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Don PalayoorDP

Don Palayoor

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Freelance Data Specialist

Kerala, India

https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-s-palayoor-558b03165

IIITM-K University : CUSAT

Don S. Palayoor is a Big Data Developer and Freelance Data Specialist with a strong background in ETL pipelines, web scraping, and data analysis. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science (Machine Intelligence) from IIITM-K, CUSAT, and a BCA from Christ University Bangalore. He previously worked at Tata Consultancy Services as a Big Data Developer, developing Hive and Impala queries, Shell Script frameworks for data ingestion, and Spark frameworks for converting Oozie jobs, as well as creating ETL pipelines in Azure.

Experience

Freelance Data Specialist

•Jan 2023 - Present

As a dedicated Freelance Data Specialist, I bring a strong background in ETL pipelines, web scraping, and data analysis. I have a proven track record in designing and implementing efficient data management systems, extracting valuable insights from complex data sets, and presenting these insights in a clear and understandable manner. My expertise includes proficiency in Python, R, and Java, along with extensive experience with web scraping libraries and data visualization tools.

Big Data Developer

Tata Consultancy Services

•Aug 2021 - Dec 2022

Developing Hive and Impala queries to transform data based on the mapping documents given by the business. Developing Shell Script framework for data ingestion, data transformation, data export & data archival. Worked in Control-M tool for scheduling and monitoring jobs. Developed a Spark framework for converting Oozie jobs to Spark Jobs. Used Jira for project tracking and Project Management as part of user stories. Configured Tableau Extract Refresh using Python scripts and Control-M. Documentation using Confluence. Implemented Spark using Scala and SparkSQL for faster testing and processing of data. Developed a pipeline for ETL workflow in Azure. Created pipelines for movement of data from Hadoop to Azure Cloud Platform. Used Bit-Bucket and JIRA for collaboration on code with inline comments and pull requests.

Education

IIITM-K University : CUSAT

M.Sc.

Computer Science in Machine Intelligence

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021•Grade: 7.72/10

Christ (Deemed to be University)

Bachelor of Computer Application

Computer Application

Jan 2016 - Jan 2019•Grade: 8.14/10

Licenses & Certifications

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft

• No expiration

Machine Learning with Python

IBM and Coursera

• No expiration

Python for Data Science and AI

IBM and Coursera

• No expiration

Skills

ETL pipelines
web scraping
data analysis
Python
R
Java
HDFS
Hive
Impala
Shell scripting
Spark SQL
Scala
Tableau
Control-M
Confluence
ADLS
Azure HDInsight
Azure SQL DB
Azure Data Factory
Oozie
Jira
Bit-Bucket