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Raja Chenchala

ATLANTA,GA

Summary

Azure Senior Data Architect with 17+ years of experience in building data intensive applications, tackling challenging architectural and scalability problems, collecting and sorting data in the Retail and Banking field using Microsoft & Azure Cloud services and platforms


Responsive expert experienced in monitoring database performance, troubleshooting issues and optimizing database environment. Possesses strong analytical skills, excellent problem-solving abilities, and deep understanding of database technologies and systems. Equally confident working independently and collaboratively as needed and utilizing excellent communication skills.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Data Architect

RaceTrac (Client) - ACI Infotech
06.2023 - Current
  • Gathered, defined and refined requirements, led project design and oversaw implementation using Azure cloud services and Data Bricks platforms.
  • Designed data models for complex analysis needs.
  • Developed and delivered business information solutions.
  • Managed identification, protection and use of data assets.
  • Established and secured enterprise-wide data analytics structures.
  • Migrated numerous legacy systems to newer technologies, reducing costs and enhancing efficiency of computing tasks.

Senior Data Engineer

BOFA (Client), TCS
12.2022 - 06.2023
  • OMNI ORCA & FCAI (Teradata to Snowflake Migration): Ongoing Risk Customer Attributes and Financial Crime Artificial Intelligence identifies and Risk for customer/Entity.

Migrating the existing Teradata Applications to Azure Platforms by understanding the existing functionality and fine tuning the existing code and bug fixing.

Senior Data Engineer

The Coca-Cola Company (Client), Capgemini Inc
03.2021 - 12.2022
  • Renaissance (Teradata to Azure Migration).Migrating the existing Teradata and legacy application to Azure service using Azure Synapse.
  • Micro Strategy platforms to native Azure services Synapse/ PowerBI to bring key company data together on one platform, eliminate legacy technology footprint and reduce overall annual ongoing run costs and build better KPIs.
  • Leading a team of 15 data engineers and Spark developers along with active participation of coding using Synapse Notebooks for SPARK
  • Responsible for architecting and re-designing the 130 applications currently running on legacy technologies such as, Teradata and Micro Strategy, to Microsoft Azure
  • Streamlined data transfer between the data stores and prepared data mappings from source (master data management) to destination Bottler data mapping) by understanding dependencies between applications and their data models
  • Analyze 250 schedules and 2000 Teradata jobs and their dependencies, work with Development and Testing teams to ensure application consistency with Azure Synapse
  • Co-ordinate with multiple teams like Application Development, Application
  • Support, Networking Team, Database Administrators, Microsoft Account
  • Representatives and Synapse Admins
  • Work with business users to execute
  • User Acceptance Testing and obtain business sign off.

Senior Data Engineer/Project Lead

McDonald's (Client), Capgemini Inc
02.2020 - 03.2021

My IDM /Global Account Manager provides identity and access management at McDonald’s.

Lead a team of 10 developers. Developed Scala notebooks using Data Bricks.

Provide comprehensive/cohesive IT architectural Solution designs for a strategic initiative that is comprised of multiple, co-dependent projects.

Automated the manual data reconciliation process between the different franchisers, increasing the data accuracy and efficiency by 90%

Data Engineer

The Coca-Cola Company (Client), Capgemini Inc
02.2015 - 02.2020
  • Net Sales Revenue is a foundational platform designed to bring advanced analytics and reporting capabilities to The Coca-Cola Company.
  • Architected migration of global legacy application Net Sales Revenue) consisting of 13 business units spread across 3 regions APAC, EMEA and LATAM to Microsoft Azure platform.
  • Built data model to import bottler data coming from multiple sources into azure blobs and integrate the data from multiple bottlers into region wise storage accounts
  • Responsible for design of logic to convert bottler files received in different formats to application standard format adhering to multiple bottler/BU requirements
  • Configured storage accounts and blobs to accommodate global bottler data from multiple sources
  • Coordinated with Databricks vendor to setup notebook jobs for applications that were earlier executed via informatica shell scripts.
  • Designed Databricks notebooks to be executed by jobs called through REST API calls.
  • Designed and built DAX queries which connects to AAS cubes and with the use power BI desktop developed formulas and expressions that are used for data analysis and calculation's.

Senior Consultant

The Coca-Cola Company((Client), Capgemini India
08.2010 - 02.2015
  • Picasso PLM (Agile PLM for Process) Picasso is PLM solution for idea to end product of the beverage.
  • Joined as .Net developer and eventually grew into Techno functional architect handling the entire the solution single handedly and representing Capgemini in the globally lead Food and Beverage industry.
  • During this I started transition into Big Data and Data engineer role.

Senior Developer

Infosys Technologies
05.2007 - 08.2010

Retail, Admin domains:

Started my career with Infosys, Bangalore back in 2007 as a .Net developer.

Handled many projects and started growing my self from fresher to senior developer.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Andhra University
05.2007

Skills

  • Azure Data Bricks
  • Azure Cloud services
  • Apache Spark
  • Azure Synapse
  • Scala and Pyspark
  • SSIS, SSRS, Azure Data Factory
  • MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Teradata
  • Database Optimization, Data Validation, Data Analysis
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Google Analytics

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate( DP-203)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP -900)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (Az -900)

Timeline

Senior Data Architect

RaceTrac (Client) - ACI Infotech
06.2023 - Current

Senior Data Engineer

BOFA (Client), TCS
12.2022 - 06.2023

Senior Data Engineer

The Coca-Cola Company (Client), Capgemini Inc
03.2021 - 12.2022

Senior Data Engineer/Project Lead

McDonald's (Client), Capgemini Inc
02.2020 - 03.2021

Data Engineer

The Coca-Cola Company (Client), Capgemini Inc
02.2015 - 02.2020

Senior Consultant

The Coca-Cola Company((Client), Capgemini India
08.2010 - 02.2015

Senior Developer

Infosys Technologies
05.2007 - 08.2010

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Andhra University
Raja Chenchala