Samba Kumar Burugu

About Samba Kumar Burugu

Result-driven Data Engineer with over 11 years of experience in designing and implementing data-intensive applications focusing on Azure Databricks and other Azure Cloud Services for over 5+ years. Known for proficiency in developing scalable, reliable, and efficient data solutions. Proficient in architecting robust frameworks and optimizing workflows to maximize the value of data assets, enabling swift and cost-effective data-driven opportunities.Passionate about modernizing data platform architecture to enhance the speed of delivery, agility and cost efficiency in converting data sets into premium data products and delivering impactful insights. Committed to building self-service data analytics platforms and fostering data democratization, accelerating insight derivation for impactful business transformations.Key Skills• Data Strategy and Collaboration: Engaged in collaborative efforts with product owners, stakeholders, upstream data producers and data consumers to understand the business objectives and SLAs.• Data Ingestion and Integration: Proficient in ingesting data from diverse sources into Data Lakes using Azure Data Factory and Databricks ensuring seamless integration and high-quality data curation.• Advanced Pipeline Architecture: Expert in designing and deploying multi-hop, multi-pipeline architectures that enhance data quality and resilience tailored to evolving business needs.• Data Governance and Security: Established the Unity Catalog to optimize metadata management, audit controls, data lineage, data discovery and user provisioning. Developed robust data encryption methodologies to protect sensitive information and controlled access to authorized users through RBAC• Performance Optimization: Implemented advanced optimization strategies of Spark Core and Delta Table leading to a 40% reduction in processing time and improved system availability. Conducted periodic maintenance to optimize Delta Table performance.• Collaboration and CI/CD: Worked with DevOps and QA teams to implement CI/CD practices to enhance automated testing, deployment and project delivery.• Data Quality Framework: Developed comprehensive frameworks for data quality testing and strategies for managing data that fail quality tests ensuring high standards in all data processes.• Troubleshooting: Strong problem-solving abilities focusing on troubleshooting performance issues in customer environments. Proficient in diagnosing and resolving complex data-related problems to minimize downtime and improve system efficiency.

Experience

1. Associate Principal Engineer

   Nagarro

   Aug 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

Education

• R.G. Kedia College Of Commerce

  Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Science

  2007 — 2010

Skills

• Explain Plan
• Sql Tuning
• Shell Scripting
• Javascript
• Agile Methodologies
• Database Administration
• Performance Tuning
• Sdlc
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Dbms
• Awr
• Software Development
• Python
• Sql Loader
• Sql Server Management Studio
• Pl/Sql
• Xml
• Transact-Sql (T-Sql)
• Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)
• Sql*Plus
• Sql
• Linux
• Databases
• Data Analysis
• Unix
• Data Modeling
• Oracle Database
• Oracle Sql, Pl/Sql, Javascript, Jasper Reports