About

Ajay Rawat, Ph.D is an authorized Google and Confluent Instructor with over 17 years of industry and academic experience in the field of Data Engineering, Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Software Development. He is a certified Google Data Engineer and Confluent Certified Kafka Developer with expertise in Apache Spark, Hadoop, Machine Learning, Algorithms, OOPS, Java, J2EE, and Spring. Ajay has worked on overseas software development projects in Canada and has primarily worked with Java and Enterprise Java frameworks like EJB, Struts, and Hibernate. He is a Red Hat Certified System Administrator in OpenStack, SCJP, SCBCD, and has also cleared UGC-NET and UGC-SET Computer Science exams. Currently, Ajay works as a Principal Consultant at datacouch and has previously worked as an Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies and Graphic Era University, Dehradun. Ajay holds an M.S in Computer Science from BITS Pilani, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Fault Tolerant Cloud Computing from Uttarakhand Technical University, and a Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) from Mahrishi Dyanand University. His tech stack includes Data Engineering, Databricks, Snowflake, Big Data, GCP, Java, Spark, ML, Hadoop, Kafka, and Spring. With relevant experience of 18.11 years, Ajay is a skilled Cloud Architect and a certified Developer for Apache Spark.