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Sushama is open to remote roles and specializes in Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server, Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, data ingestion, and end\-to\-end ETL/ELT pipeline architecture\. Her strengths include leading cross\-functional, onshore, offshore, and global teams modernizing data warehouses and cloud ecosystems optimizing high\-performance analytics workloads and improving reporting experiences and operational reliability\. At Datavail, Sushama has led scalable ETL and cloud\-migration initiatives, developed production Microsoft Fabric Notebooks in Python and PySpark, and architected Medallion Lakehouse environments for analytics\-ready business intelligence data\. Her earlier work spans healthcare, utilities, insurance, government, retail, and energy\-related organizations, including Aetna Healthcare, Coventry Healthcare, Penn National Insurance, CIBER, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and state agencies\. Concrete results include improving FEHBP enrollment and Special Investigations Unit portal access and navigation by 30% and implementing server changes across more than 200 ETL packages with a 100% production success rate\. ## Services - Microsoft Azure - Microsoft Fabric - Snowflake - Microsoft, \.NET, ASP\.NET,SSIS, BIDS - VB\.NET, C\#, Business Objects, SSRS - Sql Server 200\-2008 - ORACLE 9i\-11g,PL\-SQL - SDLC - Business Intelligence - Crystal Reports - ETL - Data Warehousing - T\-SQL - Database Design - Requirements Analysis - SQL - SharePoint - Business Analysis - SSIS - SSRS - Databases - Oracle - Data Build Tool \(DBT\) - Data Engineering - Data Ingestion - Python \(Programming Language\) ## Highlights - Led cross\-functional teams at Datavail to design and implement scalable ETL pipelines and cloud migrations\. - Specialized in Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, and Snowflake to deliver high\-performance analytics solutions at Datavail\. - Managed global teams at Datavail delivering stable, high\-performance, enterprise\-grade data solutions\. - Led onshore and offshore teams at Datavail delivering data solutions for clients including utilities and healthcare organizations\. - Developed and maintained production Microsoft Fabric Notebooks using Python and PySpark for data quality and transformation of large datasets\. - Architected Medallion Lakehouse environments that streamlined data from multiple sources into analytics\-ready formats for business intelligence\. - Improved Federal Employee Health Benefits Program enrollment and Special Investigations Unit web\-portal access and navigation by 30% at Aetna Healthcare\. - Implemented server changes in more than 200 existing ETL packages at Aetna Healthcare with minimal to no performance impact and a 100% production success rate\. - Led development of Coventry applications, databases, and processes supporting Employer Group Reporting, Personal Health Management, Stoploss, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program\. - Oversaw high\-availability desktop, web, and backend applications and processes at Aetna Healthcare, including implementation, troubleshooting, and incident management\. - Migrated an Oracle data warehouse to a Netezza data warehouse at Coventry Healthcare by converting design, backend code, procedures, and ETL packages\. - Designed high\-performance ETL packages, SQL queries, and procedures to move Oracle warehouse data into SQL Server for reporting at Coventry Healthcare\. - Designed, developed, and maintained SQL Server Integration Services extraction and loading applications in Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio\. - Developed VB\.NET and ASP\.NET applications for reporting and configuration of data, users, settings, and security at Coventry Healthcare\. - Developed complex reporting applications and data marts, while monitoring monthly production schedules and providing on\-call troubleshooting and production\-job approval\. - Performed customer\-data predictive analysis at Penn National Insurance for a scorecard used to determine risk factors\. - Developed data models, entity\-relationship designs, high\-performance SQL queries, procedures, cursors, triggers, and scripts at Penn National Insurance\. - Developed strategies at Penn National Insurance for storing and handling datasets of approximately 40 GB\. - Designed and developed PennDOT's iTDUS and ATICS websites to support third\-party traffic\-data uploads, data\-load administration, statistics, reports, and Federal Highway Administration links\. - Developed a real\-time PennDOT traffic\-counting data\-collection application using complex algorithms to convert hexadecimal data formats\. - Designed and developed ETL projects for the Mountain Plains WIC program for the Department of Health\. - Enhanced the Parts and Pricing eCommerce website for TYCO Electronics–TE Connectivity\. - Created T\-SQL financial reports for ACE Insurance in Philadelphia\. - Created the PURTA, or Public Utility Realty Act, website for the Department of Revenue\. ## Experience - **Senior Data Engineer/ Analytics Lead at Datavail** (2016\-06\-01–2026\-06\-01) — Led onshore and offshore teams in delivering data solutions for clients across various sectors, including utilities and healthcare\. • Developed and maintained production Fabric Notebooks using Python and PySpark, ensuring data quality and transformation for large datasets\. • Architected Medallion Lakehouse environments, streamlining data from multiple sources into analytics\-ready formats for business intelligence\. - **Data integration and analytics lead at Datavail** (2016\-06\-01–2026\-04\-01) — Led cross\-functional teams to design and implement scalable ETL pipelines and cloud migrations\. • Specialized in Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, and Snowflake for high\-performance analytics solutions\. • Managed global teams to deliver enterprise\-grade data solutions, ensuring stability and performance\. - **Senior Application Developer at Aetna Healthcare** (2013\-05\-01–2016\-06\-01) — Oversee high availability multiple desktop, web and backend applications and processes with focus on streamlined implementation, troubleshooting and incident management\. • Head development of Coventry applications, databases and processes for Employer Group Reporting \(EGR\), Personal Health Management \(PHM\), Stoploss and Federal Employee Health Benefits Program\. • Resolve incidents within the first stage, minimizing the need for escalation\. • Communicate progress of problems to relevant parties, consulting for incident solution identification\. • Enhanced Federal Employees Health Benefits plan \(FEHBP\) enrollment and Special Investigations Unit’s web portals that improved user access and navigation by 30%\. • Implemented server changes in over 200 existing ETL packages with minimum to no impact to performance and 100% success rate in production\. • Technical Environment: SAS, MS \.Net, Netezza, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, SSIS, COGNOS, TIDAL - **Sr\. Business Intelligence Developer at Coventry Healthcare** (2010\-11\-01–2013\-06\-01) — Responsible for migrating existing ORACLE data warehouse to new Netezza data warehouse by converting design, backend code, procedures and ETL packages\. • Responsible for the designing advance high performance ETL packages, SQL queries, procedures to obtain data from ORACLE data warehouse and make it available to business in SQL server for generating reports\. • Designed, developed and maintained data extraction and loading application coding using SQL server Integration Services \(SSIS\) in Microsoft Business Intelligence Development Studio • Designed and developed front end applications required for generating reports and for configuring data, users, settings and security using VB\.net and ASP\.net\. • Developed complex reporting applications and data marts\. • Responsible for monitoring and tracking of monthly production schedules, including being on call for review, trouble\-shooting, and approval of completed production jobs\. • Technical Environment: SSIS, ORACLE 11 g, Netezza, - **Business Intelligence Consultant at Penn National Insurance** (2009\-10\-01–2010\-11\-01) — Performed predictive analysis of customer data in preparing a scorecard used in determination of risk factors\. • Developed data modeling, E\-R design of the systems, advance high\-performance SQL queries, procedures, cursor, triggers, scripts\. • Developed strategies for storing and handling very large \(~ 40 GB\) data • Technical Environment: SQL Server 2008, SSIS, MS \.Net, Web services, T\-SQL \(PIVOT, MERGE\-COMPARE\), LINQ\. - **Sr\. Consultant at CIBER, Inc\.** (2000\-10\-01–2009\-10\-01) — As a long term full time employee with Ciber, Inc\., engaged as a consultant to state government departments and private industries on a variety of business domains and technical skills\. • Designed and developed web sites iTDUS and ATICS for Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to enable traffic data uploading by third party agencies, administer data loads, derive statistics, generate reports and link them to Federal Highway Administration \(FHWA\)\. • Designed and developed real time data collection application for Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for collecting data from traffic counting hardware embedded in the roads\. • Used complex data conversion algorithms to convert hexadecimal data formats\. • Designed and Developed ETL projects for Mountain Plains WIC program for the Department of Health\. • Made enhancements to Parts and Pricing eCommerce web site for TYCO electronics – TE Connectivity\. • Created financial reports by writing code in T\-SQL for ACE Insurance in Philadel ## Education - Ph\.D, Physics — University of Pune (1983\-01\-01–1991\-01\-01) - Master's degree, Physics — University of Pune (1983\-01\-01–1985\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Science \(B\.Sc\.\), Physics, Computer Science — Fergusson College (1980\-01\-01–1983\-01\-01) - MCSD — MCSD - Ph\.D, Physics — Department of Physics, University of Pune ## FAQ ### What does Sushama do? Sushama is an Azure Data Engineering Lead and data and analytics leader focused on scalable data platforms, cloud modernization, enterprise analytics, data engineering, and data platform modernization\. She is open to remote roles\. ### What experience does Sushama bring? Sushama brings more than 30 years of experience across healthcare, utility, insurance, government, retail, and energy sectors\. Her work includes cloud migrations, data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, analytics architecture, application development, reporting, and production operations\. ### What are Sushama's core strengths? Sushama is strongest in Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, SQL Server, Synapse Analytics, Snowflake, data ingestion, ETL/ELT architecture, data warehousing, high\-performance SQL, and leading cross\-functional teams\. ### What did Sushama accomplish as Data Integration and Analytics Lead at Datavail? At Datavail, Sushama led cross\-functional teams designing and implementing scalable ETL pipelines and cloud migrations\. She specialized in Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, and Snowflake for high\-performance analytics solutions, and managed global teams delivering stable, enterprise\-grade data solutions\. ### What did Sushama accomplish as Senior Data Engineer/Analytics Lead at Datavail? As a Senior Data Engineer/Analytics Lead at Datavail, Sushama led onshore and offshore teams delivering client data solutions, including work for utility and healthcare clients\. She developed and maintained production Fabric Notebooks using Python and PySpark for large\-scale data quality and transformation, and architected Medallion Lakehouse environments that streamlined multiple sources into analytics\-ready formats for business intelligence\. ### What did Sushama accomplish at Aetna Healthcare? At Aetna Healthcare, Sushama oversaw high\-availability desktop, web, and backend applications and processes, with responsibility for streamlined implementation, troubleshooting, and incident management\. She led development for Coventry applications, databases, and processes supporting Employer Group Reporting, Personal Health Management, Stoploss, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program\. She resolved incidents at the first stage where possible and communicated progress while consulting on solutions\. Sushama improved FEHBP enrollment and Special Investigations Unit web portals, increasing access and navigation by 30%, and implemented server changes across more than 200 ETL packages with minimal to no performance impact and a 100% production success rate\. ### What did Sushama accomplish at Coventry Healthcare? At Coventry Healthcare, Sushama migrated an Oracle data warehouse to Netezza by converting designs, backend code, procedures, and ETL packages\. She designed high\-performance ETL packages, SQL queries, and procedures to make Oracle warehouse data available in SQL Server for reporting built SSIS extraction and loading applications developed VB\.NET and ASP\.NET reporting, configuration, user, settings, and security applications created complex reporting applications and data marts and monitored monthly production schedules, including on\-call troubleshooting and job approval\. ### What did Sushama accomplish at Penn National Insurance? At Penn National Insurance, Sushama performed predictive analysis of customer data for a scorecard used to determine risk factors\. She developed data models and entity\-relationship designs, high\-performance SQL queries, procedures, cursors, triggers, and scripts, and developed strategies for storing and handling very large datasets of approximately 40 GB\. ### What did Sushama accomplish at CIBER, Inc\.? As a long\-term full\-time CIBER employee working as a consultant to state government departments and private industries, Sushama designed and developed Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's iTDUS and ATICS websites for third\-party traffic\-data uploads, data\-load administration, statistics, reports, and links to the Federal Highway Administration\. She also developed a real\-time PennDOT traffic\-counting data\-collection application using complex hexadecimal data\-conversion algorithms built ETL projects for the Mountain Plains WIC program for the Department of Health enhanced the Parts and Pricing eCommerce site for TYCO Electronics–TE Connectivity created T\-SQL financial reports for ACE Insurance in Philadelphia and created the PURTA website for the Department of Revenue\. ### How has Sushama used Microsoft Fabric? Sushama's Microsoft Fabric work includes developing and maintaining production Fabric Notebooks with Python and PySpark, supporting data quality and transformation for large datasets\. She has also architected Medallion Lakehouse environments that bring multiple sources into analytics\-ready business\-intelligence formats\. ### What is Sushama's Azure, Synapse, and Snowflake experience? Sushama has built scalable ETL pipelines and cloud\-migration solutions using Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, and Snowflake\. Her broader Azure and data\-platform work focuses on reliable, high\-performance analytics solutions and modernization of enterprise data ecosystems\. ### What technologies has Sushama worked with? Sushama's technical background includes Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, SQL Server, Oracle, PL/SQL, T\-SQL, SSIS, SSRS, BIDS, \.NET, ASP\.NET, VB\.NET, C\#, Python, dbt, data engineering, data ingestion, database design, data warehousing, business intelligence, SDLC, requirements analysis, business analysis, SharePoint, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, and databases\. Her past technical environments also include SAS, Netezza, Cognos, Tidal, Java, JavaScript, web services, LINQ, and Oracle 9i through 11g\. ### What is Sushama's education? Sushama holds a Ph\.D\. in Physics from the University of Pune, completed in 1991 a master's degree in Physics from the University of Pune, completed in 1985 and a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Computer Science from Fergusson College, completed in 1983\. Her Ph\.D\. is also listed through the Department of Physics at the University of Pune\. ### What certifications does Sushama hold? Sushama holds an MCSD credential\. Her listed certifications also include Data Engineering: dbt for SQL and Data Ingestion with Python from LinkedIn, AWS Certified AI Practitioner from Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals from Microsoft\. ### What languages does Sushama speak? Sushama speaks English, German, Hindi, and Marathi\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/sushamaj