Gagan Sharma  ·  Lead GCP Data Engineer  ·  10+ yrs

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Bhopal10+ years experienceremote
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About Gagan

Gagan Sharma is an experienced Data Engineer specializing in cloud-based data solutions. With over 10 years of experience, he has developed expertise in GCP services, ETL pipeline development, and data security compliance. Gagan has successfully led projects in retail, finance, healthcare, and IoT, demonstrating his ability to deliver scalable and secure data platforms. He is passionate about leveraging data to drive business insights and improve operational efficiency.

Core expertise

GCP
cloud
10/10
Python
language
9/10
AA
Apache Airflow
devops
9/10
MongoDB
database
8/10
AWS
cloud
8/10

Additional skills(20)

GCPPythonApache KafkaApache SparkAWSHadoopBigQueryApache AirflowSQLData Masking

Why hire Gagan?

Production deploy authorityMentored 5+ juniorsLed multiple complex projects

Led design and implementation of a petabyte-scale data lake on GCP.

Optimized query execution times by 40% for e-commerce analytics.

Developed real-time fraud detection system processing millions of transactions daily.

Led design and implementation of a petabyte-scale data lake.

Optimized query execution times by 40%.

Successfully migrated a legacy on-premise data warehouse to GCP.

Project highlights(11)

Enterprise Data Lake on GCP – Lead Data Engineer

Overview: Designed and implemented a petabyte-scale data lake on GCP for enterprise data analytics and reporting. Responsibilities: Developed scalable ETL pipelines using Apache Airflow and Python. Implemented data security protocols for a healthcare analytics platform.

GCPBigQueryApache AirflowPython

Key outcomes:

  • Successfully designed and implemented a petabyte-scale data lake.

Real-time Fraud Detection System – Lead Data Engineer

Overview: Developed a real-time fraud detection system for a banking institution to identify suspicious transactions and prevent fraud. Responsibilities: Designed a data pipeline for processing millions of transactions daily. Implemented machine learning models for fraud pattern detection.

Apache KafkaApache SparkPythonSQLAWS

Key outcomes:

  • Designed a data pipeline processing millions of transactions daily.

Healthcare Data Security Compliance – Data Security Engineer

Overview: Implemented data security protocols for a healthcare analytics platform. Responsibilities: Designed encryption mechanisms for PII data. Ensured compliance with HIPAA and GDPR.

GCPPythonSQLBigQuery

Key outcomes:

  • Successfully designed encryption mechanisms for PII data.

Healthcare Data Security Compliance – Data Security Engineer

Healthcare Data Security Compliance — encryption + RBAC + HIPAA/GDPR + PII data masking.

GCPPythonSQLBigQueryData MaskingOAuth

Key outcomes:

  • Successfully designed encryption mechanisms for PII data.

  • Ensured compliance with HIPAA and GDPR regulations.

Predictive Analytics for Finance – Data Engineer

Predictive Analytics for Finance — financial risk + NLP sentiment + ML features.

GCPBigQuery MLPythonNLTKSpaCyApache AirflowPower BI

Key outcomes:

  • Developed predictive analytics models for financial risk assessment.

  • Integrated NLP techniques for sentiment analysis.

  • Optimized query performance and cost efficiency.

10+ years of industry experience

Cybersecurity7 projects
  • •Enterprise Data Lake on GCP— Lead Data EngineerGCP · BigQuery · Apache Airflow · Python
  • •Real-time Fraud Detection System— Lead Data EngineerApache Kafka · Apache Spark · Python · SQL +1
  • •Healthcare Data Security Compliance— Data Security EngineerGCP · Python · SQL · BigQuery
  • •Healthcare Data Security Compliance— Data Security EngineerGCP · Python · SQL · BigQuery +2
  • •Smart City Data Platform— Lead Data EngineerGCP · BigQuery · Python · Apache Airflow
  • •Telecom Data Processing System— Data EngineerApache Spark · Hadoop · Python · Apache Airflow +1
  • •Fraud Detection System for Banking— Lead Data EngineerApache Kafka · Apache Spark · Python · SQL +1
FinTech2 projects
  • •Real-time Fraud Detection System— Lead Data EngineerApache Kafka · Apache Spark · Python · SQL +1
  • •Fraud Detection System for Banking— Lead Data EngineerApache Kafka · Apache Spark · Python · SQL +1
MarTech & AdTech1 project
  • •Data Pipeline for AdTech Platform— Data EngineerGCP · Pub/Sub · Dataflow · BigQuery +2
Government & Public Sector1 project
  • •Smart City Data Platform— Lead Data EngineerGCP · BigQuery · Python · Apache Airflow

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At a Glance

LocationBhopal
Experience10+ years
Work moderemote
Direct hirePossible
Start within48 hours
From$2,084/ month

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Top Skills

GCP
10/10
Python
9/10
Apache Airflow
9/10
MongoDB
8/10
AWS
8/10
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