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Pallavi P

Minneapolis,MN

Summary

A results-driven IT professional with 8 years of experience, including 4+ years specializing in Snowflake and DBT as a Snowflake DBT Developer/Snowflake Data Engineer. Proficient in designing and developing ETL processes using Snowflake and AWS S3, with expertise in Snowflake Multi-Cluster Warehouses, Snowpipe, Internal/External Stages, Clone, Tasks, and Streams. Skilled in data modeling, performance optimization, and real-time data pipeline implementation using Snowflake, SnowSQL, and DBT.

Additionally, brings 4+ years of expertise in SAP Business Objects, adept at data warehousing, OLAP, Star and Snowflake Schema modeling, universe and report design, SQL scripting, and report migration.

Strong background in data security, semi-structured data handling, continuous data protection (Time Travel, Fail-Safe), and historical data querying.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Data Engineer

Horizontal
09.2020 - Current

Snowflake Development & Data Architecture

  • Designing and implementing efficient data architectures, including databases, schemas, tables, views, and materialized views in Snowflake.
  • Developing and managing data pipelines for extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL/ELT) data using DBT, SQL, and external ETL tools.
  • Expertise in Snowflake Multi-Cluster Warehouses, Snowpipe, Internal/External Stages, Clone, Tasks, and Streams.
  • Handling data migration from traditional databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server) or other cloud platforms to Snowflake, ensuring data quality and integrity.
  • Loading raw data from AWS S3 into Snowflake using Storage Integration, Stages, File Formats, COPY INTO, and Snowpipe.
  • Implementing fact & dimension tables and defining materialization properties (e.g., table, view, incremental) using DBT models.
  • Designing and implementing data models in DBT Core to structure data for optimal analysis.

DBT & Data Transformation

  • Developing and maintaining DBT models, implementing transformations, tests, and documentation.
  • Performing generic and singular tests in DBT to ensure data accuracy and business alignment.
  • Using Jinja templates, macros, incremental strategies, and snapshots to develop complex transformations.
  • Storing data in raw and curated layers with different schemas for structured processing.
  • Managing incremental data loading and transformation strategies for optimal performance.
  • Writing modular SQL queries to transform raw data into clean, analytics-ready datasets.

Version Control & CI/CD

  • Pushing DBT model changes to the development branch after implementation.
  • Using GitHub Actions to automate CI/CD workflows for deployments.
  • Monitoring workflow performance and making optimizations as needed.

Performance Optimization & Security

  • Optimizing SQL queries using techniques like partitioning, clustering, and scaling virtual warehouses.
  • Implementing robust data security policies, access controls, and user roles to ensure compliance.
  • Automating data loading and processing tasks using Snowflake Tasks and Stored Procedures.

Senior System Analyst

EXPEDIA
01.2015 - 06.2018
  • Created reports using Desktop Intelligence and Web Intelligence
  • Created reports using other data providers like Personal data files, Freehand SQL Stored procedures
  • Created different kind of charts based on user requirement in Desktop Intelligence and Web Intelligence
  • Involved in creating reports using BO thick Client and thin client
  • Created the reports using Business objects functionalities like Queries, Slice and Dice, Drill Down, Cross tab, Master Detail and Formulas etc
  • Involved in creating Complex reports
  • Created Xcelsius Dashboards based on business requirement
  • Created different kind of reports using crosstab, Vertical and horizontal based on user requirement
  • Created Drill reports, linking of reports using Hyperlink option based on user requirement in Web Intelligence
  • Designed, developed, tested, and maintained Tableau functional reports based on user requirements
  • Mastered the ability to design and deploy rich Graphic visualizations with Drill Down and Dropdown menu option and Parameters using Tableau
  • Involved in creating database objects like tables, views, procedures, triggers, functions using SQL Server to provide definition, structure and to maintain data efficiently
  • Extensively involved in creating graphs by using measures and dimensions data from various databases by using data blending concept
  • Converted existing BO reports to tableau dashboards
  • Created different KPI using calculated key figures and parameters
  • Developed Tableau data visualization using Cross tabs, Heat maps, Box and Whisker charts, Scatter Plots, Geographic Map, Pie Charts and Bar Charts and Density Chart
  • Developed donut charts and implemented complex features in charts like creating bar charts in tooltip
  • Worked extensively with Advance analysis Actions, Calculations, Parameters, Background images, Maps, Trend Lines, Statistics and table calculations
  • Provided Production support to Tableau users and Wrote Custom SQL to support business requirements
  • Utilized Tableau server to publish and share the reports with the business users
  • Responsible for creating calculated fields, combine fields, bins, sets, geo coding and hierarchies using Tableau Desktop
  • Involved in creating a dual-axis bar chart with multiple measures
  • Implemented data blending to blend related data from different data sources.

Data Analyst

VODAFONE
09.2012 - 10.2014
  • Created reports using Desktop Intelligence and Web Intelligence
  • Created reports using other data providers like Personal data files, Freehand SQL, Stored procedures
  • Created different kind of charts based on user requirement in Desktop Intelligence and Web Intelligence
  • Involved in creating reports using BO thick Client and thin client
  • Created the reports using Business objects functionalities like Queries, Slice and Dice, Drill Down, Cross tab, Master Detail and Formulas etc
  • Involved in creating Complex reports
  • Created Xcelsius Dashboards based on business requirement
  • Created different kind of reports using crosstab, Vertical and horizontal based on user requirement
  • Created Drill reports, linking of reports using Hyperlink option based on user requirement in Web Intelligence
  • Effective use functions like alerts and ranking Web Intelligence reports
  • Involved in scheduling reports in CMC.
  • Utilized data visualization tools to effectively communicate business insights.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Electronics -

S K University
Anantapur
05.2004

Skills

  • Power BI
  • SAP Business Objects
  • SQL
  • PL/SQL
  • Snowflake
  • Python
  • PYSPARK
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • ETL processes
  • SQL Expertise
  • DBT
  • Business Intelligence
  • NoSQL Databases
  • Airflow

Timeline

Senior Data Engineer

Horizontal
09.2020 - Current

Senior System Analyst

EXPEDIA
01.2015 - 06.2018

Data Analyst

VODAFONE
09.2012 - 10.2014

Bachelor of Science, Electronics -

S K University
Pallavi P