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MOHAMMED SHAHID

Seattle,USA

Summary

Senior Data engineer with more than a decade of experience- well versed in Cloud (AWS/Azure), ETL, Big data, Model development and training in Machine Learning, Databases, Streaming, Application Development, Product experience on Cloud and Advanced level in Kafka, Spark.

Dedicated champion of open-source initiatives, actively contributing to community-driven projects and fostering collaboration to advance technology and innovation. Seeking data science/engineering related work in exciting product-based big-data/AI companies.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Cloud Data Platform Engineer

Snowflake Inc.
10.2022 - Current
  • I designed and built efficient data pipeline and workflows for customer, focusing on scalable ETL processes and ensuring data integrity
  • Reproduce and test complex use-cases of customers- sometimes diving down deep into the product, OS level to find the root cause
  • Creating knowledge articles, training materials based on my thorough testing of product, conducting brown-bad sessions, and brainstorming within my core team.
  • Played a pivotal role in developing scalable machine learning models for production using EMRs, Python, and PySpark. Enhanced model accessibility for business analysts through parameter customization, resulting in a 23% increase in analytical efficiency.
  • Utilized SQL queries and internal tools to enhance the storage and retrieval of terabytes of data in Snowflake and OneLake databases, resulting in savings of over $2800 per month.
  • Worked closely with data scientists, support engineers, and project managers to integrate new features and enhance workflows.

Customer Operations Engineer

Confluent Inc
09.2021 - 10.2022
  • Designing and Setting up real-time data streaming solutions with Apache Kafka and Spark Streaming
  • Troubleshooting and investigation complex cases, and Kafka cloud outage.
  • Drafting up KB articles, conduction training, mentoring junior engineers.
  • Designed and developed Enterprise-wide standardized Jenkins pipelines that streamlines the deployment process, provisions infrastructure in AWS, and accommodates automated testing and quality scans.
  • Managed AWS infrastructure for non-serverless applications, achieving 99.95% uptime and reducing latency by 40%.
  • Developed auto-scaling solutions that boosted performance by 50% during peak traffic periods.
  • Provided extensive support to over 200 developers, assisting with onboarding onto specific pipelines and ensuring smooth operations.

Customer Operations Engineer

Cloudera Inc.
07.2019 - 09.2021
  • Specialties: Handling Priority 1 cases for mainly Kafka, Spark and Nifi
  • Responsible for driving cases on Product related issues from customer engineering teams
  • Providing best practices and configs to customers to tune the cluster for optimal performance
  • Troubleshoot technical issues- Software/hardware/network/security
  • Handling highly critical and complex cases for customers and providing guidance on maintaining high availability in Clusters
  • Mentoring new hires in frontline team across the globe to upskill their kafka/nifi/yarn knowledge and handle cases efficiently.

Senior Staff Java Software Engineer

Cazablaze Info Solutions
03.2013 - 05.2018
  • Writing and maintaining program code to automate repeated tasks to reduce manual hours and mistakes
  • Effectively involved in query designing, database related operations and enhancing the performance of existing database by adopting performance tuning measures
  • Organized formal workshops for clients to provide better understanding of added functionality after each release, in three months
  • Executing complete lifecycle software development (being a developer for Transight (an IEEA award winning application)- a novel fleet management solution with satellite tracking system, GPS Transmitter and highly interactive users interface in both online and offline mode.
  • Write well-structured programs in Java and C++,
  • Performing code reviews, UT/IT reviews
  • Executing technical tasks that include requirements, design, code and unit test activities
  • Integrating software components into a fully functional software system
  • Developing software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
  • Documenting and maintaining software functionality

Education

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering -

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
01.2012

Skills

  • Python
  • Machine Learning Concepts
  • Kafka SME
  • Software Development, Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Cloud Infrastructure Management, Cloud Storage and Services
  • Metadata Management, API Design and Development, Distributed Systems, Monitoring and Alerting, and Application Debugging
  • Spark (SparkSQL, Streaming, PySpark)
  • Snowflake
  • Strong security skills- TLS/SSL, MIT Kerberos, RBAC, Network protocols
  • OS- Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
  • Strong n/w troubleshooting skills
  • DATABASE: Snowflake, MySQL
  • Good theoretical and hands-on Docker and Kubernetes experience managing K8 clusters
  • CORE PROGRAMMING: Python, Java, C and C (Object oriented)
  • VERSION CONTROL, Incident Management tool and SDLC: Git, JIRA, Agile (Scrum)
  • CI/CD Pipelines: Ansible
  • CORE PROGRAMMING: Python, Java, C, C
  • VERSION CONTROL, Incident Management tool and SDLC: Git, JIRA, Agile

Certification

  • Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka
  • Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka

Timeline

Sr. Cloud Data Platform Engineer

Snowflake Inc.
10.2022 - Current

Customer Operations Engineer

Confluent Inc
09.2021 - 10.2022

Customer Operations Engineer

Cloudera Inc.
07.2019 - 09.2021

Senior Staff Java Software Engineer

Cazablaze Info Solutions
03.2013 - 05.2018

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering -

MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
MOHAMMED SHAHID