Ashkan Zadeh-Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist
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Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist
Vattenfall Europe
- Advising on the use of analytics and BI tools and services in the Microsoft Azure stack (e.g. MS Fabric, Synapse Workspaces and dedicated SQL pools, SQL Database, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Databricks, Data Factory, SSIS, Analysis Services, Function Apps, Power BI, ML)
- Independently designing analytics solutions with Python, SQL, etc.
- Designing and implementing ETLs and data pipelines
- Creating and maintaining APIs
- Independently applying CI/CD, testing, and version control
- Data modeling
- Model development and optimization
- Anomaly detection with AI
- Predictive analytics
Used technologies:
- Snowflake
- Fabric
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- Azure DataFactory
- Azure Data Lake
- Azure DevOps
- Databricks
- Spark
- CI/CD
- SQL Database
- Python
- Power Platform
Senior Data Engineer and Data Governance Manager
Federal Statistical Office
- Project conception
- Designing a big data architecture for processing very large data volumes
- Designing and implementing ETLs and data pipelines
- Data governance in the CDP
- Data classification and cataloging (e.g. PII detection)
- Metadata management and data inventory
- Access controls and permission management (access management)
- Supporting the department in planning and executing new projects
- Onboarding and training department staff for the Cloudera Data Platform
- Developing automated reporting
Used technologies:
- Cloudera
- Spark
- Kafka
- NiFi
- Ranger
- Atlas
- Python
- SQL
- Azure
- Airflow
- CI/CD
- Power BI
- AWS
Other Senior Data Engineer & Data Governance Manager
Federal Statistical Office
- Data governance in the CDP
- Data classification and cataloging (e.g. PII detection)
- Metadata management and data inventory
- Access controls and permission management (access management)
- Ensuring GDPR and data privacy compliance
- Monitoring data quality and data integrity
- Conducting audits and lifecycle management (archiving/deletion)
- Planning, organizing, and executing the project
- Integrating data from HTTP clients, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure Data Lake Gen2 with Azure Data Factory
- Branching and chaining activities in Azure Data Factory pipelines using control flow activities
- Implementing data pipelines to extract data from various sources
- Transforming data with ADF
- Designing and implementing ETLs and data pipelines
Used technologies:
- Cloudera
- Hadoop
- Spark
- Airflow
- Hive
- Kafka
- NiFi
- Python
- Azure
- CI/CD
- Power BI
- AWS
Senior IoT & Data Engineer
Goethe University Frankfurt & Wölfel GmbH, Volta GmbH
- Designing an architecture for automatic data collection and processing
- Project coordination & monitoring
- Developing cloud-based data engineering and IoT solutions for real-time data
- Creating Stream Analytics jobs for real-time processing and analysis of data from IoT devices
- Designing and developing ETL pipelines
- Implementing producers and consumers to send and receive data events
- Automated event classification with AI
- Developing forecasting data
- Independently applying CI/CD, testing, and version control
Used technologies:
- Azure
- Azure IoT Hub
- Azure Event Hub
- Azure Synapse
- Azure Stream Analytics
- Spark
- Python
- SQL/NoSQL
- Power BI
- scikit-learn
- TensorFlow
- Optuna
Data Engineer
Trumpf SE & Co KG
- Building an architecture with Databricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake for SAP data
- Integrating data quality rules into Delta Lake via Blob Storage with PySpark
- Developing PySpark scripts in Databricks notebooks to validate SAP data
- Implementing data quality rules with PySpark and Delta Lake
- Troubleshooting data flows using Databricks tools and Spark logs
- Creating Databricks workflows for automated data quality checks
- Monitoring data quality pipelines with notifications in Databricks
- Producing data quality reports with Databricks SQL and Power BI
- Ensuring SAP data quality with Delta Lake and governance reports
Used technologies:
- Snowflake
- Azure
- Databricks
- PySpark
- Delta Lake
- Blob Storage
- Power BI
- CI/CD
- DevOps
Data Scientist
GMT Ltd.
- Design and implementation of advanced deep learning models for automated detection and classification of breast cancer in radiological image data
- Conducting feature extraction to identify relevant image features using convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
- Optimizing model performance by fine-tuning the loss function and hyperparameter tuning with Optuna
Used technologies:
- Python
- TensorFlow
- PyTorch
- CNN architectures
- Optuna
Tutor
Goethe University Frankfurt
- Introduction to machine learning
- Computer-based signal processing
- Mechanics and thermodynamics
- Nuclear astrophysics
- Research and lab practicum
IT Administrator
St. Hippolyt - Mühle Ebert GmbH
- IT administration tasks
- Monitoring of bottling systems
Industry experience
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Experienced in Education, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Energy, Government and Administration, and Information Technology.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Research and Development, Production, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.
Summary
- PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt, Physics Institute, research group "Terahertz Photonics".
- Research focus: data and signal processing and machine learning.
Skills
Microsoft Azure
- Fabric
- Data Factory
- Synapse Analytics
- Blob Storage
- Event Hub
- Cosmosdb
- Iot Hub
- Stream Analytics
- Hdinsights
- Data Lake Gen2
- Sql Database
- Devops
- Power Bi
- Power Platform
Databricks
- Pyspark
- Scala
Snowflake
AWS
- Lambda
- Kinesis
- Cloudwatch
- S3
- Redshift
- Dynamodb
- Athena
- Sns
- Sqs
- Glue
- Data Pipeline
- Emr
- Rds
- Python
Other
- Spark
- Airflow
- Kafka
- Sql
- Nosql
- Matlab
Languages
Education
Goethe University Frankfurt
PhD · Numerical and Experimental Studies on the Classification of Airborne Objects near Wind Turbines · Frankfurt, Germany
Goethe University Frankfurt
M.Sc. · Physics · Frankfurt, Germany
Goethe University Frankfurt
B.Sc. · Physics · Frankfurt, Germany
Certifications & licenses
CDMP Practitioner (Certified Data Management Professional)
CDP Data Governance with SDX
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
Databricks
Snowpro Advanced: Data Engineer
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Ashkan is based in Kelkheim (Taunus), Germany.
Ashkan speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Ashkan has at least 12 years of experience. During this time, Ashkan has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Ashkan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Ashkan would be well-suited for roles such as: Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist, Senior Data Engineer and Data Governance Manager, Other Senior Data Engineer & Data Governance Manager.
Ashkan's most recent position is Microsoft Azure Senior Data Engineer / Senior Data Scientist at Vattenfall Europe.
In recent years, Ashkan has worked for Vattenfall Europe and Federal Statistical Office.
Ashkan is most experienced in industries like Education, Manufacturing, and Agriculture. Ashkan also has some experience in Energy, Government and Administration, and Healthcare.
Ashkan is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Research and Development. Ashkan also has some experience in Production, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.
Ashkan has recently worked in industries like Energy and Government and Administration.
Ashkan has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Project Management.
Ashkan holds a Doctorate in Numerical and Experimental Studies on the Classification of Airborne Objects near Wind Turbines from Goethe University Frankfurt, a Master in Physics from Goethe University Frankfurt and a Bachelor in Physics from Goethe University Frankfurt.
Ashkan has 5 certificates. Among them, these include: CDMP Practitioner (Certified Data Management Professional), CDP Data Governance with SDX, and Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate.
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