Jay Bennett

🟢 Available for immediate hire | Minneapolis area

About Me

Senior Data Engineer with 20 years of experience building data solutions across government, healthcare, financial services, and retail. Specialized in AWS-based data pipelines, ETL/ELT optimization, cloud migrations, and modern data stack implementations (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure).

Currently Available: Minneapolis-based, onsite or hybrid roles preferred.

Contact

Email: jaybenne@gmail.com
Phone: 651-983-0103
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jay-b-301863a
GitHub: github.com/jaybenne2001
Location: North Loop, Minneapolis

Note: Most of my professional work is confidential client/enterprise projects and cannot be shared publicly. The work described in my experience section represents production systems for government agencies, healthcare organizations, and Fortune 500 companies.

Core Competencies

• Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda), Microsoft Azure (Databricks, Data Factory), GCP
• Data Platforms: Snowflake (SnowPro Certified), Databricks, Spark, Medallion Architecture
• ETL/ELT: SSIS, Python, Apache NiFi, custom pipeline development
• Programming: SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL, Spark SQL), Python, VB.NET, C#
• BI Tools: Power BI (PL-300 Certified), Tableau, SSRS
• AI Tools: ChatGPT (first-week adopter Nov 2022), Claude, GitHub Copilot, AI platform orchestration

Key Achievements

• Reduced manual mapping effort by 70% on Tennessee CCWIS project using Python + AI automation
• Led zero-downtime cloud migrations (Augeo SQL Server → AWS RDS/EC2, FedEx Oracle → Databricks)
• Delivered government-scale data solutions for Tennessee CCWIS, Oregon Health Authority, FedEx DataWorks
• 20 years of consistent delivery across 15+ companies
• Early AI adopter - Using ChatGPT since first week of release (Nov 2022), 10x productivity increase

Recent Certifications

• Snowflake SnowPro Core (2024)
• AWS Cloud Practitioner (2024)
• Microsoft Azure - DP-900, AZ-900, AI-900 (2024)
• Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst - PL-300 (2024)
• Dartmouth Applied Data Science Certificate (2021)
• Deloitte Advanced Prompt Engineering & Generative AI (2024)

What Makes Me Different

I'm a psychology major turned data engineer with 20 years of practical experience. I didn't follow the traditional CS path - I learned by building, automating, and solving real business problems.

My approach:

• Learn by doing, not studying
• Ship working solutions fast, iterate based on feedback
• Use AI extensively to 10x productivity
• Judge outcomes over process

I'm not a traditional engineer - I can't whiteboard algorithms or recite syntax from memory. But I've delivered working systems for 20 years across government, healthcare, and financial services.

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