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Paul D.

Principal Google Cloud Data & AI Engineer

Ā£790/day
London, GB
15+ years

Average response time: 4 hours

About Paul

A leading Principal Data/AI Engineer in City of London.

Paul has 25 years of IT experience across Data Architecture, IAM, SecOps, SQL and Python and ML pipelines, and many certifications including on Google Cloud and Snowflake Data Cloud.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Big Sky AI / Self
    R&D
    April 2026 - Today (2 months)
    Engaged in R&D to extend my capabilities in:

    š—šš—–š—£ š——š—¼š—°š˜‚š—ŗš—²š—»š˜ š—”š—œ - parsing PDF content (semi-structured) and extracting relevant data into structured BigQuery schemas with 100% accuracy

    š—šš—–š—£ š——š—®š˜š—®š—³š—¹š—¼š˜„ (š—”š—½š—®š—°š—µš—² š—•š—²š—®š—ŗ) - Streaming data pipelines with automated end-to-end integration testing with pytest

    š—šš—–š—£ š—”š—»š—®š—¹š˜†š˜š—¶š—°š˜€ š—›š˜‚š—Æ
    - writing a BigQuery Cost Optimizer App for release on GCP Analytics Hub
    - exploring Data Clean Rooms techniques for safe collaborations between Enterprises

    š—¦š—»š—¼š˜„š—³š—¹š—®š—øš—² š——š—–š—  š—£š—æš—¼š—·š—²š—°š˜š˜€ - Snowflake Declarative CI/CD using Snowflake DCM Projects + Flyway + dbt Fusion
  • REALVNC
    Google Cloud Data Architect/Engineer
    TECH
    February 2025 - March 2026 (1 year and 1 month)
    London, United Kingdom
    I built the Google Cloud Data Architecture for this global software brand:

    š—˜š—»š˜š—²š—æš—½š—æš—¶š˜€š—² š——š—®š˜š—® š—Ÿš—®š—øš—² š—”š—æš—°š—µš—¶š˜š—²š—°š˜š˜‚š—æš—²: Designed and implemented a centralized Data Lake in Google BigQuery to support business operations across Finance, Product, and Web Traffic domains

    š——š—®š˜š—® š—œš—»š—“š—²š˜€š˜š—¶š—¼š—» & š—˜š—Ÿš—§: Configured Stitch to ingest external source data from Salesforce, HubSpot, and Zuora into BigQuery datasets

    š——š—®š˜š—®š—³š—¼š—æš—ŗ š—£š—¶š—½š—²š—¹š—¶š—»š—²š˜€: Developed scalable data pipelines using Google Cloud Dataform to build out the core architecture of a custom Customer Data Platform (CDP)

    š—„š—²š˜ƒš—²š—æš˜€š—² š—˜š—§š—Ÿ & š——š—¼š˜„š—»š˜€š˜š—æš—²š—®š—ŗ š—œš—»š˜š—²š—“š—æš—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—»š˜€: Developed Authorized Views in BigQuery to securely surface data for Reverse ETL tools and enterprise integration buses

    š—–š—¹š—¼š˜‚š—± š—„š˜‚š—» š— š—¶š—°š—æš—¼š˜€š—²š—æš˜ƒš—¶š—°š—²š˜€: Developed and deployed containerized Python microservices on Google Cloud Run to handle backend automation, including cross-platform blob synchronization

    š—”š˜‚š˜š—¼š—ŗš—®š˜š—²š—± š——š—®š˜š—® š—¤š˜‚š—®š—¹š—¶š˜š˜†: Built a standalone Data Quality Checks engine deployed as a Dockerized Cloud Run service to proactively monitor dataset integrity

    š—œš—±š—²š—»š˜š—¶š˜š˜† & š—”š—°š—°š—²š˜€š˜€ š— š—®š—»š—®š—“š—²š—ŗš—²š—»š˜ (š—œš—”š— ): Configured and secured GCP environments via IAM, managing Service Accounts, implementing conditional role bindings, and establishing granular BigQuery object-level privileges

    š—”š—»š—®š—¹š˜†š˜š—¶š—°š˜€ & š—„š—²š—½š—¼š—æš˜š—¶š—»š—“ š— š—¼š—±š—²š—¹š˜€: Created distinct data mart structures and standardized views to support PowerBI financial reporting
    Python BigQuery SQL Machine learning Google cloud
  • WESTFIELD SPECIALTY INTERNATIONAL - Lloyds of London
    Snowflake Data Cloud - Data Architect/Engineer
    TECH
    April 2024 - November 2024 (7 months)
    London, UK
    WESTFIELD SPECIALTY INTERNATIONAL is a Lloyds of London Insurance Syndicate. I designed and implemented the Snowflake Data Architecture:

    š—„š—•š—”š—– š—”š—æš—°š—µš—¶š˜š—²š—°š˜š˜‚š—æš—²: Designed and implemented RBAC frameworks, using a hierarchy of Functional and Access roles for service accounts, Azure integrations, and business function teams

    š—œš—”š— : Integrated SSO using SAML and automated user and role provisioning through SCIM

    š—”š—±š˜ƒš—®š—»š—°š—²š—± š—¦š—²š—°š˜‚š—æš—¶š˜š˜† š—£š—¼š—¹š—¶š—°š—¶š—²š˜€: Developed Network and Authentication Policies to secure access for interactive users, third-party applications, and service accounts

    š—¦š—²š—æš˜ƒš—¶š—°š—² š—”š—°š—°š—¼š˜‚š—»š˜ š—œš—»š˜š—²š—“š—æš—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—»š˜€: Configured secure integrations for external platforms, implementing OAuth for Oracle (OIC) and Key-Pair authentication

    š——š—®š˜š—®š—Æš—®š˜€š—² š—–š—œ/š—–š—— š— š—®š—»š—®š—“š—²š—ŗš—²š—»š˜: Managed schema evolutions, security administration, and account parameters using structured database migration tool Flyway

    š——š—®š˜š—® š—¤š˜‚š—®š—¹š—¶š˜š˜† & š—©š—®š—¹š—¶š—±š—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—»: Developed Data Quality checks with automated alerts for DQ failures

    š—¦š˜†š˜€š˜š—²š—ŗ š—¢š—Æš˜€š—²š—æš˜ƒš—®š—Æš—¶š—¹š—¶š˜š˜† & š—”š—¹š—²š—æš˜š—¶š—»š—“: Created monitoring tasks to generate email alerts for task metrics, CI/CD application changes (Flyway), and security events like expiring passwords

    š—”š˜‚š—±š—¶š˜ & š—–š—¼š—»š—³š—¶š—“š˜‚š—æš—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—» š—¦š—»š—®š—½š˜€š—µš—¼š˜š˜€: Established automated security auditing mechanisms to take routine snapshots of active configurations, users, roles, and privilege grants

    š—”š—±š˜ƒš—®š—»š—°š—²š—± š—™š—²š—®š˜š˜‚š—æš—²š˜€ š—˜š—»š—®š—Æš—¹š—²š—ŗš—²š—»š˜: Built componentized, DRY Snowpark function libraries and Jinja scripts, on internal stages, to automate zero copy cloning isolated env setup for each jira ticket

    š——š—®š˜š—® š—£š—¶š—½š—²š—¹š—¶š—»š—²š˜€: Used Dynamic Tables to model and transform data into Star Schemas for use by Power BI

    š—”š˜‚š˜š—¼š—ŗš—®š˜š—²š—± š—§š—²š˜€š˜ š—¦š˜‚š—¶š˜š—²: Provided pytest modules to validate and audit configuration and pipelines matches expectations

    Snowflake, Data Warehousing and +9 skills
    Snowflake Python Data Architect Data Engineer Testing and Quality Assurance

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Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Nutrition science
    Deakin University
    B.Sc (Hons), Human Nutrition
  • Bachelor of Science
    Monash University
    B.Sc

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