Lead Data Platform Engineer · Streaming, CDC & Cloud Data Infrastructure
BenjaminAsante
I own the layer between systems of record and everything that consumes them: streaming and change data capture, replication, and the datastores behind both, for federal agencies and commercial enterprises. Currently leading database engineering for the U.S. Treasury's $1.3B T-Cloud program, and owning the target-state AWS RDS platform on a DoD maritime program.
Public Trust ClearanceDoD Secret ClearanceU.S. Citizen
Twelve years across federal, defense, healthcare, telecommunications, and retail, setting technical direction for pipelines, replication, and the datastores behind them.
Multi-Cloud Data Platform Architecture
Production database engineering on AWS GovCloud and Azure Government, with hands-on exposure to OCI and Google Cloud through the U.S. Treasury T-Cloud program.
Streaming, CDC & Distributed Systems
Log-based change data capture with Debezium into Apache Kafka, and replication architectures for denied or intermittent connectivity, including U.S. Navy ship-based systems syncing to managed cloud databases ashore.
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 infrastructure as code, schema contracts across systems I do not control, CI-gated deployment, and the observability and runbook standards teams build against.
Compliance & Security
FedRAMP, FISMA, and DoD RMF on the federal side. SOX, HIPAA, and SOC 2 expectations on the commercial side. RBAC, TDE, audit logging, and hardening designed in from day one.
Technologies
Technical Stack
Production-proven across the full data platform stack: streaming and change data capture, pipelines, databases, cloud infrastructure, and generative AI.
Always On AGLog ShippingClusteringReplicationFailover
Compliance
FedRAMPFISMADoD RMFSOXHIPAASOC 2RBACTDE
Unique Value
What Sets Me Apart
Three things that are rare in combination, on federal programs and commercial platforms alike.
01
Multi-Cloud, on a Single Federal Program
Production database engineering on AWS GovCloud and Azure Government, with hands-on exposure to OCI and Google Cloud through the U.S. Treasury T-Cloud program. Cross-cloud advisory from real engineering, not vendor documentation.
02
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.
03
I Build What I Advise On
Designed and built a complete streaming data platform end to end on my own time, from hypervisor through Kubernetes, Kafka, schema registry and change data capture, entirely as infrastructure as code. Advisory grounded in having run the thing, not in vendor documentation.
Certifications
Credentials
Active certifications across cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, and federal security.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Azure Database Admin Associate (DP-300)
Microsoft
HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003)
HashiCorp
CompTIA Security+ ce
Active, Expires Sep 2028
EDB PostgreSQL DBA
Koenig Solutions
Oracle Linux Certified
Oracle / DBA Genesis
EPIC Cogito & Caboodle Administrator
Epic Systems
NSA Linux Security
National Security Agency
Public Trust Clearance + DoD Secret
U.S. Federal Clearances
Certified
Let's Connect
Available on federal programs as a cleared database and data platform SME, with subcontracting under prime contractors welcome at both clearance levels. Open to commercial data platform and cloud modernization work.
