Case Study

Gaming Data Modernizes ETL Pipelines with AWS Glue and Amazon Redshift for Scalable Analytics

Rambunct Consulting Ltd. | AWS Advanced Tier Partner |

Background

Rambunct Consulting Ltd. | AWS Advanced Tier Partner |

A gaming data-driven organization, needed a reliable and scalable ETL solution to ingest, transform, and load large volumes of customer and transaction data into Amazon Redshift. By implementing AWS Glue jobs integrated with Redshift, the company automated data pipelines, reduced operational overhead, and enabled faster business insights at scale.

The Challenge

The data company faced several challenges with its existing ETL processes:

  • Manual data transformation scripts led to inconsistent data quality.
  • High operational overhead in maintaining on-premises ETL jobs.
  • Difficulty scaling pipelines as data volumes grew.
  • Limited visibility into job performance and error handling.
  • Slow data availability in Redshift impacted downstream reporting and analytics.

Our Solution

AWS Glue was selected to modernize the ETL framework.

  • AWS Glue Jobs to process raw data from Amazon S3 and transactional sources, applying business rules and cleaning before loading.

  • Glue Crawlers to automate schema discovery and catalog metadata in the AWS Glue Data Catalog.

  • Integration with Amazon Redshift using Glue’s native connectors to efficiently load transformed datasets.

  • Job Monitoring & Orchestration with AWS Glue Studio and CloudWatch for visibility and alerts.

  • Scalability & Serverless Architecture ensured data pipelines scaled automatically with data volume without infrastructure management.

The Result

Automation: Reduced manual ETL maintenance by 70%, freeing up engineering resources.

  • Faster Insights: Data availability in Redshift improved from hours to near real-time (sub-15 minutes).

  • Data Quality: Implemented data validation rules in Glue leading to 95% reduction in downstream data errors.

  • Cost Optimization: ETL costs decreased by 40% through Glue’s serverless pay-per-use model compared to legacy on-prem ETL.

  • Scalability: Seamlessly handled peak data loads during month-end processing with no downtime.