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Bala Sathwik Golamari

@balasathwikgolamari

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Data engineer specializing in Azure, Databricks, PySpark and scalable, cost-efficient pipelines.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can build scalable, secure Azure data platforms, automate infrastructure and CI/CD, and drive measurable improvements in latency, cost, and data quality.

I am a data engineer with six years of experience designing and delivering scalable data platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. I build cloud-native pipelines (Azure Data Factory, Databricks, PySpark), implement infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, and ship CI/CD for data assets to reduce latency and costs while enabling real-time analytics.

My work has driven measurable outcomes — reducing data latency by 40%, cutting cloud costs by 25%, and accelerating report development and incident response times. I prioritize data quality, security (RBAC, PCI-DSS alignment), and operational observability while collaborating with analytics and ML teams to productionize data solutions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Data Engineer

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Pollard Banknote

May 2023 - Present (2 years 8 months)

Engineered cloud-native Azure Data Factory and Databricks pipelines ingesting 5M+ daily transactions into Azure Data Lake, reducing report development time by 30% and job runtimes by 35% through optimization and autoscaling.

Azure Data Factory Databricks Pyspark DBT Terraform Data Lake CI CD Azure DevOps

Data Engineer

PhonePe

Dec 2021 - Apr 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Built scalable ETL pipelines to migrate 10TB+ of legacy data to Azure, implemented real-time anomaly detection reducing downstream errors by 25% and cut dashboard query latency from 15 to 5 minutes.

SSIS Python Pyspark Azure Storage Databricks SQL Server azure monitor Performance Tuning

Data Analyst

Hyundai

Feb 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years 10 months)

Designed historical data tracking with SQL Server triggers and temporal tables and automated reconciliation to ensure 99.9% data integrity during migrations, supporting ML feature preparation.

SQL Server T SQL Python Pandas Data Integrity

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

St. Joseph's Degree and PG College

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration

Completed a Bachelor of Business Administration at St. Joseph's Degree and PG College in Hyderabad, focusing on business fundamentals relevant to data and analytics roles.