Data Engineer · 5 Years

PhaniKumar S

Building pipelines at scale

Senior Data Engineer specializing in scalable data pipelines, real-time ingestion, and cloud-native architectures on Azure & AWS. Currently at Amegy Bank, Houston.

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5+
Years Experience
99.9%
SLA Adherence
60%
Processing Reduced
$80M
Revenue Impact
Houston, Texas, US
AVAILABLE FOR OPPORTUNITIES
Expertise

Technical Stack

⚡ Stream Processing
Apache Kafka Azure Event Hubs Spark Streaming Delta Live Tables
☁️ Cloud Platforms
Azure Databricks Azure Data Factory AWS S3 AWS Glue AWS IAM
🔧 Data Engineering
Apache Spark Delta Lake dbt Airflow Apache Avro
🗄️ Storage & Warehouses
Snowflake Azure Synapse ADLS Gen2 Parquet
💻 Languages
Python SQL Spark SQL PySpark
🤖 AI / Infra
Docker LLMs Vector Databases Embeddings Gen AI
Career

Experience

Amegy Bank
Sep 2025 – Present
Data Engineer · Houston, TX
  • Built ingestion pipelines handling semi-structured data (JSON, Parquet, CSV) from APIs and core banking systems, supporting 10+ upstream systems with ≤15 min latency.
  • Orchestrated 25+ Airflow DAGs with dependency handling, retries and alerting — achieving 99.9% SLA adherence.
  • Implemented CDC incremental pipelines, reducing data processing volume by 60% and pipeline runtimes from 2 hours to 45 minutes.
  • Built data validation & reconciliation frameworks improving data accuracy to 99% for financial reporting.
  • Implemented secure access using AWS IAM role-based policies for sensitive banking datasets in S3.
Wipro
Mar 2021 – Dec 2023
Data Engineer · Hyderabad
  • Designed automated ADF pipelines with real-time triggers, enhancing operational reliability by 30%.
  • Optimized Spark jobs via partition pruning, caching, and Z-ordering on Nestlé sales data — improving query performance by 20%.
  • Developed automated pipeline failure detection using Azure Monitor + Teams alerts, achieving 50% faster incident response.
  • Implemented Delta Lake upserts with watermarking, reducing ETL processing time by 40%.
  • Supported Nestlé's $80M YoY revenue growth in 2022 through optimized reporting pipelines.
Deloitte
Feb 2020 – Jan 2021
Analytical Engineer · Telangana
  • Designed 30+ unit test cases for claims, membership eligibility, and provider data — improving data accuracy to 98%.
  • Developed complex transformation logic using Spark SQL, multi-level joins and window functions for advanced analytics.
  • Conducted peer code reviews to enforce development best practices across the analytics engineering team.
25+
Airflow DAGs Built
10+
Upstream Systems
40%
ETL Time Saved
3
Top-Tier Companies
Academic Background

Education

🎓
Avila University
Master of Science · Computer Science
Jan 2024 – Aug 2025
Kansas City, Missouri
Graduate Degree Computer Science MS
🏛️
Kallam Haranadhareddy Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology · Computer Science
2016 – 2020
Andhra Pradesh, India
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering
🏅 Certifications
Deloitte
AI Certified
Infosys
InfyTQ Certification
Let's Connect

Get In Touch

Open to senior data engineering roles, consulting, and interesting pipeline challenges.

✉
phani.sanam555@gmail.com
📞
(346) 649-0893
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linkedin.com/in/phanikumar-s
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github.com/phanisanam
Available for Opportunities

Based in Houston, TX. Open to on-site, hybrid, or remote positions. Specializing in Azure-native data platforms, real-time streaming pipelines, and medallion architecture.

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