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Darius Guillory

Camden,NJ

Summary

IT Platform Administrator with experience supporting enterprise-scale analytics platforms. Proven expertise in administering, troubleshooting, and optimizing Dataiku DSS for hundreds of users in a regulated financial environment. I currently hold five official Dataiku certifications (Generative AI, Advanced Designer, Core Designer, ML Practitioner, MLOps Practitioner) and GitLab CI/CD Associate and Security Specialist certifications. Skilled in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux administration, with a strong background in automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve complex technical issues, integrate security protocols (LDAP, SSO, and IAM), and deliver scalable data science and AI solutions. Recognized for providing senior-level platform support, developing best practices, and enabling business and data teams to maximize value from Dataiku.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Analyst, Application Development (Dataiku IT Administrator)

Lincoln Financial Group
05.2023 - Current
  • Designed and built Lincoln Financials’ custom Fleet Manager to deploy various types of DSS instances (Design, Automation and Govern nodes) using various Cloud and DevOps technologies (AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab and, JFrog Artifactory)
  • Administered and supported multi-node Dataiku DSS instances for 500+ enterprise users across data science, engineering, and business teams
  • Provided technical support and troubleshooting, resolving issues related to DSS job execution, plugin errors, Python/R environments, Spark/Hadoop integration, and cloud resource connectivity.
  • Implemented and managed security integrations (LDAP, IAM and SSO) to ensure compliance with enterprise identity and access policies.
  • Lead platform upgrades, patching, and maintenance, minimizing downtime and ensuring compatibility with AWS infrastructure.
  • Collaborated with security, infrastructure, and networking teams to align DSS operations with corporate compliance and regulatory standards.
  • Supported cloud migrations (EMR to EKS) and optimized integrations with AWS services (S3, Glue, EMR, EKS, Redshift and Athena) and other applications such as Tableau and SharePoint.
  • Developed and maintained infrastructure automation using CloudFormation, Ansible, and Jenkins to streamline deployment and configuration of DSS environments.
  • Recognized as the primary escalation point for complex Dataiku issues, ensuring quick resolution and user satisfaction.

Analytics Engineer

Cadent LLC
09.2021 - 04.2023
  • Developed and maintained a serverless event-based AWS Architecture (S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Quicksight, EventBridge, ECR, ECS, Step-Functions).
  • Built ETL pipelines in Databricks using Python and PySpark to migrate and transform data from Vertica into AWS S3 for downstream ML and BI applications.
  • Developed and deployed ML models with SageMaker to predict key metrics, integrated with BI dashboards in Quicksight.
  • Created and maintained AWS resources and permissions leveraging Terraform.
  • Developed a cloud SMS text messaging application using Athena, Lambda, SNS, and Pinpoint to deliver key business metrics to senior leadership.
  • Visualized AWS architecture designs using Lucid Chart.
  • Led team trainings on Terraform, Databricks, and AWS.

Data Architecture Analyst

Comcast Corporation
05.2020 - 09.2021
  • Led automation initiatives using Python (boto3), AWS Redshift, EC2, and Apache Airflow to improve efficiency in data delivery.
  • Automated manual data pipelines to accelerate delivery and improve reliability of datasets.

Education

Master of Professional Studies - Technology Management, Information Security

Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
05.2023

Master of Science - Analytics

Villanova University
Villanova, PA
05.2018

Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
08.2014

Skills

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Dataiku Administration & Development
  • Linux Administration
  • MS SQL Server
  • Python
  • SQL
  • R
  • Golang
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Apache Spark
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • DevSecOps
  • LDAP
  • SSO
  • IAM

Certification

  • - Dataiku Generative AI Practitioner (2024)
  • - Dataiku Advanced Designer (2024)
  • - Dataiku Core Designer (2024)
  • - Dataiku ML Practitioner (2024)
  • - Dataiku MLOps Practitioner (2024)
  • - GitLab Certified Security Specialist (2025)
  • - GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate (2025)

Timeline

Analyst, Application Development (Dataiku IT Administrator)

Lincoln Financial Group
05.2023 - Current

Analytics Engineer

Cadent LLC
09.2021 - 04.2023

Data Architecture Analyst

Comcast Corporation
05.2020 - 09.2021

Master of Science - Analytics

Villanova University

Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting

Valdosta State University

Master of Professional Studies - Technology Management, Information Security

Georgetown University

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