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Muhammad Waqar G.

Muhammad Waqar G.

Data Engineer | Azure, Databricks & BigQuery | ETL & Data Warehouse

Are unreliable reports, disconnected data sources, slow dashboards, or rising cloud costs preventing your business from making timely, data-driven decisions? I help organizations build scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms that transform raw data into reliable business insights. Whether it's automated pipelines, modern data warehouses, real-time analytics, or cloud migration, I design systems that create a single source of truth and improve decision-making speed and accuracy. I'm a Microsoft & Databricks Certified Data Engineer with 4+ years of experience delivering data solutions across healthcare, retail, e-commerce, finance, and government sectors. My focus is building systems that are not only technically robust but also deliver measurable business impact. Proven Impact: • Processed 100M+ records seamlessly by engineering high-performance, fault-tolerant ETL/ELT pipelines. • Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 30% through intelligent compute optimization and efficient data modeling. • Cut reporting and dashboard load times by 80%, replacing hours of manual data extraction with fully automated, real-time analytics. What I Can Help You With: ✔ Build scalable Data Lakes and Data Warehouses using Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, and Azure Synapse Analytics ✔ Design and automate ETL/ELT pipelines using Apache Spark (PySpark), SQL, dbt, Airflow, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, and Fivetran ✔ Implement real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, Databricks, and Azure Stream Analytics ✔ Centralize fragmented data from multiple systems into a unified analytics-ready platform ✔ Optimize performance, reduce cloud costs, and eliminate reporting bottlenecks ✔ Build clean, reliable data models for Power BI, Tableau, and Looker dashboards ✔ Migrate legacy/on-prem systems to modern cloud platforms on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ✔ Implement data governance, security, and compliance frameworks aligned with HIPAA, GDPR, and PHI requirements Technical Expertise: • Databricks • Apache Spark (PySpark) • SQL • Snowflake • BigQuery • Amazon Redshift • Azure Synapse Analytics • Azure Data Factory • AWS Glue • Apache Kafka • dbt • Apache Airflow • Power BI • Tableau • Looker • AWS • Microsoft Azure • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Why Clients Work With Me: • Focus on measurable business outcomes, not just technical implementation • Production-grade, scalable, and maintainable data architectures • Strong communication and clear stakeholder alignment • Experience working across engineering, analytics, and business teams • Proven track record of improving performance, reliability, and cost efficiency Client Feedback: ⭐ "Waqar delivered the job on time and exceeded our expectations. He built our data infrastructure from scratch and solved our challenges quickly." ⭐ "A valuable asset during our cloud transition. He helped us move to the cloud and significantly improved our efficiency." ⭐ "Technically excellent, responsive, and delivered with impressive speed." ⭐ "Outstanding quality and reliability with excellent communication throughout." Let’s build a data platform that eliminates reporting bottlenecks, reduces costs, and enables real-time, confident decision-making across your organization.

🇵🇰Karachi, Pakistan$20/hr100% JSS4.94 (8)Since Jul 2020

Earnings and projects

MRR
$0

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#286,595 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#33,812 / 52.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0
Total earnings
$3.4k

Billed in all: $3.6k

World#286,595 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#33,812 / 52.9k
Per project
$345
Projects, last 6 months
0
World#209,850 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#32,103 / 52.9k
Projects in all
10

Across 11 contracts

64% fixed36% hourly
World#201,797 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#33,132 / 52.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$3.6kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$3,500$3,550$3,600$3,650Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

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