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SAISHA HARDIKAR

Melbourne,Australia

Summary

Results-driven Senior Data Engineer with over 9 years of experience delivering innovative cloud-native and big data solutions. Expertise in AWS, Python, SQL, and infrastructure as code, complemented by a robust consulting background. Recognized for enhancing data reliability, modernizing legacy pipelines, and spearheading automation initiatives. Committed to advancing scalable architecture, AI-driven development, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to drive organizational success.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Data Engineer

Cevo- Helia
07.2025 - Current
  • Migrating IICS mappings to dbt SQL transformations for Snowflake.
  • Developed AWS Glue jobs to ingest data into S3 landing zones.
  • Extracted IICS JSON mappings and converted them to dbt models using GitHub Copilot.
  • Orchestrated ETL using MWAA (Apache Airflow) for modular transformation flow.
  • Used CloudFormation for infrastructure provisioning and Bedrock Sonnet for a POC converting XML to SQL.

Senior Data Engineer

Cevo- ASX
10.2024 - 07.2025
  • Designed scalable AWS infrastructure using Glue, DMS, Iceberg, and S3.
  • Orchestrated data workflows via Apache Airflow and Terraform.
  • Implemented AWS DataZone for secure data governance and discovery.
  • Delivered modular infrastructure using reusable Terraform templates.
  • Built Iceberg tables to support transactional querying and data lake efficiency.

Data Engineer & Team Lead

Cevo- David Jones & Country Road Group
07.2022 - 10.2023
  • Company Overview: via Cevo

Phase 1 – Platform Extension (David Jones):

  • Extended existing platform to integrate new source systems.
  • Designed ingestion pipelines via AWS Glue, S3, and DMS.
  • Developed backend logic in Python & Golang for enhanced data processing.


Phase 2 – BI & Analytics Layer:

  • Created reusable data views and enhanced visualization layers.
  • Enabled analysts to build models across multiple sources efficiently.
  • Introduced automation for data quality and validation.


Phase 3 – CRG Post-Demerger Infrastructure:

  • Led complete rebuild of CRG’s AWS infrastructure using IaC (Terraform + CloudFormation).
  • Identified and replaced broken legacy links with robust pipelines.
  • Automated deployments and enhanced reliability using Git, Docker, and Jenkins.
  • Facilitated team onboarding, sprint planning, and knowledge sharing.

Data Engineer

Capgemini- NAB
03.2019 - 07.2022
  • Company Overview: via Capgemini
  • Migrated legacy data platforms into AWS cloud stack.
  • Built ingestion APIs and developed reusable backend components in Python/Golang.
  • Managed production deployments using Jenkins and ServiceNow.
  • Maintained scalable, reusable Glue pipelines across multiple business domains.

Hadoop Developer

Capgemini- Johnson & Johnson
01.2018 - 03.2019
  • Company Overview: via Capgemini
  • Maintained Hive tables and Oozie workflows for ingestion.
  • Published daily job health reports and managed ingestion success metrics.
  • Improved workflow reliability and performance.

Hadoop Developer

Capgemini- HSBC
07.2015 - 01.2018
  • Company Overview: via Capgemini
  • Ingested relational data via Sqoop into Hadoop.
  • Built Hive schemas and optimized SQL queries for analytics.
  • Automated schedules using Control-M and tuned pipeline performance.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computers

Savitribai Phule Pune University
07.2015

Skills

  • AWS (S3, Glue, DMS, Athena, IAM, DataZone, Cloudwatch, Control Tower, IAM, SCPs, AWG Config, EC2, Lambda, ECR/ECS, RDS)
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Golang
  • Apache Iceberg
  • dbt
  • Snowflake
  • Terraform
  • CloudFormation
  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • Airflow
  • Git

Certification

  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
  • Oracle Database SQL Expert

Timeline

Data Engineer

Cevo- Helia
07.2025 - Current

Senior Data Engineer

Cevo- ASX
10.2024 - 07.2025

Data Engineer & Team Lead

Cevo- David Jones & Country Road Group
07.2022 - 10.2023

Data Engineer

Capgemini- NAB
03.2019 - 07.2022

Hadoop Developer

Capgemini- Johnson & Johnson
01.2018 - 03.2019

Hadoop Developer

Capgemini- HSBC
07.2015 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Engineering - Computers

Savitribai Phule Pune University
SAISHA HARDIKAR