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Snowflake Architect @ Squadron Data

I build scalable, secure, and analytics-ready data platforms using Snowflake.

Key Skills:

Snowflake RBAC Row Access Dynamic Masking Azure Entra ID Azure DevOps Fivetran CDC

Current Focus

End-to-end Snowflake implementation, data governance, and automation.

  • Snowflake-Centric Architecture
  • Data Governance
  • Automation

Key Areas of Work

Core Areas:

Data Migration Data Governance CI/CD Pipelines Cost Optimization Data Modeling Platform Monitoring Data Integrity

DevOps & Tooling:

Puppet Bash Python Cron

Background

Master's in Computer Science, specialization in Data Science – University of Missouri – Kansas City

Passionate about building cloud-native, data-driven solutions.

Legacy & Cloud Experience

Cloud Expertise – Snowflake Migration Projects

Current: Securus

  • Migrating justice system data into Snowflake using OpenFlow ETL pipelines.
  • Designing and supporting the Snowflake migration strategy across critical domains.
  • Assisting with the development of secure, governed pipelines using Snowflake-native features for compliance and scalability.
OpenFlow Snowflake ETL Pipelines Data Governance Migration Strategy

Previous: Imperial PFS (via Squadron Data)

  • Snowflake Data Migration & Integration with Power BI, Tableau, and REST APIs
  • RBAC implementation for access control
  • Azure Entra ID integration for SSO
  • CI/CD Pipelines with Azure DevOps
  • CDC implementation via Fivetran from SQL Server
  • Cost optimization dashboard in Snowflake
  • Data Governance with Row Access & Dynamic Masking
  • Monitoring & alerting implementation
Snowflake Power BI Tableau REST APIs RBAC Azure Entra ID CI/CD Azure DevOps Fivetran Cost Monitoring Data Masking

Legacy Hadoop Projects

Commerce Bank:

  • Cloudera Hadoop Admin (Data Engineering)
  • Built open-source Hadoop cluster (focus on HBase)
  • Migrated HBase data from RHEL 7 (CDH) to RHEL 9 (Open Source)
  • System Admin + Python Developer for automation using Bash, Python, and cron
Cloudera CDH HBase Open Source Hadoop Python Bash Automation Cron

Bank of Montreal:

  • Led data migration from HDP to CDP, ensuring compatibility with updated platform features.
  • Used PySpark and Hive queries to extract metadata and table structure, saving schema info to CSVs.
  • Performed distributed copy (DistCp) for moving data to the destination environment.
  • Reconstructed Hive schemas and tables on the CDP cluster before migrating the actual data.
  • Addressed ACID table compatibility issues by redesigning data models to external (non-transactional) tables where internal Hive ACID support was lacking.
HDP CDP PySpark Hive DistCp Schema Migration ACID Modeling

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