I'm a Snowflake Data Engineer with 8+ years of IT experience, specializing in cloud-based data engineering using AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Fivetran, Matillion, DBT, Airflow, SQL, and Python. I bring domain knowledge across Banking, Insurance and Retail, with hands-on experience loading data into Snowflake from AWS S3 and building scalable ELT pipelines. I continuously seek opportunities to optimize data delivery, improve data quality, and enable data-driven decision making for business stakeholders.\n\nI thrive in collaborative, Agile environments, guiding requirements gathering, design, development, testing, automation, and delivery. I have implemented IaC with Terraform, built end-to-end data platforms, and mentored teams to adopt best practices in data engineering, CI/CD, and data governance.

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I'm a Snowflake Data Engineer with 8+ years of IT experience, specializing in cloud-based data engineering using AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Fivetran, Matillion, DBT, Airflow, SQL, and Python. I bring domain knowledge across Banking, Insurance and Retail, with hands-on experience loading data into Snowflake from AWS S3 and building scalable ELT pipelines. I continuously seek opportunities to optimize data delivery, improve data quality, and enable data-driven decision making for business stakeholders.\n\nI thrive in collaborative, Agile environments, guiding requirements gathering, design, development, testing, automation, and delivery. I have implemented IaC with Terraform, built end-to-end data platforms, and mentored teams to adopt best practices in data engineering, CI/CD, and data governance.

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I’m a Snowflake Data Engineer with 8+ years of IT experience, specializing in cloud-based data engineering using AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Fivetran, Matillion, DBT, Airflow, SQL, and Python. I bring domain knowledge across Banking, Insurance and Retail, with hands-on experience loading data into Snowflake from AWS S3 and building scalable ELT pipelines. I continuously seek opportunities to optimize data delivery, improve data quality, and enable data-driven decision making for business stakeholders.\n\nI thrive in collaborative, Agile environments, guiding requirements gathering, design, development, testing, automation, and delivery. I have implemented IaC with Terraform, built end-to-end data platforms, and mentored teams to adopt best practices in data engineering, CI/CD, and data governance.

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Language

Javanese
Advanced
Amharic
Advanced
Bashkir
Advanced

Work Experience

Snowflake Data Engineer at NatWest Group, UK
September 1, 2025 - Present
Contributed to a data migration from the legacy Oracle GMS system to Snowflake. Converted 100+ Oracle SQL queries to Snowflake syntax and validated results against source data. Implemented batch and near real-time data processing in Snowflake, including cleansing, filtering, aggregations, and business rule applications. Established near-real-time data ingestion with staged files and automated pipelines, created Snowflake external stages (S3) and COPY INTO processes for bulk loading, developed views and transformations for reporting and data quality checks, and built SnowSQL scripts for loading flat files. Orchestrated end-to-end pipelines with Apache Airflow, monitored retries, and supported UAT activities including schema cloning for Dev/QA. Developed a Python framework to execute 50+ SQL queries against Snowflake and export results to shared drives, reducing manual reporting time by 80%.
Snowflake Data Engineer at Aberdeen Group, UK
September 1, 2023 - August 1, 2025
Automated ingestion of legacy data from Oracle and SQL Server into Snowflake using Fivetran and Snowpipe, achieving 25% reduction in data pipeline costs through event-driven loading. Created databases, schemas, tables, stages, sequences, views, procedures, and file formats to streamline automation. Implemented file transfer jobs from mainframe via connect dire to AWS S3 and loaded into Snowflake using external stages+streams. Migrated Informatica and SSIS pipelines to DBT+Airflow, cutting processing costs by 50%. Engineered ELT pipelines for real estate and mortgage-backed asset data to enable portfolio analytics. Collaborated with business analysts to define data quality checks, built dynamic tables to reduce DAG churn, and implemented Power BI dashboards for onboarding and risk monitoring. Automated data consumption from APIs via Kafka (Confluent) to support real-time updates. Implemented Git pipelines to automate releases.
Snowflake Data Engineer at First Citizens Bank
April 1, 2021 - June 1, 2023
Responsible for end-to-end data migration from legacy systems to Snowflake. Created and bulk-loaded data from external stages (AWS S3) to Snowflake tables using COPY, and implemented historical data loads from Oracle via Python and SnowSQL. Developed SnowSQL scripts to load data from flat files into Snowflake tables, and created views and materialized views for analytics and reporting. Managed ETL processes for Snowflake Data Warehouse and implemented Tableau dashboards for customer application processing and credit risk data, reducing processing time by ~10% on average. Built Airflow DAGs to schedule ingestions and curation jobs, cloned schemas/tables for Dev/QA, and managed internal/external stages and data transformations during load. Created file formats, functions, procedures, sequences, and views; cloned databases for Dev and QA environments using Zero Copy Cloning.
SQL Developer at CSAA Insurance Exchange / Wakefern
April 1, 2018 - April 1, 2021
Developed SQL queries based on customer requirements, performing all SDLC phases for ETL development, analyzing service improvements, and providing production support. Led knowledge transfer and mentoring, and produced weekly and monthly project activity reports. Worked on data migration to Snowflake, created views, procedures, and tables, and cloned databases for Dev/QA environments. Built and scheduled ETL/ELT processes using Airflow, created internal and external stages, transformed data during loads, and defined files formats, functions, procedures, and sequences to support data analytics and reporting.
SQL Developer at Dell, INDIA
April 1, 2017 - March 1, 2018
Developed SQL queries to meet customer requirements using various joins. Executed all SDLC phases for ETL development, analyzed areas for service improvements, and resolved issues. Participated in daily stand-ups, regression testing, and delivered weekly & monthly project performance reports. Led knowledge transfer and mentoring activities, and provided production support for data-related issues.

Education

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India
January 11, 2030 - January 8, 2026

Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer – Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 8, 2026
SnowPro Core Certification
January 11, 2030 - January 8, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Retail, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Other