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Wai Yong F.

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

$35/hr
5.0
2 jobs

# Scott | Data Engineer & Data Scientist Data Engineer specializing in Amazon Redshift, ETL pipelines, and scalable analytics workflows. I help businesses transform raw data into clean, reliable, analytics-ready datasets using Python, SQL, dbt, Airflow, and AWS. My focus is building production-grade pipelines that are fast, maintainable, and designed for long-term scale. Core expertise: • ETL/ELT pipeline development • Amazon Redshift warehouse design and optimization • dbt data modeling • Airflow workflow orchestration • AWS-based data architecture • BI-ready and ML-ready dataset preparation Tech stack: Python, SQL, dbt, Apache Airflow, Amazon Redshift, AWS Lambda, S3, Athena, BigQuery, Snowflake, PostgreSQL, MLflow, Power BI, Looker If you need a clean, scalable, and reliable data workflow, I can help.

  • Data Engineering
  • Python
  • Translation
  • Business Development
  • Business Management
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Extraction
  • Data Analytics & Visualization Software
  • Data Cleaning
  • n8n
  • Automated Workflow
Nhi Y.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

$50/hr
5.0
9 jobs

Senior Project Manager | Product Manager | Operational Transformation, Intelligent Automation, Scaling GUARANTEE ✅ 100% Job Success ✅ Response within 24 hours ✅ I'll find a solution for your problems at all costs! ABOUT ME • I help startups and growing businesses turn ideas into successful software products. • Over the past 8+ years, I've led cross-functional teams delivering Data Platforms, AI Solutions, Analytics, ERP, and FinTech products from discovery to production. • I help you ridge the gap between high-level business goals and daily software execution, freeing executives from translation work, preventing costly technical mistakes, and ensuring teams ship reliable products on time. WHAT I HELP YOU: - I turn company goals into clear tasks for engineers. - I run daily progress checks so leaders can focus on growth and funding. - I spot technical blocks before delays hurt the business. - I keep projects on schedule and stop scope creep from wasting money. Product Strategy • Product Discovery • Product Roadmaps • Backlog Prioritization • Requirements Definition • Stakeholder Alignment Technical Delivery • Lead engineering teams • Sprint Planning • Agile Delivery • Risk Management • Vendor Management • Cross-functional communication Data & AI Products • AI Product Strategy • Data Platform Delivery • Analytics Products • AI Agents • Business Automation • Data Warehouses Digital Transformation • ERP • FinTech • Cloud Migration • Process Automation MY DELIVERY FRAMEWORK • Understand YOU (business owners) • Understand your business goals • Define product requirements • Build technical roadmap • Lead engineering execution • Launch and continuously improve WHY CLIENTS HIRE ME ✔ I bridge business and engineering teams. ✔ I translate complex technical discussions into business decisions. ✔ I proactively identify delivery risks before they become expensive problems. ✔ I keep projects moving while maintaining quality. ✔ I focus on business outcomes, not just shipping features. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Marketing Attribution • Built a marketing attribution platform that gave full visibility across advertising channels. • Increased daily advertising spend from USD 20K to USD 100K within 3 months. Fraud Detection • Built a real-time fraud alert system for a Gaming company. • Detected an attempted USD 50K fraudulent withdrawal and helped prevent financial losses. Fraud Investigation • Discovered fraudulent activity between vendors using marketing attribution analysis. • Prevented ongoing financial losses and strengthened fraud monitoring. ERP Implementation • Led Odoo ERP implementation, vendor management, and system integration. • Improved operational efficiency by 15%. Business Intelligence • Built Power BI dashboards for sales, marketing, finance, and operations. • Enabled faster reporting and better business decisions. Data Migration • Led migration to Google BigQuery using Fivetran. • Reduced migration time by 30% and improved data accuracy. AI Assistant • Led the development of an AI Assistant for an iGaming company, enabling operations teams to instantly access business knowledge, automate routine tasks, and improve day-to-day decision-making. TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES • Product: Agile • Scrum • Jira • Confluence • Product Roadmaps • Cloud: Google Cloud • AWS • Azure • Data: BigQuery • Snowflake • SQL • Power BI • AI: OpenAI • LLMs • AI Agents • Machine Learning I WORK BEST WITH • SaaS Startups • FinTech Companies • iGaming Platforms • AI Startups • Scale-ups • SMEs modernizing their data platforms ------- I don't work alone. Depending on the project, I build and lead a team of Solution Architects, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and AI Engineers to deliver the best outcome for your business. Are you building a new product, modernizing your data platform, or leading a complex technical initiative? I'd be happy to discuss how I can help. Send me a message, and let's explore the best solution for your business.

  • Data Engineering
  • Data Migration
  • ETL Pipeline
  • Agile Project Management
  • LLM Prompt Engineering
  • Product Management
  • AI Consulting
  • Data Analytics
  • Machine Learning
  • ERP Software
  • Business Consulting
  • Project Management
  • Product Roadmap
  • Scrum
  • SaaS
  • IT Project Management
Yahya A.

Sepang, Malaysia

$40/hr
5.0
11 jobs

Most businesses are sitting on valuable data they never actually use. I help turn that data into predictive models, intelligent systems, and decisions that improve revenue, reduce risk, optimize operations, and uncover new opportunities. From customer churn and demand forecasting to revenue analytics, financial forecasting, anomaly detection, and AI automation, I build data science solutions that solve real business problems. I focus on outcomes, not just models. Every solution is designed to fit into your existing workflow and deliver insights your team can act on immediately. 100% Job Success Score. Top Rated on Upwork. 5-star reviews across every completed engagement. If your business is generating data, there's probably an opportunity hidden in it. Let's find it.

  • Python
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Data Science
  • R
  • Neural Network
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
Suruz A.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

$65/hr
4.9
51 jobs

Azure costs drift when FinOps and architecture have no clear owner. I help SMB and mid-market teams reduce Azure spend through cost optimization, rightsizing, reservations, and practical cost governance. I am an Azure solutions architect with 16+ years of experience across cloud architecture, migration, security, DevOps, and Microsoft AI. SELECTED OUTCOMES - Reduced Azure infrastructure costs by up to 30% through rightsizing, Reserved Instances, and storage optimization - Delivered 200+ cloud migrations with 99.9% uptime SLAs and zero unplanned downtime across on-premises, Hyper-V, and VMware environments - Cut deployment times by 60% through CI/CD automation with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Terraform - Implemented Azure AD / Entra ID hybrid deployments for 10+ enterprise clients - Built enterprise SOC/SIEM environments with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender - Designed Azure virtual networks supporting 300+ endpoints at 99.9% uptime HOW I CAN HELP - Azure FinOps - cost assessment, rightsizing, reservations and savings plans, budgets, tagging, and cost allocation - Architecture and migration - landing zones, hub-spoke networking, Azure Migrate, AKS, App Service, Azure SQL, Azure Virtual Desktop - DevOps and IaC - Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD - Security and governance - Entra ID, Conditional Access, Azure Policy, Sentinel, Defender, Zero Trust - Microsoft AI and data - Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Power Platform HOW I WORK Every engagement starts with written scope, defined deliverables, milestones, assumptions, and a rollback plan before anything reaches your tenant. Read-only assessment first; production changes only in an agreed change window. CERTIFICATIONS Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Cybersecurity Architect Expert, DevOps Engineer Expert, Fabric Data Engineer Associate, and Azure AI Engineer Associate - all active on my Microsoft Learn transcript. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional and Associate, valid to 2029. A practical starting point is a cloud architecture review with cost and security recommendations - from $149, 3-day delivery. Tell me your current Azure challenge, the outcome you want, and any constraints I should design around.

  • Microsoft Azure
  • Security Infrastructure
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • Azure DevOps
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • CI/CD
  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • Azure OpenAI Service
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Cloud Migration
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Cost Management
Jie Er L.

Shah Alam, Malaysia

$30/hr
5.0
1 jobs

I'm an experienced data engineer with experience in data architecture, database deployment and provisioning, ETL pipeline building and dashboard development. Skills - years of experience: Python - 4 SQL - 4 Databases (MySQL, Postgres, Microsoft SQL Server) - 4 Dashboard tools (Tableau, PowerBI, Looker, SuperSet) - 4 Workflow Orchestration (Apache Airflow) - 4 Source control (GIT) - 4 Excel - 4 Google Cloud Platform - 2 Apache Spark - 2 Apache Flink - 2 Kafka - 2 Redis - 2 Projects and accomplishments: Migrate on premise Microsoft SQL Server to Google Cloud Platform. Provision and manage databases to various organizations. Build large data pipelines to process GB, TB, PB worth of data. Architect on-premise and cloud data engineering solutions. Design data dashboards for C-Suite users. Build end to end data pipelines to serve millions of users with low latency (milliseconds).

  • Python
  • SQL
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Data Visualization
  • Git
  • Machine Learning
  • Linux
  • Docker
  • ETL
  • Automation
  • Data Analysis
  • Agile Project Management
  • Data Scraping
  • Bash
Aleksei P.

Cheras, Malaysia

$40/hr
5.0
2 jobs

Need to transform messy, fragmented spatial and enterprise data into automated, production-grade pipelines? Many businesses lose critical hours to siloed infrastructure, slow query performance, and manual workflows that delay decision-making. I fix that. I design, automate, and optimize modern data architectures that eliminate engineering bottlenecks and scale seamlessly. While I handle all enterprise relational data, I also bring specialized expertise in GIS and spatial datasets. I treat location intelligence as a core business asset rather than an isolated silo, bridging the gap between raw database pipelines and final executive maps. How I Help Your Team Scale: • Automated Data Pipelines: Build resilient ETL/ELT pipelines using Python and SQL orchestration tools to eliminate manual data-entry errors. • Spatial & GIS Integration: Seamlessly blend geographic coordinates, shapefiles, and spatial tables into your core corporate infrastructure. • Modern Data Warehousing: Architect, model, and migrate high-performance data warehouses designed for rapid business intelligence. • Database Optimization: Structure, index, and tune spatial and traditional databases to cut cloud computing costs and eliminate query latency. • Desktop & Web GIS Delivery: Connect live backends to desktop clients and publish automated, interactive web maps for cross-team collaboration. The Tech Stack I Deploy: • GIS & Spatial Software: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, QGIS • Spatial Development: PostGIS, GeoPandas, Shapely, PyProj, ArcPy Automation • Languages & Querying: Python (Pandas, PySpark), SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) • Cloud & Warehouses: Snowflake, Google BigQuery, AWS, Azure • Orchestration & ETL: Apache Airflow, dbt (Data Build Tool), FME Why Work With Me? • Business-First Results: I do not just write code; I build infrastructure designed to reduce system downtime and lower your monthly cloud infrastructure bills. • End-to-End Delivery: I handle the entire lifecycle—from raw database engineering to final, polished spatial visualizations that your stakeholders can immediately understand. • Production-Grade Infrastructure: Clean, fully documented, and maintainable setups that your internal teams can easily manage after project handoff.

  • Data Management
  • Python
  • Data Visualization
  • SQL Programming
  • GIS
  • Digital Mapping
  • Remote Sensing
  • ArcGIS
  • Spatial Analysis

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