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Pramodhsurya Jeyanthi Ravisankaran

Pramodhsurya Jeyanthi Ravisankaran

Herndon,VA

Summary

With over 8 years of experience building large-scale distributed data systems, I am an accomplished Data Engineer adept at architecting and implementing robust data pipelines to enable advanced analytics.

Leadership:

  • Spearheaded migration of massive data pipelines to AWS, delivering 30% cost reductions
  • Led full redesign and development of real-time data pipeline from start to finish, reducing processing time by 40% and driving $5M in annual cost savings
  • Championed organizational adoption of data-driven decision making
  • Conducted training and mentoring to expand junior data engineers' skills in constructing scalable pipelines
  • Designed Python frameworks for pipeline testing and data quality monitoring
  • Directed testing automation and CI/CD implementation for rapid delivery of pipeline changes
  • Drove creation of new scalable data pipeline model to enable AI/ML use cases and boost revenue
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams to deliver data-driven solutions
  • Led proof of concept projects to demonstrate potential of new technologies

Core Competencies:

  • Designing and developing big data solutions leveraging latest technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Hive, AWS
  • Constructing and optimizing large-scale data pipelines, warehouses, and data lakes
  • Developing strategies for data modeling, ETL, metadata to power business intelligence
  • Implementing robust security, access control, encryption for scalable data pipelines
  • Ensuring optimal performance of high volume pipelines through monitoring and improvement
  • Collaborating with stakeholders and mentoring junior data engineers
  • Diligent focus on improving profit margins while upholding robust work ethics and quality standards
  • Skilled at developing, coordinating, delegating and planning work activities strategically
  • Rapid learner with broad experience, highly motivated, and able to thrive in structured as well as ambiguous environments

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Data Engineer

Synchronoss Technologies
03.2021 - Current
  • Led migration of massive pipelines to AWS with optimizations, reducing costs
  • Lead a team of 5 data engineers to develop and maintain scalable data pipelines, providing guidance and mentoring
  • Foster collaboration across disparate teams involved in the end-to-end data flow including upstream data providers and downstream data consumers. Proactively identify dependencies, enable clear communication channels, align objectives, and mediate interactions to maximize efficiency of the overall data solution delivery.
  • Work cross-functionally with product managers, software engineers, and business analysts to understand requirements and translate them into data solutions
  • Coordinate with QA and DevOps teams to ensure robust testing, deployment, and monitoring of data pipelines
  • Collaborate with data scientists to ensure infrastructure supports advanced analytics and machine learning use cases
  • Oversee design and implementation of data lake architecture, integrating diverse data sources and enabling self-service access
  • Establish standards and best practices for data modeling, ETL mapping, metadata management, data quality, and governance
  • Plan and deliver data engineer training sessions and knowledge sharing to upskill team members
  • Monitor team performance, provide coaching and feedback, and support career development
  • Lead design reviews and code reviews to ensure pipeline solutions meet functional, security and performance requirements
  • Stay on top of emerging big data technologies and develop proof of concepts and pilots
  • Manage project delivery and coordinate data engineer teams to deliver complex initiatives on time
  • Compiled, cleaned and manipulated data for proper handling.
  • Analyzed large datasets to identify trends and patterns in customer behaviors.
  • Built NLP pipelines, decreasing analysis time from days to minutes, saving $1M yearly
  • Created customer retention models, significantly reducing churn rates
  • Designed new scalable data model to power AI/ML use cases and boost revenue
  • Automated reporting, strengthened data quality and governance
  • Explained data results and discussed how best to use data to support project objectives.
  • Generated detailed studies on potential third-party data handling solutions, verifying compliance with internal needs and stakeholder requirements.
  • Authored UNIX shell scripts to automate jobs and scheduled cron jobs for job automation using Crontab commands
  • Developed a Lambda function for deployment, configuring it to trigger on events from S3 buckets

Data Engineering Lead

Hexaware Technologies
08.2019 - 03.2021
  • Developed ETL pipelines to migrate SQL Server/Oracle data to AWS S3 using Python
  • Automated XML to CSV conversion framework for large-scale unstructured data ingestion
  • Created data validation frameworks in Hive/Athena to ensure pipeline and data integrity
  • Reduced ETL validation time by 40% through test automation using Python
  • Standardized complex JSON/XML data into structured formats for integration
  • Provided data architecture recommendations to improve standards and processes
  • Coordinated with project managers on database development timelines
  • Performed root cause analysis and defect resolution for production pipelines
  • Conducted large-scale data analysis to identify insights and anomalies
  • Prepared analytic reports and visualizations to communicate results
  • Worked collaboratively within an Agile team environment
  • Implemented best practices for version control, documentation, and DevOps
  • Adapted to rapidly changing business needs and priorities
  • Built data pipelines to aggregate, process, and analyze large datasets using R. Created reusable libraries and functions to standardize analyses.
  • Took initiative in learning new data technologies to improve skillset

Data Engineer

Cognizant
04.2015 - 08.2019
  • Produced monthly reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.
  • Identified, analyzed and interpreted trends or patterns in complex data sets.
  • Created various Excel documents to assist with pulling metrics data and presenting information to stakeholders for concise explanations of best placement for needed resources.
  • Utilized data visualization tools to effectively communicate business insights.
  • Responsible for gathering requirements, estimating effort, and analyzing gaps in existing systems.
  • Validated the entire ETL process to ensure data accuracy and integrity through multiple layers of transformations.
  • Developed, implemented, and maintained data analytics protocols, standards, and documentation.
  • Automated ETL testing using R programming, resulting in a 30% reduction in time.
  • Analyzed and resolved complex data and system issues, including incidents and defects.
  • Collaborated with external client application teams to address outstanding issues and ensure project success.
  • Utilized data cleansing methods to improve data quality and produce better results.
  • Designed and built data loaders/pipelines to feed the Enterprise Data Hub and monitored performance for optimization.
  • Worked with data and analytics experts to enhance functionality in data systems.

Education

Master of Technology - Quality Management

Birla Institute of Science And Technology
06.2019

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Electronics Engineering

Anna University
03.2015

Skills

Languages: Python, SQL, Pyspark, Shell Script , R

Databases: MySQL, Oracle, Hive, MongoDB, Presto, Teradata

Technology: Pyspark, Airflow, Spark Streaming, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Jupyter Note- book, Bamboo, Elastic Search, Jira , UNIX, Big Data, Hadoop, Tableau

Concepts: Architecture and Design of Data Pipelines, Data Science, Data Modeling, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, BI and Reporting, Agile Methodology

Domain Knowledge: US Healthcare, Telecommunications, Insurance

Work Availability

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Quote

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire

Timeline

Senior Data Engineer

Synchronoss Technologies
03.2021 - Current

Data Engineering Lead

Hexaware Technologies
08.2019 - 03.2021

Data Engineer

Cognizant
04.2015 - 08.2019

Master of Technology - Quality Management

Birla Institute of Science And Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Electronics Engineering

Anna University
Pramodhsurya Jeyanthi Ravisankaran