Alvaro Parra, Data Engineer and Developer in La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Alvaro Parra

Data Engineer and Developer in La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia

Member since July 16, 2021
Alvaro is a data engineer with over seven years of experience working on ETL pipelines and databases. He is a certified MCSA SQL Database developer with Azure, Databricks, Python, Airflow, and Snowflake expertise. Alvaro has engineered data solutions for banking, credit card, pharmaceutical marketing, and oil companies. His work has significantly increased revenue, cut expenses, and reduced processing times.
Alvaro is now available for hire

Portfolio

  • Precision Drilling - Main
    Python, SQL, ETL, Snowflake, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Apache Kafka...
  • PROS
    Azure, Databricks, Cloud, SSRS Reports, Data Engineering, SQL, Reports, Scala...
  • Banco FIE
    Microsoft Power BI, SQL, Data Engineering, Python, Reports, Data Modeling...

Experience

Location

La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Azure, Azure SQL, Snowflake, Python, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, APIs

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on processes credit and debit card use on a bank's ATMs and enabled the company to gain a competitive advantage.

Employment

  • Python ETL Developer

    2021 - PRESENT
    Precision Drilling - Main
    • Deployed ETL quality check scripts on Python for checking issues with ingested tables for an oil and gas global company.
    • Collaborated with the data engineering team to create data solutions on Azure and Python.
    • Deployed an ETL pipeline on Python and Snowflake for cleaning table records. It affected 1.8% of the records.
    • Deployed solutions with Airflow and Apache Kafka for streaming solutions.
    Technologies: Python, SQL, ETL, Snowflake, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Apache Kafka, Data Warehousing, Azure, Microsoft Excel, APIs, Business Intelligence Consultant, Star Schema
  • Implementation Consultant

    2019 - 2021
    PROS
    • Automated an Azure ELT pipeline for transforming files sent by a customer into XML that could be consumed by the PROS system by using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Scala, and Python.
    • Deployed an Azure ELT pipeline to extract data from Salesforce API and transform it into PROS XML by using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Python.
    • Deployed an Azure and Snowflake solution that extracted processed information from PROS and stored it into a customer’s Snowflake platform.
    • Implemented complex SSRS reports on PROS for multiple customers.
    Technologies: Azure, Databricks, Cloud, SSRS Reports, Data Engineering, SQL, Reports, Scala, Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Data Analytics, Snowflake, ETL, Microsoft Power BI, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, SQL Server BI, Microsoft SQL Server, Python, Data Pipelines, Web Scraping, Databases, Pipelines, Pandas, Apache Spark, Big Data, PySpark, Azure Data Lake, Microsoft Excel, APIs, Business Intelligence Consultant, Star Schema
  • Data Management Analyst

    2016 - 2019
    Banco FIE
    • Automated marketing ETL pipelines by using Python and Microsoft SQL Server and saved 30% of the manual effort.
    • Deployed an ETL pipeline to scrape data from a weather API using Python and join it with data from bank branches to help discover branch transactions relative to weather. The bank saved 12% in operating costs by changing the number of cashiers.
    • Collaborated with consultants to Rabobank (a Dutch bank) in segmentation and high-value customer and mobile app usability projects by creating Python and Microsoft SQL Server ETL pipelines to extract and process customer data.
    • Deployed an ETL pipeline on Python and Microsoft SQL Server that processed debit card information to help discover the bank’s ATM usage and saved 10% on ATM maintenance costs by relocating unused ATMs.
    • Automated data pipelines in Python and SQL to process customers' financial information for selling credit cards, resulting in a 35% increase in credit card sales in the first month.
    Technologies: Microsoft Power BI, SQL, Data Engineering, Python, Reports, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Data Analytics, ETL, Data Marts, Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Analysis, Data Pipelines, Web Scraping, Databases, Pipelines, Pandas, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Excel, APIs, Business Intelligence Consultant, Data Management, Data Analysis Consultant, Star Schema
  • Database Administrator

    2015 - 2016
    Administradora de Tarjetas de Credito ATC
    • Collaborated to develop ETL pipelines on SSIS to help reduce debit and credit card fraud and increased fraudulent debit card detection by 7%.
    • Deployed an ETL using Python for processing monthly debit and credit card information sent to affiliated banks and reduced processing time by 15%.
    • Migrated a 250GB data warehouse, including stored procedures and ETLs, from Oracle to Microsoft SQL Server.
    Technologies: SQL Server BI, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), MySQL, Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL, Data Modeling, Databases, Python, ETL, Data Marts, Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Engineering, Data Pipelines, Data Analytics, Pipelines, Pandas, Microsoft Excel, APIs, Star Schema
  • Business Intelligence Developer

    2014 - 2015
    Grupo Alcos
    • Deployed marketing ETL on SSIS that processes information from OLTP databases to analyze product consumption, resulting in a 15% increase in top product sales.
    • Developed and migrated multiple dashboards from Excel to QlikView and reduced manual effort by 50%.
    • Migrated a 100GB data warehouse including stored procedures and ETLs from Informix to Microsoft SQL Server.
    Technologies: QlikView 11, Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle), MySQL, SQL, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Databases, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Pipelines, ETL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Data Marts, Microsoft SQL Server, Python, Data Analysis, Data Pipelines, Database Migration, QlikView, Dashboards, Microsoft Excel, APIs, Business Intelligence Consultant, Data Management, Data Analysis Consultant, Star Schema

Experience

  • Dashboard for Pharmaceutical Marketing Department

    I collaborated with the marketing team in a pharmaceutical company to extract information and build a dashboard to visualize, analyze, and increase sales.

    PROBLEM
    Employees were trying to process and analyze millions of sales on Excel spreadsheets, which was time-consuming and error-prone. The marketing manager requested a solution that could optimize and improve the process.

    SOLUTION
    We started by designing a data warehouse to extract information from the company's selling system. To store that information, we bought a server and installed a Microsoft SQL Server database. Next, we installed Pentaho Kitchen on another server and developed ETL pipelines to process information.

    Once the design was stable, we began work on the visualization tool. We had QlikView at that time, so that's how we started developing the visualization portion. The new dashboard had a significant impact, as processes that had taken hours were done in a matter of minutes. It allowed us to measure each agency's sales and provide information to improve overall company sales.

  • Airgas | Multiple Reports for PROS

    I assisted in building financial reports for customer consumption. The reports were simple, but most had heavy queries behind them. I solved many issues related to the query logic and built financial reports based on that logic.

  • Union Pacific | Complex SSRS Reports for PROS

    I built complex reports, including one that would be exported from SSRS into Excel to generate multiple Excel spreadsheets. I developed the report structure, created the queries that would extract the data, and collaborated with the customer to follow up and add last-minute updates.

Skills

  • Languages

    SQL, Python, Scala, Snowflake
  • Paradigms

    ETL, Business Intelligence (BI)
  • Storage

    Databases, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Microsoft SQL Server, Data Pipelines, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), MySQL, Database Migration
  • Other

    Data Analysis, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence Consultant, Data Management, Star Schema, Cloud, Data Engineering, Reports, Data Analytics, APIs, Azure Data Lake, Data Analysis Consultant, Azure Data Factory, Data Marts, Data Modeling, Web Scraping, Pipelines, Big Data, Dashboards, Data Visualization, Financial Reporting, Data Queries, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse
  • Libraries/APIs

    Pandas, PySpark
  • Tools

    Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, SQL Server BI, Apache Airflow, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Frameworks

    Apache Spark
  • Platforms

    Databricks, Azure, QlikView, Apache Kafka

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
    2008 - 2013
    Universidad Mayor de San Andrés - La Paz, Bolivia

Certifications

  • Azure Data Engineer Associate
    MAY 2022 - PRESENT
    Microsoft
  • DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
    SEPTEMBER 2021 - PRESENT
    Microsoft
  • MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
    NOVEMBER 2019 - PRESENT
    Microsoft

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