Kunal Gulati

About Kunal Gulati

Dynamic and result oriented Sr Data Engineer/Data Architect/Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience in conceptualizing, designing, implementing and maintaining data projects with good experience in Data visualization, Data Migration, Data analysis and Data Modelling. Hands-on team member with vast experience in leading engineering teams.Experience in product development required in IT space and creating a roadmap for features and implementation roadmap.I\'ve been instrumental in transitioning legacy systems to the cloud, ensuring seamless integration and robust architecture using cutting-edge technologies like Synapse, ADF, Fabric, ADO, PySpark, Databricks etc.Core Competencies: Cloud Technologies (Azure), Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Data visualization, Data Governance, Technical Architecture, Data Lake, Data Modernization, Azure Cloud Architecture.

Experience

1. Engineering Manager Lead

   Microsoft

   Sep 2022 — Present · US

   Data Engineering Lead @ MicrosoftGDC is global marketing wing of Microsoft which is responsible for marketing activities. Capgemini has built MAP platform with Microsoft team which is standard area to bring all marketing data like referrals, campaign, social etc. data in on area for analyst consumption.Responsibilities: • Led two engineering teams, Relationship Marketing and Blog and Social and responsible for architecture and delivery. • Migration of Web and Social from legacy to Azure, for both data and code, played a role of technical lead. • Worked on POC to move Cube’s in Synapse to Semantic layer, so that we can reduce time taken for cube refresh and cost part. • Creating and maintaining pipelines required for data ingestion using ADF, Synapse Analytics and PySpark. • Code migration and code maintenance using Azure Devops (CI/CD) • Implemented pipeline to move data from Synapse to Fabric Lake house using Synapse Analytics and ADF • Data validations and business validations before releasing data to business team/Production. • Led an initiative for security which will move away from SPN’s to MSI or SPN/Cert’s for security reasons. • Led various initiatives like Coding standards across the platform, data quality checks on source and automation of day-to-day activities.

Education

• Kurukshetra University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

• St. Theresas Convent School

  Schooling

Skills

• Sas Programming
• Data Integration
• Data Warehousing
• Software Project Management
• Pl/Sql
• Sql
• Business Analytics
• Sas
• Programming
• Analytics
• Unix
• Data Modeling
• Business Analysis
• Data Analysis
• .net
• Etl
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Db2
• Pre-Sales
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Predictive Analytics
• Business Objects
• Business Intelligence