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MUHAMMAD HAMZA NIAZ

King of Prussia, PA 929-***-**** *************@*****.***

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University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, NY Research Assistant June 2025 – Present

Creating interactive data visualizations and comprehensive analytical reports to communicate research findings to academic stakeholders, department leadership, and potential funding organizations

Applying advanced statistical methods including regression analysis and hypothesis testing to support peer-reviewed research publications and conference presentations

Collaborating with interdisciplinary research teams to ensure data integrity, validate findings, and maintain research compliance standards

Tech Stack: Python, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Research Methodology, Academic Research Tools The Vanguard Group, Inc Malvern, PA

Application Engineer July 2023 – March 2025

Built AWS Lambda functions in Python to integrate Bloomberg PORT data with AWS Athena, enabling fund managers to perform comparative risk analysis between PORT and Aladdin models

Developed SQL queries and data integration workflows to migrate and synchronize Derivatives and Fund-of-funds data between internal MADB database and MSCI platform, ensuring data accuracy and consistency

Maintained and monitored 5 enterprise financial data processing pipelines running daily, handling gigabytes of financial data and achieving 99.8% system availability through proactive incident management

Developed Python automation scripts for data transformation workflows, converting and validating financial data between vendor formats and internal database schemas for insert/upsert operations

Led 6-month migration of 10 team repositories from Atlassian Bitbucket to GitHub for a cross-functional team of 10 members, implementing GitHub Actions workflows with integrated Checkmarx security scanning

Resolved 10-15 production incidents monthly, troubleshooting data pipeline failures, system errors, and data quality issues while meeting SLA commitments for critical financial processing systems

Collaborated with business stakeholders including portfolio managers and risk analysts to gather requirements and resolve production data processing issues

Tech Stack: Python, AWS (S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Step Functions), GitHub Actions, SFTP, SQL (PostgreSQL), NumPy, Excel, Pandas, Tableau

Accenture New York, NY

Software Engineering Summer Analyst June 2022 – August 2022

Streamlined 30% reduction in manual testing effort as measured by deployment cycle time by developing automated cloud deployment scripts using AWS Lambda and HTML, CSS, JavaScript automation tools

Developed responsive UI components using JavaScript and React, implementing A/B testing methodologies to evaluate and optimize user experience and engagement metrics

Built an Alexa voice bot integrated with AWS Lambda and Splunk API to enable rapid service outage reporting, designing front-end dashboards with real-time system status visualization

Tech Stack: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, AWS (Lambda), Splunk API, Excel (advanced functions, pivot tables, macros), Web Application Testing, SQL

Research Foundation for The State University of New York Buffalo, NY Research Aide June 2021 – August 2021

Analyzed 15,000+ multidimensional data points as measured by dataset size and complexity by developing responsive web application with interactive statistical graphs visualizing scientific datasets for correlation identification

Validated statistical significance as measured by hypothesis testing results by applying advanced statistical methods and data modeling techniques to complex research datasets

Processed 3 terabytes of research data as measured by data volume throughput by utilizing Python data visualization libraries to translate mathematical concepts into practical applications

Tech Stack: Flask, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Python data visualization libraries Skills

Languages & Frameworks: Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Node.js, Spring Boot, Pytest, Cucumber, C/C++, SQL Cloud & Tools: AWS, Git, GitHub Actions, Bamboo, Splunk Databases Analytics: DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Tableau, SQL Server Education

University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo, NY Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Graduated: May 2023 Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Systems Programming, Linear Algebra, Probability Theory, Computer Vision and Image Processing, Applied Human-Computer Interaction, Modern Networking Concepts, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Data-Intensive Computing

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