SHABIR KAITHAYIL
Doha
Summary
Experienced Senior Data Architect with overall 18.5 years of experience in the IT Industry ,a strong background in designing and implementing scalable data solutions. Skilled in data modeling, integration, and cloud technologies to support business intelligence and analytics. Proven ability to lead data engineering teams and optimize data infrastructure for performance and reliability. Committed to delivering innovative data architectures that drive strategic decision-making and operational efficiency.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Data Engineer
Qatar Airways, Doha Qatar
03.2012 - Current
- Over 18+ years of progressive leadership in enterprise data engineering, analytics, and solution architecture across Revenue Management, Loyalty, Global Sales, Corporate Planning, Ancillary, and Cargo domains. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, modernize data platforms, and deliver scalable AI-driven solutions aligned with business goals.
- Google Cloud Architecture (Current Focus):
- Leading design and development of analytical data layers for PNR & Ticketing in BigQuery and Dataproc.
- Architected regression pipelines across Commercial and Cargo portfolios
- Data Engineering Frameworks & Automation:
- Defined and built a central ingestion and processing framework (Python, .NET, Spark) supporting diverse data sources: Oracle, Postgres, MS-SQL, Cosmos DB, MongoDB, EDIFACT, and external vendors.
- Developed components for data lineage, observability, access control, cataloging, central logging, and reusable data quality frameworks
- Data Engineering Leadership & Solution Delivery: Spearheaded end-to-end delivery of Qatar Airways Loyalty & Awards system and on-time.com, serving as the single point of contact for architecture, data modeling, and development (Oracle SQL, PL/SQL).
- Designed and developed core modules for GALAXY, a global enterprise application for sales performance, agent evaluation, commissions, and marketing analytics (Oracle, Postgres, Pentaho).
- OLAP & Data Warehousing:
- Architected the Revenue Management Data Warehouse, including BI modeling for PNR (SSR) and flight data.
- Processed large-scale external datasets (MIDT, IATA-DDS, SOD) and TB-scale historical data using Oracle, Postgres, HDFS, Hive, and MapReduce.
- Delivered analytics solutions that enhanced pricing, market share, corporate planning, and ancillary revenue strategies.
- Platform Modernization & Migration:
- Led migration of legacy BI platforms to modern data ecosystems using Python, Hadoop/MapReduce
- Modernized data architecture to support scalable, cost-efficient analytics and AI capabilities
- Strategic Collaboration & Mentorship
- Collaborated with global teams to align data strategy with business goals and governance standards.
- Mentored data engineers, fostering career growth and ensuring delivery excellence across projects
Consultant
Emirates Airlines & United Arab Emirates Cargo Application Developer (SkyChain)
06.2010 - 03.2012
- Worked as a SPOC for Skychain application database design and enhancements
- Worked as a SPOC for the Skychain customization module for United Airlines project
- OLTP application enhancements and production support for Emirates Skycargo and United Airlines.
- Business Objects Reports
- Implemented enhancements for cargo operations and inventory management using Oracle SQL, PL/SQL
Systems Engineer
Capgemini Consulting Global
03.2007 - 05.2010
- Worked as a SQL/PLSQL developer for British Airways - Crew attendance and Roster management system
- Developed and maintained mainframe program written in Mainframes- COBOL, JCL,VSAM,DB2 databases and was handling the Inflight catering planning application single handedly
- Development done in Informatica Power Center, Unix Shell Scripting etc to schedule the jobs, monitor jobs and alerting the jobs incase of failures.
- Worked in Oracle Warehouse Builder as an ETL tool which is used to migrate few of the modules as part of a migration project for British Airways
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Calicut University Institute of Engineering And Technology
Calicut University, Kerala, India06.2006
Skills
- Airline revenue management expertise
- Google Cloud architecture design
- Designing data solutions with Azure Databricks
- Leadership in data governance
- Develop data quality framework
- Designed and implemented automated data quality checks
- Database design proficiency
- Experienced in Python programming
- Spark
- Tableau data visualization skills
- Experience with Power BI
- Business Objects expertise
- Informatica PowerCenter data integration skills
- Data modeling
- Expertise in medallion architecture
- System performance optimization
- Quality assurance frameworks
- Automated testing using Pytest
- Experience with Databricks Scheduler
- Experience with workflow automation in Cloud Composer
- Pentaho data integration
- Oracle database management
- Proficient in DB2
- Proficient in JCL, VSAM, COBOL, and PL/I
- Oracle data integration
- Proficient in SAP Business Objects
- Proficient in PostgreSQL
- MapReduce proficiency
- Solid grasp of CI/CD processes
Certification
Diploma course completion in Big Data Engineering From Birla Institute of Technology and Science , Pune(Online) in the year - 2017
Certified IBM Mainframe technology Specialist from CDAC - Trivandrum (Year: 2006)
LANGUAGES
English - Advanced
Hindi - Fluent
Malayalam - Native
Timeline
Senior Data Engineer
Qatar Airways, Doha Qatar
03.2012 - Current
Consultant
Emirates Airlines & United Arab Emirates Cargo Application Developer (SkyChain)
06.2010 - 03.2012
Systems Engineer
Capgemini Consulting Global
03.2007 - 05.2010
Bachelor of Science - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Calicut University Institute of Engineering And Technology