Raja Asokan Charuvil
Lead Data Engineer
Essen
Summary
Experienced Lead Data Engineer with an open and ever learning mindset. Specialized in cloud data transformations, large scale data/platform migrations and CI/CD implementations. Skilled in managing cross functional projects involving business, software engineers, data scientists and consultants. Supportive team lead committed to code quality, automation, and building resilient data architectures.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Team Lead Data Engineering
DB Schenker
Essen
07.2024 - Current
- Promoted to Team Lead for successful project deliveries; currently manage a team of 5 Data Engineers, focusing on mentorship, team growth, and hiring initiatives.
Data Engineer
DB Schenker
Essen
07.2020 - 07.2024
- Led data architecture and execution of a large-scale data migration project involving geospatial data from AWS and Postgres/PostGIS to Azure cloud with EventHub, Databricks, Spark Structured Streaming, and Delta Lake.
- Involved in improving data platform by implementing Unity Catalog-enabled premium Databricks workspace. Conceptualized and executed user permissions, roles, data access, data management, Notebook, and workflow deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Acted as coordinator between business consultants, software engineers of source applications, devops, and external consultants to deliver time-bound projects.
- Led data engineering aspects for ML projects, collaborating closely with data scientists to deliver and operationalize ML solutions, gaining hands-on MLOps experience.
Data Engineer
Funding Circle UK
London
04.2018 - 02.2020
- Build data pipelines on AWS with Kafka, AWS Glue, and S3 for producing daily reports for Data Analysts.
- Implemented Debezium Kafka connectors on operational databases to capture the data changes, which enabled the induction of operational data to Kafka topics.
- Developed ETLs that import data from operational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Salesforce to Data Warehouse using Python and SQL.
Data Operations Engineer
Adsquare
Berlin
09.2016 - 02.2017
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
Pune
02.2013 - 08.2015
Education
Master of Science - Information And Communication Engineering
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
Friedberg, Germany 08.2015 - 11.2017
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Government Engineering College
Thrissur, India 08.2008 - 08.2012
Skills
Spark, Databricks, Delta Lake, Structured Streaming, Unity Catalog
Timeline
Team Lead Data Engineering
DB Schenker
07.2024 - Current
Data Engineer
DB Schenker
07.2020 - 07.2024
Data Engineer
Funding Circle UK
04.2018 - 02.2020
Data Operations Engineer
Adsquare
09.2016 - 02.2017
Master of Science - Information And Communication Engineering
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
08.2015 - 11.2017
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2013 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Government Engineering College
08.2008 - 08.2012
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