Harsha Sagiraju
Toronto,ON
Summary
Strong leader and implementer with around 16+ years of experience in designing and delivering BI & Big Data solutions on-premise and on cloud across North America, Europe and Asia.
Experience in leading data migration, digital transformation, architecture, project management and data science.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr Solution Architect/Delivery Lead
Squadron Data
12.2023 - Current
- Leading Sunwing's data Engineering and BI teams as part of Sunwing and WestJet acquisition
- Leading design and implementation of Datalake using Azure Data Lake, ADF and Synapse PoC on Azure fabric to replace Synapse with Azure Fabric for the reservation system Migration of Data Warehouse from Synapse to Snowflake using Synapse Pipeline
- Automate the code pipeline using Azure DevOps and creating a deployment process using changes request process
- Architect and design the data pipelines for different modules at Sunwing
- Document data architectures, processes, and best practices, and provide training to internal teams
Solution/Data Architect – Data Lake
Moodys Analytics
04.2023 - 12.2023
- Lead Design and building Data Lake for Moody’s Data Lake initiative in AWS
- Providing BI/DW solutions on top of Data Lake
- Designing Data Architectures: Create robust, scalable, and efficient data architectures leveraging AWS services like S3, Redshift, Glue, and EMR
- Data Modeling: Develop data models to ensure efficient storage, retrieval, and analysis of structured and unstructured data
- ETL Development: Design and implement Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes to move data from various sources into AWS data storage solutions
- Performance Optimization: Optimize database performance, query efficiency, and data throughput to meet performance requirements
- Cloud Cost Management: Optimize costs associated with data storage, processing, and transfer by selecting appropriate AWS services and configurations
- Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions
- Automation: Implement automation for data ingestion, processing, and deployment tasks using AWS services such as Lambda, Step Functions, and CloudFormation
- Monitoring and Maintenance: Set up monitoring solutions to track data pipeline performance, identify issues, and perform routine maintenance tasks
- Documentation and Training: Document data architectures, processes, and best practices, and provide training to internal teams on AWS data services and technologies
Manager Data Engineering
Ingram Micro
11.2019 - 01.2021
- Manage and lead design and develop big data solutions in AWS for Ingram Micro Lead a team of 18 team members across different locations which includes application developers, data engineers, testers and DevOps Formulated and implemented SLA Structure, incorporating customer based and services-based SLAs Build first ever Data Lake in AWS for Ingram Micro for their Marketplace initiative
- Taken care of yearly performance review, career mentoring, conflict management and individual skill management of direct reports
Technical Specialist -Big Data/Cloud
Citco Fund Services
03.2018 - 09.2018
- Lead design and building Data Lake for Citco as part of CSG(Citco Software Group) in AWS
- Providing BI/DW solutions on top of Data Lake
- Develop and maintain service catalog, cataloging existing services/projects Formulated and implemented SLA Structure, incorporating customer based and services based SLAs Negotiated and maintained operational level agreements with service delivery and technology functions Analyze and review service performance against SLAs, driving CI initiatives Organized service levels reviews with stake holders, technology providers and improve service levels
Lead Data Engineer
Target
05.2017 - 01.2018
- Lead development of Big Data pipelines for Data science projects with the best possible technologies
- Build demand forecasting engine for apparels Product owner/Manager of Target Case Management (ArcherGRC) Develop and admin ArcherGRC solutions at Target
Daimler Service Manager - Big Data
Mercedes Benz R&D Bangalore
09.2014 - 04.2017
- Worked at Mercedes Benz Research and Development India Pvt Ltd as a service manager in Big data/Hadoop
- Lead Big data platform development/maintenance efforts for Mercedes Benz for Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific region
- Led a team of 15 service delivery specialists(Internal and External) ensuring timely delivery of Big Data Platform services to external and internal stake holders
- Developed and implements service improvement initiatives resulting in 20% increase in customer satisfaction Collaborated with cross functional teams to streamline processes, reducing service delivery cycle time by 30% Managed vendor relationships with Hortonworks and Infosys, negotiating contracts to ensure cost-effective and high quality service delivery Prepared and presented KPIs and service deliver achievements to internal and external stake holders Develop and maintain service catalog, cataloging existing services/projects Formulated and implemented SLA Structure, incorporating customer based and services based SLAs Negotiated and maintained operational level agreements with service delivery and technology functions Analyze and review service performance against SLAs, driving CI initiatives Organized service levels reviews with stake holders, technology providers and improve service levels
Analyst Data Quality - BI/Big Data
Target
09.2011 - 09.2014
- Product owner/Manager of Target Case Management (ArcherGRC) Develop and admin ArcherGRC solutions at Target Support analytics teams on TCM data analysis Build DataMart’s and data pipelines for analytics teams
Analyst Data Quality - BI/Big Data
JAGlobal Consultancy Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 09.2011
- Product owner/Manager of Target Case Management (ArcherGRC) Develop and admin ArcherGRC solutions at Target Support analytics teams on TCM data analysis Build DataMart’s and data pipelines for analytics teams
Education
MBA - International Business
St Joseph's College of Commerce
Bangalore03.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Visveswaraiah Technological University
Bangalore03.2008
Skills
- Leadership
- Data Engineering
- Business Intelligence
- Big Data
- Hadoop
- Sql
- Python
- Cloud
- ITIL
- AWS cloud
- Azure cloud
- Snowflake
- Data Governance
- Spark
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- RSA Archer Certified Administrator (RSA/CA)
- Cloudera certified developer for Apache Hadoop
- SnowPro Core certified by Snowflake
Languages
English
Full Professional
German
Limited Working
Timeline
Sr Solution Architect/Delivery Lead
Squadron Data
12.2023 - Current
Solution/Data Architect – Data Lake
Moodys Analytics
04.2023 - 12.2023
Manager Data Engineering
Ingram Micro
11.2019 - 01.2021
Technical Specialist -Big Data/Cloud
Citco Fund Services
03.2018 - 09.2018
Lead Data Engineer
Target
05.2017 - 01.2018
Daimler Service Manager - Big Data
Mercedes Benz R&D Bangalore
09.2014 - 04.2017
Analyst Data Quality - BI/Big Data
Target
09.2011 - 09.2014
Analyst Data Quality - BI/Big Data
JAGlobal Consultancy Pvt Ltd
06.2008 - 09.2011
MBA - International Business
St Joseph's College of Commerce
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Visveswaraiah Technological University