Lawrence Tinago
Senior Cloud Data Engineer | Azure, Snowflake
Salary / Daily rate
Johannesburg, South Africa
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
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Languages
About me
Intro
Cloud Data Engineer with 5+ years in Azure, Snowflake & ML model development. Delivered 94% accuracy prediction models, reduced dashboard rendering from minutes to 5 seconds, and improved claims processing by 30%. Expert in ETL pipeline migration, anomaly detection, and cost optimization for data-driven solutions.
Work experience
Cloud Data Engineer (Azure|ML)
1Nebula
Jul 2024 - Present
2 years 4 months
South Africa · Remote
- Introduced Snowflake as a semantic layer for the organizational data model which reduced dashboard rendering time from several minutes to to less than 5 seconds. - Led migration of the organization's data models from Azure Synapse to Snowflake eliminating fixed costs from Azure - Migrated all ETL pipelines from Azure Synapse to Azure Data Factory - Designed ETL processes to ingest data into company apps as and when requested by Developers - Introduced Anomaly Detection to the cloud spending monitoring dashboard • Assisted in the preparation of project plans, cost estimates, and timelines for cloud-based data initiatives. - Involved in the project planning to migrate from Synapse Analytics to Snowflake including timelines and costs. • Architecting and maintaining advanced data documentation and metadata. • Leading the development of sophisticated machine learning and AI models.
Data Scientist | Machine Learning Engineer
KolabtreeFreelance
Jan 2023 - Jul 2024
1 year 7 months
- Developed a Machine Learning model which predicts house price with more than 94% accuracy - Developed a biometric access system using fingerprint recognition reducing check-in errors by 62% - - Developed ETL/ELT pipeline for Insurance improving claims processing by 30%
Directech Group
Jan 2017 - Jul 2023
6 years 7 months
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · On-site
Data Scientist
Jan 2020 - Jul 2023
3 years 7 months
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · On-site
- Developed a machine failure mode and effects prediction system using machine learning which informed mechanical designers to improve product reliability significantly - Created Statistical Process Control dashboards to monitor operations performance against key performance indicators, reducing daily meetings by over 50% - Set-up new data infrastructure (data collection tools and databases) for the entire organization
Business Analyst | Data Analyst
Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
3 years
City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · On-site
- Set-up KPIs for manufacturing system from mechanical design to product assembly which made it possible to monitor performance - Developed 8 new business processes which improved efficiency of operations by 32% - Slashed delays in project completion through restructuring departments
Operations Analyst
Olivine Industries (Pvt) Ltd.
Jan 2014 - Oct 2016
2 years 10 months
Harare, Zimbabwe
Education
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelor of social science
2011 - 2012
1 year 11 months
Alison
Diploma
Google pour les pros
Certificate
Licenses & certifications
Google IT Automation Professional
Issued: –
IBM Data Science Professional
Issued: –
Snowflake Fundamentals
Issued: –
Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate
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