
CHOKKANI JANARDAHN
Lead Data Engineer | Snowflake & AI
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Silverstone, Towcester NN12, UK
Freelance
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About me
Intro
Enterprise Data & AI Architect with 15+ years delivering secure, scalable solutions across logistics, pharma, finance, and public sector. Specialized in Snowflake ML pipelines, Azure cloud architecture, and end-to-end data platforms—recently deployed AI models at CMA CGM and architected compliant analytics infrastructure at HMRC. I transform complex regulatory and operational challenges into production-ready, governed data solutions that drive measurable business impact.
Work experience
Data Engineer - (Snowflake, AI & Semantic Data, Tableau and PowerBI)
CMACGM - Freight Transport & Global Logistics
Mar 2023 - Present
3 years 8 months
Uckange, France
– Designed, developed, and deployed Machine Learning and AI models addressing logistics, operational, and commercial use cases within CMA CGM. – Leveraged Snowflake Data Cloud as the central platform for data engineering and AI workloads. – Implemented data processing and feature engineering pipelines using Snowpark (Python) and advanced SQL. – Built and industrialized end-to-end ML pipelines including training, validation, deployment, and monitoring. – Developed User-Defined Functions (UDFs) to embed ML logic directly within Snowflake. – Applied MLOps best practices to ensure model reproducibility, scalability, and lifecycle management. – Optimized performance and cost of data transformations and ML workloads on Snowflake. – Ensured data quality, security, and governance in line with CMA CGM enterprise standards. – Collaborated with data engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to translate operational challenges into AI solutions. – Contributed to Data & AI standards, documentation, and best practices at Group level.
Lead Data Migration
HMRC
Jul 2021 - Mar 2023
1 year 9 months
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Owned the design and delivery of a secure, compliant Azure data integration and analytics platform within a highly regulated public-sector environment. – Architected secure enterprise data pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Databricks, integrating finance, HR, and operational systems. – Implemented data governance, lineage, and role-based access controls (RBAC) to meet HMRC security, audit, and compliance requirements. – Led and mentored a team of data engineers, establishing engineering standards and improving delivery velocity. – Collaborated with senior policy and operational stakeholders to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical technical solutions. – Oversaw third-party vendor integrations and ensured delivery within strict governance frameworks. – Enabled trusted analytics and reporting through Azure SQL/Synapse and Power BI, supporting faster operational and policy decision-making. – Snowflake was used as a high-performance, secure data platform to process, store, and analyze large-scale, transaction-based HMRC data, enabling near real-time reporting, analytics, and regulatory compliance at enterprise scale.
Pharmaceutical and healthcare Solution Architect
Sanofi
Sep 2019 - Jun 2021
1 year 10 months
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Project Overview Led the design and delivery of a Snowflake-based analytics and data enablement platform for Sanofi, supporting global commercial, clinical, and operational analytics. Provided strategic and technical leadership to enable secure, compliant, and scalable data access across the organization. – Architected a Snowflake-based analytics platform to support clinical, pharmacovigilance, and commercial analytics, leveraging Snowflake capabilities such as zero-copy cloning, secure data sharing, and workload separation. – Designed a multi-cloud architecture (Azure with AWS integrations) to support global research and commercial teams, implementing infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) to standardise deployments across regulated environments. – Led the design of a modern data warehouse integrating clinical trial data, real-world evidence, and commercial datasets, applying best practices in database modelling and distributed data processing. – Implemented secure and auditable data ingestion and transformation pipelines, enabling reliable analytics while maintaining full traceability for regulated workloads. – Integrated Snowflake with Power BI, Tableau, and data integration tools, enabling governed data exploration and advanced analytics across business and research teams. – Designed and implemented data security, governance, and compliance frameworks, including fine-grained access controls, data masking, lineage, and auditing to meet GxP, GDPR, and internal compliance requirements.
Technical Lead/Architect, Mobile & Digital
Nationwide Building Society
Dec 2018 - Sep 2019
10 months
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Data Integration Consultant
Novartis
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
1 year
Ireland, Shefford SG17 5QL, UK
Cloud/Web/Mobile Architect
JTI
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
1 year
UK, Switzerland, Spain
Technical Lead/Senior Developer
Qualcomm
Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year 5 months
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Solution/API Architect
CSR Plc.
Jan 2014 - Aug 2015
1 year 8 months
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Lead Mobile Developer
Allstate NI Insurance/Bank
Aug 2010 - Jan 2014
3 years 6 months
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Senior C# .NET Developer
Ez-runner
Jan 2010 - Aug 2010
8 months
1180 Uccle, Belgium
Senior .NET Developer
First American Core Logic
Jun 2006 - Dec 2009
3 years 7 months
Indianapolis, IN, USA
.NET Developer
SRIT - Sobha Renaissance IT
Sep 2005 - Jun 2006
10 months
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Education
Bharathidasan University
MSc, Computer Science
Bharathidasan University
BSc, Mathematics
Licenses & certifications
MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
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SAFe Certified Professional
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TOGAF 9.1® Foundation
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Azure Certified Solutions Architect
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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Data Engineering Professional Certificate
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