Resume

Shand T. Glenn

Cloud and data engineer · database architect

Columbia, Missouri · contact@sixcolumnsolutions.com · linkedin.com/in/shandsqlcloudarchitect

Twenty years in the data layer: COBOL and DB2, SQL Server at insurance and banking scale, AWS Solutions Architecture, distributed SQL at Cockroach Labs, and GCP FinOps that shows up on the bill. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and AWS Certified Database Specialty.

Selected work

  1. Staff Database Engineer · Array

    May 2025 – Present

    Remote

    • Administer and tune a ~500TB SQL Server estate for reliability and availability.
    • Architect migrations to Google Cloud SQL and AlloyDB; Terraform standards for Cloud SQL.
    • Stood up ClickHouse on Kubernetes and an incremental SQL Server → ClickHouse pipeline with watermarking, CronJobs, and DataDog JSON logging.
    • FinOps across BigQuery, Cloud SQL, and AlloyDB — more than $100,000 in annual spend removed without a performance trade.

  2. Sr. Support Engineer · FairCom

    Nov 2024 – Apr 2025

    Columbia, MO

    • Designed professional-services offerings and cloud patterns for FairCom DB and legacy ISAM.
    • Backup strategy and customer/developer advisory on FairCom DB.

  3. Enterprise Architect – CockroachDB · Cockroach Labs

    Mar 2023 – Nov 2024

    Columbia, MO

    • Led professional-services engagements: architecture, deployment, and success metrics.
    • Migration strategy, training, and cross-cloud disaster recovery for multi-region data.

  4. Cloud Data Engineer III · Chewy

    Aug 2022 – Mar 2023

    Columbia, MO

    • HR datamart and AWS pipeline design; Terraform for infrastructure.
    • Mentored junior engineers on cloud practice.

  5. Specialist Solutions Architect · Database Consultant · Amazon Web Services

    Jun 2020 – Aug 2022

    Columbia, MO

    • Microsoft workload migrations to AWS; SQL Server performance, licensing, and customer training.
    • Homogeneous and heterogeneous database moves, DR strategy, CloudFormation, and technical enablement.

  6. Database Architect · Veterans United Home Loans

    Jun 2016 – Jun 2020

    Columbia, MO

    • 200+ SQL Servers and clustered environments; replication for analytics; standards and automation.
    • Mentored DBAs and trained development teams.

  7. Database Administrator · Systems Administrator · Jack Henry & Associates

    Mar 2013 – Jun 2016

    Springfield, MO

    • 1,200+ SQL Server instances; log shipping, mirroring, SSRS, and administrative automation.
    • DR testing that included a full recovery-site exercise — the difference between a backup and a restore.

  8. Network Engineer / DBA · Programmer Analyst · American National Property & Casualty

    Jun 2005 – Mar 2013

    Springfield, MO

    • COBOL and DB2, then SQL Server migrations (2000–2005), SharePoint, Tivoli monitoring, and DR.
    • The insurance-plus-COBOL path that made the rest of the career possible.

Total Loss Adjuster – Claims · Shelter Insurance

Jun 2004 – Jun 2005

Stayed close to the business during a frozen hiring market. The next posting wanted COBOL and insurance. Both were already in the hallway.

Where that work sits

Platforms
SQL Server 2000–2022 (Always On, replication, log shipping), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, CockroachDB, ClickHouse, Snowflake, FairCom DB, DB2
Cloud
AWS (RDS, Aurora, DMS, Glue, MSK, IAM, Backup) · GCP (Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, DMS, BigQuery) · Azure SQL · Terraform, CloudFormation
Movement
CDC and pipelines: Kafka, MSK, Debezium, Fivetran, Glue · Kubernetes CronJobs for incremental ETL
How the work runs
FinOps · tested DR · HIPAA / SOC 2 / PCI / GDPR-aware configuration · Python, PowerShell, Bash, T-SQL

Education

B.S. Computer Information Systems · Columbia College

1999 – 2003

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