Jason Kaltsikis

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Portfolio

Diploma Thesis
Machine Learning Python PyTorch
AWS Daily Incremental ETL
Lambda Glue S3 Athena Cloudformation
Top Skills in Data Engineer Job Listings
Python Airflow Selenium Docker
Job Interview Assignment
Python SQL Docker PostgreSQL FastAPI

Skills

Programming Languages
Python SQL Bash C C++ Go HTML
Operating Systems
Linux Mac Windows
Data
ETL Data Modeling Data Warehousing Data Quality Data Analysis Data Security
Key Technologies
AWS Docker Airflow dbt Kafka Git IaC Kubernetes CI/CD SQL NoSQL FastAPI SSIS Ansible PowerBI Agile
Tools & Frameworks
PyTorch PySpark Selenium TensorFlow OpenCV Scikit-learn Pandas

Resume

Summary

Jason Kaltsikis

Data Engineer with an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Proficient in Python and SQL, specializing in problem-solving, model selection, ETL processes, and dataset preparation. Skilled in managing end-to-end processes, ensuring high-quality model estimates from raw data. Committed to delivering fast and efficient solutions tailored to meet customer requirements. Highly motivated, quick learner, and effective team player, capable of working both independently and collaboratively.

Education

Integrated 5-year Master in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

September 2017 - July 2022

Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

· Majored in Electronics and Programming
· Diploma Grade: 7.87/10
Diploma Thesis: ”Semantic image segmentation using depth estimation”
· Grade: 10/10
· Significantly enhanced the base model, achieving a remarkable 5% performance gain, and contributed to the advancement of state-of-the-art research.

Certifications

AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate

February 2024 - February 2027

In-depth understanding of how to use AWS services to implement data pipelines and to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cost and performance issues in accordance with best practices. Familiarity with ingestion, transformation, modeling, security, governance, privacy, schema design, and optimal data store design.

Professional Experience

Data Engineer

October 2022 - Present

Margera, CY

  • Consulting as a Data Engineer for IT & CX Team at Phillip Morris International, Greece.
  • Designing and implementing robust ETL pipelines to ingest and transform data from diverse sources.
  • Creating optimized data processing workflows, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze data requirements for business insights.
  • Developing data quality checks and validation procedures to maintain clean and consistent datasets.

DevOps Engineer

January 2022 - June 2022

SphearsAI, GR

  • Managed server infrastructure and PostgreSQL databases, ensuring high availability and security.
  • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines for automated building, testing, and deployment.
  • Built, configured, and orchestrated Docker containers for seamless application deployment and scaling.
  • Developed FastAPI application for efficient database interactions.

Flutter Developer

November 2020 - September 2021

Overdog, GR

  • Developed, tested, and optimized a mobile application using the Flutter framework.
  • Oversaw design updates, bug fixes, and maintenance throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Managed the project repository and version control using Git

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About

Data Engineer with an MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Proficient in Python and SQL, specializing in problem-solving, model selection, ETL processes, and dataset preparation. Skilled in managing end-to-end processes, ensuring high-quality model estimates from raw data. Committed to delivering fast and efficient solutions tailored to meet customer requirements. Highly motivated, quick learner, and effective team player, capable of working both independently and collaboratively.

Data Engineer | AWS Certified Data Engineer

Degree: Integrated Master
Email: jkaltsikis@duck.com
Location: Greece