About
Senior Data Engineer with 7+ years of progressive experience in cloud-based data platforms, end-to-end data pipeline automation, and business-driven analytics. Proven ability to lead data initiatives and implement secure, scalable infrastructures.
- Location: Chennai, India
- Email: dhineshrethinam@gmail.com
- Phone: +91-9710988132
- Degree: ME – Big Data Analytics
Senior Data Engineer & Analytics Expert
I specialize in building modular ingestion frameworks, optimizing data pipelines, and setting up robust metadata governance.
Core Technical Skills
Experience & Education
Professional Experience
Senior Data Engineer
May 2023 - Present
HCL Technologies
- Spearheaded the architecture and deployment of a modular ingestion framework to standardize data processing for QA automation pipelines.
- Developed 10+ custom Airflow DAGs with retry, alerting, and SLA monitoring features, enhancing failure recovery by 60%.
- Designed interactive Tableau dashboards connected to TestRail and Jira APIs for real-time test coverage analytics.
Data Engineer
June 2021 - April 2022
Accenture
- Designed and deployed a REST API using FastAPI to handle permission grants for BigQuery, reducing manual allocation effort by 85%.
- Created automated pipelines to ingest BigQuery metadata into Alation and Collibra using REST APIs.
- Developed parsing logic and converters to handle nested XML and JSON files, flattening them into BigQuery.
Senior Data Analyst
Aug 2018 - June 2021
Paragon Digital Services
- Built R-based ETL scripts for processing DoubleClick campaign data into BigQuery.
- Processed Appsflyer logs to identify abnormal click-to-install ratios and flag potential fraud.
- Built Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) regression models to analyze the contribution of ad channels to sales.
Education
ME – Computer Science (Big Data Analytics)
2017
College of Engineering, Guindy
BE – Computer Science
2014
Velammal Engineering College
Other Experience
Assistant Programmer
May 2022 - March 2023
Madras High Court
- Handled complete database administration tasks, including backup scheduling and access control audits.
- Maintained district-level court websites, focusing on uptime reliability.
Certifications
- Data Science with Python – Simplilearn
- Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer (In Progress)
Featured Projects
A selection of major initiatives showcasing data engineering, API development, and analytics. Click on any project to view details.
BigQuery Access Control API
FastAPI application handling row, column, and dataset-level permission grants for BigQuery with IAM integration.
View DetailsMetadata Governance
Automated pipelines to ingest BigQuery metadata (schemas, owners, descriptions) into Alation and Collibra.
View DetailsAirflow Composer Orchestration
Configured and managed Airflow in GCP Composer to run Talend and Python scripts with SLA tracking.
View DetailsJSON/XML to BigQuery Parser
Developed parsing logic to handle nested XML and JSON files, flattening them into CSV format for BigQuery.
View DetailsMarketing Mix Modeling (MMM)
Built regression models in Python to analyze ad channel contributions, reducing underperforming spend by 20%.
View DetailsRNN Sentiment Analysis
Implemented an RNN-based tweet classification pipeline using Python and scikit-learn for brand monitoring.
View DetailsContact
Open to new opportunities and collaborations. Feel free to reach out via email or phone.
Location:
Chennai, India
Email:
dhineshrethinam@gmail.com
Call:
+91-9710988132