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I’m Ashish Jha, a Solution Architect with over 19 years of experience in data engineering, cloud platforms, and DevOps. I design and implement scalable, secure data ecosystems on Google Cloud and other clouds, aligning data architecture with business goals and enabling data-driven decision making.
I specialize in cloud migrations, data lake and data warehouse solutions, modern ETL/ELT pipelines, and DevOps-enabled architectures. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cost-effective, high-performance solutions and mentoring engineers to raise delivery standards.
Skills
Language
English
Fluent
Work Experience
Principal Data Engineer (GCP) at Optum
April 1, 2020 - PresentLeading the design and implementation of a Cloud Platform and Cloud Data Platform on Google Cloud. Delivered HLD/LLD designs and POC on GCP; migrated on-prem applications and data to GCP with minimal downtime; defined infrastructure as code with Terraform and Google Cloud Deployment Manager. Implemented monitoring with Stackdriver, Prometheus, and Grafana; created Python-based data processing and ETL tasks for Databricks; advised on cost management and optimized resource usage. Built data lake/Data warehouse patterns and supported cross-functional data integration and DevOps pipelines.
Solution Architect – Data Lake implementation at AIB
February 17, 2020 - April 24, 2020Provided end-to-end data architecture and ingestion architecture for a Data Lake solution. Mapped E2E DB designs and data ingestion architectures; migrated from SQL Server to BigQuery; leveraged GCP Dataproc, Cloud Functions, and BigQuery. Created metadata-driven frameworks with Azure DevOps and Azure Data Lake in multi-cloud contexts; defined governance patterns, data retention, and archival strategies; delivered POC and roadmaps to steering committees.
GCP Engineer at Citibank
December 12, 2018 - January 31, 2020Streamlined the import of data from various sources into BigQuery; built and automated data processing workflows on GCP (BigQuery, Dataproc, Cloud Functions) to ensure efficient data handling and transformation. Implemented scalable data pipelines using Spark/Databricks; established data lake and data warehouse architectures; performance tuning for Spark/Impala/Hive clusters; integrated with IBM MQ; near real-time data streams using Spark Structured Streaming and Presto/Trino; CI/CD via Jenkins and GitHub; mentored teams on cloud best practices.
Senior Software Developer at Ericsson
June 7, 2016 - October 26, 2018Created detailed solution architecture, design, implementation and POCs for Azure-based big data platforms; implemented end-to-end reporting and archival solutions; CI/CD and Azure DevOps for telecom systems; integrated Oracle OCI; built microservices using Kubernetes, Docker, Helm on OpenStack; Spark Structured Streaming and batch processing to ingest from Kafka into HBase/HDFS; integrated Neo4j with Spark and HDFS for hybrid analytics.
Solution Architect – Hadoop, Spark, Big Data, Pentaho services at CISCO
May 25, 2015 - June 1, 2016Led Big Data architecture for Cisco projects; implemented ELK stack to monitor Spark clusters; created Hive tables and performed data analysis; used Sqoop for metadata import from Oracle; designed ETL pipelines with Pentaho; developed pipelines to transform device logs and CMDB data into graph structures; supported reporting and analytics with Kibana.
Technical Architect at Tech Mahindra
April 14, 2010 - May 22, 2015Designed and implemented Big Data solutions (Hadoop stack, Spark, Kafka) and microservices; built DevOps-enabled architecture with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm on OpenStack; implemented ELK logging; created Hive schemas and Sqoop-based ingestion; developed ETL pipelines with Pentaho; delivered architecture and POCs for multiple projects.
Solution Consultant at IBM
May 9, 2008 - April 9, 2010Led Java/J2EE-based ERP platform design; provided solution architecture inputs; collaborated on integrations and enterprise software delivery for IBM clients; contributed to architecture decisions and cross-functional team coordination.
Software Engineer at Accenture
September 4, 2006 - April 11, 2008Web Portal development; Java/J2EE, Oracle, MS-SQL; front-end and backend development for enterprise web applications; contributed to system design and integration.
Project Engineer at CDAC
November 4, 2004 - March 11, 2006Java development; Oracle and MS-SQL database work; contributed to project delivery and platform development.
Education
Qualifications
Bachelor in Engineering (Computer Science with First Grade)
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026AWS Associate Solution Architect Certified
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026Azure Fundamentals Basic Certified
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026Snowpark certification – Snowflake
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026Apache Hadoop, Big Data Training (3 months)
January 11, 2030 - January 11, 2026Industry Experience
Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Telecommunications
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