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Aakash Veerapandian

Dallas,TX

Summary

With over 6 years of expertise as a Data Engineer in the IT sector, I specialize in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable data pipelines and ensuring seamless data integration. Passionate about working in a challenging environment that promotes continuous learning, creativity, and exposure to innovative solutions which in turns supports both my professional and personal growth.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate

Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2020 - 08.2022
  • Analyzed business requirements and designed Talend ETL workflows, ensuring efficient data integration and processing as per client specifications.
  • Owned the end-to-end development of Talend ETL jobs, from design and implementation to deployment in the production environment, ensuring seamless data integration and optimal performance.
  • Implemented error and job logging in Splunk through Talend code, enabling efficient debugging and issue resolution
  • Followed and contributed to ETL job change and design best practices developed by the team, while continuously enhancing and version-controlling the processes using Git and GitHub
  • Seamlessly deployed code into the production environment using Kubernetes, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficient usage of containerized applications.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and accuracy, resulting in better-informed decisions.
  • Designed and developed solutions throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) using Agile methodology, actively interacting with end users and participating in SCRUM meetings

BI Developer

Unimoni Global Business Solution
05.2019 - 09.2020
  • Designed and implemented the complete end-to-end BI architecture, ensuring seamless data flow from extraction to reporting.
  • Collaborated with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to understand business requirements, analyze data sources, and identify relationships between database tables.
  • Developed ETL workflows in Talend for efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) into MySQL, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
  • Optimized ETL performance by implementing best practices for data integration, improving processing efficiency and reducing load times.
  • Created and maintained Universes in SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BO) to facilitate customized reporting as per stakeholder requirements.
  • Designed and generated dynamic reports and dashboards in SAP BO, enabling real-time insights and data-driven decision-making.
  • Ensured data integrity and security, implementing proper validations and access controls to maintain compliance and reliability.
  • Provided documentation and knowledge transfer, ensuring smooth handover and future maintainability of the BI solutions.
  • As part of the migration process, redesigned and developed reports from SAP BO in Tableau, leveraging its advanced visualization capabilities, interactive dashboards, and real-time analytics to provide deeper insights and enhanced decision-making.

Anti-Money Laundering:

  • Developed a PL/SQL procedure to identify and validate customers across multiple database sources, ensuring data accuracy, authenticity, and consistency for enhanced decision-making and fraud detection.

System Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2015 - 05.2019

Data Lake Project

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize key datasets for storing into the Data Lake, ensuring optimal data availability and usability.
  • Utilized Sqoop CLI to efficiently migrate structured data into the Data Lake, converting it into Parquet format for improved storage efficiency and query performance.

Data Warehouse Project

  • As a part of migration of ETL code from Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) to Talend, ensuring optimized workflows for improved performance and scalability.
  • Designed and implemented workflow enhancements, resulting in efficient data processing and scalability improvements.
  • Managed ETL pipelines, ensuring data integrity, stability, and accuracy throughout the migration process.
  • Executed end-to-end migration of data from Netezza to Amazon Redshift, focusing on strategic planning and execution to maintain data integrity.
  • Migrated ETL metadata from Oracle to Amazon PostgreSQL, ensuring seamless data consistency and accessibility.
  • Developed and automated a File Wrapper job using Shell scripting, enabling automatic triggers for new file placements.
  • Optimized data integration processes and performed database performance tuning, leading to reduced processing times and enhanced system response.
  • Conducted in-depth troubleshooting to identify root causes of issues, implementing timely and effective resolutions.
  • Authored comprehensive documentation, outlining migration strategies, methodologies, and troubleshooting guides, facilitating knowledge transfer and future reference.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including database administrators and business stakeholders, to ensure seamless communication and alignment throughout the migration process.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering

Saveetha Engineering College
Chennai,India
05-2015

Skills

  • ETL Tools - Talend 80,73 and Open Studio, ODI, Informatica
  • Reporting Tools -SAP BO and Universe, Tableau Public
  • Databases - Oracle, MySQL, Amazon Redshift and Netezza
  • Programming Language - Shell scripting and Python
  • Source Control Management - SVN, Git
  • Containerization - Kubernetes

Timeline

Associate

Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2020 - 08.2022

BI Developer

Unimoni Global Business Solution
05.2019 - 09.2020

System Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2015 - 05.2019

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering

Saveetha Engineering College
Aakash Veerapandian