Advancing Cloud-Native Data Engineering for Secure Digital Transformation Systems
Abstract
The rapid adoption of digital transformation initiatives across industries has accelerated the demand for scalable, resilient, and secure data engineering infrastructures. Cloud-native technologies have emerged as a foundational paradigm for building next-generation digital systems by enabling elasticity, automation, microservices-based architectures, and continuous deployment capabilities. However, the increasing complexity of distributed environments introduces significant challenges related to data security, privacy, governance, interoperability, and operational resilience. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for advancing cloud-native data engineering to support secure digital transformation systems. The proposed framework integrates containerized data pipelines, Kubernetes-based orchestration, DataOps practices, zero-trust security architectures, and AI-driven monitoring mechanisms to enhance the reliability and protection of enterprise data ecosystems. Furthermore, the study examines the role of modern cloud-native technologies in ensuring secure data ingestion, real-time processing, governance, and compliance across multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. Experimental analysis and case-based evaluations demonstrate that cloud-native data engineering approaches significantly improve system scalability, fault tolerance, deployment efficiency, and cyber-resilience while reducing operational complexity
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