Pushpak Vootla, Azure Data Engineer

Azure Data Engineer · Chennai, India

Building Reliable Data Pipelines and Lakehouse Platforms on Azure

Azure Data Engineer with 3+ years of professional experience and hands-on experience building data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake, ADLS Gen2 and Microsoft Fabric.

Focused on metadata-driven orchestration, data validation, pipeline observability, issue resolution and dependable downstream data delivery.

Open to Azure Data Engineering opportunities.

Reliable data flow

Source Systems

SQL Server, Files, APIs

Data Ingestion

Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory

Validation

Schema checks, file validation, data-quality rules

Transformation

PySpark, Mapping Data Flows, SQL

Lakehouse / Analytics

ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, Fabric Lakehouse, Azure SQL

Technical Focus

Core Data Engineering Stack

Platforms and engineering patterns used across ingestion, transformation, validation, lakehouse processing and pipeline reliability.

Microsoft FabricAzure Data FactoryAzure DatabricksPySparkSQLPythonADLS Gen2Delta LakeUnity Catalog

Selected Work

Azure Data Engineering Case Studies

Hands-on projects demonstrating ingestion design, validation, incremental processing, lakehouse workflows and production-oriented controls.

Engineering Approach

Building Beyond a Successful Pipeline Run

A pipeline is not complete only because data moved successfully. Validation, security, monitoring and recovery behaviour also need to be considered.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Clarify source structure, target requirements, data volume, refresh pattern and failure expectations.

  2. 02

    Ingest

    Use reusable and parameterised components to move data from files, databases or APIs.

  3. 03

    Validate

    Check schema, required fields, duplicates, reference values and record quality before promotion.

  4. 04

    Transform

    Apply maintainable PySpark, SQL or Mapping Data Flow logic based on the platform and use case.

  5. 05

    Store

    Organise data into landing, raw, validated, curated or medallion layers using appropriate file and table formats.

  6. 06

    Monitor and Recover

    Capture execution status, errors and row counts, then support safe retries, quarantine handling and controlled reruns.

Experience Snapshot

Current Azure Data Engineering Focus

Currently working as an Associate Data Engineer at Ensono Technologies LLP, developing metadata-driven ingestion, Databricks lakehouse processing, validation and incremental-loading controls while supporting pipeline issue resolution.

Credentials

Certified Across Azure, AWS and Delivery Tools

7 completed certifications and badges support my cloud, data and delivery foundation.

Contact

Open to Azure Data Engineering Opportunities

Explore my experience and project case studies, or contact me regarding relevant Azure Data Engineering roles.