Danish Shaikh
Data Engineer | AWS DBA/IAC Developer | DevOps Eng | Cloud Computing Enthusiast | AWS & Azure Certified | 10+ Years in IT
- Role
- Aws Dba Iac Developer at Prudential Financial
- Location
- Jersey City, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Danish Shaikh
I am a dedicated IT professional with over 10 years of experience, evolving from software engineering and desktop support to specializing in cloud computing and data engineering.**Career Highlights:**- Managed devices at Samsung Mobile, boosting customer satisfaction by 30% and reducing resolution time by 20%- Automated multi-platform support tasks at Brandmark Solutions (Windows, macOS, Linux) with PowerShell and Bash, increasing efficiency by 30%- Engineered CI/CD pipelines and optimized AWS/Azure infrastructures at Goldman Sachs, improving deployment efficiency by 25% across Redshift, Aurora, and DocumentDB- Currently at Prudential Financial, leading AWS cloud database and IaC initiatives—self-service Aurora PostgreSQL upgrades, ServiceNow data archival to S3, and Redshift security enhancements. Contributed to a pilot upgrade that reduced downtime by 40%.**Certifications:**- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate - AWS Certified Solutions Architect (in progress)**Skills:** AWS || Azure || CloudFormation || Terraform || Lambda || Jenkins || Python || SQL || Bash || PostgreSQL || Redshift || DevOps || Security Hardening || CI/CDI am passionate about solving complex challenges and collaborating on innovative projects. Feel free to connect if you have opportunities or want to collaborate!
Experience
Aws Dba Iac Developer
Dec 2024 — Present · Newark, NJ, US
Led self-service Aurora PostgreSQL upgrade automation using CloudFormation, Lambda, and Jenkins, reducing downtime by 40%.Automated deployment pipelines and infrastructure provisioning for RDS, Redshift, and IAM.Developed monitoring solutions for RDS/Redshift with CloudWatch and SNS.Automated ServiceNow data archival to S3, ensuring compliance and efficiency.Enhanced Redshift security with IAM, encryption, and VPC security groups.Built disaster recovery automation for Redshift clusters using Step Functions and Python.Documented processes and trained cross-functional teams.
Education
Sangai International University
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Banking and finance
Per Scholas
AWS re/Start Training, AWS
Microsoft
Certification, Azure Data Engineer
University of Colorado Boulder
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
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