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AbdulSamad Syed

@abdulsamadsyed

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Senior Data Engineer Lead specializing in Snowflake, dbt, and scalable ETL architectures.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior data engineering role focused on scalable Snowflake/dbt platforms, technical leadership, mentorship, and end-to-end data solutions with strong emphasis on data quality and CI/CD.

I am a Senior Data Engineer Lead with over 18 years of experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms and integrations across logistics, transportation, and supply chain domains. I specialize in Snowflake, dbt, Python-based ETL frameworks, and building governed, high-quality data ecosystems while mentoring teams and defining technical roadmaps.

I have implemented end-to-end data pipelines using Airflow, Snowpark, and Fivetran, reduced maintenance effort through reusable ETL frameworks, automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions and dbt Cloud, and administered Snowflake platform operations to ensure traceability, data quality, and performance at scale.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Data Engineer

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Day & Ross

Jan 2021 - Present (5 years)

Administered Snowflake platform and built scalable Python + Snowpark ETL pipelines and dbt models, reducing maintenance effort by 40% and enabling governed event and vehicle analytics. Orchestrated Airflow workflows, automated CI/CD with GitHub Actions and dbt Cloud, and implemented data lineage, deduplication, incremental loads and audit logging.

Snowflake DBT Python Snowflake Snowpark Apache Airflow Fivetran GitHub Actions Data Lineage ETL

Associate BI Consultant

Al-Elm Information Security Company

Apr 2013 - Jul 2021 (8 years 3 months)

Led development of self-service BI and produced critical Tableau and Power BI reports for Ministry stakeholders, supporting financial analysis and decision-making prior to full data warehouse rollout. Implemented enterprise ETL solutions and tuned Informatica mappings to support corporate-wide data processing.

Informatica ETL Tableau Power BI Data Warehousing Mapping Tuning Reporting Data Modeling

ETL Developer

Choice Software Limited

Jun 2007 - Jun 2012 (5 years)

Built data warehouses and marts for retail and transport projects, designed ETL pipelines and data solutions that simplified reporting and enabled business turnaround. Implemented orchestration and transformation patterns to deliver actionable insights.