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Dmitry Kozlov, Big Data Architect and Developer in Toronto, ON, Canada
Dmitry Kozlov

Big Data Architect and Developer in Toronto, ON, Canada

Member since February 24, 2021
Dmitry is a senior big data architect with 16+ years of experience in data warehousing, BI, ETL, analytics, and the cloud. He's led teams in the delivery of 24 projects in the industries of finance, insurance, telecommunications, government, education, mining, manufacturing, and retail. Dmitry thrives in high-paced environments, has demonstrated the ability to lead effectively, manage, and support teams, and has consulted on several projects as a BI, data warehouse, and big data expert.
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Portfolio

  • Bentkey Services, LLC
    SQL, Data Analysis, Statistics, Snowflake, Event-driven Architecture, Domo...
  • Vivid Machines Inc.
    SQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Pipelines, Data Engineering, Python, ETL...
  • SIG - Main
    SQL, Oracle, Oracle PL/SQL, Python, Hadoop, Spark SQL, ETL, PL/SQL...

Experience

Location

Toronto, ON, Canada

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

SQL, ETL, Data Architecture, Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing, Tableau, Team Leadership, Snowflake, Data Analysis

The most amazing...

...and challenging project I've done was building an ETL framework for a small startup that was crucial to the company's growth.

Employment

  • Data Analyst Engineer for News Media Company

    2022 - 2022
    Bentkey Services, LLC
    • Performed statistical analysis for Recurly subscription data integrated with Snowflake data warehouse.
    • Provided a marketing budget channel attribution analysis on Facebook and YouTube.
    • Developed video playback metadata analysis and a campaign effectiveness analysis.
    Technologies: SQL, Data Analysis, Statistics, Snowflake, Event-driven Architecture, Domo, Recurly, Business Analysis, Data Analytics

  • Cloud Data Engineer

    2022 - 2022
    Vivid Machines Inc.
    • Developed complex Tableau dashboards for apple growers.
    • Designed a data model for a machine learning output.
    • Automated ETL pipelines to support the dashboards.
    Technologies: SQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Pipelines, Data Engineering, Python, ETL, Data Warehousing, Data Architecture, Data Lakes, Databases, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, APIs, Tableau, PostgreSQL, Event-driven Architecture, Data Visualization

  • Senior Data Engineer

    2022 - 2022
    SIG - Main
    • Created a tool to integrate data from Hadoop data and Oracle data marts.
    • Helped business users create custom requests from two sources.
    • Provided training to business users on how to use a new tool.
    Technologies: SQL, Oracle, Oracle PL/SQL, Python, Hadoop, Spark SQL, ETL, PL/SQL, Data Warehousing, Big Data, Apache Hive, Data Pipelines

  • Senior Data Architect

    2021 - 2022
    Canadian Apartment Properties REIT
    • Supported the enterprise architecture team on their strategy initiative phase two.
    • Designed a data model for several subject areas and created logical and physical data models.
    • Integrated several data sources into a corporate data lake.
    Technologies: Azure, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, Data Lakes, Data Marts, Kimball Methodology, Data Modeling, Microsoft Power BI, Data Analysis

  • Data and ETL Architect

    2021 - 2021
    Haus
    • Created an operations tracking data mart on Snowflake. Collected events from a website.
    • Created a marketing data mart to track social media spending and channel attribution.
    • Developed a Tableau dashboard for management and operations.
    Technologies: Snowflake, Tableau, Amazon DynamoDB, Stitch Data, Event-driven Architecture, Data Analysis, Data Analytics

  • Data and ETL Architect

    2021 - 2021
    Standard Normal
    • Designed a data model for energy trading across five major markets.
    • Migrated legacy data from an old database to a new database.
    • Developed ETL pipelines to load trading data from source systems and provided tools for risk assessment and analytics.
    Technologies: Google BigQuery, Google Cloud SQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Data Architecture, ETL, Kimball Methodology, Data Analytics, Data Pipelines

  • Data and ETL Architect

    2016 - 2021
    Daisy Intelligence
    • Developed a fully functional ETL framework that ten developers used.
    • Designed the corporate data architecture for companies in the retail and insurance domains.
    • Led a team in onboarding 17 retail and five insurance data warehouses for clients.
    • Designed a set of Tableau dashboards to monitor the ETL framework.
    • Developed an extensive ETL package and implemented performance tuning.
    • Led the prototype development for migrating an on-premise solution to Google Cloud.
    Technologies: SQL, Apache Hive, Hadoop, IBM Db2, ETL, Big Data, Data Warehouse Design, Data Warehousing, Tableau, PL/SQL, SQL Stored Procedures, Data Architecture, Databases, PostgreSQL, Data Modeling, Spark SQL, Kimball Methodology, Team Leadership, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Analytics, Data Pipelines, Google BigQuery

  • BI and Data Architect

    2014 - 2016
    Bayer Canada
    • Designed numerous data marts for Tableau dashboards for executives, account managers, and sales reps.
    • Led a team of onshore and offshore ETL and BI developers.
    • Addressed database and dashboard performance issues.
    Technologies: Tableau, Oracle, PL/SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, ETL, Business Intelligence (BI), PostgreSQL, Databases, Team Leadership, Data Analysis, Data Visualization

  • Senior FATCA Data Architect

    2014 - 2016
    TD Bank Group
    • Designed, from end to end, a solution for different source systems.
    • Implemented comprehensive data modeling for a data warehouse and data marts.
    • Served as the go-to performance tuning guy and optimized complex queries and stored procedures.
    • Reviewed the data architecture, architectural blueprint, and business requirement documents.
    Technologies: Oracle 12c, PL/SQL, Erwin, Business Analysis, Solution Design, Data Architecture, Data Pipelines, Google Cloud

  • BI Architect

    2014 - 2015
    Innovapost
    • Created BI semantic layer, metadata, and report definitions for RDP and BOBJ universes.
    • Implemented extensive performance tuning of Oracle data mart queries.
    • Transformed a local MS Access solution for unaddressed emails to enterprise architecture based on Oracle and the BusinessObjects server.
    Technologies: Business Intelligence (BI), SAP BusinessObjects (BO), Tableau, SQL, erwin Data Modeler, Oracle, Data Marts, Kimball Methodology, Data Analysis, Data Visualization

  • Senior Data Architect

    2012 - 2014
    Intact Financial
    • Designed all layers in an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) to acquire a data feed from Guidewire ClaimCenter.
    • Ideated and designed all layers in the enterprise data warehouse (EDW) to acquire a data feed from Detica NetReveal.
    • Participated in a data warehouse enhancement initiative that replaced multiple data hubs with a data vault.
    Technologies: Oracle, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Erwin, Data Architecture, Data Vaults, Sybase PowerDesigner, Informatica ETL, ETL, Business Analysis, Kimball Methodology

  • Senior Data Warehouse and BI Solution Designer

    2011 - 2013
    Rogers Communications
    • Took the business/data requirements from the business/data analysts and translated these requirements into information delivery logical designs and technical specifications that the BI designers/developers needed.
    • Led the strategy, design, and implementation of solutions in the area of business intelligence and data warehousing.
    • Designed project-based data models and added them to BI tools.
    Technologies: Oracle, Teradata, Oracle PL/SQL, MicroStrategy, erwin Data Modeler, SQL Stored Procedures

  • Senior ETL Develper

    2008 - 2010
    Bristol West
    • Performed a comprehensive data warehouse assessment.
    • Designed logical and physical data models for enterprise data warehouses (EDW) and numerous data marts.
    • Developed complex mappings and performed extensive SQL tuning and optimization on queries and PL/SQL stored procedures.
    • Led and mentored a team and created and utilized best practices documents to elicit the best team performance.
    Technologies: Oracle, Data Architecture, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB), Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), erwin Data Modeler, Kimball Methodology, Data Pipelines

  • Senior Data Warehouse Architect

    2008 - 2008
    Vale Canada
    • Reviewed the existing Vale Canada data warehouse process documentation, development methodologies, data models, and ETL.
    • Conducted interviews with the Vale Canada technical staff to understand current data warehouse capabilities and collect future methodology and architecture requirements.
    • Participated in workshops to gather information about current data warehouse capabilities, future methodology, and architecture requirements and validate project findings and recommendations.
    • Assisted the project manager by making recommendations for methodology, architecture, and other improvements required to close internal audit recommendations.
    Technologies: erwin Data Modeler, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visio, Data Warehouse Design, Data Warehousing

  • Senior ETL Develper

    2006 - 2008
    Colleges
    • Led a team of ETL developers in the development of an increment 1 data warehouse. Scheduled, assigned, managed, and tracked their work, coordinating resources and task dependencies. Set the technical direction for team members.
    • Managed the development, quality assurance, deployment, and initial and daily load processes.
    • Developed complex mappings and performed extensive SQL tuning and optimization on queries and PL/SQL stored procedures.
    • Performed business analysis, designed data warehouse, and created mapping specifications.
    Technologies: Data Warehouse Design, Data Warehousing, ETL, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB), Oracle Designer, Data Architecture, SQL Stored Procedures

  • Senior Business Analyst

    2006 - 2006
    Brit
    • Designed overall solution requirements for claims and Aggregate Exposures subject areas as part of the overall BI project.
    • Gathered requirements through documentation and customer interviews and analyzed source system data.
    • Performed a logical and physical design for the data model for the data warehouse and the data marts.
    • Created numerous mapping specifications for ETL processes and composed report specifications.
    Technologies: Business Analysis, SQL, erwin Data Modeler, Data Architecture, ETL Specification

  • Senior ETL Developer

    2005 - 2006
    TELUS
    • Led a team of ETL developers in a project-based camp. Scheduled, assigned, managed, and tracked work. Coordinated resources and task dependencies that set the technical direction for team members.
    • Collaborated with a BI team and an architect to develop high-level process designs and entity models and provided training for the support team.
    • Designed the ETL solution architecture and data architecture.
    • Developed complex mappings and performed extensive SQL tuning and optimization on queries and PL/SQL stored procedures.
    Technologies: SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, erwin Data Modeler, Data Architecture, ETL, Unix Shell Scripting, Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB)

  • Senior ETL Developer

    2005 - 2005
    CIBC
    • Developed and documented numerous extract, transform, and load PL/SQL packages for different data feeds for the Basel II project, a wholesale credit data warehouse.
    • Performed extensive SQL tuning and optimization on queries and PL/SQL stored procedures.
    • Collaborated with other team members and managed other subject areas.
    Technologies: SQL, Oracle, Oracle PL/SQL, Stored Procedure, ETL, Data Warehousing, Data Warehouse Design

  • Senior ETL Developer

    2004 - 2004
    Dynamic Funds
    • Developed ETL (extract, transform, load) routines for several data marts.
    • Consulted with a team of developers regarding the development of supporting Oracle tables, indexes, views, triggers, packages, procedures, in-line functions, and SQL queries.
    • Performed extensive SQL tuning and optimization on views, queries, and PL/SQL stored procedures.
    Technologies: SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle, ETL, SQL Stored Procedures, Unix Shell Scripting, Data Warehouse Design, Data Warehousing

  • Senior Data Application Developer

    2000 - 2004
    PdMAIN
    • Led and trained a team of developers, solution analysts, and support specialists for the new edition of the sequencing process for numerous implementations on different sites of TDS Automotive.
    • Created numerous PL/SQL stored program units (packages, procedures, functions, and triggers) and Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports for different modules of the PdMAIN’s ERP system.
    • Developed the complete OLTP data architecture's logical and physical design.
    Technologies: SQL, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Oracle PL/SQL, Oracle, Stored Procedure, erwin Data Modeler, Data Architecture, Oracle Forms & Reports

Experience

  • ETL Framework

    One of my most challenging but successful projects was with a small startup with ambitious goals but not the ETL tool budget.

    The startup's prototype solution stored procedures on IBM Db2. Their data intake was about to grow exponentially. Therefore, they had decided to migrate to a Hive/Hadoop cluster.

    To satisfy their evolving needs and utilize their development team skillset, I designed and developed an end-to-end ETL framework that ran stored procedures like ETL processes in a Hive/Hadoop environment, kept all metadata on a Db2 server, and had Tableau dashboards for operational support.

    This framework was able to serve a team of up to ten developers and three support operators. We used it for ETL development for 17 retail and five insurance data warehouses. Later on, we migrated it to a GCP cloud.

    The ETL framework was crucial for the company's growth, allowing it to expand development and support operations for at least five years.

  • Senior Data Architect

    I designed a distributed data model for energy trading data. I then migrated data from the legacy system to Postgres and BigQuery. I also expanded the new architecture to new trading markets and designed ETL pipelines.

  • Senior Tableau Designer

    I designed advanced visualizations for an innovative, cutting-edge vision technology that helps fruit growers produce more food on existing acreage. The visualizations presented ML results together with accurate data in a near real-time mode.

Skills

  • Languages

    SQL, Stored Procedure, Snowflake, Python

  • Frameworks

    Hadoop

  • Tools

    Tableau, Erwin, Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB), Sybase PowerDesigner, Informatica ETL, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Designer, Stitch Data, Spark SQL, Domo, Recurly

  • Paradigms

    ETL, Business Intelligence (BI), Kimball Methodology, Event-driven Architecture

  • Platforms

    Oracle, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

  • Storage

    PL/SQL, Apache Hive, IBM Db2, SQL Stored Procedures, Oracle 12c, Oracle PL/SQL, PostgreSQL, Databases, Data Pipelines, Microsoft SQL Server, Teradata, Google Cloud, Google Cloud SQL, Amazon DynamoDB, Data Lakes, Azure SQL

  • Other

    Data Architecture, Big Data, Data Warehousing, erwin Data Modeler, Team Leadership, Business Analysis, Solution Design, Data Marts, ETL Specification, Data Warehouse Design, Google BigQuery, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Visualization, Data Modeling, Data Analysis, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, SAP BusinessObjects (BO), Data Vaults, Unix Shell Scripting, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Oracle Forms & Reports, MicroStrategy, APIs, Azure Data Factory, Data Migration

Education

  • Master's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
    1990 - 1996
    Dnipro National University - Dnipro, Ukraine

Certifications

  • Oracle Certified Professional
    JULY 2005 - PRESENT
    Oracle

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