Laks Arunachalam

Software Engineer

Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand16 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 15 years of IT leadership experience.
Expert in managing large-scale data projects.
Skilled in agile methodologies for project efficiency.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Big Data and Data Engineering expert with extensive leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Big Data AnalyticsData Engineering

Other Skills

Data QualityData WarehousingDatabasesETLExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)HadoopHiveInformaticaInformatica AdministrationInformation TechnologyJavaLinuxMapReduceMentoringMicrosoft SQL Server

About

Results-driven and forward-thinking IT leader with over 15 years of experience in the industry, specializing in data projects. Proven expertise in delivery management, overseeing large-scale projects, and driving organizational growth. Adept at defining project scope, managing resources, and consistently delivering projects within budget and timeline constraints. Skilled in implementing agile methodologies to enhance project efficiency and foster cross-functional collaboration. Demonstrated ability to manage teams globally, motivate and mentor, ensuring high performance and exceeding client expectations. A strategic problem-solver with a track record of delivering exceptional results in complex IT environments. As an experienced data consultant in my previous roles, highly passionate about enhancing clients' data journey by optimizing data ingestion processes and implementing comprehensive data governance frameworks. Ready to leverage expertise in new projects to maximize data capabilities and deliver exceptional results.

Experience

Westpac new zealand

3 roles

Principal Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand

Lead Data Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

Senior Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Specialist

Sep 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Datapoints

Head of Delivery

Jul 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Qubole

Member Technical Staff

Oct 2015 – Aug 2016 · 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Providing solutions for the Hadoop requirements.
Troubleshoot and provide solutions for the issues reported while using the Qubole APIs. (Customer's Web UI).
Troubleshoot other general issues with respect to Hive/Shell/Spark/Pig/MapReduce commands executed on the Qubole APIs.

HadoopHiveShellSparkPigMapReduce+2

Informatica

2 roles

Senior Consultant

Promoted

May 2015 – Sep 2015 · 4 mos

Remote Management Services

Technical Support Engineer

Oct 2011 – Apr 2015 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Complete understanding and analysis on the customers issue to troubleshoot the issues that the customer raised.
Simulating and replicating the customer issues here at in-house (at Informatica) for better understanding of the issue.
Providing a feasible solution to the customers to resolve the issue.
Strong problem solving skills, customer interaction and good understanding on concepts like Data Quality, Data Warehousing etc to resolve the issue.
Identifying the bugs and reporting to the product management team.