Data Engineer Quality

WILL RONAN

315-***-**** ****.*****.***@*****.*** linkedin.com/will-ronan Charlotte, NC

DATA ENGINEER SCALABLE SOLUTIONS DATAOPS FULL DATA LIFECYCLE Detail-oriented and solutions-driven Data Engineer with 4+ years of building scalable data infrastructures on GCP and AWS. Skilled in developing ETL/ELT pipelines, automating workflows, and ensuring data quality and governance. Adept at analyzing high-volume, complex datasets and creating data visualizations to drive strategic decisions. SKILLS SUMMARY

Cloud Platforms & DevOps: GCP, AWS, Jenkins, GitHub, Cloud Storage, Cloud Scheduler, Unix Servers Data Engineering & Pipeline Tools: Apache NiFi, ETL/ELT, Data Modeling, Data Pipeline Automation, QA Testing, DDL/DML Scripts

Databases & Query Languages: BigQuery, Teradata, PostgreSQL, SQL Programming & Integration: API Integrations (GET/POST/CURL), Bash/Shell Scripting, JSON, XML, CSV Business Intelligence & Visualization: Looker Studio, Power BI, Tableau Processes & Methodologies: DataOps, Agile Methodology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Data Engineer, Turnberry Solutions (Big-box Retailer Data) – Minneapolis, MN May 2022 – Present

Partnered with analysts and scientists to deliver timely, actionable insights, managing 2-3 concurrent projects.

Managed the full data lifecycle—from ingestion and transformation to validation, storage, and reporting.

Built and automated BigQuery tables using Jenkins and GCP, developing scalable pipelines to ingest raw data (JSON, XML, CSV) from APIs.

Developed reusable Apache NiFi workflows to prioritize, route, and transform data for seamless cloud integration.

Orchestrated multi-source data delivery using GCP Cloud Scheduler, improving reliability and timing of data transfer.

Designed and maintained robust data quality assurance (DQA) checks to ensure integrity across datasets.

Created and iterated on dashboards in Looker and Power BI, surfacing key metrics for real-time decision-making.

Transformed large, complex datasets into analytics-ready assets, improving accessibility for analysts and business users.

Served on the DataOps team, including participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation to resolve critical pipeline failures and system outages. Diagnosed and resolved high-priority data issues under pressure, minimizing disruptions to business operations.

Data Engineer, Truiem, Inc. (Call Center Data) – Naples, FL Nov 2020 – April 2022

Designed and implemented PostgreSQL database architecture and wrote custom queries.

Delivered dashboards to solve product and client use cases, improving user experience.

Built statistical visualizations to highlight usage anomalies and customer feedback.

Developed a self-service automation system enabling client-specific configuration without developer input. EDUCATION

SUNY University at Albany – Albany, NY

B.S. in Computer Science (Applied Mathematics concentration) B.S. in Mathematics (Statistics concentration), May 2021

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