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As a Senior Data Engineer at Everwatch, I am responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of the enterprise data platform used by DoD and other federal agencies to analyze and monitor the Thunderdome Zero-trust environment. I utilize databricks and spark to build and maintain reliable ETL pipelines.

As Principal Data Engineer at Blue Voyant Government Solutions, I continue to drive innovation and excellence in data infrastructure. In this position, I lead a team of talented technical staff, while also automating ETL jobs and building our core enterprise data.Contributions:- Streamline and automate Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes to handle vast amounts of source data efficiently, reducing manual intervention and improving data accuracy.- Participate in the recruitment and hiring process to build a skilled team of data engineers and technical experts. - Orchestrate the expansion of our foundational technology, enabling the integration of a wide range of source data. Implemented robust data reconciliation processes to maintain data integrity.- Led the effort to implement ScrumBan project management practices on the tech team. Collaborated with industry experts to develop our Scrum playbook, optimizing project delivery and enhancing team agility.- Took an active role in exploring and integrating cutting-edge data science technologies to enhance our enterprise system's capabilities. Leveraged advanced techniques to extract meaningful insights from complex data sets.

As the first Data Engineer at 202 Group, I had the opportunity to lead the development of data infrastructure from the ground up for our DoD supply chain risk management service and client facing application.Contributions:- Led the design and implementation of end-to-end data pipelines, data lakes, and databases to support analytics and power our application.- Leveraged Python and SQL to perform data processing and manipulation, ensuring data quality, integrity, and accuracy.- Utilized AWS cloud services, Databricks, Redshift, and PostgreSQL to build scalable and efficient data storage solutions.- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, and application developers, to understand data requirements and drive data-driven solutions.- Ensured data protection and compliance with industry and government regulations

Tesseract Air Force Reserve (Traditional Reservist) Team Member- Develop and integrate Airmen driven data solutions to improve processes in the Air Force Maintenance and Logistics community.- Develop business case analystics for innovative projects as designated by the VCSAF- Support development of A4 focused data visualizations within the Basing and Logistics Analytics Data Environment (BLADE)- Utilized databricks to build efficient and reliable data pipelines from DoD datalakes utilizing spark, pyspark, and other pyton and SQL libraries. - Leverage and grow partnerships of Tesseract and the Air Force Reserves diverse civilian skillsets

- Managed Munitions Production, Inspection, and material activities.- Analyzed mission effectiveness, program requirements, and stock control levels by validating mission requirements.

- Perform quality verification on USAF weapon build up, transportation, accountability, and safety to ensure compliance with established USAF regulations. - Report findings to base commanders and document inspections thoroughly in USAF information systems to communicate trends, pass/fail rates, and training opportunities for munitions activities.

- Designed and implemented automated data processing workflows using R, which significantly streamlined the collection and consolidation of multiple reports from various DoD systems. This automation eliminated errors and reduced manual efforts, resulting in more reliable data.- Developed and deployed interactive dashboards and data visualizations for USAF aircraft readiness metrics. These visually appealing and informative dashboards were utilized by executive-level Air Force stakeholders to make critical decisions.- Enabled analysts to focus on strategic tasks by automating complex Excel transformations and report generation. By eliminating manual data manipulation, I increased the team's efficiency and freed up valuable time for more in-depth analysis.

- Leading effort to build more networking opportunities for student veterans by coordinating with companies to hold veteran specific events and host workshops to improve resumes and interview skills. - Created Student-Veteran Career fair. Secured over 20 employers, negotiated vendor contracts, attracted over 100 UA Veterans and implemented a sustainable plan to hold the fair twice per year.

- Conducted analysis on volume, trends, and root cause of client complaints to Global Business Solutions Merchant Services.- Created products and presented monthly and quarterly impact reports. Developed tools to measure call center agents scores on post-call surveys. - Performed statistical analysis on call volume and complaint to identify statistically significant variables to forecast the volume and type of complaint to call center. - Performed in depth analysis on root cause of client chargebacks.

- Inspected, built, and certified weapons for use by Air Force personnel and aircraft. - Responsible for running reports, scheduling, training, and administration in SharePoint for Munitions related activities.- Supervised a team of 7 personnel in the receipt, shipment, inspection, inventory, and maintenance of assigned munitions items. - Validated, submitted and monitored munitions requisitions and shipments to ensure asset availability to meet mission requirements.

- Led effort to clear a six-month backlog of outbound munitions shipments requiring the inspection and movement of $9.9 million in assets out of country.

- Ensured accurate weekly scheduling updates and provided vital information utilized to coordinate future tasks.- Conducted Reconciliation on Air Force inventory databases finding 13 critical errors and accounting for 688 munitions assets- Diagnosed 9 critical flaws implementing new cloud based Inventory systems. Consulted with Information Technology teams to correct problems with database.