Data Platform Modernization & Pipelines

Modernize your data foundation for intelligence, performance, and measurable ROI

Fortune 500

The enterprise data paradox

Every modern enterprise depends on data. Yet the same systems that generate insights also create silos, duplication, and operational bottlenecks. Legacy data architectures built for periodic reporting can no longer handle today’s velocity, variety, and volume. Business units demand real-time dashboards, AI models require clean feature stores, and regulators expect full lineage visibility.The result is a fragile ecosystem where each new use case adds cost and complexity. A modernized data platform brings order to this chaos by introducing cloud-native scalability, unified governance, and real-time orchestration. It transforms data from an operational burden into a strategic differentiator.

Legacy vs. Modernized Data Pipeline Flow

Legacy Architecture: The Fragmented Past

A typical legacy pipeline evolves through incremental fixes rather than strategic design. It often resembles a patchwork of scripts, ETL jobs, and departmental data marts that barely communicate.

Multiple on-prem databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata) and flat files integrated through manual ETL.
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Nightly or weekly batch loads causing 12- to 24-hour latency between event and insight.
Limited scalability; compute and storage scale vertically, not elastically.
No centralized metadata, leading to duplicated logic and conflicting KPIs.
Security policies embedded in isolated tools, making compliance audits slow and inconsistent.

Common failure points:

The cost of maintenance increases exponentially as data sources and compliance requirements grow.

Data Ingestion

Manual scheduling or file transfers prone to delay and loss.

Transformation

Business rules coded in scripts without standardization.

Storage

Monolithic warehouses that cannot support semi-structured or streaming data.

Consumption

BI reports updated infrequently; ML pipelines stalled by inaccessible datasets.

Modernized Architecture: The Unified Data Backbone

A modernized pipeline uses cloud-native, modular, and event-driven architecture. It integrates DataOps, FinOps, and security automation principles to create an intelligent ecosystem.

Layer Core Components Key Capabilities Business Impact
1. Ingestion Layer Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Azure Event Hub, Pub/Sub Streaming & batch ingestion, schema evolution, metadata capture Near-real-time data availability
2. Processing Zone Apache Spark, Dataflow, Databricks Parallel processing, workload orchestration, fault tolerance Shorter processing windows & improved reliability
3. Data Lake / Lakehouse AWS S3 + Glue, Azure Data Lake + Synapse, GCS + BigQuery Unified storage for structured & unstructured data Elastic scalability, 30–50% cost reduction vs. legacy warehouses
4. Transformation & Modeling dbt, Dataform, Snowpark Declarative transformations, CI/CD, reusable logic Consistent business definitions across teams
5. Serving & Analytics Layer Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Looker, Power BI Fast analytical queries, live dashboards, ML access Real-time decisions & predictive analytics
6. Governance & Security (Cross-Layer) Collibra, Apache Atlas, Ranger, IAM policies Data lineage, access control, compliance automation Audit-ready governance & simplified risk management

Cross-cutting Enablers

FinOps

Cost observability dashboards track compute, storage, and data-transfer metrics by workload.

DataOps

Continuous integration and delivery for data pipelines, enabling faster iterations with lower error rates.

Monitoring & Observability

Metrics pipelines collect performance, lineage, and data quality scores for proactive maintenance.

Legacy Pipeline

  • Boxes labeled CRM, ERP, Flat Files, Mainframe Logs feed into multiple ETL arrows.
  • ETL jobs merge into a Data Warehouse cylinder connected to BI Dashboards.
  • Use broken or dotted arrows to show manual data movement and latency.
  • Add “Issues” callouts such as High Latency, Duplication, Siloed Governance, Manual QA.

Modernized Pipeline

  • Parallel streams from Operational Systems, External APIs, and IoT Devices enter a Streaming + Batch Ingestion Layer.
  • Flow continues into Data Lake/Lakehouse connected with Transformation (dbt/Spark) and Serving (Snowflake/BigQuery).
  • Overlay a Governance & Security ring encompassing all layers (lineage, catalog, policy-as-code).
  • At the far right, show Dashboards, ML Models, and Data Products as consumption endpoints.
  • Optional lower ribbon: FinOps and DataOps control planes feeding observability metrics back to ingestion.

Entrans Modernization Methodology

Entrans Modernization Methodology

Assessment and Strategy Alignment

Audit legacy data sources, dependencies, and SLAs.

Define modernization KPIs: cost per terabyte, query latency, data freshness, and compliance metrics.

Create a phased migration roadmap (discovery → pilot → full rollout).

Architecture and Re-Engineering

Design modular ingestion and transformation patterns.

Build reusable components for orchestration, metadata capture, and monitoring.

Implement hybrid and multi-cloud integration to future-proof infrastructure.

Automation and Orchestration

Deploy CI/CD pipelines for data workflows using Airflow, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.

Embed data quality checks and automated rollback mechanisms.

Introduce schema validation and drift alerts.

Performance Optimization and FinOps

Benchmark compute and I/O utilization.

Use serverless scaling and tiered storage to reduce overhead.

Integrate FinOps dashboards for transparent cost tracking.

Governance and Security by Design

Centralized cataloging and lineage through metadata management tools.

Automated policy enforcement for access, retention, and masking.

Integration with compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 42001).

Entrans Modernization Methodology

40–60% reduction in data-processing costs

through FinOps optimization.

2–3× improvement

in data pipeline throughput and availability.

Complete visibility

of data lineage and quality through integrated cataloging.

Improved compliance readiness

for audits and certifications.

Faster time-to-insight

with real-time analytics and self-service data access.

Why choose Entrans

Engineering-first DNA

Our teams specialize in building, not just advising, on data modernization.

Cloud-agnostic execution

Certified expertise across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Automation at scale

Pipelines that monitor, heal, and optimize themselves.

Governance embedded, not bolted on

Every architecture includes lineage, policy enforcement, and security controls from day one.

Modernize your data platform with Entrans.

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