MS Iqbal
@msiqbal
Principal Data Engineer and Multi‑Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in governance and scalable Lakehouse systems.
What I'm looking for
I am a Principal Data Engineer and Multi‑Cloud Solutions Architect with 8+ years building enterprise, regulated data ecosystems across Azure, AWS, and GCP. I specialize in Data Lakehouse architectures (Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse), real‑time streaming (Kafka, Kinesis), and rigorous data governance.
I have driven measurable results including a 50% cost reduction through Spark performance tuning and a 40% reduction in data latency for critical reporting platforms. I design and implement secure, compliant solutions—integrating Microsoft Purview, Collibra, and Apache Atlas—to meet HIPAA, GDPR and other regulatory requirements.
I bring hands‑on expertise across cloud platforms, ETL/streaming tools, and data modeling, and I mentor teams while delivering productionized, observable pipelines and cost‑optimized architectures that enable trusted analytics and operational efficiency.
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Senior Data Engineer
Confiz
Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 4 months)
Architected enterprise ELT pipelines and Lakehouse solutions on Azure Synapse and Databricks, reducing data latency by 40% and cutting Azure compute costs 50% through Spark tuning. Led real-time ingestion with Kafka and enforced GDPR/HIPAA-compliant data governance via Microsoft Purview.
Data Analytics Specialist
CureMD
Nov 2022 - Jun 2024 (1 year 7 months)
Engineered dimensional data models and automated ingestion pipelines for financial analytics, improving complex query response times by 35% and delivering executive Tableau dashboards for investment decision-making. Implemented metadata-driven governance for audit readiness.
Data Solutions Architect
Zennify
Feb 2019 - Oct 2022 (3 years 8 months)
Designed scalable Data Lake and hybrid cloud warehousing solutions using Hadoop, Spark, AWS Redshift and Azure Synapse for >50TB datasets, reduced operational errors 30% via automated NiFi/Airflow workflows, and implemented Data Quality-as-Code with Great Expectations.
Associate Data Engineer
Tkxel
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years 4 months)
Supported ETL development with Talend and Python, aided migration of on-prem SQL Server to AWS Redshift to improve scalability, and implemented data validation and CI/CD scripting to raise dataset reliability.
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