Tokyo · Data Leadership
Simardeep Singh
Data platforms & cloud infrastructure for enterprise.
Eight years building the data systems behind MetLife Japan, Woven by Toyota, Rakuten, and Mitsubishi Group. Azure, AWS, GCP — across insurance, automotive, and e-commerce at scale.
Career
Experience
MetLife Japan
Nov 2024 — Present
Data Scientist · Claims Analytics & Enterprise BI
Architected enterprise claims monitoring platform on Azure Synapse — processing millions of records across complex business rule sets
Led migration from Power BI Import Mode to DirectQuery for real-time operational analytics
Built dashboards used by claims operations leadership for day-to-day decisions
Delivered multi-cloud cost-performance benchmarks to leadership
Woven by Toyota via Toyota Tsusho Systems
Sep 2023 — Oct 2024
Solution Engineer · Cloud Platform Strategy & BI Optimization
Built client-side monitoring with ThousandEyes after a major outage — became the org's early warning system
Led BI tool audit across Looker, Power BI, and Tableau — presented recommendations to leadership
Designed multi-cloud analytics platform — GCP storage, Google Workspace, Azure resources, and collaboration tools aggregated into BigQuery for budget compliance and cost monitoring
Built data pipelines and dashboards across GCP and Azure
Rakuten
Dec 2022 — Apr 2023
System Engineer · SRE & DevOps
Built CI/CD pipelines on AWS, tuned Kubernetes on EKS, implemented GitOps
Monitored distributed systems with Datadog and CloudWatch
BUILDSYSTEM
Feb 2021 — Jul 2022
Mendix Developer & Presales Consultant
Built low-code enterprise applications on the Mendix platform for client delivery
Integrated AWS and Azure cloud services for data processing and storage
Led client-facing technical consulting and presales demonstrations
Mitsubishi Group
Dec 2020 — Feb 2022
IT Specialist · Server Migration & Infrastructure
Led server migration projects using Nginx and Veeam across enterprise environments
Created documentation and runbooks for server management teams
Monitored and maintained critical IT infrastructure for group operations
Soka Gakkai
Sep 2020 — Dec 2022
Software Engineer
Designed and maintained databases for proprietary applications
Implemented data backup, recovery, and storage optimization systems
Work
Selected projects
Systems I designed and built to solve real business problems.
MetLife Japan
Claims Monitoring Platform
End-to-end analytics processing millions of claims across complex business rule sets on Azure Synapse. Migrated to DirectQuery for real-time monitoring used by operations leadership.
Woven by Toyota
Multi-Cloud Cost Platform
Built from zero: GCP storage consumption, Google Workspace usage, Azure resource metrics, and Teams/Slack activity aggregated into BigQuery. Pipelines, transformation, and dashboards for budget compliance and cost optimization.
Woven by Toyota
Outage Prevention System
After a major cloud outage causing significant losses, built the client-side monitoring platform that became the org's early warning infrastructure.
Personal
Real-Time Data & Analytics Bot
Custom data analysis and monitoring system — real-time ingestion, automated pipelines, and visualization dashboards.
Philosophy
How I think about data
01
Data serves decisions
Every pipeline exists to help someone decide faster. If it doesn't connect to a business outcome, it shouldn't exist.
02
Cloud agnostic
Production systems on Azure, GCP, and AWS. I pick platforms based on the problem — Synapse for BI, BigQuery for aggregation, EKS for orchestration.
03
Communication is the skill
I present to leadership, bridge business and technical teams, and operate in English and Japanese. Most engineers build — fewer explain why it matters.
Technical
Expertise
Cloud
- Azure Synapse, Data Factory
- GCP BigQuery
- AWS S3, EKS, Lambda
Data
- Python, PySpark
- SQL, PostgreSQL
- Power BI, Looker, Tableau
Infrastructure
- Kubernetes, Docker
- Terraform, CI/CD
- Datadog, ThousandEyes
Domain
- Insurance Claims
- FinOps / Cloud Cost
- BI Strategy
Blockchain
- Bitcoin Protocol (Taproot, Ordinals, Runes)
- Smart Contracts & DeFi Architecture
- On-Chain Analytics
Background
Credentials
Certifications
Azure Solutions Architect (Az-305)
Microsoft
Azure Fundamentals (Az-900)
Microsoft · 2023
Mendix Intermediate Developer
Mendix · 2022
Presales Associate Certification
Siemens · 2022
Blockchain For Business
Blockchain Council · 2022
Education
B.A. Asian Studies & Japanese
William Paterson University, New Jersey · 2017
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
University of Toronto, Canada
Japanese Language Proficiency
KCP International, Tokyo
Languages
English
Native
Japanese
Professional working proficiency
Connect
Let's talk
Interested in how I can help your data organization? I'm always open to a conversation.