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I'm Luiz Santana, a data engineer with over 12 years building scalable cloud analytics on Microsoft data platform technologies. I specialize in designing modern data architectures, leading data platform transformations, and delivering robust, governed data solutions that empower strategic decision-making. Currently, I’m pursuing a Data Engineering and Analytics co-op in Vancouver and actively seeking part-time opportunities in the Vancouver area or remote roles. I’m passionate about mentoring, community contribution through teaching and blogging, and continuously expanding my expertise across Azure, Fabric, Databricks, and data governance.…I'm Luiz Santana, a data engineer with over 12 years building scalable cloud analytics on Microsoft data platform technologies. I specialize in designing modern data architectures, leading data platform transformations, and delivering robust, governed data solutions that empower strategic decision-making. Currently, I’m pursuing a Data Engineering and Analytics co-op in Vancouver and actively seeking part-time opportunities in the Vancouver area or remote roles. I’m passionate about mentoring, community contribution through teaching and blogging, and continuously expanding my expertise across Azure, Fabric, Databricks, and data governance.

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I'm Luiz Santana, a data engineer with over 12 years building scalable cloud analytics on Microsoft data platform technologies. I specialize in designing modern data architectures, leading data platform transformations, and delivering robust, governed data solutions that empower strategic decision-making. Currently, I’m pursuing a Data Engineering and Analytics co-op in Vancouver and actively seeking part-time opportunities in the Vancouver area or remote roles. I’m passionate about mentoring, community contribution through teaching and blogging, and continuously expanding my expertise across Azure, Fabric, Databricks, and data governance.…I'm Luiz Santana, a data engineer with over 12 years building scalable cloud analytics on Microsoft data platform technologies. I specialize in designing modern data architectures, leading data platform transformations, and delivering robust, governed data solutions that empower strategic decision-making. Currently, I’m pursuing a Data Engineering and Analytics co-op in Vancouver and actively seeking part-time opportunities in the Vancouver area or remote roles. I’m passionate about mentoring, community contribution through teaching and blogging, and continuously expanding my expertise across Azure, Fabric, Databricks, and data governance.

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I’m Luiz Santana, a data engineer with over 12 years building scalable cloud analytics on Microsoft data platform technologies. I specialize in designing modern data architectures, leading data platform transformations, and delivering robust, governed data solutions that empower strategic decision-making.

Currently, I’m pursuing a Data Engineering and Analytics co-op in Vancouver and actively seeking part-time opportunities in the Vancouver area or remote roles. I’m passionate about mentoring, community contribution through teaching and blogging, and continuously expanding my expertise across Azure, Fabric, Databricks, and data governance.

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Senior Data Engineer - Contractor at DBC Company

May 31, 2025 - November 20, 2025

Leading pharmaceutical logistics data platform transformation, replacing manual processes with automated Azure cloud solutions; Architecting ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Data Lake Gen2, and Databricks following Medallion Architecture; Implementing data governance via Unity Catalog and CI/CD automation through Azure DevOps; Delivering a reliable data platform to enable strategic decision-making in the pharmaceutical logistics domain.

Senior Data Engineer - Freelance at Red X Carbon

June 1, 2025 - June 1, 2025

Developing Microsoft Fabric cloud data solutions for carbon management analytics, building Data Factory pipelines and Lakehouse architecture with PySpark/SparkSQL

Senior Data Engineer | Tech Lead – Contractor (Full-time) at Dataside

February 1, 2025 - February 1, 2025

Technical Leadership: Promoted to Technical Leader within first month; led provisioning of 30+ cloud Big Data environments, improving solution performance by 40% and reducing development time by 25–30%; Data Platform Architecture: Architected modern data platforms using Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, Databricks, and Synapse Analytics with full CI/CD automation, enabling enterprise-scale data processing; Mentorship & Enablement: Mentored 15+ engineers across all levels, delivered internal workshops, and supported pre-sales activities with technical proposals driving business growth.

Senior Data Engineer - Full-time at Kumulus

October 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021

Cross-Sector Cloud Data Engineering: Led cloud data engineering across government, healthcare, and education sectors, transforming raw data into actionable business insights for large-scale operations; Scalable ETL/ELT Pipeline Development: Built scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse Analytics, optimizing query performance for large-volume datasets.

Senior Data Engineer - Full-time at Analytics10 (A10)

December 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020

Delivered high-quality cloud data solutions for large organizations, enhancing BI and analytics project outcomes; Implemented ETL/ELT processes using Pentaho, SSIS, Talend, and Azure Data Factory, with heavy use of T-SQL for transformation logic; Designed cloud architectures using Azure Analytics and Snowflake, improving reporting workflows and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Data Engineer - Full-time at Avanade Brasil

May 31, 2020 - May 31, 2020

Worked on enterprise data engineering initiatives, supporting BI and Big Data projects using Microsoft Azure; Developed high-volume data ingestion pipelines (GBs to TBs) to support analytics and process optimization; Delivered data insights that helped improve logistics efficiency and reduce operational waste; Participated in data architecture discussions and ensured adherence to data quality standards.