Neil Addison

Neil Addison has a diverse work experience in the field of data engineering. Neil is currently working as a Data Engineer at Gravity Sketch since June 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Lead Data Engineer at Inawisdom from November 2021 to June 2023.

Neil also had a significant role as the Lead DataOps Engineer at Chetwood Financial Limited from May 2020 to October 2021. During their time there, they designed and built fault-tolerant data pipelines and architectures using AWS services, scripted using CloudFormation. Neil was also responsible for creating and administering a data warehouse using Amazon Redshift and managing a team of 5 DataOps members.

Before that, Neil worked at IG as a Senior Data Engineer from February 2018 to January 2020. In this role, they assisted in the development of an AWS data lake and data pipeline, creating Apache Spark applications using Spark SQL with Scala, AWS Glue, and EMR. Neil also established the Oracle BI infrastructure on top of an Amazon Redshift data warehouse and produced vital reports for Compliance. Earlier at IG, they served as a Data Warehouse Developer from September 2014 to January 2018.

Neil's earlier work experience includes working as a Mathematics Supervisor at the University of Warwick from October 2013 to April 2014. Neil also had an internship at WMG, University of Warwick from July 2013 to September 2013, where they worked on creating a program to improve the efficiency of a renderer using C++ code. Furthermore, Neil worked as a Teacher at Ahead Tuition from January 2013 to April 2013.

Overall, Neil Addison has demonstrated strong skills and expertise in data engineering, data operations, and AWS services throughout their work experience.

Neil Addison completed their education at the University of Warwick from 2010 to 2014, where they obtained a Master's degree in Mathematics. Prior to that, they attended Chesham Grammar School from 2003 to 2010, but no specific degree or field of study is provided for this period. In addition to their formal education, Neil has obtained several certifications, including Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer from Oracle in February 2019, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in November 2020, AWS Certified Developer - Associate from Amazon Web Services in December 2017, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator from Amazon Web Services in September 2018, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services in March 2018.