Gousia Shaik
About Gousia Shaik
Gousia Shaik is a Technology Lead in Big Data Engineering at Expedia Group, with extensive experience in data lifecycle management and Big Data technologies.
Title
Gousia Shaik holds the position of Technology Lead in Big Data Engineering at Expedia Group. Her role involves managing complex data processes and technologies.
Company
Gousia Shaik is currently employed at Expedia Group, where she has been leveraging her expertise in Big Data Engineering since 2012.
Education and Expertise
Gousia Shaik has a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, obtained between 2000 and 2004. Her expertise encompasses Big Data technologies, including Spark, Hive, Impala, Kafka, AWS, and GCP.
Professional Background
Prior to joining Expedia Group, Gousia Shaik held several roles in data-related fields: Data Warehouse Developer at Gamesys (2011-2012), BI Report Developer at Arcadis (2009-2011), Analyst and Programmer at Shelter UK (2008), and Data Analyst at Instant Access Properties (2007-2008).
Key Projects and Initiatives
At Expedia Group, Gousia led an offshore team in Hungary that handled end-to-end ingestion and high-performance ETL solutions. She has also worked on migrating in-house ETL processes to AWS, using EMR, Glue, RedShift, S3, and Qubole. Additionally, she has performed proofs of concept for GCP and AWS to evaluate their efficacy for various projects.