Simon Cullen
Principal Data Engineer
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolSimon Cullen is a Principal Data Engineer with 11 years of experience building robust data platforms and analytics solutions across finance, gaming, telecom and retail. He currently architects cloud and on-prem pipelines at Optum using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Python and SQL, and has deep operational experience with large Teradata warehouses (partitioning, distribution, explain plans) and BI tooling including Tableau and Looker. Simon blends hands-on ETL and data modeling with compliance and regulatory reporting expertise from roles at Kraken and Vodafone, and has led cross-functional projects such as national broadband address integration and major promotional launches. He pairs pragmatic automation (CLI apps, Docker, Linux) with experimental work in Rust/WASM and a growing interest in reverse engineering, CVEs and CTFs, bringing a security-minded perspective to data engineering. A mentor and technical lead, he’s experienced in running standups, workshops and managing delivery of high-impact capital projects. Based in Dublin, he holds ITIL and CCENT qualifications and a strong track record of translating complex business needs into reliable, auditable data solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
CCENT Networks, CCENT Networks at Cisco CCENTM.sc International Business, M.sc International Business at Technological University DublinPost-Graduate Diploma Information Technology, Post-Graduate Diploma Information Technology at Dublin City University
English, IrishGithub contributions (5)
thingjs/agent
Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:69 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
cultureteamco/website
Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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