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Anand Kumar

@Anandnerre

Data Engineer at Ascendum

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

AscendumSri Venkateswara University

Experienced Data Engineer with 9 years in data analytics and 5+ years specializing in Azure data solutions. Skilled in building scalable data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog), and PySpark. Strong expertise in Azure Data Lake Gen2 and SQL Data Warehouse for optimized storage and querying. Proficient in REST API-driven data solutions, and CI/CD with Azure DevOps. Adept in Power BI (DAX, Semantic Modeling) for analytics and reporting

Experience

Data Engineer

Ascendum

Full-timeDec 2016 - PresentBangalore

Built scalable Azure Data Factory/Databricks ETL/ELT pipelines with Delta Lake and Unity Catalog, cutting processing time by 20% for terabyte-scale healthcare data. • Automated batch/real-time data ingestion using ADF, Event Hub, and IoT Hub for timely analytics and reporting. • Engineered PySpark workflows in Databricks with Unity Catalog for transformations, governance, and data quality validation. • Optimized Azure Data Lake Gen2 and SQL Data Warehouse for cost-effective, high-performance storage and querying. • Designed Power BI dashboards with semantic models to monitor key healthcare metrics. • Enforced data governance and security using Databricks Unity Catalog. • Implemented Git version control, CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, and REST API integration for deployments. data solutions incorporating REST APIs for external system integration.

Education

Sri Venkateswara University

Bachelor of Commerce

Jan 2012 - Jan 2015Grade: 74%

PVC Govt. Junior College, Vayalapadu

Intermediate

Jan 2010 - Jan 2012Grade: 63.3%

ZPH School

SSC

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010Grade: 63%

Skills

Power BI
DAX
Databricks Dashboard
SQL
Python
PySpark
Azure Data Factory
Databricks
Blob Storage
Event Hubs
Snowflake
SQL Server
Git
Azure DevOps
Jira
ServiceNow
ChatGPT
Claude AI
Windows
Linux