VU NGO
Atlanta
Summary
Senior Data Engineer with extensive experience in designing enterprise scale data platforms and delivering impactful analytics solutions. Collaborated with senior leadership to transform strategic objectives into data products, achieving substantial operational cost reductions and improved reporting accuracy through advanced cloud technologies.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director, Data Engineer
PUBLICIS GROUPE
09.2025 - Current
- Designed and implemented enterprise-scale Databricks and PySpark pipelines processing millions of records daily across 9 advertising ecosystems.
- Partnered directly with SVP leadership to translate business requirements into scalable data products and analytics solutions.
- Co-designed enterprise DMA Aggregation and Reach & Frequency platforms, establishing cross platform methodologies, validation frameworks, and reporting standards.
- Designed and implemented a metadata driven data quality and observability framework that proactively monitors workflow health, synchronization status, and historical quality trends across all managed tables.
- Transformed data validation from a reactive process to proactive monitoring, enabling same day identification of pipeline failures and reporting issues before stakeholder impact.
- Implemented a side by side metric validation framework used by 3-4 cross-functional teams, reducing campaign simulation and validation efforts from 2-4 days to several hours.
- Reviewed and approved pull requests, conducted code reviews, mentored engineers, and established engineering standards and best practices.
- Owned CI/CD processes including automated testing, validation, deployment pipelines, and Dev to Production promotion.
- Led root cause analysis and performance optimization efforts for complex Databricks workloads and data quality issues.
Founder / Aerospace Engineer
CAMDS
09.2024 - 09.2025
- Designed and developed an AI driven engineering platform that translated engineering requirements into parametric 3D CAD models, reducing model update cycles from hours to minutes.
- Built machine learning workflows and AI agents leveraging large language models to automate MBSE requirements analysis and engineering processes.
- Developed physics based UAV digital models to validate machine learning outputs and improve engineering accuracy.
Lead Systems Engineer
L3HARRIS
01.2021 - 09.2024
- Designed and developed internal automation solutions that eliminated reliance on third party vendors charging $40K-$100K per engagement, resulting in approximately $4M in avoided outsourcing costs.
- Reduced migration execution timelines by 80% through automation, process standardization, and data transformation optimization.
- Improved operational efficiency by approximately 50% through analytics, reporting, and automation initiatives.
- Established data governance and validation processes across Teamcenter and SAP environments to ensure data integrity during large-scale migration efforts.
- Provided technical leadership and implementation guidance across multiple engineering initiatives.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
L3HARRIS
06.2020 - 01.2021
- Led a team of five engineers responsible for software quality assurance and testing automation.
- Developed automated testing frameworks that reduced testing effort by 60% and improved release quality.
Systems Engineer
L3HARRIS
02.2018 - 06.2020
- Automated processing using Python, SQL, VBA, and engineering systems, reducing manual effort by approximately 80%.
- Achieved L3Harris MVP Award for technical innovation and significant business impact.
Education
Master of Science - Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GABachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GASkills
- Databricks
- Delta Lake
- Databricks DLT
- Unity Catalog
- Azure
- Python
- SQL
- PySpark
- Spark SQL
- ETL/ELT
- Data Modeling
- Data Warehousing
- Airflow
- Monitoring
- Observability
- Performance Optimization
- REST APIs
- Git
Awards
- MVP Award - L3Harris
- Graduate Research Assistantship (Full Tuition Coverage) - Georgia Institute of Technology
- Sigma Gamma Tau Honor Society
Core Competencies
Databricks, Delta Lake, Databricks DLT, Unity Catalog, Azure, Python, SQL, PySpark, Spark SQL, Java, VBA, ETL/ELT, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, CI/CD, Airflow, REST APIs, Git, Data Quality, Observability, Monitoring, Performance Optimization, Architecture, Technical Leadership
Websites
Timeline
Associate Director, Data Engineer
PUBLICIS GROUPE
09.2025 - Current
Founder / Aerospace Engineer
CAMDS
09.2024 - 09.2025
Lead Systems Engineer
L3HARRIS
01.2021 - 09.2024
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
L3HARRIS
06.2020 - 01.2021
Systems Engineer
L3HARRIS
02.2018 - 06.2020
Master of Science - Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology