ALPEREN KARA
Data Engineer
Istanbul
Summary
I am a Google Cloud Certified Data Engineer who is eager to develop end to end data projects relying on my four years experience in the field. Besides that, I began to my career as a Business Intelligence Developer, I got involved in several Data Science projects in business and completed half-semester duration Data Analytics and Optimization program which is conducted by one of the most prestigious university (Boğaziçi University) of Turkey. I had chance to accomplish variety of data analytics projects throughout my career.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Engineer
Şişecam
12.2022 - Current
- Developed streaming data pipelines in Crosser for variety of data sources such as IoT devices, API's and web services, databases etc. in both local and cloud servers.
- Implemented Apache Kafka connectors for the streaming data published by Crosser application and maintained the related Kafka topics.
- Developed cloud data warehouse (BigQuery) in GCP and time series databases in local machines (TimescaleDB) while meeting all the architectural expectations of Big Data platforms.
- Developed Apache Airflow DAG's to succeed workflow orchestration of all data transformation requirements from ods to eul layers in BigQuery.
- Created both analytical dashboards in Looker and monitoring/alerting dashboards in Grafana, also trained business users for Self Service BI utilization.
- Developed end-to-end energy optimization model based on both machine learning and mathematical modeling techniques.
Senior Business Intelligence & Analytics Developer
Borusan CAT
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Data transformation, modeling and visualization for high complexity requirements of business users in Power BI
- Providing high performance solutions in DAX and M
- BI developments (SQL Views, HANA Calculation Views, Stored Procedures) in both cloud and on-premise DWHs (Azure, SAP HEC, On-Premise SQL databases)
- Development and maintenance of ETL processes via SAP DS, HANA Flowgraphs
- IB (International Business) roll-outs of Power BI dashboards for six countries through data consolidation in HANA DWH based on various data sources (BW, Salesforce, SQL, 1C)
- Technical leading of in-house and outsource resources to ensure successful global BI architecture.
Business Intelligence Analyst
VavaCars
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Maintained staging, storing and querying of data on SQL Server and MySQL based databases
- Writing DAX queries and M codes for Power BI development
- Designed and conducted data pipelines and ETL processes on SSIS and Azure Data Factory.
Industrial Engineer
Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci
09.2020 - 12.2020
- Leveraged statistical data on production failures to pinpoint and eliminate flaws in manufacturing processes
- Collected and organized data for use in key decision-making.
Senior Year Project Leader
EATON
09.2019 - 06.2020
- Designed a production scheduling system which also includes production planning system and maintenance activities to meet demand on time and increase OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).
Producton Engineer Intern
Şişecam Group
07.2019 - 08.2019
Production Planning Engineer Intern
Arçelik A.Ş.
06.2019 - 07.2019
Education
Industrial Engineering - undefined
Middle East Technical University (METU)
01.2014 - 04.2020
High School Diploma - undefined
Icel Anatolian High School
01.2010 - 04.2014
Skills
Power BI
SQL
SAP HANA
SAP DS
SAP BW
Microsoft ADF
Microsoft SSIS
Python
Looker
GCP
Apache Airflow
Apache Kafka
TimescaleDB
Azure DevOps
Crosser
BigQuery
R
Git
Bash
Certification
Google Cloud - Professional Data Engineer
Timeline
Google Cloud - Professional Data Engineer
07-2024
Data Engineer
Şişecam
12.2022 - Current
Senior Business Intelligence & Analytics Developer
Borusan CAT
06.2021 - 12.2022
Business Intelligence Analyst
VavaCars
01.2021 - 06.2021
Industrial Engineer
Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci
09.2020 - 12.2020
Senior Year Project Leader
EATON
09.2019 - 06.2020
Producton Engineer Intern
Şişecam Group
07.2019 - 08.2019
Production Planning Engineer Intern
Arçelik A.Ş.
06.2019 - 07.2019
Industrial Engineering - undefined
Middle East Technical University (METU)
01.2014 - 04.2020
High School Diploma - undefined
Icel Anatolian High School
01.2010 - 04.2014