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Srinadh Neelam

Summary

Lead Data Architect with 15+ years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing, Data Design,Data modelling ,Data Architecture for both cloud and traditional warehouse mainly for Snowflake, Teradata and Google cloud services.

Experience in designing ETL data pipelines for capital markets investment banking data and Prime services. Proven track record in designing and managing data lakes and warehouses, building scalable data pipelines, and leading high-performing teams. Expertise in cloud-native engineering (AWS/Azure), Snowflake ,DBT,snowpark ,data analytics, and DevSecOps practices. Certified CFA Investment Foundation and Azure Cloud Professional, driving digital transformation and ensuring delivery excellence.

  • Leadership & People Management: Team building, coaching, stakeholder management, Delivery Management,Product and Scrum Management.
  • Data Engineering & Architecture: Data lake design, warehouse architecture, pipelines, metadata management, lineage, Data modelling .
  • Cloud & DevOps: GCP,AWS, Snowflake Cloud, Azure, ETL pipelines, observability, release management.
  • AI & Tools:Agenetic AI,Copilot,DEVX
  • Data Modeling & Visualization: Power Designer, Erwin DI, Power BI, Python.
  • Agile Delivery: Squads, tribes, backlog grooming, sprint ceremonies.

Domain Expertise – Summary

  • Securities Financing Transactions: Repo, Reverse Repo, Buy & Sell, Securities Lending, Collateral Management
  • Margin & Risk Trading: REGT, REGU, Portfolio Margining, Margin & Risk calculations, FRAME, Broadridge systems.
  • Prime Brokerage & Prime Services: Hedge Funds, Trade life cycle, Margin & Risk Trading, settlement & clearance, IB service, Regulatory reporting
  • Traded Products Domain: Reference data (Securities), Equity Derivatives, reconciliation & P&L reporting.
  • Consumer Lending: Expertise in retail lending platforms, loan origination, and servicing.
  • Personal & Unsecured Lending: Experience in credit risk assessment, loan lifecycle management, and digital lending solutions.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Data Architect

Wells Fargo
Hyderabad
01.2020 - Current

Client Name: Wells Fargo India Solutions
Project Name: Enterprise Data Warehouse - Consumer Lending Credit Cards (EDW CLCR)

Project Description: To Design and architect a scalable, cloud-native enterprise data warehouse consolidating consumer lending and credit card data from multiple source systems.

Roles & Responsibilities:Architected end-to-end Snowflake data warehouse design with multi-layer schemas (Raw, Staging, Analytics) supporting scalable compute-storage separation

  • Defined Snowflake governance policies including role-based access control, resource management, warehouse scaling strategies, and disaster recovery procedures
  • Collaborated with developers and AWS engineers to integrate data transformation and ETL pipelines, implementing automated data quality testing and validation frameworks
  • Led data modeling workshops with business stakeholders and technical teams to establish best practices, documentation standards, and performance optimization strategies
  • Defined Data architectural roadmaps during cloud migrations from native Teradata on premise.

Tech Stack Used in the Project:
Snowflake (Multi-cluster warehouses, Time-Travel, Zero-copy cloning)& Teradata,AWS,Snow Flake Dbt (data build tool), SQL,AWS S3 , Apache Airflow, Power BI,GitHub/GitLab with CI/CD pipelines

Data Architect

Wells Fargo India Solutions
Bengaluru
03.2015 - 12.2020

Client Name: Wells Fargo India Solutions
Project Name: Enterprise Data Lake - Traded Products Domain
Project Description:

-To Design and architect a scalable, enterprise data lake consolidating Traded Products for investment banking data.

Roles and Responsibilities:
-Directed engineering teams to design and implement enterprise-scale data lake and warehouse solutions for traded products.
-Defined architectural roadmaps and enforced engineering standards across teams.
-Mentored engineers while facilitating agile ceremonies.
Delivered scalable data pipelines, reducing processing time by thirty percent.
-Conducted impact analysis ensuring seamless integration of upstream and downstream systems.
-Served as business liaison between technology and product teams to enhance collaboration.
-Managed database solutions for stock loan operations, improving data lake transformations.
Tech Stack Used in the Project:
Teradata, SQL,Python,Power Designer,Erwin DI

Data Modeler

Wells Fargo India Solutions
Bengaluru
04.2011 - 02.2015
  • Client Name: Wells Fargo India Solutions
    Project Name:EDW-Prime Brokerage and Margin Systems
    Project Description: Data warehouse platform facilitates master data for prime brokerage and Margin executions.
    Roles and Responcibilities:
    Designed and developed normalized and dimensional data models (Star Schema, Snowflake Schema) for margin and collateral data and performed master data management for securities financed transactions.
    - Created comprehensive ERD (Entity Relationship Diagrams) and data lineage documentation mapping source systems to fact and dimension tables
    - Established data governance framework defining data ownership, metadata standards, data classification, and lineage tracking across all layers of the warehouse
    - Implemented slowly changing dimensions (SCD Type 1, 2, 3) and fact table designs supporting incremental loads and historical data retention policies
    - Collaborated with business analysts to translate business requirements into logical and physical data models with proper indexing and partitioning strategies
    -Conducted data profiling, quality assessment, and root cause analysis identifying data inconsistencies and implementing validation rules within dbt tests and SQL checks
    -Designed and built analytical data marts and cubes enabling self-service analytics for business stakeholders with performance metrics and drill-down capabilities
    - Created data quality dashboards and monitoring frameworks tracking completeness, accuracy, and timeliness metrics with automated alerts for anomalies
    - Performed exploratory data analysis (EDA) and statistical analysis supporting regulatory compliance reporting (CCAR, DFAST) and risk management analytics
    Tech Stack Used in the Project: Data Model techniques,SQl,Power Designer

IT Analyst

TCS
India
01.2010 - 04.2011
  • Collaborated with JPMorgan Chase Bank to design and develop test automation suites using QTP and VB scripting, improving testing efficiency.
  • Developed design specifications from functional requirements for collateral module, aligning solutions with business needs.
  • Executed implementation and unit testing for title search module, enhancing system reliability and user experience.

Project Engineer

WIPRO
India
11.2005 - 10.2009
  • Acted as client representative for Nation Wide Insurance.
  • Designed test cases for applications affected by the release.
  • Executed functional and regression testing.
  • Implementation, Unit Testing of Title Search module.
  • Developed test plans, executed scripts, and managed QC/ALM life cycles for efficient test management.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Technology, IT

Acharya Nagarjuna University
6 2005

Skills

  • Data warehousing and modeling
  • ETL Pipelines design
  • Snowflake Warehouse
  • Snowflake DBT
  • Snow Pipe and Batch streaming
  • Snow Park
  • Apache Airflow
  • Big Query & GCP
  • Google cloud services
  • AWS ECS & S3
  • Data governance and quality
  • Data analysis and visualization
  • Dimensional, Star & snowflake modeling techniques
  • Master data management
  • Business intelligence solutions
  • SQL expertise and relational databases
  • Unix and Linux systems
  • Cloud architecture and services
  • Agile and Scrum methodologies
  • Project management skills
  • Team leadership and mentoring
  • Effective communication strategies
  • Python programming
  • Power BI reporting
  • Teradata architecture
  • DevSecOps & CI/CD pipelines
  • Data lake architecture
  • Data analysis & Data Analytics

Certification

  • Azure Cloud certified professional - AZ 900
  • CFA certified (Investment Foundation) professional

Timeline

Lead Data Architect

Wells Fargo
01.2020 - Current

Data Architect

Wells Fargo India Solutions
03.2015 - 12.2020

Data Modeler

Wells Fargo India Solutions
04.2011 - 02.2015

IT Analyst

TCS
01.2010 - 04.2011

Project Engineer

WIPRO
11.2005 - 10.2009

Bachelor of Engineering - Technology, IT

Acharya Nagarjuna University
Srinadh Neelam