Lead Data Engineer — T-Mobile (Data Lake & Analytics Platform; AI-RAN; Scam Shield)
Led enterprise-scale data and AI platform initiatives that produced labeled/curated datasets for fraud detection, customer interaction analytics, and network intelligence. Built and optimized ETL/ELT pipelines and governance controls to ensure data quality and auditability for downstream AI training and decisioning. Orchestrated secure ingestion, real-time processing, and validation workflows to support reliable model inputs and continuous improvement. • Implemented ETL/ELT ingestion and transformation using Spark and Python for structured/unstructured data. • Established automated data validation, lineage, schema tracking, and quality checks for regulatory compliance. • Built real-time streaming pipelines with Kafka/Spark for telemetry/event analytics and automated alerting. • Developed secure SFTP/batch transfer workflows with monitoring, error handling, and retries.