Building a highly secure and governed data platform

Stand up a new platform on Databricks and dbt with solid DevOps and access control, enable efficient sharing across domains, and support rapid onboarding and collaboration.

• Platform architecture on Databricks: Provisioned workspaces, catalogs, and permissions with Terraform for consistent, compliant environments.
• Transformation with dbt: Modular projects, tests, and documentation, with shared packages to reuse models across domains.
• DevOps and CI/CD: Branching strategy, environment promotion, automated testing, and quality gates baked into pipelines.

Rollout framework:

1. Strategy and alignment workshops with business and tech
2. Technical discovery with domain teams
3. Foundation rollout for infra, security, CI/CD, and branching
4. Enablement and onboarding for users and developers
5. Continuous improvement for migration, maintenance, and support

Migration at scale: An agentic migration assistant to port MS SQL objects into dbt, first 1:1, then automated refactoring, delivering an estimated 80% speed-up versus prior manual approaches.

• Governed and scalable: A single, well-controlled platform that reduces data silos and simplifies access.
• Cross-domain sharing: Standardized models and packages make inter-domain collaboration straightforward.
• Faster delivery: Migration and development velocity improved significantly, with up to 80% faster migrations.
• Future-ready: A strong base for analytics, ML, and automation across multiple domains.