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8+ years turning data into decisions

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Senior Data Engineer

Current Role
Optum UK (formerly EMIS)March 2024 – Present
  • Data models, governance and quality standards
  • Technical guidance to engineering and analytics teams
  • Data pipelines using Python, SQL, Spark, Airflow, Starburst
  • Solutions on AWS and Azure
  • Mentoring new team members

Lead Data Engineer

EMISJanuary 2024 – March 2024
  • Managed team focused on bookings and profit optimisation
  • Critical data pipeline maintenance
  • Data models design and implementation
  • GCP and Snowflake cloud solutions

Senior Data Engineer / Data Architect

EMISNovember 2022 – January 2024
  • Implemented the Data Architecture function across the department
  • Data governance and quality standards
  • AWS and Azure data solutions
  • Mentored junior team members

Senior Software Engineer

EMISJuly 2021 – November 2022
  • Data pipelines using Python, SQL, Spark, Airflow, Starburst
  • Advised product managers on technical feasibility
  • 24/7/365 major incident support

Software Engineer

EMISDecember 2020 – July 2021
  • Custom analytic reports using SSRS and SSIS
  • Microsoft SQL Server maintenance (2008R2–2016)
  • C# application development (WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET)

Database Developer

EMISNovember 2019 – December 2020
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines for the DBA team
  • Python scripts for environment maintenance
  • Ad-hoc SQL for data fixing and validation

Database Administrator

The Data ShedMay 2019 – November 2019
  • DevOps methodologies advisory
  • Database performance monitoring and optimisation
  • Presented to C-level executives at blue chip organisations
  • Database security and access control

Junior DBA

EMISMay 2018 – May 2019
  • Performance monitoring across all environments
  • Python scripts for maintenance
  • SSRS and SSIS reporting

Implementation Specialist → 2nd Line → 1st Line Support

EMISJune 2014 – May 2018
  • 24/7/365 major incident resolution
  • Customer liaison across departments
  • Foundation of EMIS product and data knowledge

Tech Snapshot

A quick glimpse of the core technologies in my toolkit.

Python
SQL
Spark
Airflow
Snowflake
AWS
Azure
dbt

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Results-driven Data Engineer with 8+ years of experience building robust data pipelines and architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.