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SAI KIRAN GOUNI

Chicago,USA

Summary

Certified Data Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and implementing scalable data pipelines, ETL frameworks, and analytics platforms across cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP). Proven expertise in building end-to-end data solutions using Python, SQL, and big data technologies. Adept at transforming business requirements into actionable insights and production-grade systems.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Data Analyst

State Farm
Chicago, IL
10.2022 - 02.2025
  • Designed and deployed Power BI dashboards using Python for real-time business monitoring.
  • Built ETL pipelines using SSIS and Python to integrate data from Oracle, Teradata, and flat files.
  • Improved query performance by 40% through optimization and indexing on SQL Server 2022.
  • Developed machine learning models (e.g., logistic regression, ARIMA) to support business forecasting.
  • Automated reporting processes, reducing manual efforts by 50%.
  • Engineered GCP-based data pipelines using Big Query, Pub/Sub, and Dataflow.

Data Engineer

Mphasis
Bangalore, India
01.2020 - 08.2022
  • Built scalable ETL pipelines using SSIS and integrated reporting with SSRS and Power BI.
  • Migrated SQL Server data workflows to Azure Data Lake and Azure SQL Warehouse.
  • Created and maintained data models and schema designs using ER Studio and Visio.
  • Developed end-to-end solutions for Hadoop-based processing using Spark, HBase, and Hive.
  • Implemented data governance and lineage tracking using Apache Atlas.
  • Led IVR-based Voice Bot development for internal tools using NLP techniques in Python.

ETL Developer

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
Hyderabad, India
05.2018 - 06.2020
  • Developed SSIS packages to transform data from flat files, Oracle, and Excel into SQL Server ODS.
  • Built time-series forecasting models using Prophet and ARIMA to optimize pharmaceutical inventory.
  • Created Tableau dashboards to visualize sales trends, improving decision-making.
  • Automated data quality validation using Informatica and Python-based scripts.
  • Deployed SSAS tabular models and reports integrated with SharePoint Server.

Education

Master’s - data Analytics

University of Illinois at Springfield
01.2023

Skills

  • GCP
  • BigQuery
  • Dataflow
  • Dataproc
  • AWS
  • Redshift
  • EC2
  • IAM
  • Azure
  • Data Lake
  • Data Factory
  • SQL
  • ETL
  • SSIS
  • Informatica
  • Data Warehousing
  • Snowflake
  • SQL Server
  • Data Modeling
  • Star/Snowflake
  • Python 312
  • Java
  • T-SQL
  • PL/SQL
  • R
  • Hadoop
  • HDFS
  • MapReduce
  • Spark
  • Kafka
  • Hive
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • SSRS
  • SSAS
  • Scikit-learn
  • TensorFlow
  • NLTK
  • ARIMA
  • Prophet
  • Git
  • Jira
  • Airflow
  • Erwin
  • Visio
  • SAS

Certification

  • AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty, 01/01/23
  • Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate, 01/01/23
  • Google Cloud Certified, 01/01/22
  • IBM Data Science Professional Certificate, 01/01/21
  • AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty
  • Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
  • Google Cloud Certified
  • IBM Data Science

Selected Projects

  • Regulatory Compliance & Data Governance – State Farm, Developed automated data lineage and audit tracking system using Apache Atlas and Azure Monitor. Ensured GDPR and NAIC compliance.
  • Real-time Supply Chain Analytics – Memphis Project, Built IoT-driven data platform with Kafka, Databricks, Azure Event Hubs, and Power BI. Achieved 30% reduction in delivery delays.
  • Pharma Sales Forecasting – Dr. Reddy’s, Built predictive models using ARIMA and Prophet to forecast demand, reducing stockouts by 25%.

Timeline

Data Analyst

State Farm
10.2022 - 02.2025

Data Engineer

Mphasis
01.2020 - 08.2022

ETL Developer

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
05.2018 - 06.2020

Master’s - data Analytics

University of Illinois at Springfield