Versatile, decisive, result - oriented and customer focused Data Engineering Manager with more than 13 years of experience in Product Development in technomanagerial roles. Excellent track record of successful execution of critical, flagship software development with high quality and within timeline & budget. Strong experience in project inception, planning, prioritization, feasibility & requirement analysis, effort estimation, design, implementation and support of critical business systems with minimal or zero impact
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Project Manager
Infosys Technologies
Atlanta, GA
04.2022 - Current
Business case: The customer aims to transition from on-premise to a cloud-centric approach, eliminating on-premise licensing fees and reducing costs
Have developed a enterprise level roadmap to achieve the goal to integrating data from disparate sources, including structured and unstructured systems, and subsequently transform the data into a clean, standardized format
Tech Stack: Apache Airflow, AWS Glue, Lambda, S3,Redshift,GitHub Lead the complete data analytics team for Enterprise data lake and analytics program
Responsible for data delivery from data sourcing, data transformation to data modeling and validation Managed a team where we have built a Metadata driven scalable data engineering framework
Which efficiently ingests daily data volumes exceeding 350 GB from data sources distributed globally, resulting in reduced development time and minimizing the potential for human errors Lead the Certified Data Set team responsible for extracting data from the Enterprise Data Lake, performing data cleansing, and standardizing it into a uniform format Identify and propose resolution of recurring Data Quality problems.Improved data accuracy by 40% through data cleansing efforts and Maintained a 99% data integrity rate Played a pivotal role in the creation of Ask Shelly, an AI-driven chatbot
This chatbot identifies data pipeline details and success/failure metrics by querying tables in the backend and delivers sales data by region in a user-friendly format within seconds by taking text input which helps the Sr executive leadership to get the sales data in minutes Collaborated and worked with various stakeholders, leads and Onshore/Offshore resources from migration plan, cutover plan, testing teams,support teams to close the gap, reduce turnaround time and improve quality of delivery Lead the group with architect, team leads, Scrum Masters, Data engineers, QA testers on stories estimation, Sprint Planning, and daily scrums and managed two project teams simultaneously Collaborated with stakeholders from multiple teams for planning, design, implementation, UAT, including production support for various releases Working closely with the Product stakeholders for requirements finalization, feature prioritization and product backlog management and update them on any risks on the daily basis with excellent communication to the senior management Scaled Agile for Lean Enterprise SAFe) Art Leader, overseeing the Critical Incident Management team and ensuring right focus for incidents; ensuring SLAs, CSL and KPI targets are met for each portfolio and cross-functional areas Implementation of hybrid SAFe framework in Two different projects, including onboarding and training of new teams, for development, testing and integration phases Transformed and led a team of close to 30 data engineers by providing technical guidance, clear direction, task prioritization, mentorship, and performance feedback leading to successful project outcomes and collaborative culture
Sr. Scrum Master
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
Atlanta, GA
12.2020 - 04.2022
Contribute to the development and implementation of a data analytics program as a key contact for the CDC Office of the Chief Information Officer division and Cancer Surveillance Branch Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Assisted in creation of PMO, directed project planning and implementation of over 4 projects from negotiation to deployment Hosted daily stand-ups with the team and biweekly 11s with management regarding tasks and performance evaluations in an agile environment Creating strategic product roadmaps and presenting to customers Facilitate daily Scrum activities such as: Stand-Ups, updates to Burn-Down spreadsheets and charts, Backlog reviews, as well as impromptu meetings as needed and Facilitate various Scrum activities such as: Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives Finalizing product requirements based on discussion with customers, support, sales engineers, and consultants Prioritizing requirements based upon discussion and negotiation with product managers
Capacity planning of engineering and design teams in coordination with product owners and scrum masters Managing customer escalations and enhancement requests w.r.t product capabilities Writing down detailed feature requirements and driving CTO approval process Collaborated with stakeholders from multiple teams for planning, design, implementation, UAT, including production support for various releases.
Sr. Technical Data Analyst
Cox Automotive
Atlanta, GA
05.2017 - 12.2020
Took lead on requirement gathering and analysis for a major Oracle financial migration from legacy systems which improved revenue reporting by 20% Build trusted client relationship and effective Project delivery, establishes knowledge of client business challenges and priorities to translate into opportunities Drafted & reviewed business-related documentation including mapping & validated BRDs as per client requirements Coordinate inter-departmental resources for website projects Completed in-depth analyses for business optimization projects boosting revenue by 11.8% Lead team for project discoveries, kickoff, and prepare proposals and statements of work by following company standards
Translated client's business needs into detailed business requirements documents, use cases, and systems interaction diagrams and new product launches Worked with customers to establish approved wireframes and mock-ups for solutions Partner with Next Gear for all Manheim inter-company adjustments via Oracle
Utilized Tableau Desktop to create interactive dashboards for visualizing data insights.
Business Analyst II
Anthem Atlanta
07.2016 - 04.2017
Implemented a customer service process that reduced refund requests by 32% and direct labor costs by $2.5 million Worked on Agile methodology Created Business Requirements Gathering sessions in the form of questionnaires and business scenarios with the end-users, subject-matter experts SME, and developers Planned and defined system requirements to Use Case, Use Case Scenario, and Use Case Narrative using the UML methodologies Developed the Requirement Change Activity-RCA Document for the customer service portal Timeout Project Developed the Project Definition Document PDD, Project Initiation requirement Doc PIR, Business Requirement Definition Doc BRD, Functional Specification Definition Doc FSD and UAT Test Plan Doc Created Use Case Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams in MS Visio Assisted developers to create a platform for compliance reporting tie-out process and to review note valuation reports prepared by CDO corporate trusts on a monthly/quarterly basis
Business Systems Analyst
General Motors Atlanta
11.2015 - 06.2016
Achieved 10 to 20% savings in inventory purchases after optimizing warehouse operations and analyzing the company's fast-moving products Coordinated virtual meetings with business clients, stakeholders, end-users, various development teams, and testers to discuss project progression and to gather requirements
Developed Vehicle Profitability, Sales Dashboards, Vehicle Inventory, and Vehicle Parts Supersession workbooks
Acted as a client liaison to review priorities and manage the overall client queue
Provided consultation services to clients and internal departments on basic to intricate functions of the applications Identified business directions & objectives that may influence the required data and application architectures Prepared graphical reports by analyzing and integrating different databases using Tableau
Used Full Set up best practices for Tableau Data Extracts, Dashboards, and Profitability stories
Perform Data Validation, Data Integration, and Backend/DB testing using SQL Queries manually Created Test input requirements and prepared the test data for data-driven testing
Lead through UAT procedure and conducted training sessions for the end-users along with the necessary documentation..
Business Analyst
Cigniti Technologies Pvt Ltd Hyderabad,India
Hyderabad, India
07.2012 - 10.2015
Worked on Agile methodology with SCRUM implementation Frequent tasks involved maintaining the product backlog, refining stories, documenting complexities, and ensuring sprint met its Velocity Created Functional Stories from Business requirements Stories included user profiles, Acceptance Criteria, and business rules Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, using UML and Business Process Modeling
Education
MBA -
Guru Nanak Business School
BSC Computer Science -
St. Theresa Autonomous College
Skills
Data Engineering
Agile Project Management
Leadership
Portfolio Management
Stakeholder Communication
Cloud (AWS)
Critical thinking
Data Leadership
Thought leadership
Continuous deployment
Resource Coordination
Vendor Relationship Management
Budget Administration
Stakeholder Relations
Schedule Management
JIRA
SQL
GIT
Scrum
DevOps
Certification
CSPO
PMP
Languages
English Advanced
Languages
English
Professional
Accomplishments
Saved cloud cost by approx $120K per year by leveraging cloud optimizations techniques