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Tim Riddle

@timriddle

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Senior/Lead Data Engineer specializing in cloud-native data platforms, pipelines, and analytics enablement.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a technical leadership role building and operating cloud-native data platforms where I can drive modernization, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable, well-governed analytics solutions.

I am a Senior Data Engineer and technical lead focused on designing, building, and operating cloud-native data platforms that deliver reliable, scalable analytics. I bring deep hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and AWS, and a pragmatic approach to architecture and operations.

I have owned production data lakes and warehouses, built ingestion and transformation pipelines (Data Fusion, Cloud Composer, dbt), and integrated search and operational systems like Elasticsearch using CI/CD pipelines. My work emphasizes data availability, reliability, and governance across multiple business domains.

Throughout my career I have led enterprise modernization initiatives, optimized distributed data platforms (Greenplum, Hive, PostgreSQL), and partnered closely with BI, DevOps, and Product teams to ensure solutions meet business needs. I am known for ownership, mentoring, and establishing coding and operational best practices.

I hold formal training in cloud data engineering and SQL Server BI, and I combine strong technical skills (Python, SQL, Terraform, Airflow, Pub/Sub/Kafka-equivalents) with a collaborative, delivery-oriented mindset to drive data platform success.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Data Engineer

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ConstructConnect

Jul 2021 - Present (4 years 8 months)

Owned design and operation of a GCP-based data lake and warehouse, built ingestion pipelines into BigQuery and dbt transformation workflows, and improved data availability, reliability, and scalability for enterprise analytics.

BigQuery Cloud Composer DBT Python Terraform Elasticsearch

Senior Lead Professional Software Engineer

Cotality

Mar 2014 - Jul 2021 (7 years 4 months)

Led large-scale data and cloud initiatives using AWS and distributed platforms (Greenplum, Hive), designed scalable ETL and data warehouse architectures, and advised on performance optimization and modernization.

AWS Greenplum Hive PostgreSQL ETL Data Warehousing Performance Tuning Python

Business Intelligence Developer

Marshall & Swift/Boeckh

Jul 2012 - Mar 2014 (1 year 8 months)

Led BI development on SQL Server, designed and optimized ETL workflows and Informatica mappings to support enterprise analytics and reporting.

SQL Server Informatica ETL SSIS Data Modeling Performance Optimization Reporting Data Governance

Senior Systems Analyst

Children's Hospital and Health Systems

Sep 2008 - Jan 2012 (3 years 4 months)

Developed and maintained data pipelines for operational reporting and analytics, delivering complex SSIS and SSRS solutions to automate reporting workflows.

SSIS ETL SQL Server Data Pipelines Automation

Programmer / Analyst

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Jul 2007 - Sep 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Built full-stack BI solutions using the Microsoft BI stack and led a data warehouse initiative with end-to-end ownership of design and delivery.

Data Warehousing ETL SQL BI Development Mentoring Project Delivery Contractor Management

Senior Software Engineer

RedPrairie

Jan 2002 - Dec 2007 (5 years 11 months)

Delivered enterprise software for logistics and manufacturing clients, specializing in PL/SQL, shell scripting, and application development while mentoring engineering teams.

Pl SQL Shell Scripting Enterprise Application Development Mentoring