Ritesh K Bansal
Vice President – Data Engineering | Scaled Cloud Migration & Data Engineering for Enterprise Growth
- Role
- Vice President - Data Engineering at American Express
- Location
- Gurugram, HR, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ritesh K Bansal
Senior technology and engineering leader with 20+ years of experience building and transforming enterprise-scale Big Data and cloud platforms within complex, regulated environments- Proven track record of leading large, multi-year transformation programs, navigating diverse stakeholders with competing priorities, and aligning leaders and teams to a single outcome- Deep expertise in cloud-native data platforms on GCP, enabling petabyte-scale analytics, decisioning, and AI/ML through tools such as BigQuery, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub- Known for creating accelerators, automation frameworks, and scalable engineering platforms that simplify complex migrations and improve reliability in production- Recognized for building best-in-class global teams, growing leaders, and creating self-sufficient engineering organizations with strong ownership and accountability- Lead with urgency and clarity while fostering trust-based, collaborative relationships—often a go-to partner for high-impact, business-critical initiatives— with a strong focus on automation, engineering discipline, and sustainable delivery at enterprise scale.
Experience
Vice President - Data Engineering
Oct 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN
Lead scaled replatforming of big data workloads from on-prem to Google Cloud (BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub)- Drive cloud platform modernization, focusing on scalability, resilience, automation, and cost optimization- Build observability and data validation tools to strengthen trust, transparency, and operational excellence- Define playbooks, frameworks, and governance models to migrate workloads at enterprise scale with minimal disruption- Mentor and grow high-performing global engineering teams, fostering innovation and adoption of cloud-first practices.
Education
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
B.Tech., Computer Science
2001 — 2005
Skills
- Db2/Sql
- Mongodb
- Data Structures
- Data Warehousing
- Sql
- Business Intelligence Tools
- Java
- Oracle
- Performance Tuning
- Java Enterprise Edition
- Etl
- Databases
- Oracle Sql
- Db2
- Epiphany
- Outbound Marketing
- Informatica
- Unix Shell Scripting
- Apache Pig
- Hive
- Hadoop
- Big Data
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