Jacob Chapman

Data Engineer / Business Analyst

Systems Architect in the APAC region creating low-cost, high-performance IT solutions. Experienced process manager, database architect, spatial analyst, and linux systems admin. Strong information technology professional with a background in cultural anthropology.

Yilan County, Taiwan

Brigham Young University -- Hawaii

Job Search Status

Skills

SQLDatabase AdministrationQGISSpatial AnalysisSpatial DataReactNodeJSexpress.jsEducational LeadershipRLinuxBashTableauPowerBIStatisticsPostgreSQLPostGISSnowflakeAWSDevOpsDeployment PlanningKubernetesdbtExcelAwkregexShell ScriptingdaprTerraformkubernetespm2infrastructure as codeProcess ImprovementAgileSix SigmaLean Six SigmaData StructuresSpatial data scienceMySQL database designPhotoshopWordPowerPointGoogle DriveVue.jsELMPulumiGoogle CloudAzureR languageData AnalyticsData Engineering

Work Experience

4-6 years (4-6 years relevant)

Current status

Open to opportunities / Employed

Looking for

Full time / Interested in working remotely / Data Engineer, Business Analyst, Director of Coding Studies, Product Manager

Desired work locations

Taipei, TaiwanTaipei City, TaiwanTaiwanKaohsiung City, TaiwanChiayi City, TaiwanDouliu, Douliu City, Yunlin County, TaiwanHualien, TaiwanPingtung, TaiwanTaitung, Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan

Languages

English (Native or Bilingual)Tagalog (Professional)

Experience

Data Engineer (Contractor)
BERA Brand Management
November 2019 ~ Present1 yr2 mos
- Serverless development to track 3rd party SLA (puppeteer.js) - Azure to GCP migration, Pulumi / Terraform, Fishtown Analytics dbt, BigQuery, Automation of user management processes, DOMO, GitHub Actions CI/CD, Docker
Data Manager, Geospatial (Contractor)
Pomelo Travel
January 2020 ~ July 20207 mos
- User data architect: led planning for how to organize and secure user data (PostGIS, PostgreSQL schema design) - Created GeoJSON datasets and MBTiles tilesets for interactive web and mobile apps - Frontend development (Mapbox, CSS, ES6 JavaScript, Parcel, TypeScript)
Lead System Architect
UNLI
November 2018 ~ November 20191 yr1 mo
- Led product development for a web-based travel planning app - Developed GIS data pipelines (PyQGIS, Python, R, SQL, API, NodeJS, React, Git) - Learned how to define customer expectations as agile product requirements
Systems Consultant
Brigham Young University - Hawaii
September 2017 ~ April 20191 yr8 mos
- Trained 7 employees in a Tier 2 technical IT support environment - Led the migration from Windows 7 to Windows 10 - Resolved hardware and software issues in 300+ Windows and Mac OS computers
Manager, Volunteer Resources
Non-Profit Organization
August 2014 ~ July 20162 yrs0 mos
- Renegotiated publishing service contract and reduced annual cost by 43% - On-boarding, training, and flight approval for 300 volunteers (Mail merge, AHK) - Gained fluency in reading / writing Tagalog and other Filipino dialects
Linux Systems Engineer / Business Analyst
Thunder Bay Trading Company, LLC
July 2012 ~ August 20142 yrs2 mos
- Determined best-value IT solutions to improve business performance - Implemented policies for GDPR and PCI-DSS compliance - Automated repetitive business tasks with scripting languages like Bash and R
IT Support Tier 1 Helpdesk
Snow College Karen Huntsman Library
August 2013 ~ May 201410 mos
- Published the first online digital collection of the library with 87 years of records - Assisted in managing 100+ workstations with Active Directory for 4,000+ users

Education

Brigham Young University -- Hawaii
Cultural Anthropology
2017 ~ 2019
Description
Minors in Psychology and Digital Security Transferred credits from Snow College (2013-14) and BYU Provo (2016-17)