Keerthi Bala

Keerthi Bala is a Senior Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) with over 15 years of experience in building distributed systems.1 She is currently based in the Boston area and works as a Software Development Engineer III at AWS.23

Professional Background

Keerthi specializes in cloud services and is currently serving as a Technical Lead for Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service).3 Her expertise lies in architecting, building, and leading cloud services.3

Skills and Certifications

• Keerthi is a Sun-certified JAVA professional
• She has extensive experience in designing, planning, and implementing software solutions

Education

Keerthi attended Birla Institute of Technology and Science for her education.3

Current Role and Contributions

At AWS, Keerthi has been involved in significant projects related to storage solutions. Most recently, she contributed to improving the performance of Amazon S3 on Outposts by implementing local caching of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions.1 This enhancement helps reduce latencies and improve workload execution time for applications using S3 on Outposts, particularly beneficial for organizations dealing with data sovereignty and privacy regulations.1

Keerthi's work focuses on providing consistent and predictable experiences for users across various locations where AWS Outposts racks are deployed, which is crucial for industries like finance and healthcare that need to comply with data residency requirements while maintaining high performance.1