ANUPAM ALOK
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic Principal Data Engineer with 13+ years of experience designing and leading enterprise-scale data platforms, data architecture, and cloud modernization initiatives. Currently driving Red Hat's enterprise Snowflake transformation, modernizing over 6 PB of data for 300+ downstream consumers while establishing scalable data products, governance frameworks, and reusable platform patterns. Experienced in Data Mesh, AI-enabled data platforms, real-time analytics, and enterprise integration, with a proven track record of aligning technology strategy with business objectives, leading high-performing engineering teams, and delivering measurable business impact through modern data and AI solutions.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
PRINCIPAL DATA ENGINEER
RED HAT
09.2024 - Current
- Provide enterprise architecture leadership for Red Hat's strategic migration to Snowflake, modernizing over 6 PB of enterprise data supporting 300+ downstream consumers while defining scalable, reusable platform and data product patterns.
- Lead architecture and design decisions across data ingestion, transformation, semantic modeling, governance, security, and consumption layers, balancing scalability, performance, cost optimization, and enterprise standards.
- Drive adoption of Data Mesh principles by establishing reusable Data Product Templates, enabling domain-owned data products with standardized metadata, contracts, governance, and lifecycle management.
- Design enterprise integration patterns and governance standards for reliable, secure, and discoverable data assets across multiple business domains.
- Enabled AI-driven business forecasting by integrating PyTorch-based predictive models into the enterprise data platform, creating reusable ML pipelines for planning and decision intelligence.
- Architect AI-powered platform capabilities by building an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables secure access to enterprise forecasting datasets and metadata for AI agents and developer tools.
- Led execution across internal engineering teams and 17-member vendor organization, providing technical leadership, architectural governance, and delivery oversight while aligning stakeholders.
- Partner with business, product, and platform leadership to align enterprise data strategy with business priorities while ensuring governance, security, compliance, and operational excellence.
LEAD ENGINEER / DATA ENGINEERING MANAGER
MCKINSEY & COMPANY
08.2021 - 09.2024
- Built and scaled Data Engineering organization from 0 to 6 engineers, establishing engineering standards and hiring processes while implementing Agile delivery practices and technical mentoring.
- Designed and implemented high-performance real-time and batch data platforms using Spark, Kafka, Azure Event Hub, and Databricks, processing large-scale analytical workloads with enterprise-grade reliability.
- Architected zero-downtime, configuration-driven enterprise data platforms enabling rapid onboarding of multiple global clients onto a shared, scalable, and reusable architecture.
- Led architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and design governance as technical authority for resolving complex cross-platform and distributed data architecture challenges, ensuring alignment with best practices.
- Defined reusable architecture patterns, integration standards, and platform frameworks that accelerated client onboarding while ensuring scalability, maintainability, and operational consistency.
- Partnered with product managers, client stakeholders, and engineering leadership to define multi-quarter technology roadmaps, delivery priorities, and platform modernization initiatives.
- Established best practices for data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, monitoring, and operational excellence across enterprise analytics platforms.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to translate complex analytical requirements into scalable data architecture solutions, enhancing capabilities for pricing optimization, forecasting, and decision intelligence.
- Delivered measurable client outcomes, enabling 2–5% profit improvement through advanced analytics platforms, real-time forecasting, and data-driven decision support.
FREELANCE DATA ENGINEERING CONSULTANT
MIT (JAPANESE RETAIL CLIENT)
01.2021 - 09.2021
- Implemented Debezium-based CDC pipelines on Db2 integrated with Kafka, streamlining downstream data dissemination.
- Designed CDC-based publisher–subscriber data architecture for near real-time propagation of item and master data changes, enhancing data availability.
- Collaborated with client architects on data model evolution and mentored engineering teams on platform and operational best practices, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
02.2013 - 06.2021
- Built high-throughput Spark batch and Kafka-based streaming applications on Azure Kubernetes Service to enhance data processing capabilities.
- Developed, tested, and maintained software applications using Java technologies.
- Designed and developed large-scale data lake and analytics platforms, improving data accessibility for enterprise analytics teams.
- Developed Storm-based real-time ETL pipelines and Elasticsearch modules to facilitate low-latency analytical queries.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Information Technology
Staffordshire University
Panipat01-2012
Skills
- Data architecture leadership
- Data warehousing
- Streaming data systems
- Cloud migrations
- Data governance
- Engineering management
- Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Streaming technologies
- Data analytics
- Cloud platforms
- ETL orchestration
- Programming languages
- DevOps practices
- Data Visualization
- Machine learning
- Data governance
- Real-time processing
- Agile Project Management
- Cloud integration
- Data architecture
- Technical leadership
- Data Strategy Development
Certification
- Pivotal Cloud Foundry – Developer Certified
- IBM DB2 Certified Professional
- IBM Rational Application Developer (RAD) – Certified
Timeline
PRINCIPAL DATA ENGINEER
RED HAT
09.2024 - Current
LEAD ENGINEER / DATA ENGINEERING MANAGER
MCKINSEY & COMPANY
08.2021 - 09.2024
FREELANCE DATA ENGINEERING CONSULTANT
MIT (JAPANESE RETAIL CLIENT)
01.2021 - 09.2021
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
02.2013 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Information Technology
Staffordshire University