Bala R

Bala R has a diverse work experience in the technology industry. From 2016 to 2020, Bala worked at Verizon as a DevOps Engineer, where they played a crucial role in the Just in Time Rating (JITR) application, handling billions of usage records daily. They were responsible for setting up WebSphere application Server clusters and worked with various automation tools.

In 2020, Bala joined Instaclustr as a TechOps Engineer, and in this role, they worked for a year until 2021.

Currently, Bala R is employed at DataStax since 2021, initially as a Technical Support Engineer, and now as a Community Manager/Site Reliability Engineer. In this role, they engage with Apache Pulsar users, support the community, and contribute to the success of Apache Pulsar and DataStax Astra Streaming. Bala fosters collaboration between DataStax and the community to drive improvements and enhancements.

Bala R completed a Master's degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Panimalar Institute Of Technology, where they studied from 2010 to 2014. In addition to their formal education, Bala R also holds several certifications including the Apache Cassandra 3 Administrator Associate Certification from DataStax, which they obtained in October 2021, and the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification from Amazon, which they earned in May 2017. Bala also holds the Automation anywhere certified RPA Professional certification, although the specific details of its completion date are not provided.