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Edson Fisher

@edsonfisher

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Senior Cloud and Data Architect specializing in scalable distributed systems and DevOps.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior engineering roles building scalable cloud-native data platforms, leading migrations, and mentoring teams in a collaborative, security-focused environment.

I am a senior cloud and DevOps engineer with deep expertise in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems, data platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Over my career I led migrations from on-premise Hadoop stacks to cloud services, engineered Spark/EMR and Glue data pipelines, and built high-throughput data stores using Cassandra and related technologies.

I architect and implement CI/CD, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code using tools like Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), Terraform, Pulumi, Docker, Jenkins, and Ansible while driving operational reliability and security.

I hold an M.S. in Computer Science, have extensive hands-on experience across enterprise domains (satellite systems, federal courts, media, telecom, and finance), and consistently mentor teams to deliver resilient, performant systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer

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Digital Nomad

Jan 2018 - Present (8 years 2 months)

Architected and implemented cloud-native data platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, migrating on-premise Cloudera/Hortonworks workloads to cloud and improving ETL and streaming performance for multiple enterprise projects.

AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Terraform Spark Kafka Docker CI CD

AWS Senior Engineer

Sound Exchange

Jan 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 11 months)

Engineered migration of large-scale data services to AWS, implemented Spark/Scala map-reduce pipelines and orchestration to enable BI analysis and improve operational efficiency in revenue processes.

AWS Spark Scala EMR Hadoop Data Migration ETL Data Reconciliation

Principal Data Architect

US Courts

Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 11 months)

Defined bankruptcy data model (NIEM) and implemented canonical enterprise web-service transport, re-engineering object factories and integrating MongoDB, Informix, and Python-based data services to support new workflow applications.

Data Modeling MongoDB Informix Python JAXB Integration Services

PM Architect

Carr Astronautics

Jan 2012 - Dec 2014 (2 years 11 months)

Led requirements analysis and architecture for the GOES-R satellite system, building product monitoring and messaging components, reengineering messaging frameworks and guiding engineering teams on SOA-based designs.

Systems Architecture SOA Messaging C ServiceMix Requirements Analysis Technical Leadership

Senior Software Architect

Millennial Media

Jan 2011 - Dec 2012 (1 year 11 months)

Re-architected Audience Intelligence system for scalability using Hazelcast and Cassandra, delivering a multi-petabyte key-value store on AWS and leading MySQL-to-Oracle migration efforts to improve reliability.

Hazelcast Cassandra AWS EC2 Oracle MySQL Data Aggregation Distributed Systems Scaling

Principal Systems Architect

SAIC

Jan 2010 - Dec 2011 (1 year 11 months)

Designed an intrusion detection system with neural-network detection, rewrote Linux drivers and kernel modules, and implemented a Hazelcast-based distributed processing architecture to meet operational security requirements.

Linux Kernel Network Security Hazelcast C Distributed Architecture OPSEC System Design

Principal SOA Consultant

Comcast

Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 (1 year 11 months)

Designed video analysis and language-processing service frameworks using Spring, Solr, Hibernate and RESTful services, and reengineered ETL for media archiving to support Xfinity projects.

SOA Spring Solr Hibernate REST ETL Agile Java

Senior Software Architect

Raytheon

Jan 2005 - Dec 2009 (4 years 11 months)

Led adoption of SOA and process improvements, developed high-throughput bioinformatics search services and multi-tier JEE applications integrating middleware and Oracle databases.

SOA JSF Oracle Middleware Bioinformatics Performance Tuning

Senior Systems Analyst / DBA

Lockheed Martin

Jan 2002 - Dec 2005 (3 years 11 months)

Led database migration and integration efforts for USPTO legacy systems, redesigning data models and ETL processes to migrate from Oracle 7 to 9.2 and improving backend bulk-loading and performance.

Oracle Pl SQL J2EE ETL Database Migration Performance Tuning Websphere

Senior Software Engineer/DBA

Swift

Jan 1999 - Dec 2002 (3 years 11 months)

Developed distributed servers for international inter-bank messaging using Java and Oracle, implementing fault-tolerant transactional systems and parallel data processing procedures.

Java Oracle JDBC Pl SQL Distributed Systems OLTP Security

Senior Software Engineer

Raytheon Systems

Jan 1996 - Dec 1999 (3 years 11 months)

Supported NASA EOSDIS projects by designing DCE-based distributed servers, leading integration and architecture efforts and developing cross-platform C++/DCE components with Oracle backends.

C Oracle Distributed Systems Integration Systems Design Team Leadership