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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Hobbies
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STEVEN WALKER

STEVEN WALKER

Hochstrasse 158, Pfäffikon ZH

Summary

Immediately after starting my first job, I noticed my love for data and what can be achieved with it. I manifested this passion with my MSc in Data Science and a extensive trainee program at Trivadis (now Accenture). At Trivadis I was able to advance my skills and knowledge in Big Data, Data Platforms and Data Engineering in client and internal projects,. My focal points Azure, Databricks, Spark, DWH and Machine Learning now expand my background in engineering, data analytics and project management.


I practice empathetic collaboration in the teams I contribute to and aim to bring both them and the organizations I work with, closer towards their goals. This, while developing personally, learning continuously and enhancing my performance.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Platform Engineer

Large suisse insurance company (Accenture project)
09.2022 - 12.2022

Client project with leading swiss insurance company:

  • Assisted in defining MLOPS Processes and best practices, including all stakeholders.
  • Worked closely with internal teams, staff and other stakeholders to determine implementation CI/CD of ML projects using GitLab CI pipelines and Azure Data Science Workplace.
  • Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.
  • Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions, and collaborate with developers on solution implementation.
  • Maintained renovate pipelines for Python package life-cycle management.

Cloud Platform Engineer

Tech company (Accenture project)
02.2022 - 05.2022
  • Building advanced ETL pipeline for demo purpose, End-to-End utilizing Azure Databricks, Data Lake, Synapse, Power BI.
  • Building advanced structured streaming pipeline for demo purpose (Schema evolution,
    Autoloader, join with static delta table, etc.).

BI & Data Engineering Internship

Trivadis
09.2021 - 06.2022

Work done in projects and trainings:

  • Built RDBMS DWH's in Azure Synapse and Azure Data Factory.
  • Built DWH's including ETL pipelines in Databricks with PySpark and SQL.
  • Developed visualizations to share results of data analyses in Power BI, including DAX.
  • Developed On-Prem ETL pipelines in SSIS and SSMS.
  • Compiled, cleaned and manipulated data for proper handling.

Data Analyst Consultant

Pom+Consulting AG
09.2016 - 07.2021
  • Created various Excel documents to assist with pulling metrics data and presenting information to stakeholders for concise explanations of best placement for needed resources.
  • In depth data analytics on financial and facility data for large real estate portfolio management companies.
  • Trained employees on software to improve data management, monitored use and suggested improvements.

Federal Diploma Electrical Engineer

Keller AG
07.2007 - 07.2011

Education

Master of Science - Data Science

ZHAW
Zürich
07.2021

Master of Science - Data Science

ZHAW
Zürich
07.2021

Federal Diploma - Electrical Engineering

BZU
Uster
2011

Skills

  • Certified Databricks Solution Architect (Apache Spark, Processing Batch and Streaming, Pipelines, Parquet and Delta Lake)
  • Data Science and Machine Learning
  • Azure Cloud Platforms, Synapse, Databricks, DSW, Data Lake, Lakehouse
  • Data Warehouse, RDBMS, ETL, (MS SQL Server, Synapse, Databricks)
  • Python, SQL, Spark
  • DevOps, MLOps
  • Analytics in Power BI, building interactive Dashboards
  • Agile SCRUM

Accomplishments

  • Military training mechanics on air defence systems, later NAZ, Lyss/Zürich/Bern 2011–2022
  • Former Scout Lead, J+S Certification II (Camp coordination and management)
  • Rugby Coaching Courses in Magglingen

Certification

  • Databricks Solution Architect Essentials
  • Azure Data Scientist Associate
  • Power BI Data Analyst Associate
  • Azure Fundamentals
  • Azure Data Fundamentals
  • Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
  • Professional Scrum Product Owner I (PSPO I)

Hobbies

  • Rugby Club Winterthur, Liga B, since 2009
  • Kitesurfing around the world
  • Coding
  • History books, favourite author: Juval N. Harari
  • Family and Friends

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Cloud Platform Engineer

Large suisse insurance company (Accenture project)
09.2022 - 12.2022

Cloud Platform Engineer

Tech company (Accenture project)
02.2022 - 05.2022

BI & Data Engineering Internship

Trivadis
09.2021 - 06.2022

Data Analyst Consultant

Pom+Consulting AG
09.2016 - 07.2021

Federal Diploma Electrical Engineer

Keller AG
07.2007 - 07.2011

Master of Science - Data Science

ZHAW

Master of Science - Data Science

ZHAW

Federal Diploma - Electrical Engineering

BZU
STEVEN WALKER