About
I’m Viktor Maruna, a Data Engineer and Solution Architect (Data & Analytics) at Adastra with over 10 years of experience specializing in enterprise data platforms, cloud architecture and analytics solutions.
In this blog, I share technical insights on data engineering, cloud architecture, and real-world solutions, along with lessons learned from architecting data platforms.
Expertise
- Data Analytics Platforms: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics
- Cloud Architecture: Azure infrastructure design, networking, security, governance, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD
- Data Architecture: Data lakes and lakehouses, data warehouses, optimizations, performance tuning
- Databases & Storage: Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, Azure Data Lake Storage, storage optimization
- Data Engineering & Development: Python, SQL, Apache Spark, Shell
Professional Certifications
Databricks
- Academy Accreditation - Azure Databricks Platform Architect (Dec 2023 - Present)
- Academy Accreditation - Databricks Lakehouse Fundamentals (Jan 2025 - Present)
- Academy Accreditation - Generative AI Fundamentals (Jul 2023 - Present)
- Academy Accreditation - Platform Administrator (Oct 2024 - Present)
- Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0 (Aug 2023 - Present)
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate (Jan 2025 - Present)
- Partner Training - Advantages of Azure Databricks & Microsoft Fabric (Oct 2024 - Present)
Microsoft
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (Sep 2021 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (Nov 2020 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (Nov 2020 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (Jun 2020 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (Oct 2020 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate (Nov 2020 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (Oct 2020 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty (Oct 2020 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (May 2021 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (Mar 2024 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (Jan 2025 - Present)
- Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (Sep 2021 - Present)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Mar 2021 - Present)
- AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty (Nov 2021 - Nov 2024)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Mar 2021 - Mar 2024)
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All opinions and content shared here are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer Adastra