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[Data Engineering] [Production Released]

Trench Group · Global Industrial Leader

Global Cloud Migration & Establishment of a Hub-and-Spoke Azure Infrastructure

Context

Greenfield development of a global 5-region Hub-and-Spoke Azure Data Platform with strict compliance requirements.

Our Contribution / Solution

  • Multi-tenant 5-region Hub-and-Spoke architecture on Azure with regional Databricks workspaces and Unity Catalog
  • Highly secure network topologies (Private Endpoints, Azure Firewall, Hub VNETs) for GDPR, USMCA, and China CSL/DSL
  • Entire infrastructure deployed as standardized Terraform (IaC), orchestrated via Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs)
  • AI agents for Jira management, repository screening during pull requests, and Gantt charts via secure MCP servers

Result

  • Delivery of a fully standardized Terraform MVP in just 8 weeks
  • Significant reduction in infrastructure costs through consolidation of isolated factory workspaces into regional shared hubs
  • An absolutely compliance-secure foundation for all future global AI initiatives
  • [Azure]
  • [Databricks]
  • [Terraform]
  • [Unity Catalog]
  • [dbt]
  • [MCP]
  • [Industrial & High-Tech]
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[Data Engineering] [Production Released]

Denner AG · Swiss Food Retail

Stabilization and Automation of a Microsoft Fabric Data Platform

Context

Stabilization and performance optimization of the central Microsoft Fabric data platform.

Our Contribution / Solution

  • Full architectural responsibility for over 1,200 dbt models within a Data Mesh and Medallion architecture
  • Design and development of a reusable Python library (lib_pegasus) for the complete automation of recurring data engineering tasks
  • Seamless, context-rich logging mechanisms and dbt tests for improved failure diagnosis in production

Result

  • Development of a bespoke Python library for the full automation of data engineering tasks
  • Substantial increase in development velocity across the entire internal team through standard libraries
  • Complete stabilization of mission-critical ETL processes and elimination of all runtime-critical performance bottlenecks under massive data volumes
  • [Microsoft Fabric]
  • [dbt]
  • [Python]
  • [Retail]
  • [Retail]
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[Data Engineering] [Production Released]

Carl Zeiss Vision · Precision Optics

Modernization and Migration of Lens Production Data into an Azure Lakehouse

Context

Decomposition of a complex legacy reporting infrastructure into a scalable Azure Lakehouse.

Our Contribution / Solution

  • Highly scalable Data Lakehouse based on Azure SQL, Databricks, and Delta Lake
  • Delta Live Tables (DLT) and Apache Kafka for zero-latency processing of incoming sensor data (REST, MongoDB, Blob Storage)
  • Refactoring of historical SSIS pipelines and complex T-SQL logic into scalable PySpark and Spark SQL workflows
  • AI-supported search platform (Azure OpenAI + Azure AI Search) based on structured metadata

Result

  • Reduction of ETL data processing times by over 80% and lowering of operational costs by 30%
  • Decrease in data processing time by 80% (from 2 hours down to 15–20 minutes)
  • Reduction of operational cloud operating costs by 30%
  • Increase in overall system scalability by 400%
  • [Azure]
  • [Databricks]
  • [Delta Lake]
  • [Kafka]
  • [PySpark]
  • [Industrial & High-Tech]
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[Data Modeling] [Production Released]

dm-drogerie markt / dmTECH · Retail

Development of a High-Performance Snowflake ETL Solution for Store and Project Data

Context

Development of a GCP-based Snowflake solution for automated ERP and Planisware data streams.

Our Contribution / Solution

  • Scalable Snowflake Data Warehouse on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) following Medallion architecture principles
  • Highly efficient interface to the Planisware data source utilizing Denodo virtualization layers
  • Robust data pipelines utilizing Apache Airflow and Snowpark Python (SCD and CDC logic)
  • CI/CD infrastructure based on GitLab and Terraform, automated deployment on Kubernetes clusters (AKS)

Result

  • Reduction of data loading times from 160 down to 10 minutes
  • Shortening of ETL load times from a previous 160 minutes to merely 10 minutes
  • Near real-time data provision for MicroStrategy reporting across over 500 dm retail stores
  • [Snowflake]
  • [GCP]
  • [Denodo]
  • [Airflow]
  • [Snowpark]
  • [Retail]
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[Data Engineering] [Production Released]

E.ON · Energy Sector

Automation of Real-Time Data Pipelines for Dynamic Pricing Systems

Context

Data processing automation for dynamic pricing within the European energy market.

Our Contribution / Solution

  • Highly scalable and resilient ELT pipelines based on Snowflake and Azure
  • dbt development model combined with Dagster for consistent transformations
  • Fully automated generation of Data Lineage to increase comprehensibility for internal business analysts

Result

  • Establishment of fully automated dbt Data Lineage and reduction of the data error rate by 15%
  • Decrease of erroneous data records within the production pipelines by 15%
  • Reduction of development time for new data pipelines by 50%
  • [Snowflake]
  • [dbt]
  • [Dagster]
  • [Azure]
  • [Grafana]
  • [Energy]
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[Data Engineering] [Production Released]

Encavis AG · Renewable Energy

IoT Real-Time Pipelines for Renewable Energy Installations

Context

IoT real-time data processing and time series optimization utilizing Prefect and Snowflake.

Our Contribution / Solution

  • State-of-the-art, hybrid Data Lakehouse architecture with Snowflake accommodating structured and unstructured time series data
  • Continuous data streams via Snowpipe directly into the data platform
  • Bespoke ingestion scripts in Python employing Prefect and dbt to orchestrate parallel data processes (multithreading)

Result

  • Significant acceleration in the acquisition of solar installation sensor data through multithreading data pipelines
  • Substantial performance enhancement in processing complex, time-critical sensor data via multithreaded execution
  • Stable real-time data streams enabling faultless ad-hoc analytics and yield monitoring
  • [Snowflake]
  • [Snowpipe]
  • [Prefect]
  • [dbt]
  • [Python]
  • [Energy]
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