Bobby Whitehead

I have worked with databases for 20 years. I have managed devops teams for 5 years.

I’m a data driven backend engineer who turns high volume market streams into clean, query ready datasets and dependable APIs. Across a twenty year journey from on prem DBA and server admin to cloud architect I have built Python ELT pipelines, tuned SQL Server at scale, and delivered event driven services that keep business critical data moving around the clock.

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Core Highlights

• Cloud and Data Architecture: Built a real time options analytics platform with a Parquet and JSON lake plus a SQL Server warehouse, fed by Python asyncio and Polars pipelines that ingest gigabytes of Schwab, TDA, DataBento and TastyWorks ticks each day.
• WebSocket ELT Pipeline: Captured live market ticks via WebSocket, stored them in Parquet for historical analysis, and mirrored them to Redis for instant trading decisions.
• Database Engineering: Applied index tuning, partitioning and query rewrites that cut compute costs and doubled report speed for finance and operations teams.
• DevOps and Observability: Deployed systemd services, exported metrics to Prometheus and Grafana, and centralized structured logs with journalctl for rapid root cause analysis.
• Leadership: Directed cross functional teams, mentored engineers, and guided the migration from on prem clusters to Azure hybrid environments without downtime.

I thrive where data volume, performance and reliability meet. Whether rescuing an overworked SQL cluster, wiring an event bus, or steering a team through schema evolution, I can architect the system, write the code, and speak the language of the business.

I have been trained in hiring practices (Top grading), process improvement (Baldridge), SQL Server, AWS Data Engineering, Azure Cloud.