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WAQAS AHMAD

@waqasahmad

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Dynamic Data Engineer with 7 years of experience in data solutions.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that allows me to leverage my data engineering skills in a collaborative environment, focusing on innovative projects that drive business success and foster professional growth.

I am a dynamic and results-driven Data Engineer with 7 years of experience in designing and implementing scalable data solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. My expertise lies in building ETL workflows, architecting big data systems, and automating data pipelines, delivering measurable outcomes for top organizations such as Amazon Web Services, IBM, and Accenture.

I have a proven ability to align technical solutions with business objectives to uncover insights and drive strategic decisions. I am passionate about creating reliable, efficient, and scalable data ecosystems while mentoring teams to excel in data engineering and cloud technologies. I am eager to explore opportunities that help businesses harness the transformative power of data.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Sr. Data Engineer

Current

Amazon

Jun 2024 - Present (1 year)

Led the design and implementation of scalable data solutions, managing end-to-end data engineering projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align data strategies with business objectives.

AWS Glue Apache Airflow AWS CDK ETL Data Engineering Cloud Infrastructure Data Pipelines Data Strategy

Sr. Data Engineer

IBM Baltics

Mar 2022 - Jun 2024 (2 years 3 months)

Developed end-to-end data pipelines using Azure Data Factory and designed scalable big data architectures on Google Cloud Platform, enhancing data integration and transformation processes.

Azure Data Factory Google Cloud Platform BigQuery Databricks Spark Data Integration Data Quality Airflow

Sr. BI Engineer

Grover

Aug 2021 - Apr 2022 (8 months)

Built and optimized data pipelines for AWS Redshift, collaborated with stakeholders to deliver regulatory reports, and developed analytical dashboards to provide actionable insights.

AWS RedShift Python SQL DBT Data Warehousing Data Quality ETL Apache Airflow Data Visualization

Lead Data Engineer

Accenture

Aug 2018 - Aug 2021 (3 years)

Collaborated in an agile environment to deliver high-quality data solutions, developed ETL jobs in AWS Glue, and maintained metadata-driven ingestion pipelines using Apache NiFi.

AWS Glue Apache NiFi Data Quality ETL AWS CloudFormation Data Processing Spark Scala Python

Big Data Engineer

Teradata

Mar 2017 - Apr 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Designed a scalable data warehouse and built a Big Data analytics platform to process customer data, leading initiatives that reduced costs and improved insights.

Data Warehousing Spark Hadoop Hive Data Analysis ETL Big Data Data Integration SQL Data Insights

Data Scientist

Afiniti

Jul 2016 - Aug 2017 (1 year 1 month)

Analyzed call center data to develop insights, created statistical models, and collaborated with teams to present findings and recommend innovative solutions.

Data Analysis Statistical Modeling Data Visualization Communication Reporting

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

International Islamic University Islamabad

Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering

2012 - 2016

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, focusing on software development methodologies, programming languages, and system design principles.