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Yuriy Margulis, Big Data Developer in Los Angeles, CA, United States
Yuriy Margulis

Big Data Developer in Los Angeles, CA, United States

Member since June 18, 2020
Yuriy is a data specialist with over 15 years of experience in data warehousing, data engineering, feature engineering, big data, ETL/ELT, and business intelligence. As a big data architect and engineer, Yuriy specializes in AWS and Azure frameworks, Spark/PySpark, Databricks, Hive, Redshift, Snowflake, relational databases, tools like Fivetran, Airflow, DBT, Presto/Athena, and data DevOps frameworks and toolsets.
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Portfolio

  • Paramount
    Spark, PySpark, Scala, Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, SQL...
  • Maisonette (via Toptal)
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fivetran, Looker, Python, Apache Airflow...
  • Crowd Consulting
    Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Warehousing, Data Warehouse Design...

Experience

Location

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Snowflake, Spark

The most amazing...

...project I've grown was a PriceGrabber data warehouse from five to 17 subjects through many platform changes. I wrote multiple lines of SQL and other scripting c

Employment

  • Senior Manager Data Engineering

    2020 - PRESENT
    Paramount
    • Built a revenue data mart and added a server-side subject area to the data lake.
    • Managed a team and oversaw ETL monitoring, optimization, and performance tuning.
    • Represented the data engineering team in the company's architecture guild activities.
    Technologies: Spark, PySpark, Scala, Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, SQL, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Athena, Data Build Tool (dbt), Google BigQuery

  • Data Engineer

    2020 - PRESENT
    Maisonette (via Toptal)
    • Built a data platform and data lake.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fivetran, Looker, Python, Apache Airflow, Snowflake, PostgreSQL

  • Consultant | Co-founder | CEO

    2016 - PRESENT
    Crowd Consulting
    • Worked on full data warehouse implementations for multiple clients.
    • Provided big data training and support.
    • Engineered and built an ETL pipeline for AWS S3 data warehouse using AWS Kinesis, Lambda, Hive, Presto, and Spark. The pipeline was written in Python.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Warehousing, Data Warehouse Design, Amazon Athena, Tableau, Luigi, Scala, Python, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon DynamoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift, AWS Lambda, Apache Hive, Databricks, Spark, Hadoop, AWS EMR

  • Data Engineering Architect

    2020 - 2020
    CVS Health (via Toptal)
    • ETL and feature engineering - personalization engine.
    Technologies: RAPIDS, Scala, Python, Spark, Databricks, Azure

  • Data Engineer

    2019 - 2020
    Teespring (via Toptal)
    • Migrated a data warehouse ETL pipeline from Airflow/Redshift to Fivetran, Databricks, and Snowflake.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), APIs, Redshift, Apache Airflow, Python, Spark, Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran

  • Data Engineer

    2018 - 2019
    BCG GAMMA (via Toptal, Three Contracts)
    • Provided engineering support for data scientists.
    • Designed and built a featured engineering data mart and customer 360° data lake in AWS S3.
    • Designed and developed a dynamic S3-to-S3 ETL system in Spark and Hive.
    • Completed various DevOps tasks included an Airflow installation, development of Ansible playbooks, and history backloads.
    • Worked on a feature engineering project which involved Hortonworks, Spark, Python, Hive, and Airflow.
    • Built a one-on-one marketing feature engineering pipeline in PySpark on Microsoft Azure and Databricks (used ADF, ADL, Databricks Delta Lake, and ADW as a source).
    Technologies: Ansible, Boto 3, Apache Airflow, PostgreSQL, Relational Database Services (RDS), AWS Glue, Amazon Athena, Presto DB, Apache Hive, Spark, Python

  • Vice President, Data

    2017 - 2018
    Enervee
    • Managed the data engineering, BI reporting, and data science teams.
    • Worked as a hands-on data engineer.
    • Built a data lake on AWS.
    • Developed a reporting system with Redash/Presto.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redash, Apache Airflow, Python, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Apache Hive, Presto DB, Spark, AWS EMR, Hadoop

  • Big Data Architect

    2016 - 2017
    ITG
    • Worked in a full-time position, as a data architect for a transaction cost analysis system.
    • Installed a four-node Apache Hadoop/Spark cluster on ITG's private cloud.
    • Conducted platform POC embedding Apache Spark technology into ITG's data platform.
    • Supported the development of a platform POC for Kx Kdb+; also converted Sybase IQ queries to Kdb+ Q language.
    Technologies: Q, Kdb+, Informatica, Sybase, Python, Spark, Apache Hive, Hadoop

  • Data Engineer

    2016 - 2017
    American Taekwondo Association (via Toptal)
    • Converted data from a legacy Oracle database to a newly designed SQL Server database.
    • Wrote SQL scripts, stored procedures, kettle transformations.
    • Administered two databases.
    • Performed extensive data cleansing and validation.
    Technologies: Pentaho, Oracle, SQL

  • Director, Data Warehouse

    2015 - 2016
    Connexity
    • Managed two data warehouses and BI teams for both PriceGrabber and Shopzilla. Connexity is also known as PriceGrabber, Shopzilla, and BizRate.
    • Handled operational support for the PriceGrabber data warehouse. Recovered data warehouse after the data center migration.
    • Merged one data warehouse into another and retired one of them. Hands-on designed business and data integration architecture; developed data validation scripts and ETL integration code. Managed the transfer of a BI reporting system from Cognos to OBIEE and Tableau.
    • Defined the technology platform change strategy for the combined data warehouse.
    • Created SQL: PL SQL stored procedures, packages, and anonymous scripts for ETL and data validation.
    • Completed an Amazon Redshift project.
    • Worked on and completed a Cloudera Impala project.
    Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux, Python, Perl, Tableau, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g (OBIEE), Cognos 10, Impala, Hadoop, Redshift, PL/SQL, Oracle

  • Director, Data Warehouse

    2008 - 2015
    PriceGrabber
    • Oversaw the company's data services, defined the overall and technical strategy for data warehousing, business intelligence, and big data environments.
    • Hired and managed a mixed on-shore (US)/off-shore (India) engineering team.
    • Replatformed a data warehouse to Oracle Exadata X3/Oracle ZFS combination, added big data and machine learning components to the data warehousing environment.
    • Supported 24x7x365 operations in compliance with the company's top-level production SLA.
    • Wrote thousands of lines of PL/SQL, PL/pgSQL, MySQL, and HiveQL code.
    • Wrote ETL scripting in Perl, Python, and JavaScript internally in Kettle.
    • Worked with big data on multiple types of projects (Hadoop, Pig, Hive, and Mahaut).
    • Developed a tool-based ETL for a Pentaho (Kettle) CE ETL redesign project.
    • Worked on machine learning for various types of projects (Python, SciPy, NumPy, and Pandas).
    Technologies: Pentaho, Linux, Python, Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Hive, Apache Pig, Hadoop, Oracle

  • Director, Data Warehouse

    2007 - 2008
    Edmunds
    • Managed a data warehouse team and project pipeline; supported operations.
    • Created PL/SQL stored procedures, packages, and anonymous scripts for ETL and data validation.
    • Worked on a tool-based ETL for multiple Informatica projects.
    Technologies: Linux, Perl, Informatica, Oracle

  • Manager, Data Warehouse

    2003 - 2007
    Universal Music Group
    • Managed, developed, and operated a CRM data warehouse.
    • Wrote PL/SQL, MySQL, and Perl code.
    • Administered to a Cognos reporting system.
    • Worked on C# for multiple supporting projects for the OLAP reporting system.
    • Designed and developed a MSAS OLAP cube system.
    Technologies: Linux, Perl, C#, Cognos 10, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle

  • Director, Decision Support and Financial Systems

    2001 - 2003
    MediaLive International
    • Managed a data warehouse, BI, and CRM systems.
    • Assumed responsibilities over an Oracle EBS application team.
    • Developed the PL/SQL coding for a data warehouse ETL and Oracle Application integration.
    • Worked with SQL server for multiple Transact-SQL and analysis service projects.
    • Worked on a tool-based ETL for multiple epiphany EPI*Channel projects.
    Technologies: Unix, VB, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle EBS, Oracle

  • Senior Principal Consultant (Professional Services, Essbase Practice)

    1999 - 2001
    Hyperion (Currently: Oracle)
    • Led a practice for a consulting company covering for multiple clients.
    • Developed Essbase satellite systems: relational data warehouses and data marts, reporting systems, ETL systems, CRM's, EPP's, ETL in and out of Essbase and with Essbase itself.
    • Worked on multiple PL/SQL projects, by providing full support of the team's Oracle project pipeline.
    • Helped to develop SQL servers for multiple Transact-SQL and analysis services projects.
    • Developed a tool-based ETL for an Informatica project.
    • Worked with Hyperion, Essbase, Enterprise, Pillar, planning, financial analyzers, and VBA projects.
    Technologies: Essbase, Hyperion, Informatica, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle

Skills

  • Languages

    Python, SQL, PL/pgSQL, Snowflake, C#, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), VB, Scala, Q, Perl

  • Frameworks

    Apache Spark, AWS EMR, Spark, Presto DB, Hadoop

  • Tools

    Apache Airflow, Amazon Athena, Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle), AWS Glue, Impala, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g (OBIEE), Tableau, Hyperion, Redash, Boto 3, Ansible, Looker, Informatica PowerCenter

  • Paradigms

    ETL, Business Intelligence (BI), Management, Database Design

  • Platforms

    Oracle, Databricks, Azure, Linux, Apache Pig, Pentaho, Unix, AWS Lambda, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • Storage

    PostgreSQL, Apache Hive, Databases, Oracle PL/SQL, Redshift, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PL/SQL, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Sybase, Kdb+, Amazon Aurora, Cassandra, Essbase

  • Other

    Data Warehousing, Data Architecture, Leadership, Team Mentoring, Technology Strategy & Architecture, Big Data, Software Development, Fivetran, Data Warehouse Design, Snowpark, Informatica, Oracle EBS, Relational Database Services (RDS), APIs, perlpod, Unix Shell Scripting, MSAS, Cognos 10, Data Build Tool (dbt), Google BigQuery

  • Libraries/APIs

    Luigi, RAPIDS, PySpark

Education

  • Certificate of Completion in Data Science and Engineering with Apache Spark
    2016 - 2016
    UC BerkeleyX (Online Courses from Berkeley) - Berkeley, California (USA)
  • Certificate of Completion in Cloudera Developer Training for Apache Hadoop
    2012 - 2012
    Cloudera University - New York, New York (USA)
  • Certificate of Completion in Oracle Database Administration
    1995 - 1995
    UCI Extension - Irvine, California (USA)
  • Diploma (Master of Science Equivalent) Degree in Applied Mathematics
    1975 - 1980
    Odessa I.I. Mechnikov University - Odessa, Ukraine

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