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I am a Principal Engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering complex Data Warehouse systems and data engineering infrastructure. I design and develop data pipelines and data products, leveraging Snowflake, Airflow, and dbt to enable automated analytics. I also specialize in cloud optimization and automation for data engineering tools, with hands-on experience in Terraform Enterprise and CI/CD pipelines. I love mentoring teams and turning business needs into scalable data solutions. I thrive in multi-disciplinary settings, collaborating with solution and enterprise architects to validate feasibility and implement robust data platforms. My focus areas include security, governance, cost optimization, and operational excellence across cloud data environments, ETL/ELT processes, and reporting solutions.…I am a Principal Engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering complex Data Warehouse systems and data engineering infrastructure. I design and develop data pipelines and data products, leveraging Snowflake, Airflow, and dbt to enable automated analytics. I also specialize in cloud optimization and automation for data engineering tools, with hands-on experience in Terraform Enterprise and CI/CD pipelines. I love mentoring teams and turning business needs into scalable data solutions. I thrive in multi-disciplinary settings, collaborating with solution and enterprise architects to validate feasibility and implement robust data platforms. My focus areas include security, governance, cost optimization, and operational excellence across cloud data environments, ETL/ELT processes, and reporting solutions.

Chenna Krishna Pala

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I am a Principal Engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering complex Data Warehouse systems and data engineering infrastructure. I design and develop data pipelines and data products, leveraging Snowflake, Airflow, and dbt to enable automated analytics. I also specialize in cloud optimization and automation for data engineering tools, with hands-on experience in Terraform Enterprise and CI/CD pipelines. I love mentoring teams and turning business needs into scalable data solutions. I thrive in multi-disciplinary settings, collaborating with solution and enterprise architects to validate feasibility and implement robust data platforms. My focus areas include security, governance, cost optimization, and operational excellence across cloud data environments, ETL/ELT processes, and reporting solutions.…I am a Principal Engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering complex Data Warehouse systems and data engineering infrastructure. I design and develop data pipelines and data products, leveraging Snowflake, Airflow, and dbt to enable automated analytics. I also specialize in cloud optimization and automation for data engineering tools, with hands-on experience in Terraform Enterprise and CI/CD pipelines. I love mentoring teams and turning business needs into scalable data solutions. I thrive in multi-disciplinary settings, collaborating with solution and enterprise architects to validate feasibility and implement robust data platforms. My focus areas include security, governance, cost optimization, and operational excellence across cloud data environments, ETL/ELT processes, and reporting solutions.

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I am a Principal Engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering complex Data Warehouse systems and data engineering infrastructure. I design and develop data pipelines and data products, leveraging Snowflake, Airflow, and dbt to enable automated analytics. I also specialize in cloud optimization and automation for data engineering tools, with hands-on experience in Terraform Enterprise and CI/CD pipelines. I love mentoring teams and turning business needs into scalable data solutions.

I thrive in multi-disciplinary settings, collaborating with solution and enterprise architects to validate feasibility and implement robust data platforms. My focus areas include security, governance, cost optimization, and operational excellence across cloud data environments, ETL/ELT processes, and reporting solutions.

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Principal Engineer at Bank of New Zealand

January 1, 2019 - November 5, 2025

Responsible for designing, building, and documenting infrastructure using cloud services and CI/CD pipelines. Designs and develops data engineering tools to streamline data processing and integration tasks. Collaborates with Solution and Enterprise Architects on feasibility and proof-of-concepts. Creates AWS resources (EC2, S3, CloudWatch, RDS, Load Balancers) using IaC (Terraform Enterprise). Automates application installations with Ansible. Designs and develops CI/CD pipelines for automation and maintenance. Performs design reviews and contributes to data product design, governance, and cost optimization. Achievements include automation of maintenance tasks reducing manual effort by ~40% and cost optimization around NZD 100k per year.

Senior Application Consultant at Bank Julius Baer

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

Led reporting efforts for migration to T24 Core Banking, including migration of ODS applications, upgrading Jasper, and ETL development. Assessed impacts on existing mappings, developed new mappings, and coordinated cross-team efforts for UAT and defect resolution.

Technical Lead at BNY Mellon

December 31, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Oversee archival design and implementation to reduce server and vendor costs. Managed a team, defined data models, data marts, and data flows for ETL processes. Led complex system integrations and delivered dashboards and reporting components.

Senior Software Engineer at D&B TransUnion

June 1, 2011 - June 1, 2011

Developed and optimized ETL processes using Informatica and related technologies. Supported reporting through Business Objects and OBIEE; prepared test plans, mappings, and data validation.

IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services

June 1, 2011 - June 1, 2011

System Analyst focusing on requirement analysis, ETL development, and BI reporting solutions for supply chain and financial domains; contributed to OBIEE dashboard enhancements and data validation.