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
Azure Data Factory
Azure Portal
Azure Devops
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Azure SQL
Oracle
Snowflake
AWS
S3 Bucket
EC2 instance
Lambda
Redshift
Documentation
Requirement gathering
Python
Bash Shell Scripting
Version Control
Git
Github
Dbt
Bitbucket
HTML
C
CSS
PHP
REST APIs
Pair programming
CI/CD
YAML
Github Actions
Containerisation
Docker
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