Ahmed Gharib

Ahmed Gharib

Principal Advanced Analytics Engineer

Cairo, Egypt

a.gharib89@yahoo.com

+201096995535

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Skills

Cloud & Data Platforms

Azure (Synapse, ADF, Blob, Key Vault, AKS)

95%

Snowflake

90%

AWS (Redshift), GCP (BigQuery), Databricks

70%

Data Engineering

ETL/ELT Pipelines (SSIS, DBT, Delta Lake)

95%

Medallion Architecture & Data Modeling

90%

Data Warehousing & Data Governance

85%

Programming & Databases

Python (Pandas, Async/Await, Selenium)

95%

SQL (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Snowflake)

90%

Git, Docker, Kubernetes

75%

BI & Visualization

Power BI & Paginated Reports

90%

SSRS, DAX, Excel (Power Query, VBA)

85%

AI & Machine Learning

Agentic AI (N8N, LangChain, Azure OpenAI)

80%

TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn

75%

Languages

Arabic

English




Summary

Data Engineering and AI professional with 8+ years of experience designing scalable data platforms, pipelines, and analytics solutions across Azure, Snowflake, AWS, GCP, and Databricks. Proven track record of leading teams, architecting Medallion-pattern data warehouses with DBT, and building high-throughput ETL pipelines processing 50,000+ documents. Combines deep expertise in Python, SQL, and cloud-native tools with hands-on experience in machine learning, Power BI reporting, and emerging Agentic AI technologies. Known for delivering measurable impact: 98% data accuracy through automated entity correction, 68x pipeline performance gains, and 93% reduction in manual reporting effort.

Work Experience

Principal Advanced Analytics Engineer / ITWorx - Cairo, Egypt
Oct 2023 - Current
  • Spearheaded the ADX Digital Transformation for Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (Core42), delivering data infrastructure modernization for a leading UAE financial institution.
  • Developed a Python CLI tool that automated Power BI Paginated Report standardization, cutting processing time from 4 hours to 15 minutes (93% reduction) across 190+ reports deployed to 4 environments (Dev, Test, UAT, Prod).
  • Optimized Azure SQL Database read queries for the Market Watch system, significantly improving real-time data retrieval speeds for trading platform users.
  • Refined table structures in Azure Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool Data Warehouse, ensuring efficient data processing and storage for the exchange platform.
  • Led presales activities and built proof-of-concept solutions for Agentic AI workflows using N8N, positioning the team for emerging AI-driven automation opportunities.
  • Mentored junior engineers on analytics best practices, driving adoption of modern data engineering and ML techniques across the analytics function.

Tech: Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL, Power BI, Paginated Reports, PostgreSQL, Python, PowerShell, N8N, Agentic AI


Senior Data Engineer / Raisa Energy LLC - Cairo, Egypt
Dec 2021 - Oct 2023
  • Led a team of 4 engineers in migrating the data warehouse from a multi-layer architecture to a proper Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) using Snowflake and DBT, improving data lineage and governance.
  • Designed and built the Entity Correction Model in DBT/Snowflake, an automated system that corrects revenue and expense allocations to proper legal entities using exact and fuzzy matching — improving entity attribution accuracy from ~70% to ~98%.
  • Architected and developed WEnergyDocsEL, a high-performance async Python ETL pipeline that extracts, downloads, and loads 50,000+ financial documents from the WEnergy portal to Azure Blob Storage and Snowflake — processing in ~7 minutes (68x faster than the previous sequential version).
  • Implemented security-first design with Azure Key Vault integration, custom exception hierarchy (15+ types), and retry logic with exponential backoff for production-grade reliability.
  • Streamlined and automated data collection for budgets, revenue forecasts, and customer targets using Python and PostgreSQL.
  • Developed and maintained Power BI dashboards for Sales, Finance, and HR functions, improving data accuracy and accessibility for critical business operations.

Tech: Snowflake, DBT, Python (async/await), Azure Blob Storage, Azure Key Vault, PostgreSQL, Power BI, SQL Server


Business Insights Senior Lead / _VOIS (Vodafone) - Smart Village, Giza
Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
  • Engineered a Python desktop application (PyQT6 + Selenium + Win32com API) to automate recurring operational processes, reducing manual intervention by 25% and aligning with stakeholder requirements for intuitive UX.
  • Owned and maintained multiple Power BI dashboards for Pre-sales, Demand & Utilization, and Work in Progress analysis, establishing data governance frameworks that ensured accuracy, integrity, and security.
  • Supported design and maintenance of a scalable Oracle SQL Data Warehouse, ensuring reliable and efficient data management for enterprise reporting.
  • Executed data migration from on-premises systems to AWS Redshift and Google BigQuery, enhancing scalability and query performance for growing analytical workloads.

Tech: Python, PyQT6, Selenium, Power BI, Oracle SQL, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Win32com API


Senior Business Intelligence Developer / Atos - Cairo, Egypt
Dec 2017 - Jan 2019
  • Served as technical lead for pre-sales activities on Enterprise BI and data platform projects, contributing to new client acquisition and relationship expansion.
  • Implemented MongoDB as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) on Azure, deploying scalable and resilient databases for multiple environments.
  • Built an Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) cluster on AKS for application resource monitoring, ensuring optimal resource utilization across Azure services.
  • Enhanced security by integrating Azure authentication mechanisms into custom Python packages, enabling secure access to hybrid on-premises and cloud resources.
  • Acted as primary analyst for the Microsoft Practice Team, delivering Power BI, Excel, and SQL Server reporting solutions that drove measurable business results.

Tech: Azure, MongoDB, Kubernetes (AKS/ECK), Power BI, Python, SQL Server, Excel


Data Analyst / Al Safy Group - New Cairo, Egypt
May 2015 - Dec 2017

assessmentProjects

Core42 — ADX Digital Transformation (ITWorx)
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
  • Led data engineering workstream for the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange digital modernization, upgrading trading platforms and enhancing market accessibility for investors, regulators, and clearing firms.
  • Migrated and standardized 190+ Power BI Paginated Reports across 4 environments; built Python CLI to automate report styling (4hrs → 15min per batch).

Tech: Azure Synapse Analytics, Power BI, Paginated Reports, Azure SQL Database, PostgreSQL, Python, PowerShell

Entity Correction Model (Raisa Energy)
Nov 2024 - Nov 2025
  • Designed a multi-layer DBT model in Snowflake that automatically corrects revenue/expense entity allocations using exact and fuzzy matching against Jarvis ownership data, improving accuracy from ~70% to ~98%.
  • Implemented a 4-status matching flow (Matched/Fixed/Multiple/No Match) that handles ~98.5% of records automatically, with only ~1.5% requiring manual review.

Tech: Snowflake, DBT, SQL

WEnergyDocsEL — Document ETL Pipeline (Raisa Energy)
2023
  • Built an end-to-end async Python ETL pipeline that scrapes, downloads (64 concurrent), uploads (12 concurrent), and loads 50,000+ financial documents into Azure Blob Storage and Snowflake in ~7 minutes (68x speedup).
  • Engineered production-grade reliability with Azure Key Vault credential management, 15+ custom exception types, and configurable retry logic with exponential backoff.

Tech: Python (asyncio), Azure Blob Storage, Azure Key Vault, Snowflake

Abraxes + MED@P Workflow Automation (ITWorx)
Oct 2023 - Jan 2024
  • Developed a fully automated multilingual (German, French, Italian) workflow system for patient request handling across clinics, with data anonymization, automated clinic selection, and SLA-based penalty tracking.
  • Built SSIS data pipelines and SSRS reports to streamline operations, reducing manual effort in public list report generation.

Tech: SSIS, SSRS, SQL Server, Visual Studio

Building a Delta Lakehouse for U.S. Flights
Jun 2021    See project
  • Developed a simulation-to-dashboard solution: streaming data generation, automated ingestion pipeline through Delta Lake stages (Bronze/Silver/Gold), and Power BI visualization.

Tech: Python, PySpark, Delta Lake, Power BI


Education

Online courses and programms
Forever


Jan 2020 - Current
Data Engineering Nanodegree - Udacity
Google IT Automation with Python Certificate - Coursera
Academy Accreditation - SQL Analyst Associate - Databricks
Academy Accreditation - Delta Lake Essentials - Databricks
Academy Accreditation - Unified Data Analytics - Databricks
Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate - Microsoft
Data Analysis and Visualization with Power BI - Udacity
Data Analyst with SQL Server Track - DataCamp
Agile Software Developer Nanodegree - Udacity
Advanced Web Development Nanodegree - Udacity

AinShams University
2008 - 2011

Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Commerce.