Selam Habte

Senior Data Engineer @ GEICO | Cloud Computing, Azure, AWS

Role
Senior Data Engineer at GEICO
Location
Silver Spring, MD, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
Information TechnologyView LinkedIn profile

About Selam Habte

Impact-driven Data Engineer in designing and managing end-to-end data solutions. Skilled…

Experience

  1. Senior Data Engineer

    GEICO

    Jul 2022 — Present

    Architected and managed cloud-scale ETL/ELT pipelines on Azure and AWS, utilizing PySpark/Spark,SQL, ADF, AWS Glue, and Airflow to ensure reliable, high-throughput data ingestion andtransformation.• Automated data extraction from REST/GraphQL APIs and file-based sources using Python, seamlesslyintegrating diverse systems to accelerate reporting timelines.• Modeled enterprise data in star/snowflake schemas within Snowflake and SQL Server, deliveringperformant dimensional models to empower self-service analytics.• Engineered production dbt projects with integrated testing and documentation, orchestratingautomated data loads via Snowpipe, Streams, and Tasks.• Developed advanced SQL constructs including complex views and stored procedures to support adhoc analysis and downstream application needs.• Designed and deployed executive Power BI dashboards, blending data from multiple sources tovisualize key business KPIs.• Established robust data governance through profiling, cleansing, and the implementation of qualityrules and lineage tracking across all pipelines.• Implemented real-time and near-real-time data streams using Kafka and Spark Structured Streamingto enhance operational data freshness.• Led the modernization of legacy data workloads from SSIS/SSRS/SSAS to a cloud-native stackfeaturing dbt, Snowflake, and Databricks.• Optimized data storage and query performance for curated datasets in ADLS and Snowflake throughstrategic clustering and partitioning.• Collaborated within Agile/Scrum teams to translate business requirements into technicalroadmaps and ensure strict adherence to data SLAs.• code reviews and promoted engineering best practices in SQL, Git, and data quality.• Managed Delta Lake tables and explored Apache Iceberg for lakehouse governance, implementingSnowflake security policies including RBAC and row-level security.

Education

  • Bahir Dar University

    Bachelor's degree

  • University of Maryland

    Certificate, Artificial Intelligence and Career Empowerment

Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn

Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.

Free plan included · No credit card required

This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.

Selam Habte — Senior Data Engineer at GEICO in Silver Spring, MD, US | Unifers