Saurav Panda
@sauravpanda
Data Architect with 13+ years of experience in designing, architecting, and delivering enterprise-scale data engineering and analytics solutions.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
Data Architect with 13+ years of experience in designing, architecting, and delivering enterprise-scale data engineering and analytics solutions across cloud platforms, with strong expertise in Microsoft Azure, Snowflake, and modern data platforms.
Experienced in leading end-to-end data architecture initiatives, cloud data migrations, enterprise data warehouse modernization, and building scalable, high-performance data pipelines and analytical solutions. Strong expertise in Azure Data Factory, ADLS, Snowflake, SQL, and Python, with working knowledge of Databricks, Lakehouse architecture, and modern data engineering frameworks.
Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical architectures, define data governance and security strategies, optimize platform performance and costs, and establish engineering best practices. Experienced in leading technical teams, collaborating with business stakeholders, and driving architecture and technology decisions across enterprise data initiatives.
Focused on building scalable, secure, cost-optimized, and AI-ready data platforms, enabling advanced analytics, data science, and GenAI capabilities while aligning technology solutions with business objectives.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Data Architect
Happiest Minds
Feb 2022 - Present (4 years 9 months)
Designed metadata-driven ADF pipelines and architected Medallion Architecture on Databricks and Snowflake. Led performance optimization, governance, and migration initiatives, reducing query runtime by 55% and compute costs by 60%.
Migrated on-prem Oracle data warehouse to Snowflake and designed modular DBT models for supply chain transformations. Architected AWS data pipelines and governed data marts, improving reporting accuracy by 10%.
Architected data warehouse from scratch using star and snowflake schemas, and optimized report generation from 1 hour to 2 minutes. Designed generic data archival and purging framework, improving performance by 30%.
Built analytics backend for Invoice Dispute and Claims management using complex SQL and aggregation pipelines. Designed data archival and purging framework, improving query performance by 30% and saving 10 hours per week of analyst effort.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Databricks
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate, Data Engineering
Earned Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate from Databricks in 2026.
Snowflake
SnowPro Core Certification, Data Engineering
Earned SnowPro Core Certification from Snowflake in 2022.
Exasol
Exasol Developer Certification, Database Development
Earned Exasol Developer Certification from Exasol in 2020.
Biju Patnaik University of Technology
B.Tech, Engineering
Completed B.Tech degree from Biju Patnaik University of Technology in 2012.
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