Data Engineer with 3 years building data platforms end to end, from on-premise big data (Cloudera Impala) in banking to a cloud Lakehouse on Microsoft Fabric and Azure. Sole data engineer at a US consumer-electronics company, where I built its first data platform: medallion Lakehouse, dbt models orchestrated with Airflow, CI/CD and a natural-language Data Agent. Experienced with highly sensitive financial and HR data and non-technical stakeholders.
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Simon Zapata
@simonzapata
Data Engineer | Microsoft Fabric · Azure · dbt · Airflow · PySpark · SQL
ColombiaExperience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
BP
Current
Lead Data Engineer
Blu Products
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)
Built the data function from zero, designing a Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse and dbt models orchestrated with Airflow. Delivered Power BI reports and a natural-language Data Agent for leadership.
BA
Data Engineer
Bancolombia
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years)
Built and maintained Python/pandas ETL pipelines for fraud investigations, migrated source queries to Cloudera Impala, and developed executive Power BI reports. Unified multiple data sources into shared models.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
PL
Platzi
Professional Certification, Data Engineering
2024 - 2025
Completed a Data Engineering Professional Certification, covering data pipelines, warehousing, and orchestration.
IH
Institución Universitaria Salazar y Herrera
Bachelor of Science, Systems Engineering
2021 - 2025
Pursued a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, with coursework and projects in software development and data engineering.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Looking for a job
Location
ColombiaAuthorized to work in
Portfolio
github.com/rockysaimonSalary expectations
60k+ USD
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