Vishal Masa
About Vishal Masa
Vishal Masa is a Senior Data Engineer and Big Data Admin with extensive experience in data integration and analysis. He has worked for various companies, including Travelport, Centene Corporation, ascena, and Thomson Reuters, utilizing technologies such as Apache Spark and Scala.
Work at Travelport
Vishal Masa has been employed at Travelport as a Senior Data Engineer and Big Data Admin since 2021. In this role, he manages data integration programs and handles data sources using Apache Spark and Elastic Search. His responsibilities include implementing visitor behavior analysis for data science segments, utilizing advanced technologies to optimize data processing and analysis.
Previous Experience in Data Engineering
Before joining Travelport, Vishal Masa worked at Centene Corporation as a Senior Data Engineer from 2020 to 2021. His earlier roles include two years as a Big Data Developer at Thomson Reuters from 2015 to 2017 and two years as a Data Engineer at ascena from 2017 to 2019. In these positions, he focused on transforming Hive/SQL queries into Spark transformations and managing data integration in Hadoop and RDBMS environments.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Vishal Masa possesses extensive technical skills in data engineering and big data technologies. He has experience with Spark GraphX, Spark RDDs, and Scala, which he utilized to enhance performance by converting PIG scripts and Map Reduce programs to the Spark Data Frames API and Spark SQL. His expertise also includes handling batch data sources and designing data integration programs.
Education and Academic Background
Vishal Masa earned a Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Computer Science from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. He completed his studies from 2012 to 2016, which provided him with a solid foundation in computer science principles and practices, contributing to his career in data engineering.