Steven Williams, Ph.D

Senior Cloud Engineer at Cyted

Steven Williams, Ph.D has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Steven began their career as a Post-Doctoral Scientist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in 2013. Steven then worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute from 2014 to 2017. During this time, they focused on research and development in the field of cancer.

In 2017, Steven joined Repositive as a Data Scientist. Their responsibilities included software and pipeline development, data exploration, and data product management for the Repositive search platform. Steven played a crucial role in defining technical requirements and built and extended Node for software development.

In 2020, Steven joined Cyted as a Full Stack Engineer. Steven built the initial version of the company's internal logistics management tool using Django/Python and maintained backend services using Rust. Additionally, they built and maintained the frontend of the logistics management tool using React/Typescript.

In the same year, Steven was promoted to Senior Cloud Engineer at Cyted. In this role, they defined and maintained a complex and well-architected AWS infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt. The infrastructure stack included ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, Cloudfront, EC2, AWS Aurora Postgres, RDS SQLServer, SNS/SQS messaging, and API Gateway. Steven also managed the fleet using Systems Manager and Patch Manager.

Overall, Steven Williams, Ph.D has demonstrated expertise in software engineering, data science, and cloud engineering throughout their career.

Steven Williams, Ph.D has a strong educational background with a focus on genomic research and data engineering. Steven obtained their BBiomedSci degree in Functional Genomics from the University of Melbourne, where they studied from 2002 to 2005. Building upon their undergraduate studies, they then pursued a Ph.D in Angiogenesis and RNAi Screening, completing it from the University of Melbourne between 2008 and 2012.

In addition to their formal education, Steven has also obtained several certifications to further enhance their skill set. Steven completed the "Data Engineering, Big Data, and Machine Learning on GCP Specialization" from Coursera in March 2020. In the same month, they also completed the "Ultimate Apache Airflow Hands-On course | Marc Lamberti" and "Advanced REST APIs with Django and Python | Mark Winterbott" courses from Udemy. Steven obtained the "Amazon Web Services SysOps Administrator - Associate" certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in November 2021, and the "AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate" certification in January 2021.

Steven has also pursued various other online courses from Udemy, including "Complete Guide to TensorFlow for Deep Learning with Python" and "Python for Computer Vision with OpenCV and Deep Learning" among others. While the months and years of completion for these courses are not provided, they demonstrate their active effort to stay updated with the latest technologies and tools in the field.

Overall, with their strong educational background and certifications, Steven Williams, Ph.D is well-equipped to excel in their field of expertise and contribute meaningfully to their professional endeavors.

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Timeline

  • Senior Cloud Engineer

    April, 2022 - present

  • Full Stack Engineer

    April, 2020