Pavithra User

I’m a cloud and data engineer with 3+ years managing AWS and Azure environments. I build scalable pipelines and tune compute workloads for high-throughput, data-intensive systems—always with cost efficiency and reliability in mind.

In my most recent role at PNC Bank, I led ingestion from 6+ enterprise sources using AWS Glue, S3, and Lambda, reducing pipeline latency by 40% and improving downstream data reliability. I also reduced cloud overhead across 15+ AWS services by analyzing utilization in CloudWatch and Cost Explorer, and standardized infrastructure with Terraform IaC—cutting environment configuration errors by 60%.

I’m equally strong on performance and governance: I tuned PySpark and Spark SQL jobs on AWS EMR (improving CPU utilization by 35% and nearly halving processing time) and enforced least-privilege IAM policies to align with SOC 2 standards. I bring a collaborative mindset through runbooks and training guides for 5+ pipelines, plus a product approach to analytics—integrating BigQuery SQL workflows with Tableau and Power BI for self-service across cross-functional teams.