Dana Baer
Washington,DC
Summary
Experienced Data Analytics consultant with a strong background in both Data Engineering and Cloud Systems Engineering, with over 5 years of Data Warehouse, ETL, and Data Engineering experience. Expertise in Big Data and cloud computing solutions, with a deep knowledge of Snowflake architecture and optimization.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Cloud Support Engineer
Snowflake
San Francisco, CA
08.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with architects and engineers to design networks, systems and storage environments that reflected business needs, security specifications and service level requirements.
- Consulted customers such as Doordash, JP Morgan Chase, and Okta on cloud-based applications and products.
- Resolved customer issues related to cloud optimization, data migration, and software development.
- Investigated incidents that occurred in production environments involving the cloud infrastructure.
Data & Analytics Consultant
Ernst & Young
McLean, VA
03.2022 - Current
- Develop comprehensive scripts for reconciliations to ensure federal client audit readiness.
- Develop Python models to migrate financial datasets to Databricks while ensuring data quality and validation.
- Implement processing solutions to enhance performance while working with extremely large datasets.
Python Developer (Contract)
JPI
Washington, DC
06.2021 - 01.2022
- Supported federal government client in modernizing HR data analytics and reporting structure.
- Developed data pipelines and automation tools to meet the client’s unique needs utilizing MySQL and Python.
- Developed statistical and machine learning tools to forecast military workforce time series data used for major organizational decision making.
- Conducted daily scrum meetings, oversaw code reviews and coding sessions, and facilitated all essential planning meetings for achieving project milestones.
Assistant Systems Analyst
CHA Consulting
Silver Spring, MD
02.2020 - 06.2021
- Conducted field surveys of electrical distribution networks for reliability engineering and storm duty support.
- Designed comprehensive construction drawings using GIS along with supporting documentation for local electric distribution companies.
- Implemented Python scripts in ArcFM to automate manual data entry processes, resulting in enhanced efficiency and reduced errors.
Education
Bachelor of Science - - GIS, Italian Language
University of Maryland
College Park, MDSkills
- Programming Languages: Python, SQL, JavaScript
- ETL Development
- Cloud Warehouse Tools: Snowflake, Databricks, Spark
- Python Libraries: Pandas, Sciki-Learn, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Snowpark
- Data Visualization: PowerBI, Tableau
- Website & HTML Scraping
Timeline
Cloud Support Engineer
Snowflake
08.2023 - Current
Data & Analytics Consultant
Ernst & Young
03.2022 - Current
Python Developer (Contract)
JPI
06.2021 - 01.2022
Assistant Systems Analyst
CHA Consulting
02.2020 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Science - - GIS, Italian Language
University of Maryland