I'm Shantanu Bhalala, a Senior Data Engineer based in Leicester, UK. I architect and orchestrate cloud-native data solutions on Azure and AWS, building robust ETL/ELT pipelines to support real-time analytics and ML. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, focusing on data modeling, performance tuning, and data quality frameworks to drive reliability, cost efficiency, and tangible business impact.

Shantanu Bhalala

I'm Shantanu Bhalala, a Senior Data Engineer based in Leicester, UK. I architect and orchestrate cloud-native data solutions on Azure and AWS, building robust ETL/ELT pipelines to support real-time analytics and ML. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, focusing on data modeling, performance tuning, and data quality frameworks to drive reliability, cost efficiency, and tangible business impact.

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I’m Shantanu Bhalala, a Senior Data Engineer based in Leicester, UK. I architect and orchestrate cloud-native data solutions on Azure and AWS, building robust ETL/ELT pipelines to support real-time analytics and ML.

I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, focusing on data modeling, performance tuning, and data quality frameworks to drive reliability, cost efficiency, and tangible business impact.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Data Engineer at Accenture
December 1, 2024 - October 31, 2025
Designed and implemented a scalable, cloud-native data ingestion framework on AWS Glue consolidating 15+ data sources into a single source of truth on Amazon S3. Orchestrated and automated complex data transformations using PySpark, processing over 2 TB of daily data to support real-time analytics and ML models. Led migration of legacy on-premise databases to Amazon Redshift, achieving 30% warehouse cost reduction and 60% improvement in query performance. Built data quality frameworks using AWS Glue DataBrew and custom scripts, automating anomaly detection and improving reliability for stakeholders by 95%. Engineered a near real-time streaming solution using Amazon Kinesis with latency under 5 seconds. Mentored a team of 4 data engineers in an Agile environment, implementing CI/CD with AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, accelerating project delivery by 20%. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define data models and SLAs.
Data Engineer at Tata1mg
November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2022
Developed scalable ETL/ELT pipelines automating data extraction from 10+ systems into a centralized Amazon S3 data lake. Designed and implemented star-schema data models in Amazon Redshift, reducing report generation time from hours to minutes. Built near-real-time inventory monitoring using AWS Lambda and event-driven processes handling 500,000+ daily events, reducing stock-outs by 25%. Optimized SQL queries to support ad-hoc analysis; identified key customer segments improving marketing campaign conversions by 15%. Automated data validation and reporting tasks using Python, saving ~20 person-hours per week. Managed and monitored pipelines with MWAA ensuring 99.8% uptime. Implemented data partitioning and distribution in Redshift improving analytical query performance by 35%.
Junior Data Engineer at VirtusaIT
June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021
Assisted in building ETL pipelines processing over 1 million customer records daily. Wrote and optimized SQL queries to extract and transform data for client reports, ensuring high accuracy and timely delivery. Supported the data warehouse by performing routine data loads, monitoring pipeline executions, and troubleshooting failures to improve system stability. Documented ETL processes and data lineage for 5 key client projects, improving team knowledge sharing and onboarding efficiency. Participated in unit testing and data validation, identifying and helping to resolve discrepancies before production deployment. Gained proficiency in AWS (S3, Glue, Redshift) and big data concepts through internal training and proof-of-concept support.

Education

M.Sc. in Cloud Computing at University of Leicester
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2024
Bachelor of Computer Applications at S.V. Patel College of C.S. & B.M.
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2021

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services