Apratim Paul

Data Architect | AWS | Azure | Databricks | Fabric | GenAI | Hadoop | Python | Spark | Kafka | Hands-on IC

Role
Data Architecture Senior Manager at EXL
Location
Kolkata, WB, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Apratim Paul

As a seasoned Data Architect and Engineering Leader with 17+ years of global experience, I specialize in designing, architecting, and delivering scalable data platforms, data lakes, and enterprise analytics solutions across cloud and hybrid environments. My career spans successful engagements across the UK and India, driving impactful data transformations in Banking, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Natural Resources, and Telecom.Currently serving as a Senior Data Architect at Intuitive.Cloud, I bring deep hands-on expertise across AWS, Azure, Snowflake, and Databricks, alongside legacy and modern data systems including Oracle, Hadoop, and Pyspark. While I lead architecture strategy, I remain actively involved in engineering, ensuring every solution is both technically robust and business-aligned.Key Engagements- Led cloud data platform modernization (AWS, Snowflake) for a leading European bank- Architected scalable data lakes and analytics on AWS for a global manufacturing firm- Delivered a high-performance, semi-structured data processing pipeline for a global Telco- Migrated enterprise DW and analytics workloads to Azure for a global healthcare provider- Enabled data-driven decision-making with integrated finance and HR data marts for an agriculture majorCore Competencies- Cloud Data Architecture – AWS (Redshift, Glue, Lake Formation, EMR), Azure (ADF, Synapse, Databricks)- Data Warehousing & BI – Snowflake, Oracle DW, Data Vault 2.0, KPI design- Modern Data Engineering – Pyspark, SparkSQL, SQL, Python, Airflow- DataOps & CI/CD – GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira, DevOps for data- Methodologies – Agile, TDD, Waterfall, HybridWith a blend of techno-functional expertise and strategic foresight, I’m passionate about enabling organizations to become data-driven through cloud-native platforms, real-time analytics, and modern data governance. I\'m always open to opportunities to collaborate on high-impact data initiatives—be it onsite or offshore.

Experience

  1. Data Architecture Senior Manager

    EXL

    Feb 2026 — Present · Kolkata, IN

Education

  • Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology

    Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Programming, Specific Applications

  • Calcutta University, Kolkata

    Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

  • Hare School

    12th

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