Vadim Vaks

About Vadim Vaks

Architect and Technology Strategist providing thought leadership in Cloud Native Applications, Platform Architecture, Distributed In-Memory Computing, and Event Based Architectures/Processing. Experienced in setting technology strategy and possessing deep knowledge of application design, platform design, implementation, and integration. Special attention is paid to all aspects of Service Management (Capacity, Availability, Continuity, Service Catalog, Customer Experience). This skill set coupled with excellent communication skills, business acumen, and a relentless work ethic enables delivery of exceptional results.Specialties: Cloud-Native Architectures (Virtualization, Containers, Container Cluster Schedulers), Integration Architectures (Service Oriented Architecture, Microservices), Distributed In-Memory computing (Data Grid, Spark Compute), Event Based Architecture/Processing (Spark Streaming, Storm/Trident, Complex Event Processing), Operations Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, ITIL

Experience

1. Principal Engineer

   Collibra

   Aug 2025 — Present

Education

• Drexel University

  BS, Information Systems

  2000 — 2005

Skills

• Service Delivery
• Strategy
• Messaging
• Application Architecture
• Software Development
• Oracle
• Architectures
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Tcp/Ip
• Web Services
• Distributed Caching
• Soa
• System Deployment
• Servers
• Itil
• Technical Architecture
• Weblogic
• Middleware
• Disaster Recovery
• Telecommunications
• IT Management
• Enterprise Software
• Architecture
• Enterprise Architecture
• High Availability
• Integration
• Virtualization
• Leadership
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Vendor Management
• Information Technology
• Java
• Vmware
• IT Strategy
• IT Operations
• Databases
• Infrastructure