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Snowflake cloud data platform migration.

T H E  C H A L L E N G E

The client operated on a complex legacy estate of multiple
MS SQL Server instances and disparate file systems
holding over 1,000 tables of critical financial data: claims
processing, regulatory reports, customer analytics and risk
management datasets. Roughly 2.5 million transactions
moved through it daily. Fragmented architecture, manual
compliance processes and hard scalability limits were
blocking advanced analytics and slowing regulatory
reporting.

O U R  A P P R O A C H

We designed and deployed a three-tier Snowflake cloud
architecture using Fivetran for automated ingestion and
Matillion for ETL. Bronze holds immutable raw data, Silver
carries business transformation and curated views, Gold
powers analytics and machine learning. Security and
compliance were built into the architecture from day one
rather than bolted on before an audit — and the entire
migration ran without disrupting production transaction
processing.

W H A T  W E  D I D :

Designed the three-tier Snowflake architecture — Bronze
(raw), Silver (curated), Gold (analytics / ML)
Implemented Fivetran for automated, scheduled
ingestion from MS SQL Server and file systems
Built Matillion ETL pipelines for transformation between
the Bronze, Silver and Gold layers

Deployed an enterprise security framework with role-
based access control and column- and row-level

security policies
Established automated data lineage tracking, data
classification and end-to-end encryption
Met SOX, PCI-DSS, GDPR and Basel III requirements
through automated audit trails

T H E  O U T C O M E :

  • 80% faster daily transaction analytics across 1,000+
    financial data tables
  • 95% of manual ETL workflows eliminated
  • 99.7% data availability achieved
  • 65% reduction in infrastructure overhead
  • 60% less time spent preparing regulatory reporting
  • Audit-ready posture for SOX Section 404, PCI-DSS
    Level 1 and Basel III