Shahid Moosa
Cloud Database Support Engineer
SingleStore DBCloud database and distributed SQL engineering focused on PostgreSQL, SingleStore, AWS, database reliability, query performance, replication, and production incident troubleshooting.
About Me
Dedicated Cloud Database Support Engineer working across PostgreSQL, SingleStore, distributed systems, and AWS. I focus on database availability, SQL performance, replication, resource contention, and root-cause analysis for production incidents.
Technical Arsenal
Databases
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Oracle DB
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Query Optimization
Cloud Infrastructure
- AWS (RDS, EC2, S3)
- Azure SQL
- Google Cloud SQL
- Terraform
- Docker/Kubernetes
- CI/CD Pipelines
Tools & Scripting
- Python / Bash
- Linux Administration
- Grafana / Prometheus
- JIRA / ServiceNow
- Git / GitHub
- Incident Management
Experience
Database Cloud Support Engineer
Jan 2024 - PresentResolving Tier-2/3 distributed systems challenges. Root-cause analysis, query optimizations, and engineering support.
Cloud Support Associate
July 2022 - Jan 2024Technical support for Amazon Aurora, RDS, and AWS DMS. Specialized in EC2, IAM, VPC, S3.
Systems Engineering
Technical Briefs & Production Notes
Distributed Database Systems: A Senior Engineer’s Guide
Architectural foundations: CAP theorem latency trade-offs, sharding strategies, and multi-node consensus.
How Distributed SQL Execution Engines Really Work
Deep dive into Distributed SQL architecture.
Deep DivesDebugging Query Performance in Distributed Systems
Deep dive into Query performance debugging.
Production IncidentsWhy HTAP Systems Fail Quietly (And How to Notice Early)
Deep dive into HTAP Failures.
Technical BriefsReal-Time Analytics with SingleStore
Deep dive into Real-time Analytics.
Let's Connect
Always open to discussing database challenges, cloud architecture, or new opportunities.
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