📍 Toronto, Ontario · Seneca College · 2025

Saroj Neupane

Data Engineer · IT Specialist · Cloud

Data Engineering AWS & Azure Python / SQL IT Support Embedded / IoT PCB Design

I'm a Computer Engineering graduate from Seneca College with 8+ years of professional experience in IT support and data infrastructure. I've worked at Orca Intelligence as Senior Data Engineer, Cedar Gate Technologies as Data Engineer, and at Verisk Analytics as Data Engineer.

On the data engineering side, I architect end-to-end pipelines using Python, SQL, and AWS — ingesting, transforming, and serving data at scale. I hold 7 certifications including CCNA, CompTIA Security+, AWS Cloud Practitioner, MS Azure, and Google IT Support.

📍 Toronto, Canada

🎓 Seneca College · 2025

💼 8+ yrs Experience

🏆 7 Certifications

📞 416-731-2534

8+

Yrs Experience

7

Certifications

6+

Projects

Available · Toronto 🍁

About Me

Skills & Background

I'm Saroj Neupane, a Data Engineer and Computer Engineering Technician based in Toronto, Ontario. I build scalable data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and embedded systems — bridging hardware and modern software.

My 8+ years of professional data engieering and computer engineering experience at Orca Intelligence Verisk Analytics and Cedar Gate Technologies gave me deep expertise in IT support, Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and enterprise networking. I hold 7 professional certifications and am actively pursuing data engineering and cloud roles in Canada.

Data Engineering

Python / Pandas SQL / PostgreSQL ETL Pipelines Apache Airflow Kafka dbt PySpark Data Warehousing API Integration NumPy

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS EC2 / S3 AWS RDS / CloudFront AWS IAM / Lambda Microsoft Azure Azure AD CI/CD Pipelines Docker

IT Support & Systems

Active Directory Microsoft 365 ServiceNow Jira Service Mgmt AnyDesk / RDP VPN Troubleshooting MFA / SSO Endpoint Security Apache Kafka Tensorflow

Programming

Python C / C++ C# Bash / Shell SQL HTML / CSS Flask OpenCV

Networking & Operating Systems

TCP/IP & DNS/DHCP Cisco CCNA Wireshark Windows 10/11 & Server Linux / Ubuntu macOS

Hardware & Embedded

Arduino Raspberry Pi PCB Design OrCAD Vectorworks Oscilloscope Hardware Repair

🎓 Education

Computer Engineering

Seneca College

Toronto, Ontario · Graduated 2025

Data Engineering Cloud Computing Network Admin PCB Design IT Support

🏆 Certifications

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Cisco CCNA

Networking & IT Infrastructure

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CompTIA Security+

Cybersecurity Fundamentals

☁️

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

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MS Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Azure Certification

🪟

MS Cloud Practitioner

Microsoft Cloud Fundamentals

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Google IT Support

Google Professional Certificate

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OrCAD Certification

PCB & Circuit Design

Career

Work Experience

8+ years of professional experience across enterprise IT environments in Canada, USA, and Nepal.

Senior Data Engineer

Orca Intelligence Inc.

📍 London, Ontario, Canada

Feb 2025 – Present

Designed and developed scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark, and Azure Data Factory
Built enterprise-grade lakehouse architectures using Azure Data Lake Gen2 and Snowflakefor analytics and AI workloads.
Developed high-performance Spark jobs processing large-scale healthcare datasets and streaming pipelines using Kafka and Spark Streaming
Automated workflow orchestration and SLA management using Apache Airflow DAGs
Built CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Docker, and Terraform
Implemented data quality validation frameworks and collaborated with analytics teams for AI/ML data preparation.

Environment: Azure Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Kafka, Airflow, Python, SQL, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, CI/CD

Data Engineer

Cedar Gate Technologies

📍 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

July 2022 – Jan 2025

Developed scalable batch and incremental ETL pipelines using PySpark and Azure Databricks
Implemented automated ingestion workflows using Azure Data Factory and Apache Airflow
Designed dimensional data models and Snowflake schemasfor healthcare analytics systems.
Built reusable PySpark transformation frameworks and real-time ingestion pipelines using Kafka and Azure Event Hub
Optimized Spark workloads using partitioning, caching, and adaptive query execution techniques.
Created monitoring and alerting solutions using Grafana and CloudWatch

Environment: Azure Databricks, PySpark, Azure Data Factory, Apache Airflow, Snowflake, Kafka, Event Hub, Spark SQL, Python, SQL Server, Grafana, CloudWatch

Data Engineer

Verisk Analytics

📍 Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

March 2020 – June 2022

Developed end-to-end ETL pipelines using AWS Glue, PySpark, and Python for insurance analytics data
Built scalable big data processing solutions using AWS EMR, Spark, and Snowflake
Automated Airflow workflows for daily and hourly batch processing pipelines.
Integrated APIs, relational databases, flat files, and third-party insurance feeds into centralized analytics platforms.
Implemented data quality validation, reconciliation, and audit frameworks for enterprise reporting.
Optimized AWS cloud resources and Spark workloads to improve performance and reduce infrastructure costs.

Environment: AWS Glue, AWS EMR, S3, Redshift, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, PySpark, Spark SQL, Python, SQL, Kafka, AWS Lambda, Docker, Jenkins

Work

Featured Projects

Engineering projects spanning AI cloud systems, data pipelines, robotics, and embedded systems.

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★ Featured

AI · Cloud · Autonomous

Saroj AI Cloud Autonomous Engineering

Autonomous engineering platform powered by AI and deployed on AWS. Integrates machine learning models with cloud-native services for intelligent automation, self-healing workflows, and real-time decision-making across distributed systems.

Python AWS Lambda AWS EC2 / S3 AI / ML REST APIs CI/CD

↗ GitHub

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★ Featured

Data Engineering · ETL Pipeline

Movie Analytics Pipeline

End-to-end ETL pipeline ingesting thousands of movie records from public APIs and CSV datasets. Multi-stage cleaning, enrichment, and aggregation layers feed a PostgreSQL warehouse, with a live Flask analytics dashboard.

Python Pandas PostgreSQL ETL / ELT Flask Dashboard API Ingestion

↗ GitHub

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★ Featured

Data Engineering · Real-Time

Data Pipeline Project

High-throughput data pipeline for real-time ingestion, transformation, and loading. Features stream processing with error handling, retry logic, data quality checks, and monitoring dashboards on AWS.

Python SQL AWS S3 / RDS Stream Processing Data Quality Orchestration

↗ GitHub

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★ Featured

Robotics · Embedded Systems

Automatic Goalkeeper Robot

Autonomous robot detecting incoming balls via ultrasonic and IR sensors. Arduino C++ firmware achieves sub-120ms reaction time through custom motor driver circuits and multi-sensor fusion. Full hardware design from scratch.

Arduino C++ Ultrasonic Sensor IR Sensor Motor Driver Embedded C

↗ GitHub