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Data Engineer Senior

Location:
Detroit, MI
Posted:
June 26, 2025

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Resume:

Madhura

Gaikwad

Summary

Results-driven Data Engineer

with 10+ years of experience

across Insurance,

Automotive, Banking, and

Cybersecurity domains.

Expertise in building

scalable, automated data

pipelines in cloud and big

data ecosystems (AWS,

Hadoop, Databricks). Skilled

in processing large-scale

structured & semi-structured

data using Spark (Scala &

Python), SQL, and Kafka.

Strong experience with

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub),

orchestration (Airflow), and

containerization (Docker).

Proven ability to work in

Agile teams and translate

business requirements into

actionable data solutions

Skills

• Languages & Tools:

Python, Scala, SQL, Spark, Git,

Jenkins, Docker, Shell Script

• Cloud & Platforms:

AWS (EMR, S3, RDS, ECS)

Databricks, Cloudera,

Hortonworks

• Big Data:

Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Airflow,

Postgres, Parquet, JSON, CSV

• Modeling & Reporting:

Tableau, QlikView,

Data lake/data warehouse

Big Data Engineer

+1-248-***-**** ***.*******@*****.*** Windsor, Ontario, Canada EXPERIENCE

Big Data Engineer (Sept 2022 – April 2024)

SecurityScorecard Inc.,

Toronto, ON

● Designed and implemented ingestion pipelines for associating IPs/domains with companies across structured and semi- structured data sources

● Boosted data processing efficiency by 25% using Spark

(Scala/Python) and AWS (EMR, S3, RDS, ECS)

● Built and optimized PostgreSQL tables; applied efficient partitioning and indexing techniques

● Developed and monitored CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub; automated data workflows using Airflow, Docker, cron, shell script

Big Data Engineer (Nov 2019 – June 2020)

Pattonlabs- (Contract at Blue Cross Blue Shield),

Detroit, MI

● Built robust Scala-Spark ETL pipelines to ingest, cleanse and process healthcare claims and member data into Hadoop data lake

● Improved processing time and job reliability while supporting agile delivery using Jira and Git

Data Analyst- Data Engineer (Sept 2017 – Nov

2019)

TEKsystems-(Contract at Ford Motor Company),

Dearborn, MI

● Identified and enhanced new and existing data sources (third party data, warranty, safety and Manufacturing) to optimize business opportunities

● Migrated safety data (NHTSA) from SAS to Hive in Hadoop environment; implemented partitions and buckets to enhance query performance downstream safety analytics

● Integrated Kafka-streamed data and transformed it using Spark

● Ensured compliance with GDPR by designing secure handling processes for PII data

Senior Software Engineer (Aug 2015 – Sept 2016)

Danske Bank-Denmark,

Bangalore, India

● Engineered Spark jobs with Scala to handle large-scale

• Methodologies:

Agile/Scrum,

CI/CD, Version Control,

Data Governance (GDPR)

KEY

ACHIEVEMENTS

Resolved a critical bug

retaining a $1M customer at

SecurityScorecard

CERTIFICATIONS

• Coursera- Python and

Pandas for Data Engineering

-Duke University

• Coursera - Virtualization,

Docker, and Kubernetes

for Data Engineering -

Duke University

AWARDS

ITC Infotech - 'Spot Award'

for Outstanding

performance

Wipro - 'Feather in My Cap'

for Client Recognition

Ford Motor Company –

'Recognition of Teamwork'

aggregations and OLTP integration via Sqoop

● Managed Agile sprints and served as Scrum Master for an 11- member team

● Maintained Hive/DB2 environments and designed end-to-end ETL architecture documentation

Associate IT Consultant (July 2013 – July 2015)

ITC Infotech,

Bangalore, India

• Performed analysis, design, development, testing, review and implementation of Hadoop, Hive and Mainframe Projects

• Oversaw rollout of project at client location in Copenhagen, Denmark

Senior Software Engineer (Nov 2008 – July 2013)

Wipro Technologies,

Pune, India

• Executed various Insurance and Banking projects for clients like Friends Provident, LIC, Citibank, ABSA

• Led design, development, unit testing, review and implementation of Mainframe Projects

Education

Master of Science in Software Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Rajasthan India Bachelor of Computer Science

The University of Pune - Maharashtra, India



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