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Nikolay Tonev

Senior Cloud Data Architect

Nikolay Tonev
Unterhaching, Germany

Experience

Apr 2022 - Present
3 years 10 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Cloud Data Architect

Cloudreach/Eviden (an ATOS Company)

  • Architected a self-service Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) platform for a major financial institution (Commerzbank), enabling 1000+ users across hundreds of product teams to autonomously provision resources and significantly accelerate development cycles.
  • Designed a data-product-oriented platform architecture for the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to serve over 1500 direct end-users and numerous connected third-party systems, enhancing data accessibility and governance.
  • Drove business growth by developing the strategic roadmap for the 'One Cloud' business line, targeting a 10% revenue increase.
  • Served as a key member of the CTO Authority, providing strategic guidance on internal cloud initiatives and best practices.
Jul 2016 - Mar 2022
5 years 9 months
Munich, Germany

Senior Software Engineer

Media MarktSaturn

  • Engineered a scalable GCP data pipeline using Dataflow and Python to migrate nearly 1TB of customer data from AWS S3 into BigQuery.
  • Established a central Customer Data Platform that served as the single source of truth for over 100 marketers across 10+ product teams.
  • Drove a 1% increase in marketing ROI by enabling advanced budget optimisation and customer segmentation through the new data platform.
  • Improved data accuracy and reliability by developing and deploying a serverless data quality solution using Cloud Run and Go for the BigQuery data catalogue.
  • Orchestrated the efficient processing of millions of records by implementing a scalable workflow with Cloud Composer and GKE autoscaling.
Jan 1997 - Jun 2016
19 years 6 months
Munich, Germany

Demand Capability Senior Analyst

MARS (Wrigley)

  • Led the IT development for the global 'Perfect Store' program, a strategic initiative projected to increase global business growth by over 3%.
  • Managed a third-party development team to rapidly re-platform a legacy sales force system from Windows Mobile to Android, ensuring modern capabilities and scalability.
  • Implemented an agile, bi-weekly release cycle to deliver high-priority business requirements within a 3-4 month timeframe, demonstrating rapid and responsive development.

Summary

A Google Cloud-certified Senior Data Architect with over 25 years of IT experience specialising in designing and implementing scalable, cloud-native data analytics solutions on GCP. Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into robust architectures, leveraging BigQuery, Dataflow, and GKE. Expert in data warehousing, real-time streaming, and large-scale data migration. Seeking to leverage deep technical expertise and consulting experience to drive customer success as a Data Architect.

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud Platform (Gcp) (Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Data Engineer, Developer), Aws (S3 To Bigquery Migration), Azure (Familiar)
  • Data & Analytics: Bigquery, Dataflow, Pub/sub, Cloud Composer (Airflow), Dataproc, Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, Etl/elt, Sql, Performance Optimisation
  • Data Governance: Data Quality Frameworks, Data Cataloguing, Data Security, Data Privacy
  • Programming Languages: Python, Go (Golang), Sql, Javascript, Rust (Learning)
  • Devops & Infrastructure: Git, Ci/cd, Kubernetes Engine (Gke), Cloud Run, Rest Apis

Languages

Bulgarian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Elementary

Education

Technical University Gabrovo

Dipl. Engineer, Automation of Machinery Building · Automation of Machinery Building · Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Certifications & licenses

Cloudera Certified: Spark Development

Cloudera

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud

Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer

Google Cloud

Google Cloud Certified Professional Developer

Google Cloud

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