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Kevin Lively

@kevinlively1

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Senior Data Solution Architect focused on real-time, scalable data systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior data-platform role building scalable, real-time data systems with strong governance, collaborative teams, and opportunities to integrate ML into production.

I am a results-driven Senior Data Solution Architect with over 11 years of experience designing, developing, and optimizing scalable, latency-conscious data solutions across cloud platforms. I specialize in ETL pipeline engineering, real-time streaming, data lakehouse architectures, and data warehousing methodologies.

Throughout my career I have architected and migrated large-scale on-premises warehouses to cloud-native platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery), engineered 250+ ETL/ELT workflows, and implemented governance frameworks ensuring HIPAA and GDPR compliance. My work has produced measurable outcomes including reduced infrastructure costs, improved query performance, and increased forecasting accuracy.

I combine hands-on expertise with leadership—mentoring cross-functional teams, driving DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform), and integrating ML models into production. I aim to deliver performant, secure, and cost-effective data platforms that enable timely business decisions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Data Solution Architect

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Palantir Technologies

Oct 2022 - Present (2 years 11 months)

Architected and deployed real-time streaming infrastructures and cloud-native data platforms, improving pipeline uptime to 99.9% and reducing infrastructure costs by 50% while improving query performance and maintenance overhead.

Apache Kafka Apache Flink AWS Kinesis Snowflake Databricks ETL Data Governance Python Spark

Senior Data Engineer

Cloudera

Aug 2019 - Sep 2022 (3 years 1 month)

Developed and optimized large-scale Hadoop/Spark data pipelines and integrated Snowflake for cloud migrations, reducing processing latency and enabling real-time analytics dashboards.

Hadoop Spark Kafka Hive Snowflake Apache NiFi Airflow Databricks Performance Tuning

Data Engineer

DataArt

Jun 2017 - Jul 2019 (2 years 1 month)

Designed scalable ETL pipelines and a GCP data lake using Apache Beam and Dataflow, improving data delivery times and reducing discrepancies via automated quality frameworks.

Apache Beam Google Cloud Dataflow Python GCP)Data Lake Great Expectations ETL Data Modeling

ETL & Data Warehouse Engineer

Steer Health

Feb 2014 - May 2017 (3 years 3 months)

Built and maintained ETL pipelines and dimensional data warehouses using Talend, SSIS, and NiFi, enabling cloud migrations and ensuring HIPAA-compliant data governance.