against private data without hallucination.

Document Intelligence Pipeline

Amazon Textract OCR pipeline converting physical forms and documents to structured data → PostgreSQL. Amazon Rekognition for image analysis and asset visual inspection with confidence scoring.

Predictive Analytics & ML Modeling

SageMaker Jupyter notebooks for data quality dashboards, stock risk classification models using pandas and scikit-learn, and operational analytics over live inventory and infrastructure data.

Bedrock Agents & Autonomous AI

Configured Bedrock Agents with Knowledge Base integration, autonomous AI capable of multi-step reasoning over structured operational data without human orchestration.

Voice Interface, Alexa Skill + Lambda

Custom Alexa Skill backed by AWS Lambda, voice-driven queries for live EC2 status, RDS health, and AWS cost data. Claude AI (Anthropic API) handles open-ended questions via natural language. Smart query router dispatches to boto3 or Claude based on intent.

CI/CD Pipeline, Push to Deploy

GitHub → CodePipeline → CodeBuild → CodeDeploy → EC2 auto-deploy in ~90 seconds. Full production-grade deployment automation with syntax validation, IAM roles, security groups, and environment management.

Technology Stack

Amazon Bedrock Claude Haiku 4.5 RAG / Vector Search Bedrock Agents Amazon Textract Amazon Rekognition RDS PostgreSQL Amazon S3 EC2 · Linux SageMaker CodePipeline · CodeDeploy Python · boto3 IAM · Security Groups GitHub CI/CD pandas · scikit-learn Alexa Skills Kit AWS Lambda Anthropic API · Claude CodeBuild

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