Monika Thepale-Senior Technical Lead
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Senior ETL Lead
Takeda GmbH
- Led design, development, and deployment of data solutions supporting a major pharma acquisition for Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, delivering transparency reporting systems across Azure,Databricks (Python and Shell Scripting) platforms.
- Owned,Designed and developed scalable ELT pipelines to process Customer and Product data using Azure, complex SQL, Databricks, and shell scripting, enabling efficient data integration and processing across multiple sources including job orchestration and workflow automation.
- Implemented performance optimization techniques (query tuning, parallelism, workload optimization), improving system efficiency and processing time.
- Applied strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess technical solutions and support business requirements for compliance and transparency reporting.
- Designed scalable data foundations suitable for downstream analytics and AI workloads.
- Led data quality initiatives by assessing multiple source data, defining quality metrics, and establishing processes for monitoring and continuous improvement.
Senior consultant
Infosys Ltd.
- Lead and developed multiple ETL projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and quality. Played a pivotal role in designing, developing, and implementing robust and scalable data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) solutions.
- Worked on legacy system migration projects, converting existing C/C++, SAS, and legacy ETL processes into Informatica workflows, Oracle database solutions, and Shell scripts while ensuring data integrity and business continuity.
- Extensively worked on SSRS reporting for L'oreal Project to develop reports related to Commercial sales sector on Sell-In/Sell-Out and Forecast. Used SSAS cube and MDX queries for report development.
- Developed detailed data mapping and transformation logic and technical documentation, performance tuning standards. Implemented optimization approach to reduce execution time from hours to secs.
Teradata India Pvt. Ltd., and Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Held various technical roles at Teradata India Pvt. Ltd., and Infosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd., designing and developing data integration solutions using ETL frameworks, data profiling and data quality analysis, automation, and collaborated with cross functional data stakeholders.
- Developed and Optimized ETL/ELT pipelines for FIFA gaming project to improve large volume telemetry data processing using pushdown optimization, ETL parallelism, data partitioning and multithreading approaches ensuring efficient data processing and minimizing data latency.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Cosmetics, and Pharmaceutical.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Project Management.
Summary
- Senior Data Engineer & Technical Lead with 15+ years of experience architecting, scaling, and operating production-grade data platforms across highly regulated and data-intensive sectors, including Pharmaceuticals, Fintech, and Media.
- Expertise across Hybrid & Cloud Ecosystems, specializing in designing resilient batch/ELT pipelines, implementing scalable data warehousing solutions (AWS, Azure, Databricks, Informatica, Redshift, Teradata, Oracle, Python, Shell scripting), and modernizing legacy infrastructures.
- Data-Intensive Product & Telemetry Specialist, with proven experience handling high-volume telemetry data processing, utilizing multithreading and data partitioning to optimize data-driven product analytics.
- Advanced Query & Performance Optimization expert, with a track record of slashing processing latencies through advanced parallelism, pushdown optimization, and database tuning (PostgreSQL, T-SQL, ANSI-SQL).
- Deep Data Architecture & Modeling Foundation, skilled in designing robust enterprise architectures using Star/Snowflake schemas, OLAP/OLTP systems, and emerging Lakehouse concepts.
- Champion of Data Trust, with hands-on experience embedding rigorous data quality frameworks, observability, lineage, and governance strategies into production environments.
- Cross-Functional Leader who bridges the gap between complex engineering realities and business-driven data strategies, establishing standards and leading engineering streams from inception to delivery.
Skills
Technical Skills
- Data Integration Tools: Informatica Pwc, Informatica Cloud (15+), Adf, Aws Glue, Databricks
- Cloud Platforms: Aws, Azure
- Relational Databases: Teradata, Oracle, Mysql, Ms Sql Server, Redshift
- Languages: Postgresql, Sql, T-Sql, Ansi-Sql, Pl/Sql
- Programming & Frameworks: Python (Data Pipelines & Automation), Pyspark, Shell Scripting
- Reporting Tools: Ssrs, Bo
- Schedulers & Scrum Tools: Tidal, Control-M, Jira, Autosys, Airflow
- Data Modeling: Erwin Tool, Olap/Oltp, Star/Snowflake
- Data Architecture & Lakehouses: Data Warehousing, Cloud Lakehouse Architectures, Data Mesh
Additional Skills And Specialization
- Consulting & Leadership: Customer Engagement, Technical Stream Leadership, Cross-Functional Team Collaboration, Stakeholder Management
- Analytical & Problem-Solving: Strong Ability To Analyze Complex Data Challenges And Deliver Effective Solutions
- Etl & Data Engineering: Proficient In Etl Design, Development, And Scripting
- Teamwork & Independence: Able To Work Effectively Both Independently And Within Collaborative Teams
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Education
Pune University
Bachelor of Engineering · Computer Science · Pune, India · Distinction
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Monika is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Monika speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced).
Monika has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Monika has worked in at least 2 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 6 years and 1 month. Note that Monika may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Monika would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior ETL Lead, Senior consultant.
Monika's most recent position is Senior ETL Lead at Takeda GmbH.
In recent years, Monika has worked for Takeda GmbH and Infosys Ltd..
Monika is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Cosmetics, and Pharmaceutical.
Monika is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Project Management.
Monika has recently worked in industries like Cosmetics, Information Technology, and Pharmaceutical.
Monika has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Information Technology, and Project Management.
Monika holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Pune University.
Monika is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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