Ezgi Dokuz
Curriculum vitae
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Senior Data Engineer

Ezgi Dokuz

Senior Data Engineer with 5+ years of experience building and operating batch and streaming data pipelines. I work with Python, SQL, PySpark, Airflow, Kafka and PostgreSQL to turn complex source data into reliable datasets, with a focus on production reliability, data quality and end-to-end ownership.

Amsterdam, Netherlandscerenezgidokuz@gmail.comLinkedIn
15+production pipelinesBuilt and maintained · VodafoneZiggo, 2021–2025
Millionsof records processed dailyETL/ELT pipelines · VodafoneZiggo, 2021–2025
1–2 daysincident resolutionDown from ~1–2 weeks · VodafoneZiggo, 2021–2025

Experience

  1. Jan 2026–present

    Senior Data Engineer

    VodafoneZiggo
    • Own production pipelines for network analytics, from source integration and transformation through validation and operational support.
    • Design and operate batch and streaming pipelines using Airflow, Spark, Kafka, PostgreSQL, MinIO/S3 and Iceberg.
    • Improve reliability through monitoring, alerting and data quality controls.
    • Review Airflow and Spark practices to support consistent, maintainable and reusable development.
    • Contribute through code reviews, documentation and knowledge-sharing.
  2. Oct 2021–Dec 2025

    Data Engineer

    VodafoneZiggo
    • Built and maintained 15+ end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines processing millions of records daily.
    • Integrated databases, APIs, external providers, Kafka, sFTP and MFT into production-ready pipelines.
    • Delivered datasets for network failures, fiber deployments, network-element usage and new-node deployment.
    • Created custom Airflow operators and shared modules to improve reuse.
    • Reduced incident resolution time from approximately 1–2 weeks to 1–2 days through Airflow monitoring and alerting.
    • Led data projects end-to-end and organized 10+ knowledge-sharing sessions.
  3. Jun–Jul 2021

    Software Engineer & Data Scientist Intern

    TomTom
    • Built machine-learning models for trace direction (85% accuracy) and car vs. non-car classification (88% accuracy).
    • Collaborated with software engineers on Java applications in a production development environment.
  4. Sep 2017–Sep 2019

    Business Development Analyst

    modanisa.com
    • Managed a CRM transition involving 500K+ customer records, improving customer-support response time by approximately 35%.
    • Analyzed sales, marketing and customer data to inform regional campaigns and customer experience.
    • Connected business and IT teams, translating requirements into development projects.
    • Tools: SQL, QlikView, Google Analytics, Emarsys, Zendesk Insight, Jira and Confluence.

Training & certificates

  • Apache Spark OptimizationsXebia · Oct 2024
  • HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric & Unified Analytics FundamentalsHPE · May 2024
  • Professional Scrum Product OwnerXebia · May 2024
  • Apache Spark trainingXebia · May 2024
  • Google Cloud Professional Data EngineerGET Certified Program · Mar 2024
  • Apache Airflow trainingXebia · May 2023
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner EssentialsGlobal Knowledge · Mar 2023

Contact

Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Email
cerenezgidokuz@gmail.com
LinkedIn
in/ezgi-dokuz