Akshat Kabra
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Data Engineer | AWS | Apache Spark & Airflow | ETL & Data Pipeline Expert
Balod, Chhattisgarh, India
Akshat Kabra is a Data Engineer with 2.5 years of experience at Cognizant Technology Solutions, specialising in building scalable data pipelines and data warehouse solutions for a Fortune 50 pharmaceutical client. He designed ETL pipelines aggregating data from 10+ sources, reduced processing time from 6.5 hours to 1.5 hours per day, and implemented Medallion Architecture on Apache Spark and AWS. He holds a B.Tech in Information Technology from Bharati Vidyapeeth College with a 9.5 CGPA and is AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
Experience
Data Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Built robust data pipelines aggregating 10+ data sources, increasing processing speed by 60%. Developed ETL artifacts using Python on Apache Spark, built Hive tables, migrated data to AWS Redshift, implemented Medallion Architecture, and automated workflows with Apache Airflow. Reduced execution time from 6.5 hrs/day to 1.5 hrs/day.
AWS Data Engineer Intern
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Gained hands-on experience with AWS S3, Glue, Lambda, EMR, and Spark. Explored ETL pipeline development and data security fundamentals within AWS.
Trainee Software Developer
Emtec Technologies
Completed comprehensive training in SQL, Python, and Git. Gained experience with data engineering technologies and ETL processes.
Education
Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering
Licenses & Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Amazon Web Services
Data Engineering using Apache Spark (DataBricks)
DataBricks
MySQL Bootcamp
Udemy