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Hove Henry

@hovehenry

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Senior Data Engineer specializing in hybrid‑cloud lakehouse platforms and scalable data products.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I seek a client‑facing data engineering role building governed hybrid‑cloud lakehouse platforms, with opportunities to lead teams, deliver SLA‑backed data products, and implement CI/CD and data quality at scale.

I am a Senior Data Engineer with a long track record delivering large‑scale, client‑facing hybrid‑cloud data platforms across Azure, AWS, Snowflake and Databricks. I focus on building production‑grade Python, PySpark and SQL pipelines that power governed medallion lakehouses.

I design and implement robust ingestion (API, SFTP, CDC) and transformation patterns including SCD Type 2, schema evolution and surrogate key management to preserve historical fidelity while maintaining analytical performance.

I have delivered curated Gold‑layer data products, established CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, and implemented automated data quality, observability and alerting frameworks. I regularly partner with business stakeholders to deliver SLA‑backed, governed data products.

I mentor and lead teams, enforce engineering standards, and bring consulting experience across mining, finance and enterprise ERP domains, backed by certifications in Azure Data Engineering, Power BI and MCSA Data Analytics.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead Data Engineer

Current

CyberPro Consulting

Apr 2025 - Present (8 months)

Hands-on delivery of production-grade Python, PySpark, and SQL pipelines across governed medallion lakehouse environments on hybrid cloud platforms; built incremental API ingestion, CDC/SCD Type 2 processing, and CI/CD pipelines to deliver SLA-backed curated Gold-layer data products.

Python Pyspark SQL Snowflake CI CD Data Quality

Lead / Senior Data Engineer

Integrove

Jun 2022 - Mar 2025 (2 years 9 months)

Delivered enterprise-grade data platforms for mining and financial analytics, engineering high-volume API and SFTP ingestion into governed Bronze datasets and designing scalable Silver/Gold transformation pipelines with orchestration and observability.

Data Ingestion Orchestration Data Modeling Observability Pyspark Snowflake Performance Monitoring

Senior BI / Data Engineer

CyberPro Consulting

May 2019 - Jun 2022 (3 years 1 month)

Delivered data lake and enterprise data warehouse modernizations, built regulated ingestion and transformation pipelines with governance and lineage, and implemented dimensional models for executive analytics and compliance reporting.

Data Lake Dimensional Models Data Governance Lineage SSIS SQL Power BI Data Quality

Senior Data Warehouse Developer

Datacentrix

Jun 2013 - Oct 2017 (4 years 4 months)

Led end-to-end enterprise data warehouse initiatives using Kimball methodologies, delivering ERP and CRM integrations, secure ETL/SSIS pipelines, and governed dimensional marts for finance, sales, and supply chain.

Kimball SSIS ETL Data Integration SQL Server Oracle Financial Reporting Data Governance

DBMS Specialist / BI Consultant

Chips Enterprise Solutions

Aug 2007 - May 2013 (5 years 9 months)

Provided technical consultancy for full lifecycle Sage ERP and CRM implementations, delivering data migration, SSIS/SSRS integration platforms, and audited BI reporting for finance, sales, inventory, and customer analytics.

SSIS Data Migration Oracle SQL Server BI Reporting ETL