Cloud Data Platform & AI Engineering Lead

BenjaminAsante

I specialize in data platform migration, cloud database modernization, and GenAI data engineering 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 Eligibility Active DoD Secret U.S. Citizen

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12⁺

Years Experience

Cloud Platforms Worked

Migration Data Loss

$1.3^B

Program Scale

Benjamin Asante

Database Modernization · AWS & Azure · Distributed Systems · GenAI

Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Twelve years across federal, defense, healthcare, telecommunications, and retail, specializing in the database and data platform layer.

Multi-Cloud Database 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.

Distributed & Disconnected Systems

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

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.

Experience

Professional Experience

Senior database engineering roles across federal, defense, healthcare, telecommunications, 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 Google Cloud. 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 GovPostgreSQLOracleTerraformFedRAMP

DoD Maritime Program

Senior Database Engineer, Distributed Systems

Own the design and operational standards for the target-state AWS RDS platform on a U.S. Navy afloat and ashore program. Support the hybrid replication architecture serving ship-based environments under denied and intermittent satellite connectivity, and built the observability and telemetry layer used for daily platform visibility.

AWS RDSPostgreSQLMariaDBKafkaObservability

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 to 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

Earlier Experience

Foundational database administration across healthcare, retail and clinical environments. Retained as career evidence.

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, distributed systems, and generative AI platforms.

Databases

SQL ServerPostgreSQLOracleMySQL/MariaDBMongoDBSAP SQL AnywhereSAP ASERedshift

Cloud Platforms

AWSAWS GovCloudAzureAzure GovernmentOCIGCPRDS/Aurora

GenAI & AI Engineering

Amazon BedrockRAG pipelinesBedrock AgentsVector searchOpenSearch ServerlessTextractRekognitionSageMaker

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 RMFSOXHIPAASOC 2RBACTDE

Unique Value

What Sets Me Apart

Three capabilities that are rare in combination, on federal programs and commercial platforms alike.

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.

Federal Trust and Clearance

Public Trust position eligibility for civilian agency work, and an active DoD Secret clearance for defense programs, held concurrently as a U.S. citizen. Two distinct federal standings, supporting work across both environments where program requirements align.

Database to AI: Full-Stack Data Engineering

Experience spanning the full data stack: enterprise database administration and replication, cloud database modernization, infrastructure automation, and distributed systems, through to retrieval-augmented generation, Amazon Bedrock, and AI data architecture on AWS. The database layer and the AI layer are engineered by the same person.

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, grounding model responses in private enterprise data and reducing unsupported answers.

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.

Architecture

Client reference architecture. Request path only: Telegram Bot API to EC2 inside a private subnet, ElastiCache and RDS for PostgreSQL behind it, with Bedrock, Textract, Rekognition and the Bedrock Knowledge Base reached as managed services over API.

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GenAI Data Assistant, full engineering architecture on AWS

Full engineering architecture. Adds Bedrock Agents orchestration, OpenSearch Serverless vector search, DynamoDB for document metadata, SageMaker and Jupyter for analytics, the Alexa Skill and Lambda voice channel, IAM role boundaries, and the GitHub to CodePipeline to CodeBuild to CodeDeploy pipeline provisioned with Terraform.

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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

Source Code

Code & Repositories

Project source is kept in private repositories. Access is granted on request to hiring teams, prime contractors, and clients.

github.com/brooklyn2gs

Private repositories · access granted on request

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Available on Request

genai-data-assistant

Full GenAI platform source. Roughly 1,200 lines of Python across the Bedrock integration, RAG retrieval layer, Textract pipeline, and the conversational interface.

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform modules covering RDS, EC2, IAM, S3, and networking, alongside the CodePipeline and CodeDeploy configuration that takes a commit to a running instance in under two minutes.

Automation & Tooling

Python and PowerShell used for database provisioning, backup and restore validation, and operational reporting. Sanitized versions available where the original work is client-owned.

Nothing here originates from a client or government environment. Work performed under federal and defense programs stays inside those boundaries and is described only at an architectural level.

Certifications

Credentials

Certifications, technical training, and federal eligibility and clearance across cloud, infrastructure, database, and security domains.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Associate

Microsoft Certified, Azure Database Administrator Associate

$CompTIA Security+ ce certified$

Koenig PostgreSQL Database Administration

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services

Azure Database Admin Associate (DP-300)

Microsoft

HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003)

HashiCorp

Database & Platform

PostgreSQL Database Administration

Koenig Solutions, training completion

Oracle Linux Certified

Oracle / DBA Genesis

EPIC Cogito & Caboodle Administrator

Epic Systems

Security & Federal

CompTIA Security+ ce

Active, Expires Sep 2028

NSA Linux Security

National Security Agency

Public Trust Eligibility + Active DoD Secret

U.S. Federal eligibility and clearance

Let's Connect

Available on federal programs as a database and data platform SME, with Public Trust eligibility for civilian agency work and an active DoD Secret clearance for defense programs. Subcontracting under prime contractors welcome.
Open to commercial data platform and cloud modernization work.

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