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Alazar Bekele

Nashville,TN

Summary

Power BI Developer | Data Analyst | Business Intelligence Specialist

Highly skilled Power BI Developer, Data Analyst, and Business Intelligence (BI) Specialist with 10+ years of experience in designing, developing, and optimizing data-driven solutions. Proven ability to transform complex datasets into actionable insights through advanced data visualization, reporting, and analytics.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SQL and Power BI Developer

Groups 360
07.2021 - Current
  • Power BI development and administration
  • Building Analysis Service and Reporting Models
  • Developing Visual Report, Dashboards,KPI, Score Card using power bi desktop
  • Connecting Data source, Importing and Transforming data for Business Intelligence
  • Installed and Configured SQL Server 2012/2014/2016 on physical Server and Virtual environments
  • Evaluated the data structures and making enhancements of existing logical and physical database designs to fit new business requirement, and implemented new design into SQL Server
  • Created T-SQL Stored Procedures, User Defined Functions, Indexes, Views, Constraints, Triggers and wrote complex queries using Joins, Aggregate Functions, Sub-queries, Derived tables and CTEs
  • Queried relational and multidimensional OLAP data warehouses
  • Worked on transitioning database and report packages from Development and Test Environments to Production

SQL and BI Developer

Targeted Technology
07.2018 - 06.2021
  • Analyzed business requirements and built conceptual, logical, and physical data models that describe all the data and relationships between the data
  • Installed and Configured SQL Server 2012/2014/2016 on physical Server and Virtual environments
  • Evaluated the data structures and making enhancements of existing logical and physical database designs to fit new business requirement, and implemented new design into SQL Server
  • Created T-SQL Stored Procedures, User Defined Functions, Indexes, Views, Constraints, Triggers and wrote complex queries using Joins, Aggregate Functions, Sub-queries, Derived tables and CTEs
  • Queried relational and multidimensional OLAP data warehouses
  • Worked on transitioning database and report packages from Development and Test Environments to Production

Business Analyst and BI Developer

Safeway supermarkets
12.2014 - 09.2018
  • Company Overview: Addis Abab Ethiopia
  • Built and deployed SSIS packages for data extraction, transformation and loading including slowly changing dimensions and other advanced transformations
  • Worked with users and the development team to develop technical solution proposals to business challenges
  • Working closely with project managers to facilitate the processing of Statements of Work
  • Created project plans that adhere to Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards, and provide comprehensive status reporting for ongoing programs of work
  • Wrote T-SQL queries and Stored procedures for dynamic data retrieval for reporting purposes
  • Worked on SSIS logging, Error Handling and Package configurations
  • Created reports that contained Parameters, Sub-Reports, charts, gauges with Drilldown and Drill-through features in MS SSRS 2014/16
  • Developed various data visualizations reports and dashboards with Power BI and deploying them to Power BI Services
  • Created tables and visualizations in MS Excel which involved frequent use of logical functions
  • Created complex stored procedures and functions to support efficient data storage and manipulation
  • Analyzed data sources, targets, transforming data, and load the data into target database using SSIS
  • Perform data analysis, including data profiling, to obtain a good understanding of data availability, relationships and nuances for consideration of BI solution design
  • Conducted advanced econometric modeling using Cross-sectional data (Data gathered across various entities at a point in time), Time series data (Data gathered for the same entity over time), and Panel data (Data gathered across entities over time)
  • Addis Abab Ethiopia

Education

Bachelor Degree Engineering -

DBU University
07.2015

Skills

Technical Skills Business Intelligence & Reporting:
  • Power BI (DAX, Power Query, Data Modeling, Row-Level Security)
  • Tableau (Data Visualization, Dashboard Development, Calculated Fields)
  • SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
  • Qlik Sense / QlikView, Looker, Google Data Studio, IBM Cognos
Database Development & Administration:
  • SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle (10g, 11g, 12c, 19c)
  • MongoDB, Cassandra, IBM Db2, Snowflake, Google BigQuery, SAP HANA
  • T-SQL, PL/SQL, MDX (Multidimensional Expressions), DAX
  • Database Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, Indexing, Partitioning
  • Capacity Monitoring, Database Security, Backup & Recovery, Failover Administration
  • Oracle RAC, ASM, Automatic Database Diagnostic Monitor (ADDM)
ETL & Data Integration:
  • SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Talend, Informatica, Apache Nifi
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF), AWS Glue, DataStage, Pentaho, Matillion
  • Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) Processes, Data Migration, Data Cleansing
Cloud Platforms & Data Warehousing:
  • AWS (RDS, Redshift, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Lambda, EC2)
  • Azure (SQL Database, Synapse Analytics, Data Lake, CosmosDB, Logic Apps)
  • Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, DataFlow, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL)
  • Snowflake (Data Warehousing & ELT Development)
Programming & Scripting:
  • Python (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Flask, Django)
  • R (Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, ggplot2, dplyr)
  • JavaScript (Nodejs, Reactjs, D3js, Expressjs)
  • C#, NET Framework, VBA, PowerShell
Data Modeling & Architecture:
  • Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, Fact & Dimension Table Design
  • Kimball & Inmon Methodologies
  • Data Lake, Data Vault, Data Mart, Master Data Management (MDM)
Advanced Data Visualization & Dashboarding:
  • Power BI (Paginated Reports, Custom Visuals, Bookmarks, Drill-throughs)
  • Tableau (Filters, Parameters, Level of Detail Expressions, Storytelling)
  • Excel (Power Pivot, Power Query, VBA, Macros, Pivot Tables)
  • D3js (JavaScript Library for Data Visualization)
Project Management & Collaboration:
  • Jira, Confluence, Trello, Microsoft Project, Asana, Mondaycom
  • Agile (Scrum, Kanban), DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines
  • Version Control (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps)
Operating Systems & Server Management:
  • Windows Server (2012, 2016, 2019, 2022, Active Directory, IIS, SCCM)
  • Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, RedHat, SUSE, Fedora)
  • macOS Server, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris
Diagramming & Documentation:
  • LucidChart, Drawio, Microsoft Visio, Google Drawings
  • ERD (Entity Relationship Diagrams), UML, BPMN (Business Process Model Notation)

Certification

  • MCSA Developing Microsoft SQL Server Databases
  • Microsoft BI (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS) training
  • Power BI training
  • Database Administration

Skills

SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, MySQL, PostgreSQL, T-SQL, MDX, Python, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Microsoft Power BI, LucidChart, Draw.io, Windows Desktop and Server (2008/2012R2), Linux – Ubuntu/Redhat, AWS, Azure, Oracle 10g Database Administration, Performance Tuning & Capacity Monitoring, Data Security, Backup & Recovery, Standby/Failover Administration, Power BI, DAX, Power Query, Azure Environment, AWS, PostgreSQL, SQL, Jira, Project tracking Tool, Oracle RAC & ASM Administration/Installation, Oracle Forms and Reports Development, Database-Backed Web Solutions, SQL Tuning in an Oracle Environment

Timeline

SQL and Power BI Developer

Groups 360
07.2021 - Current

SQL and BI Developer

Targeted Technology
07.2018 - 06.2021

Business Analyst and BI Developer

Safeway supermarkets
12.2014 - 09.2018

Bachelor Degree Engineering -

DBU University
Alazar Bekele