Databricks & Enterprise Data Advisory

Architecting Databricks Lakehouses & Unified Data Models.

I am Nitin Srivastava—a Principal Architect with 18+ years leading enterprise Databricks Lakehouse rollouts, building Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), Unified Enterprise Data Models, EDW modernizations, and production Governance, Lineage & Quality.

18+ Years Experience
Enterprise Data Engineering & Architecture Leadership
Petabytes Managed
Scale Data Warehouses & Cloud Data Lakes
enterprise_data_ecosystem.yaml
# ENTERPRISE DATA ARCHITECTURE
Modernization (EDW): Teradata / Netezza / SQL Server
Platforms & Lakes (EDL): Databricks & AWS Data Lakes
Data Modeling & Mesh: Medallion & Unified Models
Governance & Quality: Lineage, Quality & Governance
Ecosystem Status: Production-Hardened Architecture

Architecture

EDW, Lakes & Governance

Core Advisory Pillars

Enterprise Data Ecosystem Capabilities

End-to-end architecture advisory covering migration, platform engineering, data democratization, modeling, and active governance.

Databricks Lakehouse & Medallion

Architecting enterprise data lakes with Medallion architecture (Bronze ingestion, Silver curation, Gold business aggregates) powered by Databricks Delta Lake.

  • Medallion Architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold)
  • Databricks Unity Catalog & Governance
  • High-Throughput Delta Live Tables (DLT)

Unified Enterprise Data Modeling

Designing canonical enterprise data models, Unified IAM/Identity schemas, Kimball dimensional star/snowflake models, and Data Vault 2.0.

  • Unified Enterprise Single-Source-of-Truth
  • Dimensional Star & Snowflake Schemas
  • High-Performance Partitioning & Clustering

EDW Modernization & Migrations

Metadata-driven modernization transitioning legacy Teradata, Netezza, and SQL Server warehouses to scalable cloud-native architectures at petabyte scale.

  • Automated Metadata & Code Conversion
  • 4,000+ Database Objects Automated
  • Zero-Downtime Cutover Frameworks

AWS Data Engineering & Lakes

Architecting resilient, serverless, and distributed data pipelines utilizing Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue, EMR, S3, and distributed PySpark.

  • Serverless & Distributed PySpark Pipelines
  • Raw, Curated & Consumption Lake Zones
  • $1.2M+ Annual FinOps Cloud Reductions

Data as a Product & Self-Service

Building self-service democratization platforms that transform centralized data bottlenecks into autonomous, discoverable domain data products.

  • Self-Service Discovery & Analytics Portals
  • Data Mesh & Domain-Driven Ownership
  • 60% Faster Time-to-Insight Delivery

Governance, Lineage & Quality

Establishing governance-by-design, Collibra metadata management, column-level lineage, and PyDeequ statistical testing at petabyte scale.

  • Databricks Unity Catalog & Collibra
  • PyDeequ Scale Validation Frameworks
  • Delta Lake Schema Drift Prevention

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Software & Ventures

Tools & Platforms I Build

Real-world SaaS applications and developer utilities engineered to solve high-friction data modeling and engineering problems.

SaaS Platform

DynaDatum

AI-first enterprise data modeling studio, schema relationship visualizer, and Databricks Delta Lake DDL generation engine.

dynadatum.com Launch Studio
AI Tool

StarFit AI

Transform raw technical work history into structured, high-impact STAR behavioral interview answers and curated examples for leadership roles.

starmethodexamples.com Open Tool & Examples
Free Tool

Spark Sizer

Calculate optimal driver/executor memory, CPU core allocations, and partition sizing to stop PySpark OOM errors.

Calculator Calculate
Playbook

DWH Architect

Curated architectural reference models, dimensional schemas, and enterprise SQL query optimization playbooks.

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Technical Leadership

18+ Years Pioneering Data Architecture

I specialize in designing resilient, production-hardened data ecosystems where robust data modeling, Data as a Product, automated lineage, and governance-by-design replace brittle pipelines and data silos.

Across 18+ years, I have architected automated migration engines for 4,000+ database objects, engineered petabyte-scale data validation frameworks, accelerated analytics delivery by 60%, and saved global enterprises $1.2M+ in annual cloud compute waste.

EDW Modernization

Automated transformation from Teradata, Netezza, DB2, and SQL Server to modern cloud architectures.

Teradata Netezza SQL Server

AWS Data Engineering & Lakes

Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue, EMR, S3, Databricks Delta Lake, and PySpark distributed workloads.

AWS Redshift AWS Glue/EMR PySpark

Data as a Product & Self-Service

Domain-driven Data Mesh, semantic layers, and self-service analytics democratization platforms.

Data Products Data Mesh Self-Service

Governance, Lineage & Quality

Unity Catalog, Collibra metadata, automated lineage, PyDeequ quality testing & schema enforcement.

Unity Catalog Collibra PyDeequ
Open Knowledge

Technical Resources & Mentorship

Sharing production-grade engineering blueprints, architectural patterns, and video masterclasses with the global data community.

@NitinSrivastavaData YouTube Channel

Watch 100+ masterclasses covering SQL execution plans, PySpark distributed optimizations, and cloud Lakehouse migration validation patterns.

Explore Masterclasses on YouTube

SQL & DWH Playbooks

Interactive architectural guides for dimensional schemas, window functions, and query optimization.

Open Knowledge Base
Direct Channel

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Whether you are planning a petabyte-scale warehouse migration, rolling out a Databricks Lakehouse, or seeking fractional data architecture leadership.