Gerrit Hoekstra
Data Architect
Cockermouth, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGerrit Hoekstra is a Data Architect with over nine years of focused experience designing and migrating complex enterprise systems, currently shaping data platforms at RBS International. He specialises in greenfield architecture and cloud-enabled transformation of legacy systems, with hands-on delivery across banks, airlines, retail and media using technologies from PL/SQL and Oracle to cloud APIs and DevOps toolchains. SC-cleared and fluent in four languages, he has lived and worked across the UK, USA, DACH region and South Africa, which informs his pragmatic approach to cross-border integrations and governance. A prolific polyglot, he’s used 20+ programming languages and often moves between high-level architecture and hands-on migration tooling — for example building flexible PL/SQL/BASH migration toolkits. Outside work he contributes translations for open-source projects, writes technical manuals and plays in a jazz band, reflecting a blend of technical precision and creative curiosity.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc.Eng Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.Sc.Eng Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of KwaZulu-NatalMatric Science Maths German, Matric Science Maths German at Gelofte
Italian, English, Afrikaans, Dutch, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
esp326
database6
trigger6
sql6
whereclause6
espressif6
rename6
regex6
stored-procedures6
insert6
mysql6
iot5
esp-idf3
pdf1
pdf-files1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gerritonagoodday/spiderrobot
Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:47 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
gerritonagoodday/af-ZA_joomla_lang
Dec 2018 - Feb 2023
Afrikaans Language Package for Joomla
Contributions:8 releases, 2 PRs, 66 pushes in 4 years 2 months
joomla-componentjoomla-extensionsvdmjoomla
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