Saison Information Systems is pleased to announce that it won third place in the "End of Year AWS GameDay Tournament for AWS Top Engineers" hosted by AWS on December 21, 2022. This tournament was a GameDay event for which teams including 2022 APN AWS Top Engineer winners were invited. A total of 93 people across 24 teams participated in the tournament, with a maximum of four people per team (one of whom must be an AWS Top Engineer). Our company participated with four members (one team): Hayato Kosugi, who was invited as a 2022 AWS Top Engineer, as well as Tsukasa Ishimaru, Chiharu Tsuboi, and Daiki Yamaguchi.
The reason for their third place win was that the participants had know-how in responding to failures, as they regularly operate customer environments using AWS. In this competition, the system's normal uptime was a key factor in their evaluation, and they were able to utilize their operational know-how.
What our team is saying:
Knowledge of AWS is advantageous for construction and troubleshooting, but since monitoring and inventory management operations are also required, it seems possible to contribute even if you do not have the knowledge or experience.
By participating in GameDay for the first time, I feel I learned a lot, including the following:
・You can experience services that you don't normally use in your work
・Gain experience using it in actual work (log investigation methods, role allocation, etc.)
-Members can unite
・It motivates me to learn more and make up for my lack of knowledge next time!
What is AWS GameDay?
This is an AWS event where teams compete for high scores by building an actual AWS system and overcoming various challenges, such as troubleshooting. Unlike classroom lectures or hands-on workshops, participants build systems while thinking along the challenges without a procedure manual. This is practical training that solidifies knowledge for dealing with failures. It is also held at conferences such as re:Invent and AWS Summit.
For details about the competition and the winning teams, please see the AWS JAPAN APN blog.
https://aws.amazon.com/jp/blogs/psa/gameday-for-awstopengineers-202212/