Kawish Siddiqui

About Kawish Siddiqui

Senior Leader at Snowflake with 20+ years of IT experience, specializing in data warehouse design, development, and migration. Expertise in cloud computing, data analytics, and modernizing business intelligence solutions. Skilled in Snowflake, AWS, and Teradata technologies, with a proven track record in leading successful migration projects that improve data processing efficiency and reduce costs. Proficient in automation, reporting (Excel VBA, batch, shell scripting), and hold certifications in Snowflake, AWS, Teradata, Microsoft, Oracle, Project Management (PMP) and IT Service Management (ITSM). Passionate about continuous learning to deliver optimal client solutions.

Experience

1. Sr Solutions Architect - Migrations

   Snowflake

   Aug 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   I lead strategic initiatives to drive data modernization and cloud migrations, optimizing data warehousing solutions for clients.Core Responsibilities- Assess client data infrastructure and design tailored migration strategies- Oversee migration projects, ensuring security, performance, and cost efficiency- Develop scalable, reusable migration frameworks to streamline processes- Shape Snowflake\'s migration service offerings and professional services enablement- Establish technical benchmarks and best practices for solution architects.Key Achievements- Leading major retailer and financial customers\' migration, reducing data processing time and cost by ~50%- Conceived idea, planned and designed a migration framework/product that improved efficiency by 70%- Scaled migration framework/product to handle velocity and volume to 500k+ objects with multi-petabyte data volume for data migration and validation- Authored migration guidelines, playbooks, and best practices- Proactively identified risks and opportunities to enhance project success.Driving transformation and positioning Snowflake as a leader in data modernization.

Education

• Preston University

  BS, IT

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Data Modeling
• Incident Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Rdbms
• Sql
• Teradata
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Data Integration
• Big Data
• Databases
• Integration
• Service Designing & Cataloging
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Performance Tuning
• Database Design
• Solution Architecture
• Data Migration
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Project Management
• Itil
• IT Service Management
• Data Warehousing
• Change Management
• Erwin
• Problem Management
• Pmp