DATA ENGINEERING / ANALYTICS / AUTOMATION

Noida, India

Shakti Singh.

Senior Data Engineer / Microsoft Fabric & Azure

I build scalable data platforms, analytics pipelines, and automation solutions with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and modern AI technologies.

From large-scale telemetry and capacity analytics to compliance automation and platform reliability.

MY APPROACH

Build for scale.
Design for reliability.
Make complexity useful.

PLATFORMS WITH PURPOSE

Engineering depth. Operational ownership. Business context.

01 / CURRENTLY

Microsoft

Data Engineer II

Fabric & Data Platform

Building and improving enterprise-scale data engineering solutions across Microsoft Fabric and Azure.

  • Fabric & Synapse data engineering
  • Telemetry, capacity & usage analytics
  • GDPR & compliance automation
  • Platform reliability & AI-assisted workflows

02 / SELECTED PORTFOLIO

Featured engineering work.

Data platforms, dependable operations,
and a practical perspective on AI.

ENGINEERING / 04CONCEPT & EXPLORATION / 02
CAPACITY & USAGE01 / 06
Conceptual connection from data processing to analytical insightCapacity.In context.
MICROSOFT FABRIC / DATA ENGINEERING
EngineeringScale · Analytics

Fabric Capacity Analytics

Data workflows that turn platform telemetry into capacity and usage insights, with support for historical data.

Microsoft Fabric · Synapse · SQL · PySpark

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Overview

Engineering workflows supporting Microsoft Fabric capacity and usage analytics, from telemetry processing to analytical consumption.

Problem

Capacity analysis requires reliable telemetry, historical context, and a clear view of usage across workloads.

My Contribution

Designed data engineering workflows for capacity analytics and historical data handling. Built Fabric Rayfin, an application on Power BI reports, with provisioned CU trends and Lakehouse-versus-Kusto workload comparisons.

Architecture

TelemetryProcessingAnalytics
Conceptual data flow; not production topology.

Technology

Microsoft Fabric · Azure Synapse · SQL · PySpark · Power BI

Impact

Enabled interactive exploration of capacity utilization, provisioned compute trends, and workload comparisons.

Key Learnings

  • Historical context is essential to interpreting utilization.
  • Workload comparisons make capacity patterns easier to investigate.
PRIVACY & GOVERNANCE02 / 06
Conceptual governed processing and validation layersPrivacy.By process.
COMPLIANCE / AUTOMATION
EngineeringAutomation · Compliance

GDPR Compliance Automation

Automation around entity processing and privacy workflows spanning multiple enterprise data systems.

Azure · Fabric · Kusto · Cosmos DB · ADLS

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Overview

Privacy and compliance automation supporting GDPR entity processing across multiple data systems.

Problem

Cross-system privacy workflows require consistent handling, timely action, and dependable operational oversight.

My Contribution

Owned GDPR privacy and compliance automation. Built and improved entity-processing workflows, alongside automation for compliance and change-management tasks.

Architecture

EntitiesProcessingValidation
Conceptual workflow; system identifiers omitted.

Technology

Azure · Microsoft Fabric · Kusto · Cosmos DB · ADLS

Impact

Supported audit-ready compliance operations and timely privacy actions through automation and ownership.

Key Learnings

  • Privacy workflows require both automation and operational ownership.
  • Consistency matters across every participating data system.
CURATION & OBSERVABILITY03 / 06
Conceptual progression from platform events to curated dataRaw signals.Clear insight.
TELEMETRY / ANALYTICS
EngineeringPlatform · Observability

Fabric Data Curation & Telemetry

Large-scale event processing, reusable metrics, and curated datasets that make platform adoption understandable.

Microsoft Fabric · Azure · Kusto

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Overview

Data curation and telemetry engineering that transforms raw events into reusable analytics datasets and executive-ready metrics.

Problem

Platform adoption is difficult to understand without consistent, trustworthy metrics derived from large-scale event data.

My Contribution

Delivered a Monthly Active Users analytics product end to end, from requirements to reusable scripts and configuration-driven mappings. Developed reusable ETL/ELT patterns and source-to-target reconciliation mechanisms.

Architecture

EventsCurationMetrics
Conceptual data flow; internal architecture omitted.

Technology

Microsoft Fabric · Azure · Kusto · ETL / ELT

Impact

Enabled leadership to track platform adoption and established foundations for adoption-funnel measurement.

Key Learnings

  • Metric definitions need clear business requirements.
  • Reusable mappings support consistent analytics as usage evolves.
AI & CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION04 / 06
Conceptual agent-assisted interpretation of platform signalsBetter signals.Better questions.
CONCEPT / NOT A SHIPPED PRODUCT
ConceptAI · FinOps

Capacity Optimization Copilot

A concept for AI-assisted interpretation of capacity signals and engineering optimization opportunities.

AI · Microsoft Fabric · Automation

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Overview

A concept for helping engineers interpret capacity signals and identify areas that deserve deeper investigation.

Problem

Capacity signals need engineering context before they can inform useful optimization decisions.

My Contribution

Concept direction: bring together capacity analysis and AI assistance to help engineers explore potential optimization opportunities. Presented as a proposed approach, not an implemented system.

Architecture

SignalsAI assistanceHuman review
Proposed conceptual flow; implementation unclaimed.

Technology

Proposed: AI · Microsoft Fabric · Workflow automation

Impact

Intended outcome: assist engineers in identifying optimization opportunities. No deployment, cost savings, or measured results are claimed.

Key Learnings

  • Design consideration: recommendations need supporting evidence.
  • Design consideration: optimization decisions should remain engineer-reviewed.
AGENTS & ENGINEERING WORKFLOWS05 / 06
Conceptual connection between agent tools and engineering workflowsLess repetition.More engineering.
EXPLORATION / AGENTIC AI
ExplorationDeveloper productivity

AI-Powered Operational Automation

Exploring agent-driven workflows that assist with repetitive engineering tasks and platform operations.

AI agents · Fabric · Azure · MCP

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Overview

Exploration of AI-assisted engineering and agent connectivity for modern data-platform workflows.

Problem

Repetitive investigation and platform tasks take engineering time and require context across different tools.

My Contribution

Applied GitHub Copilot and agentic approaches in engineering and incident-response workflows. Built a Fabric MCP server exposing tools for lakehouse queries, pipelines, semantic models, and capacity metrics.

Architecture

Agent clientMCP toolsFabric
Conceptual tool connection, not a full system design.

Technology

AI agents · Microsoft Fabric · Azure · MCP · GitHub Copilot

Impact

Enabled natural-language data operations through the Fabric MCP interface. Broader agent-driven operational automation remains exploratory; no quantified productivity outcome is claimed.

Key Learnings

  • Structured tools connect agents to useful platform capabilities.
  • Design consideration: agent assistance needs clear access boundaries.
OPERATIONS & PLATFORM HEALTH06 / 06
Conceptual monitoring, investigation, and reliability feedback layersReliable data.By ownership.
RELIABILITY / DATAOPS
EngineeringReliability · DataOps

Data Platform Reliability

Production ownership, pipeline reliability, incident investigation, and operational observability.

Azure · Synapse · Monitoring · SQL · Kusto

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Overview

Operational engineering supporting reliable enterprise data platforms and dependable production workflows.

Problem

Pipeline failures and production incidents need timely investigation, clear accountability, and cross-team follow-through.

My Contribution

Served as a production data-platform on-call owner in a follow-the-sun rotation. Resolved incidents, drove root-cause analysis across partner teams, and automated slow-query diagnostics and operational workflows.

Architecture

MonitoringInvestigationRemediation
Conceptual operating loop; procedures omitted.

Technology

Azure · Azure Synapse · Monitoring · SQL · Kusto

Impact

Supported production reliability through incident ownership, root-cause analysis, and repeatable diagnostics.

Key Learnings

  • Production reliability depends on ownership across team boundaries.
  • Repeatable diagnostics reduce repeated manual investigation.

Public-safe summaries. Architecture diagrams are conceptual; private systems, customer data, and operational details are omitted.

03 / THE TOOLKIT

Technical expertise.

The right tools, grounded in
sound engineering fundamentals.

01

Data Engineering

Microsoft Fabric
Azure Synapse
PySpark · SQL · Kusto

02

Cloud & Storage

Microsoft Azure
ADLS
Cosmos DB

03

Data Platforms

Fabric · Synapse
Azure Data Factory
Power BI

04

Engineering & DevOps

Azure DevOps · Git
CI/CD
Monitoring

05

AI & Automation

Copilot · AI agents
Workflow automation
LLM-powered solutions

04 / A LITTLE CONTEXT

An engineer's mindset.
A broader perspective.

My work connects data architecture, analytics, and operational ownership. I translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, with attention to data quality, governance, and the people using the result.

Before Microsoft, I worked on Azure data engineering and forecasting at LTI, and ETL and migration solutions at TCS across manufacturing, life sciences, and banking.

EDUCATION

B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering branch topper.

CERTIFICATIONS

Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer · Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203), Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900), Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900), Security, Compliance & Identity Fundamentals (SC-900), and Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900).

05 / BEYOND ENGINEERING

Build. Learn. Share.

I enjoy exploring how AI, automation, and modern data platforms can make engineering teams more productive, and sharing what I learn through technical content and presentations.

Microsoft Fabric · Agentic AI · Engineering automation · Platform reliability

YouTube

Cloud Knowledge Channel

Azure, Fabric, data engineering & AI

3,000+ subscribers

06 / START A CONVERSATION

Let's connect.

Data engineering, Microsoft Fabric, Azure,
AI automation, or modern data platforms.