Hi, I am Oscar Tarique

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Analytics Engineer
              Africrest Properties

              Nov 2024 - Present
                



                

                

                
Business/Data Analyst
                Zutari

                Jan 2024 - Nov 2024
                  

                    
Engage with stakeholders to elicit business requirements and translate into detailed technical/functional requirements.
                    
Plan and lead system and analytics improvement projects. Develop high level proof of concepts such as ETL/ELT pipelines, data modelling, analytical reports using various technologies and data engineering principles.
                    
Assist with large scale data migration between new and legacy systems. Perform target to source data mapping.
                    
Conduct data analysis and develop KPIs to measure against various business objectives.
                    
Apply business, data and analytics functional knowledge to identify and motivate possible data and analytics support/improvements.
                    
Develop and maintain BI dashboards and reports using PowerBI. Assist with the BI implementation strategy within the organization for managed and self-service BI.
                    
Assess options for process improvement for various functional areas within the business. Develop as-is and to-be process maps.
                  
                
              

              
IT Business Analyst
              Worldsview

              Jan 2021 - Jan 2024
                

                  
Worked on data strategy i.e how to deliver quality data, maintain live data, historical data and data accuracy.
                  
Developed and maintained BI dashboards, reports and data visualizations on PowerBI. Acted as the custodian of the reporting catalogue.
                  
Engaged with stakeholders to understand business problems and translate those into detailed business and/or functional requirements that include process, data, people and workflow specifications.
                  
Analysed and documented relevant data and analytics technical requirements; performed data modelling and mapped the analytic solution to the relevant data sources.
                  
Managed and provided support as the sysadmin for the company's ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
                  
Planned, led and managed various system and analytics improvement projects, whilst coordinating stakeholders and timelines.
                  
Conducted data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that support decision-making.
                  
                  
Developed test strategy, test scenarios, test cases. Performed user acceptance testing.
                  
Assisted with data imports, exports, and cleansing tasks to maintain accurate and up-to-date information within the ERP database.
                
                
            
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Data Engineering
              ExploreAI Academy

              2023
                

                  
Cloud Computing and Automation Scripting
                  
Gathering and Managing Big Data
                  
Database Management
                  
ETL/ELT Development
                  
Python Programming
                  
Data Delivery Development
                  
Big Data Processing
                  
Distributed Computing
                
                

                
Master of Engineering - Structural Engineering
                University of Pretoria

                2020
                  

                    
Dissertation: Fly-ash based alkali-activated materials cured under ambient conditions.
                      The dissertation focused on using statistical analysis in conjunction with mineralogical and microstructural investigations to develop and evaluate a low carbon alternative to Portland cement.
                    

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Certifications
              

                
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (badge)
                
Cloud Computing.
                
Big Data Analytics (Storing, Moving and Processing Big Data).
              
              

              
Awards
              

                
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (badge).
                
Cloud Computing.
                
Big Data Analytics (Storing, Moving and Processing Big Data).
              
              

              
Publications
              

                
Novel one-part fly ash alkali-activated cements for ambient applications (badge)