Benjamin Asante
Principal & Founder · Cloud Database Engineering Lead · 11+ Years Federal & Enterprise · U.S. Citizen
Benjamin Asante is the founder and principal of Fortis Data Group, a cleared federal database engineering consulting firm built on 11 years of hands-on production experience across federal civilian, Department of Defense, healthcare, telecom, and retail environments.
Benjamin currently leads database engineering for the U.S. Treasury's T-Cloud program, a $1.3 billion multi-cloud modernization initiative spanning AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, OCI, and GCP, where he has directed the migration and modernization of hundreds of enterprise databases across IRS and Treasury environments with zero data loss. He played a pivotal role in the competitive capture that secured the prime contract, providing technical solutioning and architecture direction that positioned the firm as Treasury's primary modernization partner.
Concurrently, Benjamin architects distributed database systems for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command, designing replication architectures for ship-based database environments that must maintain data integrity under intermittent and denied satellite connectivity. He is currently leading the modernization of legacy SAP MobiLink replication to a Kafka-based event-driven architecture, one of the most technically demanding database infrastructure transitions in the DoD space.
Benjamin holds both an Public Trust Clearance and an DoD Secret Clearance clearance simultaneously, enabling immediate engagement on federal civilian and military programs without clearance lead time. He is known for bridging the gap between complex database engineering and executive stakeholder communication, delivering performance, cost, and risk reporting directly to agency leadership and government program management offices.
Multi-Cloud Architecture
Distributed Systems
Database Modernization
Performance Engineering
Federal Compliance
Kafka & Event-Driven
Terraform & IaC
HA/DR Architecture
ETL & Data Integration
DoD RMF
Career History
T-Rex Solutions
Cloud Database Engineer Lead
Leading database engineering for the U.S. Treasury T-Cloud program, a $1.3B multi-cloud modernization initiative spanning AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, OCI, and GCP. Migrated hundreds of enterprise databases across IRS and Treasury environments with zero data loss. Established Terraform and Ansible IaC standards for automated, compliant provisioning.
AWS GovCloudAzure GovOCIGCPTerraformFedRAMP
DoD Maritime Program
Senior Database Engineer — Distributed Systems
Architecting distributed database replication systems for U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command, designing afloat and ashore hybrid replication for ship-based environments operating under denied satellite connectivity. Leading SAP MobiLink to Apache Kafka event-driven modernization.
KafkaSAP MobiLinkMariaDBAWS RDSDoD Secret
Medifast, Inc.
Sr. Cloud Database Engineer
Senior database engineering across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle ERP, MySQL, and Amazon Redshift supporting healthcare and eCommerce platforms. Engineered ETL pipelines using SSIS, Qlik Replicate, and Informatica IICS processing 5TB+ datasets. Supported Redshift and Tableau BI environments serving 1,000+ business users. Reduced unplanned downtime by 30%.
SQL ServerRedshiftSSISInformaticaSOX
Granite Telecommunications
Sr. SQL Server / Oracle / MySQL DBA
Multi-platform DBA across SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL/MariaDB for enterprise telecom. Delivered 25–30% performance improvement through query tuning and index redesign. Implemented Always On AG, clustering, and log shipping supporting 99.9% uptime SLAs. Integrated AWS RDS and Aurora for hybrid cloud architecture.
SQL ServerOracleAlways On AGAWS RDSAurora
Microsoft
Customer Engineer, SQL Server
Delivered SQL Server consulting, architecture reviews, and health checks to enterprise Microsoft customers through JDA TSG. Provided upgrade and migration advisory for cloud modernization strategies and SQL Server best practices to large-scale enterprise organizations.
SQL ServerArchitecture advisoryCloud modernizationHealth checks
IAA / TEK Systems
Database Engineer
Supported automobile data systems and database operations for Insurance Auto Auctions through TEK Systems placement. Managed SQL Server environments supporting vehicle auction data, inventory tracking, and reporting infrastructure across distributed auction locations.
SQL ServerAutomobile dataReportingData operations
CVS Health
Database Administrator
Supported healthcare database operations at CVS Health corporate headquarters in Connecticut. Managed SQL Server environments underpinning pharmacy, healthcare, and retail data systems. Ensured HIPAA-compliant data handling and contributed to database performance and availability initiatives.
SQL ServerHealthcare dataHIPAAPharmacy systems
Bayhealth Hospital
Database Administrator, Epic Systems
Supported Epic electronic health records data infrastructure at Bayhealth Hospital. Administered Cogito and Caboodle databases supporting clinical reporting, analytics, and operational workflows. Maintained HIPAA compliance across all database operations supporting patient data environments.
Epic CogitoEpic CaboodleSQL ServerClinical dataHIPAA
Seven Hills Foundation
Senior Database Administrator Lead
Full lifecycle DBA for clinical database environments. Designed and validated comprehensive DR strategy, built SSIS ETL packages for clinical reporting, and provided 24/7 on-call production support for healthcare database systems.
SQL ServerSSISDR designClinical systems
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
Azure Database Admin (DP-300)
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
CompTIA Security+ ce (Active)
EDB PostgreSQL DBA
Oracle Linux Certified
EPIC Cogito & Caboodle Admin
NSA Linux Security
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