About

Sungshik Jou

Sung Shik Jou profile
Software Engineering Manager, Director / Senior Engineer / Platform Engineering / DevOps / DevSecOps / Cloud Expert
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sungshik

Professional Summary

Highly skilled Senior Engineer and IT Leader with over 20 years of experience in designing, developing, and managing robust, scalable platforms (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and more). Proficient in cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and diverse programming languages, with a proven track record of driving efficiency and automation in large-scale environments. Extensive background across R&D, SI/SM, and packaged software development.

Adept at leading cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers to align with organizational goals. During my tenure at AWS, I specialized in guiding enterprise and digital native customers through cloud transformation by delivering architectural best practices. Expertise in diagnosing complex technical challenges and proposing strategic solutions that drive business growth and operational maturity. Passionate about leveraging emerging technologies to solve customer problems and eager to take on new, high-impact challenges.


Awards

  • 2021 Thought Leadership Winner (Year-End) (AWS Korea Solutions Architect Award winners)
  • 2021 AWS APJC TechSummit DNB/ISV/Startup Track Best Speaker Award.
  • 2021 Thought Leadership Winner (Q3) (AWS Korea Solutions Architect Award winners)
  • 2021 Think Big Award (Q2) (AWS Korea Solutions Architect Award winners)
  • 2020 AWS KOREA 2020 Kick-off AWARD: Training & Certification - Champion of the year.
  • 2019 T&C APAC: Training & Certification - Person of Q3
  • 2018 AWS Korea Seoul Summit – Best CSAT Award (AWSome Day)
  • 2012 LG CNS Best Knowledge share award
  • 2011 Open Source SW Copyright Recognition Enhancement Paper Award – “The study on incorporation of GPLv2.0 software with proprietary software” 2nd place winner.

Public Speaking & Articles

Books

Securing DevOps Serverless Architecture on AWS Python Web Programming using Flask (1st) Python Web Programming using Flask (2nd) DevOps Troubleshooting, Linux Server Best Practice

Experience

Hyundai AutoEver — Head of Team, SDx Platform Development Team (2025.06 ~)

  • Leading the development team of an SDx (Software-Defined Everything) platform powering Hyundai Motor Group’s next-generation smart factory environment.
  • Driving innovation in automative industry infrastructure for factory automation to enable scalable and efficient automobile manufacturing.
  • Engaged in the Hyundai Motor Group project to build a next-generation battery facility — MAAC (Mobility Alphaline Ansung Center)

Coupang — Software Development Manager, Global Operation Technology (2025.01 – 2025.06)

  • Software Development Manager of the WMS Outbound domain team, responsible for outbound fullfilment operations.
  • Operating a Tier-1 business system which served in AWS and it covers near 10M logistics Peak.
  • Led a DevOps organization following Agile practices to optimize delivery speed and system reliability.

DANBI EDUCATION — Director, Platform Engineering Division (2022.03 – 2024.12)

  • Led an organization of 14 across DevOps, Security, QA, and Service Operations.
  • Led architecture modernization and AWS infrastructure redesign, streamlining organizational governance via AWS Control Tower.
  • Led a application migration from EC2-based environments to Kubernetes orchestration environments.
  • Strengthened security (network firewall adoption, temporary credentials with traceability, event log collection/analysis, policies and guidance).
  • Adopted test automation (Appium/Selenium) and improved service operations with JIRA Service Management.
  • Design and operate GenAI Product: built an internal Q/A and reporting system using RAG with Streamlit, LangChain, and PandasAI. Involved initial design of CATS English which based on Azure OpenAI system.

Amazon Web Services — Sr. Solutions Architect / Sr. Technical Trainer (2016.06 – 2022.03)

  • Engaged digital-native and enterprise customers: architecture review, modernization (DevSecOps/DDD/MSA), troubleshooting, and new service adoption.
  • Led initiatives such as DDD-enabled MSA and DevSecOps modernization; contributed to Chaos Engineering workshops.
  • Delivered training/workshops to 2,500+ customers; authored the official AWS course “Moving to AWS Serverless”. (Regarding Architecting, DevOps, BigData, System Operation, Developing, Migration and more.)
  • Public speaking: re:Invent (re:Cap / Builder’s Fair), AWSome Day / Seoul Summit, and more.

LG CNS — Software Architect / Architecture Consulting Specialist / Developer (2008.11 – 2016.06)

  • OSS-based architecture consulting, PoCs, and technical support (Redis, Couchbase, RabbitMQ, Solr/Elasticsearch, Tomcat/JBoss, etc.).
  • Architecture improvements and development for global platform components (session store, FTS, etc.).
  • Developed internal training courses (Practical Redis, OSS License Guide) and built an OSS governance system.

TINIATEK — R&D Engineer / SW Developer (2004.04 – 2008.10)

  • Developed, ported, and maintained in-house middleware (WebTide) and delivered multiple SI projects.

Education

  • M.S. in Engineering, Ajou University Graduate School (2007.03 – 2009.02)
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Ajou University (1998.02 – 2003.02)

Certifications

  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP)
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS)
  • AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty (BDS)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA)
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA)
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF)
  • SPICE Provisional Assessor (ISO 15504) (2011)
  • CISA (2008)
  • Engineer Information Processing (2001)

Contact


한국어 버전: 소개 (Korean)