CatInCloud Labs
CatInCloud Labs

Reliability is a feature.

I build hardened data platforms that are private by default and boring to run. Stop fighting fires. Start shipping features.

See the architecture

30 minutes to chat through your current stack and priorities.

Cloud & Data Engineering Enterprise-grade stock & options ELT on AWS, MWAA, Snowflake, and dbt Core.

Specializing in modern enterprise stacks

Stability first,
evolution second.

Scale breaks fragile systems. I help teams transition from ad-hoc scripts to hardened architectures that scale quietly.

Resilience

Pain Silent failures & manual backfills.
Fix Idempotent DAGs & fail-loud data tests.

Security

Pain Public endpoints & loose IAM roles.
Fix PrivateLink, KMS encryption & hardened IAM.

Operations

Pain Unpredictable, spiraling compute costs.
Fix Strict warehouse sizing & resource tagging.
The Blueprint

Orchestrated for silence

A production-grade pipeline built on AWS, MWAA, Snowflake, and dbt Core. It demonstrates secure ingestion within a hardened VPC, using KMS-encrypted buckets and PrivateLink to deliver analytics-ready data without public exposure.

The Proof

Production Reality

STATUS: HEALTHY
FRESHNESS: < 15m
DQ CHECKS: PASSING
01 // ORCHESTRATION

Idempotent DAGs
Airflow pipelines that self-heal on failure and enforce rigid SLAs.

02 // VALIDATION

Quality Gates
Partitioned checks block bad data before it hits the warehouse.

03 // DELIVERY

Audit-Ready
Finalized, versioned tables in Snowflake ready for BI & ML.

The Architect

5 roles in 1. Zero overhead.

I'm Dave Anaya. CatInCloud Labs is a solo practice designed to eliminate the silos that break data teams. I operate across the full stack:

  • 1. Cloud Architect: Secure networking (AWS/GCP), IAM, and cost control.
  • 2. Data Engineer: Hardened Airflow DAGs and Python ingestion.
  • 3. Analytics Engineer: Clean, tested dbt models (Snowflake/BigQuery).
  • 4. DevOps Lead: CI/CD, rigorous PR reviews, and Jira hygiene.
  • 5. Tech Writer: Documentation that ensures the system outlives me.

I don't sell open-ended consulting hours; I sell specific outcomes. When you hire me, you get the senior engineer who designed the system, wrote the code, and deployed the stack.

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