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Mikael Daniels

@mikaeldaniels

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Data engineer specializing in cloud data pipelines, ETL, and analytics with strong ML and dashboarding skills.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I seek a data engineering role where I can build and optimize cloud ETL pipelines, collaborate cross-functionally, contribute to data platform reliability, and grow in ML and cloud architecture within an impact-driven team.

I am a data engineer with hands-on experience building cloud datawarehouse infrastructure, ETL pipelines, and production Airflow DAGs for AWS-based environments.

I've delivered solutions using AWS Glue, S3, Redshift, Docker, and pyspark while troubleshooting and optimizing pipelines for performance and reliability.

My background includes building Power BI dashboards, creating SQL stored procedures, managing stakeholder expectations, and supporting migrations and production services.

I combine technical depth in data engineering and machine learning with clear communication and a collaborative approach to deliver actionable analytics and robust data platforms.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Cloud Data Engineer

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MDanielsConsultancy

Jun 2024 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Contracted as a Cloud Data Engineer to build AWS data warehouse infrastructure and robust ETL pipelines, improving pipeline reliability and enabling ML workflows for Kuunda Holdings Ltd and Pepkor Nextech.

AWS Redshift S3 Glue Airflow Python Pyspark Docker ETL

Cloud Data Engineer

Capitec Bank

Feb 2023 - May 2024 (1 year 3 months)

Built and maintained AWS data access and migration assets, created stored procedures in Redshift and developed Power BI dashboards to surface migration status for stakeholders.

AWS Redshift SQL Power BI Airflow Visual Studio Code Stakeholder Management ETL

Data Engineer

Capitec Bank

Mar 2021 - Jan 2023 (1 year 10 months)

Managed production data services and service desk operations, backdated and created SQL stored procedures to restore missing reports and maintained production server using OpenDI and VS Code.

SQL Stored Procedures OpenDI Jira Production Support Data Backfilling

Data Science Intern

Explore Data Science Academy

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 (11 months)

Worked on team projects solving real-world problems, building data pipelines, Python packages and Power BI dashboards to support analytics and forecasting use cases.

Python Data Pipelines Power BI Machine Learning NLP Git Data Analysis ETL

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

PBT Group

Graduate Program, Graduate Program

2021 - 2021

Completed the PBT Group Graduate Program from January 2021 to March 2021.

AWS Academy

Certificate, Cloud Computing

2020 - 2020

Completed AWS Academy: Cloud Foundations course and obtained AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner between June 2020 and August 2020.

Explore Data Science Academy

National Certificate, Information Technology (Systems Development)

2020 - 2020

Earned a National Certificate in Information Technology (Systems Development) covering SQL, Python, Power BI, machine learning, and version control.

University of Stellenbosch

Bachelor of Science, Mathematical Sciences (Financial Mathematics)

2017 - 2019

Completed a BSc in Mathematical Sciences (Financial Mathematics) with modules in Computer Science, Scientific Computing, Actuarial Science, and Financial Risk Management.