Tharun Tupakula

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ABOUT THARUN TUPAKULA

A seasoned data engineering professional with over 14 years of experience, currently contributing as a Senior Cloud Data Engineer at PNC bank. Specializing in big data technologies and cloud platforms, the team leverages tools like Cloudera, PySpark, Scala, Snowflake, HiveQL, and AWS to drive scalable solutions for complex data challenges. Previous roles at Bank of America and Citigroup USA Inc. enabled collaboration across diverse teams to enhance data processes and support business goals. Committed to supporting PNC\'s mission with expertise in cloud innovation, a collaborative mindset, and a focus on delivering impactful, data-driven outcomes.• Cloudera Certified Professional with 14 Years of IT Experience including 9 Years of work experience in Big Data, Hadoop Architecture, Spark Development, design, ETL development, Azure cloud, AWS cloud, Python and Ecosystem Analytics in Banking and Insurance domains.• Extensive experience in Apache Spark, MapReduce, YARN, Scala, PySpark, Hive, Impala, Pig, Sqoop, Kafka, Hue, Hbase, Python, Oozie, Azure, Teradata, MongoDB, Unix shell scripting, Core Java, DMX-h tool, Mainframe and ETL development.• Done the Teradata 12 Basics Certification.• Worked on AWS Services like Athena, Glue, EC2, S3 and Lambda.• Experienced in writing PySpark scripts and do the joins/ETL operations on data frames.• Good Knowledge on Scala based Spark programs.• Oracle Certified Professional, Done Java SE 6 Programmer Certification.• AWS/Python Developer with experience working with AWS Cloud (EC2, IAM, S3, ECS, SNS, SQS, EBS, CloudWatch, Lambda, AWS Secret Manger, DynamoDb.• Created and managed Snowflake tables, views, and schemas for reporting and analytics.• Worked with Snowpipe for automated data ingestion of incremental files.• Used time travel and zero-copy cloning for data recovery and testing purposes.