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Akhil Prasad

Akhil Prasad

Skilled in practices around Data Warehousing, Data Marts, Data Models, ETL & ELT for large-scale data management.


Built batch & streaming pipelines using Spark & Hadoop ecosystem capable of handling terabytes of data on day-to-day basis.


Worked on Cloud migration of thousands of pipelines (On-Primm to GCP).


Part of the Data Management team, involved in Automation & Support, Platform Engineering, and Data Governance activities.


Build & managed Data Pipeline frameworks (using Python, Scala) used for data ingestion activities across teams/markets.


Expert in writing Optimized SQL queries for OLTP & OLAP workloads using Indexes, Join, Aggregate, Window functions, CTEs, and more.


Worked in Retail, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance domain.


Collaborated on quarterly roadmaps, optimizing resource allocation and ensuring clear stakeholder communication.


Led sprint planning, prioritizing backlog, managing team capacity, and providing technical guidance for timely & high-quality delivery.

  • Role

    Senior Data Engineer

  • Years of Experience

    6.8 years

Skillsets

  • Oracle
  • IAM
  • Java
  • Jenkins
  • Kafka
  • Kafka connect
  • Looker
  • Maven
  • Mssql
  • MySQL
  • Hive
  • PostgreSQL
  • Power BI
  • Scala
  • Spark
  • Spark SQL
  • SQL optimization
  • Sqoop
  • Tableau
  • YARN
  • BigQuery
  • ETL - 6 Years
  • Data Governance
  • Pyspark - 6 Years
  • Snowflake - 1 Years
  • Python - 6 Years
  • Airflow
  • Autosys
  • Bash scripting
  • Big lake
  • Data Warehousing
  • C
  • C++
  • Docker
  • Erwin data modeler
  • FreeMarker
  • GCP
  • Git
  • Hadoop
  • Hdfs

Professional Summary

6.8Years
  • Oct, 2023 - Present1 yr 8 months

    Senior Data Engineer

    Walmart Global Tech India
  • Feb, 2022 - Oct, 20231 yr 8 months

    Data Engineer - III

    Walmart Global Tech India
  • Sep, 2018 - Jan, 20223 yr 4 months

    Data Engineer - Associate

    Infosys Limited

Applications & Tools Known

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    Spark

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    Hadoop

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    GCP

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    SQL

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    Python

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    Scala

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    Java

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    C

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    C++

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    Bash scripting

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    Hive

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    HDFS

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    Sqoop

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    Kafka

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    Kafka Connect

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    Oracle

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    MSSQL

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    MySQL

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    Dremio

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    PostgreSQL

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    Snowflake

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    Dataproc

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    Batch

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    IAM

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    BigQuery

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    Airflow

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    Looker

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    Power BI

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    Tableau

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    Apache Superset

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    Docker

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    Jenkins

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    Git

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    Maven

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    Excel

Work History

6.8Years

Senior Data Engineer

Walmart Global Tech India
Oct, 2023 - Present1 yr 8 months
    Led a team of 6 engineers in enhancing data pipeline frameworks. Implemented CI/CD practices while managing over 6000 big data pipelines. Worked on Airflow migration, established best practices, and mentored junior engineers.

Data Engineer - III

Walmart Global Tech India
Feb, 2022 - Oct, 20231 yr 8 months
    Built Spark application for fraud detection, migrated pipelines to GCP, and provided interactive dashboards. Automated data management tasks and optimized on-premise applications.

Data Engineer - Associate

Infosys Limited
Sep, 2018 - Jan, 20223 yr 4 months
    Ingested data into Data Lake using tools like Sqoop and JDBC. Performed data cleaning activities, optimized pipelines, and used workflows like Autosys. Consumed data over APIs and worked on data file formats.

Achievements

  • Achieved a 70% reduction in pipeline creation effort.
  • Empowered L1 support personnel for independent initial failure analysis.

Education

  • B.C.A

    GGSIPU (2018)
  • 12th

    KV JNU (2015)
  • 10th

    KV Vasant Kunj (2013)

Certifications

  • Az-900 - microsoft certified azure fundamentals

  • Dp-900 - microsoft certified azure data fundamentals