Gaurav Kumar Sinha is an accomplished Database Migration Consultant with over 18 years of experience in managing and maintaining diverse database environments including Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Cassandra. Currently working at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Houston, TX, Gaurav specializes in designing and implementing AWS-based migration and modernization solutions for customer databases. His expertise includes addressing complex challenges around large-scale cloud migrations, performance tuning, and optimal infrastructure configuration.
Gaurav has a strong background in database internals and architecture, with hands-on experience in advanced tuning techniques. His role involves guiding customers on best practices for database performance monitoring, workload simulation, and stress testing, ensuring seamless migration and modernization processes.
In his previous roles at Cognizant Technology Solutions and Tata Consultancy Services, Gaurav led significant database migration projects, optimized mission-critical databases, and designed disaster recovery solutions. His technical proficiency extends to various AWS services such as RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, and more, along with a robust understanding of ETL processes and data warehousing.
Gaurav holds multiple AWS certifications, reflecting his comprehensive knowledge and skillset in cloud computing and database management. His contributions to the field are further highlighted by his published research on topics like data lake architecture, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection.
Database management, Cloud computing, and Advanced data analytics