The Data Flowcast: Mastering Apache Airflow ® for Data Engineering and AI

From ETL to Airflow: Transforming Data Engineering at Deloitte Digital with Raviteja Tholupunoori


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Data orchestration at scale presents unique challenges, especially when aiming for flexibility and efficiency across cloud environments. Choosing the right tools and frameworks can make all the difference. 

In this episode, Raviteja Tholupunoori, Senior Engineer at Deloitte Digital, joins us to explore how Airflow enhances orchestration, scalability and cost efficiency in enterprise data workflows.


Key Takeaways:


(01:45) Early challenges in data orchestration before implementing Airflow.

(02:42) Comparing Airflow with ETL tools like Talend and why flexibility matters.

(04:24) The role of Airflow in enabling cloud-agnostic data processing.

(05:45) Key lessons from managing dynamic DAGs at scale.

(13:15) How hybrid executors improve performance and efficiency.

(14:13) Best practices for testing and monitoring workflows with Airflow.

(15:13) The importance of mocking mechanisms when testing DAGs.

(17:57) How Prometheus, Grafana and Loki support Airflow monitoring.

(22:03) Cost considerations when running Airflow on self-managed infrastructure.

(23:14) Airflow’s latest features, including hybrid executors and dark mode.


Resources Mentioned:


Raviteja Tholupunoori

https://www.linkedin.com/in/raviteja0096/?originalSubdomain=in


Deloitte Digital

https://www.linkedin.com/company/deloitte-digital/


Apache Airflow

https://airflow.apache.org/


Grafana

https://grafana.com/solutions/apache-airflow/monitor/


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