Skills
Achievements
Optimized Data Pipelines: Redesigned ETL workflows to improve maintainability, reduce architectural complexity, and accelerate data ingestion and processing.
Cloud Migration Expertise: Led the migration of legacy on-premise SQL Server and Oracle systems, including ETL workflows built in PowerCenter and SSIS, to modern cloud platforms such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Snowflake.
Azure Platform Integration: Designed and implemented end-to-end data solutions on the Azure Data Platform, including Data Factory, Databricks, and Data Lake.
Cross-System Integration: Integrated enterprise systems such as SAP, Salesforce, and custom applications with OLTP databases (Oracle, SQL Server), enabling unified analytics and reporting.
Performance & Cost Optimization: Implemented scalable architectures and optimized ETL and storage processes to improve system performance while reducing cloud costs.
ETL & BI Excellence: Delivered high-quality ETL, data modeling, and BI solutions for clients across insurance, banking, healthcare, e-commerce, tech startups, retail, and manufacturing.
BI Modernization: Successfully migrated complex reports and dashboards from Microsoft Excel to Power BI, improving data accessibility, visualization quality, and decision-making efficiency.
Leadership & Mentoring: Guided junior engineers and cross-functional teams on best practices in data engineering, cloud architecture, and pipeline design, improving team efficiency and onboarding.
Rapid Adaptation & Learning: Quickly self-trained on new tools and technologies to meet client-specific project requirements, enabling immediate contribution post-onboarding.
Complex Problem Solving: Resolved challenging technical and architectural issues in data engineering projects, finding practical solutions for any data engineering requirement.
Data Engineering & Architecture
Extensive experience with Data Warehouse, Data Mart, Data Lake, Lakehouse, Data Mesh, and Medallion Architecture.
Skilled in Data Analytics, Data Governance, and Data Quality initiatives.
Proficient in Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Catalogs.
Strong knowledge of Data Security, including masking, regulatory compliance, access management, and auditing.
Hands-on expertise in ETL/ELT processes: extraction, staging, transformation, and loading across multiple source and target systems with diverse technologies.
Deep understanding of data modeling: dimensions, fact tables, OLAP cubes, aggregate tables, and database optimization for storage and query performance.
Familiar with leading methodologies: Top-down, Bottom-up, Inmon, Kimball, On-premise, Cloud, and Big Data approaches.
Full lifecycle experience: analysis, design, implementation, maintenance, administration, optimization, testing, and quality assurance with a focus on best practices.
ETL/ELT & Data Integration
Proficient with ETL tools including Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Cloud, SSIS, and Pentaho Kettle.
Skilled in building ETL pipelines using PL/SQL, T-SQL, shell scripts, C++, Java, and Python.
Expertise in data extraction, transformation, and loading across multiple platforms and technologies.
Databases
Extensive experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake, Redshift, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Teradata, DB2, and InterSystems Caché.
Data modeling and architecture, including physical and logical database design and administration.
Proficient in SQL programming, query optimization, indexes, partitioning, and performance tuning.
Management of grants, roles, and permissions to ensure security and compliance.
Experience with backup and recovery strategies, replication, and high availability solutions.
Familiar with database monitoring tools, automation scripts, and best practices for reliability and scalability.
Cloud & Big Data
Azure, Databricks, AWS, Spark, Redshift, Snowflake, Data Factory.
Microsoft Azure
Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Blob Storage, Azure DevOps, RBAC, Power BI.
Snowflake
SQL, warehouses, roles and grants, time travel, stored procedures, tasks, temporary and transient tables, external tables and semi-structured data formats, cost management, integration with Data Factory, integration with cloud storage, integration with BI and analytics tools.
Reporting & Visualization Tools
Power BI, QlikView, Tableau, Looker, Birst, SAP BO, MicroStrategy, Cognos.
System & Infrastructure Architecture
Cloud, On-Premise, and Distributed Systems, including Virtual Servers and Containerized Environments.
Design and management of high availability architectures, load balancing, failover strategies, and backup solutions.
Implementation of real-time, on-demand, and scheduled processing solutions.
Sizing, scaling, benchmarking, and procurement of infrastructure to meet performance and capacity requirements.
Migration of existing solutions to modern technologies and infrastructures, including cloud adoption and hybrid deployments.
Monitoring, optimization, and performance tuning of infrastructure to ensure reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
Programming Languages
C/C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, PHP, Perl, Python, AWK, Bash, PowerShell, SQL programming.
Experienced in object-oriented programming (OOP), compiled and interpreted languages, and modular coding practices.
Skilled in API development, scripting for automation, and building custom ETL solutions using code.
Code review and release management.
Capable of writing efficient, maintainable, and scalable code.
Unix & Linux Systems
Experienced with macOS, RedHat, Oracle Linux, Fedora, CentOS, SUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, Solaris, and IBM AIX.
Skilled in managing packages, dependencies, users, permissions, and networking.
Proficient in Bash and shell scripting for automation, system administration, and process optimization.
Knowledgeable in system configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Project & People Management
Marketing & Sales, Business Development, Account Management, RFI/RFP, Proofs of Concept.
Bridging technical, functional, and business areas by analyzing and translating user and business requirements.
Estimation and planning for short, medium, and long-term initiatives.
Stakeholder, Budget, Resource, Risk, and Change Management, tracking deliverables, scope, and timelines.
Experience leading local, remote, and hybrid teams, including internal staff, external vendors, and freelance contractors.
Provider selection, collaborator interviews, and talent recruitment.
Mentoring or guiding engineering teams, sharing knowledge, establishing standards, improving team efficiency, and enabling high-quality delivery.
Managing both new developments and legacy systems at varying service levels, with expertise in ITSM and SDLC.
Proficient in Agile and Waterfall methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, DevOps).
Full documentation across all project phases.
Tools: Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, CyberArk, Control-M, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and more.
Industry experience across Insurance, Banking, Healthcare, Telecommunications, E-commerce, Tech Startups, Retail, Manufacturing, Education, Government Administration, Sports, Logistics, and Print Media.
Soft Skills
I apply critical and analytical thinking, solve problems creatively and strategically, stay resourceful and resilient, reliable and professional, remain self-disciplined and conscientious, manage my time excellently, make sound decisions, adapt easily, stay open-minded and self-motivated, take accountability and ownership, uphold a strong work ethic, act with integrity, and deliver efficiently and effectively.