I am a dynamic data engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience building scalable data architectures and real-time pipelines. I design, develop, and support Azure-based data platforms. I excel in Databricks administration, PySpark, and SQL for robust data pipelines, and I bring expertise in Azure Data Factory, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog for governance. I thrive on translating complex technical solutions into business-friendly insights, collaborating with stakeholders, and delivering CI/CD-driven deployments.

DINESH P ABBA

I am a dynamic data engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience building scalable data architectures and real-time pipelines. I design, develop, and support Azure-based data platforms. I excel in Databricks administration, PySpark, and SQL for robust data pipelines, and I bring expertise in Azure Data Factory, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog for governance. I thrive on translating complex technical solutions into business-friendly insights, collaborating with stakeholders, and delivering CI/CD-driven deployments.

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I am a dynamic data engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience building scalable data architectures and real-time pipelines. I design, develop, and support Azure-based data platforms.

I excel in Databricks administration, PySpark, and SQL for robust data pipelines, and I bring expertise in Azure Data Factory, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog for governance. I thrive on translating complex technical solutions into business-friendly insights, collaborating with stakeholders, and delivering CI/CD-driven deployments.

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Language

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Work Experience

Cloud Data Engineer at TD Bank
January 1, 2024 - Present
Led end-to-end design and implementation of large-scale fraud detection data pipelines. Ingested data into Azure Data Lake Storage using Azure Data Factory, integrated APIs and JSON sources, and applied PySpark/Databricks to enable real-time fraud scoring with FICO AI. Built a feedback loop to add new fraud rules, optimized ETL/ELT workloads, and implemented partitioning, caching, and broadcast joins to improve query performance by 40%. Established governance with Unity Catalog and Purview, and configured monitoring with Datadog and CloudWatch. Implemented CI/CD with Azure DevOps and containerized deployments to ensure reliable production operations. Monitored over 1B+ transactions annually.
Data Engineer at Sobeys
October 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023
Built real-time inventory tracking pipelines using ADF and Databricks, streaming data via Apache Kafka and Apache Flink into ADLS. Developed PySpark and Python-based transformations, enabling ACID Delta Lake storage, schema evolution, and quality checks. Implemented end-to-end governance with Azure Purview and Unity Catalog, and delivered OLTP/OLAP models in Snowflake and Power BI. Automated deployment with CI/CD (Azure DevOps, Jenkins) and containerized builds; ensured data masking for PII and lineage tracking. Collaborated with business stakeholders to align analytics with retail operations and delivered self-service dashboards.
Business Intelligence Developer at DTDC
May 1, 2018 - April 1, 2021
Migrated SQL Server SSIS packages to PySpark within ADF/Databricks, enabling data movement from on-prem sources to Azure Data Lake and Databricks. Built interactive Power BI dashboards for real-time logistics performance, and designed Medallion-based data pipelines (Bronze/Silver/Gold) with data quality checks. Implemented optimized data warehousing in Azure Synapse and SQL Server, plus automated ETL pipelines and governance with Purview. Led cloud migration from on-prem SQL to Azure Synapse/ADLS and established scalable, auditable data flows.

Education

MEng E &CS at University of Windsor
May 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022
Bachelor of Technology at Sharda University
May 1, 2016 - September 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Retail, Transportation & Logistics