Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Generic

Idris Akinade

Data Engineer
London

Summary

Results-driven Data Engineer with over 3 years of experience in building and maintaining scalable data pipelines, optimizing ETL processes, and ensuring data quality. Proficient in Python and SQL with hands-on experience in managing large datasets and developing data solutions for business insights. Strong problemsolver with a proven track record of collaborating with data scientists, analysts, and crossfunctional teams to implement datadriven solutions that support decisionmaking and improve business outcomes.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Senior Data Engineer

Aviva
11.2022 - Current
  • Built, developed, maintained and took ownership of a robust and complex data pipeline with monitoring alerts failures and optimising the current infrastructure to ensure reliability and cost efficiency
  • Implemented data warehousing solutions to support business intelligence reporting
  • Decommissioned, migrated and refactored legacy SAS code from on-perm database to Exadata, contributing to cost reduction and application decommissioning
  • Involved in data ingestion and transformation from Exadata to Snowflake
  • Led cross-functional teams in designing and implementing data-driven solutions
  • Migrated and transformed robust data from Dataiku to Oracle database
  • Collaborated with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and running of pipelines
  • Collaborated with data scientists to build machine learning models by providing clean and structured data
  • Collaborated with business analysts to understand data requirements and deliver appropriate solutions
  • Facilitated daily stand-ups to drive communication and sprint progress
  • Adheres to industry standards on data security and regulations with regard to PII AND GDPR
  • Delivered data engineering solutions to enhance key customer outcomes
  • Delivered and evolved data pipelines across business based on prioritisation
  • Developed and maintained SQL scripts for data extraction, transformation, and loading and used DBT in building, testing and deployment data pipeline in to Snowflake
  • Led migration in to Snowflake
  • Mentored new data engineers by providing guidance on best practices, code reviews and career growth

Data Engineer

LEIT DATA LTD
04.2022 - 11.2022
  • As a junior data engineer, I worked with data architects and data scientists in building ETL pipelines and maintaining the pipelines
  • Developed ETL pipelines in Azure Data factory (ADF)
  • Worked on projects with companies such as ASDA and PPL
  • Built an app called ADAPT where companies get easy access to their data
  • Migrating data from AWS to snowflake

Full Stack Developer

Zoogla LTD
10.2021 - 04.2022
  • Worked on scripts to create the backends of the app
  • Integrated the company's database with the company's app while working with the front end developers

Data Engineering Trainee

Generation UK&I
06.2021 - 09.2021
  • Created Python CLI program that performed CRUD operations using MYSQL, running on Docker for a client's cafe
  • Built an ETL pipeline using AWS to leverage the application on the cloud

Education

Computer Engineering -

Technological University of Dublin
09.2016 - 06.2020

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Certification

Udemy - Complete Python for data science and cloud computing

Timeline

Senior Data Engineer

Aviva
11.2022 - Current

Data Engineer

LEIT DATA LTD
04.2022 - 11.2022

Full Stack Developer

Zoogla LTD
10.2021 - 04.2022

Data Engineering Trainee

Generation UK&I
06.2021 - 09.2021

Computer Engineering -

Technological University of Dublin
09.2016 - 06.2020
Idris AkinadeData Engineer