Ioan Buricatu

About Ioan Buricatu

Results-oriented professional with a strong background in AWS Cloud and Snowflake. Specialized in AWS Serverless technologies, Event-Driven Architectures, APIs & real-time data collection, large-scale compute cluster deployments, Analytics & SQL/NoSQL databases, Snowflake administration, Snowpark Container Services, and Streamlit Web Applications. Proficient in SSO & AWS IAM, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation.Demonstrated success in delivering end-to-end cloud solutions—from design and development to production—covering security and monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and system administration.Current position: Head of Data Platform and Operations – A hands-on manager across Data, Security, and Operations. Responsible for real-time and batch data collection, data ingestion pipelines, data security (AWS and Snowflake), and all production deployments. Serve as SME for AWS Serverless solutions, Snowflake administration, and cost optimization. Also lead the development, deployment, and support of web applications using Snowflake Container Services.Successfully leading the organization’s cost control initiative, reducing Snowflake spend by 20% and AWS spend by 25% through targeted optimization strategies and architectural improvements.

Experience

1. Principal Data Platform and Operations Engineer, Aws Cloud, Serverless and Snowflake

   Bose Corporation

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Lead the strategy, design, and delivery of scalable, cost-efficient data architectures using AWS Serverless and Snowflake. Hands-on in building ingestion pipelines for diverse data sources—batch, real-time, structured and semi-structured—into the Bose Data Lake. Introduced AI-powered tools to reduce development overhead and speed up delivery.Key responsibilities- Designed and implemented ingestion pipelines for all new and legacy data sources using AWS and Snowpark- SME for near real-time data ingestion, AWS Serverless solutions, and web application deployment- Co-led the migration of legacy systems (SQL Server, SAP BW on HANA, SAP ECC) to Snowflake- Full ownership of AWS and Snowflake architecture, administration, and platform security- Successfully led enterprise-wide cost optimization, reducing Snowflake spend by 20% and AWS spend by 25% through tuning, automation, and architectural improvements- Defined and implemented deployment standards for Streamlit web apps using Snowflake Container Services- Standardized our architecture for data ingestion, logging, monitoring, alerting, and version control- Hands-on manager for a team of 4 DataSecOps engineers and 2 co-ops- Lead for production support and internal technical training on AWS Serverless and Event-Driven ArchitecturesTechnologies- AWS Serverless: Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, SQS, DynamoDB, S3- Data & Compute: AWS Glue (Spark), AWS Batch, Kinesis, ECS & ECR- Infrastructure as Code: AWS CDK, CloudFormation- Security & Access: AWS IAM, Cognito, SSO- Snowflake: Platform administration, cost governance, Snowpark development, Snowflake Container Services for web app deployment- Platforms: AWS, Snowflake

Education

• ESIEA - Ecole d'Ingénieurs en Sciences et Technologies du Numérique

  Master’s Degree, Information Technology

  1900 — 1900

Skills

• Sap Bi
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Sap Implementation
• Consulting
• Data Modeling
• Sap Netweaver
• Business Intelligence
• Sap
• Sap Netweaver Business Warehouse (Sap Bw)
• Sap Products
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Data Warehousing
• Strategy
• Oracle Database and Tuning
• Dashboards
• Data Migration
• Business Objects
• Business Process
• Integration
• Sap R/3
• Dashboard
• Sap Bi/Bw
• Management
• Analytics
• Erp
• Sap Erp
• Business Analysis
• Technical Leadership
• Project Management
• Abap
• Sap Businessobjects
• Sap Bw