Vijay Kumar A.
Data Engineering Leader at Amazon
- Role
- Senior Data Engineer at Amazon
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vijay Kumar A.
Data Engineering Leader with 10+ years of experience specializing in cloud architecture and enterprise-scale data solutions. At Amazon, I design and implement innovative data platforms that drive measurable business value through increased efficiency, scalability, and cost optimization.Passionate about turning complex data challenges into scalable solutions, I focus on AWS architecture, real-time data processing, and GenAI integration. My expertise includes building enterprise data lakehouses, automating data quality frameworks, and orchestrating secure, cloud-native pipelines that support critical decision-making at scale.
Experience
Senior Data Engineer
Dec 2020 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Designed and implemented enterprise-scale data lakehouse architecture using AWS-native services (S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Iceberg) following Medallion Architecture principles to support governed, multi-tenant analytics at scale- Enabled real-time and batch data processing through robust streaming and ETL pipelines using Kinesis, Apache Spark, and PySpark, Apache Flink facilitating low-latency ingestion and transformation for operational analytics-Led platform modernization and orchestration transformation, migrating legacy pipelines to cloud-native Airflow (MWAA) and decoupling batch workflows using Infrastructure as Code (CDK) and modular DAG design- Promoted data mesh and data governance principles, implementing fine-grained access control, lifecycle policies
Education
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering
2015 — 2016
JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2007 — 2011
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