🌟 Empowering Serverless Data Pipelines with AWS Transfer Family 🌐

Satadru
AWS in Plain English
2 min readOct 12, 2023

In the fast-paced world of Data Engineering, the ability to seamlessly manage and process data is the key to success. Enterprises and organizations are constantly seeking efficient and transparent data management solutions. What if I told you there’s a way to achieve this with a streamlined, serverless data pipeline that effortlessly orchestrates file transfers, data transformations, and seamless ingestion into your cloud ecosystem? 📂💨

Architecture

Stage 1: Uploading with AWS Transfer for SFTP

Our journey begins with the arrival of zipped files uploaded securely by a 3rd-party or vendor company using AWS Transfer for SFTP. This method ensures data protection and compliance are top priorities. 🛡️

Stage 2: S3 Event Notification and Python Lambda Magic

With AWS S3 event notifications in play, a Python Lambda function springs into action. 🐍✨ It quickly unzips the incoming files and places them in the curated layer, setting the stage for the next steps in the data pipeline.

Stage 3: The AWS Glue Job Transformation

Enter the AWS Glue job! 🧩 This critical step involves picking up the CSV files, expertly applying data transformations. The outcome? Sparkling Parquet files, the gold standard for optimized data storage.

Stage 4: Data Finds Its New Home in S3

The transformed data now finds a new home in a publish layer S3 location, readily accessible and prepared for the next leg of its data journey. 🏠

Stage 5: Real-time Data Ingestion with Snowpipe

With the help of SQS event notifications, your data embarks on a real-time adventure. 🏔️ A Snowpipe, acting as the gatekeeper to Snowflake’s internal tables, eagerly awaits. Data ingestion occurs in near real-time, ensuring that your insights are always up-to-date. ⏰

In the end, you have a seamless data odyssey powered by AWS Transfer Family. 🌠 Your data is secure, transformed, and ready for exploration within Snowflake’s internal tables. In the modern enterprise landscape, real-time insights are crucial, and this data pipeline delivers precisely that.

If you’re interested in a comprehensive walkthrough of the entire pipeline, check out our in-depth video tutorial.

Stay tuned for more insightful content as we explore innovative solutions and best practices in the ever-evolving world of software development.

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