Dinakar Sundar
Associate Engineering Manager
Chennai
Summary
Experienced in Data Engineering with over all 13+ years of experience in IT Industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Organised and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Associate Data Engineering Manager
CondeNast India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
12.2019 - Current
- Spearhead implementation of databricks Serverless compute with databricks runtime 14.1
- Working on Cost optimization strategy to cut down the compute & storage cost by carving out the storage archival policy & compute optimization guidelines shared among the teams
- Working with vendors on contract renewal with precise estimation by assessing requirements from projects
- Working with data governance team on integration of data governance platform alation with databricks
- Unity catalog and delta sharing implementation
- Implementation of databricks Serverless sql compute
- Managing databricks workspace using terraform
- Developed Data pipelines written on apache airflow and pyspark jobs
- Worked on data ingestion strategy for pulling data data from web API data extraction points.
- Developed and implemented data validation framework on extends great expectations open source Python library
- Experience in CI/CD strategies for data pipelines developed in Apache Airflow and Databricks jobs
- Customised and implemented open source data dictionary application "Amundsen"
- Customised and implemented amundsen databuilder & great expectations pypi package
Senior Associate
Cognizant technology solutions
07.2014 - 12.2019
- Design & developed a ETL solution for the cloud based Enterprise Content management Tools
- Design and developed data pipelines using pyspark (AWS EMR)
- Customised and implemented ECM Application components in Java frameworks
- Collaborated with onsite stakeholders to gather requirements and develop scope.
- Involved in Cognizant in-house product development initiative
Senior Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra Ltd
12.2012 - 07.2014
- Developed migration solution for Cross system enterprise data applications
- Interacted directly with clients and developed software applications that surpassed client expectations.
- Design and developed Soap services to integrate with ESB layer in enterprise based workflow application
- Led software development initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for Content management perspective
Systems Engineer
Polaris financial technology Ltd
08.2010 - 12.2012
- Design and develop new components according to business requirements using JSF, PL/SQL
- Addressing client queries directly and handled critical Issues
- Leading small member team and solved system critical Issues
- Worked on bugs and enhancements in core banking product
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam College
Thanjavur 06.2005 - 04.2009
Skills
Pyspark, Hive, Delta lake
undefinedAdditional Information
- Worked in Chevron in Dhaka, Bangladesh for Migration Tool Requirement Gathering & project planning for a period of a month.
- Worked in Maybank in Kualalumpur , Malaysia for Content Migration Tool Development and Implementation for a period of 3 months
- Worked in Cargill’s Agriculture and commercial Bank in Colombo,SriLankafor Application Development & implementation of a period of 2 months
Certification
Oracle certified Java Programmer
rewards
- Received Game changer Award for two continuous quarter for the Unity catalog & delta sharing implementation at condenast in 2022
- Received “Xtra Mile” appreciation for delivery excellence in consolidation project at Cognizant in 2019
- Received “Spot Award” for alfresco Project Implementation at Cognizant in 2018
- Received “Digital Super Star Award” for the Documentum Migration utility Implementation for 11 countries at Cognizant in 2016
- Received “Pat on Back” Award for Technical excellence at TechMahindra in 2013
Timeline
Astronomer certified Apache Airflow Fundamentals
09-2021
Astronomer certified Apache Airflow DAG Authoring.
09-2021
Associate Data Engineering Manager
CondeNast India Pvt Ltd
12.2019 - Current
Senior Associate
Cognizant technology solutions
07.2014 - 12.2019
Senior Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra Ltd
12.2012 - 07.2014
Oracle certified Java Programmer
02-2011
Systems Engineer
Polaris financial technology Ltd
08.2010 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam College
06.2005 - 04.2009
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