Gautham Gali · Senior Data Engineer

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Gautham Gali

Senior Data Engineer · IBM

Building intelligent data systems where cloud pipelines meet AI — currently scaling government data infrastructure in Arizona.

7+

Years Exp.

20M+

Records

95%

AI Accuracy

Experience

Jul 2025 – Present

Senior Data Engineer · DigiTech (IBM – State of Arizona)

Arizona Department of Child Safety modernization. MDM golden record consolidation (20M → 8M records), AI allegation classifier (~394K records, ~95% accuracy), Azure Synapse CDP migration, Kafka → Event Hub pipelines.

AzureKafkaPythonOpenAIMDM

Jan 2024 – Jul 2025

Research Engineer · George Mason University

University research group led by Prof. Auffret. Built DNSSEC mapping automation — REST API status updates and analytical CSV generation from MariaDB. Debugged Node.js backend auth issues.

PythonMariaDBREST APINode.js

Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

MS Computer Science · Virginia Tech

Master's in Computer Science, GPA 4.0. Focused on distributed systems, machine learning, and cloud-native data engineering. Graduated December 2023.

MLDistributed SystemsCloud

Jan 2021 – Jul 2023

Data Engineer · Informatica LLC

Enterprise MDM and data integration solutions at scale. Built ETL/ELT pipelines, data quality frameworks, and ML inference systems (Claire GPT, OpsInsight). Optimized production AI/ML pipelines.

InformaticaPythonSQL ServerML

Jan 2020 – Dec 2020

Data Engineer · Nokia

Network data engineering and analytics pipeline development. Built data processing workflows for telecom infrastructure monitoring and reporting.

PythonSQLETLTelecom

2018 – Jan 2020

Software Engineer · Orbysol Systems

Early-career software and data engineering. Built backend systems, data pipelines, and client-facing analytics solutions.

PythonJavaSQLBackend

Skills

Cloud & Data

Azure

AWS

PySpark

Kafka

dbt

AI / ML

GenAI / RAG

LangChain

XGBoost

Certifications

🏅

ML Engineering

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OCI Data Science

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OCI Generative AI

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HashiCorp Terraform

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Beyond data pipelines — what Gautham does when the laptop closes.

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Space & Astronomy

The cosmos is Gautham's greatest source of wonder. JWST discoveries, comet trajectories, stargazing — space is a constant obsession. (This portfolio is evidence.)

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Anime

Devoted fan of Tokyo Ghoul — Kaneki's transformation arc is a masterpiece. Always open to dark fantasy recommendations.

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Gaming — TFT

Teamfight Tactics: economy management, probability, meta-optimization every match. The perfect game for a data engineer.

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Investing & Options

Casual options trader with data-driven approach to earnings plays and sector trends. Roth IRA + individual stocks.

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Real Estate Development

Exploring apartment complex development near Tempe, AZ — merging quantitative analysis with property investment.