Saqib Ali

Staff Analytics Engineer • Certified Data Vault 2.1 Practitioner
Chirp Profile • GQL Blog • saqib.org • docbook.xml@gmail.com • San Jose, CA, 95148

Professional Summary

Certified Data Vault 2.1 Practitioner specializing in Data Vault methodology with the end-goal of transforming enterprise data into actionable Business Insights. Proven track record of architecting data warehouses, establishing dbt standards, implementing property graphs / GQL / SQL/PGQ, building semantic layers, and driving analytics engineering across e-commerce, cloud software, and technology industries.

Technical Skills

Data Warehouse Methodology Certified Data Vault 2.1 Practitioner, Data Vault 2.0
Query & Graph Languages SQL, GQL, SQL/PGQ (Property Graphs)
Data Engineering & Modeling dbt (Data Build Tool), AutomateDV, Semantic Modeling
ETL & Ingestion Tools Fivetran, Matillion, Dell Boomi
Datastores & Platforms Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Ultipa, Google Spanner, Oracle Property Graphs
Analytics & Visualization Tableau, Knime, R, Splunk

Experience

Saks — Staff Analytics Engineer New York, NY | 2022 – Present
  • Led Analytics Engineering for enterprise Data Vault integration focusing on Customer, Employees, Orders, and Tender domains.
  • Built the foundation for the Data Warehouse based on Data Vault 2.0 methodology and defined integration standards using dbt and AutomateDV.
  • Defined and created Semantic Views for Key Business Concepts (e.g., Orders, Marketing Emails) and constructed a Knowledge Graph for Products.
  • Built out MARTS for Analytics and Marketing to enable Machine Learning and Data Science workflows.
Cohesity — Data Integration Analyst San Jose, CA | 2019 – 2022
  • Served as Data Warehouse Engineer for Data Vault implementation covering Financials (NetSuite), Sales & Marketing (Salesforce, Clari), and HR (Greenhouse, CultureAmp, Workday).
  • Designed and developed end-to-end data pipelines using APIs, Snowflake, and Python for Sales, Financial, and Marketing data.
  • Conducted requirement analysis, design, and implementation for Data Vault 2.0 across Finance (Transactions/Orders), SalesOps (Opportunities/Accounts), and MarketingOps (Campaigns).
  • Developed impactful Tableau dashboards & DataSources including Candidate Scorecards, Employee Performance Analytics, and Amortization Waterfalls.
Seagate Technology — Staff Analyst Cupertino, CA | 2017 – 2019
  • Supported EMEA Sales team and Global Marketing in data analysis needs; designed Sales Order Fulfillment Forecasting reports for Seagate Resellers.
  • Developed interactive R dashboards to surface product trends and consumer registrations, alongside custom Salesforce and Splunk analytics.
  • Designed and implemented complex ETL workflows and key business metrics/dashboards using Tableau.

Education

Arizona State University Master of Science, Computer Science • Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Penn State University Graduate Certificate, Statistics
San Jose State University & UC Berkeley Graduate-level & Specialized Coursework in Statistics and Computer Science