I'm a Senior Manager Data Design and Analysis with strong experience in solution architecture, business analysis, software development, data migration and implementation of new analysis tools. Currently working on a post-implementation phase of Cloud Based Analytics project, Lotterywests’ strategic shift towards cloud-based solutions and improvement of its data analytics ecosystem. Excellent skills and proven track record in: Solution architecture • Data Engineering • Process Automation • Datalake Development • Workflow design • Data migration • Source control and implementation of software development lifecycle • Datawarehouse development Proficient in range of technologies including: Spark • Databricks • Deltalake • Python • R • REST API • JSON • MySQL • SQL • PL/SQL • Tableau • PowerBI

Nenad Nikolic

I'm a Senior Manager Data Design and Analysis with strong experience in solution architecture, business analysis, software development, data migration and implementation of new analysis tools. Currently working on a post-implementation phase of Cloud Based Analytics project, Lotterywests’ strategic shift towards cloud-based solutions and improvement of its data analytics ecosystem. Excellent skills and proven track record in: Solution architecture • Data Engineering • Process Automation • Datalake Development • Workflow design • Data migration • Source control and implementation of software development lifecycle • Datawarehouse development Proficient in range of technologies including: Spark • Databricks • Deltalake • Python • R • REST API • JSON • MySQL • SQL • PL/SQL • Tableau • PowerBI

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I’m a Senior Manager Data Design and Analysis with strong experience in solution architecture, business analysis, software development, data migration and implementation of new analysis tools. Currently working on a post-implementation phase of Cloud Based Analytics project, Lotterywests’ strategic shift towards cloud-based solutions and improvement of its data analytics ecosystem.

Excellent skills and proven track record in:
Solution architecture • Data Engineering • Process Automation • Datalake Development • Workflow design • Data migration • Source control and implementation of software development lifecycle • Datawarehouse development

Proficient in range of technologies including:
Spark • Databricks • Deltalake • Python • R • REST API • JSON • MySQL • SQL • PL/SQL • Tableau • PowerBI

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Intermediate
Serbian
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Manager Data Design and Analysis at Lotterywest
October 1, 2022 - Present
Provide leadership for the Cloud Based Analytics project: ensure timely delivery of milestones within approved budgets; lead software development activities as a senior developer; design and implement data science and machine learning workflows; design and develop an enterprise feature store; oversee the migration and enrichment of the enterprise reporting layer; integration with 3rd party systems (Monday.com, Google BigQuery, Mailchimp); plan, design and deliver data migration; design, QA/testing and acceptance testing for the new platform; manage project budget; provide ongoing operational support; lead cross-functional team. In post-implementation, focus on ongoing enhancements, governance, vendor management, staff training, and ensuring BAU support.
Data Design and Analysis Project Lead at Lotterywest
July 1, 2020 - October 1, 2022
Led Cloud Based Analytics initiative and built foundational elements of scalable, reliable, interoperable and performant cloud-based analytics infrastructure. Responsibilities included data engineering pipelines (Python, R, SQL, Structured Streaming, Spark, Delta Lake, Airflow), development of Enterprise feature store, solution architecture assessment and design, tender preparation and procurement, and cross-functional project management with risk tracking and reporting.
Senior Data Design and Analysis Officer at Lotterywest
September 1, 2018 - July 1, 2020
Designed and developed Lotterywest Data Analytics ecosystem by consolidating sources into a data lake, building ingestion and processing pipelines, and developing dashboards. Introduced Spark cluster on-site and built an Enterprise Feature Store to power EDM campaigns and analytics; optimized reporting dashboards and implemented RFM and anomaly detection utilities; maintained analytics environment.
Senior Oracle DBA at Intralot Australia
September 1, 2007 - September 1, 2018
Installed and maintained Oracle and MySQL servers; created instances and schemas; performed data migrations; configured high availability (Dataguard, replication); performance monitoring and tuning; RMAN backups and patching; on-site L1-L2 support; interface development with SAP ERP; BI Data Warehousing involvement; training delivery.
Oracle DBA at Intralot New Zealand
December 1, 2005 - September 1, 2007
Maintained production, helpdesk and test databases (Oracle 10g R2); monitoring via OEM GRID Control; performance optimization; RMAN backup/recovery; DR site replication; data exporting/archiving; PL/SQL development; patching; IBM TSM administration; QA testing of in-house developed software.

Education

Graduate Certificate of Data Science at James Cook University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
Diploma of Electrical Engineering at Board of Electronics - College for Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1993

Qualifications

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional
September 1, 2022 - December 26, 2025
Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0
December 1, 2021 - December 26, 2025
Oracle 11g Database Administrator Certified Professional
February 1, 2015 - December 26, 2025
Oracle 10g Database Administrator Certified Professional
September 1, 2006 - December 26, 2025
Oracle 10g Database Administrator Certified Associate
September 1, 2006 - December 26, 2025
Oracle 9i PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate
September 1, 2004 - December 26, 2025
SAP BI Advanced Enterprise Data Warehousing and Reporting, Reporting and Query Design, BI Integrated Planning – training
August 1, 2012 - December 26, 2025
Oracle 12c: New Features for Administrators – training
March 1, 2016 - December 26, 2025
Oracle 11g New Features for Administrators Ed 2 - training
March 1, 2011 - December 26, 2025

Industry Experience

Gaming, Government, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment

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