Chandan Thakur

About Chandan Thakur

As a result-driven Staff Engineer, I bring 10+ years of expertise in building scalable, cost-effective data engineering solutions, specializing in data archiving, ETL, and cloud-native architectures.At Kenvue’s Bangalore GCC, I scaled the team from 4 to 14, bringing platform expertise in-house and eliminating costly vendor dependencies (e.g, Informatica ILM, Veritas ASP), saving millions annually. I architected both structured and unstructured data archiving, enabling end-to-end lifecycle management on AWS. This involved architecting data pipelines (from Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, etc.) to S3 and Athena, applying retention policies, legal holds (GxP, GDPR, SOX), and secure RBAC controls.I’ve led the full cycle—from gathering business requirements, designing scalable infrastructure (Unix, Network, DB, Storage), to delivering cost-efficient solutions. I focus on reducing operational overhead while ensuring data integrity, audit readiness, and disaster recovery.Passionate about continuous improvement, I’m driven to build high-impact, compliant data systems—whether optimizing ETL, expanding reporting capabilities, or scaling in-house platforms that empower businesses.

Experience

1. Staff Engineer

   Kenvue

   Oct 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Architected an AWS-native data archiving solution supporting Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MySQL, DB2, and generic JDBC sources with secure archiving to S3 Intelligent-Tiering and querying via Athena. • Implemented flexible data retention policies and legal hold mechanisms, ensuring compliance with varied application requirements, including GxP data handling. • Ensured the platform supported strict regulatory standards such as GDPR and SOX, enabling audit-ready data retention and secure legal holds on sensitive pharmaceutical data. • Led RBAC implementation for multi-tenant access, where users only see their own application data, including sensitive GxP datasets. • Integrated Logi for archiving data access, building business reports to surface archived data while adhering to compliance. • Spearheaded end-to-end CI/CD with GitHub Actions and CloudFormation for automated infrastructure provisioning. • Migrated legacy data from Informatica ILM and Veritas ASP, ensuring data integrity and continuity. • Addressed complex archiving issues, enhancing security (API Gateway private endpoints, HTTPS) and compliance with GxP, GDPR, and SOX standards. • Collaborated with AWS and Cognizant teams, managing timelines, testing, and delivery while leading the internal team.Skills: AWS (EC2, API Gateway, Lambda, S3), RDBMS Archiving (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, MySQL, DB2), Legal Hold, Retention Policies, GxP, GDPR, SOX, Athena, RBAC, Logi Reporting, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Python,CloudFormation, CI/CD, Team Leadership.

Education

• Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science