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Nitesh Regonda

Atlanta,GA

Summary

Highly skilled and results-oriented Databricks Administrator with 5+ years of experience, building upon a strong foundation in database administration. Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain robust Databricks platforms, ensuring high performance, reliability, and compliance. Expertise in workspace and cluster management, security implementation, performance tuning, cost optimization, and providing comprehensive support to strategic databricks customers which include data engineering, data science, and analytics teams. Proficient in leveraging Python, PySpark, SQL, and AWS services within the Databricks ecosystem.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Professional Services Consultant

Databricks
12.2022 - Current
  • Led the administration and maintenance of a multi-tenant Databricks environment supporting over 200 users and numerous critical data pipelines.
  • Designed, implemented, and managed robust security policies, including role-based access control (RBAC), network configurations, and data encryption at rest and in transit, resulting in zero major security incidents.
  • Developed and maintained Python scripts and automation frameworks using Boto3 and Azure SDK to automate routine administrative tasks such as cluster provisioning, user onboarding/offboarding, and resource monitoring, reducing manual effort by 40%.
  • Optimized Databricks cluster configurations and Spark parameters to improve job performance and reduce compute costs by 25%. *
  • Implemented and managed a comprehensive monitoring and logging solution using Datadog and Splunk to proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and system issues.
  • Successfully migrated multiple legacy data pipelines to Databricks, ensuring data integrity and minimal disruption to business operations.
  • Played a key role in the implementation and adoption of Delta Lake for improved data reliability and performance.
  • Collaborated closely with data science and engineering teams to provide technical guidance and support for their Databricks-based projects.
  • Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation for Databricks infrastructure, processes, and best practices.
  • Participated in on-call rotation to provide support for critical Databricks incidents.

Team Lead - ETL/ Database/Databricks Admin

Talend Inc
06.2017 - 12.2022
  • Managed and supported a growing Databricks environment on AWS, ensuring high availability and performance.
  • Developed Python scripts using PySpark to automate data quality checks and transformations within Databricks notebooks.
  • Implemented infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform to provision and manage Databricks workspaces and related cloud resources.
  • Contributed to the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines for deploying Databricks notebooks and libraries.
  • Monitored Databricks cluster performance and resource utilization, identifying areas for optimization.
  • Designed and developed ETL/ELT pipelines using Apache Spark and Python.
  • Automated data ingestion and processing workflows using scripting and scheduling tools.
  • Gained experience working with cloud data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift).
  • Developed monitoring and alerting mechanisms for data pipelines.
  • Troubleshooted user issues and provided technical support for the Databricks platform.
  • Assisted in the implementation of security best practices within the Databricks environment.
  • Managed and maintained PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server databases, achieving > 95% uptime percentage and ensuring robust security.
  • Performed core DBA tasks (user management, backup/recovery, performance tuning, schema management) to optimize database operations.
  • Implemented proactive database monitoring and alerting, reducing potential downtime by [Quantifiable percentage or time saved, if known].
  • Optimized database performance through indexing and partitioning, resulting in [Quantifiable improvement in query speed, if known].
  • Enforced security policies with access controls and data encryption to protect sensitive data.
  • Executed database migrations and upgrades with minimal downtime, ensuring business continuity.
  • Resolved database connectivity and performance issues, maintaining application stability.


Support Escalation Engineer- L3 Support Escalation

Talend Inc
05.2016 - 06.2017
  • Support Escalation Engineer with product ownership and specialization on Talend Big Data and Talend Cloud
  • Manage critical customer issues and solve complex technical challenges
  • Have a strong background in trace analysis, debugging, object-oriented programming languages, and troubleshooting
  • Develop workaround solutions for complex issues
  • Lead weekly account management calls with top Premier and Strategic customers
  • Collaborate with other escalation and support engineers to build knowledge base and develop customer solutions efficiently
  • Collaborate and work with Customer Success Architects and Customer Success Managers to make customer successful with talend
  • Worked with Product management team to prioritize feature requests from customer perspective
  • Worked on supporting Talend Big Data, Talend Data Integration, Talend ESB and Talend TDM modules • Worked on deploying Talend solutions in Cloud environments AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
  • Configure and use tools like Elk, Logstash, Kibana part of Talend to monitor customer environment
  • Experience in installation, configuration of Talend Suite at Enterprise level
  • Test and automate the build using Source Control Git and CI/CD automation tools like Jenkins
  • Involved in QA process deployment of cloud applications across various cloud distributions – AWS, Azure and Google Cloud

Sr Support Engineer -L2 Product Support

Talend Inc
03.2014 - 05.2016
  • Major responsibilities include assisting on support cases related to Talend Suite especially on TalendESB.
  • Research knowledge for known issues that match a customer problem
  • Analyze and reconstruct complex customer scenarios / problems.
  • Provide customers with solutions or workarounds
  • Work with R&D department to manage product anomalies
  • Proactively monitor risks of customer dissatisfaction /escalation
  • Contribute in improvement of processes and systems (Salesforce, JIRA)
  • Mentor support agents to raise their knowledge regarding internal workshops, documentation.
  • Co-ordinate with internal departments like CSM, Sales, Escalations to provide effective customer service in case of escalation.
  • Extensive experience in administration / configuration part of Apache Karaf / Talend ESB runtime/ Talend Admin Center (TAC).
  • Extensive experience in ESB environment in configuration of ESB features like Service Locators, Security framework like SAML, TIDM Syncope for webservices.
  • Worked on other Talend products like Talend DI, Talend BigData, and Talend Data Mapper.
  • Worked in supporting Talend Big data Eco system includes Cloudera, MapR, and Hortonworks.
  • Experience in NoSQL technologies like MongoDB, Cassandra.
  • Experience in Big data/Hadoop technologies like Apache Hive, Apache Sqoop, Apache, and HBASE.

Software Engineer(Contract) – Randstad US, Atlanta

Randstad US
09.2013 - 02.2014
  • Worked on developing an integration framework for collaborating multiple business units.
  • Integration framework is based on SOA, JBOSS FUSE, CXF SERVICES
  • Worked on auditing of messages using Spring+ Hibernate 3.0 and Oracle.

Software Engineer(Intern)

Cerner Corporation
06.2013 - 08.2013
  • Worked in developing reporting tools and code summarizer tool.
  • Involved in Developing and performing Mock Testing and Unit Testing using JUNIT.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Missouri University of Science & Technology
Rolla, MO
05-2013

BS in Computer Engineering -

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
India
06-2011

Skills

  • Databricks Administration:Workspace Management, Cluster Configuration & Optimization, Security (IAM, Access Control, Encryption), Monitoring & Logging (Datadog, Splunk), Cost Management, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, Data Governance
  • Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudFormation), Azure (Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure AD, ARM Templates), GCP (Google Cloud Dataproc, Google Cloud Storage, IAM)
  • Programming & Scripting:Python (Pandas, NumPy, PySpark, Boto3, Azure SDK), Bash Scripting, SQL
  • Automation & DevOps: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates), CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps), Automation Frameworks, REST APIs
  • Data Engineering: ETL/ELT Processes, Data Warehousing, Data Lake Concepts, Apache Spark
  • Operating Systems:Linux (various distributions), Windows Server
  • Tools & Technologies:Git, Docker, Kubernetes (basic understanding), Jira, Confluence

Timeline

Professional Services Consultant

Databricks
12.2022 - Current

Team Lead - ETL/ Database/Databricks Admin

Talend Inc
06.2017 - 12.2022

Support Escalation Engineer- L3 Support Escalation

Talend Inc
05.2016 - 06.2017

Sr Support Engineer -L2 Product Support

Talend Inc
03.2014 - 05.2016

Software Engineer(Contract) – Randstad US, Atlanta

Randstad US
09.2013 - 02.2014

Software Engineer(Intern)

Cerner Corporation
06.2013 - 08.2013

Master of Science - Computer Science

Missouri University of Science & Technology

BS in Computer Engineering -

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

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