About

Dr. Rahul Gaikwad is a highly experienced Lead DevOps professional with around 12 years of experience in the information technology industry. He has a vast exposure to DevOps, Cloud computing, Big Data and Database Administrations. Rahul has an impressive list of technical certifications including AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate, AWS Certified Developer - Associate, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, and AWS Certified Database - Specialty. He is also certified in various other technologies such as Apache Airflow, ArangoDB, Neo4j, Rancher Operator, Calico Operator, CyberArk, and more. Rahul has won several awards and accolades throughout his career, including three awards at GCCI, AWS in 2021, three patents published in India in 2020, and being recognized globally as a Top 5 winner in ScyllaDB Challenge in 2019. He has also published two research papers in Scopus journal and designed university syllabus for Masters Big Data courses for Shivaji University Kolhapur. Currently, Rahul is working as a Lead Consultant - DevOps at Amazon, where he is mentoring team mates to achieve their desired goals. He is responsible for creating large-scale solutions built on AWS, automating solutions for repeatable problems, and consulting for optimal design of database environments. Rahul is also a speaker, writer, and mentor. He conducts technical sessions for internal teams, partners, and customers. Rahul has a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Machine Learning, AIOps from Savitribai Phule Pune University. He also holds an Executive MBA in Project Management from NIBM Institute, an MCA (Engg) in Computer Applications, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Additionally, he has a Diploma in Computer Software (DCS) from Aptech Computer Education. Rahul has a diverse TechStack, including AWS, DevOps, Research Scientist, Big Data, Hadoop, Terraform, ML, Spark, MongoDB, Cassandra, Kafka, Elastic Search, Neo4j, AI, Python, Apache Airflow, SQL, HDFS, Neural Networks, NoSQL, and more. Rahul has relevant experience of 5.71 years.